Comments by "harmless" (@harmless6813) on "Anders Puck Nielsen" channel.

  1. I'm pretty sure it is.
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  2. But he's right. Just because people get outraged doesn't mean words should lose all meaning.
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  3. ​ @chriscoyne8034 Unsubstantiated claim from your side. I have yet to see any Israeli claim that Palestinians don't exist or don't have a right to exist.
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  4. I think Trump knowing why he wants something is already too much of an assumption. He typically just says something on a whim and then doubles down on it.
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  5. Well, they also dug trenches in the Red Forest at Chernobyl and camped there for several days. 🤷‍♂
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  6.  @Leto2ndAtreides  It will not.
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  7. Oh, come on. Not even Putin himself would disagree. 😛
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  8. Yeah, but having someone else pay for it would be even better! 😛
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  9. He has the concept of a plan! /s
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  10.  @alexiskiri9693  Germany has sent: 116.000 winter jackets 80.000 winter trousers 240.000 winter hats These are official numbers of already delivered items.
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  11. I think the point is that you have to make an effort not to harm civilians. So carpet coming a city because there's some enemy soldiers somewhere in the area would be a war crime; targeting a building with enemy soldiers is not.
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  12.  @arog7493 I didn't find it funny, I just found it accurate. I'm from Germany, go, figure. :P
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  13.  @seancidy6008  This is still nonsense. It's not like Russia losing in Ukraine would destroy Russia. Nobody even thinks about attacking Russia proper. That's why using nuclear weapons would be completely bonkers, because then the brakes would come off and Russia would really lose.
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  14. I'm in favor! Greetings from Germany.
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  15. Ukraine actually moved one of their best known drone unit to that part of the front. And they have been very busy ...
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  16.  @seancidy6008  I disagree with the idea that Russia would be mad enough to risk a war with NATO for Ukraine. Russia has threatened a nuclear response multiple times. Just repeating the same threat again and again will not change my opinion. I think we can end this discussion here.
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  17. I think they will push the russian artillery further away before they attempt a larger crossing.
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  18. Yup. Escalation _mis_management would be more appropriate.
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  19. Someone stronger has to make sure the russians keep their word. That's what Zelensky means when he's talking about security guarantees.
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  20. To Russia only 'real' Russians count. (i.e. those from Moscow, St.Petersburg etc.) Everyone else is expendable. That's one reason they want Ukraine. More men they may send to the front. Just like they did with those from the "new territories" aka LPR and DPR. They actually distinguish in speech between "Russians" (the 'real ones') and "Russian citizens" (the expendable ones). Everyone can become a Russian citizen but you have to be born a 'real' Russian.
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  21.  @rymdalkis As the video explains, we only need to get 1/15th as serious as Russia ...
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  22. Now you are convinced? Oh my.
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  23.  @Percival5 Anders is not a journalist. He's a professional military - as in working actively in and for the military - analyst.
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  24. If it was a trap, it didn't work. 😛
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  25. Yep. You should try that.
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  26. But there were many instances where Israel was ready to accept some kind of two-state solution. That seems to clearly rule out any intention of genocide.
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  27. We should compare him to a Mafia boss. Not only is that accurate, it's also a character type the public is familiar with.
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  28.  @seancidy6008  I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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  29.  @seancidy6008  You assume too much, that's why. Be clear in what you are trying to say. I don't care about any parallels you want me to see. Just say it.
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  30. Normal Russian conscripts are not to be sent to the war. Though they try to pressure as many of them to sign contracts as they can. (Or sign the contracts for them ...)
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  31. "Do you think UAF is being fed options from NATO war gaming ?" Even though I wasn't asked, I'll give my opinion. ;) Since it doesn't really cost anything to give them options, it would be stupid not to do so. So, yes, of course they will get suggestions from NATO.
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  32. Ne he's not. He's a narcissist and a grifter without any deeper convictions.
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  33. As was the missile that landed in Poland. Vanished from the news pretty quickly.
