Comments by "C S ~ \x5bDuke of Ramble\x5d" (@DUKE_of_RAMBLE) on "UATV English"
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@3strikesyouout643 Seems to work well for Russia... They've claimed to have shot down like a hundred Byraktars, even though Ukraine only has a handful of them... 😏
Or how about HIMARS, which Russia has claimed to have destroyed something like 50 a couple months back, yet Ukraine only had around 8 deployed (14, with the ones en route).
So yea... even IF we pretend that Ukraine did inflate the numbers, you pro-Russia trolls still have NO room to try and shame Ukraine for doing that! Because Russia has been lying since before the war even started, by claiming "is just a military exercise, we will not invade, promise..." 🙄😂
RUSKIES: Слава России ушла. Слава героям Украины! 🤜🇷🇺🔥
BELAWANNABES: Славa нельга ні ўкрасці, ні ўзяць! 🚫 🇧🇾🎖️
BROTHERS: Слава Україні, Героям Слава! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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Frankly, I would not be surprised, at all, if they weren't targeting anything specific, but are simply committing random acts of terrorism...
I've genuinely felt this had been how their shell/rocket artillery were operating: fire wherever you want, so long as it destroys homes, or litters every inch (cm) of farmer's fields with shrapnel, or ignites their crops then it's deemed a worthwhile use of the ordinance.
I could be wrong, but it... I dunno... it just seems odd that quickly trained Russians can't hit the broadside of a barn with an HE shell, but quickly trained Ukrainians (on new-to-them NATO howitzers) are easily able to drop the first round within 50yds/meters of the reported target — then, being given corrections via drone, whereby they manage a direct-hit after only one to three followup shots!
Is been a "weird" war, that's for sure! In a sort of positive way, though... because if it had played out more "traditionally", Russia would have managed to occupy a sizable amount of Ukraine. Instead, they've had immense trouble every step of the way, and now are handedly getting push out! 🤘
🤷♂️ "In mother-Russia, those you invaded, soon occupy you!" ...I guess?? 🤷♂️ 🤣
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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Yep, Putin hasn't thought ANY of this through, and that's evident to even NON-experts such as myself!
He legitimately has his blinders on (tunnel vision, to put it another way), because he had been told all these lies by subordinates, that they were going to be able to take all of Ukraine in a matter of days...
So, now that it didn't work out anywhere close to that way, his only goal now is: win... win no matter what, because anything but, is a sign of weakness.
Which, while no country (or person) wants to appear weak or incapable, but it is an even greater insult to Russians... Probably why many of them are so unwilling to accept that they've already shown considerable weakness, and it's only getting worse in the eyes of the world the longer this continues. Unfortunately for Russians, it WILL continue, and it's going to impact them for a long long time... but not the ones in power, just the everyday people, the ones who don't deserve to. 😞
🤞😔🤞 Hopefully Russia's people will realize this, and so something about Putin being their president! 😏
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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My heart sank, because I'm still a bit ignorant on group names for ground forces, and I had thought Wagner would be a Ukrainian group; however, I'm very glad I was wrong!!!
Though, UATV, there's one important aspect of this news that needs correcting....
**_✊waves👋hand🖐️ _** There were NO survivors.
"There w... were no survivors...."
Wagner Group was completely wiped out.
"as... the entire Wagner Group was eliminated..."
These aren't the droids you're looking for. err...
This was a simple clerical error.
"Someone must... have pressed 1 in..stead of 0..."
You may continue with your reporting duties...
_"I'll... get back to my reports now..."
Have a good day.
"Move along. Move along."
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But seriously, this lone survivor now becomes a "hero" to Russia/Russia Propaganda, as he'll no doubt be turned into the "strongest of the bunch, withstanding everything Ukraine could throw at him." Which I could further see them justify it by saying something like "He never gave up, fighting to the end, when artillery for wounded him/knocked him unconscious and he woke up having been captured by Ukraine."
They could even use him as a rally-cry, to motivate others to join the fight, to help rescue him... blah blah blah.
However, his death would mainly be a further morale loss, since now it would read as the entire group getting taken out. 😏
Just sayin... Maybe he's wounded and succumbs to internal bleeding... 🤷♂️🤷♂️😔
[Yes, it could be argued that I'm a horrible person; however, I never said he actually needs to die... only to REPORT _that the entire group had been killed. I don't think anyone would fault you for such a trivial bending if the truth, considering the kind of 🐮💩 Russia's state media reports every hour. Again... Jjjjuuuuust sayin... 😉] _
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! 👊🇺🇦 🔱
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@mattdonna9677 I dunno... If the reports of him locking up 150 government people, more than half of which were working for the same organization that Putin was part of (during his KGB days), then he has gotten extremely paranoid... Insanity is only a stones throw away at that point, as you start to question everyone's loyalty, their information, and before long, reality itself.
