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"lets talk about this calmly" said Putin before hunching over his map of 17th century Russia with tears in his eyes.
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welcome to Binkov's Battlegrounds, where the real battleground is in the comments.
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Russia has targed over 1600 medical facilities. This is not a mistake, this is Russian policy.
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When you see a civilian target and just cant help yourself.
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Imagine losing the battle of the black sea to a country with no navy, yikes.
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10 months to capture Bakhmut, 10 hours to capture Rostov.
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"you will be punished." said Putin on his way to his bunker with his map of 17th century Russia clutched in his hands and tears in his eyes.
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Frontal assault in broad daylight in golf carts, shelled by own tank. Some masterful Russian tactics.
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Putin trying to play the victim is one of the most pathetic displays I've ever seen.
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10 months to capture Bakhmut, 10 hours to capture Rostov.
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Maybe Russia should just give up on Belgorod, for the sake of peace.
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Russia also claims that the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill and that the Moskva sank because of high seas.
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Russia should just give up this land, for the sake of peace.
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It doesn't take much to be considered 'elite' in the Russian army.
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Donald Trump, you need to pay your debts. - NATO.
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The last times Republicans controlled the executive branch, both houses and the courts was in 1928, and the US enacted the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act and sunk into the Great Depression within a year.
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You'd think Russia would at least fortify the border of the country they are at war with. Shocking incompetence.
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Most of Prigozhins theatrics are meant to win the mobiks over to his side in the coming Russian civil war.
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Bridges are valid military targets (unlike maternity wards and pizza restaurants) If Russian civilians want to avoid becoming a casualty they should avoid illegally occupied territory.
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China must have discovered an ancient map proving the arctic was once Chinese territory.
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They are there to train the Russian's how to go weeks without food.
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Russia also claimed the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill.' and that the Moskva sank due to high seas and Ukraine was using war mosquitos.
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Now Putin spends his days clutching a map of 17th century Russia saying "look no Ukraine" with tears in his eyes.
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Russia gearing up for the third offensive on the lobby of the Bakhmut train station, this time backed up by T-55's and Scooby Doo vans. Pretty scary.
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@disturbedmoo Putin said WW2 was Poland's fault in his Tucker interview.
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Not that we shouldn't remain ready, as said in the video it was dumb to attack Ukraine but that didn't stop them. However considering Russia cant even manage to take the Donbas I think Russia attacking NATO is a bit of a stretch.
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You can tell the Invasion's going well when in year three you have to evacuate your own Oblast.
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@Lirvan The EU built a desalinization plant and right after it was built Hamas went in and tore out all the pipes to make rockets.
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Cant be seen arresting the wives and mothers of soldiers so arrest the journalists showing them protest. What a country, you cant make this stuff up.
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"Stop being aggressive." Cried Russia while invading another country.
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Potato is the superior currency, potato never loses value.
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I'm sure the ship was packed with Ukrainian pow's. Either that or French mercenaries.
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This is why Ukraine will win.
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@MrThartofwar Lmao, I just cant tell when i'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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@We_Waz_Kangz🇷🇺 You spam the same comment over and over and want to accuse others of being bots, thats actually hilarious.
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Wagner on their way to Africa to heroically seize goldmines and commit massacres.
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BRICS is an organization with no economic, trade or military agreements. It isn't difficult to join a group with no obligations or direction.
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This isn't the first time, remember when he was selling beans during his first term? Rule of law is over in the US.
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Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, so it's not exactly a rare event.
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This guy was spot on with everything he said. Particularly about rewarding bad behavior in Georgia, we should have responded then like we are now.
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Those little green men could get those weapons at any army surplus store. Likely they were just local Belgorodians who are tired of being bombed by Russia and want independence.
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@Liboch No this was strictly to appease their base and save face. They will be back to fighting the real enemy soon, women who have their head uncovered.
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Sooner or later AI will take all the jobs, we cant compete. First will be the white collar jobs, then the blue collar and artistic jobs. There is no field we will be able to compete in indefinitely. AI will be better at data entry, manual labor, running the company, writing a better novel. No job is safe, and its a good thing. What we need to do is have an adult conversation about purpose (which we wont), and some sort of universal basic income and what a post economy economy will look like, and get ready for things to start to get real silly.
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Congratulations to the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade as they just broke Usain Bolts 100m record as they fled in terror from Ukrainian forces.
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Russia always acting like the victim is such a pathetic display.
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Putin from deep underground "there's nothing to be afraid of"
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Russia makes marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses, the Russian cheerleaders rejoice. Ukraine folds Russia up like laundry taking more territory than Russia has in a year along with hundreds of Russian prisoners, for minimal losses. Russian cheerleaders pretend it's somehow bad for Ukraine.
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The hierarchy of incompetence in Russia goes like this. Army: Highly incompetent, cant even take the Donbas in a year despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow, but believe it or not the most competent of all the branches. (I include VDV here even though they are their own thing) Air Force: Bomb their own city. Can't manage basic SEAD never mind large scale operations. and still cant get air superiority over a much smaller air force type of laughable incompetence. Navy: The most incompetent of all the main branches, keep fire extinguishers locked up because people keep stealing them and get the Moskva sunk by a country with no navy type of incompetence. edit. see Kursk, Kirov and Kuznetsov FSB/KGB/Intelligent apparatus: Absolute amatuer hour, feed people polonium sandwiches causing chaos all while thinking they are somehow amazing. edit. remember the 3 copies of the sims 3? Leadership: The peak of Russian incompetence, Russia hasn't had a good leader in centuries, maybe ever. Its no wonder their country is in shambles.
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"It was a feint, a gesture of goodwill, we aren't even trying." - Rusbots probably.
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Russia was even more traumatized by tractors than I thought.
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I like how Ukraine withheld the footage for a day to give Russia a chance to lie about it.
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At least half of this defense budget gets skimmed off into the yacht/mansion funds of various Russian generals and officials.
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@TSEliot1978 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, prior to that there were no issues in the Donbas. Strelkov confirms this, he said. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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Uh oh another final warning from China. Stay tuned for more important threats.
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Don't worry though, Putin just put his bodyguard, with no military experience, in charge of the Kursk defense. And made his niece the deputy Minister of Defense. I'm sure Russia will turn things around any day now.
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"So I said Wagner doesn't even exist, and everyone nodded. Now meet Wagner's new leader." - Putin
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Amazing the damage a bit of falling debris can do.
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Remember the three copies of The Sims 3? This is just more of the same braindead behavior you can expect from the FSB.
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@x0xain137 Afghanistan won, so did the Chechens. Try not to cry.
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Any person with a laptop can participate in AI development, the genie is out of the bottle, not sure how they are supposed to pause anything.
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Trying to catch Putin during his nightly flag pole inspection while some guy films on his hand held for some reason. Sounds legit.
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@throughput6674 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of disastrous trench warfare with no progress Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to Washington to overthrow the Pentagon.
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Russia doesn't want Ukraine to negotiate they want them to surrender. Russia could go home and end this war today.
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Nothing says winning like resurrecting ancient tanks and a panicked evacuation from occupied territories.
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@TodaTruth The 'were fighting all of NATO' is the most embarrassing Russian propaganda. Russia is fighting Ukraine with around 5% of NATO's budget as aid, mostly in the form of old stock.
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@Zelensky_Huilo NATO would defeat Russia in a few hundred hours if they were actually fighting. It would be like Desert Storm + geography.
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Falling debris at it again.
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Imagine not defending the border of the country you are at war with. Astonishing ineptness.
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The upside is Turkey can now gain access to free energy by harnessing the power of Atatürk spinning in his grave.
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Shame we couldn't expel Trudeau from the country.
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@kaiserhhaie841 Appeasement is a form of escalation.
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What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?
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Russia: "No don't do that or well make more vague and baseless nuclear threats like we've been doing since day one of the war."
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@Truffle_Young_Jr The peace deal that included strict limits on Ukraine's military, neutrality and acceptance of annexed territories. The deal made sure Ukraine would never be able to defend itself again, no country on earth would accept that deal.
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Russia bombing Belgorod in preparation of their own offensive.
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Amazing the damage falling debris can do.
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The Belgorod and Kursk people's republics will be welcome editions to the EU and NATO.
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From "Kyiv in 3 days" to "belgorod still holds" lmao
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Remember when during his first term he was trying to sell beans from the oval office?
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Russia makes marginal gains in Ukraine for terrible losses. Russia's keyboard cheerleaders rejoice. Ukraine folds Russia up like a lawn chair taking more territory than Russia has in 8 months, taking thousands of pow's in the process and their cheerleaders pretend it's somehow bad for Ukraine.
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Declining in a gesture of goodwill.
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How can Ukraine be responsible for what some little green men? These are just concerned locals who got some equipment at army surplus stores who are tired of being bombed by Russia over and over. Apparently they aren't even fighting Russians, just Iranians who gave them a bunch of drones. The Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he would fight Ukraine till the last Russian.
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@disturbedmoo Putin said. "The Poles didn't give the Danzig corridor to Germany, went too far pushing Hitler to starting WW2 by attacking them. Why did Germany attack Poland? Poland was uncompromising and Hitler had nothing to do but implement its plans for Poland."
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Vote Democrat.
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@thesauceman8457 What year do you think it is right now? Do you think America's neighbors are worried about being invaded?
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Sounds like it, the symptoms match and there are six different strains endemic to Europe. edit: As other's have pointed out it could be leptospirosis. So probably calling it 'mystery mouse disease' was the right call until we know for sure.
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Another final warning from China.
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@suportbghelp4938 The difference is Japan is rich and their country isn't a complete sewer.
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@xChimkin Back in the olden days the rules of the world were different, everyone was conquering everyone else, we don't do that anymore. The worlds borders are decided and trying to chage them leads to catastrophe. Do you understand Vlad?
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@dannythomson5239 This is common knowledge bud, do you need a source saying water is wet?
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Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war. Shoigu is completely deranged.
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@matsvayconstantin It was only after Russia proved itself an unreliable ally that Armenia began moving away from them.
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There aren't any Russian's either after their own tank took them out.
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They should put a tank on top of their tank. I call it the double tank, I'm sort of a military genius.
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@ibrstellar1080 Unless you are posting from the trenches comments like this just make you look foolish.
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I'm not sure I'd call it a complete failure. Russia learned at Vulhedar to not drive down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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They're just regular old Tuvans who speak in a perfect North Korean dialect.
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They are just regular old Tuvans who just happen to speak perfect North Korean dialect.
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@lenna6013 LOL, careful you dont OD on copium
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@GoodMan_000 Russia invaded in 2014, there would be nobody being bombarded anywhere if they had stayed home.
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In the 2000 Camp David Summit, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, offered to form a Palestinian state, initially with 73% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. In 10 to 25 years, the Palestinian state will expand to 92% of the West Bank. But Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, rejected the offer. Over and over Israel has attempted to find a two state solution. Its Hamas and the Palestinians that won't play ball.
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Hope the people of Iran can one day live free.
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I never thought a hot dog salesman would topple Russia. We really are in the best timeline.
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@jayjayn007 whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to. "In the distant past some country (probably the US) did something bad, so this excuses Russia's current genocide." It's completely brainless.
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amazing what some little green men can get at army surplus stores.
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@UkraineNeeds Spamming the same comment in every thread isn't a good way to make people think you aren't a bot.
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@provisionalhypothesis That hasn't stopped the Russian Federation from parading around for the past 30 years as a supposed superpower.
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@MrStevenAttila Yeah we can all tell how formidable Russia's military is by its inability to capture the Donbas 14+ months in despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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Yep Valve could end this war in a day if they cut off CSGO and DOTA2
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Really entertaining watching the mental gymnastics the Kremlin trolls engage in to try to paint this as anything but a humiliating disaster for Putin.
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@simonmeszaros2770 I'm sure it was a surprise to the Russians when they got smoked by their own tank. Or maybe they've come to expect that by now.
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@oussefel3220 Prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and several NATO countries were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered large gas deposits and threatened Russia's energy monopoly in Europe.
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The copeniks are out in full force I see. Must be tough coming to terms losing the naval battle to a country with no navy.
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@xChimkin What year do you think it is?
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@briancarno8837 The targets were two airports around Moscow. Russia downing and jamming some of the drones resulted in them falling in civilian areas.
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@jebes909090 Russia cant even take the Donbas bud.
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Ukraine was a neutral country when Russia invaded.
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Russia’s Ministry of Labour has requested 230,000 certificates for family members of deceased combat veterans. Looks like Ukraine numbers are fairly accurate.
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Vuhledar is one of the most humiliating displays from Russia of the war. Even more then bombing their own city, getting the flagship of the Black sea sunk by a country with no Navy, Digging in around Chernobyl and getting accute radiation sickness, taking Ukraine at face value when they said they were going to attack Kherson and redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv only to lose both, the montage of tractors hauling off Russian equipment early in the war, dusting off the T54/55's from the boneyard, using scooby doo vans for logistics. This is just off the top of my head.
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It's been funny watching Russia's internet cheerleaders try to downplay this while Russian mil bloggers are in full panic mode.
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If Russia ever gets tired of the losses they are free to go back to Russia.
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@tallflguy Marginal gains in exchange for horrific losses isn't exactly a winning strategy.
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Just falling debris, nothing to see here.
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Russian bots in hysterics.
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@dfdfhdhdhhdhdfhdfhdhd2295 I think the chickens were guarding Kursk, they've been surrendering in droves.
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user-wt9kp3py2l Personal insults aren't goin to un-sink the ship bud, dry your eyes.
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Damn, if the Russians fought as hard on the battlefield as they do in the comments they might have a chance of taking the Donbas sometime this decade.
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Hopefully Putin also gets a pager for his birthday.
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Another final warning from Russia.
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Russian conscripts in Kursk apparently agree.
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Apparently Wagner wanted to sell Russian locations to the Ukrainians in return for leaving Bakhmut. Prigozhin called all the Russian Generals gay and said he doesn't like autocracy. Pretty funny stuff.
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Yes, these were just local little green men who had visited their local army surplus stores for supplies. Next up is the referendum in these territories, advanced polling indicates 99% are in favor of independence from Russia.
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@dustywoood According to Russia themselves they shot down the missile, it was falling debris that struck the beach. The target wasn't the beach obviously, it was a nearby military target.
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@515coldfire Invading Ukraine was a mistake.
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Ukraine denied the US asked them to stop.
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@JessicaD.-vb9ho Russia cant even take the Donbas, despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow. That's the strongest military in the world?
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Putin's trolls in hysterics that Zelenskyy can do actual diplomacy. Meanwhile if Putin leaves Russia he'll get arrested.
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True but Russia did a much better job invading Russia then they did invading Ukraine.
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@RRRR0707 I see his comment went over your head.
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Just missed Putin on his nightly roof top flag pole inspection while some guy films on his handheld.
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I'm not sure what's more pathetic, the constant empty nuclear threats or Putin always trying to play the victim.
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This is what a concept of a plan looks like.
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@ButterfatFarms Has it occurred to you that the perpetrators also saw the alert and decided to postpone their attack?
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@ericmerritt5700 What are they going to do, invade?
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It's more about sending the message that there will never be a normalization of relations with the current regime. Also Milosevic and Khadhafi both scoffed at their charges and things didn't work out very well for them.
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@s0ycapitan No there were still a great many civilians left in every city Russia has flattened. In particular Mariupol where estimates of civilian casualties range from 20, 000 to 100, 000. The estimations are so varied because Russia won't allow access to outside observers.
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@Alejandrica BRICS has no economic, trade or military agreements. Its not difficult to join an organization with no purpose, obligations or direction.
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Please reform NATO into some sort of global defense initiative (GDI) and bring in every stable liberal democracy on Earth.
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This is the most Russian video in human history.
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Russia doesn't fear radiation, they even dug in at Chornobyl.
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@brandonlance3601 The Russian Empire also collapsed after WW1.
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These are just some little green men who got some equipment at an army surplus store. Likely they are local concerned citizens of Belgorod who are tired of being bombed by Russia and desire independence.
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There is precedent for this. During Desert storm the US seized 2 billion in Iraqi assets and gave it to Kuwait to pay for the damage, it had no negative effect on the banking system. Damage in Ukraine is already over 400 billion, Ukraine should receive all assets.
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lol, what? Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. The US has never been stronger. They are doing what they did to the USSR, taking them out without even firing a shot.
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@MikeGraves-pd2tg The far right party in Ukraine got less than 1% of the vote in the last election. The ruling party of Russia is fascist.
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This is a great interview. Commenting for the algorithm.
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After the breast-milk bandits everything else seems pretty normal.
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Stay tuned for more important threats.
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@NordStar7 Russia collapsed twice during the 20th century, its not exactly a rare event.
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@MrGatzby So they can put the warheads in new launch vehicles, or replace the electronics. This is such a non issue I'm amazed it's repeated so often.
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Another final warning from Russia.
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The uranium was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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@operator9858 What deranged nonsense
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The still frame of the missile proves it was a Russian kh-101, one of their pilots confirm it was a targeted strike. The Kremlins keyboard warriors still try to claim Ukraine attacked its own hospital.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 It was a warship by any definition Manu, call it whatever you like though if it helps you cope.
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Like how they've destroyed 40 HIMARS, they also destroyed Leopards and Bradleys months before they arrived in Ukraine, even farm equipment counts as Leopards.
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This is like Germany celebrating its gains in 1943.
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@PrivateMemo T-14 is a glorified parade float that will never see combat.
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@squireson Most of that in the form of old stock ready for the scrap yard.
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@mmodef Russia invaded in 2014, there would be no shelling in the Donbas if Russia had stayed home.
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@josue_kay Afghanistan was occupied in a few weeks and then occupied for twenty years while the Taliban hid in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years. I think the main issue is you don't understand the difference between an invasion and an occupation.
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@goenzoy Russia's so strong it can't even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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Ask Prighozin what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@kurosai006ichigo3 It took the US just over 500 hours to take Iraq are you on glue? Russia not being able to take Bakhmut in a year despite it being an hour from the border and a small town of 70k isn't an impressive feat, its a humiliation. Imagine if a few miles into Iraq the US started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing and still claimed everything was going according to plan.
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@tayclift5322 Zoom the map out, marginal gains in exchange for terrible losses aren't the victory Russia's online cheerleaders pretend it is. In the past 6 months Russia has gained roughly 250 square kilometers. To put this in perspective during Ukraine's "failed" offensive they took 297.7 square kilometers.
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He's promised that before and has yet to deliver.
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I would imagine its much like the Chechen war where officers wouldn't report their soldiers KIA and collect their pay for themselves. They would also take ammo meant for KIA's and sell it to the Chechen resistance. Welcome to Russia.
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Blizzard: 'Landslide OP Druid nerf incoming'
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@SirChristian100 Most of that is Ukraine using their strategic reserve because they know more are on the way.
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@anberrific7300 around 3% of NATO's annual budget is helping Ukraine, mostly in the form of old equipment destined for the scrap heap. The supposed worlds #2 army has lost half its fighting force and cant even take the Donbas, which is a few hours drive from Moscow.
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After Putin's speech where he cried about how nobody likes him he returned to his map of 17th century Russia and cried some more.
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Wait, you mean spending two+ years and losing around a thousand armored vehicles, tens of thousands of personnel to take a town of 14k really wasn't the grand victory Russia's online cheerleaders pretend it was?
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Another final warning from China.
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@ct0903 Nope, built 2014, commissioned 2018 and sunk 2024. edit: correction the first of the class was commissioned in 2018, this particular ship was commissioned in 2022.
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@GalAxy-u9s Yeah they got smoked so hard their entire country collapsed.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Are the NATO officers and CIA bases in the room with you right now Manu?
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UK putting in work again, thanks guys.
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I'm sure Putin would love to give a speech but he has a warrant out for his arrest. Not that he'd ever leave his bunker anyways.
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@philipellis4530 People have been making the same claim since the US went off the gold standard, we're still waiting. The only currencies that are even close to being competitors are the Euro, Yen and Sterling. Even Canadian and Australian currencies are traded more than any brics currency.
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@TRD-JDM Ukraine had zero chance of joining NATO for a variety of reasons. Russia and NATO also signed the NATO-Russia founding act, which unambiguously stated both alliances could expand as they wished. He has also had a constantly shifting position on NATO, he once said of Ukraine joining. "I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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Yep, the course was so comprehensive they also forgot how to speak Russian.
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@WarAuthority The US lost 2,459 personel in 20 years in Afghanistan, Russia lost almost 10x that in half the time and got smoked so hard their entire empire collapsed.
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@Uccidiamoilchiarodiluna Who does the US blame for it's mistakes? Find me one example.
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@benjaminodem392 There is no difference between 'tyres' and 'tires'. Tires is the standard American English spelling, whereas Tyres is the British English spelling. Someone should tell Putin to worry about the problems in his own country.
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@DaFinkingOrk Unless you are Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, Vietnam or any other country in the South China Sea.
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@chrisj2502 141 voted at the UN to condemn Russia's invasion, including China. Only a handful of countries voted for Russia with a few others abstaining.
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@mseeross I just cant tell when I'm reading satire anymore.
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Don't worry the FSB will investigate itself and get to the bottom of this.
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@imtiazakand3174 yeah your fellow bot already said that. It was just as dumb then.
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Medvedev with more drunk posting.
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What's he going to do? Target more apartment buildings, maternity wards and pizza shops?
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Russia can't even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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Instead of launching S300's into apartment buildings and pizza restaurants Russia should save some for bridge defense.
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Russia learning that cluster munitions can be used on something other than civilian targets.
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@jackburgess274 What a strange post. Why is Russia invading and attempting to annex Ukraine if they aren't interested in it?
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@foxy22-er5uj are you on bath salts?
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we've always known Russia had 'blocking troops' pretty sick to see in real life though.
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@kawagonzo6951 Meanwhile in reality what actually happened was Russia embargoed Ukraine after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement, violating the Budapest memorandum. When he reversed course 100% of Ukraine's parliament voted him out, including his own party. And when he refused to hold elections the predictable protests started. It was the same government in power after the protests. Which would be the fist successful "coup" in human history that ended with the same government it started with, nobody told Yanukovich to flee the country he did that on his own accord.
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Uh oh, another final warning from China.
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@abandonedbuildingexplorer Is there a point to your non sequitur? Is Nato in the room with you right now?
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@badbeetle2942 Russia wasn't even Russia then, it was the Grand Duchy of Muscovy.
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@paulwalker427 You realize that Russia is also using DU right?
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@BillPetrovas Are you lost little buddy?
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Russia announced they captured Krinky six months before they actually did.
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Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of disastrous trench warfare with no progress Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to Washington to overthrow the Pentagon.
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where'd you get those numbers, Putin's personal webpage?
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Russia still lives in 1884.
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@esekasunday1628 Russia cant even take the Donbas fighting Poland is a deranged fantasy.
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@jamesgreen1116 The war in Afghanistan was won in a few weeks. Then there was a long insurgency, which had also been won, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Thankfully the US decided to abandon the inane political goal of turning Afghanistan into new Kansas or whatever. A goal that couldn't be accomplished in 200 years never mind 20. We should have withdrawn as soon as they got Bin Laden.
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It also helps when they use tanks and IFV's instead of golf carts and dirt bikes.
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It's been a bad year for Iranian proxies.
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@krasav Yeah you can tell from how well his 3 day smo is going how brilliant he is.
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That's because it was being used by the Saudis..
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@Liboch Africa's biggest problems are corruption, nepotism and tribalism. Colonialism that ended a long time ago is waaaay down the list.
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They can't join NATO with disputed territory.
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Never fight uphill, me boys.
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Russia was supposed to withdraw its forces from Ukraine, remove support for the Donbas rebels and return control of occupied territory to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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user-wt9kp3py2l You think the entire US pacific fleet was defeated by centuries old planes and you think I need to learn history? I'm also not sure what something that happened 80 years ago has to do with Russia losing the battle of the black sea to a county with no navy. Try not to cry ok.
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@FOWST Do they not have google where you are at? Type in "Putin says ww2 was Poland's fault." Let me know what you find out.
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I hope Kaliningrad can get its independence like Belgorod did.
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Cries to the international community to condemn Ukraine's incursion, whines at the UN security council about Kursk. It's so shameless it's almost admirable.
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@dekyne3227 The group leaving fastest are young black educated men.
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Amazing, Russia losing the naval battle to a country with no navy.
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@milerale5286 The war was won in a matter of months then there was a long insurgency however there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years and the US thankfully gave up on the inane political mission of turning Afghanistan into New Kansas or something. Which is something that couldn't be accomplished in 200 years never mind 20. We should have pulled out as soon as they clapped Bin Laden.
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@mattavery978 3rd in the world on paper. Even one of the middle NATO powers like France, UK or Poland would absolutely dumpster the Russian army.
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The amount of tears coming from Russian trolls right now is going to cause another dam break.
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He wont even leave his bunker.
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Putin has more red lines than a candy cane and we routinely step over them and all he does is pout.
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@JoBlakeLisbon Are the 20 US bases in the room with you right now?
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Almost 50k MIA is absolutely insane, to put this in perspective the US had a total of 1,973 MIA for the entirety of the Vietnam war.
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@timothykatende8484 How can the worlds self proclaimed worlds #2 army not even be able to take the Donbas after a year despite it only a few hours by car from Moscow.
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China is bad but Russia lost the battle of the Black Sea to a country with no navy.
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Meanwhile Russia. Please Iran and North Korea give me some scraps so I can capture a mid sized town an hour across the border.
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@robertatkins9419 Please, any normal candidate would be disqualified for doing a fraction of what Trump gets away with.
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@alcide9158 Pointless whataboutism. Good job.
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Countries suddenly realizing that human nature hasn't changed in the past 70 years.
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Another Russian wonder weapon game changer. Are they really going to use both SU57's?
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Likely out a window.
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Really entertaining watching the mental gymnastics the Kremlin trolls engage in to try to paint this as anything but a humiliating disaster for Putin.
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@B0neTV Good news the Belgorod People's Republic just voted 99% in favor of independence.
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There it is, the worlds number two army.
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This data comes from counting vehicles in Russian depots, see Covert Cabals series of videos. Russia has around eighteen months left before they burn through the last of their Soviet legacy.
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@welcometruthseekers What year do you think it is right now?
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That tank repair facility? quite the civilian target.
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@arshadameen9523 The video of Hamas firing rockets out of the hospital window must also be fake right?
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@glintongordon6811 Putin said multiple times right up to the start of the invasion that he would never attack Ukraine.
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The only reason they would tell the truth is if it in some way served a greater lie.
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@poojplsyot9970 You must be 12, once you grow up little boy you'll see how the world works.
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@_ArsNova "China's final warning" (Russian: последнее китайское предупреждение) is a Russian proverb that originated as a Soviet political joke in the Soviet Union in the 1950s, referring to a warning that carries no real consequences. China's been issuing final warnings since forever.
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Damn there's more Muscovites in the comments then there are defending Crimea.
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@bdjens-j5b No, that's literally what they were saying. 20% of committed equipment, not 20% of total equipment.
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@ccc_the_painful_truth Putin said anyone who got involved would face 'dire consequences'. He said if anyone sent artillery it was crossing a red line, he said the same about tanks, and rocket artillery. We sent them all and Putin did nothing but pout.
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@dustywoood I've already responded elsewhere but, Russia shot down the missile, it was debris that struck the beach, the actual target was military in nature. Obviously.
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@ElijsDima It would require an act of congress to withdraw from NATO, presumably there are still enough hawks on the Republican side to prevent that.
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@vervetech9395 There wouldn't be any civilian casualties if Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine. Bridges are valid military targets, unlike pizza restaurants.
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@М.Столић The one from June that Russia re-released from a different pov and tried to pass it off as a seperate event?
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@simulationkoyo That would make a great reality show, Putin and Trump on the run.
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Pesky smokers again.
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You mean that driving down the middle of the road in broad daylight didn't work again?
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If the internet existed back then the same fools would be spamming how the offensive has failed.
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What did Iran expect after the had their proxies attack Israel?
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The audacity of Tibet to exist as a country close to China.
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@backsync613 Why did historically neutral Finland join NATO genius? Surely it had something to do with Russia's nasty habit of invading its neighbors.
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@herringfly Trump lumps himself in with those guys, he constantly praises them. Also the road to WW3 is appeasement, luckily most people understand this.
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@jamesgreen1116 I think its great you can use the internet despite being brain damaged.
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@evomorales5756 Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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@erikn.8626 Closer to 18%, which is the same amount they occupied two years ago, almost all of which was taken in 2014 or in the opening stages of the 2022 invasion before Ukraine had mobilized. Russia has spent the past 2.5 years making marginal gains at best, at the cost of massive losses in men and material. Ukraine is currently folding Russia up like laundry in Kursk.
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@P00009 What a silly comment. People are Russophobic in the same way they were Germanophobic in 1940. 1/4 people in Russia don't have access to indoor plumbing, maybe they could focus on that ahead of trying to annex their neighbors.
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@dumptrump2294 Russia has been giving full pardons to cannibals, so..
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@russellspeed1693 Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, get serious.
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@Mila-b8b4f Are you posting from the front line?
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@glintongordon6811 Yes thats called doublespeak. The Russian government denied for months that it was going to invade Ukraine. Putin also said after the invasion started that his plans "do not include an occupation." If you believe what Putin has to say I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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@Nick_S0 US won the Afghan war in a couple weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Taliban was all in their hidey holes in the other stans. The US wasn't looking to annex them and if after 20 years the ANA couldn't stand on their own feet they never would. Should have left as soon as they clapped Bin Laden tbh.
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I doubt there are many Russian tankers left to be excited after what's been happening at Aadviika.
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Remember when he said Hillary should drop out because she was under investigation?
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@trlatatushki-trlatata5463 Yeah, Putin's imperial delusions.
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@Vrie. Putin cant even take the Donbas bud, come back down to earth.
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@priscillasy4940 They were invaded as a result of their neutrality.
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@major__kong Marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses aren't a victory. And its not how you win an attritional war.
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@livingtribunal4110 Yes, that's why Russia is unironically using T54's, Mad Max MTLB's and Scooby Doo vans.
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@Givemeproofkid Let me guess, that will be three days from now.
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@FlorianaLions Guess that children's hospital just blew itself up.
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Medvedev inflicting maximum damage on his liver.
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@stellarshadeofblue Ask Joselli Barnica if Trump cared about her, oh wait, you can't.
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@AbrahamCasillas-t3o Ukraine isn't using dirt bikes for frontal assaults on fortified positions like the Russians are.
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Right up until the end they were still boasting about how mighty they were, soon after that we were sending them food so they didn't all starve.
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Calling the SU57 a 5th gen fighter is being very generous.
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@noneshere Just remember Russia got smoked so bad in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@davidjones-wt2qq Nope, photographic evidence.
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@babahanuman83 Total NATO casualties: 0
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@zandromarcellones1197 For starters Russia isn't they only country with nukes, if they really want to go toe to toe I don't think things will turn out the way they'd like (they don't they are scared shtless of the US). Furthermore one thing we learned from START is that all their ICBM's were sitting in 20 feet of water. Nuclear weapons are very expensive to maintain and in a country like Russia who cant even maintain a conventional military the chances of them having a credible nuclear threat is pretty low.
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My condolences to the 100 million or so Chinese who lost their lives unjustly to the ccp.
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@Nnnoon Except Ukraine is clearly marked on the map Putin was using. Sweden held St. Petersburg on that map, Russia going to give that back? The US also didn't exist, long live king George I guess.
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@xonious9031 The truth hurts.
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@dpelpal Russia does nave a navy left, they fled to Cuba to get as far away from Ukraine as possible.
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Rostov is the primary logistics hub not only have they lost it but all the material there will be used against Russia.
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NATO isn't in Ukraine. It's Russia that needs to leave.
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@RUTHLESSambition5 So that means Russia can stop crying about NATO expansion right?
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Yep, better yet we should have dealt with him in 2008 when he invaded Georgia.
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Ukraine was neutral when Russia invaded.
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@russellspeed1693 Yes at their current pace they should secure the Donbas in another century or so. Truly an unstoppable force.
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Next headline: Russia to stack tires on all their submarines.
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I was waiting for the turtle tanks and golf carts to parade by.
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@ablankpage295 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, there were no problems in the Donbas prior to that.
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@Ken-er9cq China did eventually vote to condemn Russia. April 26, 2023 China unexpectedly voted in favor of the UN resolution condemning Russia.
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@googletracksyou7421 Moreover they only won the second world war due to massive foreign aid. Stalin said as much. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war." Zhukov agreed: "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own."
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The former heads of the FBI and CIA have both called him a Russian asset. His own national security advisor called him a threat to national security. He's a convicted felon who can hardly string a coherent sentence together. The fact that he's even in consideration is beyond comprehension.
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This brave general personally intercepted the storm shadow missile. A true hero of the Russian Federation.
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@Noel-ji8nm Hodges has almost 40 years of service with a very impressive CV. Who were you again?
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@AZ2PM Who would have thought that the terrorist organization Hamas wouldn't be in favor of the peaceful transfer of power. Almost like electing a terrorist organization in the first place was completely moronic.
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My speculation is that they were given some freedom to fill the power vacuum in Syria as Russia withdraws.
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@user-yg5cw6cj4n Are you one of the lucky few Russians who has access to a toilet?
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@livingtribunal4110 You guys have been saying the sam thing for over a year and a half, find new material. Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas.
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Thanks commander smooth brain, you should apply at the Russian MOD.
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Many people like and comment before watching the video.
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@markojuric4954 That wasn't a coup, it was mass protests because Yankovich refused to give up power after being voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party.
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Another gesture of goodwill from the Russia.
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Imagine the world's #2 army losing to the poorest country in Europe and being so embarrassed they tried to pretend they were at war with all of NATO.
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If Russia fought half as hard in battle as they did in youtube comments they might have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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He reacted by placing his bodyguard, who has no military experience, in charge of Kursk defense. And making his niece the deputy Minister of Defense.
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Once they reach the Sea of Azov they deal with Crimea the same way they did Kherson; Take out the bridge and put the squeeze on making the Russian position untenable.
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@Imaxxd22 Stalin disagreed with you. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war. The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war. One-on-one against Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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Even the Chechens beat them and they hardly had anything.
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@UkraineNeeds Sure bud, did you hear that from the same guys who tried to pass off farm equipment as Leopards?
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A silly comment from a keyboard warrior.
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@jordancobb7553 Reposting the same 2 destroyed leopards from a week ago pretending Ukraine has lost dozens.
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@horvathsogranfume658 yeah we knew they were corrupt and inept but even I couldn't have imagined how bad it was.
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Technically China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression.
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@deewhite3764 He isn't the victim, he is an officer of an invading army. Russia can go home if they are tired of being targeted.
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He said about the USMCA, "The USMCA is the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It's the best agreement we've ever made." Now he disagrees with himself while patting himself on the back for getting Canada and Mexico to do something they were doing anyways.
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On Putin's September 12th speech he claimed they'd destroyed 18k Ukrainian armored vehicles since the offensive started. An incredible feat considering Ukraine started the war with 7k and have received around 4k in aid. Russia must have mastered interdimensional travel and have been destroying Ukrainian forces in alternate timelines. Though shortly after Putin's speech Shoigu stated a completely different number, they must be having trouble keeping their lies in order.
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@dpelpal There's so many to choose from. The montage of Tractors hauling off Russian equipment, getting your flagship sunk by a country with no Navy, getting radiation sickness from digging in at Chernobyl, withdrawing from Kyiv as a 'gesture of goodwill' to focus on the Donbas and STILL cant capture the Donbas. Taking Ukraine at face value when they said they would attack Kherson and redeploying the VDV from Kharkiv and losing both. The absolutely humiliating offensive at Vulhedar where the Russians drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain. This is just off the top of my head, i'm sure there's plenty more.
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Are you on bath salts?
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With Rostov being the primary logistics hub in the area I wonder what this means for Russian forces in Ukraine. Its bad enough to lose it, but now all that material will be used against Russia.
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@andrewdopple6946 Russia's actions has driven traditionaly neutral Finland into NATO placing military assets right on Russia's border and even closer to Moscow. Less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to Russia's invasion, multiple NATO countries were opposed to it. the chances of Ukraine joining NATO was effectively zero. Russia invaded in spite of Ukrainian neutrality. If Ukraine was in NATO there never would have been a war.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 If NATO was involved it would be the most one sided ass whooping since Desert Storm. And Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years bragging about being the 'worlds #2 army' Russia's performance has been humiliating no matter how you try to spin it.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 No I learn a lot from Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, which says. 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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Some Russian's pager went off.
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@UkraineNeeds That was Wagner that took Bakhmut. And they took such catastrophic losses that it broke them and they mutinied. Moreover Bakhmut was a mid sized town a couple miles across the border, acting like Berlin was just occupied is embarrassing.
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@Imaxxd22 Zhukov also disagreed with you. "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own."
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Russia always trying to play the victim is completely pathetic.
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@dialecticcoma The US took Afghanistan in a couple weeks. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@googletracksyou7421 Russia did lose the first world war though, followed by a total collapse and civil war. They also lost the Crimean war, the Polish war, Japan (followed by a civil war), Afghanistan (followed by a collapse), Chechnya. Russia loses wars all the time the main question is if they will undergo a total collapse after the loss.
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@norbertfleck812 The array is perforated with tungsten balls. Its finished, dry your eyes.
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@ideally6849 Also building artificial islands in other countries EEZ's and preventing their fishermen from fishing on their own territory.
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Those 30 countries haven't started fighting yet. By your logic Ukraine is fighting China, India, North Korea etc etc. Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population.
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In a recent referendum the Belgorod people's republic voted over 99% in favor of independence. Hopefully Russia will give up on Belgorod for the sake of peace.
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China probably discovered an ancient map that proves the sky belongs to them.
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Continue with failed economic policies and starve in the dark, or become a market economy and join the western world of progress and prosperity. What a difficult choice.
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@lagrangewei Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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These little green men just picked up some kit at an army surplus store. Its likely they are local concerned citizens of Belgorod who want independence after Russia bombed them so often.
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@miteshghadi3146 Why did Russia sign the Russia-NATO founding act, which unambiguously stated both alliances could expand however they liked?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 A patrol ship is still a warship Manu. If it helps you sleep at night you can pretend it was a cruise ship that spent every winter delivering Christmas presents to the good little boys and girls of Crimea.
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@cheekeongchan9750 The EU and the US aren't at war.
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Wow this video really triggered the Kremlin trolls.
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oh no, was it smokers or more falling debris?
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Warthunder devs just happy it wasn't their game for once.
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@isaiah537 Putin does, why do you think he wears huge lifts in his shoes?
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@Dmitrij-nl3sc Russia hasn't captured Kherson, Zaporizhia or the Donbas and that didn't stop them from holding sham referendums there.
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I get second hand embarrassment when Russia acts like its a real rival of the US. It'd be like Bhutan thinking it was China's Rival or something (no offense to Bhutan)
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@jpscott126 Even Soviet foreign minister Shevardnadze and Gorbachev said there was no Nato promise not to expand, this is just another one of Putin's fantasies. And why would anyone promise Putin? He was an irrelevant pencil pusher when this was supposed to have happened. I'm sure you think you know better than the people in the room though.
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Yes no shortage of anything, that's why they are using golf carts and dirt bikes while they go beg Kim for scraps.
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Yep, "you better not bomb the bridge or we'll retaliate by doing the same thing we've been doing all along."