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  34. That's just YouTube. They seem to delete comments almost randomly. :shrug:
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  35.  @tedferkin  The leg wraps I have seen on video already look like ripped up bed sheets.
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  36.  @foxtrotunit1269  Nah, the first unit is already deceased or disabled.
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  37.  @micindir4213  That's ridiculous. Russia has no chance against NATO whatsoever.
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  38. "What I find interesting is that the US is pretty much in full control over the information space globally," Huh? How did you come to this conclusion? The hordes of Russian trolls in the various comment sections seems to disprove that claim quite handily.
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  39. You could just write "I'm a russian troll." It's shorter and the meaning is the same.
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  40. If the main offensive went as originally planned, they wouldn't have to do this.
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  41.  @cl8804 I can only guess what you mean. But first, Anders didn't deny anything and second, it's not obvious at all.
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  42. Right. And one of the outcomes of that peace deal is North Koreans fighting against Europe. I wonder if we are going to learn anything from that lesson.
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  43.  @Ragnaroz6000 The Ukrainian company Himera is building relay systems for this purpose.
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  44. What are you referring to? Can't find anything.
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  45. Well, you see, Trump doesn't really believe in the importance of territorial sovereignty, so …
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  46. As has been clearly stated, for something to be a genocide, the intent to make a specific group cease to exist has to be there. I don't think that's the case with Palestinians at all. Even the most rightwing Israeli would probably be fine with Palestinians just going elsewhere.
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  47. A new front? With what? T-54s?
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  48. Bayraktars are operating in the Kherson region. That should answer the question about control of the skies.
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  49. The US is not doing it alone either. At least Scholz is on board with it. (Not the German government; just Scholz. Unfortunately, as the chancellor he pretty much has the final say.)
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  50. So why don't you? You know, instead of just insinuating that Anders is not credible.
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  51. They took the ground so the offensive was successful.
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  52. If Russia is responsible for the Kerch bridge attack, that one went terribly wrong. But then, Russia ...
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  53. No. You can't just say "regardless of the definition". Otherwise, I could argue that you should be in jail "regardless of the definition" of laws. Listen to the video again; maybe you'll understand this time.
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  54. Who are you trying to convince with your russian propaganda?
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  55. The fact is, Russia didn't have enough troops to hold that immense front line. But Putin, of course, wouldn't allow his military to give up any of it. This is the result.
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  56. Izium is cut off at this point. No way east for the Russians there. Also, Ukraine has taken a lot more ground between the path to Kupiansk and Izium.
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  57. Whereas Russians get their 'expert' commentary from the Kremlin itself. 🤷‍♂
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  58. Reading the comments here it is apparent that russia still has enough money to pay a troll army.
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  59. They have been pushing for a year now. If they could push any harder, they would. But they can't.
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  60. Russia has some really hard decades ahead of it.
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  61.  @abhilashyadav2274  They will do great as a part of the EU.
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  62. A comment that contradicts itself. I find that rather funny.
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  63. Well ... there have been several ... incidents inside Russia during this war. 🤷‍♂
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  64. Nonsense. Even Belarus had to shoot down russian drones. (they don't seem to worry about the 'information space')
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  65. For individual units it's somewhere between 10% and 30%, depending on unit type. The Russians are constantly refreshing and rebuilding units. The question is what is the training level of newly deployed Russian soldiers? From what I can gather, it's abysmal.
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  66.  @chriscoyne8034 Your lack of arguments does not convince me either.
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  67. Yes, it is a stalemate. But it won't be one forever with the numbers you stated. At one point, one side will run out of resources to hold their line. Or they will smarten up and look for a diplomatic solution instead.
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  68.  @jamesedwards6173  A very simple reason: He is being paid to do so.
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  69. Well, not in any direct and obvious way.
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  70. Gaza is a patch of land, not a group of people. Yes, that is a sufficient distinction.
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  71.  @bill_and_amanda I disagree that moving people elsewhere is the same as destroying them.
