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wicked panther
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Theres also like a bloke sitting on the ukrainian tank lmao

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He just hitching a ride with the russians ih

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https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1526744010743750659?s=20&t=G8b5wrjAJypTTKH7Mjy3_A https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-17

OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

Per ISW - šŸ‡·šŸ‡ŗ forces unsuccessfully attempted to improve their tactical positions south of Izyum to resume offensive operations in that sector. The šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ General Staff reported that šŸ‡·šŸ‡ŗ forces are replenishing troops and accumulating reserves to renew their drive on Slovyansk

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Institute for the Study of War
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https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1526846820382560256?s=20&t=SSaQb2gOA3CSCopIbVDXKw https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1526846823981252608?s=20&t=SSaQb2gOA3CSCopIbVDXKw

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

#Ukraine: The Russian side for the first time claimed the targeting of US-supplied M777A2 howitzers in Pidhirne, #Donetsk Oblast. Firstly, a ZALA KYB loitering munition was used, but given the distance of the impact and weak explosive payload it caused minor damage at best.

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šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

Later the general area allegedly got hit by MLRS fire, but it is still unclear if anything was damaged and no M777 can be seen in the footage.

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https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1526794182957879297?s=20&t=xWpgUD40GTkH2MHp0VT6sA

Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein)

NEW: In 17 villages & small towns in #Ukraine that had been under Russia occupation, Human Rights Watch found:

āš ļø 31 summary executions & other unlawful killings;

āš ļø 6 enforced disappearances;

āš ļø 7 cases of torture;

āš ļø 21 cases of unlawful confinement.

By Russian forces

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https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1526808799662710784?s=20&t=xWpgUD40GTkH2MHp0VT6sA https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1526815094033764353?s=20&t=xWpgUD40GTkH2MHp0VT6sA

Rob Lee (@RALee85)

If Russian forces ā€œjust retreat across the border to Russia,ā€ there is no reason to think most Russians would accept that as a victory. If that happens, Putin would likely lose power, or at least face heavy domestic pushback, which is why he didnā€™t do that on Victory Day.

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Rob Lee (@RALee85)

I donā€™t think the US or EU should tell Ukraine how to end this conflict, but letā€™s not underestimate the possible consequences for Putin if this happens. Moscow doesnā€™t have good options at this point which is why it is continuing it current course.

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copper monolith
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stark inlet
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jfc

stable girder
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Step right up, gather your warcrimes folks!

scarlet crown
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not the first time they used these

copper monolith
split aurora
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nice

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Though, this is an example of one of the big problems with the legal system here

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They brought a case they had... no chance of winning, with the goal being to drain the bank accounts of the defendants

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and intimidate them

scarlet crown
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what a moment

scarlet crown
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That factory was like the biggest here

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So advanced too

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and now it's all gone

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I read somewhere that Azov sea might become entirely dead due to constant shellings of the factory and spread of industrial waste cause of it

copper monolith
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Even after mariupol is taken back, Europe's still production wont recover unleas a new mill is made that's as big

split aurora
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tbf, I think alone it only makes up ~10% of Ukraines production

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significant for ukraine, yes, for all of europe? probably not

hollow hollow
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short analysis of the t-90m footage, it appears that the tank was actually destroyed by another tank and not a carl gustaf. it seems more likely that it was immobilized by a carl gustaf, and either a russian tank destroyed it to prevent its capture or a ukrainian tank destroyed it to prevent the russians from recovering and repairing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjx_GMLF--Y

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Russia Lost Their BEST Tank - The Truth

Many of you are probably aware that Russia lost the T-90M tank, which is currently the most modern tank in their arsenal. This is kind of a big deal because, up until that point, Russia has only been using cheaper upgrades of old T-72 and T-80 tanks, while the T-90M is supposed to be a much more expensive and advanced vehicle.
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interesting

copper monolith
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Brat 1 and 2 being ruined šŸ˜” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EeLM4qPnGw

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stark harness
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LMFAO

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hell ye

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too bad Erdogan is being el cronge

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inb4 putler crying "nooo u can't just do that!!1!!1"

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what are they gonna do, invade finland?

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oh wait, they already did
and failed

copper monolith
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well they're no longer threatening nukes as much

stark harness
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good thing

copper monolith
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it went from "if u try to join nato we nuke/invade" to "if u build up we nuke"

fierce arch
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lmao

copper monolith
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# scarlet crown I read somewhere that Azov sea might become entirely dead due to constant shelli...

fuuck rtgameConcern https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1527011869327859713?s=20&t=4AOPc-ep94oIAoS8kZkOfA

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøAzovstal bombing may put Azov Sea on the brink of extinction.

According to Mariupol City Council, Russiaā€™s bombing of the plant could severely damage its facilities for storing hazardous chemicals. Their leakage could kill all marine life in the sea.

šŸ“· Mariupol City Council

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https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1526982636819910656?s=20&t=1nQhGmAq2aZWfgcTLDRi5w

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

#Ukraine: With an very precise strike, the UA forces took out a very valuable Russian R-330ZH Zhitel jamming & radio reconnaissance station. As you can see, the system was somewhat concealed- but that didn't work. We believe that a loitering munition or even TB-2 was responsible.

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smart man just trying to stay alive now https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1526998913986842624?s=20&t=OW-b7PtrF92obdjGHRwYmg

Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr)

Today retired colonel Mikhail Khodaryonok made another appearance on Russian state TV, just two days after he gave a damning assessment of Russia's war in Ukraine and its growing international isolation

It appears that someone's given him a bit of a talking to

(with subtitles)

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I vaguely remember Russian media gnawing at the west liking Khodaryonok, and probably so did Putin

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copper monolith
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beautiful

copper monolith
hollow hollow
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lmao unfortunately Saul would be the one defending the war criminals

hollow hollow
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"hi i'm saul goodman, did you know that you commited war crimes? geneva convention says you did, and so do i!"

copper monolith
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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1527054604067917827?t=XbqYb8Cnzz5rCA6ddjqRiA&s=19 https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1527054605007331329?t=L2qC7FfAgkn2qEg1vCRGHA&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļø CNN: NATO expects ā€˜standstillā€™ in battlefield in coming weeks.

According to an unnamed NATO military official, no significant gains for either side are predicted, although momentum has shifted in Ukraineā€™s favor.

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

Discussions are reportedly ongoing over whether Ukraine can retake Russian-occupied regions of Crimea and Donbas.

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split aurora
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can (physically), can (diplomatically), and should, are 3 separate very complex questions wrt crimea/occupied donbass

scarlet crown
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Diplomacy has been set aside with the end of negotiations

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Should is not even a fucking question, they're occupied territories, taken from us illegally, we have to take them back

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The only valid question i see now if we can actually have enough power to actually strike russos out of there

scarlet crown
split aurora
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There are a significant amount of people living there who do genuinely wish to be independent/be with russia

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and I'm absolutely not saying the region shouldn't be ukranian, or justifying the annexation

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but there MUST be thought and consideration and steps taken to take the minority wishes into account

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and not as simple as just "retake add back to ukraine with same status as every other area"

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an increased degree of autonomy as well as a form of power sharing / co-operation between the two ethnic groups is likely a good first step

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as well as a non-legally binding census of the views of people living in crimea, and the people who left during the invasion in 2014

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split aurora
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ah, good

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(Just to clear up. I'm not meaning to say russia was justified at all, the invasion and annexation was just a militaristic power grab by russia with the citizens as an excuse. Just contrasting the very black and white views I see of people online that miss all nuance and necessary consideration that needs to be put into this)

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And, as often in international politics, the legality of the action is far from the whole story

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anyway it sleep time now so I'll leave the late night rambling there

scarlet crown
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Right now the question of de-occupation is primary, everything else will be solved after it

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you're acting as if our goals this entire war were nothing more but "get land back, fuck people"

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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8469

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Ukraine NOW [English]