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"So, what is known about the crash of Il-76 as of 1830? The plane crashed in the Belgorod region around 1100. The first message that appeared in the Russian information space was that the plane was shot down by Russian air defense. Then, the emphasis abruptly changed to the shooting down by Ukrainian air defense, with the assertion that there were Ukrainian prisoners on board preparing for an exchange. The first images that emerged from the crash site did not show a large number of dead bodies. Remember the MH-17 disaster. The entire field was strewn with the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of the dead. Or, at least, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s business jet, much smaller in size and with fewer passengers on board - the first footage from the crash site already contained the remains of passengers. It is also obvious that the plane did not land, but rather took off from Belgorod. How can you bring prisoners for exchange to Belgorod if you are leaving it? Then Margarita Simonyan appeared with a certain list of prisoners for exchange, which included Ukrainian military personnel who were exchanged on January 3. It is also interesting that OSINT analysts confirmed the fact that the Il-76 aircraft was RA-78830, flew to Russia through Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran, disappeared from radar in the Syrian region, and then appeared in the Belgorod region. A very strange route for delivering captured Ukrainians, although it is also known that this aircraft actively took part in the “Iranian Express”. A question also arose regarding the Russian Ministry of Defense’s statement that only 3 guards accompanied 65 prisoners on board. This is critically low for such a number of prisoners and completely violates the statutory documents. 5 hours after the fall of the Il-76, a new video appeared from the crash site, which showed a piece of the fuselage with a large number of minor damages, which confirmed the downing of a missile defense missile, but, again, even 5 hours later, the bodies of the supposedly dead Ukrainian prisoners were not shown . In view of all of the above, the version of the Russians with prisoners of war on board the Il-76 is collapsing every minute like a crystal castle. But the danger lies elsewhere. They officially stated that prisoners of war were on board. As of 18:30, not a single material evidence of this has been presented, although it is very important for Russian propaganda to show that their official bodies are right. Against this background, fears arise that Russian terrorists may be preparing this “material evidence”... Alexander Kovalenko"-Crimean Wind
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NightCallx6 Russia is Mongol territory.
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At the start of the war if someone told me Putin would bend the knee to his caterer I'd think they were insane, but here we are.
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@РафаэльСаркисянц-ъ2т What kind of alpha male is a botox addict?
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I'm sure Putin would to but he'd get arrested if he leaves Russia.
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@AuAu1212 That wasn't taxpayer money, also Beyonce denies she was compensated.
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They've spent two years and they cant even get through the Donbas Manu.
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Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Oh the Johnson myth. Ukraine's head negotiator Arakhamia said there was no meeting with Johnson until after the deal had fell through. The Turkish president confirms this, stating Ukraine agreed to most terms aside from disarmament and recognition of occupied territories.
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@RTSchofield Lukashenko's plane already flew out of Belarus, there are rumors that he's already jumped ship.
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@Vatu. Iraq is in control if it's own oil.
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@owenorders5202 No but there are plenty of photos of him standing next to normal sized humans.
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@russell6075 They think that if they spam 'the offensive has failed.' enough times in the comments it will make it come true.
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Stay tuned for more important threats.
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Balkans going to Balkan.
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He's become popular with debt collectors thats for sure. Maybe you could buy a pair of shoes to help a guy out.
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Russians losing it over shaping operations.
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@bryandimery6509 The EU's total natural gas imports from Russia are about 1/5th pre war levels. Gazprom is posting massive losses every quarter.
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Expect Russia to take pictures of this from 50 different angles to try to pass it off as different vehicles.
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It would be if Russia would actually spend money on hangars. That would detract from the yacht fund though.
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He said about it "The USMCA is the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It's the best agreement we've ever made." Now presumably getting us to do something we were already doing is the new greatest deal ever. It's going to be a long four years.
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@freidenker8440 There are lots of rich oligarchs in Russia, they have a habit of taking a swan dive out open windows when the state decides it needs their money.
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"Hey I know you guys just attempted an armed mutiny recently, no hard feelings, hopefully we can get you guys back on the front 'cause we are real short on personel, pls dont attempt a coup again lol." - Putin probably.
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@mafiooato7233 Which is more than enough time to learn the local language.
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@DDOD25 Ironic considering he took one of the gayest pictures in human history. (the horseback one)
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What a wild imagination you have.
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@andyabuteo6084 If Blair and Bush do something moronic like announce their crimes on TV like Putin did they might.
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@AfroVersity No they didn't.
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@bryandimery6509 Russia was supposed to withdraw its forces and stop supporting their proxies in the Donbas, they did neither. Russia violated both Minsk agreements on the first day. It was the DPR that declared Minsk 2 void when they captured the Donbas airport. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@Lietuva-m8k She went to Saint Anselm College. She has a bachelor's degree in communications and politics, after which she interned at Fox. Like everyone else in the administration she is completely unqualified for her job.
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@jaredison2708 Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels and remove its forces from Ukraine, they violated Minsk on day one.
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@dustywoood Why are you spamming the same nonsensical comment over and over? Russia shot down the missile, it was debris that struck the beach.
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"So, what is known about the crash of Il-76 as of 1830? The plane crashed in the Belgorod region around 1100. The first message that appeared in the Russian information space was that the plane was shot down by Russian air defense. Then, the emphasis abruptly changed to the shooting down by Ukrainian air defense, with the assertion that there were Ukrainian prisoners on board preparing for an exchange. The first images that emerged from the crash site did not show a large number of dead bodies. Remember the MH-17 disaster. The entire field was strewn with the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of the dead. Or, at least, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s business jet, much smaller in size and with fewer passengers on board - the first footage from the crash site already contained the remains of passengers. It is also obvious that the plane did not land, but rather took off from Belgorod. How can you bring prisoners for exchange to Belgorod if you are leaving it? Then Margarita Simonyan appeared with a certain list of prisoners for exchange, which included Ukrainian military personnel who were exchanged on January 3. It is also interesting that OSINT analysts confirmed the fact that the Il-76 aircraft was RA-78830, flew to Russia through Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran, disappeared from radar in the Syrian region, and then appeared in the Belgorod region. A very strange route for delivering captured Ukrainians, although it is also known that this aircraft actively took part in the “Iranian Express”. A question also arose regarding the Russian Ministry of Defense’s statement that only 3 guards accompanied 65 prisoners on board. This is critically low for such a number of prisoners and completely violates the statutory documents. 5 hours after the fall of the Il-76, a new video appeared from the crash site, which showed a piece of the fuselage with a large number of minor damages, which confirmed the downing of a missile defense missile, but, again, even 5 hours later, the bodies of the supposedly dead Ukrainian prisoners were not shown . In view of all of the above, the version of the Russians with prisoners of war on board the Il-76 is collapsing every minute like a crystal castle. But the danger lies elsewhere. They officially stated that prisoners of war were on board. As of 18:30, not a single material evidence of this has been presented, although it is very important for Russian propaganda to show that their official bodies are right. Against this background, fears arise that Russian terrorists may be preparing this “material evidence”... Alexander Kovalenko" -Crimean Wind
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He warned that the slump would happen because of Brexit.
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@alfredmakaveli6622 Ask the Chechens.
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@eyobtesfaye5337 Russia are the aggressors here, nobody would be getting attacked anywhere if they hadn't invaded. Also why are you copy/pasting the same silly comment over and over?
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@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo The targets were two airports around Moscow. The drones struck residential areas as a result of being downed by Russia.
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Last time these guys were in Russia they marched on Moscow.
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@natasa8266 There is a montage of Russian state media claiming it would fall in 3 days also.
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@Raiderr67 Except Russia, they've lost half their army and cant even take Avdiivka.
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The fool in charge of the humiliating Vulhedar offensive where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over got a medal and a promotion.
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@enriquelaroche5370 Russia has about 2 SU57's worrying about them makes about as much sense as worrying about the T14.
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"The rain was seen fleeing towards Ukraine." - Russia probably.
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@brianmo2965 Whataboutism is pretty much what every Russian arguement boils down to.
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Munitions factories, but no food. What a country.
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@HKim0072 The solution is get rid of the authoritarian regime and become an actual democratic market economy.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Russia hysterically begging to Iran and North Korea.
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Most of his theatrics are meant to win mobiks over to his side so they join him in the coming civil war.
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@Elonmpop I just can't tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore. When asked about child care Trump gave such an incoherent response that if anyone you loved said something like that you would immediately take them to the hospital.
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@chitofernandez1879 so it was the 'military industrial complex' that made Russia attack Ukraine? interesting. Is the military industrial complex in the room with you right now?
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Yeah and they also destroyed more HIMARS then Ukraine has and Bradley's and Leo2's before they even entered the country.
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@mikeincalifornia NATO isn't fighting buddy, come back to earth.
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@DARKSTAR-mn8ee Russia collapsed twice in the 20th century, almost a third time in 1905. They've already had one attempted coup this war. Russia is not a stable country.
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Or as China calls them, S300s with a coat of paint.
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just like in 1990 Russia was still boasting about how mighty they were, by '91 we were sending them food so they wouldn't all starve.
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If Russia has no problem with Ukraine joining the EU why did they embargo Ukraine when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement?
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@lukeatbrandynightful Are you talking about the 50 civilians? Yes mighty Russia proves how strong it is by taking down helpless civilians.
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I hope for Brazil's sake they can one day have leadership that isn't completely brainless.
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@bonnie7898 This is correct, though calling BRICS an alliance, even a loose one is giving it too much credit. It has no military, economic or trade agreements. No purpose or obligations, with members who's attitude towards each other ranges from indifference to hostility. Its not hard to join a club with no obligations.
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Taken more in three days then Russia did in the past year.
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@explore8705 Ukraine has regained over 50% of the territory Russia once occupied.
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Yeah well they brought a tugboat to strike fear into our hearts.
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@StPiter111 You mean back when we were sending you guys food so you didn't all starve to death?
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@links89a We should have left right after we got Bin Laden, the nation building nonsense was never going to work.
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@perucho2194 I'm sure trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border with terrible casualties is what Russia had in mind when they invaded.
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@AfroVersity Oh no not a hug. Provide a quote that China said they would defend Russia if attacked. Whats the treaty called? It's time to rejoin reality little buddy.
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@claudiopereira9900 It was founded by Norse. Moscow was officially founded in 1147 by Yuri Dolgoruki, the Grand Prince of Kyiv. The name “Moscow,” applied to both the new garrison and the adjacent river, may have come from the Slavic, Baltic, or even Uralic or Finno-Urgic peoples who lived in or traveled through the land for centuries before. Might as well argue that Russia is a Mongol vassal by right.
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Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. The US is doing the same thing it did to the Soviets, destroying them without firing a shot.
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@Artist-h6c The far right party got less than one percent of the vote in the previous election in Ukraine. Get a grip.
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@rodcharles2798 Unless you are posting from the trenches questions like this just make you look like a fool.
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@benbo7042 The Soviets supported communism, they didn't care about Africans any more then the west. communism in post colonial Africa is a big reason many places in Africa are still behind. There are few ways better then communism to keep people poor.
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@norbertfleck812 You have no idea what you're talking about.
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@YouTuberJames92610 And a year later and Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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Yuri Wont find too many dentists in Russia though, most people with half a brain left Russia a long time ago.
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EshweshwaShwornUSA Hundreds of millions of Americans are starving now? You've gone right off the deep end bud.
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@tetsuoshima7385 There never were any agreements by either the EU or Nato regarding expansion. What were these agreements called that they supposedly tore up?
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@poohoff No but they've still managed to reclaim over 50% of the territory Russia once occupied and have won the battle of the Black Sea with no navy somehow.
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@LordEmperorHyperion What a silly comment.
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Imagine commiting armed mutiny and being allowed to walk around without consequence. Russia is very weak.
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@johndean1634 The only country that could have stopped it from starting is Russia, they could have stopped it from starting by not invading.
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In Russia they just declared every organization the state didn't like to be foreign agents.
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@karhutitan Ukraine wasn't invaded? That's actually hilarious. Come back to reality buddy.
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@mrsupremegascon Its more like if the US invaded Mexico then after two and a half years of attrition they only captured 18% of Mexico. After that the Mexicans counter invaded and took more territory than the US did in over a year.
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There is a long list of western countries that have sent aid in a variety of forms to Turkey since the earthquake. This is a very dumb comment.
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It's fetal alcohol syndrome, and it's rampant in Russia.
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@peterrauth118 The problem with retreating as a Russian is then you get gunned down by your own side.
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This is all over local news, what a dumb comment.
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Even mid east militias manage to get the fellas a hilux.
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Zelensky is rather popular and the reason you dont see protests against NATO is NATO isn't invading Ukraine, why on earth would they protest them? Ukraine is defending itself from Russian aggression, people typically aren't interested in protesting against that.
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Hope India has a prosperous future and that they don't fall into the same infrastructure trap that China did.
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@jamesgreen1116 Year three and Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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Unfortunately Russia is completely shameless.
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"Wagner doesn't exist, Surovikin is just resting, three days to Kyiv, who took my false teeth." - Putin
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Don't stand under pallets of falling food. I feel like this should go without saying.
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NATO isn't fighting in Ukraine little buddy.
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@corvus4135 Uh oh, two lost tanks. Truly the downfall of the US. Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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yanksbiglywvil Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@kirilld6206 Germany invaded British and French ally Poland, who did Ukraine invade to provoke Russia?
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so strong they dick around outside bakhmut for a year
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@naszadynastia Russia has lost over half of the land it once occupied.
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@Stronger5386 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, they were the ones who instigated the conflict.
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@jamesgreen1116 Its also completely irrelevant to the topic. Here's what most Russian arguments boil down to. Some other country, probably the us or uk did something in the past and this somehow justifies all of Russia's current misdeeds. Its a disingenuous and ridiculous argument.
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idk I always get a good laugh from him. Like that crowd in India when he tried his bs there.
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@operator9858 Nobody was arming Ukraine until after Russia began its invasion. Amazing how you think a popular uprising was caused by NATO, do you think they went door to door asking people to protest? Why didn't the US and NATO begin arming Ukraine after the supposed coup? Wouldn't that make sense, why wait until after Russia invaded? Ukraine rose up all by itself, it may come as a surprise but they dont want to be Russian slaves, they didn't need anyone to tell them that.
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@mikeyg1776 The way Wagner waltzed it's way to Moscow proves that is false.
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@evolassunglasses4673 Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@zvonkobogdan9634 He has been found guilty in absentia by a Dutch court of the murder of 298 people onboard flight MH17
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"No don't send F16's, or I'll make more vague and baseless nuclear threats." exclaimed Putin before hunching over his map of 17th century Russia with tears in his eyes.
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Russian food suppliers have warned of an impending 40% price increase.
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sure you did, got a source?
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@mrjerzheel Not according to General Popov, he was fired for stating otherwise.
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@DuskoSTV It's year three and Russia still can't even take the Donbas bud, I don't need the MSM to tell me that.
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Medvedev, Lavrov, Soloviev. 3 of the funniest men on earth.
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@NDR-hn3ue Did George Bush annex Iraq? I must have missed that.
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You're almost as incoherent as Putin.
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Imagine not fortifying the border of the country you are at war with.
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@al2462 What are you even trying to say?
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@fpvDRE The US wanted to leave Afghanistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Russia wanted to stay in Syria and was forced to leave. Do you understand the difference?
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The Ukrainian gains are stopping Russia in its place and destroying half of the worlds #2 army. Countries fighting for their survival tend to be willing to absorb more losses than one just making a resource/land grab.
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@purnamapurnama828 Kind of a stupid question tbh. If you were being attacked by your larger neighbor would you want more weapons or less weapons?
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia violated Minsk on day one, of course there would be no Minsk if Russia hadn't already violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@lovyrituraj Well this is almost english.
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@trevorroberts9584 I guess they did promote the commander in charge and give him a medal so probably not.
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@333Mrhunter They've lost of tens of thousands of armored vehicles, hundreds of aircraft, the Black Sea fleet, several early warning radars, hundreds of thousands of casualties. Along with lost refining capacity and an anemic economy. etc etc.
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*Takes massive hit of Copium. No you see all the T-62'2 BTR-50's and mad max MTLB are all a feint. Matter of fact the whole war's been a feint, now that Russia is pissed they will send the REAL army and the war will be over in about a day, then probably a week until they take Washington.
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Yuri Russia can't even take the donbass get serious.
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Let me guess you think Russia retreating from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill, and the Moskva sank because of high seas.
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@finianobrien6805 Russia can't even destroy Ukraine's air force.
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Belgorod on high alert.
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@eNv3n0mX Budapest memorandum, Minsk agreement, New START.
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That guy has been wrong about every single prediction he has made. He has been predicting the imminent downfall of Ukraine since day one.
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@russellspeed1693 Ten years and they still cant even take it bud. No amount of spin will change that.
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Remember when he said Hillary should drop out because she was under investigation?
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@tomas6179 How about Georgia? whats your excuse for Russia invading them? Russia gets no say in what other sovereign countries do. You understand that right? Maybe Poland doesn't feel secure because Russia keeps invading other countries so that means they have the right to invade Belarus by your logic right?
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@PavolFilek Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, come back to reality.
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@Patendyck76 You're right they are a superpower that can't even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours drive from Moscow. Please.
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@LiberalhumanToilet What is this comment even supposed to mean?
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Yeah buying oil at the price cap and forcing Russia to accept Rupees against their will.
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@orlandor7825 Running out of stockpiles, not ammo. Russia produces ammo they will never 'run out'. There has been a linear reduction in ammo use in Ukraine though. Plus the fact that russia has to beg North Korea, Iran and China for more ammo suggests there is some truth to the statement.
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It's going to be a long four years.
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@mtr3754 Hamas released videos showing off their stockpiles.
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how many Russians does it take to change a light bulb? One to change the bulb and 900k sent on fruitless human wave assaults on a strategically insignificant target.
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Russia has struck over 1600 medical facilities so far. The children's hospital was the target.
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Even inside Russia Shoigu is regarded as corrupt and incompetent. I have no idea why Russia's online trolls are trying to defend him.
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There are multiple Russian battalions fighting for Ukraine. The largest group of foreigners fighting for Ukraine is Russian.
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waaaaaah!! Wow the US annexed Haiti, Syria, Iraq and Central/South America? I didn't know that.
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@nemanja162 There were two Chechen wars genius.
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@namename-qb5xe Russia got involved in 2014 when they invaded. According to Minsk Russia was supposed to remove its forces from the Donbas, withdraw support for the rebels and return control of the occupied territory to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one.
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@priapulida "nobody is in hysterics" Proceeds to write a hysterical comment. Save your tears, everything will be ok.
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@trevorsutherland5263 You understand Russia invaded Ukraine right?
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"When invading a neighboring country be sure to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. Then use up your offensive capacity on heavily defended points of limited strategic value." - Sun Tzu
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I doubt Lieutenant General Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov considers Storm Shadow to be useless as he just took one in the ear.
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@abandonedbuildingexplorer NATO intervened in the former Yugoslavia to stop bloodshed and save lives. From 1992-1995, NATO conducted several military operations in Bosnia, including enforcing a no-fly-zone and providing air support for UN peacekeepers. These activities were mandated by the United Nations Security Council, of which Russia is a member. NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions in 1995 helped pave the way for the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia that had killed over 100,000 people. From 1996, NATO led multinational peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, which included troops from Russia. The European Union took over that mission in 2004.
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What about Wagner's offensive into Russia?
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@HANSMKAMP Nobody attacked Russia, they are the aggressors.
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@johnrussell3755 Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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The last poll I saw from the US said 70% of Americans were in favor of continued support for Ukraine. Getting 70% of Americans to agree on anything is a miracle.
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@joshuapaul2022 Let me guess you still think the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill' and the Moskva sank because of high seas. Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@UNIVERSAL-UR Russia has lost thousands of T series tanks.
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Ironic that supposed antigay Putin would take one of the gayest pictures in human history.
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When Russian pilots see a civilian target they just can't help themselves.
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Putin and trump as cellmates would be an amazing reality show.
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Russian copium be like "we've lost more then 50% of once occupied territory and lose more every day, but everything is still going according to plan."
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Not sure where you heard this twaddle but Russia has 1 tank plant that refurbishes around 200 tanks a year. Russia produces no new tanks a year the T14 is its new model and its a complete disaster. Everything else is just refurbished T72's (which are dependent on smuggled western tech). They also ship stock T62, and T54/55's to the front as fodder.
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@TheAntsh They can be taken out easily if you have precision missiles. Which Russia lacks. They've spent the past two years taking out Ukrainian infrastructure wherever they could, what on earth are you talking about?
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@Простоя-с4в If you want to see something really funny you should see Russia's GDP per capita. Or you can just watch the look on Putin's face as the that one sad lonely tank drove by at the parade. He looked like someone just guessed his weight at a carnival.
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Tragically fell from a ninth story window.
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@bryandimery6509 That's because the entire fleet has sat in port ever since. The black sea fleet is a monument to cowardice.
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@kevlarburrito6693 Not retaliating is a form of appeasement, do you understand?
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This fellow will need to avoid windows and any food and drink he doesn't make himself for the rest of his life.
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LMAO Russia can't even defend its own border with the country it's at war with.
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@lettucesalad3560 The only reason they tell the truth is if it in some way facilitates another lie.
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@alexandrnoskov5437 Russia is stable until it isn't, they collapsed twice during the twentieth century, almost a third time in 1905, there's already been one attempted mutiny this war.
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Agreed, its very surprising. He’s been one of Putin’s closest allies, former head of the FSB and was rated by people to be probably the second most powerful man in Russia after Putin himself and likely his successor. What this likely indicates is that this is not just a reshuffle along normal governmental lines.
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Let me know when you guys take Bakhmut.
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Ukraine has recently waltzed across the first line of defense being delayed for a grand total of a few hours. Not exactly the Maginot line it was hyped up as.
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@livingtribunal4110 You've been saying that or two years now bud, check back in another two when Russia still cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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yep, though they'll have to take the long way around now.
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@ryantate6447 Maybe the banks can give him a 500 million dollar loan.
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Ukraine has taken more in the past three weeks than Russia has in nine months. Russia's gains are marginal at best and they are taking horrific losses for their meager advances.
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Wow all the Kremlin's trolls in one place. This is what 60k rubles a piece gets you. The same brainless talking points spammed over and over.
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Russia is producing around 1500 per year. Most of those, 86%, are refurbished older models, this also comes nowhere close to replenishing losses. Which is what the video is about.
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@fanamlawuli6761 The US isn't attacking international shipping.
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@jamesgreen1116 No he was elected as a member of parliament, his party then elected him as PM. Read about the UK parliamentary system if you are interested.
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@badomen9057 Literally every media outlet is covering it, why not just look it up for yourself.
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If someone said three years ago that Russia would be using dirt bikes and golf carts to attack enemy lines people would think they were crazy.
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Conducting a disastrous invasion of their neighbor?
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Putin's trolls are having an absolute meltdown over this one.
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@martinIrish3776 The Russian Federation also didn't exist until 1991.
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@zoom777 Not according to international law. Even Russia's 'no limit friends' don't recognize it as Russian.
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@ Yes it's that simple. They could also not and say they did, that's the great part about nuclear weapons they don't actually have to work, the threat of them even existing is enough of a deterrent, just ask Russia.
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@sergueivergounov1961 Neskuchne, Storozheve, Blahodatne, Makarivka, Marfopil and Levadne all liberated recently so things are going ok.
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Russia doesn't even have enough weapons to take the Donbas.
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Think about the reality show he could have from inside prison.
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@ragingmonk6080 Russia has been building up for a lot longer than eight years.
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@I_Love_Lord Russia's grain blockade has failed and they've retreated from Sevastopol and the western black sea after losing close to two dozen ships including their flagship and a submarine. Not sure what you think losing looks like, but ok.
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These are just little green men, who knows where they are from.
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@Простоя-с4в Russia can't do anything without the help of Iran. Apparently they weren't even fighting Russians but Iranians who gave them tons of drones. The Russians wanted to surrender but the Ayatollah said he would fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@The.Curious speaking of theatrical speeches did you see the one Putin gave yesterday when he was crying that nobody likes him?
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@aexetanius She didn't reinforce his arbitrary world view, therefore in his mind it must be nonsense.
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@abandonedbuildingexplorer Pesky Nato, won't even let the Serbs ethnically cleanse the Albanians. Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries Nato has tried to annex.
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They only periodically emerge to condemn Israel.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 A ship built for war. what do you think it was built for Manu? Maybe this was one of your legendary CIA bases.
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Ukraine doesn't really need to invade Crimea just destroy the bridge and put the squeeze on making the Muscovite position untenable like they did at Kherson.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Russia said they had destroyed a bunch of Leopards months before they even arrived in Ukraine. Then later they released a video of them destroying farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards. If you believe anything these jokers say I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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Its not all doom and gloom for Russia, the 72nd Separate Motor-rifle Brigade are the fastest soldiers on 2 legs.
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@dogzdigital If Ukraine was in NATO we would currently have peace. Russia is only a threat to it's weak neighbors.
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They did the same thing during the Chechen war, then they would sell the weapons and ammunition meant for the deceased soldier to the Chechens. What a country.
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Reform NATO as the global defense initiative (GDI) and bring in every stable democracy on earth.
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@lettheflamestakeover7374 Do you get a potato for every comment?
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That's his secret, he's always drunk.
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@fingerprint8479 Yeah, the US took Afghanistan in a few hundred hours and then occupied them for twenty years while the Taliban hid in caves.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Russia doesn't even have enough weapons to take the Donbas. Does Cuba and Venezuela need golf carts and dirt bikes?
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"All our hope is in the famine, here is what it means It means that the famine will start now, and they will lift the sanctions, and be friends with us, because they will realize it is necessary" - Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of RT. Yikes.
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@joeo2533 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US could have left any time after they got Bin Laden and declared victory.
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@nickfielding5685 What a silly comment.
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@evolassunglasses4673 What a silly comment.
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@annakingry9157 He's a shoe salesman.
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Never really expected Russia to become Iran's client state but here we are.
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@luisc.3215 A year in and those circus clowns can't even take the Donbas. and the excuse 'were not even trying bro.' Pretty tough to take that serious.
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@kingb3 Russia can't even handle taking the Donbas.
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@Alien_isolationist They buy shells from NK at an inflated price, this is the same ammo that the Soviets gave to NK 40 years ago that they are buying, great deal. And yeah senseless destruction is about the only thing Russia excels at, how many golf carts and dirt bikes do you think it will take to capture Chasiv Yar?
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@silaslong-js8ps Sure bud, and no A50's have been shot down either. I bet Russia has developed super-stealth and that's why none of their aircraft show up on radar. Or maybe they switched to brand new ultra-sonic aircraft and they are too fast to be detected.
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This of course ignores the large role that western sanctions and pressure had in ending apartheid.
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@loumcast Yep, the percentage of Russian occupied territory in Ukraine has surged from 18% all the way to 18% in only two years.
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Shame the Turks will have to endure his insane economic policy.
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Russia is dusting off the T-55's, they can't even capture the Donbas pretending they are a rival for the US is embarrassing.
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What an achievement by the 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade beating Usain Bolts 100m record as they fled in terror from the Ukrainians.
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Yes, these are just locals who got their equipment at local army surplus stores. Expect a referendum in the near future, advanced polling suggests 99% in favor of independence from Russia.
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@annmariedeignan2596 What a silly comment.
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@ Russia used Belarus as a launching point for its 2022 invasion. The Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of Russia and Belarus was signed on 8 December 1999. The intention was to achieve a federation like the Soviet Union.
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@jorgearreaza4623 Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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@jerrellholder8382 I have no idea what you're trying to say.
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@ДЕМЕНЦИЯБАЙДЕНА Bridges are valid military targets, Ukraine warned multiple times they would attack the bridge. Civilian casualties are unfortunate but maybe illegally occupied territory in a warzone isn't the best spot for a vacation. Russia has killed thousands of civilians, all casualties in this war are a result of Russian invasion. If they hadn't invaded there would be no casualties, civilian or otherwise.
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@Innokentiii You realize one of the gayest pictures of all time is of Putin right? (the horseback one)
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@Robert-xy4xi Are you getting a potato per comment or something? I just watched you copy paste the same brainless comment over and over.
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@glintongordon6811 Bakhmut is a medium sized town a few hours by car from Moscow. Ten months and tens of thousands of casualties is nothing short of humiliation for Russia.
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@masterlightjames950 Their idiotic attack on Kyiv seemed to indicate so. Russian officers even had reservations booked in Kyiv restaurants. Oh and a montage of Ukrainian tractors hauling of abandoned tanks.
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@ragedama7476 Pushing the conflict? Russia can just go home and the conflict is over.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Where do you get this stuff? Ukrainian food exports are at pre war levels, Agriculture accounts for 63% of export revenue.
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@victorzvyagintsev1325 Yes he cares greatly about such things, that's why he's the poster boy for botox injections and why he wears giant lifts in his shoes.
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@Luiz-w5s Is there a point to your silly whataboutism? The Russian's fought for a decade in Afghanistan and lost so hard their whole empire collapsed.
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@briancarno8837 Hey more pointless whataboutisms, big surprise. Russia has flattened multiple cities bud.
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@MegaFarah78 Russia invaded in 2014
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@gayan2517 NATO took Afghanistan in a few weeks and occupied it for twenty years, the Taliban spent that time hiding in caves. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their entire empire collapsed.
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@sebastianforbes1 It was Wagner that took Bakhmut, not the Russian army. Remember Wagner? They took such terrible losses in Bakhmut that it broke them and they mutinied. When they drove on Moscow all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own oil refinery and dig up the highway. Luckily for them Lukashenko saved them by cutting a deal. After that Putin proved to Progozhin how much a deal with him is worth.
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@chitofernandez1879 Yes I know it's the US's fault Russia attacked Ukraine obviously, matter of fact all of Russia's problems are because of the west, not centuries of inept leadership.
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Swedes next and we can rename the Baltic sea to Lake NATO.
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@yepachternaam565 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, there were no problems in the Donbas until they did. Strelkov himself confirms this.
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Another final warning from China.
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More escalation from the west.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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Another great update, thanks man.
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Technically the second most powerful air force in the world is the US navy.
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@kelperdude He also told the world he wouldn't invade Ukraine. It may amaze you to learn that Putin is a liar.
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@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv Russia has a nasty habit of invading and annexing its neighbors. They've been doing that long before NATO existed.
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@neutralevil1917 Russia did cease its active war for about 7 months because they lacked manpower and ammunition.
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Don't forget about Sokolov.
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"its a feint" "its all theatrics" "they're going to attack Kharkiv" "who's signing the checks now?"
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@paulpaisley5291 Maybe one day you'll meet one. You have to leave your parents basement first though.
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@skf6199 Yep, these are locals who got their supplies from the army surplus store. They speak Ukrainian and are tired of being repressed.
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yup amazing what you can do when you can do when you have no regard for human life. It's only a matter of time though until the Ukrainians retake what belongs to them, would be best if Russia just went home
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@franktrimby2900 Russia took about one half of one percent of Ukraine last year, at the cost of around 400k casualties. Please get a grip.
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@pauldean8638 No its according to the maps. At its high water mark Russia controlled over 30% of Ukrainian territory, now they control around 15%.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Trump can hardly put a coherent sentence together bud. He still doesn't even know what tariffs are.
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@ByronYanez-l7r Is the cia in the room with you rght now?
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@davidemmet7343 do an image search of someone with brain damage if you want to see a picture of yourself.
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@joeo2533 US wasn't trying to annex Afghanistan, how long were they supposed to occupy them, until the end of time? If after 20 years the ANA weren't' able to fight for themselves they never would be able to. Should have left right after they got Bin Laden imo.
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@barrybrodin7085 Zelensky speaks Russian, do you think he supports Putin?
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Shoigu, hero of Ukraine.
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@redfiend Hey genius did you know there were two Chechen wars? Russia was humiliated in the first war and was getting humiliated in the second until Kadyrov turned coat.
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@goenzoy You realize Ukraine has taken out the bridge once before without getting nuked right?
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@rouz0 Yeah how dare Georgia try to reclaim its own territory. I wonder if you'll apply your own logic to Chechnya?
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@attilamarics3374 Well except for the Budapest memorandum, the Minsk agreement, The Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership with Ukraine, the INF Treaty, the UN Charter; UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Corpus of conventions governing the laws and customs of war; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. CSCE Final Act 1975; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Statute of the Council of Europe.
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Prigozhin is a monster but he's not delusional. He knows NATO would absolutely dumpster Russia.
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@TgamerBio5529 They also mistook tractors for Leopards. Russia must have been more traumatized by tractors in the early war then I thought.
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@DmitrySabFo Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot war we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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That and old age.
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Yuri lol zoom the map out. Russia has been dicking around in the Donbas for a year, now they are wheeling out the T55's while the Ukrainians get Leo2's and challengers.
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@loumcast This year Russia has taken less than one half of one percent of Ukraine. Come back to reality bud.
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@julianf9235 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, the government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms and several countries in the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining was effectively zero. Ukraine was invaded despite its neutrality. They are also a sovereign state that can join any organization the want, something Putin himself has said multiple times before when it suited him. Russia violated the Budapest memorandum in 2013 when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement and Russia enacted a trade embargo on Ukraine and sanctioned them.
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@evolassunglasses4673 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@Alien_isolationist Russia is producing 125 tanks a month, but the vast majority are older models that have been refurbished. About 86% of the main battle tanks Russia produced in 2023 were refurbished Soviet tanks. This is also nowhere close to enough to replace losses.
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@jamesferguson2353 Yep, Russia was even more traumatized by farm equipment then I thought.
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@jamesgreen1116 More brainless whataboutism, what a surprise.
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Ukraine MOD also announced that all ships heading to Russia will also be targeted.
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Their government is stuck in the 1860's.
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@rogerwilco5918 Finland is Russia's neighbor and has long been on the receiving end of their aggression, including being occupied for over a century. I'm not sure what part of this would be difficult to understand.
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@katerynaspivak1 Yeah Putin says a lot of stuff. He said he'd never change the Russian constitution to allow him to be president for life.
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@hzlh2254 Which one, yours? Say what you want about Russian ineptitude but they are at least food and energy independent. The same sanctions on China and they would deindustrialize and starve in 6 months.
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Maybe the Belarusian army will make better accomplices for his next march on Moscow.
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@Азат-д3з 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, there would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't. Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control over to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, they violated Minsk on day one.
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@mikeyg1776 Their entire army has been parked in the Donbas and Zaporizhia for the past year and a half, Russia isn't holding anything back. More to the story? Russia bombed its own refinery, got at least 6 airframes shot down and humiliated Putin to what end?
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@IIIuxep Yanukovich fled Ukraine on his own accord, the protests weren't trying to get him to leave the country, it was to get him to sign the EU association agreement. He backed out of the agreement because Russia embargoed Ukraine, which violated the Budapest Memorandum.
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@mider9996 No its just pointless whataboutism.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr "Russia wanted one thing that is Ukraine's neutrality." Wrong again, there was also Ukrainian disarmament, denazification (whatever that means) recognition of the annexed territories. Among other things. You realize the list of all Russia's demands were published right? Erdogan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to 4 out of Russia's 6 demands. He claimed Ukraine was prepared to renounce NATO membership and to make Russian Ukraine's second official language. It was the other items, mostly disarmament and recognition of annexed territories that were the sticking points.
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@momosanchez5025 “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” - Putin
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@jamesww1418 Sure but support was marginal and didn't include any heavy equipment.
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The radiation was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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@RRRR0707 Are you posting from the trenches?
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas, they've only been trying for 9 years now.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Russia lost so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed. The US occupied Afghanistan for 20 years while the Taliban hid in caves in Pakistan. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban. Russia was never able to get to the occupation stage though, much like they arent in Ukraine. Russia wishes their invasion went 10% as well as the US Afghan invasion. As I said above there were two Chechen wars. Russia was humiliated in the first one and were getting humiliated in the second one until Kadyrov turned coat. Now Russia gets to pay Billions (in USD not Rubles) every year in subsidies (bribes) to keep the Chechens onside. Moscow bribes account for 80-82 percent of Chechnya's annual budget, what a deal.
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I'm sure the gold mines will remain well defended.
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@Luiz-w5s The US occupied Afghanistan in a couple weeks and occupied them for twenty years, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US also only lost around 2000 forces there in two decades, not to mention Afghanistan is on the opposite side of the world. Russia is right on the border and never occupied Afghanistan and lost 16k men in half the time. The US also still exists, the Soviets lost so hard they lost their entire country. Of course none of this has anything to do with Russia's embarrassment in Kursk and Belgorod.
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Sure buddy, that's why the Black Sea fleet is hiding as far away from Ukraine as possible.
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Rats fleeing a sinking ship.
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These guys better hope Putin doesn't lower the enlistment age again.
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@bryandimery6509 The US took over Iraq in just over 500 hours.
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Nope, Islam.
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I just can't tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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uniquecontent1017 Everyone knows who's 3 day smo has failed and who's begging weapons from North Korea.
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@poohoff What on earth are you talking about? The US occupied Afghanistan in a few weeks and then occupied them for 20 years. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Do you know the difference between occupation and invading? Russia cant even get to the occupation stage.
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NATO stocks of what? we aren't sending anything we would use to fight Russia or China just some old junk we dont want to maintain anymore, also if you think russian production is even close to the same league as the west i have news for you. furthermore since the Chip ban China lacks the capacity to manufacture high tech products of any sort, any that they can they will keep for themselves. And depsite how inept Russia is at least they are energy and food independent, which is more then can be said for China, if we put the same sanctions on them that we put on Russia then in 6 months half the country starves to death in the dark.
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Just ban the words 'Amazon's AMK33X' Is this really difficult to figure out?
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@Withnail1969 Yeah I see all you guys making the same silly comment now. Good to know you've finally got your talking points in order.
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@LouisMenotti Except that's exactly what he's doing with the territories he's already captured.
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More like he sees the writing on the wall and expects Russia to be defeated in the near future.
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@Vrie. You should be taking advice from a mental health professional. Russia spent ten years and cant even take a territory right on the border that's a few hours by car from Moscow, and you think they are going to invade the US?
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"Well you see in the year 860 Rurik....."
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@dpelpal didn't you hear about that NATO bunker where Russia hit dozens of generals along with 100 F22's, 1000 Abrams, the USS Gerald R Ford and half of congress?
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@babblo1389 Putin playing the victim card is looking increasingly pathetic.
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@MrThartofwar It wasn't Nato that invaded Ukraine.
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ASML specializes in the development and manufacturing of photolithography machines which are used to produce computer chips. They don't really design chips, just build other companies chips.
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yeah we're just getting warmed up. Ukraine is just now starting to receive some good stuff.
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@glintongordon6811 The US occupied all of Afghanistan in a few hundred hours. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves. Russia cant even get to the occupation stage. The US also only lost 1,921 to enemy action over 20 years, Russia will lose that on a bad day.
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements did not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. What was lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation, which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory.
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq Wagner was there, and as Putin admitted they were a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the State.”
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@joshuapaul2022 You copy and paste the same two brainless comments on every video and you want to accuse someone else of being a bot? That's actually hilarious.
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Time to commit some atrocities and secure some gold mines.
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@integralevideo Go ahead and tell your country to sanction the US then, just stop whining.
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@kirikoo9981 Patriots can take out hypersonic missiles because this thing called math exists, this of course ignores the fact that what Russia has been using isn't true hypersonic weapons. Ukraine only ever had a handful of Patriots, which isn't enough to defend a country that size and support its forces on the front.
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@ckthegreat100 Russia isn't the Soviet Union. Also the USSR collapsed, remember?
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@trevorroberts9584 At the beginning of the war Russian tactics seemed to be; drive as far as you can into Ukraine on a tank of gas then abandon your vehicle.