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  72.  @anderspuck  Hardly anybody will first watch another video. A few sentences would have been good. Even when you know what it is, it is valuable to hear what the person talking thinks it is. But great video anyway. Thanks so much!
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  73. It depends on what kind of attack it was. If they targeted it with easy to track missiles it would probably elicit some kind of counterattack. Might be a nice excuse to e.g. sink another Russian ship in the Black Sea. Shouldn't be particularly hard for the US. If it was more of a clandestine attack, like a planted explosive device with no clear evidence to who was responsible, it would probably get swept under the rug. There are more weapons that can be sent; losing (part of) a single shipment wouldn't be much of a loss.
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  74. Hiding behind Crimea.
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  75. We will keep supporting Ukraine. If there is any beef with the US, we can take that up after Ukraine has won.
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  76. "What air force doing?!"
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  77. That's funny. The casualty ratio is atrocious for the Russians. Though I don't know what they 'perceive' ...
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  78. It's hard to find the right path. But while the destruction and sacrifice by the Ukrainians is hard to watch, a significant escalation might lead to even more lives being lost and more cities destroyed. No easy answers. Let's try to do our best. Slava Ukraini!
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  79. ruzzia need to give back everything and pay reparations.
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  80.  @martstam2016  No it's not. The 200.000 published is killed only. There's a website where they give an estimate of wounded by multiplying by three.
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  81. They still waste an absurd amount of hardware in those attacks.
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  82.  @larsrons7937 That seems to be an overly broad definition of "a people". Are Hamas "a people" too?
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  83.  @larsrons7937 I still think your definition is too broad.
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  84. He didn't say anything like that. He said that Putin can still be tried for genocide even if he didn't kill anyone himself.
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  85.  @highdefinist9697  It's all about division, diversion and money. It doesn't matter to the Kremlin what Russia's enemies do - as long as it means they are not helping Ukraine.
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  86.  @larsrons7937 "There would probably be retaliations in form of massive bombings of Ukranian civilians, and hybrid warfare attacks against the West." Sounds like nothing would actually change.
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  87.  @Jeroen_Maes  Um. There was lots of fighting in the Kherson offensive. That Russia gave up at the end and ran, doesn't change that. But nice try. Directly from the trolling handbook.
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  88. You misspelled Russia.
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  89. The only thing along those lines I could think of is GLSDB. Those have been promised and are expected to arrive any day now. We haven't seen them in action yet. I don't know if they would make enough of a difference here though.
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  90. What does this even mean?
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  91. Gazprom would have been liable for contract violations if the situation had continued (aka Russia not delivering gas as contractually obliged). But then the pipeline was conveniently blown up. 🤷‍♂
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  92. Gazprom would have been liable for contract violations if the situation had continued (aka Russia not delivering gas as contractually obliged). But then the pipeline was conveniently blown up. 🤷‍♂
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  93.  @wendten2  Well, the contract not meaning anything now is the point. I think you try quite hard to not understand that.
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  94. Gazprom would have been liable for contract violations if the situation had continued (aka Russia not delivering gas as contractually obliged). But then the pipeline was conveniently blown up. 🤷‍♂
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  95. Russia has nothing left to escalate - except nukes maybe, but that would lead to the West doubling down and directly interfering in the fighting.
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  96. Because they would lose NATO protection and I guess they are not that eager to get into a war with Moscow.
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  97. I don't think so. The attack in Zaporizhzhia was (and is) serious. It's just that it was slow because of all the fortifications and mine fields and now they have to deal with russia's fervent attacks on Avdiivka.
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  98. He's a fellow autocrat.
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  99. Nah. As long as people keep calm about it, all is well. And those people who would panic over it are not going to watch these kinds of videos. Major news media will not pick up on it either because it's not flashy enough and doesn't make for good headlines.
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  100.  @maurorossi8708  When the front line contracts, Ukraine can also concentrate more forces in one spot. So, no, Russia will not be able to hold anything.
