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Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/prezydentpl/status/1642770534197755904 - Zelensky is going to visit Poland next week, supposedly to talk about export of Ukrainian grain among other things.

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Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021
It might be borderline Clancychat, but I think FSB would benefit more by death of pro-Wagner and anti-government military blogger than Ukrainian government.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Nenonen posted:

Yeah, there's also a FGR (Federal Republic of Germany) sphere in Kaliningrad/East Prussia and K is for Kitai/China. RF is Russian Federation (how gracious)and down south the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria

One Polish (minor) far-right group unironically got mad that he gave Kaliningrad to Germany, not Poland.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/EeldenDen/status/1651298534434406435

Is it just me, or does it sound like recipe for major PR disaster and not much else? Especially that Bieslan and Dubrovka Theatre proved that Russia don't really care what happens to hostages?

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/27/7399617/

Apparently, remains of an "unidentified military object" suspected to be air to ground rocket has been found near Bydgoszcz, Poland, over 500km from border with Ukraine. Allegedly it has "inscriptions in Russian" on it.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Libluini posted:

Russia actually tried this under Soviet-regime in the Polish-SU war and when they pushed beyond the borders of Poland to take Warsaw, their army quite literally disintegrated because the Red Army soldiers in that stage of the war had been recruited on the promise of defending the motherland, and invading and taking Poland wasn't that, so the desertion rate skyrocketed after it became clear there was no second miracle to save the Polish army and the war was basically over.

That's... not what happened. "We would totally won this war if not for desertion rate" sounds like something straight out of Russian history book.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Lum_ posted:

RUSSIA

  • Lukashenko - President of Belarus, Batka, we all must love him and despair
  • Putin - President and Maximum Leader of Russia, in charge of Russian war effort
  • Shoigu - Minister of Defense of Russia, minority (Tuvan), pretends to be in charge of Russian war effort
  • Surovikin - General known for being exceptionally brutal, was once in charge of Ukraine front but got fired, Prigozhin ally
  • Gerasimov - Chief of Staff of Russian army, in charge of Ukraine front, Shoigu ally
  • Prigozhin - head of Wagner, pretends to be in charge of Russian war effort, ex-convict, has Big Poster Energy
  • Kadyrov - head of Chechnya, minority (Chechen), pretends to be in charge of Russian war effort, really dumb and brutal, Prigozhin ally

UKRAINE
  • Zelensky - President of Ukraine, has vowed to never wear a suit until Ukraine is free, ex-comedian
  • Reznikov - Minister of Defense of Ukraine, likes to talk to the press a lot
  • Zaluzhnyi - Commander in Chief of Ukraine army, in charge of Ukraine war effort
  • Budanov - head of Ukraine military intelligence
  • Fedorov - Minister of Digital Transformation, in charge of memes

It's more useful than 2137th discussion about missile range/tank specification and unironically should be included in first post.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Dandywalken posted:

MikeC is MikeCorrect imo

:emptyquote:

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

mustard_tiger posted:

what does blowing up thousands of Russian tanks mean?
Tuesday.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

deathbysnusnu posted:

Genuinely afraid of Wagner being successful. The whole nukes as doctrinal response to regime change really comes down to Putins mindset. I doubt wagner will take moscow in 3 days anymore than kiev but who knows at this point.

At this point I kinda doubt these famous russian nukes still exist, much less are operable.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021
https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-lukashenka-wager-poland/32515408.html

Wagnerites are sabre-rattling again. Obviously it's not going to happen, but it's amazing how 3 years ago "Russia prepares to invade Poland" would cause at least a little concern and now it's about as serious threat as North Korea nuking US.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

WarpedLichen posted:

The Ukrainians have issued an evacuation notice around Kupiansk.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-kharkiv-oblast-city-planning-evacuation-as-russians-approach

But what struck me is that they are thinking of organizing school for the people who stay:

A war is just a weird absurd place to be.