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@steeeeve8676 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, there would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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I haven't had this much fun since the Russians were folded up like laundry at Kharkiv.
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Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of disastrous trench warfare with no progress Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to Washington to overthrow the Pentagon.
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This is a fantasy to save face.
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competence isn't valued in Russia only mindless obedience.
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"We totally captured Bakhmut (for real this time.) So we win, no take backsies, see ya from Africa." - Prigozhin
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Meanwhile Russia pleading with Iran and North Korea.
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Your comment justifies the need for you to see a mental health professional.
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@s0ycapitan What has Russia lost in the process buddy? Year three and they still can't even take the Donbas. And refer to Desert Storm if you want to know what it would look like if NATO was actually involved.
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@georgekustner3440 VPN use in Russia is very common.
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3 days to Kyiv, 10 months to take 90% of Bakhmut.
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yeah it only reveals itself at parades.
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@thusomaepa1852 I dont think any of those places would leave. Puerto Rico is trying its best to become a full fledged state for example. How about one in Kaliningrad where over 70% recently said they would rather be independent.
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@АлександрБогданов-ъ1л Your army can't even take the Donbas.
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@Imaxxd22 Yes I'm sure you think you know better than the leadership of the SSR, but you don't.
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@StPiter111 No they didn't. Russia repaid 674 million dollars of the 11.3 billion of lend lease, the rest was just written off. The US provide 4 billion in direct food aid that was never paid for. Ten seconds on google and you could have learned that.
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Careless smokers or falling debris, who can say.
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@you_dont_know_me_sir The law worsened the Great Depression. It led to a global trade decline of 66% and to a substantial drop in US exports and imports. It likely wouldn't be called the "Great Depression" without the tariffs and would have just been another recession.
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@noksucowboy He sent them with 3 days of food and fuel though, and also parade uniforms. Pretty clear they expected a quick war.
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There aren't IMF agents that investigate Russia's economy. Russia self reports its own cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value.
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Imagine if Harris tweeted how she hated Hulk Hogan in all caps because he didn't endorse her. It's so childish and petty it defies comprehension.
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@alexandrnoskov5437 We all watched it happen live buddy, you can pretend reality doesn't exist if you want though.
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@Jogi_77 Ukraine has recovered over 50% of the land Russia occupied.
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@bryandimery6509 They were just fine until Russia invaded.
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@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258 Russia mostly uses ammunition on civilians so they consider it a civilian target.
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@briant5685 They have been all along. Mostly on civilian targets.
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Yuri Remember back in 2016 when Turkey shot down that Russian jet and all Putin did was pout and cry?
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@briansale5619 Russia has multiple failed offensives this war, including their current disastrous one.
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@petakarini7567 There aren't IMF detectives who go around investigating economies. Russia self reports its cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value. Moreover all the recent Russian 'growth' is due to massive government spending on its military. It isn't true growth, the government could spend the same amount of money hiring people to dig holes and fill them in and they would see the same amount of 'growth'.
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@epants8507 Oil refineries and fuel depots are valid military targets. There was no path for Ukraine to join NATO. Only around 10% of the population wanted to join, Ukraine's government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms. And Several members of the alliance were opposed to them joining, their chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. It's Ukraine that's defending themselves, Russia is the aggressor here.
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@jop23ify 'retribution in Kiev' means Russia targeting apartment blocks, maternity wards and pizza restaurants.
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@Teeveepicksures Don't worry though, Putin just put his bodyguard, with no military experience, in charge of the Kursk defense. And made his niece the deputy Minister of Defense. I'm sure Russia will turn things around any day now.
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That's why Russia has currently ceased air operations over Ukraine. Everything going according to plan.
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Russia goes home and we could have peace tomorrow, its simple.
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Why do you think Russia went with cap in hand to Iran and NK?
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"All our hope is in the famine, here is what it means It means that the famine will start now, and they will lift the sanctions, and be friends with us, because they will realize it is necessary" - Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of RT
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Why does Russia have westophobia?
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Ukraine wouldn't be 'war torn' if they were in NATO prior to the war.
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@jamesgornall5731 Nobody is making fun of Russia for using dirt bikes and golf carts. They are making fun of them for using them for frontal asaults on fortified positions.
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Imagine if a few miles into Iraq the US got bogged down and started digging trenches then they resurrected the M26 Pershing and still tried to pretend everything was going according to plan.
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@АртёмЗагретдинов-ф3с Bridges are valid military targets. It was built illegally on illegally occupied land and they've warned repeatedly that they will attack the bridge.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Ukraine's offensive has been going on for 4 months, Russia's for 4 days. Are you simple or something? Moreover if we are talking photographic evidence Russia has lost more equipment then Ukraine in the Ukrainian offensive.
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@kommutron2443 China is colonizing Tibet and Xinjiang. (along with corresponding genocides) China is also building military bases insided the EEZ's of their neighbors against their will.
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@Fastbikkel There are no formal treaties or agreements in Brics, no obligations or purpose. Half the members actively hate each other. The number of members in a do nothing organization is irrelevant.
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@michaelshirhall1831 Marginal gains in exchange for horrific losses, truly a winning strategy.
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It's good to be prepared and more should be done to improve the military, but Russia can't even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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They should have used some of those S300's to defend the Kerch bridge.
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It was "Kyiv in three dayyyys!" now its "Donbas in three hundred yearrrrs!"
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@D-E-S_8559 Need and want are different things. Mutual defense assures stability.
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@antony6799 What has Russia done in the past 3 months aside from lose territory?
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@yasserbencheikh2626 What in the world are you talking about? The Donbas changed hands multiple times culminating with the Donbas strategic offensive in 1943 by the Red Army. The Donbas is mostly wide open terrain and outside of mud season is perfect for tank warfare.
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He just assigned his niece as deputy Minister of Defense, and placed his bodyguard, who has no military experience, in charge of the Kursk defense.
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@reneprovosty7032 Meanwhile trump claims the continental army took airports during the revolutionary war and blames it on his teleprompter.
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Just missed Putin on his nightly rooftop flagpole inspection.
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@ Wrong. Yanukovich fled on the 21st of February, the next day, 22 February, Ukraine's parliament voted to remove him from his position and schedule early elections on the grounds that he had withdrawn from his constitutional duties. Keep the lie alive though bud.
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ВОВОЧКА So far there is video of 2 leopards being destroyed. Or are you including the farm equipment Russia destroyed and tried to pass off as leopards?
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Russia doesn't have the logistical wherewithal to supply the troops it has.
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From global superpower to begging Iran and North Korea for weapons.
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@s0ycapitan Which is never going to happen.
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lmao yeah Russia even destroyed a bunch before they even got to Ukraine. Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@Meattemple Except it's Moscow Mike who is shutting down the border bill.
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@gfys756 You realize Russia is a colonizer also (and gasp white), why do you think it got so big?
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You have a very active imagination.
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The UK just walked away from trade negotiations with Canada over beef and cheese.
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@AA-cg3gd Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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Its simple, just build a house around the boats like the tanks.
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@JethroBodineWhooWee69 Mikhail Gorbachev himself, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta and its foreign appendices, claiming that "the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise"
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This goes to show what a deal with Putin is worth.
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Maybe one day Russia will learn that trolling doesn't win battles. If it did they might have a chance at taking the Donbas.
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The video Russia released of 'leopards' being destroyed were farm equipment. Russia was really traumatized by Ukrainian tractors.
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@davidnoelfranks1124 Are you going to apply your own logic to Chechnya?
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this is based on photographic evidence. Try not to cry ok.
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@carphotography Chechnya had a population of only slightly over one million and even they beat Russia.
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@raunakraj6395 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson. Russia cant even take the Donbas. What exactly would you consider visible results on the ground?
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@albundy5492 He's just too old bud. Nobody wants to watch a senile senior citizen fill his diaper in the white house.
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@gulliverthegullible6667 Go watch the clip instead of asking silly questions. Also it's preferable to say that he doesn't know rather than spewing incomprehensible garbage. He does this for everything, he still doesn't know what tariffs are.
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@poohoff More like 15-17% depending on which tree lines have been traded this week. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after two years of trench warfare with six figure KIA's and tens of thousands of vehicle losses the US only controlled 15% of Mexico. And this is after losing 50% of the territory they once occupied. How would you rate that invasion? A success, or a humiliating disaster?
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Russians:"14 Challengers aren't enough to make an impact on the battlefield." Also Russians: "Our 8 T-14's will change the course of the war"
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These aren't Ukrainians, just little green men, most likely concerned local Belgorodians who are tired of being bombed by Russia and desire freedom.
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@throughput6674 Is childish insults yours?
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A 'Superpower' that cant even take the Donbas, which is a half days drive from Moscow. Russia is barely a regional power anymore.
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@Percival5 Except Russia is currently attacking across almost the entire front.
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@DARKSTAR-mn8ee does the Russian army wear airsoft helmets?
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@KazimierzSurma Medvedev already announced the reason buddy, Ukraine discovered large mineral and hydrocarbon deposits and Russia wanted to maintain its European monopoly.
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@tunisiandom9318 The US has already built around 1000 F35's, what on earth are you talking about?
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Who tf was invading Ethiopia and Sudan?
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq So yeah, of course they were there. Russia also initially denied their forces were in Crimea, until Putin later admitted the 'little green men' were Russian special forces. Those same 'little green men' were woven into the LPR and DPR's forces.
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq I've provided you with quotes from the people involved, including Putin. If you want to live in denial that's your business.
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McGregor was predicting the imminent downfall of Ukraine from the opening day of the war. Nobody takes that guy seriously.
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Hopefully god tells you to take your meds
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Russia raised VAT taxes last year on Russian citizens and imports. When you hear Krembots claim that Russia's economy is booming its because of the revenue gained from increased taxes, not actual growth.
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Yes furthermore once they retake Zaporizhzhia up to the Sea if Azov the bridge will be in range of multiple weapons systems.
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@Dudush90 Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. Stop trying to act tough its embarrassing.
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@Dmitrij-nl3sc What's your point? What is the arbitrary percentage that must be occupied before sham referendums can be held?
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Wagner doesn't exist, now meet wagner's new leader. Dictator logic.
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You realize China invaded Vietnam after the US left right? Also First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, Tibet war, Tibetan Uprising, China–Burma border campaign, Xinjiang conflict (and continued genocide), Sino-Indian War, Nathu La and Cho La clashes, Plus the constant bullying of Taiwan and its other neighbors.
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@gaborrajnai6213 The whole reason we first learned about them digging in there was hospitals in Belarus reported treating Russian soldiers for acute radiation poisoning. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore. Cannibalism, we forgive you. Calling Putin bunker grandpa, straight to the Gulag.
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@BojanPeric-kq9et Iraq wasn't a NATO operation. Iraq is also to this day a sovereign state, the US made no attempt to annex them like Russia is doing to Ukraine. This is also just pointless whataboutery.
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@boota1979 It's been a very long time since the US annexed any territory, it's pretty much just Russia still doing that.
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Who's invading who here genius? Russia just needs to go home and there will be peace.
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Afghanistan but don't have chance for winner, because Russia have more and more resources (reserves, industries and materials) and soldiers. Oh wait.
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In Russia this type of behavior would get you a promotion.
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Pretty sad parade this year, a lonely T-34 and some cadets. I imagine both will be on the front following that depressing display.
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@crushnevnikita8575 Most of that was held before the war or from the initial shock of the attack. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has captured much more ground then its lost.
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@yap5995 LOL, if NATO was actually in this fight it would look like desert storm plus geography. Actually probably be alot worse because we've advanced a lot more in the west then Russia has since the 90's. Take it easy on the copium
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Another dear Vova video. Do these guys really think Putin cares about them?
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It was hilarious watching Russia's winter offensive at Vulhedar. Where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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@Простоя-с4в Well its likely you have no sense of humor, this isn't uncommon for Russians as there is very little to live for there.
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Russia is scared shitless of the US and will do anything to avoid war with them, worrying about ww3 is silly
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@wolfswinkel8906 Then why didn't' Russia prevent the recent attack on the bridge then genius? Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson. Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@truthhurts- One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water. Nuclear weapons are very expensive to maintain and in a country like Russia famous for graft and corruption their nuclear threat is about as credible as their conventional one. Though we should still try to avoid a nuclear war as even one functioning nuke can be devastating.
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@stephenglover8828 The interview where he ranted and raved that ww2 was Poland's fault and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to protect Czechoslovakia and compared himself to a certain Austrian painter? He looked completely unhinged.
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@АльфияМухамедова-п7р Is this after you take the Donbas? I wont hold my breath.
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@SK-bw2cv Wow defenders advantage doesn't exist anymore, for the first war ever. Amazing.
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@megachaloub759 are you talking about the catastrophic Russian offensive at Avdiika?
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So when in September 2022 when Russia mobilized 300k men that's because they took 300k loses right?
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God bless the Belgorod People's Republic.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 How can the self proclaimed world number 2 army not even manage to take the Donbas from the poorest country in Europe after trying for 9 years and it being a few hours by car from Moscow? You're not going to delete your comment again are you?
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@shizzlemysizzle Them and Iran.
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@naumanhameed9123 Must be the same ones Russia were on when they tried to defend Kharkiv and Kherson.
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@rolfehorne1624 China recently discovered an ancient map that say's all of outer space is historically Chinas.
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You can tell by the lightning fast progress on their 3 day smo how well things are going.
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Apartment buildings, maternity wards and pizza restaurants on high alert.
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Like Taiwan.
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@loumcast lol, no it isn't.
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@thewitchking3752 I'll restate because apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. "Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries the west has annexed in the past century." Hawaii is a US state, what year was it taken in? France leaves everywhere it is asked. Any UK overseas territory could leave at any point, as many already have. Back in the olden days everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. However since WW2 the rules of the world have changed, the borders are set. Its only a small selection of countries (mostly just Russia) that is trying to annex sovereign states. Do you understand?
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Ukraine denies that they were told what to do. You're right about the nukes though.
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@kobiljonkamolov6655 And you can drive there from Moscow in a couple hours. The US conquered Iraq in just over 500 hours and Iraq is on the other side of the world and the Iraqi army was larger then the Ukrainian one. This has been a complete humiliation for the self proclaimed worlds number 2 army no matter how you try to spin it. Furthermore it's all flat land, this is the EASY part of Ukraine to take and the Russians have done nothing but dick around in the Donbas for the past year.
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@ImpalerVlad Let me guess you think the Moskva sank in high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill'
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Amazing achievement by the the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade setting the human land speed record as they fled in terror from Ukrainian forces.
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Russia's been about to surround Avdiivka for about nine years now, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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Russian soldiers illegally entered Ukraine.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@TankerBankerESU So why are you clapping about a single tank being destroyed?
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@benimgirma Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, it's time to face reality.
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Hostage diplomacy probably doesn't help.
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You should try Russian media, they said they captured Krinky six months ago.
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@ZHOUKINGS Russia has lost more in the past month then they gained in the previous year.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@transongoanhuynh2490 Speaking of English, you should try learning it before posting.
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How about Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over. You know, like morons.
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@tomtube1012 Prigozhin started as a hot dog salesman, so anything is possible.
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Children's hopsitals and maternity wards on high alert.
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@pillkaka5320 I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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@anthonywanjala558 yeah around 3% of NATO's annual budget. Mostly in old stock. There are some bottlenecks in 155 production but NATO isn't an artillery first force because this isn't WW1 anymore. NATO wins by overwhelming air power and artillery is just supplementary in NATO doctrine. The US and EU are both increasing ammo production though. Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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Afghanistan was occupied for twenty years. The Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. If you want to see what defeat in Afghanistan looks like refer to Russia which got smoked so hard their whole country collapsed.
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@TheDrAstrov Ukraine hadn't joined any military blocs. Less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to 2014, NATO countries also were opposed to Ukraine joining. Moreover even if this weren't true there is nothing about Ukraine neutrality in the Budapest memorandum, Ukraine had no obligations regarding the Budapest memorandum. It was Russia that broke it.
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Zelensky didn't say that.
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@Spartan-jg4bf Its potato. 1 potato per comment.
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@sanjaikumar369 One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water. Nuclear arsenals are very expensive to maintain and Russia is one of the most corrupt countries on earth, if Russia's conventional force is anything to go by its fairly safe to say their nuclear threat isn't very credible.
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@StariiSeid The only reason Yanukovich backed out was Russia embargoed Ukraine, a violation of the Budapest Memorandum.
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@Joel86543 IS, through its outlet al-Amaq, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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@byzughtfarnault2519 Do they not have google in France?
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Russia called for the Ukrainian army to be drastically reduced to a skeleton force of just fifty thousand personnel. This was approximately one-fifth of the prewar total and a tiny fraction of Ukraine’s current military. Also tight restrictions were to be imposed on the quantity of armor Ukraine could possess, the types of missiles the country could develop, and the size of the Ukrainian Air Force. This is called disarmarment little buddy.
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@glintongordon6811 Russia also retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson and Kharkiv
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@glintongordon6811 Millions wow, considering the Ukrainian army was only 700k before the war including the TDF that's quite amazing. And what is your point exactly? That Russia is to braindead to realize you need at least a 3-1 advantage in personnel if you want to actually conquer a country? Let me guess you still think Moskva sank in high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill.
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@reebee9851 So do you think its better to get electrocuted or eaten by a shark?
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This is by far the most damage done to Russia so far this war.
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38% is not an overwhelming majority bud.
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@throughput6674 Because of an old deal that was in place, they stopped buying them sometime in 2021 or so, and started moving away from them in 2014. There are private companies in the US with more space lift capabilities than the rest of the world combined.
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What part specifically? Be more constructive with your criticism.
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@lp6845 Russia withdrew from Kharkiv because Ukraine said they were going to attack Kherson, and Russia believed them. You know, like morons. So Russia redployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and Ukraine attacked Kharkiv and folded the Russians up there like laundry. (including capturing Izium the main logistics hub in the area capturing a mountain of equipment) Then they blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied there and were forced to tuck tail and flee there also.
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@Jinni99 How do you think Russia became the largest country on earth? Take a minute.
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keep in mind that much of that budget will be stolen by the shockingly corrupt officers and politicians.
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In b4 the Chinese bots saturate the comments.
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Prigozhin the hotdog salesman?
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Russia using donkeys bud, come back to reality.
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@serzh1950 Ukraine is hooked up to the EU grid.
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"It was a feint, a gesture of goodwill, we aren't even trying." - Russbots probably.
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@SBrains Strelkov said that in an interview published November 2014 with Russia's Zavtra newspaper, which espouses imperialist views.. He went on to say "If we had not crossed the border things would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa." Moreover, even if he hadn't we know Wagner was in the Donbas since 2014 as Putin admitted they were a wing of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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Crimean war, Russo-Japanese war, Soviet Polish war, ww1, the first Chechen war, Afghanistan. The country completely collapsed after two of those, almost a third time in 1905.
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@bjjblue At least I know what tariffs are.
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@demonslayer1196 Chinese real estate (30% of its economy) and Exports (20% of its economy) are both collapsing. Internal consumption is way down, youth unemployment may be as high as 40%. Its difficult to tell because all the numbers China realeases are cooked to make them look good, even the rigged numbers are disastrous though. half the counry is currently underwater because they put up facade cities without proper drainage. Not to mention the worst demographic collapse in human history.
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@eddastrohmayer251 According to the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Podolyak stated there was no such request.
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@abandonedbuildingexplorer NATO's operation in Kosovo in 1999 followed a year of intense international diplomatic efforts, which included Russia, to end the conflict. The UN Security Council repeatedly branded the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and the growing number of refugees as a threat to international peace and security. NATO's mission helped to end large-scale and sustained violations of human rights and the killing of civilians. KFOR, NATO's ongoing peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, has a UNSC mandate (UNSCR 1244) and is supported by both Belgrade and Pristina.
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@doesntmatter4477 Yes unfortunately (or fortunately) most people with at least half a brain left in the 90s and most of the rest since the war started. Those who remain are deeply afflicted with fetal alcohol syndrome.
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@rpgadventurer32 You guys have been saying this for over a year and a half, find new material.
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@ap80shg There is a reason nobody uses PPP as a meaningful metric. Anyone with half a brain knows that.
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Who are they going to nuke, the free citizens of the People's Republic of Belgorod?
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Historical owners of Crimea? you mean after Russia genocided the Tartars?
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I'm sure they are as effective as the Fujian carrier which is sitting in drydock with catapults that will never work and a cracking deck.
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@MeatFeather They have about a year before the depot's are emptied of their soviet stockpiles. We already see Russia using golf carts and dirt bikes.
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@Noel-ji8nm France wasn't a signatory of the Minsk agreements, neither was Germany. Ukraine and Russia were. Ukraine upheld its end of the agreement, Russia didn't. Understand?
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@gerri577 Almost half of the available water in Yemen is used to grow khat instead of food.
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@andyhughes1776 I feel like America would at least be able to take Bakhmut if they wanted
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@karhutitan Furthermore even ignoring the fact that Ukraine had zero chance of joining the alliance for multiple reasons, Russia signed the NATO-Russia founding act, which stated each alliance could expand however they pleased. Even Putin at one point said, “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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Russia has multiple failed offensives and is using penal battalions. Russia's lost 90% of its initial invasion force and cant even take the Donbas.
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@evgeniam685 It said Ukraine pays des Cosaque. Or Ukraine Cossack Country.
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The mountain was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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Mostly they are withdrawing to the bottom of the Black Sea.
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We're still laughing though.
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@richardsanders4624 In the past two years the percentage of Russian controlled territory has surged from 18% all the way to 18%.
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@mrjerzheel US officials said the ships "were not a threat to the US." Nobody cares bud.
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq And as Girkin admitted it was his forces crossing the border that sparked the conflict. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa".
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@DamienSullivan-hw4lq What on earth are you talking about? Do you really think anyone denies that Wagner was in the Donbas in 2014? Or that Strelkov's unit crossed the border starting the conflict? The facts are verified by the words of the people there, including the president of the Russian federation. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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The Russia go a week without targeting an apartment block or maternity ward with an s300 challenge. (impossible)
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@zoom777 Let me know when the US tries to annex Iraq and Syria.
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congratulations to the the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade setting the human land speed record as they fled in terror from the Ukrainians.
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@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv Your brainless comment in no way addresses what I said. And if you want me to list the countries Russia invaded between ww2 and now I can.
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@fingerprint8479 The US wasn't expelled, they left. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. You appear to have a tenuous grasp of history.
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Kremlin bots in hysterics.
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Putin then turned back to his old map of 17th century Russia to continue his insane ravings.
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@Benek23 Well except in ww1, and that time Poland occupied Moscow, and the time the Swedes did, plus the Mongols.
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@Nion-p6s What I find funny is Russia retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. And the fact that the self proclaimed world #2 army cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Mosocow.
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So why are you here?
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 I bet if you repeat the same comment in every thread people definitely wont think you are a bot.
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@richarddriscoll666 Russia cant even take the Donbas, annexing Odessa is a ridiculous fantasy.
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Didn't Russian generals Popov and Selivyorstov both get fired for telling the truth about lack of personnel, they aren't even rotating troops. They also said they were short on ammo and artillery, particularly counter battery. I'm sure everything is going according to plan though.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Nobody was bothering Russia when they invaded Ukraine. This is just a persecution complex.
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@tasreasfatemsa8266 Russia lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available That's what they said about Milošević, he was arrested by his own people.
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Are you counting the farm equipment Russia claimed to be leopards? or the leopards Russia claimed to have destroyed months before they arrived in Ukraine?
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@attilamarics3374 Ukraine has been getting less corrupt over time. We don't have to guess, check the corruption index. Russia btw ranks lower than Ukraine and continues to fall.
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You are clueless if you think the embargo has anything to do with Cuba's collapse.
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@JustaGuess. No need i'll just check a map. Russia has lost over 50% of the territory the once occupied and are losing more every day.
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@vervetech9395 Bridges are valid military targets. If Russian civilians want to avoid becoming a casualty they should avoid illegally occupied territory.
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@BeamNG.enjoyer Please. Putin thinks WW2 was Poland's fault and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was made to protect Czechoslovakia.
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China and Russia both seem to be trying their best to prove those people right.
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@rustyshackelford17 Zelensky was elected in 2019 brain wave.
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@lukazupie7220 Ukraine ranks better than Russia on the corruption index and its trending up while Russia continues to fall.
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@todd1770 Why do you think they initially attacked with the completely inadequate 175k troops?
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@blackmantis3130 Better than Russia's disastrous winter offensive. Russia has several failed offensives, you understand that right?
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@jamesgreen1116 The coalition occupied Afghanistan in a few weeks and occupied them for twenty years. The Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Meanwhile Russia took ten times the casualties in half the time and ran home just in time to watch their country collapse.
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Let's spread democracy to every country on earth
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They already tried to get him remember? They had to withdraw in a 'gesture of goodwill'
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@eyaklen4804 Russia has made marginal gains at best in exchange for horrific losses. Ukraine just folded Russia up like a lawn chair in Kursk.
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Russia destroys farm equipment "look at these leopards"
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Yeah I'm sure a military junta will be better.
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@perucho2194 Sure, and Kherson is Russia's forever right?
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haha my man. r-bots always have a meltdown when the see this comment.
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@elenadunn15 There was never any Russian federation until 1991. Kyiv predates Russia if you want to talk ancient history.
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The only ones I've heard crying about the border closure is Russia.
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And here you are supporting them with the algorithm by commenting and watching.
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@randombutrelevant Three years and Russia can't even take the Donbas despite horrific losses.
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More final warnings from China.
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@russellspeed1693 You have confirmed all that you how to do is make childish insults.
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Opposing the CCP is one of the very few things both parties can agree on.
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They did this in Afghanistan and Chechnya, Russia vehicles are death traps. At least sitting on top there is a small chance of escape.
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Russia shot down the missile causing it to strike the beach. Its Ukrainian territory that Russia illegally occupied and maybe a beach party in a warzone by military targets isn't a good idea.
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@yakamiwrohon263 Plenty of food in the west, its poorer countries that will suffer.
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@bekeneel They also ignore that Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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Only 5 countries voted for Russia at the UN. Even China and India have voted to condemn Russia. You live in an alternate reality.
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Hopefully China will give up on Taiwan, for the sake of peace.
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Russia is scared shitless of the US and will do anything to avoid war with them, worrying about nuclear war is just pure fantasy
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@Satwamassive Potato is a superior currency in Russia. It only gains in value while the Ruble only loses value.
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@atticusfredericks6210 Ukraine helped in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Yeah Russia might even invade Ukraine.
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@hoang1730 Russia can't even take the Donbas and its a few hours by car from Moscow.
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China is completely dependent on the west to keep the lights on and food on the table, never mind aerospace and tech.
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The calculations that came to you in a fever dream?
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@yassersuleman2510 An overwhelming part of the China town in my city is Chinese. does that make it Chinese territory?
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@lilacer6841 Ukraine was neutral. Rapprochement with NATO wasn't put into their constitution until 2019, five years after Russia invaded. There were and are no NATO bases in Ukraine.
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@evolassunglasses4673 Gazprom just reported its first loss in 30 years. You can raise the GDP by raising taxes and spending massive amounts on your military it isn't real growth though. Ukraine's economy is growing about as fast as Russia's if you want to know how useless that stat is.
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@Nick_S0 You should head back to Russia, they need your help on the front. dont worry they are accepting old men.
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@Diego_laoshi One thing we learned from START is that all Russias ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water. Nukes are very expensive to maintain and Russia cant even manage to keep its conventional army maintained. US also famously follows around all Russias loud af balistic subs and would have them sunk before they got their launch doors open. Russia acts like they are the only country with nukes, If they really want to go toe to toe we can but it wont go they way they like.
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Yuri Russia dusting off T54's and Scooby Doo vans. Russia cant even take the Donbas
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You must have forgot about the Russian offensive at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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I guess Russia didn't have time to stack a bunch of tires on the ships yet.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@superhumantrueman Guy literally bought a gun in Florida with nothing but his Hawaii drivers license. It's mental.
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If Russia fought half as hard in battle as they do in the comments they might have a chance of capturing the Donbas.
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@sueburgess847 Da Vinci was an inventor, Musk is an investor.
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@worfkiller Go ahead and list the countries that recognize it as Russia's.
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@cnoyes72 Russia has it's hands full at the moment.
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@TheDrAstrov Russia violated the Minsk agreements on day one. They were supposed to remove their forces from the Donbas and withdraw support for the rebels, they did neither. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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from 3 days to Kyiv to 3 days to put down armed rebellion.
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last time they announced their offensive at Kherson and Russia believed them like morons. Then they attacked Kharkiv and Russia lost them both.
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@JohnJones-k9d There is zero evidence for this.
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yeah and they only sent 4 HIMARS, then they sent more, you understand it's possible to send more right?
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@faniel7265 Yes a superpower that cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours drive from Moscow. NATO isn't fighting, refer to desert storm if you want to know what that would look like. Russia has experience in Afghanistan, they got smoked so hard their entire country collapsed.
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Russia is currently conducting an idiotic offensive at Avdiika where they've managed to capture a couple fields in exchange for catastrophic losses.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Wrong, there was no actual deal to block, and Bennett himself wasn't sure that one would have been desirable, anyway. Here is Bennett's own words "It's unsure there was any deal to be made." Your ramblings also omit Bennett's explanation for the ultimate failure to strike a peace agreement, which is what was discovered at Bucha.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr That was after the deal had already fallen through little buddy, Arakhamia himself said as much. I'm not sure what part of this you are having trouble understanding. One of the main reasons was Russia wanted a veto on Ukrainian security guarantees. "Earlier drafts of the agreement had said that each guarantor would decide by itself whether to take military action to defend Ukraine. In the last draft that was circulated between the two sides, the word ‘all’ was inserted by Russia (and resisted by Ukraine), meaning that all the guarantor states had to agree – by consensus – to taking military action in support of Ukraine. The NYT sums up: ‘In effect, Moscow could invade Ukraine again and then veto any military intervention on Ukraine’s behalf — a seemingly absurd condition that Kyiv quickly identified as a deal breaker.’"
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@Truffle_Young_Jr You really have no clue. According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw from Ukraine and return control of all occupied territories to Ukraine. Remind me did that happen or not?
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@Truffle_Young_Jr So to review, Russia wanted extreme limits on Ukraine's military, wanted Ukraine to never join an alliance and wanted a veto on any security guarantee. Which would make Ukraine completely unable to defend itself Gee I wonder why Ukraine refused that deal
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Britain isn't at war bud.
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@joeygarcia6783 It's completely normal. Putin said attack and he attacked regardless of how hopeless it was. The only thing that they want is loyalty, things like competence are inconsequential.
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@glintongordon6811 They weren't all in the same place though, you understand that right? In the early days of the war most of the Ukrainian army was still in the Donbas and Russia outnumbered Ukraine around Kyiv and got pushed back. Then Ukraine announced that they would attack Kherson next and Russia believed them for some reason. You know, like morons. So Russia redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and the Ukrainians attacked Kharkiv and folded the Russians up like laundry. (including capturing Izium the main logistics hub in the area with a mountain of equipment.) Then they blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and they had to run from there too. Its not like Ukraine was sending million man human wave attacks.
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He'll probably calm down once he's had a diaper change.
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If NATO was actually involved it would be the most one sided ass whooping since Desert Storm.
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@davidfranks2164 The US didnt try to annex any of those countries.
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@kameraldbahrul3432 For starters the 'what about' argument isn't very convincing, the US has fought some dumb wars, what's your point? So has Russia. "well the US did bad things in the past therefore Russia's current genocide is somehow justified." Do you think that is a smart argument or a dumb one? There is a difference between taking down a dictator and trying to annex a democratic country. Up until WW2 the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to conquer everyone else that's just the way the world worked. After WW2 the rules changed, the borders are set. if Russia is allowed to succeed it sets a dangerous precedent to tin pot dictators around the world who would like to conquer other countries. All they need are nukes and they an do whatever they want. If Russia is defeated it sends a message to everyone with thoughts of expansion.
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@bugazi3037 You mean like the Soviets in WW2?
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@duncansmith7562 Putin also claimed that he would never invade Ukraine and that he would never change the constitution so he could be president for life. Do you want a list of all Putin's lies?
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Yuri-uy5mu Hopefully Russia gives up on the Belgorod peoples republic. For the sake of peace.
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@davidjacobs828 Wow a real life internet geopolitical expert. Amazing people are so shameless they can make statements as embarrassing as this.
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@davidjacobs828 Do you specialize on making idiotic comments?
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Russia was supposed to remove its support for the rebels, withdraw is forces from Ukraine and return control of occupied territory to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreements if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@garretttobin7451 Lots were captured and traded for one Russian dude, so much for denazifying.
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@awpetersen5909 Its fetal alcohol syndrome, its rampant in Russia.
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@trevorsutherland5263 Less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 so your comment makes no sense. Moreover Ukraine is a sovereign country, what alliance they may want to join is no business of Russias. Maybe Pakistan is worried about CSTO expansion, so that gives them cassis belli to invade central Asia right?
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@ludimilojko546 Nope, even if Russia's wildest fantasies come true and that happens, they will be left with an unwinnable occupation.
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@nicolacosta4625 It goes to the highest bidder, this is called the free market.
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@goranrajcevic5550 The very first strike by ATACMS cluster munitions was about 100 miles inside Crimea’s border on the morning of April 17, targeting a Russian military airfield. Please stop pretending you know what you are talking about.
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@abrahamdozer6273 There was also a Russian ship with an attached submersible over the point of detonation the day before it was destroyed. Probably just a coincidence though.
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More wonder weapons from the Russian Reich, I'm sure this one will be a game changer.
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@rouz0 Two years to take a small town with a pre war population of less than 10,000 that's 3km from the border. Truly a grand victory for the Russian army. Half the town is still in the grey zone and Russia cant actually go there.
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@Yuri-z2y Once again little buddy, zoom the map out. Marginal gains in exchange for horrific losses isn't the grand victory you are pretending it is.
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Unfortunately they tend to be completely shameless.
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@ma-Ohio19 You realize all the ships are tracked right, this is public information none of this is top secret. The Houthi's have attacked two Russian ships going to Asia, what did they have to do with israel?
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@spartak9101 lol 9 months and a 100k casualties to take a mid sized town a few miles across the border, good job. Just ignore the flanks collapsing guess.
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@DenisRebrov There is a big difference between foreign civilian volunteers and foreign troops.
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@gulliverthegullible6667 He was found guilty in a court of law, it has nothing to do with what CNN says. Trump also said he wasn't going to send the military after his enemies just days after saying he would on camera.
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@pnduarte4696 Are you the captain? the only one that's been seen was the minesweeper variant.
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This was a really good discussion, thanks man.
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He's likely so drunk he's forgotten he's made the same threats over and over.
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Russia were the defenders during Barbarossa. They also had massive aid from the west. Now it's Ukraine on the defensive receiving aid from the west.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, it's time to face reality.
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The ice was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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He may be a terrorist but Strelkov is one of the few Russians who tells the truth.
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also keep in mind many of the couple million who fled russia fall in this age range so its more like 6-7million
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Luckily we have you, a real life internet military genius to tell us what is important.
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They also make themselves uninvadable, unless someone wants to engage in MAD.
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@throughput6674 Another pointless comment that has nothing to do with anything, good job.
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@karmaking4633 Russia initially invaded in 2014. Even a simpleton knows that. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded.
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@Bundleehfun As far as I've heard it's just a 30 day cease fire, no concessions have been made.
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@Erro87 Ukraine is fighting Russia alone. Also I was responding to a comment about Afghanistan so your comment doesn't even make sense.
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Matias D.C Did your programming get jammed? Is that why you're spamming the same comment in every thread? (HIMARS have been patched btw)
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@gordgor9146 You guys were spouting the same nonsense last year when Russia controlled a lot more territory then they do now. Its not happening man
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No Azov was seen warning civilians that Russia was shelling the evacuation routes. Russian forces were bombarding the area of Mariupol where some of the 200,000 people gathering to try and flee the city. Many of the roads had also been mined
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It's so shameless it's almost admirable. And the appeal to the international community to condemn Ukraine's incursion is hysterical.
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@randomguy1928 Nobody attacked Russia.
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No shortage of these guys in this very comment section.
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@dpelpal I though the Moskva was on a mission to rendezvous with the VDV who were dropped in the Black sea to denazify the sea floor.
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they are shifting to T-62's which would be a really good tank in ww2
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scraping the barrel.
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@Arminiuswolfspeer As someone else already stated women aren't mobilized, they have been volunteering since before 2022. What do you think about Russian penal battalions and giving full pardons to cannibals? Good luck to Putin with his new 8 child policy, lmao.
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There is a difference between buying and stealing.
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@CoffeeCup1346 His ability to make fuel is being reduced every day.
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@northernlights9637 Did you know China has a treaty with Ukraine to defend them from Nuclear aggression? I bet you didn't.
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@bryandimery6509 The best military riding lada's and golf carts into battle. That's actually hilarious.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Sure sure, that's why you have Putin tramping around Pyongyang and Tehran for weapons and personnel. Half of all the ordinance fired by Russia this year is from NK, despite that Russia's fire advantage has been reduced from 10-1 to 3-1. And that is mostly in the form of innacurate shells that are just as likely to explode in the barrel, Ukraine still has the advantage in effective/accurate fire. And Putin is also demonstrating he has abundant manpower by begging Kim to send forces to help.
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Not to mention 40% youth unemployment and the worst demographic collapse in human history.
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@tomo1168 I bet if we sanctioned cigarettes we could end this war in a day.
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@richardsanders4624 The former "people's governor" of Donbas, leader of the Donetsk separatists and Russian collaborator Pavel Gubarev said that Russia has suffered enormous losses amounted to 700 thousand.
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"Lets get serious" exclaimed Putin before turning back to his map of 17th century Russia with tears in his eyes.
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Desperation.
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There are multiple villages named Urozhaine in Ukraine. The one they are speaking of is north of Robotnye
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It's also possible that the leak was just info war and a red herring.
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Air defense must have been resting like Surovikin.
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@richardduplessis1090 Blaming every country except themselves for invading Ukraine.
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@aladeobafemi6424 Russia could just go back to Russia and the war would be over today.
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@YorkerEli No it's because most of the strategic targets have already been destroyed or moved since HIMARS started wrecking house. Furthermore once the Ukrainians are up to the Sea of Azov it opens up more options besides HIMARS like GLSDB and even anti ship missies. And the only 90% you'll see out of Muscovy is percentage of people with fetal alcohol syndrome.
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Imagine bending the knee to North Korea to beg for more weapons. How embarrassing.
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no problem just send them on suicide missions. dont have to pay a dead man. thats why russians are strategic geniuses
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@s0ycapitan Which is an artillery round away from being out of action itself. Russia doesn't exactly have a great history with using pontoon bridges, ask the few survivors from the failed Siverskyi Donets river crossing.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Putting the whole Crimean annexation aside. Wagner was in the Donbas as Putin admitted they were a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 And no, nobody was bombing anyone prior to Russia's invasion in 2014. I also haven't mentioned the 'little green men.' Which were in the Donbas just like in Crimea. Putin initially denied they were Russian forces but later admitted what everybody already knew that "Of course." They were Russian forces.
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Russia has repeatedly bombed Belgorod and repressed Ukrainian minority. They voted 99% to seperate from Russia. I hope for the sake of peace Russia can leave Belgorod alone.
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It went from Tanks & IFV's to Mad Max MTLB's, after that it was Scooby Doo vans, then golf carts and dirt bikes. Now onto scooters, soon they'll be advancing in donkey carts.