We remember Crimea. And we will never forget 1944 - the genocide of Crimean Tatars committed by the Soviet authorities. And 2014 - the second wave of destruction of everything free on the Crimean peninsula.
Especially on this day I signed the law on the protection of persons deprived of liberty by the occupiers, as well as on the protection of f...

hollow hollow
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as a dcs flanker main, i think i recognize a couple of those emergency messages

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no idea what they mean tho

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also, thereā€™s been some videos going around of russian loitering munitions attacking m777s, russian sources and sympathizers are claiming they were damaged and/or destroyed, but thereā€™s no proof yet. however, iā€™d bet that even if these claims are true, each of the howitzers has already destroyed equipment worth several times its own price tag

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keep that in mind if/when more russians parade this as a victory

leaden grove
unreal path
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Croatia could you not :/

wicked panther
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Lmao what

viral junco
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OK that's cool and all but neither of them have anything to do with that

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viral junco
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I'm aware but it'll just make people lose sympathy

split aurora
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Okay but they're looking for results, not sympathy

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Croatia refuses the nordic countries to join unless Bosnia changes something
That puts pressure on the rest of nato, and especially The USA, to sort it out

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They then work with/apply pressure to Bosnia to try and make a compromise

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All political games

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Greece did the same, they blocked Macedonia from the EU/NATO for years

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until Macedonia changed its name from FYROM to North Macedonia

copper monolith
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I wonder what other random faraway nato country's gonna block Sweden and Finland until it gets it's own random unrelated thing

split aurora
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hahahahaha

viral junco
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Freudian slip of all slips

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copper monolith
split aurora
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In my defense I did scroll up, but I was tired and brain didn't process

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šŸ˜”

copper monolith
copper monolith
split aurora
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Fun Fact: in 2002 the USA passed a law that let them invade the Netherlands if an American soldier was taken to the International criminal court

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fun fact over!

copper monolith
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šŸ¤Ø tf

split aurora
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Yeah

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Since the United States is not a member of theĀ International Criminal Court, the law authorizes theĀ President of the United StatesĀ to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court". This authorization led the act to be nicknamedĀ The HagueĀ Invasion Act.

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America withdrew from the Rome Statute when the ICC was formed, to avoid joining

copper monolith
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Cringe but not surprising

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Meanwhile on Freedom Avenue, every other flag is Ukrainian, though obstructed by them fuzzy trees

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Other than that, I've seen about as many Ukrainian flags as Lithuanian here, and this is like the very center of the city lol

split aurora
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pretty street

copper monolith
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It's nice to have a walk on it, it's around 3km long

raven fossil
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Sounds like a good place for a leisurely walk

leaden grove
copper monolith
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If I had a cent for every ukrainian flag I've seen in this city, I'd be able to afford a Javelin

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Def want to eventually donate to the war effort when I have an income

split aurora
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I can only thing of one I've seen here

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a local pub switched out their union jack

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flags in public in general aren't all too common here

copper monolith
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šŸ˜”

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2nd biggest one I've seen, the biggest ones are on the massive LCD screens

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raven fossil
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Iā€™ve seen a few in the city center, but not much around my neighborhood unfortunately

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We donā€™t even have a flagpost, otherwise I would have tried to fly an Ukraine flag myself

split aurora
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yeah like, thinking about my area

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I can think of 3 properties with union jacks

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1 with ukraine

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1 with USA

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1 with CSA

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and thats about it

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flags aren't a very common thing to see here

raven fossil
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Yea

copper monolith
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Lithuania was always patriotic, but this war made it even more so, I've never seen people displaying Lithuanian flags so much outside of national holidays, and many usually have both lt and ua flags on their cars

raven fossil
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I only see any flags at graduation - as they are traditionally flown to celebrate someone graduating - but thatā€™s basically it

split aurora
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The only time you see a lot of flags here

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is when it's the world cup

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or when it's another one of the queen's jubilees

leaden grove
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Thereā€™s barely any flags here

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And none of my classmates really talk about the war either

split aurora
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if someone in the UK has a union jack flying... it usually means they're a little too patriotic

leaden grove
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Same here

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leaden grove
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Itā€˜s not just that, no one talked about it when the invasion began either

split aurora
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to be fair, there are massive news stories and tragedies near daily so it's hard to keep up with them all šŸ™ƒ

raven fossil
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Itā€™s basically unnoticeable here, if youā€™re not looking out for it

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I remember when it just started I talked about the war (and its possible consequences) with my Dutch teacher, who has spend a lot of years in Russia

split aurora
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I know I've said this to death, but man it really does make me sad how little attention ie given to other conflicts

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if what was given to ukraine was given to countless other places, both I'm support and money and news coverage, how much war could have been stopped and civilian life saved

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its great what's happening wrt ukraine don't get me wrong

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but depressing that nowhere else gets it

copper monolith
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@leaden grove arent u in Latvia

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The BBC still discusses ukraine daily, but the papers don't mention it much

wicked panther
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Theres a Ukrainian flag in front of our majors office, thats all i can think of

leaden grove
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The papers mention it every day, not my classmates though

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copper monolith
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the last few posts in BBC's live page are about the trial of the Russian war criminal, if anyone's interested in reading

leaden grove
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They have a video on their YouTube channel about it as well

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lmao

unreal path
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love their vids :)

hollow hollow
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get your scuba gear ready, there's bouta be a ton of new diving sites in the black sea

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it'll be interesting to see which missile the usn decides to send, the nsm is faster and it has a longer range, but the harpoon packs a bigger punch and it's cheaper

copper monolith
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this could be very useful, as Russia can't replenish it's Black Sea fleet atm

viral junco
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The flagship is now having a dirt nap, or rather a nice swim so I imagine anything like that which took it out will fucking obliterate the others

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Took a nice trip to davy jones's locker

hollow hollow
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thereā€™s also been some reports that biden wants to send rocket artillery with the new package approved by congress, either m270s or himars

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split aurora
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yee, what its based off :p

scarlet crown
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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8552

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Ukraine NOW [English]

The first trial in Ukraine against a Russian war criminal has already begun. And it will end with the full restoration of justice within the international tribunal. I'm sure of it. We will find and bring to justice all those who give and carry out criminal orders.

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spam time

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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1527632199368974338?s=20&t=IcFNUJr_orTYspHYVddj7A https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1527632204444180480?s=20&t=IcFNUJr_orTYspHYVddj7A

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøUkraine confirms Italy proposed plan to end war.

Oleh Nikolenko, a spokesman for Ukraineā€™s Foreign Ministry, said that Italyā€™s proposals are now being studied.

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

The plan includes a ceasefire and the demilitarization of the frontline under UN supervision, negotiations on the status of Ukraine vis-a-vis NATO and the EU, a Ukrainian-Russian agreement on Crimea and the Donbas, and a multilateral agreement on peace and security in Europe.

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøLuhansk Oblast governor: ā€˜Rubizhne shared the fate of Mariupol.ā€™

Serhiy Haidai published photos of mass destruction in the town of Rubizhne, comparing it to Mariupol. He said that Rubizhne was ā€œcompletely destroyed,ā€ and that there are cemeteries with civilians in the yards.

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russian world lookin lit

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they're not even trying to not make it look like a half of a swastika

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the music lmao

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https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1527641663002537985?s=20&t=NYjGlPzdeJvloao3_fn2Iw https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1527642556078899200?s=20&t=NYjGlPzdeJvloao3_fn2Iw

Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000)

Putin's War -- The Ukraine Map briefing for May 20th.

  • Russian forces have made significant advances near Popasna.
  • Russia has recaptured the border town of Ternova, along with Rubihzne.
  • Ukraine has established a bridgehead across the Donets river on the Vovchansk axis.
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Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000)

A full-Ukraine view.

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copper monolith
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place of culture btw

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very valuable military target!!!