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  101. Gazprom would have been liable for contract violations if the situation had continued (aka Russia not delivering gas as contractually obliged). But then the pipeline was conveniently blown up. 🤷‍♂
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  102.  @CNCTEMATIC  "No insurance policy will ever compensate Russia for the true cost of revenue that the sale of gas through the pipe could bring." Europe had already decided to cut off Russian gas and had demonstrated that it was serious. The pipeline was useless for Russia in the medium to long term. And in the short term it was more useful to Europe than it was to Russia.
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  103. No, we were not.
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  104. Completely wrong. It's not about the territory or resources. It's about commitment and upholding of values. If we accept to give up Ukraine, what else will we accept to give up? Where will we draw the line? Is there any line at all? No, Russia must be stopped right here, right now.
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  105. No, this is not applicable to Ukraine, since Ukraine is getting paid by the West. The cost of that is jump change for the combined economies of the EU and the US.
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  106. It's not connected. Russia has lots of gas and oil already and use of fossil fuels are on the decline anyway. This war has hurt Russia a lot more than they can gain from any additional oil or gas fields. This is an imperialistic war to extend the Russian territory; they are already printing new maps that add Ukrainian territory to Russia that Russian soldiers haven't even stepped a foot on.
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  107. Difficult question. There are sooo many options!
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  108.  @jesan733  They need more of everything. The only item that's completely missing is long range missiles. But apart from that, simply more of everything. They do have tanks, but not enough. They do have APCs, but not enough. They do have artillery, but not enough. You get the idea.
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  109. Any specific example your are thinking of?
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  110. No.
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  111. There will be no Ukrainian concessions.
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  112. Unfortunately, it seems like you don't.
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  113. Putin has whined about what a terrible thing the collapse of the Soviet Union was. And now he himself is finishing off what was left of it.
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  114.  @prw56 As of now the Russians don't seem to be willing to commit the forces necessary to successfully attack the bridge head. And while they don't, Ukraine is busy widening it.
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  115. I'm not convinced Trump has ever analyzed anything in his life. But, yes, providing him with a solution he likes will work.
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  116. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVj-AbXIUZc
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  117. What he thinks? He thinks this war is annoying and it should just go away.
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  118. Of course; we are all part of the hybrid warfare even when we just comment here. Slava Ukraini!
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  119.  @daveinromania  You should listen to the video again. Maybe you'll get it the second time around.
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  120. I have come to the conclusion that lying about almost anything and everything is a way of life in Russia. So much so that many Russians don't understand that it is not the same elsewhere.
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  121. That's just plain wrong.
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  122.  @martstam2016  You are wrong. The official statement says 'liquidated' which should be clear enough.
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  123. That's true. But somehow I doubt you can quietly mobilize several hundred thousand soldiers. So the numbers of newly mobilized are likely not high enough to account for the attrition.
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  124.  @anderspuck  Whenever you think there's enough to talk about, feel free to make another one! I like listening to intelligent people discussing the war. There's lots of soundbites and knee jerk reactions everywhere and not enough smart analysis.
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  125.  @wamingo  Sounds plausible.
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  126. "Putin is saying that Ukraine and its culture is part of the Russian culture and they should re-join the motherland." That fits the definition of genocide pretty well.
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  127.  @okanok800 You spout Russian propaganda and lie about Israel. I'm not going to keep interacting with you.
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  128. No it didn't. The water flow is exactly the same as it was before. Just the reservoir is gone now.
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  129. " bc the conditions for success in an attrition war are clearly in favor of the Russians." No, they are not. Not when they are losing multiple times the man and equipment that Ukraine does.
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  130.  @Princip666  Maybe when they believe their own lies.
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  131. They have not given up at Robotyne/Verbove. At the moment they need those forces to defend Avdiivka.
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  132.  @xiphias2997  Nice try, Ivan. Not sure the pilots of the three downed SU-34 would agree however.
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  133. Well, just because there is no direct retaliation doesn't mean nothing gets done to counter such attacks.