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@elibrod9981 They may not be loosing but they are losing. By their history I assume he's talking about the two times Russia collapsed in the twentieth century after disastrous wars, it was almost a third time in 1905.
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@АндрейКумберлэнд the only countries that voted in favor of Russia at the UN were North Korea, Syria, Guatemala and Iran, truly a fearsome alliance. China and India don't actually give a rats ass about Russia and wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.
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@--____6915 Surely this important promise was put in writing in some sort of formal treaty and not just hearsay passed around by clueless people on the internet.
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@bbasleigh6149 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Its called winning people! Next Russia captures a mid sized town a few miles across the border in just under a year with only 100k casualties, just ignore the flanks collapsing. Next up its trench warfare that never ends, unless Ukraine breaks them with the 1,085 Tanks, 4,185 AFVs, 2,000 HMMWVs and 870 Artillery that they've acquired recently.
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@ewgiufbjadbvka Putin also said he wasn't going to invade Ukraine. It may amaze you to learn that he is a liar.
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A peace deal was already drawn up but Putin said he'd fight Wagner until the last Russian
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@silentwitness536 Why not spend ten seconds looking up Putin hiring his bodyguard and niece instead of posting foolish comments.
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Not to mention the blatant disrespect he has previously shown to service members.
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in b4 russian and chinese trolls
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@vide-yo3336 Europe also has demographic issues, the difference is Europe is rich, Russia isn't.
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@imsroy Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Its called winning people! Next Russia captures a mid sized town a few miles across the border in just under a year with only 100k casualties, just ignore the flanks collapsing. Next up its trench warfare that never ends, unless Ukraine breaks them with the 1,085 Tanks, 4,185 AFVs, 2,000 HMMWVs and 870 Artillery that they've acquired recently
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You mean like Russia relying on Iran and North Korea? Or more like the USSR relying on the west during ww2?
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi Horses are fine but when a guy who fancies himself Mr. manly man and is anti-gay takes one of the gayest pictures in human history I cant help but laugh.
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Russia just raised interest rates to 23%
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@XEOI1 The Palestinian state would be a sovereign country that could accept any one they wanted. Why would they need Israel's permission?
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@Входныедверидлячастногодома-Дв No they don't, they haven't bought Russian engines in years. The US has multiple private companies that have more space lift capabilities than any country on earth.
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Putin will never leave his bunker.
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Putin (or more likely his double) also admitted during this press conference that the Russian military has had over 300k losses. This doesn't include LPR, DPR, Chechens, Wagner or other PMC's or penal battalions.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Yeah like last time Ukraine took the bridge out and they got nuked. Oh wait...
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@sergeyb8 True, I also heard Russia mastered interdimensional travel and have destroyed Ukraines army across all realities.
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Moreover, Ukraine spent 14 years in Afghanistan fighting with NATO.
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@israelnavarro7182 Normal countries have ground stealth technology. It's called 'hangars'. Of course if you pay for hangars it means fewer yachts.
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@a5cent Putin's successor blaming him for all Russia's problems would be the logical thing to do. But Russian leadership has proven to be anything but logical.
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@anniecameron6794 California has over 2x the GDP of Russia.
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@BradSavile-bg7vj AH was democratically elected in the 30's in Germany. Government spending is up in the US under Trump compared to Biden, and while taxes have gone down for the rich they have gone up for the middle class and poor.
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@danhusterd6376 Russia handed over all their Azov prisoners remember? And Ukraine is more militarized now then any point in its history. good job.
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@briancarno8837 He thought the Ukrainian army would rejoice when he showed up and become part of the Russian army.
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So why are you here then? "the opinion of the West doesn’t bother me at all." He said on a western channel on a western website obviously begging for western approval.
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@dogstar8871 Most of the global south voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN. And BRICS country China just claimed large parts of fellow BRICS members India and Russia's territory.
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@EBZ-bx7zc They invaded through Belarus in 2022 and it didn't help them then.
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@Foxaris Plus Russia has had practice shooting down civilian aircraft.
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@aspenkat2467 "Boo hoo nobody likes me, everyone is a Russophobe, Russia never did anything wrong. Even my chef tried to take me out. Please North Korea save us" - Putin
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@stormstriker2000 India ranks 46th on the democracy index, so not bad, but not great. One below Brazil. Why are you guys slumming with 125th ranked Russia and 147th ranked China?
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@mr.patriotjol Russia has multiple failed offensives this war, including its current failed offensives in Kharkiv and the Donbas.
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He's a drunk so he's probably forgot he's made these threats before.
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@johnm7267 Russia invaded in 2014, there was no NATO presence or weapons in Ukraine prior to that.
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@coreyryanselbyfullgrabe4360 Russia has the 11th largest GDP. And they have higher production of some ammunition because they've been preparing since 2008 and been on a war footing for the past three years. NATO has much higher production in other areas.
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@tombrazy12hunnit Well the fact that they aren't flying missions at the moment along with the fact they haven't flown an A50 in four days.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, the thought of them attacking NATO and having any form of success is laughable. Not that we shouldn't remain vigilant, it was dumb of Russia to attack Ukraine and that didn't stop them.
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"The sanctions make Russia stronger, pleeaaase remove the sanctions or I'll keep throwing a tantrum. Western weapons are weak, pleeaaase stop sending weapons or I'll cry some more." - Putin
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@sham27007 We can count Russian equipment in its depots with satellites, which is where the 18 month predictions come from.
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@julianf9235 Oh that conspiracy. Folks repeating the claim have missed some important context from Nuland’s speech. Nuland was talking about money given since Ukraine broke away from the Soviet Union. The insinuation that the United States incited the people of Ukraine to riot or rebel is patently false.
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@Endeavor-jp5it The Russian army was stopped in its tracks and forced to retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Russia cant even take the Donbas, so far I'd say its been money well spent.
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Are the homeless going to live in ATACMS? That money gets spent in the US, Ukraine gets old weapon systems and the US military gets new replacements. Moreover its not like any of the people who voted against the aid would ever vote for any motion to help the homeless.
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@FlowSINISTER Apparently Russian's want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@briancarno8837 Russia has been openly using the civilian airports in the area for military use. This makes them valid military targets. There is also Chkalovsky air base, which is explicitly a military airport.
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@libertarianbydefault The context is I was responding to a comment that tried to paint Russia as some undefeatable juggernaut. Do you really need the win/loss record of every country on earth to follow a conversation?
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@libertarianbydefault The Russian army isn't anywhere close to as strong as the red army was at any point in time, what on earth are you talking about? Russia was ill prepared for this war like WW1 and Ukraine is being aided by the west, like the SSR was in WW2.
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@libertarianbydefault You have no idea what you are talking about, you can pretend you know more than Zhukov, Khrushchev and Stalin on the topic, who all explicitly stated they would have lost without western aid, just don't expect anyone to take you serious. To answer your last question though the Ukrainians are fighting for the exact same thing the USSR was in WW2, they don't want to be occupied by a foreign power. What is Russia fighting for again?
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The primary difference is that Japan was rich. China is still a developing country how they managed to grow old before they got rich is a testament to inept leadership.
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Apparently the Russians want to surrender but Iran wont let them. The Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@darwel007 Is the American military Industrial complex the reason Russia is invading Ukraine? is the military industrial complex in the room with you right now? The US did win its wars in the middle east, it took just over 500 hours to defeat Iraq. and Vietnam is an example that you can win almost every battle and still lose the war. (luckily the vietnamese dont hold a grudge, thanks dudes) At the end of the day this is just whataboutism, which is pretty much what every Russian argument boils down to.
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@calistusfrancis1340 Even Russian mil bloggers have been panic posting about Ukraine crossing the Surovikin line, Ukraine was stuck at it for a grand total of a few hours, not exactly the Maginot line its been hyped up as. That's what happens when you send all your reserves up to the zero line instead of following your own doctrine, because they are terrified of the optics of losing ground and don't want another mass route like at Kharkiv.
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@ehisgeorge414 Russia's the one that needs a game changer, maybe then they would be able to take the Donbas.
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@DK-ev9dg Succeed at what? They have no military or economic agreements.
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It's more a case he saw it was a lost cause and didn't want to take the L so he tries to pretend he was for it all along.
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@djape1977 France surrendered and had to be rescued by outsiders, what an idiotic comment. Another example would be Stalingrad, which was flattened but helped break the back of the German army.
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@erichert1001 In the same way that he called himself a "stable genius."
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@UnknownMoses It depends which face he decides to speak out of.
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@elbibwen3019 2014 is when Russia invaded Ukraine, if that hadn't happened there would be no casualties, civilian or otherwise.
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How many gold mines have American PMC's seized?
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@Fastbikkel I agree about not becoming complacent, but more effective at doing what? Brics still hasn't done anything except talk.
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@rogerwilco5918 What does that have to do with anything? Seriously, what silly point are you trying to make? Finland's entire history ha been a story of dealing with the same aggressive neighbor.
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@white69cracker Not for long.
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@anthonywanjala558 What on earth are you talking about? NATO has sent Ukraine a tiny fraction of what they have, mostly in the form of old stock that was about to be retired anyways. and with it Ukraine has held off the much larger and better equipped Russian army.
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@TheRealBillBob How about Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson?
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Then why attack there at the start of the war? He just wanted to see a montage of tractors hauling off his stuff?
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A counter weight is fired out the back.
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@operator9858 Russia began its invasion in 2014. No we were not sending them anything prior to that, stop trying to rewrite history.
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@operator9858 There was NO discussion about limiting Russia's access to the Sea or cutting off its pipelines prior to Russian's invasion. Stop with the conspiracy theories.
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@187Rajah Putin himself admitted the little green men were Russian army. The UN Human Rights Envoy Ivan Šimonović had to cancel his trip to Crimea as the situation did not permit his travel. He intended to observe the human rights situation which was Russia's explanation for its engagement in Crimea. Reports from the UN criticized the circumstances surrounding the referendum, especially the presence of paramilitaries, self-defence groups and unidentifiable soldiers. (which Putin has since admitted were Russian soldiers.)
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@187Rajah Russia began its invasion in 2014, if they hadn't there would be no casualties in the Donbas. Civilian or otherwise. There was also no western weapons or forces in Ukraine until after Russia's invasion in 2014. Its time to rejoin reality.
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From tanks and AFV's to mad max MTLB's and Scooby Doo vans. Now they are using golf carts and dirt bikes, next they will ride into battle on donkeys.
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Russian state media: "Mighty Russian Federation unveils new stealth tanks, the decadent west trembles."
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@livingtribunal4110 Where did you get those numbers, Putin's homepage?
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@livingtribunal4110 The US has a treaty to protect the UK and most of the EU, its called NATO, remember? The UK on its own has second strike capability. Use your brain.
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Wait I thought since Ukraine lost a couple western vehicles that the war was over.
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@AndrewRus876 Finland has an almost million man army and Sweden has one of the most advanced military industries on earth and punches well above its weight militarily. Both also occupy strategic positions in the Baltic.
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They've been surrounding Avdiivka for nine years now.
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Unlike Putin all those guys can be voted out.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Yes Johnson spoke to Arakhamia after the peace deal had already fell though, I already said that. "Let just fight" was said after the deal had fallen though. Bennett saying there was no deal was him clarifying his earlier statements. This is the problem with taking Russian talking points at face value. Do better.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as could reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals, legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. What was supposed to happen next was Russia leave Ukraine I can't remember if that happened please tell me.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr I know what Minsk said, apparently you dont. According to Minsk after Ukraine passed the required legislation and constitutional amendments, which it did. After that Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for and disband the rebel groups, withdraw from Ukraine and return control of occupied territories to Ukraine. All under the supervision of the OSCE. Did Russia leave Ukraine or not? I can't remember.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr In early 2014, Ukraine's armed forces had 130,000 personnel, but could increase that to about one million with reservists. The number of tanks and aircraft Russia demanded were also a fraction of the 2014 number. What Russia wanted was disarmament, even in their own words. This isn't even controversial the only person I've seen argue otherwise is you.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Russia is a Party to the Minsk Agreements. The original Minsk signatories are Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE. Russia is a belligerent in the war in Ukraine and is fully obliged to follow the deal’s terms. Despite that, however, Russia untruthfully claims not to be a party and only a facilitator, and that the real agreements are between Ukraine and the LPR and DPR, but are in fact Russian supplied and directed. The LPR and DPR are not recognized as legitimate entities under the Minsk Agreements. The signatures of the leaders of the LPR and DPR were added after they had already been signed by Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE. They were not among the original signatories, and indeed Ukraine would not have signed had their signatures been part of the deal. There is nothing in the content or format of the Agreement that legitimizes these entities and they should not be treated as negotiating partners in any sense. Russia alone controls the forces occupying parts of eastern Ukraine.
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@s0ycapitan You guys are absolutely delusional. For starters NATO isn't fighting in Ukraine, its impossible to be defeated in a war you aren't in, never mind the fantasy that it will collapse afterwards. There was never any promise regarding NATO expansion, and Russia and NATO signed the Russia NATO founding act which unambiguously stated that both alliances could expand as they pleased.
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@yakivpopavich There is a montage out there of Russian officials and Russian state media saying 3 days. Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get engaged in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. Or do you think that was part of the plan?
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@73chengosaro4 Nato has roughly 16,000 more aircraft than Russia. And they are more advanced.
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GDI used sonic weapons extensively during the Tiberium wars.
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@momosanchez5025 I'm saying there was never any agreement regarding Nato expansion. Even Gorbachev confirms this, as does his foreign minister and everyone else in the room. You can pretend you know more than the heads of state and all the people in the room if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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Aww Putin and Kim, lovers in a dangerous time.
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@geraldtraynor Russia's been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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@TenylegMinekez-uc7co Yeah it's hated so much by Ukraine they are asking for more.
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@dustywoood According to Russia themselves they shot down the missile, the beach was struck by falling debris.
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Hopefully Santa gives Putin a pager.
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Ivan want potato, Ivan post comment.
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Lost 90% of the initial invasion force and cant even take the Donbas and lost the battle of the Black sea to a country with no navy. Things are all going according to plan.
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@imranchilwan1096 Most of that was nine years ago, and most of the rest in the opening stages of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized the world's #2 army has lost much more than its taken, around 50% of the territory they once occupied. try to spin it however you want but this invasion has been a humiliating disaster for Russia.
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Face reality? The Russian army and air force just finished their worst weeks since WW2 and the Russian navy has been losing the battle of the Black sea to a country with no navy. Russia cant even take the Donbas. You're right it is time to face reality.
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@drashuebot8528 Africa particularly west Africa is dependant on fertilizer imports to grow enough food, most of which come from Ukraine and Russia, China is the worlds top Phosphorus producer and they banned exports because they see the writing on the wall. It's likely next year there will be mass famine.
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Damn if Russians fought as hard in battle as they do in the comments they might have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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@juansantana8448 It was an active warzone the day Russia invaded and illegally annexed Ukraine in 2014. If they are worried about US weapons they can just withdraw back to Russia and the war is over.
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@ What point are you trying to make? If Russia had a gigantic economy like the US they could be a superpower too? Yeah maybe, but they don't, so they aren't.
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@thewho5786 Spend one day complaining about western governments. Spend the next day crossing the Mediterranean to live in western countries.
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It's difficult to tell with Putin, he's pumped so full of botox he is unable to make facial expressions anymore.
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@barrywassel3899 Putin and Trump as cell mates would make an excellent reality TV show.
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Failing upwards.
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@konstantinbush295 How many of those elections saw the exile, arrest or death of all the political rivals?
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Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas despite it being only a few hours drive from Moscow.
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Unless its senseless destruction.
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They've been in hysterics ever since more aid from the US was announced.
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american taxpayers are paying to maintain a bunch of old shite, better to send them to fulfill their purpose
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@Dude0000 Wow, now he can afford to defame Jean Carroll a few more times.
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@testingforyoutube You realize Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed right?
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Like when Russia struck farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards.
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@hzmt12 You should work on your reading comprehension. Ukraine loses 15 Bradleys, the US sends 30 more. Do the math genius. Do you think that trend will end? Meanwhile Russia is using T54's and Scooby Doo vans.
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They're busy spamming in the DW comments.
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It only took Russia 600+ visually confirmed heavy equipment losses to capture it. Keep in mind that the 600+ losses figure is only confirmed losses since Russia's renewed offensive in October, the real losses are much higher.
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@robertfrancis7767 Yes, it's clear you have an axe to grind with Times, I'm not sure what that has to do with your silly analysis based on your imagination.
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@nam3less14 Are you upset you can't get McDonald's in Russia anymore?
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Lira died of double pneumonia. He was also in jail for revealing Ukrainian military positions, not for being a political rival.
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Like in 1918 when Russia surrendered while the whole country was collapsing.
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Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and does nothing but pout when we step over them.
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@Noel-ji8nm The Minsk agreements were signed by both parties. Ukraine was supposed to pass legislation and make constitutional amendments regarding the Donbas. Which they did. Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for armed groups and remove their forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine all under the supervision of the OSCE. Remind me did that happen or not?
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@mrjerzheel As of the end of January 2025, Russia occupied 18.21% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was from 2014 and the opening days of 2022, gains since have been marginal at best. We are at a point where Russia is using family cars for offensives and donkeys for logistics.
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@KazimierzSurma The Putin quote was from a joint news conference with Kuchma, 05.17.02.
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@ЛюдмилаАртюшкина Ukraine is recognized as a sovereign state by every country on earth, including the Russian Federation.
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Not enough civilian targets in Ukraine?
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Meanwhile in reality Russian cant even take the Donbas.
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Kremlin trolls trying their best in the comments, if they put as much effort in on the battlefield they might have a chance at taking the Donbas sometime this decade.
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Its getting silly isn't it? Ridiculous Kremlin talking point completely divorced from reality posted 3 minutes ago. 250 thumbs up, sure.
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@sergeyb8 He must be getting a potato per comment or something.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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@libertarianbydefault That wasn't a coup it was mass protests because Yanukovich refused to give up power after being voted out by 100% of parliament. Do you think the CIA went door to door asking people to protest? It also had the same government after Yanukovich decided to flee the country, which would make it the only successful 'coup' in human history that ended with the same government it started with.
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@Xia-dy5nb The US didn't import any oil from Iraq before the war, and they don't import any after.
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@richardsanders4624 Ukrainian estimates of Russian losses are similar to those provided by senior Western officials, who estimate Russia has suffered around 800,000 casualties.
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@hangten1904 well the average life expectancy for men in Russia is 66. so...
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@Ridethebomb777 Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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@firasajoury7813 Russia is practicing neo colonialism in Ukraine right now.
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@captainjoejoe The Minsk agreement had nothing to do with NATO expansion, are you on glue? It was Russia that broke the Minsk agreement's, they were supposed to remove their forces from Ukraine and withdraw their support for the rebels. They did neither and violated the Minsk agreements on day 1. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@projectedone There are roughly two million active military personnel in Europe. Plus a GDP and production capacity that dwarfs Russia. "Europe also knows that Russia isn’t the threat to peace." Thanks I needed a laugh.
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@c4myles The double he sent there actually looks Mongolian.
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He'll just blame Biden and his followers will eat it up.
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well except the one attempted coup.
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@doreencardwell8008 On what charge? It's Putin that has a warrant out for his arrest.
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Cancayate14 The US annexed Cuba? I must have missed that.
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Putin's face at that parade looked like someone just guessed his weight at a carnival.
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@ellismail7196 Hey more pointless whataboutisms, what a surprise.
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@s0ycapitan Probably because you just made that up. Russia's demands at the start of the invasion included recognition of Russia's annexation of Crimea, recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic as independent states, as well as "demilitarization" and "denazification" of Ukraine but did not clearly specify meaning of these postulates. Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said in 2022 that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory"
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@thedeal86 We know about Russias winter offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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You can't think that accidents are the same as deliberate acts of terrorism, do you?
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@eddiebreen5933 No they haven't.
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@wederMaxim Have you considered blaming centuries of inept Russian leadership instead of the west?
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 What do you think quotation marks mean little buddy? I'm quoting someone, that isn't plagiarism. And no a fire is not genocide, genocide has specific meaning. Doubly so because it was started by the anti-Maidan protesters. Furthermore it was anti-Maidan Vitaly Budko, who started the violence whe he opened fire with an AK-74. The first victim was Igor Ivanov, who died from a 5.45. It was Russia that flattened Mariupol killing between 20 000-90 000 civilians, remember? (nobody really knows how many because Russia won't allow UN observers in to count, which is why the estimates are so varied)
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@livingtribunal4110 Gazprom posted its first loss in twenty years, the Ruble is worthless and only kept on the chart due to strict monetary controls, inflation is much higher than any western country and only kept in check because of punishing interest rates. Collapsing auto industry, collapsing airlines. Even the Russian central bank couldn't make believe any longer and had to revise its economic outlook to negative. Utilities failing all last winter, dams failing in the spring. One attempted coup already this war, endless idle nuclear threats. etc etc.
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And here you are supporting them with a view and even helping out with the algorithm by commenting.
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@vovin8132 Last I checked in Russia you cant even hold up a black sheet of paper without going to jail. Alexei Moskalyov was forced to flee Russia because the state didn't like a picture his daughter drew.
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@robbiekop7 Russia's single aircraft carrier spends more time on fire in dry dock than it does at sea. On rare occasions when it does make it to sea it needs a tugboat to push it around.
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Militafit You mean the 2 operational SU57's Russia has?
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@mosalethoba5267 SA has close to 40% unemployment, can hardly keep the lights on and is a borderline failed state.
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@elibrod9981 Personal insults won't change the fact that Russia collapsed twice, almost a third time in the twentieth century.
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@quemalcy Russia had banned the export of refined product prior to Ukraine taking out a refinery a week.
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@fahristorm9771 Are you joking Russia strokes itself off constantly over the following. the Avangard the 9M730 Burevestnik cruise missile the 3M22 Zircon anti-ship hypersonic missile the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle the RS-28 Sarmat MIRV-equipped ICBM T-90M MBT T-14 MBT Terminator AFV SU57 'stealth' fighter (with a radar cross section the same as an F18) None of which have allowed Russia to even take Avdiivka.
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@Yuri-z2y Your parents forgot that relatives shouldn't procreate.
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@boota1979 It wasn't the US who invaded Ukraine little buddy. Also the post war era was, up until recently, the most peaceful and prosperous stretch in human history.
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Crowd fund a bounty on him.
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which part in particular? Be more constructive with your criticism.
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@ArthurMorgantherealone Multiple mobilizations isn't proof of anything, do you think maybe being invaded by Russia would be a good reason to try to increase the size of your army? Russia is using penal battalions and bringing in soldiers from 3rd world countries.
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@bryandimery6509 For starters the one Putin confessed to on television; the kidnapping of children. War crimes haven't existed for centuries, the first Geneva convention in 1864 was primarily about the treatment of wounded and medical personnel, and their use of a red cross. Most of what we consider war crimes were added in 1949, with another addition in '77.
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@shedopaulo3291 Russia is the largest country on earth, how do you think that happened. Think carefully.
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@KIZMET3001 Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@pauldean8638 There isn't a map on earth that suggests otherwise. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@planetcaravan2925 Orban said he'd do whatever the Turks did regarding Sweden. Who knows with that guy though he may try to be as annoying as possible.
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@N4CR Russia did run through its stockpile of missiles. That's why the stopped firing them for about eight months and why the went with hat in hand to North Korea for more. Russia manufactures missiles, they are never goig to fully 'run out' but they did empty their stockpile.
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NATO isn't currently in Ukraine. Ukraine also hasn't spent the past three decades stroking themselves off as a supposed super power. Ukraine also isn't the country doing the invading.
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@pooooornopigeon 2014 is the year Russia began its invasion. This was after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement and Russia embargoed them, a violation of the Budapest memorandum. He then reversed his decision because of Russian pressure which led to predictable protests. After this he fled the country and Russia invaded.
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@StillAliveAndKicking_ Exactly. Lets compare Civilian casualties in Afghanistan just for fun. Civilian casualties caused by the US: 46,319 civilians, Though only an estimated 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians were directly killed by U.S./NATO actions. In 20 years Civilian casualties caused by Russia: Around 2 million in 10 years. The US isn't perfect but they at least try to avoid civilian casualties, though they sometimes fail. Russia will engage in reprisal killings and directly target civilians.
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casualties in Bakhmut is 7-1 in favour of Ukraine...
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Russia is giving full pardons to cannibals.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. NATO expansion is a red herring, Russia was invading and annexing countries long before NATO existed. Did the US annex Cuba? All they did was confront the Russians. I guess if the Russians want to confront the US that's fine. All they know how to do is bully countries they think are weaker then them.
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Oh something about China, I'm sure the comments won't be flooded with Chinese bots.
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@Onnarashi There was a brief window after the collapse of the USSR when everyone thought we could be friends then the Chechen war happened and it was like 'oh business as usual'.
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Don't worry, I'm sure Russia will announce they've destroyed most of them months before they arrive in Ukraine like they did with Leopards.
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@dixiedean1955 no he's just an 'open minded canadian' with a month old account who parrots every RT talking point.
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@livingtribunal4110 Because after three years of catastrophic losses they still can't even take the Donbas.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Putin called Pregozhin a terrorist and traitor and that he 'would be punished' then just allowed him to walk away. You can pretend this doesn't make Putin look incredibly weak if thats what makes you feel fuzziest inside. Putin also proved that he is willing to negotiate with terrorists, we'll see how that works out for him.
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They know the US will and their blue water navy is severely lacking.
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@Kirby467-sk2hs On paper they do. Russia doesn't spend enough on its nuclear weapons to deal with the tritium problem, never mind maintain the ICBM's.
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@istenenergia8373 Yeah the largest country on earth is encircled, please. At one point Russia wanted to joining Nato. Putin himself said regarding Nato expansion. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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Twitter and real life are nothing alike.
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@aldoconciso How could Ukraine possibley break the Budapest memorandum? Russia invading in 2014 was Ukraine breaking it?
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@wolfswinkel8906 Russia bombed Belgorod multiple times, even before the FRL started to occupy it, they were also documented using white phosphorous on their own towns.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV I don't need to tell you anything you're already being spoon fed by Russian state media.
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@livingtribunal4110 Have you watched Russian state media? All they talk about is nuking Warsaw and drowning England with a Poseidon.
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@stephenglover8828 If you want to know what modern day fascism looks like look up Ruscism. He said WW2 was Poland's fault because that Austrian painter had a plan and Poland wouldn't let things go as planned. Just like how it was Ukraine's fault for being invaded because Putin had a plan. Yes this is unhinged nonsense.
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@Muadib1234 Try again when you're ready to make grownup comments.
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@Robert-xy4xi Why are you copy pasting the same silly comment over and over?
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@ Yep, I like his goofy platform shoes the best though.
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@michaelotieno6524 NATO didn't promise not to expand. Russia would have insisted such a promise be put on paper rather than just exist as hearsay on the internet. Even Gorbachev said there was no NATO promise. "the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise"
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@science_engineering 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. If they hadn't there would be no casualties in the Donbas, civilian or otherwise.
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@vervetech9395 Mali invited wagner to commit The Moura massacre? Sounds likely. Wagner Group owns a mining subsidiary in Sudan called Meroe Gold Ltd. They have also taken mines in The Congo, CAR and Mali. I cant help but find it funny to listen to Africans complain abut past colonialism all while currently being colonized by Russia and China.
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@anniecameron6794 Compared to Russia? are you joking? Basically everywhere that's not Moscow or St. Petersberg is an absolute sewer. Take a look at Rzhev or Arkhangelsk to see what average Russian cities look like.
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General Vladimir Seliverstov was also recently fired for similar reasons as Popov (pointing out that they were getting smoked), maybe he just needed to rest like Surovikin. Not sure who's taken out more Russian generals at this point, Ukraine or Russia.
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@genem895 3.1 million ethnic Russians live in the US, not 20 million, not sure where you got that made up number from. Millions of Russian's have fled their homeland to try to find a better life in the US, what point do you think you are making?
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How long is it going to take the worlds #2 army to capture the Donbas?
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@williamalexander9485 What a silly comment. The Congo is a sovereign state, not sure where you got the foolish idea that they aren't. There are many borderline failed states with a trade surplus, and many thriving economies with trade deficits. You have no idea what you are talking about. An advance of 20km in two years on a few select salients is marginal by any definition. How many golf carts do you think it will take to take the Donbas? Ukraine has seen similar growth that Russia has, it is also a result of massive spending. Are you going to tell me Ukraine's economy is doing great next? Russia's own central bank head, and one of the top arms producers in Russia admit that Russia is having severe problems economically, it's only their online cheerleaders who like to pretend otherwise.
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@amateuramateur250 Name all the leaders of the Russian federation. Uhh Yeltzin and Putin.
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@samwilliams9352 Where are you from that uses your and you're interchangeably?
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@justinmccarthy-z5c What a strange comment.
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I remember Russia screaming 'Kyiv in 3 days' still waiting on that.
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@kingb3 Fighting is still ongoing in Bakhmut. Ten months and tens of thousands of casualties to take 85% of a mid sized town an hour from the border and the Russian plebs rejoice.
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@777chicha777 Is fleeing the city what you call defending Kherson? or do you think the empty fields on the left bank of the Dniper to be some prize?
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@777chicha777 Dusting off 70 year old tanks from the boneyard is humiliating for the self proclaimed world number 2 army no matter how you try to spin it. And they wouldn't be using them if they had something better, but they got them all destroyed and cant even capture the Donbas. And dont even get me started on the mystery machines, ZOINKS!
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Where is the main offensive taking place? This is 'the offensive is happening at Kherson' then attacking Kharkiv all over again. The media saturation has muddied the waters and nobody knows what's really happening. The Ukrainians are once again using the info space to their advantage.
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@Bilalkhan-pp7jp Why are you spamming the same dumb comment in every thread?
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This guys hilarious.
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@thecoin5394 The US took Afghanistan in a couple weeks and occupied them for twenty years. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves. I think the main problem is you don't understand the difference between an invasion and an occupation.
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@johnm7267 Russia HAS lost 50% of the territory they once occupied. This is an uncontroversial fact. You can pretend Russia didn't retreat form Kyiv, Sumy, Izium, Kharkiv and Kherson if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you serious. His numbers don't come from Ukraine they come from Russian propagandist Murz who said 16,000 personnel were kia and 300 pieces of armor were lost during its months-long capture of Avdiivka. He was murdered by the Russian state for telling the truth btw. And his figures were only from the past four months, total Russian casualties trying to take the town over the previous nine years are much higher.
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@Dude0000 How much is he making off of being a shoe salesman?
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@Robert-xy4xi Yes marginal. At it's current rate of advance Russia will take the Donbas in around a decade after another three million casualties. The fact that you are getting so excited about every small town proves my point.
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Three years of idle nuclear bluffs, but this time we really mean it. Trust me bro.
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In Canada we also use an ancient sidearm in the form of the Browning HI Power, it's not because we inherited old stocks or something though we just suck at military procurement.
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@thekaizer666 The largest importer of Ukrainian wheat is China. a 50% rise in wheat prices a few years back led to the arab spring. Prices are set to rise by at least that much this time.
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@tombrazy12hunnit Where did I say anything about anyone winning or losing? All I'm saying is their air force is getting their mouth kicked in, much like their navy.
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Finland was a small country of only a few million and had little to no backing aside from a few sympathetic swedes. whereas Ukraine is a country of 40 million and has the backing of the largest economies on earth. Also the opinions of the countries you mention helping Russia range from don't give a rats ass about them to actively hate them.
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@joni8090 Yeah yeah it's Americas fault Russia invaded Ukraine, as a matter of fact all Russia's problems are the wests fault, not centuries of inept leadership.
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@Bird_McBride The ICC has a different opinion, they call it kidnapping.
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@livingtribunal4110 There is a literal warrant out for his arrest.
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@dirgsuite5546 spamming the same silly comment in every thread won't make it true.
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@UkraineNeeds Leopard losses are still single digit, meanwhile Russia has lost thousands of tanks and cant even take the Donbas.
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@julianf9235 Also it wasn't a coup, it was a protest movement. It would be the only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. What happened was Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party when he tried to back out of the EU deal. His refusal to compromise led to the protests, he could have just called an election though, instead he fled the country.
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McGregor was predicting Ukraine was on the brink of collapse since day one. Nobody takes that guy seriously.
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@aki-fi3gk According to Russia they were destroying leopards months before they even arrived in Ukraine. Even farm equipment counts as leopards. To date there is still only photographic evidence of single digit losses. (taking pictures of the same wreck from every possible angle and trying to pass it off as seperate tanks doesnt count)
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Nice novel bud, you have a very active imagination. I prefer non-fiction myself.
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@dpelpal Russia's natural gas production just reached its lowest level since the 70's.
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@clownN.N Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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I just cant tell when I'm reading satire anymore. Either way this post is hilarious.
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No they didn't. Russia isn't even in the top ten economies.
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@MrSandman96 One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBMs are sitting in 20 feet of water. Nuclear arsenals are extremely expensive to maintain, and if their conventional force is anything to go by its unlikely their nuclear threat is very credible.
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@Daniel-vw7mw What on Earth are you talking about? Its Ukraine + around 3% of NATO's annual budget (mostly in the form of old stock headed to the boneyard) vs Russia. And of course history didn't start last year, Russia's military spending has been far greater then Ukraine's for decades. Where all that money went is a mystery. Putin's estimated 200 dollar net worth and the Oligarchs yacht navy are probably a good place to start looking. Russia proved how many reserves they had when Wagner revolted and all they could do was bomb their own refinery, dig up the highway and mobilize cadets in Moscow.
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@Alien_isolationist It's been ten years and Russia still can't take the Donbas, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you bud.
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@LiberalhumanToilet Sorry i'm not able to decipher random nonsense. Maybe English isn't your first language and something is lost in translation, you're going to have to spell it out for me.
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@fckyoutube6019 Putin said 2 weeks to take all of Ukraine in 2014, the '3 day' narritive was all over Russian state media though.
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No its from counting satellite images. McGregor has been wrong about every prediction he's made, and Ritter spends most of his time chasing minors. Find better hero's.
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@sasobrume6866 They hit it on the ground, did you even watch the video? Russian sources have confirmed this.
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I've seen video of destroyed tractors pretending to be leopards.
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@malcolmlwu Here's some more quotes of his. When asked, “Is a situation possible, even hypothetically, in which you will similarly protect the interests of Russian-speaking residents or Russian citizens of Crimea?…Is the deployment of Russian troops to Ukraine at all possible?” Putin’s answer was a definitive no: “None of what is happening in Crimea is like what occurred in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.” He noted that Russia interfered in these other spots only because the ethnic conflicts in these regions had placed Russian citizens in the area at risk. “We care about the situation of our compatriots…But this does not mean that we’re going to swing sabers and bring in troops. That is absolute nonsense. Nothing of the sort is or will be happening."
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@malcolmlwu And also all the times he's claimed unsanctioned use of force is invalid. “The use of force can only be considered legitimate if the decision is sanctioned by the UN, ” he said. “We are seeing a greater and greater disdain for the basic principles of international law.” And. “It is important that the UN and its Security Council can effectively resist the dictates of some countries and their arbitrary actions on the world stage,” he wrote. “Nobody has the right to usurp the prerogatives and powers of the UN, especially in regard to the use of force against sovereign states.” And. “It is important that the UN and its Security Council can effectively resist the dictates of some countries and their arbitrary actions on the world stage,” he wrote. “Nobody has the right to usurp the prerogatives and powers of the UN, especially in regard to the use of force against sovereign states.” And. "The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. Under current international law, force is permitted only in self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. Anything else is unacceptable under the United Nations Charter and would constitute an act of aggression."
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25 years of absolute power will do that.
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@sergeikhripun Lira was arrested for reporting Ukrainian positions to the Russians. He died of double pneumonia after smoking two packs a day for 30+ years, not killed by he state because he was a political rival.
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@sergentx try not to cry buddy.
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@TheRealBillBob Most of that they took prior to the 2022 invasion or in the opening days of it before Ukraine had mobilized. They've taken nothing since, and lost around half the territory they once occupied.
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@stoneageart9965 You said "Name just one war Russia lost" And I named a bunch of wars they lost. I have no idea what you are even trying to say.
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Russia is recruiting 20k-40k personnel a month. Did you forget to factor that into your advanced equations?
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@robertbradbury7921 Russia has several failed offensives this war.
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Where is Navalny?
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@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo Sorry no, that's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard.
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@andreasstampf6690 Russia has practice shooting down civilian airframes.
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@adamscott7492 Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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@Bryankips Prigozhin almost took it.
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@pillkaka5320 what?
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@minaolenella869 Yes even though Russia isn't a great threat to NATO right now its clear they don't want to give up on their delusions of empire. If they aren't soundly defeated in Ukraine they'll just be back at it in 10-20 years. And maybe next time they try they won't be completely incompetent.
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Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson and its a gesture of goodwill.
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Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and we've stepped over all of them and all he does is pout and throw ineffectual tantrums.
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@paulpaisley5291 No they aren't.
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@paulpaisley5291 Providing aid isn't even close to the same thing as fighting, please use your head. By your logic Ukraine is fighting Iran, NK, India, China, Africa. Wow Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population, amazing. See how silly that is?
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@Mr.Clownensky It's like boiling a frog, you have to do it slowly. If NATO entered Ukraine then Russia would retreat and the war would be over. If however you keep giving Ukraine weapons Russia will keep attacking until its military doesn't exist anymore.
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Never fight uphill, me boys.
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The reason Kharkiv was short staffed is because the Ukrainians announced they would attack at Kherson. And Russia took them at face value. You know, like morons. Then they rolled over the Russians at Kharkiv (including Izium the main supply hub in the area where Ukraine captured an absolute mountain of material). Then they blew the bridges behind the VDV at Kherson and they were forced to tuck tail and scurry away because they couldn't be supplied. Absolute clownshow.
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The storm was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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If there's one thing Russian air defense excels at its shooting down commercial jets.
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A real army that cant even take the Donbas from the poorest country in Europe.
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Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, so it's not exactly outside the realm of possibility
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@joeblack007 Yep, when Russia captured Soledar they acted like they just occupied Berlin. But when they lose half a dozen towns they pretend they didn't want them anyways.
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Yeah its been pretty tough for NATO taking a grand total of 0 casualties so far.
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"Know the enemy and know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril." - Sun Tzu Russia failed to know itself or its enemy.
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They're in luck, remember when during hurricane Dorian Trump was trying to sell beans from the oval office?
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@roberthewko6715 It's Russia, it's been more like a thousand years of denial.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Here i what Arakhamia actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." It was after this that they spoke to Johnson after the deal had already been refused. Do you understand?
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@Truffle_Young_Jr The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. It is Russia’s unique interpretation that the measures passed by Ukraine are somehow insufficient, even though the agreements do not specify what details should be included, and Ukraine has already complied with what is actually specified to the degree it can. What is lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory. For example, international legal norms would never recognize the results of elections held under conditions of occupation, yet that is exactly what Russia seeks by demanding local elections before it relinquished control. Moreover, the elections would not be for positions in the illegitimate LPR and DPR “governments” established under Russian occupation, but for the legitimate city councils, mayors, and oblast administrations that exist under Ukrainian law. Who would vote in such elections? Ukrainian law says all displaced citizens should vote. But would Russian occupation authorities allow this? These are matters for resolution under international supervision, not for Russia to dictate terms.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr You can play semantic games all you want but forcing Ukraine to disband most of its military and leave them with a token force unable to defend against any sort of aggression is disarmament by any reasonable definition.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr The constitutional reform was passed which granted a form of autonomy to the Donbas. Nobody recognized the LPR and DPR until Russia did in 2022, which was a violation of international law.