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man

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https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1527574695033315331?s=20&t=NYjGlPzdeJvloao3_fn2Iw https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1527585235176767488?s=20&t=NYjGlPzdeJvloao3_fn2Iw https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1527599178116915200?s=20&t=NYjGlPzdeJvloao3_fn2Iw

Rob Lee (@RALee85)

Looks like the Admiral Kuznetsov is finally being moved to the newly formed dry dock at the Zvyozdochka Ship Repair Center in Murmansk.
https://t.co/sCceRcyGzr

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Rob Lee (@RALee85)

United Shipbuilding Corporation's Aleksey Rakhmanov confirmed that the Admiral Kuznetsov has docked in Severomorsk. All four of the Kuznetsov's gas turbine engines require an overhaul, which reportedly will take 10-11 months. 2/
https://t.co/PgzlQw1Qmp

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Rob Lee (@RALee85)

Photo of the Admiral Kuznetsov at the new dry dock at the Zvyozdochka Ship Repair Center. 3/
https://t.co/qKhyv4ar4h

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Rob Lee (@RALee85)

Some gear reviews from RAZVEDOS. He says that VSS and AS Val rifles haven't proven themselves during the war. Both require a lot of cleaning and maintenance. He also said they lack enough penetration, but Russia lacks enough suppressors for AKs.
https://t.co/zhb2jftb4e

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Rob Lee (@RALee85)

He is even more critical of the AK-12, which he has criticized before. He said that spetsnaz have traded their AK-12 in and pulled out older AKMS rifles with PBSā€“1 suppressors. The AK-12's bayonet mount prevents using most suppressors without an adapter.2/
https://t.co/6WoTiAbVmN

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english subtitles for others

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We've been using the Aug since the 80s and it hasn't caused any issues

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Partially due to it being a great gun

copper monolith
viral junco
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military triumphs for the russian military like

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and

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also dont forget

scarlet crown
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they won't let us have fucking anything will they

copper monolith
viral junco
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yeah pretty heavy stuff

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copper monolith
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we don't know about the situations in prisons, and many people are too afraid to speak up

split aurora
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I mean, I assume they just build a lot of prison space

wicked panther
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Time to do a quick google

split aurora
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Russia had the second highest incarceration rate in the world

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before the war

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no prizes for guessing no.1

wicked panther
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There better be a prize dammit

split aurora
wicked panther
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wait really?

split aurora
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America has over 2 million prisoners

wicked panther
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blimey, land of the free more like land of the freen't

split aurora
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America has more then China in pure figures

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Despite china having 1bn more people

wicked panther
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2 million

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how many prisons does the us have to facilitate that

split aurora
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A lot

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America has a lot of private prisons

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which have agreements with the state for minimum amount of prisoners

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They intentionally lock people up for minor offences so they can make money off them

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Anyway off topic

wicked panther
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fascinating, and terrible

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For context he is mostly believes all msm is lying about everything and that the opposite is then true. Also he believes the russian propaganda and that the moonlanding is fake, that covid is being faked and that there is a secret organisation behind it

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among other things

wicked panther
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tell your dad I got covid, put me in quarantine for 2 weeks and I didnt even get a dime from the shadow government

split aurora
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wow, got an email today from Open Collective, a non-profit that runs as an umbrella company providing legal infrastructure for charities / other money management

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Their 1k project, which provides in-need Ukranian families with $1000 each, raised 5.4million dollars

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crazy amount of money donated

copper monolith
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Pog hell yeah

split aurora
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I've used OC to donate before so I get semi-regular emails about their successes šŸ™

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very nice to recieve

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About what I expected from him pensive_wiggle

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the whole video is about them rescuing this family from a "mined" house

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don't know man but the entire thing looks awfully staged

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That makes total sense to do

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if theres an over 40s military while there would be more people with experience, it would be a damn guarantee that there will be an abundance of people who arent combat effective

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unless people who are far from their prime are there main target then go ahead

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mhmm

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would be fine if like, they were soldiers for many years

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and trained to keep their skills

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but yeah this will be 40 year olds who havent served since age 20 being coerced into joining a suicide mission

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# viral junco

Hey that reminds me of this other army that used children for soldiers, oh man cant remember the name, it was around 1944

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not younger

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Oh

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Also, being entirely fair, ukraines allowing people a lot older then 40 to join

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Yep

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mfw both ukraine and russia have higher minimum age for soldiers then the uk

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Though they donā€™t give out guns to the elderly as my grandpaā€˜s friend in Kyiv bitterly told him

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How many army fit 40 year olds are there in Russia tbh

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POV: You send in a huge force on an invasion analysts said "would take a week", 2 months later you've mass retreated with minimal gains and massive economic and material losses

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The art of war

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To be fair, war has changed so much that even the United States might have a hard time against a determined force, they are not dealing with minimally equipped militia like we did in the the last few years in the Middle East, theyā€™re dealing with a nation that utilizes significantly modern weaponry, stuff like drones, thermal detection systems, smart missiles, even tanks and helicopters, their old doctrines no longer hold up. we have seen the tank become an economic liability and the infantry regain the title of the queen of battle. On top of that the level of reporting is on a different level compared to the US involvement in Afghanistan, in the few months since Russia invaded, we have seen about as much videos of it as we did in about a year during Afghan. Russia is completely fucked in this war, and I hope a peace agreement can be decided before the end of the year

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regarding seeing videos, yeah this is probably the most documented war in human history, nearly every soldier has a smartphone with which they can take videos and upload to tiktok/telegram, so it's very easy to see some of the losses on both sides

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like the opening days of the gulf war are how this war probably should have looked if the russians were competent

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not to discredit ukraine or anything, but on paper the russian military is significantly stronger

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of course, this war has shown us that when your generals are all incompetent yes-men, that means nothing

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Yea, the Russians are going off 90s doctrines of elimination of anti air assets, quick precise strikes via air assault units against strategically important places like what was seen in the gulf war, the only difference is much has changed in 30 years that now the advanced technology from the 90s is available for these countries, these anti air assets are no longer giant vehicles that give off heat signatures the size of the sun, but a random dude that was given an American leased modernized stinger, the anti tank assets are now capable of easily piercing most armor from a mile away

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This is like a repeat of foreign involvement in the Spanish civil war, where both sides were leased items to see which of the two sticks were stronger, except we know our weapons are easily capable of piercing near-peer threats

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its mostly just sending fancy guns to their men

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The Ukrainian trees are stronger than the Russian twigs

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ukraine has seen more urban warfare than perhaps any other war in history, save for ww2 and ww1

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i don't think that the russian military can't compete with guerrilla tactics, i think its the opposite

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the russian military can't compete with an actual organized military

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@copper monolith

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Lmao good meme

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:D

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Booo, get off their gas quicker

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Slowly going to a standstill, but hopefully not for long

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Something I saw yesterday

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To welcome new Ukrainian students to their school, a primary school in, I believe, wexford, learned off stefania to perform for them

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It was to make them both feel more welcome, as well as letting the students understand how its hard to expect to learn a language immediately, so that they would be more understanding

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļø Zelensky says Ukrainian defenders of Azovstal up for prisoners exchange.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised interview that Ukrainian defenders taken from Azovstal to Russian-controlled cities must return home as part of a prisoner exchange.

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According to Zelensky, all civilians, doctors, as well as wounded and severely wounded people left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

According to Russiaā€™s Defense Ministry, a total of 2,439 soldiers from Azovstal have surrendered.

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Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder)

"People disagree, often vehemently, over what constitutes fascism. But todayā€™s Russia meets most of the criteria that scholars tend to apply. 1/3

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"It has a cult around a single leader, Vladimir Putin. It has a cult of the dead, organized around World War II. It has a myth of a past golden age of imperial greatness, to be restored by a war of healing violence ā€” the murderous war on Ukraine." 2/3
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"Fascists calling other people 'fascists' is fascism taken to its illogical extreme as a cult of unreason. It is a final point where hate speech inverts reality and propaganda is pure insistence." "Ukrainians... call it 'ruscism.'" 3/3
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how ironic

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poor soldiers

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also is that a radome in the nose? if so, the ruzzians are somehow even dumber than i thought, because you're not supposed to paint radomes

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I only saw the flag first and thought

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"oh what's wrong with that"

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....yeah then I looked at his arm lmfao

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strategically targeted whining

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Like even in spring finland will wipe the floor with a russian invasion force

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i find it really hard to believe that the rocket lobbing technique actually works, but if they keep doing it i guess it must

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new Perun and Task & Purpose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8LkpU3quVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qNd2U1i4g

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Russia's greatest defeat? Finland and Sweden joining NATO and what ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, one of the reasons cited was the need to 'demilitarise' Ukraine and prevent the expansion of NATO.

