Or a proper and respectful vassal/client state. I guess.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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GasBandit
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That's a taken prize. They let you wear a unique nametag, but you're pretty much in the Union.
The stated goal of the current powers in Russia is the eventually "reclaimation" of all previously held territory and expansion Westwards to defeat the decadent western Nazis. This will never happen; considering the state of everything else in their country, we don't have an reason to believe Russia can actually launch a nuclear weapon effectively and even if they could, the retaliation of such an event (whether conventional or in kind) would be the end of Russia.
They can yell all they want. If they don't want NATO at their doorstep, maybe they shouldn't be so invasive of neighbors.
They can yell all they want. If they don't want NATO at their doorstep, maybe they shouldn't be so invasive of neighbors.
Clearly they're doing it using Ukraine as an excuse but in fact because they're Nazi supporting filthy degenerate Westerners who are being brainwashed to fight against their own best interests, which lie with their big strong and friendly neighbor.
Yet another textbook example of binary thinking.
This is why they don't want Teh Gays, because that will ruin their "pure" binary stance.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Tick Tock, Pooty Poot.
www.newsweek.com
Putin Leaving Meetings to Get Medical Treatment, Christopher Steele Says
The former British intelligence official with MI6 claims that the Russian president is "constantly accompanied around the place by a team of doctors."
www.newsweek.com
GasBandit
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Exclusive: Senior Russian Diplomat at U.N. Resigns, “Never have I been so ashamed of my country” - UN Watch
GENEVA, May 23, 2022 — Russia’s counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva has resigned, the most senior diplomat to defect since his country’s invasion of Ukraine began in February, according to an exclusive report by UN Watch, an independent non-governmental human rights organization based in...
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GasBandit
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Ukraine’s partisans are hitting Russian soldiers behind their own lines
In Russian-occupied cities like Melitopol, covert resistance continues
GasBandit
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‘Russia is failing’ in Ukraine and has already ‘strategically lost’ the war, says the head of Britain’s armed forces
Russia is a “more diminished power” as a result of its invasion of Ukraine, the head of the British armed forces also said.
figmentPez
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If the famine happens in the Middle East and Africa, I fear that the USA will be drawn into open warfare in Ukraine.
GasBandit
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Seems like Russia's stealth fighters aren't exactly all that stealthy.
eurasiantimes.com
4 Russian Su-57 Jets, Operating In Stealth Mode, Identified & Destroyed Ukrainian Air Defense Systems - Decoding Claims
In May, the Russian state-owned media, TASS, reported that the Russian military has been using Su-57 fighters in the ongoing Ukraine war for two or three weeks after the onset of the Russian assault on Ukraine. Russia Attacks Snake Island After ‘Goodwill Withdrawal’; Ukraine Did Not Draw Lessons...
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1.) This is TASS, meaning it's almost certainly false. They wouldn't be reporting an ongoing operation and certainly not one involving Russia's supposedly hotshit next-gen fighter.Seems like Russia's stealth fighters aren't exactly all that stealthy.
4 Russian Su-57 Jets, Operating In Stealth Mode, Identified & Destroyed Ukrainian Air Defense Systems - Decoding Claims
In May, the Russian state-owned media, TASS, reported that the Russian military has been using Su-57 fighters in the ongoing Ukraine war for two or three weeks after the onset of the Russian assault on Ukraine. Russia Attacks Snake Island After ‘Goodwill Withdrawal’; Ukraine Did Not Draw Lessons...
2.) Russia has a total of 4 of these things, 12 years after production began (Well... plus 10 testbeds that are probably non-functional at this point). They will not be a factor in the grand scheme of things.
3.) I highly doubt Russian engineers managed to do better than the F-22A, which is kind of a flying turkey itself.
Or General in Specific.
Looks like Ukraine is positioning itself to take back Crimea. They destroyed a Russian airbase in the area, destroying over a billion dollars of military hardware and countless soldiers stationed there. Russian tourists are now fleeing the area over the Crimean bridge. (seriously? Tourists?)
What's weird to me is the Russian response, they blame the airbase going up in smoke on "improper fire safety" because they would rather make themselves look like idiots that would blow up their own airbase then admit Ukraine was able to get past their air defenses.
What's weird to me is the Russian response, they blame the airbase going up in smoke on "improper fire safety" because they would rather make themselves look like idiots that would blow up their own airbase then admit Ukraine was able to get past their air defenses.
Russia is now also recruiting convicts with promises of amnesty for 6 months of service. No pedophiles or terrorists (as designated by the Russian government), but murderers and robbers and rapists, sure. They alledgely) get 2 weeks of boot camp before being dropped in Ukraine to serve as cannon fodder.
I can absolutely believe this, easily, but....Yikes.
I can absolutely believe this, easily, but....Yikes.
You can't believe this? Russia employs the Zap Branigan strategy consistently. Clog the enemy with our dead until victory.
The chairman of a Russian oil company, who criticised the invasion of Ukraine has used after being pushed out of falling out of a sixth-floor window.
No wait, it was suicide - he willingly jail out the window!
No wait, it was suicide - he willingly jail out the window!
What are you talking about? His death was clearly of natural cause.
Russian lines are domino-ing really badly now near Kharkiv, like a total collapse. The Ukranians are shocked at how fast they're falling apart, saying they can't capture territory fast enough. It's legit exactly like a rout in Total War.
Some other Russian statistics that are interesting
Here's some comedy:
Some other Russian statistics that are interesting
Probably shouldn't be throwing an entire generation of young men at a war you're losing very badly.
Here's some comedy:
Dave
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And winter is coming. I would absolutely love it if Ukraine pushed the Russians out and stopped at the border. Crimea river, bitches!
I think at least a few more people have to fall from high windows before that will happen.
—Patrick
...how long were you waiting to use that? Be honest.
Dave
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Since the Russians first "annexed" the area.