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@s0ycapitan Zelenskyy's approval rating was close to 70 percent, which is very high for a democracy. This isn't a dictatorship with 90% approval ratings. Assad had high approval ratings on paper, just like Putin.
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@s0ycapitan You have no idea what the manpower and training situation in Ukraine is, stop pretending you do.
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Nope, The M39 version of the ATACMS is guided by a set of laser gyros that constantly determine the missile’s position, and correct its course, by calculating how fast it’s going and in what direction relative to its launch position.
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@glintongordon6811 No the Russian MOD said the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill (the retreat from snake island also wasn't' a gesture of goodwill btw). Also the Russians and the Ukrainians are using mostly the same equipment they are near peers. (Though Much larger Russia still can't take the Donbas for some reason, mostly due to Russian ineptitude and Ukrainian fortitude) The Russian MOD STILL doesn't admit the Moskva was hit by 2 Neptune missiles (it was) they say there was an accident and high seas sunk it. Part of the reason btw is because all the fire extinguishers were locked up because Russian sailors kept stealing them.
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@coreyguy5216 Yeah i'm sure a military junta will be much better.
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@addisonchow9798 Russia loses wars on a fairly regular basis (Afghanistan, Chechnya) Nobody nuked yet.
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@leonne07 Most of what Russia controls they either controlled prior to the 2022 invasion or they gained in the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has gained much more ground then Russia. Russia hast lost over half of the territory it once occupied.
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@sidal4566 The US minuteman has a top speed of mach 23.
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@milerale5286 Did Russian plans involve trench warfare that never ends a few miles from the border? If so mission accomplished.
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@momosanchez5025 No the US signed the "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany." Which stated there would be no Nato forces in East Germany, which today there still isn't. Baker's famous "not one inch eastward" promise[ about NATO's eastward expansion was made during this treaties negotiations. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany. Never has such a provision been included in the treaty regarding Easter Europe, nor any of the parties has proposed or demanded its inclusion, and neither a recording nor written minutes of Baker's comment exist. In 2014, Gorbachev said that the assurance only pertained to East Germany, and that the resulting agreement was upheld by NATO. His main aide in these negotiations, Eduard Shevardnadze, likewise agreed that NATO never made any such commitment regarding other countries in Eastern Europe, and that "the question never came up" in the talks on German reunification. That is presumably because all of the countries in question were still in the Warsaw Pact at the time and hosted large Soviet garrisons.
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@momosanchez5025 Yes Russia always has excuses for its invasions. And Germany was just rescuing Germans in the Sudetenland and Danzig. Chechnya just wants to be free, like Kosovo. Welcome to the world of smooth brained reasoning
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@flesz_ Just like Poland had an option and didn't give into German demands, right? Welcome to the world of smooth brained reasoning.
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@I_Love_Lord Imagine if the US invaded Mexico. Then after close to two years of WW1 attrition warfare and six figure casualties the US only controlled 15% of Mexico. After losing over half of the territory they once occupied, and were losing in the Gulf of Mexico and was forced to retreat its navy as far away from Mexico as they could. and said something like; "Its an ongoing war. Winning and losing will be determined once the war is over." Would that be something you take serious? Or would you get second hand embarrassment from reading something so dumb?
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I look forward to the results of the referendum in the BPR and KPR. Its well known they want freedom from their Kremlin overlords, soon after that they can apply to join the EU and NATO.
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@KPsTboy Russian interest are being expansionist imperialists.
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@RamonAlbertoEscobarUSA The far right party in Ukraine got less then 1% of the vote, get a grip.
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@RamonAlbertoEscobarUSA You may want to look up a shrink instead.
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@she825 Well the fact that 15 months in and the self proclaimed world #2 army can't even take the Donbas.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Trump also said Russia was a "weakened state right now, one because of Ukraine and a bad economy."
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WLADIMIR0809 Its why Russia is taking catastrophic casualties for almost no gain.
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Vlad have you already dug up all the highways to Moscow incase of another coup attempt?
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@patryan4445 Russia doesn't even have enough weapons to take the Donbas
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@maxlupachov4772 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare they occupied 15% of the country (losing ground every day). Then they resurrected the M26 Pershing from the boneyard and said. "Using an M26 as a stationary cannon in line defense wouldn't hurt." Would you take that serious, or would you consider it a humiliating disaster?
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@jamesgreen1116 You talking about the SU-30 that just got shot down there?
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@Виктор-КСО The US and NATO weren't the ones who invaded Ukraine bud.
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No, they are both legitimate. I have no idea why you wouldn't look that up before posting such a foolish comment.
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@Rtg5637 Ok general.
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They released a video of themselves destroying tractors and called them leopards
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He said the same thing right before he approved 60 billion for Ukraine. There's also an election soon and the GOP is expected to lose the house.
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Ironic considering so few in Russia have access to a toilet.
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@ Russia can't even take Kharkiv, which is a few hours drive from Moscow.
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Yeah listen to the truth. Like Moskva sank in high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill'
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@Yuri-z2y What new territories buddy? Zoom the map out, Russia has made marginal gains at best since it lost half the territory it occupied 2.5 years ago.
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Russian mil bloggers say they are there, Russian medical personnel say they are treating their wounded.
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He's giving a thumbs up to the fallen soldiers he considers "suckers" and "losers"
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Dang parades used to be all the Russian army was good at, now they aren't even good at that.
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@ChrisRedfieldsbloodline Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, calm down.
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@babuvangu7220 Closer to 18%, this is after losing around 50% of the territory they once occupied.
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@Mata-Miramar Yeah you already said that, are you malfunctioning or something? Better get someone to check your programming.
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She corrected herself mid statement to say exactly that. Did you watch the video?
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You can tell a country is making sane military decisions when they spend millions on missiles to take out peas and barley.
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single digit civilians were killed in 8 years, meanwhile Russia flattens Grozny and kills 10-20% of the entire Chechen population
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You realize we can see Russian equipment depots from space right?
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@djordjelezajic8435 You know China invaded Vietnam after the US left right? Not to mention Tibet and their aggression in the South China Sea.
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@tfantini2966 Which NATO countries collapsed genius? Russia took 10x the casualties in half the time. there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, they left for political reasons not military ones. The Taliban were all hiding in Pakistan waiting for the US to leave.
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@mobilelegend1458 The kh-101 is completely intact in the photo buddy. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@bryandimery6509 Britain gave up the colonial game a long time ago. Its pretty much just Russia and China engaged in modern day colonialism.
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More like hospitals, apartment buildings and pizza restaurants.
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@gbrown9694 You can win any battle if you are willing to sacrifice enough men and material like Russia did. You are bragging about capturing a small town right on the border after 9 years of fighting btw.
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@gbrown9694 Imagine if after two years of fighting in ww2 Germany finally captured some irrelevant town in the Sudetenland and started bragging about it. That's where you're at now bud.
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Wagner has announced they've captured Bakhnut 10 times, once for every month they've been fighting there.
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If he actually gave the order he'd quickly be escorted to the nearest 8th story window by his own intelligence agencies.
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@saucyinnit8799 you didn't see the footage of the 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade abandoning their positions and running away crying as a Ukrainian tank pulls up?
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@bobgonzales9680 By that logic Ukraine is fighting Belarus, Syria, Iran, North Korea, China, India etc. Wow Ukraine fighting 3/4 of the earths population. More like you dont take chances with national security. It was dumb for Russia to invade Ukraine, but they did it anyways. Finland and Sweden aren't going to gamble on Russia not doing anything dumb in the future. I would support any stable democracy joining NATO anywhere on earth Including Russia, provided they could make the necessary changes to their society and government. because mutual defense assures stability.
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Russia and Ukraine have family relations, sometimes animosity between brothers is the strongest.
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Apparently the Russians want to surrender but Iran wont let them, the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Russia did run out of ammunition. Why do you think they stopped firing cruise missiles for 8 months and went with cup in hand to Iran and North Korea to beg for ammo?
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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@s0ycapitan Who is your source at the Ukrainian MoD that you know what their objective was? Because they certainly haven't publicly announced it. Not to mention their losses, you don't know that either. All we can go by is photographic evidence, and going by that Russia has lost much more equipment in Kursk than Ukraine.
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@ Wrong. The Istanbul agreement also included recognizing the occupied territories as Russian, denazification (whatever that means) Disarmament and neutrality with Russia getting a veto on security guarantees, which would effectively make Ukraine impossible to defend. Gee I wonder why they rejected that. Moreover Ukraine was neutral in 2014 and 2022, Russia still invaded.
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@TheRealBillBob A video conference where he didn't move, or even blink. Ok.
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it's unlikely Russia can afford the tritium for thermonuclear weapons
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@winstoneshipping9355 would have been nice if Putin was intelligent enough not to try invading a country he had no chance of conquering.
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He did walk back that statement later. But yeah the fact that Navalny was considered the progressive candidate in Russia speaks volumes about the state of the country.
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@KazimierzSurma So you also don't understand how youtube works. You realize you can't post links right? Do you really think the interview was top secret or something? You can find the transcript on the Kremlins own website.
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@calanmacleod3948 Finland didn't join NATO because of anything the US did, its entirely due to Russia's actions.
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@s0ycapitan They eagerly await their bags of onions.
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Oh the peace treaty conspiracy theory.
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What's the other side of driving a tank into a hole and abandoning it?
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@JPLOWMAN2 save your tears, Russia could end this nighmare today if they withdrew and went home.
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@svetlanapomeroy6529 Like when you try to annex your neighbor and get your army destroyed and become a global pariah and laughing stock?
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His life depends on continuing this idiotic war.
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@danl5592 Huh? where does Iraq enter into this? Is the reason they havn't been able to take Bahkmut in the last year because they are messing around playing chess instead of fighting? would make a lot of sense actually.
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@xpact83 The details of the bill aren't top secret, most is being spent in the US. A small fraction is in the form of monetary aid, and its in the form of a loan. The EU has sent a much higher percentage in direct financial aid to keep their government afloat.
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EvilKaren. Why are you parroting Russian propaganda as if it has any bearing on reality? Next tell me how farm equipment counts as leopards.
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@matthewroberts1828 Were you talking to someone fluent in gibberish?
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@paulfredriksteiner here's the casualties NATO: 0 Russia: 200k+
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And Kherson is Russia's forever right?
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@a13xdunlop Except there were no US weapons in Ukraine until after Russia's initial invasion in 2014. Prior to that only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, there was no political will to make the necessary reforms and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. It takes a lot more than idle talk to join NATO, at one point Russia talked about joining NATO, should they invade themselves?
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@mayhem4899 No they didn't they were able to stabilize the line at the cost of 500 Wagnerites according to Prigozhin.
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Support for reunification with Romania has been trending upwards for years, and is now almost 50% in Moldova and over 50% in Romania. I wonder if this recent 'cry for help' will shift the needle any and how long until there is the political and societal will for it.
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@Mr.Clownensky the US has a volunteer army.
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@yellowtunes2756 Putin could have let his delusions of empire go years ago, but decided to sacrafice Russian lives for no reason.
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@zollen123 Nothing, pointless whataboutism is what most Russian arguments boils down to. Some other country, probably the US, did something bad in the past so therefore all Russia's current crimes are somehow justified.
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@Kr0N05 Gerasimov, hero of Ukraine.
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Bully mentality, attack someone you think is weaker then cry when they fight back.
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*Takes massive hit of Copium. No you see all the T-62'2 BTR-50's and mad max MTLB are all a feint. Matter of fact the whole war's been a feint, now that Russia is pissed they will send the REAL army and the war will be over in about a day, then probably a week until they take Washington.
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"Kherson is Russiaaas Foreeeever" edit: jk guys chill
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@ckthegreat100 The current Russian federation has already had one attempted coup so far this war and 70+ oligarchs have been tossed out a window. Assad had 90% approval rating, just like Putin, how did that work out for him again?
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@peterrauth118 Thats pretty much their only chance at survival. Hopefully more can go that route.
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@PercivalPercy-tb7px You mean the Kinzhal, which isn't actually a hypersonic weapon, just an in theater ballistic missile. Which the US has had since the 60's. There is no evidence Russia has any other hypersonic weapons aside from their say so.
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I think they're waiting until he wins the Republican nomination, then they'll send him to jail.
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@Mike_Davidson Probably just day drunk.
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@samsmith2635 Russia doesn't have the logistical wherewithal to take the Donbas. Their Arctic plans are performative.
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@s0ycapitan There is zero evidence for your silly comment. Why Isn't Russia flying sorties over Ukraine if they've destroyed their air defense?
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Free Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong. These are Chinese colonies.
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@YinWhoo-zx2sz You realize that inflation is far higher in Russian than in the US right? Or any other western country for that matter.
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd LMAO, "I'm not crying you are." He said, with tears in his eyes.
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Yeah nothing says an economy is fine quite like rampant inflation, sky high interest rates and a currency in the gutter.
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@s0ycapitan The Ruble being at the second lowest point in its history is a deliberate seasonal effect? Ok buddy. Russia is doing everything they can to prop the Ruble up. Inflation in Russia is higher than any developed country on earth, save Turkey and Argentina, both of which are going through their own economic crisis.
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Cancayate14 And the Romans controlled Crimea before them and the Greeks before them. Whats your point?
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@s0ycapitan The peace deal fantasy that has no evidence. Sure, I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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It wasn't NATO that invaded Ukraine buddy.
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Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Izium, Kharkiv and Kherson, and cant even capture the Donbas. Its called winning people.
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@ultramanx9568 Over the past two years, Russia has seen a record increase in the number of men aged 31-59 with disabilities, which is almost certainly a result of the war in Ukraine. In 2022, their number officially stood at 1.67 million, and by 2023, it had increased by 507,000, or 30%.
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@Dmitrij-nl3sc Little buddy, it is stated in Ukraine's constitution not to hold elections during a war. Why do all Putin's political rivals all end up in prison or eating a polonium salad? Also what does the US have to do with this? Are you trying to set a record for the most foolish comments in a singe thread?
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@Dmitrij-nl3sc 2014 is when Russia began it's attack. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@Hereford1642 There was no serious discussion of Ukraine joining NATO prior to 2014. Rapprochement with NATO wans't even an issue in Ukraine until 2019, five years after Russia began its invasion. Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and multiple NATO countries were opposed to it. Ukraine's chances of joininng NATO was essentially zero. Want to know what other country mused about joining NATO? Russia, should they have invaded themselves?
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@des_smith7658 What specifically? Be more constrictive with your criticism.
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@sebastianforbes1 The VVS showed up in the early days of the war and were shot down in large numbers. Even then they weren't capable of large scale ops like the west, they flew in small groups independently. Since then all they do is launch ordinance at max range never approaching Ukrainian airspace. Air dominance is something that wins wars, if they could get it they would, they wouldn't hold back unless they were hopelessly idiotic.
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@sebastianforbes1 Good job giving a completely pointless and brainless response.
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@kryzzan7039 As funny as getting your flagship sunk by a country with no navy?
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@HowlingWo1f Build a bridge out of what M113's. Most of the aid from the US is in the form of old military stock that was costing a fortune to maintain.
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@HowlingWo1f Javalin entered production in 1994, 1978 for the Stinger, The Pac-3 Patriot was first deployed in 1995, M777 in 1987, And the newest on your list MRAPS are armored cars developed in 2004...Why would you post something so dumb? Or do you mean new by Russian standards?
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@josdav07 You just wanted to support the 'propagandists' with the algorithm by posting multiple comments? Sure thing bud.
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@flym0 2014 is when Russia began it's invasion, there would be no civilian casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Strelkov said much the same. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa". He said his unit was formed in Crimea and consisted of volunteers from Russia. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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Powerhouses like Belarus and North Korea.
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@erikn.8626 Everything I said is true, dry your eyes.
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Some real three days to Kyiv energy there bud. I can't help but admire your delusional optimism.
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You shouldn't, but that didn't stop Russia at Vulhedar and their humiliating offensive where they droved down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over losing 130+ armored vehicles for no gain.
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@dnik1260 There is no record for how may artifacts that went missing, certainly not your make believe 130k. The US recently returned around 17k artifacts, most of those that went missing were not taken by the US but by the mafias and antiquities thieves who attacked the museums. I'm not saying the US is blameless, obviously they should have done more to protect artifacts and curtail looting, or better yet not invade at all. But the scale of their looting is nothing compared to the Russians who will take literally anything not nailed down.
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@hamishgaffaney5323 He said the offensive would be a success if Ukraine received everything they asked for, they didn't.
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@michaelsimarmata5880 something made in the 90's is considered brand new in Russia.
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Salaries in the UK are much higher.
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This is new news reporting the fact that it is still burning.
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@Lietuvaitiis Sure, but nobody attacked Russia.
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Yuri "we fled like cowards without a fight so it doesn't count" ok genius. The Ukrainians kept claiming that they were going to attack Kherson and the Russians took them at face value. You know, like morons. So they redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and the Ukrainians attacked Kharkiv and rolled up the Russians like a Burrito (including capturing Izium the main logistics hub, capturing an absolute mountain of material) then they blew the bridges behind the Russans at Kherson and the Russians were no longer able to be supplied and were forced to tuck tail and flee from there also. Just another humiliating defeat in Russian history. How about Russias retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy do those count?
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According to the Russian MoD itself they shot down all missiles and all casualties in Belgorod were a result of falling debris.
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Gotta get potato's somehow.
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@RobertNeptune Chinas high speed rail for example loses about 30 million a day. Infrastructure is great but the only lever China has to pull to keep its economy afloat is build more. And most of the things that make economic sense have already been built, often to a shoddy standard.
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@Chris-zu4es 58,220 American soldiers died in Vietnam. You may be conflating casualties with KIA, all KIA are casualties but not all casualties are KIA.
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@lawrencekling8598 Germany and France were opposed to it.
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@lg2058 Moreover Ukraine is a sovereign state and can join any alliance or organization it wants, it doesn't need Russia's permission. Even Putin said as much at one point. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” - Putin
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@lg2058 You just destroyed the last of your tenuous credibility calling Ukraine's government "extreme." What did they do, invade and annex a sovereign state? Please. If you are looking for an extreme government look to the Kremlin.
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@Zvxers7 Ukraine is Fighting Russia + China, India, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, large parts of Africa. Ukraine fighting 3/4 of the worlds population according to your logic.
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@КАБы_да_КАБы Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to Russias invasion in 2014.
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@RyanRoberson-gc1op Yes if Russia went home the war would be over, pretty simple.
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@secretepic9925 Well unless you're the Chechens, Afghani's, Poles, Fins, Japanese. etc. etc.
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@Asphyxx Zelensky was the candidate Putin supported because he thought he would be weak and Russia could eat up Ukraine with no problem. That turned out not to be the case though, much to Russia's dismay.
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Would you like to try again in English?
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RIP VDV👻👻
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Ukraine has passed the first line of defense though, you need to update your script.
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@grahammorton-bv6sr Just all whataboutism. b-b-b-but Iraq happened so Russia can do whatever it wants. How about the USSR invading Hungary in '56, so now all America does is justified, see how dumb that is?
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@bryandimery6509 Russia cant even take the Donbas, and its a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@johndean1634 NATO is stronger and more united than any point in its history, what are you twaddling on about?
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@StPiter111 Are you trying to set the record for the most consecutive idiotic comments in a single thread?
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@sunnyboner676 The US occupied Afghanistan in a few weeks and occupied them for 20 years. The Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves. By your logic Russia lost WW2 because Germany isn't occupied and is supplying weapons to their enemy Ukraine.
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@redfiend Hey whatever helps you deal with the humiliation of defeat. Also the USSR at its weakest was still much stronger than the Russian Federation. Russia lost 90% of its initial invasion force and cant even take the Donbas.
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He said Poland caused ww2, the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to protect Czechoslovakia. Welcome to the world of revisionist history. He spent most of the rest of the interview trash talking Tucker.
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No but Biden addressed it immediately. Haven't heard a peep from Putin about the dam.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Well there's the fact that initial forces only had 3 days worth of food and fuel. They also had parade uniforms suggesting they thought they would receive a liberators welcome.
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@emceedoctorb3022 Have you seen the state of Russia's military? They've lost half of it in ww1 style attrition warfare and cant even take the Donbas, which is a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV Did you know you shouldn't believe everything you hear on RT?
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@bryandimery6509 It wasn't the ISW that invaded Ukraine.
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Yuri After Russia bombed Belgorod so many times its understandable that they would want independence.
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Actually that base was home to ten thousand Ukrainian pow's, or something.
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They had one, the states were called Ukraine and Russia. That wasn't good enough for Russia.
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@briancarno8837 Not in Kursk they aren't. On a few select salients they are making marginal gains in exchange for a terrible price.
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@boota1979 Or you could ask Putin why he said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. Or do you think years of WW1 style trench warfare a couple miles across the border was the plan all along?
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Everybody agrees that the Russian economy is better off with extreme inflation and interest rates.
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@assessorjohn His bot programming is very limited.
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@Zero4Infinitives The US took Iraq and Afghanistan in a couple weeks, after that was occupation. Russia cant even get to the occupation stage.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п they also use DU you could just google "does Russia use depleted uranium" instead of posting nonsense over and over.
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@bryandimery6509 Russia invaded in 2014 genius.
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@mdumisenihlophe4001 Go ahead and explain that statement.
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It would be fine for some militia in Syria or something, but its a disgrace for the supposed worlds number two army.
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NATO isn't fighting in this war bud. Its Russia that has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@albertcorreia2579 So it was foolish for the Republicans to vote against the border bill.
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Nobody cares.
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Russia's happy that there is at least one country around more embarrassing then them.
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@ponrevanthrt9059 Wait dont you guys always say that a majority of the world is with Russia. China, India, Africa. All these guys. That means Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population. Amazing.
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@vaibhavrajsingh9552 Because the Kinzhal is hypersonic only in name. True hypersonics are capable of high speed maneuvering that Kinzhal isn't capable of.
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@stormstriker2000 India buys Russian oil at or below the EU price cap. The goal wasn't to get Russian oil off the market, that would result in a price spike and financial hardship all over, including India. The goal was to lower the price of Russian crude so they had to sell at a loss. Mission accomplished. The theory with China was that we would engage with them and they would get rich and become more democratic over time. That was a miscalculation. Which is why you see the decoupling going on now, which has been disastrous for Chinas economy. I still hope one day that China can be rid of the CCP and join the free world. This should be India's goal also.
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@MrGatzby They are both the same height. You may be confused because Putin wears embarrassing lifts in his shoes.
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@MrGatzby Trump also said Russia is weak and the war is Putin's fault.
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Better not or Russia might make vague and baseless nuclear threats that will never happen.
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ooh thanks for the warning. Both sides have been using cluster munitions since the start of the war though. The US isn't even the first to give cluster munitions to Ukraine, Turkey did earlier in the war. So I'm not sure why Russia decided to throw a tantrum about the US cluster munitions specifically.
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Spamming the same comment over and over is a great way to make everyone think you aren't a bot.
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@Noel-ji8nm No they aren't. Russia has been granting full pardons to cannibals though.
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He also said, three days after the war began, "The battle in eastern Ukraine is really almost over," and predicted "If Ukraine don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them." In his second appearance, he revised his prediction: "The first five days Russian forces I think frankly were too gentle. They've now corrected that. So, I would say another 10 days this should be completely over." It's fairly safe to say Macgregor has no idea what he is talking about.
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Don't worry Russia you can just take some more pictures of that convoy from last week and try to pass it off as more losses.
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Nobody toppled anything. It was the same government in charge of Ukraine after the protests as it was before. What really happened was Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum when they embargoed Ukraine after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement. After the predictable protests started Yanukovich fled the country, nobody asked him to do that though he did that on his own accord.
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Ukraine didn't invade themselves bud, this is all on Russia.
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What a strange comment.
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@revolter7094 Russia was supposed to leave the Donbas, stop supporting rebels and return the occupied territory to Ukraine. they did none of these. Ukraine had passed all the legislation required by Minsk, they were prevented to implement it because Russia still occupied their territory. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the budapest memorandum.
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They've been on and off preparing to enter the war for about two and a half years. I wouldn't hold my breath.
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@zeffy._440 Do you live in an alternate reality?
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dont make fun of glorious chinese knockoffs this is final warning from china
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@Krisso889 Hey here's one now. Russia cant even take the Donbas bud.
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@Dr.Mabuse44 Palestine was offered a 2 state UN solution that Israel agreed to but Palestine didn't because they thought with the other Arabs they'd be able to wipe Israel off the map. Not that I think Israel are the good guys or something, just that your comment is dumb.
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@thewitchking3752 What year do you think it is right now? Every other country aside from Russia and China have given up their imperial ambitions. Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries the west has annexed in the past century.
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@dalecrocker3213 That's primarily why Russia initially invaded. They didn't want Ukraine to ruin their energy and mineral monopoly in Europe. That and Putin's delusions of empire.
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@bob-g3e3x What on earth does that have to do with OP's comment? Are you trying to convince everyone that you are a bot?
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"no, you see I had to attack because in the year 860 Rurik crossed the sea..." - Putin probably
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Gorbachev himself said there was no promise not to expand NATO.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 are you just going to copy paste the same inane comment in every thread? Did you know China has a treaty to defend Ukraine from nuclear aggression?
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@BH-xp8ic 'So why hasn’t he attacked any of those countries?' Because he is currently getting his teeth kicked in in Ukraine.
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lmao, unconditional surrender? Russia cant even take the Donbas and are losing ground every day. Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied.
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This video fails to mention how much the life of cannibals has improved in Russia. They used to be stigmatized, now they roam free feasting to their hearts content.
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@ttexastt Yeah, they're advancing east all the way to Moscow.
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@Great_Sandwich Was it children, pregnant women and the elderly who killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds more on October 7th?
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@raywalters243 Birds of a feather.
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@mdumisenihlophe4001 The reality is Russia is the 11th largest economy behind Canada and Brazil. No amount of childish emoji spam will change reality.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Yeah, if there was one thing Stalin was known for it was being polite. Zhukov and Khrushchev also said the SSR would have lost without lend-lease. I'll believe the Soviet leadership who were there over some random guy on the internet.
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Yeah we have a great education system, then anyone with a good education who actually wants to make money moves to the US. Half the cost of living and twice the wages.
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"target the comedian" exclaimed Putin before hunching over his map of 17th century Russia with tears in his eyes.
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@thedeal86 Yes valiantly securing gold mines and commiting massacres.
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@trumpforever6706 lol no there hasn't.
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lol at the russians melting down at this comment, what a bunch of babies.
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@@CitizenAbel-77 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US just left, Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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That video from early in June that Russia has re-released from another angle and are trying to pass it off as a separate event, that one? The one where there is clearly more then 1 tank involved (in the re-released video they are even heard communicating with ATGM teams)
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Russian oil and gas revenue fell by over 40% last month, India and China are buying at the price cap levels which is barely break even for Russia.
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@malcolmlwu The "negotiations" meant giving in to Russia's insane demands. Like saying where NATO countries could and could not station forces in their own countries. AKA not negotiations but absurd nonsense no country would agree to. Putin also said that the 'little green men' in Crimea were just locals who were equipped at local army surplus shops. Until of course he admitted that was a lie and they were in fact Russian forces all along.
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@Ip_3675 Nuclear powers lose wars all the time. Russia itself lost the first Chechen war and Afghanistan.
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Russian interest rates are already 19% with another rise likely sometime in the fall.
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yeah it's like these fools forgot about desert storm or something, we already know what Abrams vs Soviet armor looks like and its a slaughterhouse
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@springbloom5940 Moreover i'm not sure if you remember but Russia did retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Izium and Kharkiv.
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@ZHOUKINGS Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war, must be an act of desperation right? Russia has been trying to attack around Kremina but they got stuffed so hard you rarely hear about it. If they had the internet on D-day all you clowns would be spamming about how the offensive was a failure, they haven't even liberated paris yet and all this bs.
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They've been doing that since day one of the war.
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@DarkoFitCoach Nobody thinks Ukraine is trying to annex Russia. They will hold this territory for the rest of the war though.
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@Rick-zw9kp Russian mil-bloggers are in full panic mode, its only Russia's internet cheerleaders who are pretending otherwise.
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@MalcomGiap Kinzhal strikes were so successful the 3 lead engineers in charge of their development were given all expense paid trips to the gulag.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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The UK learned the price of appeasement in the previous century. Luckily aside from some fools most remember this lesson.
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@stoneageart9965 The Crimean war, WW1, Russo-Japanese war, Soviet-Polish war, Afghanistan, first Chechen war. Off the top of my head.
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He was killed with UN identification and a pocket full of cash as he fled to Egypt.
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These ships will likely only ever exist on paper.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk Here's the top 10 currencies used in world trade, because you seem to be confused. 1. US dollar (USD): 2. Euro (EUR): 3. Japanese yen (JPY): 4. The pound sterling (GBP): 5. Australian dollar (AUD): 6. Canadian dollar (CAD): 7. Swiss franc (CHF): 8. Chinese renminbi (CNH): (about 1.2% of all reserve and less then 3% of global trade) 9. Hong Kong dollar (HKD): 10. New Zealand dollar (NZD): Also You understand Russia is a colonial power right, calling out Puerto Rico and Hawaii is idiotic.
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@ryanj156 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they had stayed home.
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Putin was inspecting a map from the 1700's earlier. He doesn't even know when it is, his mind is gone from him.
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@popthatbeep Well there is that photoshopped T80 that Russia tried to pass off as a Leopard, plus all that farm equipment. Oh and the wooden decoys that Ukrainians on the ground mocked Russia saying they would probably count them as leopard kills, which they predictably did. and also Russia keeps taking photos' of the same destroyed convoy over and over from different angles trying to inflate the losses. Russia has confirmed lost over 10k vehicles, no big deal though.
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@БарсуковаГалина-э1п Is that what they tell you? Ukraine's air force is still flying, which has been a humiliating failure for the Russian air force. And your thoughts about radar capabilities is pure fantasy.
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Russia's trolls are out in full force, they must be really upset by this sinking.
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@prettitalented Thats not the point of the post. If anything we should be giving Ukraine more support because its not like we need the equipment as Russia is incapable of doing harm to NATO but is still a large threat to Ukraine.
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@Just Chill Russians while commiting genocide "these damn rascists"
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@hzlh2254 You realize Russia has multiple failed offensives so far in the war right? Not sure why you are bringing that up though. China is already maxed out on food imports, and are dependent on fertilizer imports. This doesn't even get into fuel. I can tell you have a very shallow understanding of things.
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@binbi8177 China's real estate market is collapsing (30% of their economy) Exports is collapsing (20% of their economy) Internal consumption is way down. China has been dumping steel at a loss and is only able to continue due to massive government subsidies. Manufacturing has moved to India, Mexico Vietnam. Even the US is going through the fastest industrialization in its history, including WW2. Li Keqiang, head of the Communist Party in northeastern Liaoning province at the time said China's GDP figures are "man-made" and therefore unreliable. He Keng, former deputy head of the statistics bureau said housing in China might be overbuilt by 300%. and most of that is 'tofu dreg' construction that is never meant to be lived in, the entire thing is just a scam to keep steel and concrete production up. Chinese people are paying mortgages on them though going into massive debt. In 2022 China had a higher GDP to debt load than the US by over 40%, and its still classified as a developing country, they aren't even rich yet. US GDP per capita is 80,412.41. while its only 18187.98 US dollars in 2022, when adjusted by purchasing power parity in China. (and according the China the GDP numbers are made up so who know's what it actually is) Youth unemployment is around 40%, its so bad they cant even make up numbers to make it look reasonable like they do with GDP so they stopped counting it. Oh and their rockets are full of water instead of rocket fuel. But sure, China is booming just ask them.
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So why are you here? Just want to support them with a view and help with the algorithm by commenting?
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@soreeyez They're talking about Trump, obviously.
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@YevPrig Let me guess you were disguised as Gerasimov all along.
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@stephenglover8828 What a silly comment, Russia has multiple failed offensives this war.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 there is satellite images of the damage bud. Feel free to live in denial though.
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@operator9858 Nobody was going to limit Russian access to the sea or do anything to their pipelines, nobody was even considering it. Of course Russia is losing or have lost all those things at this point but that is because of Russia's actual aggression, not some imagined passive aggression. Seek therapy.
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@187Rajah Did you read what I posted? Or maybe reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. For starters PUTIN HIMSELF said the so called little green men were Russian army. Moreover OSCE published a report about their observations which "produced significant evidence of equipment consistent with the presence of Russian Federation military personnel in the vicinity of the various roadblocks encountered." Stop spreading lies. certainly not ones that are so easy to google.
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And yet here you are giving them views and supporting them with the algorithm by commenting.
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Poland alone has given over 330 tanks
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@JuanPassiveMenis Japan is rich. China has managed to do what no country has done before, grow old before getting rich. Nobody really knows what's going to happen, there is no model for it but it probably wont be good.
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Putin called him a terrorist and a traitor and now he's allowed to wander around St. Petersburg. Seems at least a little bizarre.
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@AORD72 How else will they earn potato?
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Some form of neutral peacekeeping or policing force could help bridge between Russian control and Ukrainian control of the occupied territory, but Russia rejected such proposals. Because of the impossibility of Ukraine implementing political measures while Russia still occupies its territory, the United States as well as Ukraine, with support from others proposed deployment of an UN mandated peacekeeping force to Donbas, so that Russian forces could withdraw, and an UN backed force could deploy, without an immediate hand-over to Ukrainian control. This could allow time and space for local elections to occur, and for the implementation of special status and amnesty legislation. Russia, however, has consistently rejected such proposals, even labeling an UN supported peacekeeping force a “military takeover” of the region, when of course it is Russia that has actually taken over the region militarily and unilaterally.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr "Ukraine accepted the deal and even signed the draft peace deal." No, there is zero credible evidence for this. Ukraine's lead negotiator and the president of Turkey both say you are wrong. Even Russia didn't use this rhetoric at first, it wasn't until over a year after the fact when Putin brought it up in a press conference as a way to explain their retreat from Kyiv, which for the year prior had been called a feint to deal with the Donbas.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Good job refuting nothing I said. According to Minsk the LPR and DPR were to be disbanded. The first to ign the agreement were Swiss diplomat and OSCE representative Heidi Tagliavini. Former president of Ukraine and Ukrainian representative Leonid Kuchma. Russian Ambassador to Ukraine and Russian representative Mikhail Zurabov.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr The three original signers were Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE (as witnesses by France and Germany). The self-proclaimed republics were added later and did not use the self-proclaimed names—Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.
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Putin also invited African leaders to beg from them but most of them didn't show up.
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oil prices are lower now than in 2022.
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Why don't you go ahead and list all the successes of the Russian army from the past year and a half.
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I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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@enriquelaroche5370 From your own post "It is designed to shoot down tankers, AWACS and other C4ISTAR aircraft" You understand the F16 is a fighter right? Not a tanker or AWACS that the R37 is designed to shoot down.
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@Sunnyokwor Afghanistan was taken in a couple weeks, the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@Adcabrer are you malfunctioning bot?
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He looked sick? Did you see Putin? He looked like someone just guessed his weight at a carnival.
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I hope we can reform NATO into some sort of Global defense initiative (GDI) and we accept every stable liberal democracy who wants in.
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@yaqob3275 Russia still cant capture Bakhmut after 9+ months and tens of thousands of casualties. Its a mid sized town a few hours drive from Moscow. Maybe Kadryovs men will be well rested enough to take it from their time in the rear making tik toks.
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@soreeyez Why don't you state the last time a NATO country tried to annex another one.
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@bugazi3037 Nope. Stalin himself said "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war. The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war."
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Why would Putin be on the roof is he Spiderman? If this was Ukraine, which I doubt, it had nothing to do with Putin.
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They get this information from the Russian Ministry of Finance.
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@csh5414 Then they take pictures of it from 15 different angles now its 15 Leopards.
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@csh5414 Yes, Russia is so good at destroying leopards that they were destroying them months before the arrived in Ukraine. Even farm equipment counts as leopards.
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@itsamee...5636 Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th. Nobody attacked Russia, understand? We already have a two state solution in place for Russia and Ukraine.
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@TheRealBillBob Wow good job Russia at taking a mid sized town a few miles across the border with only 100k casualties. Disregard the flanks collapsing.
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Hopefully Ukraine doesn't drown in the flood of tears coming from Russia.
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@momosanchez5025 North America? What year do you think it is little buddy? You see back in the olden days everyone was trying to take land from everyone else, since ww2 the rules of the world are changed, it's only Russia that still engages in this behavior. And no, they haven't annexed Syria, Iraq or Japan. Come back to reality bud.
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@momosanchez5025 I see you are reduced to pointless whataboutery, which is unsurprising because it's what every Russian argument boils down to.
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@ UK gets its gas from Norway.
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Yeah, Iran should let Russia surrender, but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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The Red Army is long gone, the Russian Federation cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore. If Russia hadn't invaded in 2014 there would be no civilian casualties in the Donbas.
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@I_Love_Lord It resulted in a Taliban victory over the Afghan government. The US wasn't trying to occupy Afghanistan until the end of time, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years. They just left. Its like saying that because Germany is now hostile to Russia and supplying Ukraine with weapons that Russia somehow lost WW2.
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Explain a conspiracy theory that there is no evidence for?
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It's a bicycle leading a bmp at the start of the video.
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huh? their last offensive at kherson and kharkiv they folded russia up like laundry.
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@73chengosaro4 What a strange comment. It wasn't Ukraine that invaded Russia bud.
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by premium weapons do you mean the T-14 which they produce around 1 a year? or su57 which they produce even less? Russia is a joke country built on lies. keep huffing copium
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@arina7444 All opposition parties in Russia are controlled opposition. Anyone who steps out of line gets sent to the gulag.
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@arina7444 No that's how it works in actual democracies. Can you explain why all Putin's political rivals end up eating a polonium sandwich or in a Siberian prison? When the country is in danger? you're acting like this behavior just started, this is business as usual in Russia.
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A-10 would be able to do what Ukrainian frogfoots are currently doing, lob rockets from over the horizon, which arguably could just be done from the back of a toyota
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@Alien_isolationist wow two mid sized towns that were right on the border in two years, truly an unstoppable force.
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@ The one time in it's history article 5 was used was by the US, the entire alliance answered the call.
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@ Geopolitics isn't business. Let me guess you have an American education?
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Yura Stanilayev Youtube is an American platform and the internet was created by the US military, speak English please.
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@rizkyadiyanto7922 So you think European arms producers forced Putin to attack Ukraine or something?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Anyone who read your comment would think that you were responding to that guys stating the city was more valuable then the open field (which it obviously is, by a lot) try too be more clear with your language. Also lol I didn't like my own comment, I will now though see 2 likes I'm amazing. And from someone who parrots every Russian talking point talking about facts and opinions is actually hilarious.
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@olofedda88 There is, unfortunately rule of law in the US is over.
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No he expelled the Russian Orthodox church, which is run by the KGB. Including its Patriarch Kirill.
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@thematic3893 Russia has prohibited the export of fertilizer, and Nigeria alone can't produce near enough. And yeah the famine will be widespread North Africa, the Middle East and parts of South Asia and South America will also be effected.
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@paulstewart4195 Yep, in the past two years the percentage of territory Russia controls has soared from 18% all the way to 18%.
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@ahmedmaeeshmohamed4193 Who cares what Russia thinks?
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@MWENDA-vv5im The missile was hit, per Russia, causing it to go off course and hit the beach. The original target was a military one. Which of course brings to question why on earth was there a beach party right next to a military facility in an active warzone?