In doing so, it convinced the nations of Finland and Sweden to break with long traditions of non-alignment with military alliances (and strong public support for that stance) and apply to join NATO.

In some ways, th...

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huh

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I'll have you know, dear bagle, the ruzzian military is extremely powerful and it's in it's 87th day of 3 in their swift military operation with minimal loses!

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So true! glory to this glorious army which never falters!

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Im not too sure how relevant the story im about to say is, but I was talking to my teacher of french about the ukraine situation, and turns out shes friends with a Belgian top brain surgeon who went to russia recently to give a lecture to russian brain surgeons. She told her that turns out Putins got a brain tumour

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Her take was that Putins either a) getting paranoid due to his brain starting to malfunction and sees threats everywhere or b) him invading the ukraine was his last hurrah, since he might not have long to live and therefore wants to leave a ā€œlegacyā€

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that's quite something if true

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Its a reliable source

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explains why he looks so puffy, and his hand shaking uncontrollably in that one vid

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Yeah thats what my teach of french said too

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I thought it was well known? My teacher said it was on the news a while back

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Anyway the top brain surgeon never got to see putin himself cuz you know ā€œthe westā€ might try and do something

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first time hearing about it and I follow the Ukraine war religiously

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Sick

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but i want him in hague

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i want him to reveal all the fucking crimes he's done

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i want him to finally break all the lies they've built for over 8 years now

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then he can die

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Amen to that

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https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/cancerriddled-putin-is-surrounded-by-doctors-and-takes-breaks-during-meetings-for-treatment-claims-exbritish-spy/news-story/baa010b0802fe5cf074a03333f3c869b https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17793192/vladimir-putin-cancer/

The Sun
All about President Vladimir Putin's rumours of cancer

DURING Russiaā€™s invasion of Ukraine, there has been a lot of speculation about the health of leader, Vladimir Putin. Itā€™s been reported that the Russian President has blood cancer Ģµā€¦

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news.com.au says it's blood cancer, while the Sun doesn't specify

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Blood cancer ey

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Could be a clot in his brain instead of a tumour then

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(may 2nd)

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le thonk

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I guess we'll find out the truth sooner or later

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Yk whats funny, she only told me cuz i was reading this chat after I made the assignment and was waiting for the bell to ring

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We got talking about ukraine and stuff

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a balding fascist dictator with a cult of personality and a brain tumour? I can't believe Putin would plagiarise New Vegas like this

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Bahahaha

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Alright that was a good one ngl

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according to a video from the mysteriousĀ Telegram channel ā€œGeneral SVRā€ on Saturday.

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Their source is an anonymous guy who claims to be ex-russian intelligence on telegram

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maybe real? probably not

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i don't think this asshole's cancer is something we should focus on rn

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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8733

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Ukraine NOW [English]

šŸ˜¢Mariupol faces an epidemic catastrophe, ā€“ Mayor Vadym Boychenko

All because of the chaotic burials of people and summer rains.

Sewerage in the city does not work, so all wastewater will go into rivers, seas, and water sources.

ā€œIn addition to the humanitarian catastrophe created by the occupiers and collaborators, the city is on the verge of...

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I still can't put this into my mind

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a prospering city

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Just fucking wiped

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can it even be rebuilt?

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anything can be rebuilt, but a tragedy like this can't be forgotten

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it's also a question of time and resources

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LOTS of resources

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yeah, will take actual decades

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it's just devastating

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call it a prime example of russian peace

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the kind warmful russian world

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https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/uuiquq/new_footage_of_the_work_of_the_american_howitzer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/uuugs2/ukrainian_rm70_in_action/ uaf using m777 howitzer and rm70 mlrs, which were donated by the united states and the czech republic respectively

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The Kyiv Independent
Illia Ponomarenko
Andriy Zagorodnyuk: ā€˜Those who say Ukraine canā€™t win donā€™t understa...

A New York Times editorial article titledĀ ā€œThe War in Ukraine Is Getting Complicated, and America Isnā€™t Ready,ā€Ā published on May 19, immediately triggered a stir in Ukraine and beyond.Ā  Coming from a media outlet that has the reputation of being supportive of U.S. assistance to Ukraine against Russiaā€™s invasion, it has [ā€¦]

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M14... still effective as a sniper, wouldn't want to be given that as frontline infantry

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https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1528046054150754307?s=20&t=F28AzZpVMi70hdiWN7dprg https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1528046140847198210?s=20&t=F28AzZpVMi70hdiWN7dprg

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

#Ukraine: Apparently we have the first loss of a very potent 2S4 Tyulpan 240 mm self-propelled heavy mortar - the Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian example in Rubizhne, #Luhansk Oblast recently. A catastrophic explosion included.

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šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

It is worth a note that this may be down to the famous Russian Journalist Sasha Kots, who published images less than a day ago of this mortar firing at Ukrainian forces at precisely the same location.
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lmao dumbass

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Massive W

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Leggo, I expect prices to probs skyrocket here

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let's hit 30k lads

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huh the comedy series with zelensky is now on netflix lol

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let's gooooo

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Im dying

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https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1528274337048023041?s=20&t=5Cru5FM1A7Z7mNA4KxSbjw https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1528274342773239810?s=20&t=5Cru5FM1A7Z7mNA4KxSbjw

OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

The Ukrainian 45th Artillery Brigade has apparently fielded the domestically produced Spectator-M1 lightweight UAS, seen here spotting artillery fire on to a Russian position.

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Bit more info on the system https://t.co/hRnmwY7oW2

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Unsure about this, chief https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1528389530964959232?t=NBwPiZA7jwjR9lna0bqotw&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøUkraine bans medications produced in Russia, Belarus.

The Ukrainian parliament approved changes to the countryā€™s law on medicines on May 22, ā€œrestricting the flowā€ of those medications that have been at least partially produced by the enterprises located in Russia or Belarus.

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wtf

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this is fucking stupid

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yeah

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daily mail

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this article seems fine, but assume daily mail is fake until proven otherwise :p

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it's been 3 months

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hopefully it got the shitty channels my dad likes to watch of "analysists"

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https://kyivindependent.com/tech/ukraines-resilient-tech-industry-doing-well-in-spite-of-war/

The Kyiv Independent
Natalia Datskevych
Ukraine's resilient tech industry doing well in spite of war

Unlike Ukraineā€™s manufacturing plants, warehouses and stores, many of which lie in ruins, its IT sector has had much better luck. The tech industry reacted with lightning speed to the new reality dictated by Russiaā€™s all-out war against Ukraine. Early in the invasion and even before it, companies started to [ā€¦]

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Russian SU-25 got fucked up, but no word on the pilots https://twitter.com/GeneralStaffUA/status/1528352340322881536?s=20&t=7toODol8-jVu2v7_xDC_MA

Š“ŠµŠ½ŠµŃ€Š°Š»ŃŒŠ½ŠøŠ¹ штŠ°Š± Š—Š”Š£ (@GeneralStaffUA)

Š›ŃŒŠ²Ń–Š²ŃŃŒŠŗі Š“ŠµŃŠ°Š½Ń‚Š½ŠøŠŗŠø Š·Š±ŠøŠ»Šø рŠ¾ŃŃ–Š¹ŃŃŒŠŗŠøŠ¹ штурŠ¼Š¾Š²ŠøŠŗ Š”у-25
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Man

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so much pointless waste of life

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its depressing to try and put faces to the numbers

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this war do be just getting rid of mostly old equipment https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1528385470996041728?s=20&t=9tr27IaObo0vHIvgxpmLkw

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

#Ukraine: A Portuguese m/963 grenade by Fabrica Militar de Portugal (a.k.a FMBP) in the hands of the Ukrainian soldier.
These relatively old grenades (copy of American M26A1) were supplied from Portugal in the end of February along with G3 rifles.