The other rumor is that he has thyroid cancer, based on a specialist doctor that deals in that area (oncologist basically) having basically been following Putin around the last few months. If that's the case, and he sees his days are numbered, this desire for recreating the USSR (or at least, reabsorb the territories) may be a final play to him, to solidify getting into the history books. If that's the case, I again see tactical nukes as a 'fair play' in his eyes. Which, frankly, this entire ordeal ALREADY has an "at all costs" feel to it, but has other less destructive, less radioactive means he can still exhaust -- remember, he wants the territory due to the wealth of the land, so irradiating even small areas would be certifiably stupid to do....... but, still would be a valid play from the "at all costs" playbook... 😕😔
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@Suvi Eskelinen "Are we [regressing] back to middle ages with our civilization?!"
In some of the aspects that matter most... unfortunately, I feel the answer is "Yes" 😔
Just look at my country, the USA, these last 6 years... And I'm not even targeting the president we elected!
No, I'm talking about a vast amount of people in the US and their willingness to believe LITERAL ABSURDITIES (QAnon conspiracy garbage) that's being said about fellow citizens, some of which are neighbors and even family; parents, siblings!
Or that they'd collectively band together to not only demand the removal of a requirement to protect lives of themselves and their loved ones, but also refuse to stand up against a leader who is actively doing nothing and causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of the very people they swore an oath to protect.
Meanwhile, both the leader and those people are blatantly ignoring facts and commonsense, mostly out of sheer spite for those that oppose their views...
It's indeed VERY reminiscent of the middle ages, except back then, there wasn't the marvel we have today of direct and instant communicating to anyone, in any nation across the entire planet! We do, and many many other amazing things, knowing vastly more now than we did then, yet still do many of us are willing to act JUST as we did back in those days, when we were still uninformed and ignorant. 😕
(Personally, I blame the fact we've become such a nanny-society, which has fostered and/or protected those that hold us back in ways, preventing 'Survival of the Fittest' from doing what it does best...)
And that's not even touching on wars, or standing by while it happens, knowing it's happening, seeing it happen on real time.....
We don't need to worry about global warming when we'll probably screw our species long before that issue starts to have impact on our lives! (but ugh, yea, that also lingering in our future but not unanimously banding together as a planet on the known measures needed, is another facepalm moment!)
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<shakes head> Shameful acts, committed by those without shame 😔
As I've been saying, Putin meant it when he said "Russia will liberate Ukraine", but all of us didn't know he meant it LITERALLY, that they would be 'liberating' the country from its people!! 😞
Same as Syria... zero interest in the people, just in the land (or 'territory' as he likely thinks of it) that they lived on.
So I'm sure with Ukraine, it was a matter of:
GOAL A: roll in and take control of the country with minimal effort and destruction, but failing that...
GOAL B: take control of whatever land we can, and if necessary, lay waste to anything and anyone still on it.
I won't share what I suspect are his "Goal C" and "D", since that's where we're heading with his badly this is turning out for him.... and not of us want that.
🤞🤞🤞 that Putin has at least some semblance of sanity left!
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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Dear Current Public-facing Putin Mouthpiece (aka the Foreign Minister)
It was your coworker/predecessors who already confirmed for us that the use of Tactical Nukes -- which, granted, are not city-erasing in their yield, are still a nuclear weapon -- are very much on the table and fair-game to use, as far as Russia is concerned. So take that claim up with him, not Zelenskey!
Zelenskey may have brought it up first, but it was a reporter who asked that Mustachioed Mouthpiece about nukes, so it's that guy's fault for confirming they'd use them which is where we're getting our info from... not Zelenskey! 🙄
At any rate... Has anyone seen that mustached-guy since the video where he admitted that Russia had "suffered considerable troop losses, which is unfortunate" (paraphrased, but close to verbatim)?
We all joked about how he'd totally be given a nice cup of polonium tea.... But coincidentally, I can't say I've seen him in any videos since then... 😒
Soooooo... ☢️ ☕?? lol
Slava Ukraini! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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@The_ZeroLine Yea, I think part of that is true, although I genuinely think that the mob-like operation he created for their government has vitally come back to bite him (yay karma!)