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@michaelfaraday8391 Are the covert NATO officers in the room with you right now?
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@Arthav-o4r Russia's been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years bud, its time to face realilty.
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@Ayan77alekseev NATO isn't fighting Russia. Its Ukraine using 5% of NATO's annual budget, mostly in the form of old stock. Russia is receiving aid from Belarus, North Korea, Iran, China, India and parts of Africa. By your logic Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population.
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@vervetech9395 Its easy to join an organization that has no obligations or projects.
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@Kevin-vc3jf According to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian army 5 times over. But for some reason they still cant even take the Donbas. Russia claimed to have destroyed a bunch of Leopards months before they arrived in Ukraine. They tried to pass farm equipment off as leopards
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@milabrew1667 Its just a silly strawman, that and whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to.
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@Robert-t1m3p Unless you are posting from the trenches comments like this just make you look foolish.
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@Yuri-z2y The US occupied both Iraq and Afghanistan in a couple weeks, and then occupied them for twenty years. Russia has occupied around 18% of Ukraine for 2.5 years, most of that they took prior to the 2022 invasion or in the opening days of the invasion. I think the main problem is you don't understand the difference between an invasion and occupation.
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@Yuri-z2y They've managed to take around 0.02 percent of Ukraine in the past 2.5 years (after losing 50% of the territory they once occupied) You can pretend they are "gaining the new territories and Ukraine is shrinking down." If you want. Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@Yuri-z2y Little buddy, saying the "battle is on." is completely idiotic, that's been the case for 2.5 years. Russia occupies the same amount of territory they occupied two years ago, in another year they will still occupy that same amount. You should check the map because you are the one making claims that Russia is out there capturing new territories. Which they aren't, you'd know this if you checked the map instead of just making foolish comments on youtube.
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Because they aren't fighting all of NATO that's just epic level Russian cope.
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@iansampson2477 At least Biff ran a successful casino.
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@ma-Ohio19 What point do you think you are making right now? Mistake or not they've attacked those and many other ships that have nothing to do with the Israel or the US, this is public knowledge you can pretend otherwise if you want but it wont change reality. Some ships were tangentially related to Israel, most aren't.
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you blockade the straights of malacca and in 6 months 500 million starve to death in the dark, not a hard war
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@GarnetNewfree He wasn't a journalist and he died of double pneumonia.
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@StPiter111 Russia has been mobilizing 20k-40k soldiers a month, what happened to all of them?
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@Friendo111 Russia needed a lot of help to get to "Kyiv in threeeeeeeeee dayyyyyyyyyysssssss!!!!!!!"
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The deal was surrender and there will be peace, It's no mystery why Ukraine rejected this offer. If Russia really wanted peace they could go home at any point and end the war.
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@nickfielding5685 Bridges are valid targets in wars, which you could learn if you took two seconds looking it up.
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@Mata-Miramar BRICS member China recently claimed a bunch of territory from fellow BRICS members India and Russia. Good friends.
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@Mata-Miramar China seems more concerned with buying Russian hydrocarbons at or below the EU price cap and milking Russia for every cent they can. I wonder at what point China decides it wants Manchuria more then it wants an inept vassal. China voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN, so much for their 'no limit' friendship.
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@pogo1140 Unless those airports are equipped with teleporters all air traffic would still need to fly over Moldovan or Ukrainian air space.
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@ As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, which is about wht they had 2.5 years ago. Most of that was taken in 2014 or the opening days of 2022, gains since then have been marginal at best.
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Russia's been taking avdiika for about nine years now. They also said Kherson was theirs forever.
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@Robert-xy4xi To your head? I'm not sure, I just assumed you were like this because your parents were related.
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@Elena-mz7ue Except Kyiv predates Muscovy. And if you want to use historical claims as your reasoning you should realize that Russia wouldn't exist anymore because all their territory historically belongs to someone else.
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@suprfli6018 Like how Russia begging Iran and NK?
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@throughput6674 Russia also banned criticism of the SMO and the Russian military, Media personalities can get a 15 year sentence just for calling the SMO a war, some Russian guy had to flee the country because the state didn't like a drawing his daughter did. How many Russian officials/elite/political rivals have either been sent to the gulag, tossed out a window or fed a polonium sandwich just for criticizing dear leader?
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Russian bots in absolute hysterics.
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@marcdc6809 Surovikin is just 'resting'.
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The video makes the statement that Russia was stopped in Kharkiv, at no point does it say anything about moving on Moscow. You need to think.
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@cushiterevenge5696 Russia has lost over 10000 vehicles.
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@mariaadelecagna3540 Would weak mean not even being able to take the Donbas despite it being half a days drive from Moscow?
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@springbloom5940 Let me know when Russia captures the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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That was Wagner that took Bakhmut, and it took them around 10 months and around 100k casualties. Then Wagner went to Rostov and captured it in around 3 hours. Then they drove to Moscow and all the Kremlin cold do was was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway, luckily for Russia Lukashenko saved them.
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@gbrown9694 Losses in Avdiivka was around 13-1 in favor of Ukraine. Not sure what you are talking about.
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@АртемАртем-л4э Olaf Scholz said he was opposed to German and EU forces in Ukraine. He was talking about the small contingent of forces there in advisory/training roles. Russia isn't fighting NATO.
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@robertfrancis7767 Another pointless, borderline incoherent comment that has addressed nothing I've said. Why are you here, leaving multiple comments helping them out with the algorithm if you are so opposed to Times? Why are you pretending to be a military expert?
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If the Russian army fought as hard as Russian internet trolls Russia might have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Supposed to have already begun according to who?
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@awpetersen5909 Unfortunately Russian talking points are so unhinged its impossible to tell the difference between sarcasm and Russian propaganda.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п They don't love you. Why lie about something that's so easy to google? (copy paste from wiki it goes on to further describe the horrors that the Tartars had to endure from Russia but I'll stick to the first paragraph) The deportation of the Crimean Tatars (Crimean Tatar: Qırımtatar halqınıñ sürgünligi, Cyrillic: Къырымтатар халкъынынъ сюргюнлиги) or the Sürgünlik ('exile') was the ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide of at least 191,044 Crimean Tatars carried out by the Soviet authorities from 18 to 20 May 1944, which was supervised by Lavrentiy Beria, head of Soviet state security and the secret police, and which was ordered by the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Within those three days, the NKVD used cattle trains to deport mostly women, children, and the elderly, even Communist Party members and Red Army members, to mostly the Uzbek SSR, several thousand kilometres away. They were one of the several ethnicities who were subjected to Stalin's policy of population transfer in the Soviet Union.
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The Mohajer-6 aka the leopard 2 of the skies.
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Yeah but that ship was probably full of Ukrainian pow's and crewed by French mercenaries.
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@remarkymarkable Probably true, but you don't actually need the weapons, just the threat of them potentially existing is enough of a deterrent.
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from 'Kyiv in 3 days.' to 'defend Moscow from other Russians.' Everything going according to plan.
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@Johnyazell-r2f Which is irrelevent to the point he was making, which was the Germans had taken most of Europe by '42 and still lost. Meanwhile Russia is three years in and still can't even capture the Donbas.
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@WarAuthority Closer to 20%, which is the same amount they had taken two and a half years ago. Most of which was taken in the opening days of the invasion prior to lines being established and Ukraine mobilizing. They've taken almost nothing since.
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@ " I don't believe Russia has lost as much equipment as Ukraine in Kursk" You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside, photographic evidence says otherwise.
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@Ballardian They said they had no interest in invading Ukraine either.
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@wrapupthestory Another internet military genius, thanks for your input general. Ukraine has trapped 700 Russian paratroopers in Kursk pocket due to destroyed bridges, to add to the roughly 2.5k prisoners already taken around Kursk. Russia has been relocating resources from Ukraine to Kursk. Don't worry though Putin just appointed his niece as Russia's deputy minister of defense to deal with the situation.
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@jesuscontreras124 Winning so hard they retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson and havn't been able to take the Donbas in 14+ months despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@tingleblade4274 I never said it was, just pointing out how legislation like this can be misused. OP asked how this could be bad and I answered.
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2 leopards 4 days ago and you jokers act like the war is over. Russia has lost over 2000 tanks, get a grip.
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Dont have to worry about unpaid salary if you send them on one way missions. Putin playing 5d chess.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Inform yourself the difference between a coup and a protest. This would be the only successful 'coup' in human history that ended with the same government it started with.
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@yellowtunes2756 And Kyiv remains Ukrainian. funny how you think invading a country and holding sham referendums means anything while referendums in Russia are illegal. Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries that recognize Russia's farcical referendums.
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@dpelpal idk, Russia has been using advanced tactics at Vulhedar that involve driving down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over.
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@evgeniam685 Amazing brain you have. The map Putin inspected is a copy of one made in 1674 by French cartographer Hubert Jaillot, showing parts of eastern Europe and Asia, with cities and territories marked out. You can go look it at it yourself if you dont believe me.
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@evgeniam685 You can think whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@TheBobVova And Russia is the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. What's your point? Sweden has control of St. Petersburg on this map.
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@rarirover44 Its ironic considering one of the gayest pictures of all time is of Putin. (the horseback one.)
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@stanley3895 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson. All they've done in the past 14+ months is dick around in the Donbas which is a couple hours by car from Moscow.
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No Russia is only fighting 1 country. the 'we're fighting 50 countries.' is the most embarrassing cope.
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Finally Europe wouldn't have to live in fear.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Nobody attacked Russia.
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Where is the main offensive taking place? This is 'the offensive is happening at Kherson' then attacking Kharkiv all over again. The media saturation has muddied the waters and nobody knows what's really happening.
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Russia is using dirt bikes and golf carts bud.
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@soreeyez Zelensky was the candidate that Putin supported because he thought he would be weak. He was wrong much to Russia's dismay.
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Russian GDP is less then New Jerseys. And the reason they don't take Bakhmut is they are a trash army that looks good and parades and can bully their weak neighbors, but an actual fight they are completely inept. lay off the copium and stop watching RN
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@samwilliams9352 It's been amusing watching Russia mil bloggers in full panic mode over Kursk while Russia's keyboard crusaders try to pretend everything is fine.
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@margelatu79 Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@ckthegreat100 Appeasement is the path to greater conflict. Any deal that doesn't guarantee a lasting peace is meaningless.
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The Russian central bank is set to raise its interest rate by another 200 basis points to 23% at its Dec. 20 board meeting.
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@linkmeforfun Yeah will be very difficult to counter all 3 SU57's
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@merketarif126 Egypt could open the border at any time.
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@livingtribunal4110 Why dont you go ahead and list the Russian army's successes from the past year.
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@backsync613 Russia began its invasion in 2014. Do you really have no clue whats going on?
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Now instead of Reapers they will send Global Hawk with an F-22 escort.
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@dns7587 If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there. - Zhukov Some things never change in Russia, we saw the same during Russia's failed offensive at Vulhedar.
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@mmajst0r No amount of personal attacks are going to change reality bud.
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Two businesses that are absolutely booming in Russia, red paint and pontoon bridges.
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@lesigh1749 What has this guy said prevously that was incorrect?
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@williamalexander9485 Yes that's why they annexed Crimea, they didn't want it. You really thought this through, I can tell.
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@pvanb2 Iraq and Afghanistan were fairly easy as far as wars go, and Vietnam is a good example of how you can win every battle and still lose the war. Russia has taken about 3 times the casualties as all those wars combined. And has had no major victories.
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Putin wont leave his bunker never mind go to Africa.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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I heard Russia wants to surrender but Kim said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Yuri Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson. Cant even take the Donbas even though its a few hours by car from Moscow.
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Because Russia wanted more land. It's not working out very well for them though.
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@tomo1168 lol true i guess, with fetal alcohol syndrome it can be difficult to conceptualize things like freedom, Russia did collapse twice during the 20th century so I still hold out some hope.
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@max_out_your_cc Ukraine has had defenders advantage plus accurate/effective fire advantage. There are videos of Russia attacking with four door sedans, it's safe to say the invasion isn't going great.
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Well they couldn't even manage to defend a bridge from jet skis they knew was going to be attacked
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@Cccp731 Nope not American. Do you believe the Moskva sank due to high seas? Do you think the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill'? Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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Are they duck boots?
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@Wolfvain-qs5su No Canadian would say "Canadian bred." They are also able to understand sarcasm.
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@MrGatzby Oh you're Australian, I forgot, it's been a few hours since you last reminded us. We'll just ignore the fact that your account is only a few months old and all you do is parrot Russian talking points and spam emojis.
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Great analysis commander smoothbrain. How many years until Russia captures the Donbas?
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@DarkRoomAmbience Russia also counts farm equipment as leopards though.
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@ckthegreat100 Russia collapsed immediately after WW1. And again after the Afghan war. It almost collapsed right after the Russo-Japan war.
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Which goes to show what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@doreencardwell8008 Jesus wasn't wanted for kidnapping children.
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@hanselchristopher534 Confirmed Leopard and Challenger losses combined are still single digit. Thousands of Russian tanks have been lost.
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@josee8224 The Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves and then the US left. It was the Afghan government that was beaten by the Taliban. Meanwhile Russia was beaten so soundly in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@alqaas1948 They foolishly expected they would be greeted with a parade.
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@marksnyder8022. Prigozhin the hot dog salesman? who cares.
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Волгский Ушкуйник Youtube is an American platform and the Internet was invented by the US military, please speak english.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 There is photographic evidence of around 16k lost armored vehicles, six figure losses is the low end estimate, the Black Sea fleet getting sunk is common knowledge and three long range radars were recently taken out in along with multiple refineries. What on earth are you talking about?
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@d2nd21st Russia says they need them, obviously. Ukraine also hasn't spent the past 30 years stroking themselves off as a supposed superpower.
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@attilamarics3374 In an act of desperation because everyone, including Ukraine and Russia, thought it would be a quick Russian victory. So Russia is also recruiting prisoners in an act of desperation right? I also don't remember Ukraine giving full pardons to any cannibals. Russia is also rounding up migrant workers to send to the front.
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@loveandwar4474 How about going to jail because the Kremlin doesn't like a picture your daughter drew?
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They've only launched a handful of cruise missiles over the past 6 months. Mostly they just send drones provided by Iran.
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@sacreligious74 Please name the treaties you think NATO ignored.
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@Dudush90 Here you are supporting the western media you so distrust by giving them views and supporting them with the algorithm by commenting. You must be a deep thinker.
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@8a18muhfakhrifawwaz3 Yeah 2 Leopards and a handful of Bradley's. that was 5 days ago man and you're still obsessed with it. Find new material.
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All ballistic missiles by definition are hypersonic.
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@s0ycapitan The Tehran conference was in '43.
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@Dmitrij-nl3sc Another brainless non-answer. Good job.
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What on earth are you talking about?
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@neutralevil1917 That was Wagner that took Bakhmut not the Russian army. And casualties were so disastrous it broke them. Remember Wagner? The guys that started an armed mutiny and all Russia could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway until Lukashenko saved them. Of course Putin quickly showed Prighozin what a deal with him was worth when he had his plane taken down.
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@s0ycapitan Putin said he could ltake all of Ukraine in two weeks, and the three days narrative was all over Russia 1 TV. Who owns Russia 1 again? Also Zelensky remained in Kyiv while it was under threat, unlike Putin who fled on the first flight when Wagner was headed towards Moscow.
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His right hand man Medvedev said that the Baltics belong to Russia.
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These estimates come from counting the tanks in Russian depots with satellites. You can pretend it's not real if that makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@anyetitan8410 Even Russian mil bloggers and Russian state media has been all doom and gloom these days.
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Its called a budget with Chinese characteristics.
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@chadimirputin2282 Whatever helps you sleep at night. What would be considered a 'real offensive'. Russia retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson? were those offensives in reverse? Or Ukraine's 2 offensives where they folded up Russia like laundry?
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Technically China has a treaty to defend Ukraine from nuclear attacks, though whether they would honor the treaty is a different question. At the very least they don't want to lose face by violating it so they've undoubtedly made it very clear to Russia that it is under no circumstances allowed to use them.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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A grand total of 4 Leopards destroyed so far, get a grip. Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Upvote my own posts, thats a good idea, i'll do that now. We've all seen the videos of Russia using golf carts and dirt bikes for frontal attacks.
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@dstarboi9965 Not when Russia has people like the brave general Oleg Tsokov who personally intercepted a storm shadow missile with his face.
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@Cruzeoc101 Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@elibrod9981 You were the one twaddling on about the other poster knowing nothing of history, I responded with some history, along with correcting your spelling. Though if you don't even have the mental capacity to follow along this conversation has little point.
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@noksucowboy Wagner took Rostov in about 3 hours and were on their way to Moscow and all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway.
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@Alien_isolationist Try not to cry little buddy.
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@ISthreetank Closer to 18%, almost all of that was taken in 2014 or in the opening days of 2022, before Ukraine had mobilized. Two years ago Russia lost half the territory they occupied and has taken almost nothing since.
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Anyone who is pro appeasement should spend some time reading a history book.
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@Bushman42069 Wow NATO invading with a grand total of 0 NATO casualties. Amazing.
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@СергейСуровикин-н9к Wow, you figured out how to use a VPN, good job.
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@Octonex-2022 Iskander worked so well that the 3 lead engineers got a one way all expense paid trip to the gulag.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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@S-North Yep, Harris up 5-6 points in every poll.
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@michael37377 Sure, but that doesn't change the fact that it's completely insane to elect a terrorist organization for your government and expect them to respect the peaceful transfer of power.
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No you've never heard anyone say that Russia would run out of equipment in 18 months until recently. This prediction comes from counting Russian equipment in its depots with satellites.
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Shoigu is just happy Prigozhin didn't catch him in Rostov.
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd If Ukraine was in NATO prior to 2014 they wouldn't be having any problems with Russia right now.
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If anything Putin has turned down the nuclear rhetoric because it's obvious now that it was always a bluff.
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@ Yes the USSR was on the side of the Germans at the start of ww2. I also don't see how Finland fighting against the Soviets somehow means they don't understand them front to back.
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@painkillerkhalil The US annexed Iraq? I must have missed that.
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@lg2058 Ukraine was neutral, prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around ten percent of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. The Ukrainian government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms and several alliance members were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero.
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@lg2058 Yeah remember the time the US invaded and annexed Cuba and claimed they were never a real country. Try using your head.
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@lg2058 Wrong, there is nothing in the Budapest memorandum that says anything about Ukrainian neutrality, why don't you go read it before making silly comments? Ukraine is a sovereign country if they want to change their constitution that is their business, not Russia's. Like when Russia changed their constitution allowing Putin to be leader for life it wasn't Ukraine's or anyone else's business. If Russia wasn't opposed to Ukraine joining the EU why did Russia embargo Ukraine when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement? Its also funny when you talk about focusing on 'publicly known facts' when you pretend to know the fate of Cuba in an alternate reality that didn't happen.
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@lg2058 If Ukraine's neutrality was so important to Ukraine's independence Russia would have got it in writing in a treaty, they didn't. Its just revisionist nonsense. For the Third or fourth time, Ukraine is a sovereign state, if they want to make any changes to their government that is nobodies business but theirs. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was zero, as I already clearly demonstrated above, your inability to comprehend basic concepts doesn't change that.
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Most of that 20% was taken in 2014 or the opening days of the 2022 invasion prior to Ukraine mobilizing. Gains since then have been marginal at best.
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@exploreandunravel5773 The USSR collapsed under the weight of its own incompetence.
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no toilets to steal nearby
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@Tsknv Are you talking about the missile that Russia itself said it shot down? Also maybe a beach party right next to a military target in an active war zone isn't the best idea.
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These are just little green men who knows where they are from, likely they are just concerned citizens of Belgorod who are tired of being bombed by Russia and want freedom.
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@livingtribunal4110 There is photographic evidence of over 20k pieces of equipment lost. We can also see Russia empty its depots from space. I know in the past you've said you don't believe in photographic evidence though.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Russia just banned the export of refined products because of shortages and price spikes. oil and gas is the only thing Russia can do well (aside from senseless destruction) and they cant even do that right.
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@maxendube7519 Then why is one of the gayest pictures of all time of Putin? (the horseback one)
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@thusomaepa1852 Because Russia keeps bombing Belgorod. Who knows who these little green men are, likely concerned citizens from Belgorod who desire freedom. I'm not sure if you've been following but Belgorod already declared independence. Plus historically Belgorod belongs to Ukraine.
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@felipe-vibor Nobody said russia would run out of ammo, only that they would run through their stockpiles. Which they did, why do you think Ukraine surpassed Russia in volume of fire? Why is Russia begging North Korea for ammo? And nobody knows what happened to nordstream, stop pretending you do. How about when Russia destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards?
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@solconcordia4315 Yes, that's the point I was trying to make. There's many Russian speakers in Ukraine, most of them hate what Putin has done.
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@Dani2kGaming_GEIR Remember operation praying mantis where the US sank half the Iranian navy as an afterthought.
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@StPiter111 All you've done is make up facts and spam emojis buddy.
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@cindiheaton6469 They just missed Putin during his nightly roof top flag pole inspection while someone films on their handheld. This is 3 copies of The Sims 3 level of FSB stupidity.
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@Beppe-bt2sn Want to try again in English?
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@Beppe-bt2sn You are completely incoherent bud.
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@milerale5286 The Afghan war was over in a couple weeks, then a few years of roadside bombs but very little fighting. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years the Taliban were all hiding in caves in Pakistan and Uzbekisan. The US wasn't interested in annexing Afghanistan and if after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for themsleves they never would be. How long were they supposed to occupy them, until the end of time?
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@xxrustyxx_6977 His own former national security advisor called him a threat to national security. The former heads of both the CIA and FBI have both called him a Russian asset.
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@StPiter111 Ukrainian air force began the war with around 125 operational fixed-wing aircraft and 40 helicopters. They have received around 27 MiG-29's, and 22 helicopters. You sure do love making stuff up don't you? Spin it however you like Russia's inability to destroy Ukraine's air force is almost as embarrassing to losing the battle of the Black Sea to a country with no navy.
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@Blinxcavalli Russia can't even take the Donbas I think WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 That's why he skipped the BRICS summit in SA right?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Ukraine + 3% of NATO's annual budget, mostly in the form of old stock on the cusp of retirement = soo much in your imagination. Meanwhile Russia begging Iran and NK for whatever scraps they can spare. Also proceeds from Russian oil and gas taxes plunged 36% from a year ago. And about 50% the year before. Not to mention the Ruble in the toilet. But yeah I'm sure the Russian economy is booming. Also look up GDP per debt ratio and please spare us the trailer park economics. And yeah it is amazing what a shambolic mess the Russian army is that their most effective unit would be Mercenaries with penal battalions. Where are they now? oh yeah they attempted a coup and all Russia could do was mobilize cadets in Moscow, bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway. Luckily for them Lukashenko saved them and brokered a deal, unfortunately for Prigozhin a deal with Putin is worth nothing.
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Iran is too busy dealing with the Taliban invading.
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@linkmeforfun Russia collapsed twice during the 20th century, almost three times if you count 1905.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Yeah that'll be impossible, its not like they took it out last year or something.
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You know Egypt shares a border with Gaza right?
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV Source: trust me bro.
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@netfactxshow Ukraine has captured around 500 tanks from Russia.
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@mattyboy59 Why are you spamming the same idiotic comments over and over?
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This is the silliest thing I've read in a while. Thanks for the laugh.
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@banagheroldchurch1551 Does Russia want article five to get triggered?
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@ChrisVillagomez 2 leopard's 160 leopard's, same difference really.
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Russia does not have unlimited funds (that's silly). They also spend over 40% of all government revenue on their military.
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@davemccrillis1470 Hey good idea. In Afghanistan after twenty years there roughly 45,000 civilian casualties. Though very few of those were directly caused by coalition action. In ten years of Russian occupation of Afghanistan civilian casualties were around two million.
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@Yodaploks I've already responded to the comment elsewhere. He is spamming the same brainless comment in every thread, he spammed it twice in this thread alone. You are worried about the feelings of a spambot, are you? Get a grip.
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@Yodaploks I've never in my life called anyone an orcbot or Ivan, i called this guy a spambot because he has literally spammed the exact same comment 50 times this video, the shoe fits. I was responding to a spam bot copy/pasting idiotic nonsense. And like I already said I have responded in another thread. "Durr what if Germany had nukes." That isn't an argument he's making.
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@elenadunn15 What's your point? Novgorod was where the Varangians ruled over what is now northwestern Russia. Do you support returning the land to its rightful Swedish rulers? Novgorod and Kyiv both predate Muscovy. Moreover your initial statement is incorect. 482 ce is traditionally recognized year of Kyiv's establishment. However, archaeological evidence suggests that the city was founded in the 6th or 7th century bce. Whereas Novgorod is first mentioned in 859 ce.
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@dimaprimkulov4570 Probably because Russia has retreated from Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Kherson and 14+ months in the self proclaimed world #2 army is still unable to take the Donbas, which is a few hours by car from Moscow.
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My condolences to all the Chinese moms who were forced to have abortions by the heinous 1 child policy.
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When you see a civilian target and just can't help yourself.
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@SappaDavid No, Russia invading made Ukraine a battleground.
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@mdumisenihlophe4001 This happened yesterday bud.
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Also deflationary death spiral.
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@nenadmitrovic3469 Germany is already rich. Germany also doesn't lie about their economic numbers. China's exports and real estate are both collapsing and that's over half of their economy. But according to them the economy is booming, sure.
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And the whole world laughs at Russia
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We should have reacted strongly when Russia invaded Georgia.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Yes they do, this isn't top secret or anything, why post something untrue that's so easy to look up?
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@mysticnovelbro Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@pickeledminister317 Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jsus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@Mr.Clownensky Are the western imperialists in the room with you right now?
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@Mr.Clownensky They might fail though, like how Russia is failing in Ukraine. A year and a half, 6 figure casualties and the worlds #2 army cant even take the Donbas.
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@vinycrimbo8692 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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The Ukrainians are the underdogs. The Russian army has been stopped in its track and have taken terrible losses.
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Just missed Putin on his nightly roof top flag pole inspection while some guy films on his handheld for some reason.
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@AfroVersity That was the red army, and they are long gone bud. They also would have lost without western equipment.
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Like when Russia drove into the same minefield at Vulhedar over and over for no good reason?
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UN just voted to condemn the Russian attack. Ukraine is a soverign state recognized by every country including Russia. Do you think China should get Manchura back?
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@777chicha777 Uh oh, brace for waves of T-55's supported by Scooby Doo vans, pretty scary.
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@claudium6769 The Chinese call the S400 an S300 with a new coat of paint.
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Yeah but nobody predicted Muscovy refurbishing T-62's, BTR-50's and Mad Max MTLB. Checkmate westoids.
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@edwardbernthal160 Yeah they flipped their last tank, unlucky.
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@yaqob3275 What about is right. what pointless whataboutism.
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@RyzenShanks Why dont you go ahead and list the countries the 'western alliance' have annexed?
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@BojanPeric-kq9et the Khanate of Sibir. Ermak's troops defeated those of Khan Kuchum in a three-day battle on the Irtysh River in October 1582, an event that essentially opened the gates of Siberia to the Russians.
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@mr.patriotjol Russia has taken less territory in their current eastern offensive than Ukraine did in their summer offensive. The Kharkiv offensive has been a disaster, though it still hasn't gone nearly as bad as their first Kharkiv offensive two years ago. No Russia has not taken any major cities. Russia has lost over 15k armored vehicles, the idea that they aren't using their full force is laughable.
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@DmitrySabFo Because if that was the case Russia has done a terrible job exploiting it. Ukrainian reserves were already deployed to defend Kharkiv because everyone could see Russia massing forces there. All Russia had to do was sit across the border and keep Ukrainian forces pinned there, safe from shelling because western weapons weren't allowed to be used on Russian land. Instead they decided to walk into the sausage grinder and provided the motivation for western countries to allow Ukraine to use their weapons on Russian territory. It's been one of the most idiotic moves in military history.
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@RUTHLESSambition5 How about Russia making futile attempts to seize initiative in Lyman–Kupyansk direction and getting absolutely stuffed. Didn't stop them from claiming a massive breakthrough though.
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He can go stay with his best buddy Kim.
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@robertatkins9419 Russia sent so few troops to Kyiv because they thought the would be greeted with a parade. Why do you think there were mass firing at the fsb after the initial failure of the invasion? The idea that they withdrew as some sort of 'gesture of goodwill' is revisionist nonsense. The 1st Guards Tank Army was completely destroyed trying to take Kyiv, its time to rejoin reality.
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China does sail close to the US, the US doesn't respond by dangerously cutting them off though. The Chinese would do it more often but they 1. lack a blue water navy so its difficult for them to get over there and 2. they have no allies in the region so there's no reason for them to go over.
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@livingtribunal4110 Its been taken out twice already genius, were you not paying attention?
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@MrGatzby Hey its everyones favorite Australian. How to know he's Australian? Just ask him. Don't let the fact that his account is only a few months old and all he does is parrot Russian talking points fool you, he's totally Australian.
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@shsh-he5qg A grand total of 2 Leopards have been destroyed so far, all from that same column last week that Russia keeps taking pictures of from different angels trying to make it look like more. Or are you counting the farm equipment Russia tried to pass off as Leopards.
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@eh1702 last time it was out of order for months.
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@aleks3906 The truth is Russia has destroyed multiple cities. Last winter they did their best to destroy Ukraine's electrical grid in order to kill as many civilians as they could, and they'll do the same this winter. Moreover the civilian tallies are from Ukrainian controlled territory, we have no idea how many civilians have died in places like Mariupol where tens of thousands of civilians may have died.
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@danielosullivan7940 He might drunkenly fall out one anyways.
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You can't get invited to commit a crime.
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@bigshot9891 People have been saying that since forever but every decade the US enters in a stronger position then the one before.
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They had Crimea in 2014, they could have kept it without the idiotic invasion.
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Wait, why did the Wagner guys follow Prigozhin to Belarus, I thought Putin said they were going to follow a new leader. Everybody nodded right? Though that was after he said Wagner didn't exist anymore. I cant keep up with dictator logic.
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@МихаилКононов-и9г Russia can't even take the Donbas over a year in, and its a few hours from Moscow by car. They are now dusting off T-54/55's and unironically using Scooby Doo vans for logistics. This 'Special Military Operation' has been a massive failure and complete humiliation of Russia by any metric.
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@John-hu9qg unnecessary casualties, you mean like 100k casualties to capture a mid sized town a few miles over the border with dubious strategic value?
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They had amassed forces on the border multiple times before for 'training'. Which is what they also claimed they were doing this time.
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@Bird_McBride What is your point? It doesn't change the fact that he is a wanted war criminal.
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@williamalexander9485 Marginal advances in exchange for horrific losses.
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@donaldwilliammacdougall9866 What stats do you think Russia is ahead in bud? Percentage of people who don't have a toilet? Or number of people afflicted with fetal alcohol syndrome?
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@Elatenl Ukraine could easily change the electronics or put the warheads into new launch vehicles. This is not a serious problem.
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@richardsanders4624 The mayor of Moscow said 600,000 wounded Russians, this doesn't include KIA.
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yeah yeah and the Kyiv retreat was a gesture of goodwill and the Moskva sank because of high seas.
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Russia has been using cluster bombs in Ukraine since day one, are you simple or something? So has Ukraine for that matter. They both had cluster munitions in their stockpiles before the war. The US isn't even the first foreign power to give CM's to Ukraine, Turkey did much earlier in the war.
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@dpelpal Right now Russia gearing up for the 3rd offensive on the lobby at the train station in Bakhmut.
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@shaneporter4958 The US and Europe, united in being criticized no matter what they do.
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You can get that equipment at any army surplus store.
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@michaelcoward1902 It took the US a couple weeks to occupy Afghanistan, then they spent 20 years occupying them while the Afghans hid in caves. It took around the same amount of time to occupy Iraq, and they had a large army. I think the main problem is you dont understand the difference between invasion and occupation.
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@johnfor7522 wow the US and UK annexed Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya?? I must have missed that one.
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And you've posted about him every day since then. You must really miss him.
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@ In comparison with the rest of the current US administration he is competent. Less so when compared to an ordinary person.
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@ericp1139 Taking shots at random civilian shipping then crying like the victim when others retaliate against them.
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@dpelpal to be fair this isn't even the most humiliating war in Russian history. I'd nominate either the Polish–Soviet War or the Russo-Japanese War. Special mention to the first Chechen war.
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Children's hospitals and maternity wards on high alert.
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@ThisUnderWorldOfDarkness Russia invading in 2014 started the war.
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@K2-2478 There was a video earlier in the war of a wounded Ukrainian asking to be finished off, instead he was helped by his fellow soldier and survived.
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@K2-2478 I haven't seen any evidence of Russian captives being tortured. On the contrary all the Russian prisoners returned to Russia appear to be well fed and in good health. The images of all the Ukrainian's who leave Russian captivity looking like the just left Dachau speaks volumes though.
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@dogzdigital cool story Ivan
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@amandabotha1431 Russia does.
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@hansjorgkunde3772 He's well regarded as a hot dog salesman though.
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How about for Tibet and Xinjiang?
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@ГеннадийСеднев-м3щ Nato has roughly 16,000 more planes than Russia. Come back to earth.
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Putin needs to stop trying to be a villain and go home.
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@kkirillka89 Rapidly? Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to rejoin reality.
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@s0ycapitan Please. There is nobody that thinks that.
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Good job taking out 2 leopards 4 days ago. I can see it means a lot to you guys considering it's all you talk about.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch
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@Scorpionstinguk It was Russia that invaded little buddy.
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@libertarianbydefault Yes, I'm sure you know better than the leaders of the USSR.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Your anecdotal evidence means literally nothing. You also think that Russia paid back all of lend lease, you are clearly easily confused.
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@annmariedeignan2596 Cool story bud, forgive me for not being polite to the person trying to justify kidnapping children. Being subjected to loud music for hours is a form of torture. And kidnapping children is a war crime, no matter how you try to spin it.
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@Phase So what's Wagner doing in Africa then?
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@stefanschleps8758 If you really don't understand his simple statement I'd say you are the obtuse one.
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@ĐoànĐạiDương-f1n The last poll I saw from the US 70% said they should do more for Ukraine. Getting 70% of Americans to agree on anything is a histroric triumph.
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@mikele9878 So Russia cant even take the Donbas from a country that doesn't exist anymore? Amazing.
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Remember the 3 copies of the sims 3? That's Russia's intelligence service. The same guys who told Putin they'd be welcomed as liberators and take Kyiv with no fight.
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The ruble falling faster than Prigozhin did.
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@malcolmlwu Oh and here's what Putin said about Crimea before he invaded. "Russia has long recognized the borders of modern day Ukraine, on the whole we have completed our talks on borders. "
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@stu281 Zoom the map out, marginal gains in exchange for terrible losses aren't the victory Russia's online cheerleaders pretend it is. In the past 6 months Russia has gained roughly 250 square kilometers. To put this in perspective during Ukraine's "failed" offensive they took 297.7 square kilometers.
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@stu281 Are you seriously trying to pretend Russia hasn't spent the past six months attacking? That's actually hilarious.
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The last times Republicans controlled the executive branch and both houses and the courts was in 1928, and the US enacted the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act and sunk into the Great Depression within a year.
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Don't worry though, Putin just put his bodyguard, with no military experience, in charge of the Kursk defense. And made his niece the deputy Minister of Defense. I'm sure Russia will turn things around any day now.
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@Bruvva_Wu At least Trudeau can be voted out, Putin is leader for life.
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@lilacer6841 Yes they did, though to be fair they were just repeating what Shoigu said. He even won a medal for it.
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Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied and lose more every day. So not sure wtf you are talking about.
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America isn't fighting at all. You understand that right?
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Geez I didn't realize America was invading Ukraine.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@IanF0311 Moreover most of the weapons sent are old stock due to be scrapped.
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@babblo1389 what are you even talking about? You guys are so obsessed with the US you don't even try to make sense anymore.
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@max_out_your_cc Oh I get it, you just don't understand the difference between KIA's and casualties. Also I don't remember anyone saying Russia had 400k personnel in Ukraine at the start of the year, do you have a source for that?
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@Jnth007 And Kherson is Russia's forever right?
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we're only giving them old junk nothing we actually want to use, still enough to defeat russia
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@mrboxheadd748 So was France, only they didn't have to deal with decades of Brutal occupation from the British and Americans.
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yeah some regions declaring independence would be really nice.
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No you see Russia isn't even trying yet, once the REAL Russian army gets here the war will be over in a day. * Dusts off T-54. *
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@wamnicho Russia can't even take the Donbas and you can drive there from Moscow in a couple hours.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk The total sum is 200% because each currency trade is counted twice: once for the currency being bought and once for the one being sold. The percentages represent the proportion of all trades involving a given currency, regardless of which side of the transaction it is on. For example, the US dollar is bought or sold in 88% of all currency trades, while the euro is bought or sold in 31% of all trades. Understand?
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Russia still begging Iran for drones are they? I see Putin also sent Shoigu to North Korea to do some more begging.
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@JuliJuli2020 Maybe, but he could have easily left the country when the invasion started to enjoy his fortune, instead he is staying to help.
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@Cl0ckcl0ck Oh and Ukraine has trapped 700 Russian paratroopers in Kursk pocket due to destroyed bridges, to add to the roughly 2.5k prisoners already taken around Kursk. Don't worry though Putin just appointed his niece as Russia's deputy minister of defense and put his former bodyguard with no military experience in charge in Kursk to deal with the situation.
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@Cl0ckcl0ck Does your brain explode when it has a thought? The value isn't in the paratroopers, though they aren't nothing, if they want to abandon all their equipment and run away I guess they could try to swim. I find it funny how Russian mil bloggers have been in panic mode about Kursk, but Russia's internet cheerleaders are trying to pretend it isn't serious. This has been disastrous for Russia, no matter how you try to spin it.
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Yuri want potato, Yuri post comment.
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@491n4he5 Not sure who's taken out more Russian generals at this point, Ukraine or Russia.
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@БарсуковаГалина-э1п Russia's vast experience of what? They don't get within a hundred miles of Ukrainian airspace, all they do is drop glide bombs at max range, often onto their own territory. Over two and a half years into the war and Russia can't even deal with Ukraine's meager air force, absolutely pathetic. Though according to the Russian MoD they've destroyed Ukraine's air force about six times over, but somehow Ukraine still continues to release footage of its air force functioning.
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@s0ycapitan Russia controlls less territory now then they did in 2022.
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@KevinQu They dont produce near enough for domestic consumption. Moreover the only reason they can produce so much is they are dependent on fertilizer imports.
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@PineApple-bs8rt Russia's complete disregard for rule of law and human life is the problem.
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@Brandon-yg7mw Its like how Germany had 'lost' by 1943 though there was still years of fighting left to do.
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just the things he researches, make your own youtube channel if you think you can do better.
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@logansolares3699 So far literally zero are dropping the dollar. BRICS has been saying the same thing since 2009, I wont hold my breath.
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@logansolares3699 A grand total of 2 Leopards have been destroyed so far. get a grip.
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Spamming the same comment over and over is a good way to make everyone think you aren't a bot.
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@waynedrummond6583 I was making fun of the other guys word salad.
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@normkeen2597 The last time I saw him he was with Shoigu in an undated video, staring open mouthed at an armored vehicle factory for no good reason.
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Russia can't even eliminate Ukraine's meager pre war air force.