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  134.  @martinandreasvik6505  I was actually just thinking of additional defensive measures. But then, there have been quite a few 'incidents' inside Russia during the war ...
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  135.  @martinandreasvik6505  That's just, like, your opinion man. I'm not going to argue about that.
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  136.  @TimMountjoy-zy2fd  I have seen Ukrainian soldiers ticking off bodies on drone videos. I think they are more than just guessing.
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  137.  @olafsigursons  The helicopter video seems to have been propaganda. There's shot where you can see the tracks (path) of the tanks shown in the video and they have been driving in circles ...
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  138.  @michealbaker8216  Um, no. They did better for some time as long as they had overwhelming advantage in artillery. Since their ammo depots began blowing up all the time, that has changed. Now they make haphazard attempts at advancing and are digging in in the south. All while desperately trying to get the West to pressure Ukraine into halting the war (keyword: nuclear power plant). I wonder why that is. Probably not because the Russian offensives are going so great.
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  139. There was absolutely no reason for the US to blow up NS. Russia had halted gas delivery anyway. But Gazprom was liable for contract violations for not delivering gas as agreed - until NS was blow up. How convenient.
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  140.  @andyds11 See post above.
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  141.  @claudemaggard7162  Europe had already decided to cut themselves free from Russian gas (and oil) and had made clear that they meant it. Russia didn't have much to lose.
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  142. Just look at the comments. The ruzzian bots are out in force. It seems Anders has been selected as a special target.
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  143.  @viktorreva2844  There are browser extensions available for that.
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  144.  @Jeroen_Maes  Sure, the parts where there was fighting would count as an offensive.
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  145.  @Jeroen_Maes  🥱
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  146.  @Dek4DenZ What?
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  147. ​ @Dek4DenZ Where do you get those numbers? I don't believe anything the russian MoD says and neither should you. Besides, F-16 training for Ukrainians has started. Russia will lose this war.
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  148.  @briandoherty2728  I pity you. You are either completely lost or you have to shill for Putin for money. Both are terrible conditions.
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  149.  @njaalsturlasson2351 It's certainly not a war 'with' Islam. But there seems to be a war by Islam. I'm beginning to wonder if Islam is at all compatible with our western values.
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  150. He is still waiting for the collective West to crumble. It's going to happen any moment now! 😛 But I agree with the analysis. That also explains the public narrative about 'peace talks' and the renewed wave of pro-Russian trolls online. They are desperately trying to convince us that Ukraine is losing and the West is giving up. Luckily, this couldn't be further from reality.
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  151.  @thomasherrin6798 Where did that come from? And what does it have to do with what I wrote?
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  152. Now that you say that his cutting said intelligence apparatus makes total sense! Why spend money on it if you don't listen to them anyway! Genius! /s
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  153. I wonder why. Because I don't.
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  154.  @ugrasergun I am older than 40. That didn't answer my question.
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  155. No it doesn't.
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  156. Hm. Doesn't look like it. The russians are already beyond any reasonable mark. I think they will really run out of hardware before they admit that they can't win. (Running out meaning, not being able to supplant losses.)
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  157. Grabbing land is not the same as genocide.
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  158. Makes no sense, since Russia had already cut the gas flow through NS anyway.
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  159. Also, people laughed at Prigozhin's claim about 10 million potential volunteers from the US. I didn't. I think it's totally possible that there are enough derailed individuals in a population of over 330 million. Just watch some videos about Trump rallies. Now, do I think there will really be an influx of US citizens on the Russian side? Nope. But many claiming support? I can see that.
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  160. There's hardly anything there that you'd need to "break through".
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  161. Well, the mobilization never really stopped. But the number of mobilized can't be very high or we would hear more about it.
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  162.  @MA-oj8zk  So it's the last 30k of 500k. Not really an improvement for Russia.
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  163. Creating any division in the western bloc is a win for Russia. So they will throw everything at the wall that could make some difference.
