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Pine Cone Jones posted:https://www.forbes.com/sites/davida...sh=510aaef71d63 https://www.flywheelspowersports.com/product-page/2022-desertcross-1000-3 This is apparently the "Desertcross" mentioned in the article. I don't know why this is so funny to me.
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https://x.com/Daractenus/status/1768316104043053452?s=20 Dunno the veracity of this but it seems like something may be happening that’s worthy of note
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As far as I've heard it's just the rebel Russians fighting there, but if the news is from Russian state sources, they have an interest in presenting it as a Ukrainian assault rather than as Russians dissatisfied with their overlord.
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They could be trying to evac the Russian Legion troops who have been reported fighting in the area the past few days. There have been several videos of them supposedly surrounded and on the recieving end of a lot Russian ordnance yesterday, maybe they thought it was a good time to get out. I doubt the Ukrainians have plans to breakthrough Belgogod in order to surround the Russian army in Ukraine.
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https://x.com/war__online/status/1768632744945275141?s=20 https://x.com/novayagazeta_en/status/1768619729252409770?s=20 https://x.com/novayagazeta_en/status/1768601846795370852?s=20 There's some brave ladies left in Russia. No knock against the dudes, it's a bit easier when you don't risk getting sent to the shtrafbat.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:https://x.com/Daractenus/status/1768316104043053452?s=20
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Pretty sure they just captured some village right next to the border.
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Say it's organized. Say it's widely disrupting elections. How's that bad for Putin? "Looks like we don't have a result, we will defer elections because of dissidents." Voila more time (as if he didn't already own the process)
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Cannon_Fodder posted:Say it's organized. It's not going to immediately cause is downfall, but if he can't present a big official "90+% of the country want me and love me!" then it hurts his legitimacy some, might lead to more internal unrest. OddObserver posted:Pretty sure they just captured some village right next to the border. They walked over the border and captured a couple of towns, but were saying that by 7am today folks in Belgorod city should start clearing out or risk getting caught in the fighting. I guess we'll see when some videos and pictures start showing up.
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The point of the staged elections is to demonstrate to your population how firmly you have control of the power structures to make that staging happen with no hiccups. Dissent can cause hiccups in the fake elections. If people see hiccups in the performance they may begin to doubt your ability to murder them and their families if they act on their dissent, and dissent can cause.... etc
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pantslesswithwolves posted:https://x.com/Daractenus/status/1768316104043053452?s=20 They killed a few russian border guards. Then lost most of their company to artillery and airstrikes by the afternoon. Ukraine should probably stop with these Belgorod incursions.
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Shade2142 posted:They killed a few russian border guards. Then lost most of their company to artillery and airstrikes by the afternoon. To go all Kissinger/McNamara (realpolitick) for a second; it's killing Russians.
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Shade2142 posted:They killed a few russian border guards. Then lost most of their company to artillery and airstrikes by the afternoon. I mean yes, Russian news say they killed hundreds of them effortlessly, but despite these "hundreds" of losses they were apparently still able to force evacuations of several border towns. I would take any Russian statement on this with not just a grain of salt, but with the entire dead sea. Like, they claim that a missile strike in Odessa that killed eight civilians and two first responders yesterday killed five hundred Ukrainian troops and two generals. They are bullshitting you! They are never a reliable source! Also Ukraine is absolutely getting value for money out of these. The folks from the "Russian Legion of Freedom" or whatever they call themselves are card-carrying fascists, their deaths are absolutely to everyone's benefits, but if they throw away their lives running across the border with some Humvees and no expensive armor, they make Putin look unable to secure his own border and force the Russians to keep some amount of defenses manned away from where the main fighting is going on.
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That double-tap strike on Odesa killed 20 and injured 74 civilians, BTW, including rescue workers.
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Just Another Lurker posted:To go all Kissinger/McNamara (realpolitick) for a second; it's killing Russians. This strategy would work about as well now as then.
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Splorange posted:This strategy would work about as well now as then. Not something i would personally advocate but some people will. 
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https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1768873365836599576quote:This morning, 6am local time, Russian oil refinery in Syzran, Samara region, was attacked by drones. We're getting two or three of these refinery strikes every couple of days, that's gotta suck for someone's economy. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1768953571343491155 quote:Democratic Russian forces from "RDK" took over 2 dozen P.O.W.s in Belgorod Oblast, their leader states, refuting claims made by the official MoD about the destruction of the group. RDK is at least still intact enough to be taking prisoners, there are also some clips of Belgorod itself having been shelled by them, so they're definitely still pushing in that direction.
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Who is arming these RDK fellows? Did they just raid some Soviet era depots?
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slothrop posted:Who is arming these RDK fellows? Did they just raid some Soviet era depots? I presume a combination of Ukrainian weapons supply and what they loot when Russian border guards run for the hills/surrender
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1768873365836599576 Well if sanctions don't work that's one way of knocking out Russian oil exports
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slothrop posted:Who is arming these RDK fellows? Did they just raid some Soviet era depots? Yes, and they also raided a WW2 museum. Those brave heros. The name sucks though, they should have gone with something more nostalgic and Soviet themed
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Hmm what about "Wolverines"? Has a nice ring to it.
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spankmeister posted:Hmm what about "Wolverines"? Has a nice ring to it. Werewolves is closer....
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spankmeister posted:Hmm what about "Wolverines"? Has a nice ring to it. I think the Ukrainians are reserving that one in case they have to move to an insurgency.
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cult_hero posted:Werewolves is closer.... Just a few countries over is dracula. Go hog wild
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https://vxtwitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1769169072594317715quote:The Russian Slavyansk-on-Kuban refinery is currently burning, hit by multiple Ukrainian drones tonight. It keeps happening.
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cult_hero posted:Werewolves is closer.... https://youtu.be/qae25976UgA?si=Qdrvgc1xABEx0Ssr
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A.o.D. posted:I think the Ukrainians are reserving that one in case they have to move to an insurgency. During the first month of the war, it was a bit of a meme to spraypaint wolverines to the side of wrecked Russian equipment. Like there are dozens of examples.
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PurpleXVI posted:https://vxtwitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1769169072594317715 they send your HIMARS to the morgue, you send their refineries to the incinerator
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:they send your HIMARS to the morgue, you send their refineries to the incinerator "I burn your milkshake, I burn it up!"
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:plus ukraine can now say they're doing their bit to reduce fossil fuel usage After a brief sudden spike
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Looks like Ukraine took notes from Red Storm Rising by kicking Russia in its nuts AKA oil production facilities. Which is great but that started WW3 in that book, so uh...
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Alan Smithee posted:russian soldiers took notes too Iceland?
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Blistex posted:Iceland? "Kill every USAF meteorologist on the island"
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https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1769394840649752894quote:GeoConfirmed UKR. (Or MDA? Republic of Moldova) For context: Tiraspol is the "capital" of Russia's pet rebels in Transnistria. https://twitter.com/iamdenya_de/status/1769393867042762828 quote:#Moldova’n authorities: “We report that the incident is an attempt to cause fear and panic in the region. The military technique in the images has not been working for several years. Both Moldova and Ukraine seem to be suggesting this is some Russian fuckery, though I cannot quite comprehend what they would gain from it. Are they hoping that Transnistria will open another front against western Ukraine?
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1769394840649752894 I guess it'd be useful for distracting Ukraine so that they have to keep troops near the Transnistrian border.
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