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Ukrainians folded the Muscovites up like laundry with their last two offensives so I'm not sure where you are getting this.
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@notastone4832 JDAMS are about as cheap as you can get.
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Ukraine has taken more in the past week than Russia has all year. To completely capture the Donetsk region at this rate, it will take another 5 years and around 2 million Russian KIA. All that for an area the size of Delaware.
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@davemccrillis1470 On 21 April 2021, Putin made a speech in which he repeatedly warned the West of red lines that Russia would not accept. There is a wikepedia article dedicated to the red lines set by Russia most of which have been crossed by the west. You are right though, Putin said the war would take two weeks, not three days.
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@HeichE944 NATO is a defensive alliance, nobody will be forced to fight unless article 5 is invoked, which has only happened once in its history after 9/11. For example most NATO countries didn't participate in Iraq.
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@goenzoy712 China is going through severe demographic collapse. The Chinese population will be half what it is now by mid century.
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It was so new that it hadn't even been deployed yet, and have you seen the pictures? its a total write off, dry your eyes.
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He said they'd be able to repel the ATACMS, they repelled them by suffering the worst week for Russian aviation since WW2.
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@jesussonofgod6284 Anglo Saxons would have to put a lot of work in before they could do as much damage to China as the CCP has.
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One Russian general even single handedly intercepted a Storm Shadow missile with his body.
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Casualties included 100 F-22's over a 1000 M1 Abrams the USS Gerald R Ford and Biden and Zelensky themselves. Truly a stunning victory for glorious Russia.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You know they've been keeping track of the ships attacked right? You should try reading the news instead of just watching it. They've hit ships en route from Turkey to Indonesia, one from from Singapore to Egypt, one from Greece to Singapore, Saudi Arabia to Réunion island, another Saudi Arabia to UAE, Romania to India, Russia to who knows where, India or China. Another from Malaysia to Italy, India to Egypt, Morocco to India, and one from Dubai to the far east.
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Yes, they should have passed this aid back in October. Better late than never though.
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@arthurchonyera7031 Didn't Russia just raise the age of military recruits so they are now using geriatric squads?
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@Maria_Russkoe_pole So much envy for the 20% of Russians who don't even own a toilet.
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@s0ycapitan And sorry even if your baseless speculation were correct Russia has nowhere near the leverage to effect NATO posturing and deployment. The idea is laughably idiotic.
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@trumpforever6706 When Putin said that Russia has no borders, also his habit of attacking his neighbors implies that.
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Maternity wards and pizza restaurants on high alert.
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@milan6884 You forgot to mention that history didn't start two years ago and Russia has been outspending Ukraine by a mile on its military for decades. 3% of nato annual military budget isn't all that much by comparison. Plus the enormous stockpiles of Soviet equipment Russia has to fall back on.
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@yakivpopavich You're a big boy I'm sure you can figure out how to use the internet.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas
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@tarrasteno Did you see Putin's speech where he was begging everyone to stop sending weapons to Ukraine? lmao
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@Dannyboy16434 Orange man about to live rent free in prison.
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@NoOneElse China is a command economy, not a free market economy. Command economies always fail.
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There's an entire wikipedia article dedicated to the red line Russia has set and have been crossed with no consequences. Please read it before making silly comments.
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According to Russia it gets destroyed months before it even arrives. Even farm equipment counts as military equipment.
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@PeterLamin-pi6rv The US is the second largest manufacturer on earth and is currently going through one of the largest build ups in its history.
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It was the same nonsense with cluster munitions. They launch them at civilian areas then cry when Ukraine receives them.
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There should be a NATO port in Sevastopol.
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@Stronger5386 The whole world isn't fighting Russia. Is that what they tell you on Russian tv?
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@Antiteshmis No it didn't.
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@momosanchez5025 Ukraine was never a full member. You understand that right? You are also twisting his words, he was obviously talking about Ukraine joining Nato.
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@momosanchez5025 Why don't you go ahead and list the countries the US has tried to annex recently.
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@momosanchez5025 Give what back? Japan? Or do you mean North America? Sure once Russia gives back everything outside the Duchy of Muscovy, all of which Russia took. There's a reason everyone is clowning on you in the comments, you post embarrassing nonsense divorced from reality. Come back down to earth bud.
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@iqbalsohel9166 Can't tell if you're being sarcastic but every industrialized country on earth has bio labs.
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They're on their way now, along with one sad lonely tank.
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@authoritariangentleman7570 Zoom the map out. A year dicking around in the Donbas, this is humiliating for the self proclaimed world number 2 army no matter how you try to spin it.
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Putin called Prigozhin a traitor and terrorist and let him go free. This makes Putin appear very weak. It also sends the message that Russia will negotiate with terrorists, we'll see how that plays out.
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Stay away from Ritter if you are under the age of 16.
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@ElenaMou-j8i McGregor has been claiming Ukraine's collapse is imminent since day one of the war. And you can look up what Ritter has been convicted of yourself.
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@duncansmith7562 Were your ancestors related? That would explain a lot about how you process information.
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It's called fashion decadent westoids read a book for once and learn about it.
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@peterlim1972 A dream like the Donbas, Zaporizhia, Crimean, Kherson referendums?
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It's called a gesture of goodwill.
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@ravichitgopkar5304 Iran entered otherwise Russia would have been wiped out. Apparently Russian wants to Surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Someone needs to dig graves for the 72nd Motor Rifle Brigade who were annihilated at Andriivka
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Yuri-uy5mu If Belgorod isn't independent then why does Russia keep bombing it? They voted 99% in favor of independence in a recent referendum.
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Unlike Pizza restaurants bridges are valid military targets.
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@sonofsomerset1695 The Korean war was a stalemate that nobody won.
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@maxlupachov4772 Its been amusing watching your people's excuses for why, after a year an a half, the worlds #2 army cant even take the Donbas.
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@davidandresen8195 It's a common military maxim that you don't open a new front unless you have overwhelming power. You need around 1 million men to take a city like Kyiv, 50000 men won't amount to much isolated on their own. Russia's best shot at attacking from the North was a year and a half ago, and it was a disaster. The northern border now is fortified and mined to eternity.
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@Виктор-КСО Russia began its invasion in 2014, Girkin said as much. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa."
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@Noel-ji8nm Russia is taking four door sedans into battle and using donkeys for logistics. What a great strategy.
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@distinctga5811 What a silly comment. Denmark lost around the same soldiers per capita as the US did, the UK, Estonia and Canada also had comparable per capita losses. The US bungling the operation and wasting trillions on their foolish nation building plan has no bearing on the fact that when they invoked article 5, for the first time in its history, the alliance answered.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You think open fields being less valuable then a city is an opinion? You've gone way off the deep end bud.
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You should only attack military targets, like pizza restaurants.
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@@J.K.W-zx6zv The guy in charge of the idiotic attacks at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain was awarded. Loyalty is valued in Russia, not competence.
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@priapulida There was never any guarantee about NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said there wasn't one. The rest of your timeline is equally imaginary. You really do live in an alternate reality.
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I'm pretty sure she says 'a thousand' I was also confused at first.
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lol, I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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@ИванМартыненко-и3б Who's invading who here genius?
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@codswallop164 According to the UN, Russia has damaged or wholly destroyed at least 630 churches, prayer houses, and other religious facilities in Ukraine, so please come off your high horse. Also the Russian Orthodox church's connection to the KGB is well documented, you could easily look that up yourself instead of making silly comments.
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@livingtribunal4110 Weren't you the guy who said Russia was using golf carts because they used 'regular equipment'?
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@livingtribunal4110 You really can't remember one day ago? In response to one of your comments I asked you: "Unable to make a dent? Why do you think Russia is using golf carts?" And you replied with: "Why use ´game-changers´ when you can use basic equipment?" If you really think Russia is using golf carts because they want to use 'basic equipment' (whatever that means) rather than because they've taken horrific vehicle losses you are completely delusional.
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Has Russia retaken Kursk?
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@joewoodchuck3824 You'd have to ask Russia's online cheerleaders who are frantically trying to deny their presence.
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@ahmedmaeeshmohamed4193 Russia are the aggressors here bud, there would be no casualties, Ukrainian or Russian if they had just stayed home.
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@ibiameze7371 Russia invaded the Donbas, they didn't liberate anyone.
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That was the claim, however they've been shown multiple times to use T54/55's and T62's in an MBT role.
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Has Russia ever thought about what happens when Iran and North Korea stop funding the war? Will they still have this same feeling?
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Are they laughing at the Taliban invading their country?
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Apparently the Russians want to surrender but Iran wont let them. The Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Russia is making marginal gains in one or two locations capitalizing on lack of supplies. that window is closing though.
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All of which have contributed to stopping Russia in the Donbas and influcting massive losses.
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yeah and spending 2% is a triumph, only 2% and you can ensure your safety, historically countries would spend damn near everything on defense
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@redfiend The first army in the world cant even take Avdiivka.
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@linkmeforfun Vietnam is a good example of how you can win almost every battle and still lose the war. The US occupied Afghanistan in a few weeks. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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Yes, if Blinken wants to not look like a fool he should ride around shirtless on horseback.
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dontshootthemessengr-j3i The warmongers are in the Kremlin buddy.
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The draft age is still only 25 in Ukraine. There are still millions of military aged men in Ukraine.
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Been waiting since 2009 for that mythological currency.
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@Yuri-z2y Just like how Kherson was Russia's forever right? Did they plan on staying there forever too?
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@Yuri-z2y Like I've already said, marginal gains at the expense catastrophic losses isn't any sort of victory, except in the minds of the most terminally delusional. If you want to pretend capturing some foresters hut or empty field every other month constitutes some sort of success that's fine. Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@Yuri-z2y At their current pace it should take Russia about two hundred years to take the Donbas, no big deal.
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@ Russia's conventional army is taking lada's and scooby doo vans into battle, and the Black Sea fleet was defeated by a country with no navy.
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@AcidBombYT The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Russia is using penal battalions like its 40k.
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@arturschlegel-ky2wt And in 3 days Russia will parade in Kyiv.
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@JMAC479 It says in Ukraine's constitution that they aren't to hold elections while at war. You understand Ukraine is being invaded right? What country wouldn't enact martial law? Russia hasn't had an actual election in its entire history.
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Get a grown up to explain how the global food market works. Also the EU, US, Canada and Australia are all net food exporters, they don't need Ukrainian grain. its the rising prices that will be detrimental to poorer countries that are already struggling.
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@dpelpal Yes they were more concerned with looking for toilets to loot, also by then a large number of Russian forces were afflicted with acute radiation sickness from digging in at Chernobyl.
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@georgearbaniths7780 Apparently the Russians want to surrender but Iran wont let them. The Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@pnduarte4696 The ship was down by Turkey when it got struck. Its going to be towed all the way to Russia? there's nothing normal about towing functioning ships around, well Admiral Kuznetsov not withstanding, it needs a team of tugs to keep it mobile. Thats because its an engineering disaster, and Russia isn't exactly great at maintaining it.
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The UK alone has given over 1 billion in aid to Yemen since 2015.
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@Alkn24 A failed coup is still a coup, it doesn't change the fact that Wagner tried to take him out. And Wagner isn't operating in Ukraine anymore. No amount of childish emoji spam is going to change reality.
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@dulio12385 Yes the old joke in Japan, and Taiwan is that they are both a turned screw away from a functioning nuclear weapon.
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@Memovox You realize Russia has several failed offensives right?
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@SalliouMoussaIbrahimMadi Nato isn't even fighting buddy.
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@Robert-xy4xi Ukraine has taken more in the past three weeks than Russia has all year. It's been amusing watching Russian mil bloggers melt down over Kursk while Russia's online cheerleaders try to pretend everything is fine.
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@throughput6674 Try holding up a blank sheet of paper in red square.
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@mobilelegend1458 Why can't Russian air defense even defend the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol? They are supposed to have the best air defense on earth right?
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@wolfvale7863 Hopefully Russia gives up on Bilhorod for the sake of peace.
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@madanbisht6 Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army masquerading as a superpower. If Ukraine invaded Moldova then after a year and a half of attrition warfare had to go begging tin pot dictatorships around the globe for ammo it would be a comparable situation.
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Must be low on food.
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@kyalokamina6497 Yeah Russia managed to destroy a bunch months before Ukraine even had any, even farm equipment counts as Leopards.
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@FVBmovies Did you watch the video? It says 20% of front line equipment. A bulk of Ukrainian forces havn't been commited yet.
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@LouisMenotti I wasn't out to prove anything. I was responding to a comment that said there was no evidence Russia would use captured territories to fuel future conquests and I provided evidence to the contrary. You could also use comments from the Russian government saying things like how Russia has no borders and how they want to restore the USSR. Or saying Russia has a "historical right" to areas of northern Kazakhstan. Or how the Baltics "belong to Russia." and "aren't real countries." Or how they threatened Moldova with "Military Scenario" over Transnistria.
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@LouisMenotti Or you could look at Russia's actions in recent history. Like when they invaded Moldova, Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine.
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@dwidimaslego Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. Or do you really think trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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They only reason Russia will tell the truth is if it in some way facilitates another lie.
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@Школьник-э5я You can pretend NATO is there if makes you feel fuzzy inside. If they were really there you'd see overwhelming cruise missile strikes and air dominance.
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This is almost English.
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Read up on how the British parliamentary system works.
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@enginetension What do you mean? Nobody does rolling blackouts like SA.
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@jaimelannister141 Maidan started when Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. The protests started when he refused to give up power, then he fled the country. Maidan is often claimed by Russian apologists to be a coup but it would be the only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. The chances of Ukraine joining NATO was effectively zero, less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join prior to 2014 and multiple NATO countries were opposed to the idea. Russia invaded in spite of Ukrainian neutrality. Want to know another country that considered joining NATO? Russia, should they invade themselves? The primary reason Russia invaded was Ukraine discovered large gas deposits and threated Russia's energy monopoly in Europe.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п The Romans controlled Crimea for a thousand years, and the Greeks before that. things change. Also China historically controlled Manchuria, will Russia return it for the sake of historical ownership? How about the Kuril islands, or what was taken from the Georgians, Fins etc etc.
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@bobgonzales9680 Russia cant even take the Donbas. Ukraine has taken more in the last 7 weeks then Russia has in the previous 10 months.
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@bobgonzales9680 Yeah according to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian army 6 times over, yet they still cant even make marginal gains.
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@bobgonzales9680 Well the Fins and Swedes are joining NATO, after centuries of neutrality all because of Russia's aggressive action.
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@briancarno8837 Russia invaded in 2014, nobody was financing anything prior to that. And every industrialized country on earth has bio labs. You live in an alternate reality.
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Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Its called winning people! Next Russia captures a mid sized town a few miles across the border in just under a year with only 100k casualties, just ignore the flanks collapsing. Next up its trench warfare that never ends, unless Ukraine breaks them with the 1,085 Tanks, 4,185 AFVs, 2,000 HMMWVs and 870 Artillery that they've acquired recently
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Potatoes have risen in price by 40% over the year in Russia. There is now a shortage to pay the trolls.
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There is also a good chance this results in South Korea sending direct aid to Ukraine.
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They've been doing that the entire war, mostly on civilian targets.
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Why do you think Russia bent the knee to Iran and North Korea?
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@farishussein1853 Ukraine hasn't spent the past twenty years parading around as a supposed super power. Ukraine also isn't invading anyone, they are defending an unnecessary and idiotic invasion..
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@Wolfvain-qs5su Wow we have a real life internet military genius here. General you should apply at the Russian MoD, they could use you.
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@Wolfvain-qs5su Who you are is a random internet nobody. Understand?
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Matias D.C Zelensky is 'delaying' the counteroffensive the same way that the last offensive was going to be at Kherson, remember? You should stop taking everything at face value. Or do you think that the Moskva really sank because of high seas, and the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill? You must have missed all the HIMARS strkes yesterday.
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The main goal is to get them to pump more oil.
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@KazimierzSurma You also apparently don't understand how google works, when I copy/paste the quote it's the top result. It took about ten seconds, that is too long for you is it?
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@alberthayward5949 How's the 3 day SMO going?
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ask Armenia what being a Russian ally means.
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InfinitiAlex You don't even need to go that far back. Just the other day at Urozhaine Russian's abandoned their vehicles and threw down their weapons to flee in panic, just to get pounded by artillery at the crossroads. Not sure why Russia kept sending men into the salient instead of just withdraw them like any sane commander would. Some real 'not one step back' vibes. Which didn't work out to well for their hero Mr. Moustache either.
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@araara4746 Two completely different situations, whataboutism isn't a good argument. We already have a two state solution between Russia and Ukraine. The states are called Russia and Ukraine.
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@rob5197 l don't remember any national emergencies in the US that involved a hot dog sales man marching his mercenary army on Washington.
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Iran keeps seizing oil tankers.
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Sure Jimmy. Who is your source in the Ukrainian MoD? As they would be the only ones with those numbers. Or are you just quoting Russia's MoD figures and pretending they are a reliable source?
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@svetlanapomeroy6529 Russia can't even capture the Donbas, get a grip.
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@ЮрийШурыгин-и1и Ukraine is fighing because they dont want to be Russian slaves, the west has nothing to do with it. And if you're looking for cannon fodder look at some videos of Russia's disastrous offensive at Avdiivka.
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Russia is already in terminal demographic decline, this war certainly doesn't help matters.
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@zbigniewp1810 Russia lost 90% of its initial invasion force and cant even take the Donbas.
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Russia is using T54s.
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History didn't start two years ago Manu. Russia has been outspending Ukraine for decades, plus the Soviet stockpiles they can draw from. It will likely take more than a years worth of military spending to defeat them. Considering we are over two years into this war and Russia is still bogged down in the Donbas it seems to indicate things are going about as well as can be hoped for Ukraine.
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@breakfast00club..11 It wasn't a coup, it would be the first successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. What happened was Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. When he refused to call an election the predictable protests started. Nobody said he had to leave the country, he did that on his own accord.
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@@marktwain168 Russia began its invasion in 2014. You should do some research yourself.
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@backsync613 What does that have to do with anything? Russia has stated multiple times that they are fine with Ukraine joining the EU. Maidan started because Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party and he tried to hang onto power. So there were mass demonstrations against him. In what fantasy world does this have anything to do with Russia?
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@Dan-Martin This is a video about Putin begging Ukraine to let Russia win.
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@thusomaepa1852 'Russia fighting against 50 countries' is ultimate level cope.
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@ehombane How about if you dig in around Chernobyl and give yourself acute radiation poisoning?
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Russia already gave up Kherson remember?
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@stevenliew2507 Taiwan's youth unemployment is around 12.44%. China's officially is 21.3% but they cook the numbers to make themselves look good and count unemployment in an odd way. If someone works 1 day in the past month they are counted as fully employed. They also don't count someone currently in school. the real youth unemployment in China is around 40%.
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@dhanyrafael I'm no expert but according to wiki only 4.6% of Moldova are Russians. Even in Transnistria only 29% are Russian.
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@micaiahm1 Russia went with cup in hand to North Korea and iran to beg for more. There has also been a linear decline in ammunition usage by Russia since the start of the war.
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Yuri Most of that was controlled before the Russians invaded, and most of the rest was from the initial shock of the invasion. Ukraine has gained far more then its lost since lines have been established. Russia's performance has been humiliating no matter how you try to spin it. For some reason Russia is gaining T54's and pretending like its not embarrassing.
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@OleDiaBole Russia breached the Budapest memorandum in 2013 when they embargoed Ukraine after Yanukoich tried to sign the European association agreement. They broke it again in 2014 when they invaded Crimea and the Donbas. All the casualties in the Donbas are a result of Russia's invasion. Moreover Ukraine didn't ban Russian language, they chose Ukrainian as its official language, just like how Russia has Russian as its official language. Russian is still widely spoken, Zelensky is a Russian speaker. And no there is nothing in the memorandum about language, it does say that Russia is supposed to uphold Ukrainian sovereignty, which they failed to do.
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@OleDiaBole Furthermore it wasn't a coup, it was the same government in charge after the protests. What really happened was Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement which led to Putin embargoing Ukraine (a violation of the Budapest memorandum) This caused Yanukovich to backtrack, afterwards he was voted out by 100% of parliament including his own party, and when he refused to hold elections the predictable protests started. The protests were for new elections though, not for him to flee the country, he did that on his own accord.
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Would have been nice if they took their own defense and the Russian threat seriously for the past 20 years.
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Prigozhin showing why you don't hire mercenaries.
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@ironorchid Did they discover another ancient map or something?
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@max_out_your_cc Defenders advantage has meant at least 3-1 advantage in every previous war, but yeah this one is different for no good reason. If cameras didn't exist I might agree with you, but there are thousands of videos that expose Russia's less than ideal tactics.
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@MS-jz9ne Thats what they said about Kherson.
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@rodneyagesa1851 Way better then when the Russians were there. I can tell the Russians miss it though as they'll occasionally launch an S-300 at an apartment building or maternity ward for old times sake.
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Russo-japanese war, 1st Chechen war, Afghanistan
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@vaskodimoski5690 yeah with T54's and Scooby Doo vans.
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Russia was hoping they would leave them there so they could take some more pictures and try to pass them off as more Ukrainian losses.
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Pardon?
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@laa9965 That's why the far right party got less then 1% of the vote in the last election right?
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Russia has multiple failed offensives this war, including its current one. Marginal gains in exchange for terrible losses aren't the victory Russia's online cheerleaders pretend it is. In the past 6 months Russia has gained roughly 250 square kilometers. To put this in perspective during Ukraine's "failed" offensive they took 297.7 square kilometers over a shorter duration with fewer friendly casualties.
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@DavidRGD Every country on earth recognizes Ukraine's sovereignty, including Russia.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 What was Russian air defense doing the other day when 100+ soldiers got smoked in Luhansk?
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Crimean war, Japan, Poland, 1st Chechen war, Afghanistan. Russia loses wars all the time.
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@Richking213 Because of Putin's actions Finland and Sweden are joining NATO, later on Ukraine will. Do you understand?
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@ckthegreat100 Also you won't find a single serious historian who wouldn't say the Russian Empire collapsed almost entirely due to ww1 and at the SSR least partially because of Afghanistan in the 90's.
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"So then I said it depends what your definition of 3 days is, jerk. And everyone nodded their heads." - Putin
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@finderskeepers7293 No it was publicly announced though. 3 in total, 1 German, 1 American, 1 Dutch (Though I don't think the Dutch one has arrived yet.) More coming from the US in the future though.
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I expect free and fair elections soon then. I won't hold my breath though.
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Israel roofknocks before striking buildings, which is more warning then the civilians killed by Hamas.
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@somdattsable5540 Russia has that many on paper. Their functioning warheads that are launch ready are much fewer in number. One thing we learned from the START treaty was most of Russia's ICBM's were sitting in silo's filled with water.
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@arostwocents Did Russian state media know the situation when they prematurely announced a retreat from the Kherson region?
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@aiviss.319 left like Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson?
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Волгский Ушкуйник Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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Except the battle of the bulge was a hard fought battle with mass casualties. Ukraine just walked across the border and took a load of prisoners, territory and captured tons of equipment while the Chechens ran away
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The drone came from the east so..
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@Yuri-z2y Actually no, Russia lacks large scale oil storage. Their entire system is set up for fast export. Good job having no idea what you are talking about though.
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@MrBlabax Was this before or after Russia genocided the Crimean Tartars?
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@robwyyi Moot, not mute. There is evidence of Russia forcibly conscripting Ukrainians to fight for Russia. Russia also scores worse then Ukraine on the corruption index.
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@krishnamoorthy3450 you understand Russia controls the NPP right genius?
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@fingerprint8479 The Soviets had ten times the losses and their entire country collapsed. But yeah they were super smart.
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@fingerprint8479 There is a difference between leaving and losing. The Americans left, the Russians lost so hard their entire Empire fell apart.
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Lil Trip Gee I wonder why Russia's neighbors would want to join an alliance opposed to them.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ The whole reason general Popov got fired was he pointed out That Russia was taking terrible casualties, they don't even rotate troops, and they lack ammo and artillery, particularly counter battery.
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@taylorrichardson850 Sarmat has had five tests so far, one success and four failures.
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@r200ti Russia raised taxes and is mass spending on its military. This isn't actual growth, Ukraine has similar numbers if you want to know how useless that metric is.
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lmao, 3 days again?
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@russiandude6454 Ukraine said they would attack Kherson and Russia believed them for some reason. You know, like idiots. So Russia redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson then Ukraine attacked Kharkiv, including capturing Izium the main logistics hub. By some accounts they captured more equipment there then they started the war with. Then they blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and were forced to flee the only major city they'd captured.
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@russiandude6454 Let me guess you think the Moskva sank due to high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill'
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Russia having massive achievements in Bahkmut, for example the 72nd Separate Motor-rifle Brigade just set the human land speed record as they fled in terror from Ukrainian forces.
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@IsraelMilitaryChannel Reality doesn't mean anything to Russia. Declare victory pat themselves on the back, the actual situation on the ground means nothing.
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@sebastianforbes1 Are you trying to set the record for the most foolish posts in a single thread?
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@coasteys Except there was no path for Ukraine to join Nato. Only around 10% of Ukraine's population actually wanted to join prior to Russia's 2014 invasion, the government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms to join. And multiple Nato countries were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chance of joining Nato was effectively zero, it's just a convenient excuse for Russia.
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@kryzzan7039 Did you like Russia's humiliating offensve at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over like morons for no gain?
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@JohnDoe-il7dp Ironic that supposed anti-gay Putin managed to take one of the gayest pictures in human history. (the horseback one)
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Is that why Russian generals Popov and Selivyorstov were both fired after complaining about lack of troop rotation? Why are several new videos released every week by Russians on the front complaining about no troop rotation? Why is there a new protest movement of Russian wives and mothers starting in Russia complaining their husbands and sons aren't being rotated?
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new armored division made up of T-62's, BTR-50 and mad max MTLB
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@EdwardJohns-e8k According to UNICEF Russia damaged or destroyed almost 3,800 educational institutions across Ukraine.
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@leonardodakimchi Russia is using penal battalions like its 40k.
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@WagnerWithShovels The Russian tank crews that were detonated weren't having a fun time.
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@jaygray7102 And we voted him out, as we should have done to Trudeau in the last election.
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@liongordel9088 Which is why Ukraine is using foreign weapons in Russia, just like how Russia is using weapons from Iran and North Korea in Ukraine.
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@dnik1260 “There are no official statistics of how many antiquities were stolen from the Iraqi Museum, and the numbers given are in fact inaccurate and incomplete when looking at the official inventory of the Iraqi Museum’s holdings." Haider Farhan archeology professor at the University of Baghdad. It was Abdul-Razzaq, who previously served as the director of antiquities in the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar, that said much of the theft was by local crooks and artifact thieves. I already said that the US should have done a better job protecting artifacts and preventing looting. Looting is part of Russian culture, the two aren't comparable.
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@springbloom5940 Remember Russia's offensive at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain? And Russia's strategy in the first few months of the war seemed to be, drive as far as you can into Ukraine on a tank of gas then abandon your vehicle to be hauled off by a Ukrainian tractor.
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2 years in Russia goes 'oh i guess we should attack their bombers instead of maternity wards and pizza restaurants.' What military geniuses.
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@sapatsuppa The Donbas an Crimea both voted to remain with Ukraine back in '91. These borders are recognized by every country on earth, including Russia. You of course also ignore that Russia commited genocide on the Ukrainians that lived there and moved in ethnic Russians to replace them.
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You mean competently?
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First it was tanks and IFV's, after that it was Mad Max MTLB's followed by Scooby Doo vans. Now they are using dirt bikes and golf carts, soon they will be using donkey carts. Worlds number two army by the way.
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@StPiter111 The US economy is 20 times that of Russia's, not to mention Europe, and this war is costing Russia much more than it's costing the West.
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@allanm250 Wow NATO annexed Libya and Yugoslavia. I must have missed that. Either that or you have no idea what the word annexed means.
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Imagine getting your flagship sunk by a country with no Navy.
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@pierluigidipietro8097 sure dude, you got a source for that?
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@UkraineNeeds 2014 is when Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
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@ Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. Gains since then have been marginal at best.
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@Xcraigy85X The "dog" was clearly chicken. The cat was eaten by a tweaker from Camden and the geese had been hit by a car and were being carried by a non Haitian. Even JD Vance has admitted it's all made up.
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@margelatu79 A quarter of the fleet has been sunk. The remnants hide in ports as far from Ukraine as possible.
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@dogpoofairy2517 My grandfather had alzheimer's, he could also ramble on for hours. Trump just got finished in Pennsylvania rambling about Arnold Palmers wiener. He is the king of word salad. When asked about child care he gave an answer so incoherent that if someone you loved said anything like that you would immediately take them to the hospital.
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@АлексЛюков Today Russia bravely attacked a children's hospital.
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What air defense doing?
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@pooooornopigeon Good job adding nothing to the conversation.
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@aryank1769 Sorry I dont find T54's and Scooby Doo vans to be very intimidating.
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@aryank1769 You said "Bro that's the last thing Ukraine will do... You don't know the consequences of it. Stop talking like fool.. 😅" regarding taking out the bridge, and That's cleary twaddle as they've taken out the bridge before. so I dont really know wtf you are on about.
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@ragingmonk6080 Putin also said WW2 was caused by Poland. Russia violated the third tenant of the memorandum in 2013 when they embargoed and sanctioned Ukraine for wanting to join the EU association agreement. They violated several more later. The third tenant is: Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
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@Matt-yg8ub There is literally nothing in the Budapest memorandum regarding Ukrainian neutrality. It does however mention Ukrainian sovereignty, which Russia violated.
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@lg2058 Putin's tone changed after he signed a deal with the Oligarchs making him one of the richest men in human history. He was fine with Ukraine joining NATO until it looked like they actually might. Then he changed his tune and said it was ok if Ukraine joined the EU but not NATO "Russia believes that building this common economic space with the EU is in the interests of both Russia and the EU countries and that this will harmonize economic ties. These projects are not in contradiction with the possibility of new members joining the EU, including Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said he considers that if Ukraine were to join the EU this would be a positive factor." Of course when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement Putin changed his mind again and embargoed Ukraine and closed the border, violating the Budapest memorandum and setting off a chain of events that would see to their invasion of Ukraine, of course Putin swore they would never invade Ukraine, but it's tough to keep up with the mind of a compulsive liar.
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WLADIMIR0809 Yeah its be devastating for NATO, so far they've taken a grand total of 0 casualties. Refer to Desert Storm if you want to know what it would look like if NATO was actually involved. NATO involvement is just something Russians tell themselves to spare them the embarrassment of getting smoked by their weaker and smaller neighbor.
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@Dude0000 Like how they had more manpower and equipment when they lost to Afghanistan? Were they objectively winning then?
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@RyanRoberson-gc1op It started in 2014 when Russia began its invasion.
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Falling off a cliff, hyperinflation on the horizon.
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@mickser101 Like it or not this is publicly available information from the Russian Labour Ministry
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A peace deal was already drawn up but Putin said he'd fight Wagner until the last Russian.
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@njaalsturlasson2351 This is normal for terrorists.
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At the EU price cap, resulting in a net loss for Russia.
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@frenchpotato5661 Do you think spamming the same comment in every thread will make everyone think you are a real person?
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Russia's gains over the past year can be described as marginal at best. Their losses on the other hand have been catastrophic.
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@TheMechas56 Is that why Russia is dusting off the T-54/55's, they want to style on the Ukrainians?
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Except the Red Army was making massive gains, Russia's gains have been marginal at best. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, which is about the same amount it occupied 2.5 years ago. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. Russia has taken almost nothing since.
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@springbloom5940 Even the Russian army didn't think they would attack which is why they were so poorly prepared.
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Its called karma. All Russia has to do is go home and the war is over.
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@UkraineNeeds Have you been spamming the same dumb comment since 2014?
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@attilamarics3374 Ukraine does have problems with corruption but they rank higher then Russia on the corruption index, and they are trending in the right direction. Meanwhile Russia is more corrupt and trending in the wrong direction.
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I'm sure they'll be in Kyiv in 3 days.
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@livingtribunal4110 You realize Russia has multiple failed offensives this war right?
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@gfys756 The US occupied Afghanistan for 20 years while the Taliban hid in caves. We also know how Russia's foray into Afghanistan went, they got smoked so hard their whole country collapsed.
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@livingtribunal4110 There was also Murz who said Russia lost a minimum of 16k KIA in four months trying to take Avdiivka. Russia's own deputy minister of defense said that Russia has 50k MIA.
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@livingtribunal4110 There are multiple osint groups. They all agree Russia is taking terrible losses, feel free to deny photographic evidence if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. And Oryx does still update, I'm not sure why you feel compelled to make stuff up. You can also follow Andrew Perpetua who does daily recaps of photographic evidence.
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@livingtribunal4110 Oh and there is also the issue of Russia's rapidly emptying depots. Though last time I brought that up you embarrassingly tried to pretend there was a secret hidden army somewhere just waiting to pounce. Just ignore all the golf carts and ladas on the front.
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@Bird_McBride How do your ramblings have anything to do with Russia's embarrassing retreat from Kyiv?
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@Bird_McBride What on earth are you twaddling on about?
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From Pizza restaurants?
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@bugsywugsy5052 I dont think you understand the difference between retreating and leaving.
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@ordavis do you really think annexing territory makes a country non interventionist? Tibet and Xinjiang weren't part of China when they were annexed. China has had a conflict with Vietnam for thousands of years, not a 'brief conflict'. It continues into modern day where China tries to claim Vietnam's territorial waters as its own.
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@ordavis China has spent a lot more time broken apart than united, pretending they have claims on territory until the end of time is idiotic. It would be like if Italy invaded France and you tried to pretend they weren't being expansionists. Or Russia's invasion of Ukraine if you prefer. What happened was China invaded Tibet, the 'agreement' as you call it occured after China's invasion. They then moved in millions of Han Chinese, effectively making the Tibetan's a minority in their own country. Calling it an 'agreement' is absurd. Previous Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen said China must 'face reality' of Taiwan's independence. Lai Ching Te is another nationalist. Taiwan has been de facto independent for almost a century. I'm not sure where you get your information from, this is the problem with revisionist history. China is the only country in the SCS setting up Islands in other countries EEZ's and preventing them access to their own territory. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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@bryandimery6509 You left out the part where bigfoot teleported down from its spaceship and vaporized innocent Russians with his laser vision.
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@donofon1014 Youtube was slowed down in Russia.
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@ОльгаБорисовна-щ3д Yes Russian deaths. What do you think weapons are for? If they are tired of dying they can always go home.
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idk, how long can you stand to copy/paste the same comment in every video.
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@Beppe-bt2sn Nobody asked your opinion either, try not to cry ok.
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@Beppe-bt2sn What?
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@pilotmanpaul the cream of the Russian army was lost early in the war, they ARE using the monkey models
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Russia's been trying to take Avdiivka for about nine years now. What a plan.
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A small city per year in exchange for catastrophic losses isn't exactly a winning strategy.
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@bendikkirkbakk1833 And he's come full circle and delivered them to chaos and misery.
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Tyt Xlx Australia had the gall to suggest we should investigate the origins of Covid and China threw a tantrum and banned most trade with them. Though they would still buy Australian goods just from third parties at an inflated price.
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I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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Is the CIA in the room with you right now?
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@DynoGreen313 Nobody attacked Russia. They are the aggressors.
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@DynoGreen313 Russia also said Poland started WW2. Their insane opinion can be discarded.
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What else can Russia do? They could go home ending this idiotic war and act like a normal country.
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Glory to the Belgorod people's republic. May they live free from the Russian Reich.
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@DoubleDogDare54 damaged it by taking out a road span that took months to repair, and the rail link that took even longer to fix yeah. Or do you think Ukraine is going to vaporize the entire span? its over 18km long.
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@claus-not-santa Russia can't even take Kharkiv buddy. Do you really think Russia wants to risk taking on Nato?
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@mercadorodriguezgerson3549 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO so your argument makes no sense. Even if that wasn't the case Ukraine is a sovereign country they can decide to do whatever they want without Russia's permission.
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That's because Muscovy has proven itself to be shockingly inept its difficult to take them seriously anymore.
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@bryandimery6509 What on earth are you talking about? Russia cant even take the Donbas and its a few hours by car from Moscow. They also retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson In what copium fueled fever dream is that a decisive victory? Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed, same with WW1, they almost collapsed after the Russo-Japanese war. Losing a war and complete collapse is the story of Russia, maybe you should read some history.
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All Russia does is refurbish tanks T-72 and hilariously enough T-62's and T-54/55's though far fewer then 1500 a year. Russia produces somewhere between 0-1 tanks a year aka the T-14 Armada which is a complete disaster.
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@ahmedkara8447 Do you understand the difference between the word's refubished and produced? T14 not being produced in large numbers is an understatement, they are a total boondoggle that doesn't work. The T-72 can't even reverse saying it's an 'effective main battle tank' is silly. Furthermore tank barrels aren't designed for the high volume of fire required from artillery platforms and hauling out some rotting T62's is nothing but humiliating no matter how you look at it, not to mention the T55's.
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@tomhern5463 Sure but you dont usually expect a 40 mile convoy sitting around for weeks waiting for supply while tractors haul off your equipment.
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@AK-qe3pz Remember when Russia tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards?
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Prigozhin has all sorts of hilarious wigs and disguises, who knows where he's at. Stay tuned for more where in the world is Yevgeny Prigozhin. Bonus search for Gerasimov and Surovikin.
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@davemccrillis1470 Which is about two million less than the two million Russia caused.
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@davemccrillis1470 Feel free to look up the estimates for civilian casualties in Mariupol instead of posting foolish comments here.
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd 2014 is when Russia invaded.
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@Mr.Clownensky Imagine invading your poor neighbor then getting dragged in to WW1 style trech warfare that never ends.
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@boota1979 Is Ad hominem your method of coping?
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@Yodaploks Also maybe you could use your massive powers of observation to see that you are doing the exact same thing you accuse me of doing. Why don't you address any of the points I've made in this thread instead of just insulting me? I asked another poster for any evidence China had said what he claimed, so far he has been silent.
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It has the same radar cross section as an F18.
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@michaelotieno6524 Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard Shevardnadze also said there was no promise regarding NATO. Like I said all that we have is hearsay on the internet.
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There were no trouble in the Donbas before Russia invaded in 2014
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Another final warning from China.
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@marksnyder8022. Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy in their 'gesture of goodwill' to focus on the Donbas remember? and a year later they STILL cant take the Donbas. they've also lost Kharkiv and Kherson since then.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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Its not easy taking out a dam, The Ukrainians spent a month firing HIMARS at the Antonivskyi bridge and still couldn't take it out. You either need a huge warhead, larger then Ukraine has, Sustained fire for a long time (which didn't happen.) Or you pack it with explosives, which Russia did.
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@nenadmitrovic3469 Russian hydrocarbon export revenue is down 90% since the start of the war. They banned refined product exports because of fuel shortages. The Ruble is in the toilet and they are going through one of the worst demographic collapses in history. Chinese real estate (30% of their economy) and exports (20% of their economy) are both falling off a cliff. Internal consumption is way down and they are they are undergoing a demographic collapse even worse then Russia's. But sure, their economies are booming. Just ask them.
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@Jogi_77 What do you mean if? Look at a map.
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@Interglacial_optimist Yes America probably isn't upset at Russia's economy imploding. Though I'm sure they would have preferred if Russia hadn't started this foolish war and had just continued business as usual.
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@Warrior-lt1kc You didn't watch the Tucker interview did you?
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Russia just has to go home and the war would be over.