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  164. You misspelled realist.
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  165.  @Jeroen_Maes Show me a quote. Links to YT videos are allowed.
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  166. Watch the video again. There's still a chance you might understand it eventually.
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  167.  @JMAssainatorz  I'm not sure breaking the RF will help ...
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  168.  @JMAssainatorz  Russian Federation
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  169. Not wrong. But not giving up also requires that you are ABLE to not give up.
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  170.  @AndyT-np8mm I call bullshit. I've seen what Russians do in Ukraine and what they tell in interviews in Russia. Go away.
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  171.  @AndyT-np8mm No. I reject that notion. We left those times behind. Russia - not so much. There's nothing more to talk about.
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  172. That's Mastodon. You can even set up your own server if you want to.
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  173. I don't think the Russians will be able to come up with any solution. (Unless you call retreating a solution, of course.)
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  174.  @edhargquest8710  It's almost like how science favors reality. Really annoying to conspiracy people. Analysts favor Ukraine because that's what reality looks like. Believe what you want, it's not going to change anything.
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  175. a) Only after the russians have exhausted themselves in Avdiivka. b) Not really. Things are pretty much the same as before behind the (former) dam. The only consequence was that they managed to flood and wash away some of their own fortifications and mine fields on the left bank.
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  176. They seem to try to push the conscripts to sign contracts. I have no idea how successful they are in doing so. The conscripts themselves are by law not allowed to fight outside the country. (Though I think they are trying to change the law. We will see what happens.)
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  177.  @Diekr  This is what the IMF had to say: "Economy remains resilient." GDP growth 4% year-on-year in 2024, a 1% forecast increase. Impact of Russia's winter energy attacks less severe, as businesses now use generators etc. Inflation half that of Russia's.
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  178. That too. But anything that impedes help to Ukraine is a win from Russia's perspective.
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  179. Indeed. Mainstream media is mostly useless if you want to keep track of the state of the war. Or, at least, it's not any more useful than some social media channel.
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  180. You must have made a really gargantuan effort to avoid all the information saying the exact opposite.
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  181. They are not significant on either side or we would hear the respective other side cry louder about it.
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  182.  @VFella  I'm not American. You seem to have misunderstood.
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  183. Russian trolls hate it!
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  184. Since conscripts are not legally allowed to be sent to Ukraine, it should have no direct effect on troop numbers. As for volunteers, are those numbers high enough to even matter? I don't see any reports of Russians lining up at recruitment centers.
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  185.  @driekeijlders281  No, it actually wasn't. The newly annexed regions are explicitly excluded.
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  186.  @evgeniya7853  Obvious ruzzian shill is obvious …
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  187. Trump doesn't value anyone besides himself and his immediate family. And even the latter is very much in question.
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  188. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVj-AbXIUZc
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  189. As Anders has clearly stated, it is the intention that makes something a genocide.
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  190. Hovercraft are very loud. Currently they try very hard to just not get spotted while crossing the river.
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  191. Are you ok?
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  192.  @bipolarman9246  What poll?
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  193.  @chriswinstanley6824  The casualty numbers in this war are about 1:4+ in Ukraine's favor. And the population numbers are also about 1:4. Number of soldiers available is not what will decide this war.
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  194.  @chriswinstanley6824  Do you have point?
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  195.  @chriswinstanley6824  I can draw any conclusions I like. You can draw your own conclusions or just give up. Your problem.
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  196.  @chriswinstanley6824  Same for you.
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  197.  @Mosern1977  Yeah, but it won't work. As I said before: Putin wants to win in Ukraine like I want to win the lottery. I think my chances are higher. And I don't even play the lottery.
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  198. It will be a lot harder to find new soldiers. (The ones who have already signed a contract will die either way.)
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  199. Nah. Too much 3D chess. No one is playing 3D chess. Everyone is just adapting to what's happening on the battlefield.
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  200. Of course they still are a threat. Like a single mad man with a knife in a shopping mall is a threat.