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I mean, on both sides

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So many wasted lives

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In one madman's war

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who sits thousands of miles away sheltered and isolated from any consequences or reaction

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madman and careless/speechless following*

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while young men are sent off to fight against their brothers and cousins

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War is horrible

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im sorry could you specify on brothers and cousins line

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I mean, Ukrainians and Russians are fairly interlinked as peoples

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but it just more generally means people close to them, not at all unlike themselves

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I just hope you're not on the fucking brother nation rumble

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eh, it's just a saying, and one that is widely used here

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sure is wise to use a saying while addressing a foreigner

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???

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fascist propaganda lines go brrrrrr

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thicc gun

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lmao

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I'm guessing the crew made it out, judging by the 2nd half of the vid

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Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin)

Russia's chief propagandist Vladimir Soloviev shares a message that helps clarify what is already obvious. Russia is waging war to occupy Ukraine and eliminate Ukrainian statehood, "liberating it from German, Anglo-Saxon and Jewish colonizers"

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@ABarbashin This just can't be the same Soloviev who complained earlier that sanctions against him are anti-Semitic, right? Just two different Sovolvievs who just happen to share the same screen, correct?

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Sadly a lot of the time the nicest military tech belongs to the worst countries

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as what makes then the worst is what they do with the tech :p

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...well, you also have like Sweden, who builds beautiful tech thats makn purpose is "hide in forest incase the Russians get any ideas"

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i feel a similar way about planes like the backfire and flanker, beautiful designs that frequently end up on the wrong side of history

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I mean western aircrafts records are just as dirty as russian ones :p

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yeah, the b-52 and f-4 donā€™t exactly have clean track records either

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with all the napalm bombing and stuff

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I absolutely love the look of some of our planes, the F4 and the F15 are two of the nicest looking aircrafts out there, but I love the look of the KA-52 despite working on the chinook, the idea of an over under solution to the tandem rotors is insane when you also think of how to control it and when it comes to the configuration of the drive train, itā€™s a design as beautiful as the Cheyenne, which sadly never entered service

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøPoland terminates gas contract with Russia ahead of schedule.

The contract, signed in 1993, was valid until the end of 2022, but Poland decided to terminate it earlier due to Russiaā€™s war against Ukraine, Polish Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said on May 23.

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ā€œWe have always known that (Russian gas giant) Gazprom is not a reliable partner,ā€ she said.

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Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer)

BREAKING: šŸ‡·šŸ‡ŗ Russiaā€™s Counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva has resigned.

Boris Bondarev: ā€œNever have I been so ashamed of my country.ā€

UN Watch is now calling on all other Russian diplomats at the United Nationsā€”and worldwideā€”to follow his moral example and resign.

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šŸ‘€ dayum

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøUkraine criticizes France's assertion about potential EU membership in 15-20 years.

In response to Franceā€™s European Minister ClĆ©ment Beaune, Ukraineā€™s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko told European Pravda that Kyiv insists on receiving candidate status in June.

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ā€œUkraine is the only place in Europe where people defend European values ā€‹ā€‹at the cost of their own lives,ā€ Nikolenko said.

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Russian soldier jailed for life for killing civilian in Ukraine, la...

A Kyiv court sentenced Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin, 21, to life in prison for killing a civilian in Sumy Oblast during the Russian troopsā€™ retreat on Feb. 28.Ā  Shishimarin pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his victim, adding that he didnā€™t want to kill him. While the defense asked for the [ā€¦]

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fuk

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The Kyiv Independent
Asami Terajima
Ukrainians fleeing Russian occupation: ā€˜We decided it was scarier t...

Editorā€™s Note: Names of some people appearing in this article have been changed to protect the families of those escaping Russian occupation from possible retaliation. ZAPORIZHZHIAā€“ Two sisters quickly packed their stuff and rushed out the door when Russian troops stormed into their hometown Enerhodar.Ā  They knew their lives would [ā€¦]

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...Could this bring the downfall of modern russia as we know it?

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with putin allegedly sick, diplomats leaving

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dont want a discussion, just a thought

wicked panther
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Nah cuz theres already a bunch of putins that arent putin waiting their turn sadly

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Eh who knows future aint written in the stars is it

hollow hollow
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honestly i didnā€™t think this was possible https://mobile.twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1528661152607125508?cxt=HHwWiICy8YLO8rYqAAAA

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

#Ukraine: Apparently, Ukrainian forces used one more tank from a monument in #Mariupol- here we see an ancient T-54 tank, which was moved from its original place in Azovstal and was used as a "defensive position". However it is unclear if it was towed or got there on its own.

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copper monolith
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desperate times call for desperate measures

hollow hollow
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i guess it explains why they were destroying those t-34 monuments, everyone was saying they were dumb for doing it but apparently it actually made sense

scarlet crown
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it does make sense but i doubt they actually destroyed tank monuments before for strategic action

split aurora
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ehhh

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it won't be for strategy

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like, putting a t-34 back in action is... a waste

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I mean, the guns useful

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but the armour can be destroyed by any number of handheld weapons

split aurora
scarlet crown
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yeah, I can only imagine them doing it in Mariupol out of being desperate

split aurora
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in ww2 in the battle of Berlin Germany pressed a lot of museum tanks into service

scarlet crown
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I mean, read closer

split aurora
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didn't really achieve much

scarlet crown
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defensive position

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no one's been using those for actual combat

split aurora
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defensive position... means combat

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lmao

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just used for defence not offence

scarlet crown
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i don't understand how that works but sure

split aurora
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????

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Well they're defenders in mariupol

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so presumably they just stuck the tank in a defensive ditch/wall and used the gun

scarlet crown
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that's what i tried to say

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thus they didn't use the tank directly

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but for a defensive position

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which isn't tank combat

split aurora
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I mean it is...

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lmao

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you're in a tank, attacking hostiles using the tank gun

scarlet crown
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yea, whatever you say man

split aurora
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when you're sat stationary that doesn't make it not a tank

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lmfao

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"a tank is only a tank if its moving"

scarlet crown
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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8890 they really ditched him

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ā•The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmytro Peskov, denied the possibility of exchanging of deputy Viktor Medvedchuk for military personnel from "Azovstal".

"Medvedchuk is a citizen of Ukraine. He has nothing to do with Russia, and he is not a military man", - he said.
Ā According to him, "these are entirely differen...

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"сŠ²Š¾Šøх Š½Šµ Š±Ń€Š¾ŃŠ°ŠµŠ¼" btw

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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8900

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āš”ļøDefense ministers of more than 40 countries met for a second meeting on military assistance to Ukraine.

Four other countries that did not attend last month's meeting joined it: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Ireland and Kosovo, according to CNN.

The meeting is attended by 44 defense ministers, including the Minister of Defense ...

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šŸ˜”šŸ¤Æ "We are not aggressors!": Self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, wrote a letter to UN Secretary General AntĆ³nio Guterres.

In his message, Lukashenko assured the UN Secretary General that Belarus is ready for direct meetings and other steps. According to him, Belarus has never been the initiator of any wars or conflicts. ...

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i live in hope that the defenders can still be freed

scarlet crown
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they will be, no doubts about it

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we do expect some sort of a kick to the gut from russos, but at least they've been given aid and are now safe as POWs

grand pier
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and as you said, the guns are still useful the armor isnt so digging it in a defensive position to just use the gun is a great move when faced with limited resources

split aurora
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Okay but that's only if it's physically dug in and made incapable of movement

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Incapable of moving and not moving are different

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guys can we not start a fucking war

scarlet crown
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which one are you on about

split aurora
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Lithuania and the uk wanting to have a naval battle

scarlet crown
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that'd be cool

split aurora
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It wouldn't, it'd be a reckless act of war and aggression

scarlet crown
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I mean it's only a plan at this stage, no need to be so dramatic

split aurora
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"Aha just a plan to start a massive war that will kill countless people"

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"all fine and dandy :)"

scarlet crown
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i think you're overblowing this

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āš”ļøRussia is concerned about the integration of Ukraine and Poland.