For starters, that his intelligence being so horribly far off, coming down to the fact that no one in the information chain wanted to deliver the news that "No, they will put up a fight this time.", because as you said, it was known that he wanted Ukraine and such news would've probably been someone's head; lies breeding lies. (I believe grew up there as a kid, and later even had a cabin there, but someone set fire to it [while he was in it])
Then to compound matters, his mob governance bites him again, through his "everyone can take a cut, but you make sure I always get mine, too". Where now problems manifest all over the place!
Vehicle maintenance? "Da, da. I have thousands of mechanics on the books, all is well!" - Yea, no. All was definitely not well.
Military rations? "Da! Stockpiles are good, and I have orders in place to cycle the outdated MREs." - Mmm..yea, no they weren't, and no you didn't.
I could go on, but same story for: tanks and other armor modernization efforts, ordinance warehouse conditions, fuel depot supply, etc etc etc.
...The left hand not knowing what the right hand's doing. Money was earmarked for it all, but half of it (or more) was being pocketed, and the other half paying for a company to do the work......... but that company also had to take half of that, leaving only a 1/4 of the funds to try and do the work! 🤣
A complete shit-show all the way down! 😏
Which is also why I'm wondering how many of the nuclear warheads actually have cores in them...?
Or how many of those that DO will have well-maintained and still functional detonators?
How many of those will be attached to missiles with functioning guidance systems?
And of those, how many of their engines will ignite?
Seriously, too! Given how badly our own (the US) kind of similar boondoggle has gone, in terms of the SLS rocket and its delays on top of delays, then pre-launch test issue after issue, now launch attempt after launch attempt getting scrubbed... I don't think my skepticism is ill placed, for Russia's hardware for systems that have only had to be assumed to work in order to be a deterrent/threat! 😏
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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@The_ZeroLine Yep, and thanks to their culture, he can't withdraw, as that would imply weakness!
Which, while parallels can definitely be drawn to the US' Vietnam War, in multiple ways (atrocities included, unfortunately 😔), but specifically here would be our ultimate exfiltration with tail between legs.
Except, at least as I see it, that excessive pride, almost reliance, they hold that a leader may/should never look weak... but especially should not make the entire country look weak! Because doing so could very quickly result in a regime change, and in this case, would probably result in Putin's life being extinguished, or locked up somewhere uncomfortable (which is my preference).
(don't get me wrong, in the US it could mean an elected official or officials being removed, BUT not the almost-complete top to bottom replacement of gov't officials and top-ranking military personnel like this would cause over there.)
The irony is, he's done ALL of that already... It's called his ability to lead into question. Questions his ability to either gain correct information about situations, or, make solid decisions based-on correct information. It's make Russia look i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y weak, militarily. Has made them into a social pariah, both in terms of government, but now even their citizens. Lastly, has tanked their economy. ALL OF THAT is thanks to that pride in appearing powerful, because had they withdrew after Ukraine bared their teeth and pushed them back initially... Russia and her people would not be in this position!
Man, I meant and wanted to keep it short this time... but I can't help but share that the fact the Russian people have a black mark against them is what I think will make life so difficult for them. Yes, there are many MANY Russians who do not agree with any of this, but their reluctance and fear to speak out has made for a visually-disproportionate amount of people appear to be in favor of it. As such, when they try to leave, to start a better life elsewhere, they probably are not going to get the same welcome they once would have. 😕
Which is unfortunate, since I can see that ultimately breeding major disdain towards "the west" all over again, kicking off another soviet-era mentality. Then a prominent figure will rise to power by promising to punish the west for their treatment of Russia, and the cycle will repeat..... 😔
Yep... 😕 So, to borrow a phrase:
"WINTER IS COMING..."
I sincerely do not hope that a new Cold War occurs as a direct result of this... only that I won't be at all surprised if one begins after about a decade passes.*sigh*
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@Suvi Eskelinen Just as in America once upon a Cold War time, when most newly planned buildings incorporated a bunker, I agree that would be a smart move...!
What better time than when (sadly) anywhere the Russians have marched through, they've razed to the ground. So given the vast rebuilding that has to take place, and considering that that part of the world sees conflict what feels like every decade or two... Yea, it'd be worth the effort.