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  201.  @guidobolke5618 Nice try. Numbers say something different.
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  202. What do you mean? He posted on his community page 9 hours ago.
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  203. The part in question is well beyond the former reservoir. While it was flooded for some time, things should be pretty much back to normal there. You are right, russia doesn't have strong defenses there. The difficulty for Ukraine is simply getting enough equipment across. There's no bridge and any larger crossing operation is bound to get attacked by artillery and aviation.
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  204. Personally, I think this constant "Germany may falter" is itself Russian hybrid warfare. The German chancellor said right at the beginning of this war that Germany will be with Ukraine for as long as it takes. There has been not change. Greetings from Germany.
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  205.  @Viggo_Frb  Yup, that one was pretty obvious. Also how Ukraine was brought in line. First they insisted very much that it wasn't them and then they apparently got convinced that it wasn't in their/our interest to play it up as a Russian attack on NATO. I agree with Anders: if Russia wants NATO to respond, they will have to get much more direct. But of course Russia doesn't want to really start a war with NATO; they just want something they can point at and claim as NATO aggression.
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  206.  @MA-oj8zk  Jeebus, that is dark. I don't expect anyone on Crimea to die from hunger. I mean, why would they instead of just giving up?
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  207. He explained why the Ukrainian losses are not particularly important at the moment. Did you miss it? (In short: because Ukraine has constantly been mobilizing new soldiers since the beginning of the invasion.)
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  208.  @lockbert99  They have several million. And they fight for their country, their lives and their freedom.
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  209.  @lockbert99  They don't have an army of several million right now because they don't have the equipment for so many men. And of course Ukraine will get all their territory back. And we here will keep supplying them until they do. You are welcome.
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  210.  @lockbert99  I agree that the West's aim seems to be to weaken Russia. And it's working. I do not agree that Ukraine is running out of men. You should diversify your sources. Or just wait and see.
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  211. russians don't seem to be very good at attacking logistics. Just saying.
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  212. Are you saying that Latvia tries to erase all Russians? Don't make me laugh. You know, there's a country where millions of Russians live, right across the border.
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  213.  @bill_and_amanda I disagree about the parallels part.
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  214. It's just like the Russians calling others Nazis while acting like Nazis themselves.
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  215.  @theredscourge  I guess our middle name is cynicism?
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  216.  @uknwarrior7980  Did you just not watch the video or did you not understand it?
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  217. "I think it's wrong to accuse the people using this word of using it to simply describe a mass civilian casualties." Really? I think he's exactly right. That seems to be what most people are doing.
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  218.  @Matt_from_Florida  Huh? Where's Russia advancing? The only advances were in Bakhmut.
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  219.  @Matt_from_Florida  Right. And you already got the appropriate reply. Look that up too.
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  220. Another Russian shill, just trying to be more subtle about it. Won't help Russia. 🤷‍♂
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  221. Genocide is not about land.
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  222.  @json252 That's not how it works. 'Palestinians' is already wonky as a distinct group, but 'Gazans' is just silly. But that definition 'New Yorkers' would be a distinct national group.
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  223.  @ChrisR-xs9wp  I didn't want to disagree with you at all, in case that wasn't clear. But I'm German and I am angry that Scholz is going along with the whole "non-escalation" nonsense.
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  224.  @tomk3732  Nice try, Ivan. Total aid to Ukraine by the US has been about $175B total whereas the US aid in WW2 to the Soviet Union alone was about $180 billion (adjusted for inflation). That doesn't include help to other allies or the expenditure for the US forces in WW2.
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  225.  @tomk3732  Maybe don't rely on google alone. Google is not a source.
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  226.  @tomk3732  From a US government website (I can't even spell out the website - stupid YT; search for the text) "To date, we have provided more than $64.1 billion in military assistance since Russia launched its premeditated, unprovoked, and brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022" The rest is non-military assistance.
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  227.  @edhargquest8710 Neither side will run into serious manpower problems any time soon. There are videos about that topic too. Watch them.