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote about this on her Telegram page.

She suggests, that due to the special attitude towards Poles, Ukraine should not have any claims to Crimea.

She believes that by such actions the Ukrainian author...

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# split aurora It wouldn't, it'd be a reckless act of war and aggression

do you have any idea how much grain russiaā€™s blockade is preventing ukraine from exporting? itā€™s a fuck ton, and there will be a lot of food shortages if the blockade isnā€™t lifted. it needs to be dealt with, whether thatā€™s done by giving ukraine anti ship missiles or directly forcing them to leave

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you can't use "just shoot them all lol" as a catch all solution

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sure, send ukraine anti-ship missiles

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but no fucking attacking the Russian fleet jesus christ

hollow hollow
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itā€™s not a catch all solution, but itā€™s better than sitting on our asses and letting people starve

split aurora
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No its not!!!!

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A NATO-RUSSIA WAR

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is not good

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or tolerable

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in almost any circumstances

scarlet crown
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oh no!!!! good heavens!!!!!!

split aurora
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That will cause a lot more deaths

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Why do people want any excuse to spill blood

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people see war and get a taste for death and bloodshed

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Yes, we need a solution about the grain shortage
No, the largest war in human history is not the correct solution

scarlet crown
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again, you might be overblowing this too hard

split aurora
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I don't think I am šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

hollow hollow
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how do we know russia wouldnā€™t just back down?

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theyā€™re scared af right now

split aurora
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...

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"Hey guys, let's launch a massive military assault against a nuclear power, who knows, they might not defend themselves <3"

scarlet crown
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here we go again with pissing and shitting over a so real nuclear holocaust

hollow hollow
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hey, remember when russia said finland joining nato would cause a nuclear exchange? remember when they said supplying weapons to ukraine would cause one?

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me too

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we still here

split aurora
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There is a difference.

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Iā€˜m gonna have to agree with Charlotte here, any sort of outright assault is not a good idea

scarlet crown
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no guys but really they're going to do it now i swear!!!

leaden grove
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At the same time, I think naval operations are something that should be considered

scarlet crown
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exactly

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but it doesn't mean it'll be an outright fucking war

split aurora
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Protecting shipping in international waters, should be considered

leaden grove
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Yep

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And clearing access to the ports

split aurora
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but an attempt to "break the bloackade" must not be done. Period.

leaden grove
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As for the other warships, those should be left alone by other nations

split aurora
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treat it the way america treated the blockades in rhe iran-iraq war

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America escorted neutral shipping to the edges of international waters, and protected them from attacks

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while in international seas

leaden grove
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That would already be a huge step forward

split aurora
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But thats the limit

leaden grove
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Itā€™s worth a try I think

split aurora
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You must under no circumstances assault the Russian fleet in non-international waters

leaden grove
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And the important thing here is communication

split aurora
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^^^

leaden grove
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It should be clearly stated how many ships will be operating, what the protected routes will be and what is considered aggressive action

split aurora
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mhmn

scarlet crown
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yeah that i can agree with

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just doesn't mean an attempt will cause a whole ass war as someone here claims

split aurora
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I standby exactly what I say.

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my opinion on this is the same as its been since February 24th

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same as it was with the no fly zones

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direct confrontation between NATO and Russia mist be avoided at all costs

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Russian threats relating to non-confrontation actions are to be disregarded

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I've tried to keep as ideologically consistent as I can, while admitting where I've been incorrect

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Iā€˜ll have to find it again but I saw a very reasonable plan from a Finnish naval specialist a few weeks ago

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But one of the main obstacles will be finding enough countries to support this operation, as well as convincing Turkey to let warships into the Black Sea again

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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8906

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āš”ļøThe world economy is in its worst state in 80 years.

This is stated in the report of the International Monetary Fund.

Experts call the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine as one of the reasons for the sharp drop in the economy.

In addition, the global economy has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of climate cha...

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hollow hollow
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thatā€™s why i supported a no fly zone, i was expecting the bombing campaign to reach operation rolling thunder levels of destruction

split aurora
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I see the devastation of the confrontation as similar to the devastation in Japan 1945, across the entire European continent, far greater then any possible devastation from inaction

hollow hollow
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luckily it didnā€™t turn out that way

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split aurora
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I'd rather Ukraine be destroyed, then an entire continent be destroyed, if we're gonna summarise it to this.

scarlet crown
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gee thanks

split aurora
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I hate summarising it to that

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It's not useful, or helpful

scarlet crown
split aurora
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The ideal is, nothing gets destroyed. And we must strive to attain that.

split aurora
split aurora
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To approach as little long term destruction as possible

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Send Ukraine weapons, send Ukraine planes, do not get NATO directly involved in fighting. Sending everything short of our men.

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And work towards long term diplomatic results, that minimise death and destruction in the long term, everywhere.

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The Long Term clause is I why I disagree with some, who say ukraine should surrender to minimise bloodshed

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While, yes, it would minimise destruction and death on this day. It would not in the long term

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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/8908

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šŸ’Ŗ šŸ‡©šŸ‡° Denmark will hand over "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles and launchers to Ukraine.

This statement was made by the US Secretary of Defense, Austin Lloyd, following a meeting of the contact group on defense of Ukraine.

"Harpoon" missiles are known to hit at a distance of 300 kilometers.

With their use, Ukraine hopes to unblock Ukrainian port...

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We gotem

gloomy spear
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One down, many more to go Iā€™m sure

silk iron
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hey how's things going?

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I;ve got a bit of spare time can anyone fill me in on what the major developments were in the past week?

split aurora
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russia sanctioned morgan freeman, a russian diplomat resigned

silk iron
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lol what

split aurora
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oh and mariupol is almost entirely surrendered now

silk iron
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you can't just sanction morgan freeman like that!!11

split aurora
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the majority of the remaining garrison surrendered to russia and is being medically treated

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remains to be seen whether russia will do a prisoner swap, or put them on trial

silk iron
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It's amazing how long Mariupol held out, it's probably just as well Ukraine accepted the Mariupol surrender terms - there was nothing to be gained from holding on any longer.

split aurora
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mhmm

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Ukraine prosecuted the first russian soldier, gave them a life imprisonment order

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copper monolith
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Poor McCain, cant visit Russia now

hollow hollow
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ā€œfuck off, ghost!ā€ -vladimir putin

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beyond

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parody

hollow hollow
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i'm so fucking sick of hearing about 1984, but yeah, that is maybe the dumbest thing to come out of moscow since this whole thing started

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idk if anyoneā€™s posted this yet, but this is definitely a great alternative to confronting russiaā€™s navy https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/denmark-sending-ukraine-anti-ship-harpoon-missiles-to-take-on-russian-ships-in-black-sea

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Denmark Sending Ukraine Anti-Ship Harpoon Missiles To Take on Russi...

The Danish Armed Forces are sending long-range anti-ship missiles to Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters on Monday. The range of Denmarkā€™s coastal defense Harpoons could put Russian ships at risk in the Northern Black Sea, a naval analyst told USNI News. ā€œIā€™m especially grateful to Denmark, which announced today that i...