poo poo, so it has been occupied by russians till September 2022, then liberated by Ukraine, then evacuated in March 2023, and now it's being evacuated again. Jesus.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

fatherboxx posted:

That will teach them, Putin is shaking
They actually got butthurt about that, good enough as far as I'm concerned.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Cpt_Obvious posted:

I don't think Poland has the freedom of speech. For example, they recently passed a law making it illegal to teach Polish collaboration in the Holocaust.
This is not true.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

MikusR posted:

ANTIFA (at least in europe) is a Russian sponsored organization.
So that's why my last check from Soros was in rubles.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

d64 posted:

Latest news in the grain fight is Morawiecki said Poland will no longer arm Ukraine. That's a change of heart since Poland has been the largest contributor per gdp after the Baltic countries.

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/pole...15-6b888f019650

I don't think this is the last of this issue but it's a wake up call to those who think support for Ukraine is above national politics and election year opportunism.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/poland-says-it-s-still-supplying-ukraine-with-weapons?leadSource=reddit_wall

It has already been retraced, also both Poland and Ukraine started looking for solution to solve that idiotic grain kerfuffle. Both happened right after Russian ministry of foreign affairs praised Polish president for his actions. Nice job fixing it, villain.

Szarrukin fucked around with this message at 10:20 on Sep 22, 2023

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

fatherboxx posted:

Apparently this narrative has grown from random Americans with brains ravaged by multiple covid hospitalisations to Mr Concerning

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1711332349210661185?t=AwUvABjpWPDawNLQJhpS1g&s=19

And I don't get what is the point they are making? That the war is not entertaining with POV FPS trench clears anymore? That it is a psyop now and nobody is fighting actually?

the gently caress do they mean, internet is chock full of combat footage from Ukraine?

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

I do realize that I should've expected nothing else with a) Zelensky being of Jewish origin himself b) USA being Ukraine's main ally, but every time Zelensky speaks about Israel/Palestine it loving hurts my soul.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Xiahou Dun posted:

It was a Dark Heresy game. “Barbarian” was shorter than “feral worlder who thinks he’s an ork”.

I believe the lore term is "digga" and no, I'm not kidding.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Freudian slippers posted:

Poland will come to their rescue and vice versa.

I know you guys are used to "Poland bad" rhetoric, but pro-Orban government just got kicked and replaced with pro-EU one. Tusk government has exactly zero interest in protecting Orban.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Nenonen posted:


In theory and I suppose also often in practise there was zero unemployment in the socialist block. It doesn't mean that everyone was working, though, they just weren't unemployed.

There was a saying in socialist Poland addressing that phenomenon - "whether you lie or stand, you deserve two grand"

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Mokotow posted:

Russia is winning so hard it needs to cluster-bomb a city park on a warm afternoon. How do you even begin to justify this poo poo? Upcoming victory day?

"there were no civilians there, just Hamas Azov terrorists"

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Charliegrs posted:

Yeah I don't know what to make of it. How do you get that high up in rank while also being easily swayed to commit high treason?

Corruption.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

WarpedLichen posted:

I feel like after Bakhmut, I just assume there's always going to be some people who refuse to leave their homes no matter happens.

It was true even for Chornobyl disaster, there are still people living in exclusion zone - about 200 samosely, mostly elderly people who either never left or decided to come back.

Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021
Can someone ELI5 for me is situation in Ukraine really that bad right now? Because for my absolutely ignorant eye it looks really, really bad for Ukraine, but I might be biased by media spreading panic.

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Szarrukin
Sep 29, 2021

Flavahbeast posted:

Trump winning might even produce a better outcome for Ukraine: Putin could be willing to make significant concessions (probably not Crimea, but a genuine long term end to the war) if the alternative is pissing Trump off and locking in bipartisan US support for Ukraine forever. It's pointless to presume with certainty what Trump will do, not even Trump knows

Didn't he already said that he doesn't give a flying gently caress for Eastern Europe and if it isn't able to defend itself, it isn't his problem?

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