Just need to make sure than places like apartment buildings, have a tunnel exit from the bunker, in case of building collapse, so that they can still exit if needed. (for all I know that might be bunker building 101 heh)
Or maybe have apartment buildings that ring a courtyard, where underneath is a single large bunker for each "ring", with tunnels from each building. Then you'd have lots of options! 😁
Now... Before I live up to my self appointed title even further... 🤐 ☺️
Slava Ukraini! ✊🇺🇦🌻
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"... if we let Putin win, we will pay the price for many years to come..."
And if we CONTINUE TO DO JACK SHIT, like we have been with every war and conflict since Putin took office in 2000, then we solidify the mentality of Putin, and all those who will rule after he's gone: "we can do WHATEVER WE WANT and ATTACK WHOMEVER WE WANT... and worst case, 'the west' only supplies our enemy with weapons."
So yea 😞
You either send in boots, and finally put an end to Russia's occupation in Ukraine/Crimea, to finally shut them up...
Or, you keep doing what you're doing, Russia might stop at some point, but you can be damn site that in another 4-6yrs, they'll be right at our again. And probably against Ukraine again, since they'll feel spited over not being able to sweep across the country like originally thought.
So the right thing NATO/UN...
RUSKIES: Слава России ушла. Слава героям Украины! [The glory of Russia is gone. Glory to the heroes of Ukraine!] 🤜🇷🇺🔥
BELAWANNABES: Славa нельга ні ўкрасці, ні ўзяць! [Glory cannot be stolen, nor taken!] 🚫 🇧🇾🎖️
BROTHERS: Слава Україні, Героям Слава! [Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes!] ✊🇺🇦 🔱
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
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A step in the right direction! Seems to be better than — yep the video just confirmed it as I was typing lol — the Budapest Memorandum...
Which I think the costly oversight in that agreement was it lacked any kind of clause which would have immediately dragged all of the signatories to Ukraine's assistance, had any of the signing parties directly or indirectly became the aggressor (ie: of Russia used Belarus to invade, or if they sent their weapons to a country which then invaded it still would have triggered the clause; that later of which was basically already in the agreement, and Russia is currently guilty of first-hand by using their own weapons against Ukraine.)
In this case, it would've meant the UK and US helping Ukraine fight since Russia, as one of the signatories, is the aggressor. (but RU and UK would've, had it been the US invading, etc)
But anyways, as the meme goes...
".... mistakes were made... 😕"
RUSKIES: Слава России ушла. Слава героям Украины! 🤜🇷🇺🔥
BELAWANNABES: Славa нельга ні ўкрасці, ні ўзяць! 🚫 🇧🇾🎖️
BROTHERS: Слава Україні, Героям Слава! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
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@coshyno Which is why Ukraine continually, and regularly sinks or heavily damages Russian military vessels. In total, they have destroyed around 20 ships, including a submarine! (granted, it was in dry dock lol)
Ukraine: a country without a navy, is decimating Russia's! 🤣
However, their destruction is more symbolic, if anything. These acts prove to Russia's people that get military is weak and incapable of fighting a modern war! Even ships that are only damaged, are a huge embarrassment for Russia, as it shows they can't protect themselves, despite all their claims of having the best hardware! 😏
You being a Russian puppet doesn't win wars, either... Just sayin'! ✌️😉
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This was originally a reply to someone's comment on a CNN video but I felt deserved a wider audience; modified to fit this context...
I hadn't known of this specific agreement until just now, but yea... Seems like it's been completely forgotten about by the signing parties. 😕 We've definitely dropped the ball over the years, in providing the promised protection and defense of Ukraine...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Budapest_Memorandum
To anyone reading who is Ukrainian, or has Ukrainian family... I know this won't really mean much given I'm just a helpless citizen with no political influence.... But nevertheless, I deeply apologize for my country [🇺🇸] not acting sooner, like Crimea annexation-sooner and preventing it. 😔
Russia has violated that agreement multiple times now, and worse yet in my opinion, is that the other signatories have also violated it by failing to defend Ukraine in any truly meaningful way (up until 2022 at least) ... Offering money and monetary support is good, but defending... at least to me... implies every means possible!
It's that kind of help which we're not providing, which is allowing this to go on longer than it should have...
Every day Russia targets some other large building because... "Our intelligence claims it was housing military assets..." 😑🙄 (or at least if asked, that'd be their excuse in order to justify it)
So again I say... I'm sorry for America failing Ukraine. 😞
(I can't speak to the the UK, but I imagine anyone there would feel similarly after reading that link)
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. STAY UKRAINIAN!