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harpoons are kinda old and theyā€™re definitely not the best missiles in the world, but just a couple of them could snap a frigate in two

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hollow hollow
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i donā€™t think the usn has any land-based launchers for harpoons, itā€™s a good thing denmark had some

viral junco
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Anything to sink a Russian ship is worth using

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So long as it does the job

hollow hollow
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iā€™d love to see them target the ships with long range air defenses first

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that way the uaf can get in on the anti-shipping action

scarlet crown
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that's how it'll go most likely

hollow hollow
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prob wonā€™t happen, but i want to see footage of flankers strafing russian destroyers

split aurora
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Shame ukraine doesn't have its own significant navy

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most of its biggest ships were captured in the annexation of crimea

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and the largest ship in the ukranian navy, at the start of the war, was the ukranian flagship, which is currently sat at the bottom of the black sea

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split aurora
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No, ukraines flagship

hollow hollow
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gotcha

split aurora
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The ship wasn't in fighting condition, and they feared its port would be overun

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so the crew scuttled the frigate

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to prevent capture

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it was in port in mykolaiv, east of odessa, undergoing repairs

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russian troops attacked but couldn't take the city iirc

scarlet crown
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Yea i remember something like that

split aurora
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Ukraines fleet is mostly patrol boats, with a few gunboats mixed in

scarlet crown
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Feels like it was one of the things that got hit during the first day, along with airports, etc

split aurora
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Scuttled 28th Feb/1st march

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I believe

scarlet crown
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either way, it's a shame, but i doubt it'd serve too big of a role in this war

split aurora
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Ukraine has both frigates and corvettes under construction atm, and plans to possibly transfer a few smaller Royal Navy/US Navy vessels

split aurora
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just a shame seeing a fine ship sinking

scarlet crown
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unless it's Moskva

split aurora
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I mean, from a cool tech side, it's a shame to see it sink

...from a real world standpoint, its great to see russia facing a major military loss, and a huge loss of pride

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though, the ship will almost certainly be known in history due to its sinking, rather then the ship itself

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The titanic, the HMS hood, to a lesser degree the bismarck, they were all famous as mighty something called unsinkable shops that met a watery grave

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hollow hollow
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the article i posted also mentions that those harpoons are upgraded to attack coastal targets, including ships that are in port

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i wonder if they could get them close enough to hit sevastopol

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though i'd imagine the ports there have all sorts of s-300s defending them

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scarlet crown
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let's hit that 30kk

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limber wagon
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lmfao

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idiots

limber wagon
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?

split aurora
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posting 40day old info

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switchblade attacking an exposed tank crew https://mobile.twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1529003245296922627

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons)

#Ukraine: Ukrainian SSO (SOF) published rare footage of a kamikaze drone in action, which we identied as a US-supplied Switchblade 300 - hitting a Russian T-72B3 tank with its crew on top.
The tank is unlikely to receive any serious damage, which cannot be said about the crew.

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The music choice is quite something

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Sucks for the guys on top

scarlet crown
# limber wagon > as of april 16 Just a tad outdated

I'd like to point out that this underwriting is only applied to soldier casualties. It could most likely mean that the latest announcement of our combat losses was in april 16, while other are still pretty much up-to-date

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It's obvious that the number is not true whatsoever,if i remember right, Zelenskiy even said that we lose like 100-150 soldiers per day in the east

fierce arch
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i mean that's a pretty important number to be that outdated

scarlet crown
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important, sure, but you know already that propaganda goes both ways

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Not everything is going to be outright revealed, that's just how the game goes

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Those things are brutal

fierce arch
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i don't even know if it would be wise to trust that number even if it was "up-to-date"

split aurora
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Also putting an out of date number while hiding the as of so small/dark

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that's just pure misinformation spreading

scarlet crown
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now you're just being picky

split aurora
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I'm being fair

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šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

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šŸ˜” Russia wants to arrange a pseudo-tribunal for Ukrainian fighters from "Azovstal".

This was stated by the representative of the occupation authorities, Denys Pushilin.

According to him, all prisoners of war from "Azovstal" are on the territory of the so-called "DPR", and in this region, occupied by Russia, an "international tribunal" will be...

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https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1528998672763076608?t=soOWHmMs2S3I8cOkrhjA1Q&s=19 https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1528999356346556417?t=_1UBgUTMYK2nXaSMFeBElg&s=19

Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock)

Russia Today head @M_Simonyan threatens nuclear armageddon (again) and instructs Russian parents to celebrate the fact that their kids canā€™t study abroad in the West or see the developed world anymore. ā€œYouā€™ll thank me later,ā€ she vows.

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Just a reminder that Simonyan spent 1996 in Bristol, New Hampshire, as part of the U.S. State Department-funded Future Leaders Exchange student exchange program.

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lmao

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Yea, itā€™s not going to be as well know either

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Babes!!! Wake up!!!!! New bozo just dropped dead!!!!! https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1529099517005639682?t=qLkrlRlivU3xJqpq17nR9A&s=19 https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1529101792532914178?t=dDMB8sGKu04ENI6Gpb-EjA&s=19

Rob Lee (@RALee85)

The BBC confirmed Ukraine's claim that retired Russian Major General Kanamat Botashev was shot down, possibly by a Stinger MANPADS, in a Su-25 aircraft near Popasna on Sunday and killed. It appears he was flying for Wagner.
https://t.co/JRS3Shcp68

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Botashev was a former regimental commander but was forced to retire after he decided to take a Su-27 fighter for a joyride and crashed it while performing acrobatics. 2/

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lmfao

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I am referring to yer man there not you ofc

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trench warfare

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Javelins on the side

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Surreal honestly

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if you'd go back in time and tell soviet ww2 veterans about this happening less than a century later, they'd be devastated

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https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1529114156187938816

Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000)

Putin's War -- The Daily Map Briefing for May 24th.

  • Russia was able to break through the Ukrainian line at two axes around Popasna, one towards Yakolivka, cutting the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway, one from Svitlodarsk.
  • Russian troops entered Lyman and control part of the town.
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uhoh

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ukraine doesnā€™t need to fight for every inch of land as long as russia continues to lose equipment at an unsustainable rate

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remember that german forces at one point were able to see the kremlinā€™s towers during operation barbarossa, but they still got crushed later on

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and keep in mind that russia is giving their all for these tiny advances

split aurora
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isn't ideal

hollow hollow
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speaking of equipment losses, i think it may be prudent to start training ukrainian forces on systems like m60 and abrams sooner rather than later. russia may be allegedly running low on working tanks, but eventually ukraine will be in the same position i think

split aurora
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I mean, assuming the west wants to send those over

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as tech gets more expensive and militarily significant to the west, the interest declines

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which might be why they havent started

stark harness
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I havenā€™t been catching up on ukraine news

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The guilt is terrible

hollow hollow
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i meant it more as like a better safe than sorry thing

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hopefully we donā€™t need to send reserve abrams and m60s, but if we do have to it would be great for the ukrainians to already know how to use them

split aurora
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Yeah but like, if america trains ukranian troops on the abrams, that implies they will send them

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and america might not want to

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is why it might not happen

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War criminal slams another war criminal

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lmfao

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(warning: may be disturbing to some people) ||russian soldiers are left walking around shell shocked after ukrainian artillery barrage https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=101&v=i2lFSt_S43o&feature=emb_title||

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Multiple hits on Russian positions by Ukrainian strikes, lots of Russians seen walking around shell shocked after the blasts.

#ukrainewar #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #war #combat #combatfootage #ukrainewar2022 #artillery #ukrainewarnews #Ukrainewarfooatge #russiaukrainewar2022 #russianarmy #warzoneclips #donbass #Kharkiv #kherson #donetsk #warin...

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every news headline uses one of those two verbs lmfao

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`ā€œMany say that Putin and I are both killers. Iā€™ve long told you Filipinos that I really kill. But I kill criminals, I donā€™t kill children and the elderly,ā€ Duterte said. ā€œWeā€™re in two different worlds.ā€

Duterte, who has been president for six years and steps down on June 30, has presided over a brutal anti-drugs crackdown that has left more than 6,000 mostly petty suspects dead.`

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haha

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https://kyivindependent.com/opinion/editorial-the-kyiv-independents-response-to-the-new-york-times-editorial-board/

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The Kyiv Independent
Editorial: The Kyiv Independent's response to the New York Times ed...