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  228. You make vast claims but don't present any evidence. I disagree with your assessment of the situation.
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  229. Russia stopped exporting processed fuel (gasoline, diesel, etc.) months ago. They already feel the effect of the targeted refineries. And now more and more fuel depots go up in flames. Grab some popcorn.
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  230. Provocative?
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  231.  @bruh5361  Ah. In that case I agree.
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  232. I think the Ukrainians will just stay on the flanks and keep poking the Russians. You may or may not call that a battle for Bakhmut.
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  233. The difference is that in one case the claim is that a people doesn't exist where in the other case, the claim is that a state doesn't exist. Trying to take over land is the goal of many wars and that doesn't automatically mean any such war is a genocide. Genocide is specifically defined to be aimed against people, not land.
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  234.  @IvarDaigon Bullshit history "arguments". I don't care. And I disagree that there's not much difference. In fact, there are not many parallels besides the fact that there's fighting ongoing.
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  235. I want an "armchair general" emoji.
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  236.  @panosbozopoulos5212  You are wrong, And posting a wall of text doesn't change that.
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  237.  @panosbozopoulos5212  How good is your German? I can recommend the video on this topic from "Militär & Geschichte mit Torsten Heinrich" on this topic. I'll try to post a link in the next comment, but YouTube usually deletes those.
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  238.  @panosbozopoulos5212  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jnlknGxyQs
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  239. Neither Ukraine nor russia is even talking about a ceasefire right now. Which is actually a win for Ukraine because a ceasefire with russia occupying a rather large part of Ukraine would be a win for russia. But Ukraine taking a part of Kursk made that prospect unappealing for Putin.
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  240.  @jonbbbb It all rests on the intent. If you make laws with the specific intent of one group marrying into the general population so that this group will eventually disappear, that will fall under genocide.
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  241.  @IconoclastX Sorry to disappoint you, but it's no longer just a raid.
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  242. Fortunately, Ukrainian (western) artillery has a wider range than russian artillery, so they simply place their artillery on the other side of the river. We know because the russians keep whining about it all day long.
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  243. Because, as we all know, individual soldiers in trenches have the best overview over the strategic situation. Not.
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  244.  @guysimpson2080  If you want to count every tree line, then that's up to you. It doesn't make any strategic difference.
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  245. As soon as the Kerch bridge is in HIMARS range, it's gone. Note that Ukraine has - or will shortly have - ammo for HIMARS with 150km range.
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  246. They are afraid of a hot war with NATO. Because they would lose that one real fast.
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  247. I don't think anyone has enough data to attempt an estimate that one could consider both legitimate and useful. I'd say one per vehicle destroyed could be a somewhat plausible lower boundary. But it's really just a wild guess.
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  248. The river is quite wide, so it is unlikely to completely freeze. (Depends on the temperature, obviously.) And even if it did, the ice would not be strong enough for heavy equipment.
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  249.  @mats66 Misses the point.
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  250.  @Axacqk Misses the point. The fact that Israel would accept any kind of Palestinian state shows, that there is no intent of genocide.
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  251.  @mats66 I'll take your word for it. (Just joking. Obviously I don't.)
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  252. Seems much too low, for various reasons. Maybe if you exclude LPR+DPR+Wagner.
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  253. Huh? I see no nuclear threat at all. Sure, Iran could attack Israel. But that has been true for many years and I don't see the current events changing things much.
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  254.  @Peterthegreat-h1x No, I'm watching what's happening. I actually watch very little "news".
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  255. Then I suggest you just watch.
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  256.  @unvergebeneid Just watch what happens. Currently the russians try to drive the Ukrainians from the bridgehead. So far unsuccessfully.
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  257.  @unvergebeneid I don't understand what you expect. Listen to the news coming from the front. You can't do better than that. Unless you happen to have connections inside the Ukrainian general staff.
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  258.  @unvergebeneid Haven't found anyone with a working crystal ball yet, sorry.
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