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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@yvonnetomenga5726
Game Show Host: "Show... us... PREDICTION ...?!"
<BZZZT>
PREDICTION
Game Show Host: "Ooohh! So sorry, that one wasn't an option... Our judges were looking for: misinformation, bald-faced lie, or pro-Russian propaganda "
Game Show Host: "But you still get all your other prizes, including the knowledge that you're a good person for giving them the benefit of the doubt, and for not supporting the Russian terrorism towards Ukraine!"
😁
But yea, isn't it amazing how delusional some people have remained to be, despite Ukraine continually sending Russia packing... lol
They did it at the start of the war, pushing them out from the North...
Then Ukraine bid their time by letting Russia take small chunks here and there, all the while amassing troops, weapons, armor, and training them...
Now, in the span of a few days, they've pushed the Russians out of the Kharkiv region; at such a pace that Russians left everything and ran!
Poor "Rick" though, clinging to that pre-war lie that Russia is the second most powerful nation in the world, and that they'll easily be able to take Ukraine... lol
But I get it, if you don't have "hope", then all you have left is to accept the facts of "reality"! 😁
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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UATV has seriously stepped up their video editing these last couple days! (well, technically I guess it started with those two Zelenskey videos 2 or 3 weeks back)
Not that it was needed, I was already coming here for the down to earth news, but definitely an impactful video!
Stay strong. Stay united. Stay alive. *STAY UKRAINIAN! *
Heroyam Slava! 💙🎖️💛
Slava Ukraini! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
REQUEST: I was looking for a hook-and-loop Ukrainian Tryzub (trident) patch that I could buy to stick on my backpack; however, I really wanted my money to go to either a Ukrainian maker/company or even the government as support...
I only found one eBay seller, but the patch was both really tiny and only iron-on, not removable with hook-and-loop (aka velcro).
There are way to many people cashing-in on this war by selling this exact thing, as it's available all over Amazon or similar sites, but even worse, those products are all made in China... (note: I'd feel this way even if they were made here in the USA)
Doesn't seem right, and so I thought this would be a perfect small item to sell. Which if UATV sold it, I would have no issue with them being made in China, since profits would at least be kept in Ukraine!
Size: H=101.5mm, L=67.5mm [4 x 2.66 inches]
Shape: Shield / Coat of Arms
Style: Tryzub, like the one on the plaque on Zelenskey's wall
Color: Blue/Yellow/Black of course!
❤️ Thanks 😊
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@MrJdsenior My sincerest condolences on the loss your pet... 🤗 Having owned multiple dogs over the years, I know that pain, and am not looking forward to whenever that day may come for my 13yr/o Siberian Husky -- who thankfully remains amazingly spry & energetic. (see everyone, I have a Ruskie near and dear to my heart, it's only their gov't I detest! lol)
Yes, I admit that the Ukrainians may not be openly asking for assistance via manpower, and could very well be declining any offers made behind closed doors. I certainly know that they have shown to be a force to be reckoned with, and I can't begin to imagine how badly this would've gone for Russia if Ukraine had a larger military that had ample training! Having so many pro-Russian leaders meant that just wasn't really possible, but thankfully THIS leader... well, any praise I could articulate, I feel would be an understatement! So I'll just say he's been absolutely awesome and a god-send for all of Ukraine, nay, the world! 🤘
Still, it pains me to see them being displaced, then on top of that, the intentional destruction of everything, so that they have nothing to come back to... (which I feel is Putin's goal, and has always been, not to "liberate the Ukrainian people", but to "liberate Ukraine of her people" 😢)
I just feel it's gone on long enough, and the tide have changed in their favor now that they have a fleshed of arsenal, which therefore means it will remain in their favor! Yet, we all know Putin... He won't back down, at least so long as he has the ability and support to dictate what his military does, and THAT is where my main issue lies. That's why I feel physical help need be accepted (or offered, if it hasn't), because Putin is going to drag this out as long as he can, for no other reason than because he can...
So it seems like it'd be in everyone's best interest to go in and at least push his troops out, to show him that the world is not his for the taking whenever he gets the itch. The war is over, but either no one has had the balls to tell HIM that, or he's unwilling to accept that fact, but I see no reason why everyone has to suffer just because he enjoys being an asshole. 🙁
Alright, alright, I've ranted long enough... heh
Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava! ✊🇺🇦 🔱
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