The New York Times editorial, ā€œThe War in Ukraine Is Getting Complicated, and America Isnā€™t Ready,ā€ published on May 19, immediately caused an uproar in Ukraine.Ā  A veiled manifesto of appeasement from a newspaper known for its stellar coverage of Russiaā€™s horrific invasion has disappointed many.Ā  In the editorial, the [ā€¦]

fierce arch
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what a weird world

copper monolith
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why are half of the twitter embeds shit today

split aurora
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oh yeah me and my friend looked through this earlier and did some testing

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We think

Something about image embedding broke
Discord rolled out a new fix
It doesn't fix on any tweets that someone has posted on discord between the break and the fix, as it loads the old cache for them

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but yeah it should be fine on newer tweets

split aurora
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(small thread)

copper monolith
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Uh oh, the artificial country is becoming independent, yet another Putin's blunder

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The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøISW: 'Russian forces have likely abandoned efforts to encircle large Ukrainian formations in eastern Ukraine.'

Russian troops ā€œare instead attempting to secure smaller encirclements and focus on Sievierodonetsk,ā€ the Institute for the Study of War said in its May 24 update.

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This change in strategy is allowing for gradual advances, but at the expense of abandoning several intended lines of advance and deep encirclement of Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine.

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Ukrainian forces are also likely conducting a controlled withdrawal southwest of Popasna near Bakhmut to protect Ukrainian supply lines against Russian offensives in the southeast of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, the ISW wrote.

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ugh

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disgusting

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I mean. i see why but fuck that shouldnt be happening

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bruh

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That's also very illegal

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as per the 2010 Equalities Act

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Ah, blackmail

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now that's a bargain

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Guess we're better off without export then

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Shows that sanctions are hurting them

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Hopefully those anti ship missiles arrive and get rid of the blockade anyways

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Lithuania will transfer 20 M113 armoured personnel carriers as well as military trucks and de-mining vehicles to Ukraine, its defence ministry said.- the guardian

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OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

"Zaporizhzhia Oblast after complete liberation from Ukrainian nationalists will head towards becoming part of Russia, representative of the local administration Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti."

https://t.co/j9v89E1P5y

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"There can be only one future for the Zaporizhzhia Oblast - it should be part of Russia, should become a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation. We do not need gray zones, we do not need the Zaporozhye People's Republic...

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We want to be part of Russia, as we always have been for hundreds of years,"

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Deranged

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Shit ping sorry

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Š”Š²ŠžŠøŠ„ Š½Š• Š±Š Š¾Š”Š°Š•Š¼

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cuz that's what legends do

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i always find it funny when the russians cry self determination for crimea and shit but when ukraine wants to self determine its future suddenly thats not allowed

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One of Kadyrov's bozos that just tiktoked all day is dead. Rest in piss

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Epic embed fail

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i donā€™t understand Norwegian or whatever language that is, so feel free to translate if you can

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@coral idol

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And yes, thatā€™s Norwegian, though it isnā€™t difficult to read this text if you know some Danish and Swedish

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https://t.me/ukrainenowenglish/9130

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āš”ļø"Appeasing" Putin is dangerous, it is necessary to ensure his defeat ā€“ British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

"We must be relentless in securing Ukraine's victory with military assistance and sanctions. Now we can no longer take our foot off the gas pedal. We must prevent a protracted and increasingly painful conflict in Ukraine from developing,...

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Hey remember what happened the last time europe appeased a mad dictator?

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I read that they were the first to reject Putin's offer to decrease sanctions in favour of removing the blockade, though forgor šŸ’€ to post it here

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Silly pisscow, get off the weed https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1529777425508405251?t=B5ms0rm9dUjYVmLuJHcn7g&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøRussia says it expects Kyiv to accept its demands, including claims on occupied territories.

Kremlinā€™s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian-occupied territories were not territorial concessions. Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it wonā€™t give up any of its territories.

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OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

UK MOD- Russiaā€™s airborne forces ā€“ the VDV ā€“ have been heavily involved in several notable tactical failures since the start of Russiaā€™s invasion... Its mixed performance likely reflects a strategic mismanagement of this capability and Russiaā€™s failure to secure air superiority.

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whoa, 2 images

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I hope it wont take too long to reassemble them

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now we gotta get slovakia and poland to send their migs

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The Stria Switzo Propaganda (in-game named Propaganda Van) is a vehicle in Just Cause 3. It is a Stria Switzo van used by the Medici government. It is painted in the colors of the Medici flag and bears the likeness of General Di Ravello on its sliding doors. It is designed in the basic silhouette of a typical European van. It takes design cues f...

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bro where is rico rodriguez when you need him

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US supplied Switchblade loitering munitions have been reportedly captured by Russian forces. #Ukraine #Russia

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This US supplied Switchblade loitering munition is almost intact. Many countries including Russia would love to analyze it and reverse engineering it.

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well.... fuck

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more so then the hardware itself

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navigation systems, targeting etc.

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fucking ww1 machine gun

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i mean, its better then nothing

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lmao

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in the 2nd vid a Ukrainian soldier fucking throws back a grenade, balls of titanium tbh

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Israel when weapons murdering arab children: šŸ˜ƒ
Israel when weapons killing an invading fascist army: šŸ˜­

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lmao right?

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And it can shoot for quite a long time

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so is this

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but which would you rather have, that, or an m16

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I think that in the choice between "no machine gun" and "old machine gun", the old machine gun wins out

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yeah, of course

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but a maxim is still.... massively outclassed by anything modern

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its better then nothing

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you're missing the point

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Besides, they aren't WWI-vintage

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It's the WWII version, the M1910/30

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ah

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It fires the same round as the PKM (which is the GPMG currently in service in the Russian army), at a rate-of-fire only slightly slower

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Again, don't get me wrong, its far better then nothing, but it certainly isn't anyones first choice :p

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Its effective rate of fire is actually higher than the PKM, because it takes longer to overheat

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machine guns do have a pretty long service life

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The only place it really falls down is weight, because it's heavier than a Browning M2

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Though, ig thats where the truck comes in

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but that doesn't matter if you're using it in an emplacement or on a truck

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plus a maxim isn't nearly as one man operable as other MGs

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but again, a truck helps solve that

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i feel like machine guns are one of those things where thereā€™s been a technology plateau and stuff from 100 years ago can be almost as effective as modern stuff

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The Browning M2 is from 100 years ago

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just look at the m2 browning, itā€™s been in service for over 100 years

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I'd say the m2 is about the cutoff

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I wouldn't wanna use anything older, but the M2 is still perfectly fine

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well, its more important on foot, then mounted

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something as small as a few kg lighter, or better handling, is very important on foot

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but not that important in a truck

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thereā€™s also been photos of ukrainian soldiers using old mg3s/mg42s, i bet the russians still know and fear the sound of the old buzzsaw

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pretty sure the german army still uses the buzzsaw

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yeah thatā€™s kinda my point, ā€œobsoleteā€ machine guns still get the job done today

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well, depends on the job

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a maxim may get the job done on a truck, but theres no way in hell you're carrying that on foot without a team

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we should give ukraine some Tachanka's

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sadly, tachanka is russian and heā€™d never fight for ukraine : (

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siege joke btw

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absolute meme tier vehicle and delightfully effective

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made by Makhovia, an anarchist state in modern day ukraine

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fought in the russian civil war, before being backstabbed and conquered by the soviets

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Big oof

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Now this is epic

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More destructions poggers

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almost 30k let's goooo

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Bitchass https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1530120409521209345?t=z8XUFkxLG0mv46lEyxS8Ww&s=19 https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1530120412268462080?t=6ve0YjXOVAZcQXm07srF5Q&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

āš”ļøIran to supply Russia with car parts and gas turbines in exchange for steel.

Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin said on May 26 that Iran would use barter trade with Russia to ensure supplies of raw materials for its metals and mining sector.

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He also said that Iran would need to import zinc, lead and alumina from Russia. Russia has had difficulties with equipment and components for its industry because Western imports have dropped as a result of the sanctions imposed due to its aggression against Ukraine.

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