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Just remember China has a treaty with Ukraine to protect them from nuclear aggression, let that sink in.
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@Realist369 Like how Russia begging Iran and NK?
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Yeah you said 50k Ukrainians lost in Kursk in a previous post, I'm still waiting on a source for that.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Sure bud.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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@kkkoooii Georgia didn't attack Russia, or Finland or Poland or Moldova or a dozen other countries they attacked. Is there a point to your whataboutism?
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@agent3268 Amazing to see Russia attack a target thats not an apartment building or maternity ward.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Three days after the war began, he said "The battle in eastern Ukraine is really almost over," and predicted "If Ukraine don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them."
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@jabbadabbajew6035 In his second appearance, he revised his prediction: "The first five days Russian forces I think frankly were too gentle. They've now corrected that. So, I would say another 10 days this should be completely over."
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@mysticnovelbro Zoom the map out bud, at Russia's current pace they might have a chance at taking the Donbas in a century or two. How many golf carts and dirt bikes do you think it will take?
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Yes, we should have reacted in 2008 when they invaded Georgia the same way we are reacting now. Or probably sooner when they invaded Chechnya.
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@AbrahamCasillas-t3o There are multiple videos using them in frontal assaults. And no, its a completely idiotic idea.
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No more canned water soup.
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Shoigu (who's a reindeer herder by trade) failed upwards from corrupt Minister of Defense to corrupt Secretary of Security. What happened to (former?) Putin ally Patrushev is a mystery, though he's expected to avoid open windows for the foreseeable future.
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@nsevv lol yep, next up they'll be begging some military juntas in Africa for whatever scraps they can spare.
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@SAapproves Ukraine has regained over 50% of territory once occupied by Russia, wtf are you talking about? as for Russia, hydrocarbon revenue is down over 70% since the start of the war, they had to stop export of refined products because of fuel shortages and price hikes in Russia, the Ruble is in the toilet and they're begging Iran and North Korea for scraps. But sure, things are going great, just ask them.
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Maxus Lorenzo Chinas claimed GDP is, Chinas actual GDP is 20-50% lower then their make believe number. And by country Chinas top trading countries are the US and its allies. 1 United States 759.4 2 South Korea 362.2 3 Japan 357.4 4 Taiwan 319.7
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How many S400's to down some fisher price drones headed to the Kremlin?
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@Dude0000 Also its 'Seems', 'Seams' is a line along which two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article. You need to work on your English spelling if you expect people to take you seriously while you parrot Kremlin talking points.
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@s0ycapitan Was her photo op as bad as trampling on the graves of service members to give a thumbs up, assaulting a cemetery employee in the process?
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@321thach NATO is a defensive alliance, there is no mechanism for them to attack Russia. though tbh if Russia didn't have nukes they probably would.
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* Russia has retaken around 40% of Kursk, this number has remained unchanged for months * Russia continues to make marginal gains in exchange for horrific losses. * Russia can't even take the Donbas, the thought of them fighting NATO is laughable. And no NATO isn't in Ukraine.
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@simbarashemangandu9176 How many years of junta rule before Africa stops blaming the west for all their problems?
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Because they aren't threats, just inane talking points for a credulous Russian public.
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Goes to show what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@williamalexander9485 "According to United Nations experts, in less than a year Islamic State–affiliated groups doubled the territory they control in Mali. In early September 2023, suspected jihadists killed scores of people in the country. In Sudan, violence involving security forces, other armed groups, and rival ethnic communities persisted in many parts of the country throughout 2022. This violence culminated in a widespread conflict between two of the forces behind the coup, the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, in April 2023. The conflict has led to thousands of civilian deaths, the displacement of millions, and a humanitarian crisis. Despite a robust military air campaign and mass recruitment for the civilian defense forces, dozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed by suspected rebels in Burkina Faso, which also faces the worst humanitarian crisis in its history."
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@williamalexander9485 Russia can't even prevent an IS attack in Moscow despite forewarning.
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The Putin that went looks like he's from Mongolia.
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The water was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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@dpelpal Collapsing just like the Ruble. At least potato prices in Russia are strong, they are up 40% since the beginning of the year.
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Yeah a large portion of the Black Sea fleet has already been sunk, and the remnants are hiding in ports as far from Ukraine as they can get.
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The battle of the bulge was a hard battle resulting in massive German casualties. The Ukrainian's have just waltzed in almost unopposed, the Chechens fled at the sight of Ukrainians and the conscripts surrendered at first contact.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia shot down 2 of its own helicopters and two of its own jets today, does this apply to the US?
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@gaetanlizotte1957 Calm down little buddy.
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@whonextinhiphop Why do you think this years parade was nothing but cadets? (oh and a lonely tank)
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Nobody understands what you are trying to say.
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@robertatkins9419 Nope, there wasn't really. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join Nato, moreover there were multiple Nato countries opposed ot the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining Nato was effectively zero. want to know what other country thought about joining Nato? Russia, should they invade themselves to protect themselves from Nato?
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@prandomable The Chinese and Russians do that.
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About a quarter was sunk and the remnants cower in ports as far from Ukraine as possible. This is public knowledge.
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@babadook-qr6pv The President of the US has relatively limited power.
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@deesmith6363 Oh so the Russian talking point that was completely made up. Ukraine didn't even have 50k troops in Kursk. Also they are nowhere close to being encircled, two seconds looking at a map would tell you this.
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@АртемАртем-л4э There was no NATO pledge, even Gorbachev said as much. It only existed in Putin's fantasies.
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@williamalexander9485 Still a far superior candidate to the convicted felon.
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@vlhc4642 Mass terrorism is why Israel invaded the west bank to begin with. You can read Hma's founding charter if you want to know what their objective is.
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@nukiolbartes6279 Ah whataboutism, literally the only argument Russians make.
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@SergioK111 All western countries have taken combined zero casualties. Russia's lost half its army and cant even take Avdiivka.
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@livingtribunal4110 You have to do something really dumb to get charges like that to stick, like confess on TV like Putin did.
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@livingtribunal4110 The war crime of unlawful deportation of children and that of unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). This is a war crime no matter how you try to spin it bud.
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@Bird_McBride It also limits the countries he can travel to, he couldn't even go to SA for the Brics Summit. Not that he would leave his bunker anyways.
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@livingtribunal4110 Putin confessed to the crimes on television bud, that's the only reason he was charged. That's the literal purpose of the ICC and ICJ. You aren't making any sense.
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@sham27007 Russia's production is taken into account for the 18 months figure. Close to 90% of all Russian 'production' is the refurbishment of old Soviet stock.
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@1776stubborn With that money he can afford to defame Jean Carroll a few more times.
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@s0ycapitan Two hundred thousand Russian's have fled from the Kursk region.
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Ukraine was neutral in 2014 when Russia began its invasion. Discussion of rapprochement with NATO didn't start until 2019, five years after Russia invaded. Even then chances of Ukraine getting in with its circumstances was almost zero. Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe.
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@magnumxlpi No he's been paraded out a few times to do nothing with a slack mouthed expression looking rather beleaguered. I'd guess Gerasimov is either a double or that fellow underwent some sudden and serious cognitive decline.
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@sherrysnyder4195 History? Like the fact that Russia suffers catastrophic humiliation in a majority of the wars it fights? Or history like how Russia collapsed twice during the 20th century, 3 times if you count 1905.
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A brigade consists of a few battalions and anywhere from 3000 to 5000 soldiers. Though in Ukraine it can range from 1000 to 8000 depending on which type of brigade it is.
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@ashfield1425 Is it your goal to leave an idiotic comment in every thread?
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@louisebean9428 Possibly, but at least any successor will be able to call this "Putin's war." And have the ability to withdraw. Putin's life depends on continuing the war so as long as he's in power there's no hope of it ending
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@thalentekhuluse2829 The Moskva sank on high seas and the Kyiv retreat was a 'gesture of goodwill'.
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@ferry602 The supposed worlds number 2 army cant even take the Donbas. All Ukraine has gotten from the US is around 4% of its annual budget, mostly in the form of old stock destined for the scrap yard.
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@poppystars9005 Russia was supposed to remove its forces from Ukraine and withdraw support for the rebels, among other things it failed to implement. Russia violated Minsk on day one, of course there would be no Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas
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My god man Russia cant even take the Donbas, get a grip.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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@attiestone How do you not understand what is happening? If Putin refuses Zelensky can no longer be labeled as the one who doesn't want peace, that distinction will belong to Putin. Aid from the US will continue and possibly increase. If Putin accepts the ceasefire that won't be the case. Do you understand?
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It's a compilation...
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So why are you here? You just wanted to support them with the algorithm by leaving a comment?
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@ryder_thompson He's trying to pretend that decades or more of brutal Russian occupation didn't occur.
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@Mr.Clownensky Look up mobik meat cubes.
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@lofty9999 Some sympathetic countries send some old gear to Ukraine. Russia "WeRe FiGHtInG ThE WorLD"
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@davemccrillis1470 Yes in the past 2.5 years the percentage of occupied territory in Ukraine has surged from 18% all the way to 18%.
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Yuri Zelensky doesn't wear ridiculous platform shoes. Putin is an insecure little man.
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Yes thats why they stopped firing missiles for about 8 months, to rebuild their stockpile. they also begged some from North Korea.
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@ubermind-tim I think his comment went over your head.
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@clownN.N who own's Russia 1 tv? You can just search the quotes, they aren't top secret.
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@Ken-er9cq True, they are the masters of doublespeak.
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@naga2015kk His constituents, then his party elected him PM. Read up on how the UK parliamentary system works if you want.
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@Ali-su5so On 16 July 2019, the European Parliament took a vote on the proposal by the European Council and elected Von der Leyen with 383 votes (374 votes needed)
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"you are a terrorist and a traitor." 1 day later "you are free to go."
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ There were two Chechen wars genius. Russia was humiliated in the first and the same was happening in the second until Kadyrov turned coat. Now Russia gets to pay 80-82 percent of Chechnya's annual budget to keep them from rebelling. And I'm not sure if you've noticed but the Chechens have been absent from the battlefield since 2022, who knows what Russia is even paying for.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ The USSR repaid $674 million of the $11–15 Billion worth of lend-lease support it received. The only country that received lend-lease and repaid their entire debt was Britain. That's also completely irrelevant to the point that was made, which was that Russia would have lost without western support. Russia paying back, or in reality failing to pay back lend lease is completely immaterial to the effect it had on the war.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Did you actually read my initial post? I say exactly what the cost of each lost war was, it ranged from civil war to complete collapse.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Yeah there's only been one attempted coup so far this war, no big deal. Russia is stable until it isn't. Russia collapsed twice during the 20th century, almost a third time in 1905. Total collapse is a normal event for Russia. Also why are you capitalizing random words?
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Chechens are being used as blocking troops, they aren't on the front. And if you want to see something really hilarious check out Russia's GDP per capita.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ You can tell someone has no idea how economies work when the bring up purchasing power parity.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Hydrocarbons were 40% of all Russia's government revenue prior to the war, this has collapsed by almost 70%, and this is before Ukraine started destroying all your refineries. Most of that revenue is in the form of Rupee's and Yuan, which is almost useless for Russia. Interest rate are at a punishing 16% to try to keep inflation in check, inflation in Russia is almost 3x higher than it is in the US. Most of the US inflation is because the US is currently undergoing the fastest industrialization in its history, including WW2. The automotive sector is falling apart. Supply chains were severed, output collapsed and exports plummeted. The Ruble is hardly worth the paper its printed on. It would have fallen off the chart entirely if the state hadn't initiated strict monetary controls. All Russian corporations were forced to sell their foreign reserves and buy Rubles to prop it up, the state did the same. This is something that can only be done once. Any 'growth' seen in Russia is because Russia raised VAT taxes, that is all spent on the war though, not something that generates revenue. If you want to know what Russia's economic future looks like look no further than your neighbor North Korea.
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@Caleb-143iyk Afghanistan is also on the Russian border...
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@patrickcowan8701 Thanks for the whataboutery. Go ahead and list all the countries the US have annexed recently. And yeah exactly soldiers are not reporters.
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@annmariedeignan2596 There is a literal warrant out for Putin's arrest bud.
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@annmariedeignan2596 He confessed on television little buddy. Is being forced to listen to the Russian national anthem four hours a day part of the summer camp? Some of the kidnapped children have been rescued and their testimony is shocking. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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@Phase you mean interfering in their internal affairs? When Wagner loots the Mali treasury is that considered aiding them?
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@rogerwilco5918 Anything he doesn't like he considers a lie.
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@dpelpal lol yep that's the one. It was hard to watch.
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@joebish6629 Because Ukraine asked for help from the US, nobody asked Russia to be there.
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@MaxIlIlI They were there just incase a fire or something really started. They didn't want to actually cause damage.
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You guys have been saying that for a year and a half. Find new material.
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Yes, beware mighty Russia with its golf cart and dirt bike assault force.
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Marginal gains. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, which is about what it occupied 2.5 years ago. Including Crimea and the areas of Donetsk most of which were occupied in 2014 and the opening days of the 2022 invasion. Since then Russia has occupied next to nothing.
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@livingtribunal4110 This isn't tik tok kid, use your words don't just spam emojis.
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@stu281 Russia is attacking in multiple areas. What an idiotic statement.
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@stu281 Ukraine takes fewer casualties and more ground "Look at the failed offensive." Russia taking more casualties and less ground "Its active defense." What a fool.
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@rogerthat4545 Probably the same source that counts destroyed farm equipment as leopards.
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After three years Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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Trump doesn't even understand what tariffs are.
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@sergeikhripun Read all the charges bud, don't just cherry pick your favorite parts. Blogger Gonzalo Lira is in custody for violating Article 436-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code justifying Russian aggression against Ukraine. In particular, Lira publicly justified Russia’s attack on Ukraine, denied Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and mass killings of civilians in Bucha and other cities, revealed the location and identities of Western journalists and the Ukrainian military.
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Russia is using golf carts and ladas on the front.
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@springbloom5940 I'll repeat because I guess reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Why, with no targets left does Russia lose ground every day? What is your source for it being said Russia will run out of fuel and ammo and have to withdraw? keeping in mind that Russia did withdraw from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson.
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@yougetaspear7799 I answered higher up but. Russia claimed Ukraine were using bio-engineered mosquitos, along with trained migratory birds to attack Russia along with other nonsense.
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@abrahamdozer6273 His source is 'trust me bro.' Just more Russian bot duplicity.
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@НиколайВ-п9н A majority of them voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN.
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@lilacer6841 I don't get why you wouldn't do a google search before posting foolish comments. Feb 21, 2024 — Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday claimed that Krynky, a small riverside village situated on the left bank of the Dnipro River ...
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@Chuck_Hooks Or as the Chinese call them S-300's with a coat of paint.
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@matthewcampbell5373 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 As I said according to photographic evidence Russia has managed to lose more then Ukraine during Ukraine's offensive. Maybe you should take that into account before posting more nonsense.
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@Sherlock_17 lmao, pretty scary bud. isn't it time to take your meds?
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@mrjerzheel To date there is still only evidence of 2 destroyed Leopards from that ambush a week ago. (one was a mobility kill and has been recovered) Or are you including farm equipment and wooden decoys?
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Some people still think one day you'll post a different comment. But every day you show up and post the same silly one.
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Yuri Kharkiv was under manned because Ukraine said they were going to attack Kherson and Russia took them at face value. You know, like morons. So Russia redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson then Ukraine rolled up Kharkiv like a burrito (including capturing Izium the main logistics hub with an absolute mountain of equipment). Then they blew the bridges at Kherson so the Russians couldnt be supplied and were forced to flee from there also.
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@dalecrocker3213 I'm pretty sure that there must by now be a strong feeling in Russia that this just isn't worth it - and perhaps never was. Putin and his cronies can't admit this of course, but there must be some people there smart enough to realize that the best way out is do what Zelensky asked for in the first place - and leave Ukraine.
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Cool story Ivan. Do you remember the last two Ukrainian offensives where they folded the Muscovites up like laundry, i bet you were huffing copium prior to them also.
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@Dr.Mabuse44 Is 2014 when you stopped taking your meds?
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@Bird_McBride What a silly comment.
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@Andygb78 these are just little green men, likely they are just locals who want freedom after being bombed by Russia so often. You can get any of that kit at an army surplus store.
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Oh did they capture another foresters hut? Zoom the map out bud, Russia's gains for the past two years can be described as marginal at best.
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@fraudexposed5486 Oh I'm aware. He was in disguise and was killed in Rafah attempting to flee Gaza with a bag full of cash.
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Well Wagner proved that defense in Russia is minimal. They took Rostov in a couple hours and were almost at Moscow and all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway.
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@taramichellepagan The last times Republicans controlled the executive branch and both houses and the courts was in 1928, and the US enacted the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act and sunk into the Great Depression within a year.
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@petakarini7567 *know Why don't you go ahead and list all of BRICS accomplishments instead of just making childish insults.
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Because this isn't Star Wars. The only emp weapon we have to date are nuclear weapons.
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is that the same universe that Kyiv fell in 3 days?
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Appeasement is.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk Cool story, doesn't change the fact that over 85% of global trade is in USD. The only real competitors are the Euro and the Yen. Yuan makes up less than 3% of global trade. And no duh the % of USD of total economic activity is shrinking overal. Small developing countries grow much faster overall then the gigantic US economy. Oh and pretty much all those countries still use USD as their reserve currency.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk What about the Russian empire? Or are you saying that Russia has only existed since the 90's then in that case why do they claim Ukraine is part of Russian territory? The Russian Federation fancies themselves the successors of the Soviet Union. Pretending otherwise is silly.
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Apparently the Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@TVTruther Russia wishes it didn't lose Kherson.
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@alexnderrrthewoke4479 Russia will launch the occasional Kinzhal at an apartment building or maternity ward but they aren't having a large effect on the Battlefield. Those also aren't hypersonic the way most people envision, they are Tochka missiles launched from a MIG-31. America has had things like it since the '60's they just don't build them because the aren't cost effective. Its debatable whether Russia has hypersonic maneuverable missiles.
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@ravichitgopkar5304 Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@andygousev1380 Taliban busy raiding the Iranian border.
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@chrismalcomson7640 Um no, they seized illegal oil. Cops aren't 'stealing' drugs when they do a drug bust. Its just what happens when you commit illegal acts.
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@lelmath There's nothing he said that isn't true though, dry your eyes. "Russia has reportedly attempted to get back some of the weapons it has exported to countries such as Pakistan, Egypt, Belarus and Brazil, in order to boost its arsenal for the ongoing war with Ukraine."
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@gorgthesalty Afghanistan had a lot less and the USSR was much more powerful then the Russian Federation and they beat Russia so hard their whole country collapsed.
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@karhutitan No, modern Finland only gained its independence just over a hundred years ago, Finland existed long before that. This is basic history.
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Russia isn't doing well on the battlefield so they fight harder in the comments.
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@БарсуковаГалина-э1п What a strange fantasy world you live in. Feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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How's that 3 day smo working out? Oh.
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@s0ycapitan They took around half of one percent of Ukraine last year bud, and paid a terrible price for it. So not likely, but keep the dream alive though.
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$$$ Gee what could the reason be. $$$
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@ViceCoin NATO has taken a grand total of 0 casualties whereas Russia has lost half its army trying to take the Donbas, not sure wtf you are talking about.
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@Vitaly Piatov Russia invaded in 2014 are you on glue?
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Their constituents voted them in and their party elected them PM. Read up on how the British Parliamentary system works if you want.
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Russian mil bloggers say they are there, Russian medical staff say they are treating NK wounded. We have done footage of reported NK troops using tactics that are completely different to the ones we've seen Russia use. And now we have captured NK troops speaking with a NK accent. Someone certainly does need to apply their critical thinking skills.
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Well except when the Afghans and the Chechens did it.
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@paulpaisley5291 *You're Also your comment makes no sense, try to get some sleep little buddy.
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@paulpaisley5291 Whatever helps you sleep at night.
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@donsurlylyte It's appeasement in disguise.
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@Tha3rdworldghost And Germany captured Stalingrad?
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Yeah like when Iraqi assets were seized and given to Kuwait and nobody cared.
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@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier Let me know when the worlds number 2 army manages to take the Donbas, they've only been trying for 9 years now I wont hold my breath.
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Yeah expect Russia to launch an S-300 at an apartment building or maternity ward some time soon.
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Not sure how you put a positive spin on being convicted of a sex crime.
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@logansolares3699 The video of farm equipment Russia released and tried to pass off as Leopards? Or the Video of the wooden decoys being destroyed that the Ukrainians on the ground mocked the Russians saying they would count them as Leopards? (which they did) Or the blatant photoshop of a Russian T80 they tried to pass off as a Leopard? Or Russia taking pictures from different angles of the same ambush from a week ago to try to pass it off as different events? What am I supposed to provide a source for? Tanks not destroyed? You cant prove a negative, according to Oryx, and all the evidence I've seen to date only 2 Leopards are destroyed. I guess if you dont like that you can cry some more.
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Wagner announced months ago that they had Bakhmut surrounded.
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@ As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 or the opening days of 2022, gains since have been marginal at best.
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@dano9008 You can read the bill yourself if you want to avoid making idiotic comments in the future.
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@louishoff2110 Russia is currently doing a pretty good job proving that NATO is still necessary.
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@chrism415 Meanwhile, in reality Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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@david15960 Zelensky acknowleged desertion is an issue, just like how it is for Russia. He never said anything about the number. The 1700 French trained deserters story came from a single social media post that was posted by a guy who heard it happened from a friend of a friend.
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@georgethompson4283 Off the top of my head he said he would never invade Ukraine. He also said he would never change the constitution allowing him to be president for life. He said ww2 was Poland's fault and the molotov-ribbentrop pact was made to protect Czechoslovakia. Its constant lies from that guy.
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@kensuz A completely baseless claim. You realize just saying something doesn't make it true right?
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@kensuz Do you know how training works? Americans don't have magical powers.
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I thought Ukraine losing a handful of western vehicles meant the war was over. Just ignore Russia retreating through their own minefields.
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@jeffhedrich3551 A trade organization with no trade agreements. Good idea. CUSMA has North American Defense Ministerial, and NATO, the EU has the treaty of Lisbon and NATO. And I have no idea what the PPP is supposed to be, do you mean the CPTPP? If so there's the The Five Power Defense Arrangements
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@jeffhedrich3551 And what BRICS is trying to become varies depending on which member you ask. They have yet to have any formal agreements, trade or otherwise.
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@jeffhedrich3551 They've been laying the groundwork for 15 years now, and still have accomplished nothing. Every year it's the same, they have a meeting, sign no agreements and the internet cheerleaders all congratulate each other with nothing accomplished.
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@jeffhedrich3551 The reason anyone is interested in joining is because there is no obligations, as soon as there is, like there is in every other organization that wants to actually sign agreements, countries will leave in a minute. So you can talk about replacing every organization on earth all you like but they still haven't taken the first step. Let me know when they sign any sort of treaty, or do anything other than talk.
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@jeffhedrich3551 It's also funny how you went from "it’s a trade organization." to "replacing virtually every western organization including the who." You could get either answer depending on which brics member you asked, no wonder you like them. Regardless though they haven't signed any deals advancing them towards being either a trade organization or some world altering organization that causes a paradigm shift in geopolitics. All they are is a social club that does nothing but talk, and talk is cheap.
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Isn't that exactly what Putin did?
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@187Rajah Why don't you go ahead and post a link that says otherwise, be forewarned if you send me to Ertugrul Apakanglava's report I'm going to laugh in your face. He's the one typically quoted by you guys unfortunately he wasn't even in Ukraine until after Russia's sham referendums.
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@187Rajah The Russian Federation initially denied that these were Russian military forces, but on 17 April 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin finally confirmed the presence of the Russian military. Furthermore, numerous sources, including Russian state media, have confirmed that the "little green men" were a mix of operatives from the Special Operations Forces and various other Spetsnaz GRU units. It likely also included paratroopers of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade of the VDV, and Wagner Group military contractors. You have no idea what you are talking about. Or maybe you do and are just a liar. I suppose its also possible you have no idea what you are talking about and are also a liar.
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@dpelpal haha from "Kyiv in three days" to "actually T54 is good at indirect fire"
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Yuri I see Yuri is here to get his daily potato.
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Well its hard to believe the self proclaimed world #2 army is unironically using T54's and Scooby Doo vans, but here we are.
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@margelatu79 lol, no.
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@ According to then governor of Kharkiv, Dobkin, Yanukovych had intended to make his stay in Kharkiv look like "just another presidential inspection tour" and according to Dobkin, "was desperate to make it look like he wasn't running away".Yanukovych asked Dobkin to "pick out a few factories for me to visit"; the director of state owned Turboatom declined even to take his call. Dobkin met Yanukovych at Kharkiv International Airport after midnight. Dobkin's impression of Yanukovych during this meeting was "a guy on another planet". According to the Ukrainian State Border Service, Yanukovych tried to flee Ukraine via a charter flight from Donetsk, but was stopped by border guards. Yanukovych later stated that Russian forces helped Yanukovych fly to Russia via Crimea on 24 February.
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@jaimelannister141 According to the Russian MoD itself they shot down all missiles and all casualties were a result of falling debris.
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Then why did Putin and company announce on TV that they were doing it?
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Russia was traumatized by farm equipment early in the war, that's why they try to claim it whenever they can. Same reason they tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards a while back.
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I'll remember him as taking one of the gayest pictures in human history despite being supposedly anti-gay. (the horseback one)
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All while it's flanks collapse.
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@haithamgharibjumamuhammeda9651 America didn't get defeated in Afghanistan though, they occupied it for 20 years and the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban.
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It was just announced that Putin won't be going to SA, big surprise. Did anyone realistically expect him to leave his bunker?
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@aladeobafemi6424 "what I mean is nobody have ever invaded Russia from kurki and go from that was were Napoleon invaded from same to me Hitler." This is incomprehensible word salad. Would you like to try again in English?
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what about Soloviev?
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@yellowtunes2756 Do you realize that parroting Kremlin talking points won't win you any arguments?
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@peetky8645 Russia has also lost mountains of equipment. At a minimum they've lost 13.5k armored vehicles. This is the absolute minimum that there is photographic evidence for, the real number is likely much higher. Plus all the aircraft and 20+ ships they've lost.
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@LunaticTheCat He was, he's since backtracked on that though.
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@Tchernoziuum What was on the Minsk agreements are public record, feel free to read them for yourself before making silly comments. The LPR and DPR aren't even mentioned in the document.
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@Yuri-z2y Even if that was true it would be legal as long as it was part of his presidential duties, according to the recent supreme court ruling.
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@alqaas1948 I never said it did, though losing your bread basket right at harvest season certainly won't help the situation.
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@alqaas1948 The dam was blown up from the inside, Russia controlled the dam. What a silly comment.
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It's called diplomacy Gustav. I'm sure Putin would love to go to other countries if he ever left his bunker but alas he'd get arrested most places he's like to go.
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When you see a civilian target and just can't help yourself.
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It's not a very good time being an Iranian proxy these days.
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@ckthegreat100 Unless you are posting from the trenches yourself comments like this just make you look foolish.
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there is literally footage of the 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade abandoning their positions and fleeing in terror as a Ukrainian tank pulls up.
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Lets face it, he's just too old.
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That's nothing, brave hero Lt. Gen. Oleg Tsokov personally intercepted a storm shadow missile.
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@enriquelaroche5370 So you're telling me that Ukraine has lost some jets? in a war? Unbelievable, and yet MiG-29's and Su-27's are still being operated by the Ukrainians. When Ukraine gets F16's they will probably lose some that doesn't mean they won't be effective, in large part due to the shambolic incompetence demonstrated by the Russian air force.
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This is just a good old fashioned land grab.
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@RealisiticEdgeMod Russia is spending 40% of all government revenue on the war.
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@Robert-xy4xi No for spamming the same braindead comment in every thread its a bot.
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The only real difference is the Wehrmacht was at least capable. The Russian army has demonstrated shocking incompetence.
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@yaqob3275 Russia should change their tactic in the Donbas. Whatever they are doing now seems to have no chance of ever actually capturing it.
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@bugazi3037 Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won. One-on-one against Germany, we would have lost." Zhukov would add. "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own."
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@bugazi3037 The word is 'liar'. And yes those are actual quotes. Stalin said it at the November 1943 Tehran conference. And Khrushchev wrote that in his memoirs. Zhukov said it in In 1963. try not to cry ok.
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@nam3less14 10 years to get smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed. People didn't just forget about that.
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@Alien_isolationist They're busy taking Kursk.
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@dns7587 Wow so Ukrainian artillery bound civilians hands shot them in the back of the head and drove over them with a tank.
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one thing we learned from START is that Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20ft of water, the US also famously follows around Russian strategic subs and would have them sunk before they got their launch doors open. we should still try to avoid a nuclear war but my main concern over Russian would be that the American response would be to strong.
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Let me know when Russia captures the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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Hens coming home to roost.
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@stephenglover8828 Are you talking about Russia's failed offensive at Avdiivka? Or at Vulhedar?
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@TheRealBillBob You should go collect your potato
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@PeterPete Inflation in Russia is higher than any developed country aside form Turkey and Argentina. They just raised interest rates to 21%. But yeah sure I bet there will be a mass migration there any day now.
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There isn't an IMF detective squad who investigates economies. Russia self reports their cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value.
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@momosanchez5025 So your answer was none, the US hasn't annexed anyone recently, got it. The US and Iraq are allies, as are the US and Japan. Pretending they are occupied is idiotic. Every time they try to pull out of Syria and Iraq there is a resurgence of IS. Of course none of this has anything to do with Russia invading and annexing it's neighbors on a fairly regular basis its just more silly whataboutisms. I'm glad you are reduced to such nonsense. You have a tenuous grasp of reality buddy.
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@momosanchez5025 All manner of posts, even innocuous ones get deleted regularly. Leave it to a Russian to play the victim though.
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@zermu879 Crimea and the Donbas voted to remain with Ukraine in 91. It was Russia that broke the Budapest memorandum when they invaded in 2014, obviously.
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@knmaherijayatp8181 Ukrainian women have been volunteering since before 2022. What do you think about Russia rounding up foreign migrant workers to send to the front?
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@knmaherijayatp8181 No wrong, where did you get that idea? These are volunteers. There are no conscripted women in combat roles. There are also no disabled people in the Ukrainian army, just Russian propaganda. There are reports of wounded Russians sent back to the front before they are recovered though. And no these are temporary migrant workers in Russia on a work Visa being rounded up, not Russians. You should try watching something other than RT. What do you think about full pardons for cannibals? Just curious.
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the speculation at the time was that it was hit by a modified Neptune missile.
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@ElenaMou-j8i Yes, the percentage of occupied territory in Ukraine over the past 2.5 years has surged from 18% all the way to 18%. Come back down to earth bud.
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"We'll take the Donbas, we just need a few million more men fed into the meat grinder." - Putin
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 @deewhite3764 Don't be a part of a military invading a peaceful country and you won't be a "victim". Grow up.
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@nnnickname746 Its not his fault that supposed anti-gay Putin managed to take one of the gayest pictures in human history. (the horseback one)
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@eouzcuemarz3114 Everyone, Russia and Ukraine included, expected Russia to roll over Ukraine in a matter of days. Putin said he could take Ukraine in 2 weeks. A stalemate is the same as victory for Ukraine. Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. 3% of NATO's annual budget in aid, mostly in the for of old stock, Russia has spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds number 2 army. A supposed superpower should be able to take the Donbas at least, its only a few hours drive from Moscow.
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@mdumisenihlophe4001 It wasn't NATO that parked Russia's ships in range of Ukrainian weapons it was Russian incompetence.
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@enochcushite496 NATO won the Afghan war in a few weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. There was the inane political goal to turn Afghanistan into new Kansas or something which the US thankfully gave up on. If after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for itself it never would. The US should have left after the got Bin Laden.
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You're talking about Putin begging in North Korea right?
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Zoom the map out. Russia's captured around 18% of Ukraine and that hasn't changed in two years. Marginal gains exchanged for terrible losses isn't a winning strategy.
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@ange6580 More Russians were killed in Bakhmut the the US lost in 10 years in Vietnam.
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Neskuchne, Storozheve, Blahodatne, Makarivka, Marfopil and Levadne all liberated. Remember when Russia went hysterical after they captured Bakhmut?
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@everready800 Or the Chechens, Afghans, Poles, Fins, Japanese. etc. etc. Russia loses wars on a fairly regular basis.
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I've heard Greece is another option, then they send their 500 Leopard 1's to Ukraine.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Feel free to look it up instead of making silly posts on youtube.
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@esQmo 100% of what I said is true. Dry your eyes.
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@Sweet-Rat-Milk If they confess their crimes on TV like Putin did they might get charged. You need more then vague accusations though.
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@markandrews6054 Amazing, defenders advantage doesn't exist anymore for the first time ever. You should watch less RT.
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Copy/Pasting the same silly comment over and over wont make it true bud. There is video of Russians retreating from the town of Tetkino, Kursk. Plus Border Checkpoints in Belgorod. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@Rifych Russia began its invasion in 2014
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@Interglacial_optimist How many of those ships were based in Sevastopol? Like I said these ships hide in the furthest reaches of the Black Sea far outside of storm shadow range, emerging briefly to launch some missiles then they scurry back to their ports as far from Ukraine as possible.
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Who told you that? the same people who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards?
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Has he done something crazy? Like try to annex a sovereign state? Wait that was Putin.
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Idle threats that they will never follow through with.
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@ He also said it was a mistake for Europe to become dependent on Russian gas and they laughed. I think Trump is a buffoon but European leaders aren't nearly as smart as they think they are.
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@Alien_isolationist Yeah I've been watching for the past two and a half years, Russia still can't even take the Donbas despite it being a half days drive from Moscow.
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@Alien_isolationist What on earth are you twaddling on about?
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@Alien_isolationist Yeah which is as much as they controlled two and a half years ago, and just slightly more than they controlled ten years ago. What an unstoppable juggernaut.
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@noquochoke He forgot to take his meds.
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He's had a friend before, he was best friends with Epstien
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@distinctga5811 Yeah everyone wanted to occupy Afghanistan for decades. Do you specialize in goofy comments or something? Macron criticized the US pull out because they thought it was too sudden because it "endangered Afghan men and women who worked for the allies". He wasn't upset that the US was pulling out though, you understand this right?
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@distinctga5811 All of which were decisions of the US. You can think the deal is unfair if you want but it's completely idiotic to blame Europe or call them bad allies for something the US imposed on everybody.
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@UserUser-ww2nj He even added a /s for sarcasm and you took him seriously.
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@chessell256 Maybe, though he was another guy with no regard for human life, about 100k dead to build his city. I guess in Russia he's good enough for 'the great' moniker.
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@LordZontar haha yeah good point it needs a tug to follow it around to keep it mobile. i didn't even mention that thing, its tough to remember all the braindead things Russia does off the top of my head.
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@whitewolfMKD This is all common knowledge. In the Baltics they have a term for it; vene värk (Russian stuff/style), to describe the kind of shambolic incompetence that the Russia is known for.
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@ Which is exactly what the Ukrainian constitution says should happen in the event of invasion. Does the Russian constitution say to toss all political rivals out of windows?
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@NewOrleansSeptember Yeah sure, thats why Putin just shrugged his shoulders when Finland joined. Russia is a nuclear state, they are literally uninvadable. and like I said above less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to Russia invading in 2014.
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He wanted to invade Iran but his generals told him to kick rocks.
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He was bayonetted by his own people in the street.
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Just wait until MTLB with ancient naval gun bolted on causes the Ukrainians to die from fits of laughter. checkmate westoids
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And yet here you are supporting them with views and helping with the algorithm by commenting.
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb Apparently not you though.
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb Nope, you're just arguing. OP was just asking for evidence Russian children were being targeted.
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@throughput6674 Good job copy/pasting the same brainless comment in every thread.
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@aladeobafemi6424 Pardon?
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@livingtribunal4110 Inflation is higher in Russia than any western country, and only kept in check with very high interest rates. The Russian central bank just downgraded their economic outlook, unemployment is low in Russia due to a critical labor shortage because so many working age men are being sent into the meat grinder in Ukraine. Gazprom just posted its first loss in twenty years, hydrocarbon revenues are lowest since the seventies and any currency they do get is in the form of Rupees and Yuan which does Russia little good. The Ruble would collapse entirely if not for strict monetary controls. Collapsing auto industry and airlines. And on and on.
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@bobmorane2082 except we actually went and inspected Russia's nukes with the START treaty. one thing we learned is that all their ICBMs are sitting in 20 feet of water.
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@bobmorane2082 Nope its a fact. That's just the ICBMs in silo's though Russia obviously has some functioning nukes, enough that the US would rather avoid a war. If it does come to war though I don't think Russia will enjoy the outcome.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Did you read my comment where I said this applies only to nukes in silo's genius? Though the USN famously follows around the Russian ballistic subs because they are loud af and would have them sunk before they got their launch doors open.
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You realize we can see Russian vehicle depots with satellites right?
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@MixNMatcch Protesting is part of a functioning democracy, nobody is getting arrested. In Russia you can get 7 years for protesting the war.
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@AD-kq4hb The official Russian position is that they struck the missile causing it to go off course and hit the beach. I have no idea why you are pretending to know more than the involved parties.
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@calebhaze497 Even people who are broke don't typically want to die in a nuclear fire storm. What a silly comment.
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@Arthav-o4r Want to try this again in English?
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@trevorsutherland5263 Ukraine isn't conscripting women, every woman in the Ukrainian army is a volunteer.
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Who should the land be given back to, the Ottoman Empire?
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@GeoPoliticsCommentry Russia won so hard in Afghaistan their whole country collapsed.
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@TheBarroomHero321 The past 70 years have been the most peaceful and prosperous in human history.
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@GainingDespair What on earth are you talking about? Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied. Most of what they occupy now they had prior to the 2022 invasion, most of the rest was taken in the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken much more ground than Russia. Russia has lost tens of thousands of armored vehicles and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and still cant even take the Donbas.
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@leviathan-tk7rz I think you should look up what the word annexed means. 1. Iraq is a sovereign state that sells its oil to whomever it wants. The US didn't import any oilf from them before the war and they don't import any after. 2. Germany another sovereign state the US is there at their invite because Germany has been nervous about rebuilding its military (not sure if you are a history buff or not but they have their reasons) The US would leave if asked, they aren't being occupied. 3. Afghanistan a third sovereign state. The US stuck around so long because they were trying to help them build the institutions required for modern statehood. the Afghans unfortunately didn't have the will to fight for it though so they get the Taliban instead. So not annexed. Try again.
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@martyn4501 Which fantasy US military installations/weapons are you referring to? Russia is doing a pretty good job proving that there should be though.
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@Zuzka3158 Can you read? There wouldn't be any casualties in the Donbas, Ukrainian or otherwise if Russia hadn't invaded.
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I'm no friend or fan of Pierre Poilievre, but damn the Liberals and Trudeau just have to go. 3 terms is too much for any government in this country they tend to start viewing themselves as the natural leaders of Canada. More so for the Liberals as they think of themselves as the natural leaders even when they aren't in power, and they act like it. Would have been nice if this all came out before the election because I much preferred O'Toole. Also would be nice if the NDP didn't put their own political agenda ahead of the good of the country.
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Do you know how drones work?
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@Memovox Are you just going to spam the same braindead comment in every thread?
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@glintongordon6811 Whatever helps you sleep at night.
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@glintongordon6811 Your make believe and silly rule that the aid being given to Russia somehow doesn't count.
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@Percival5 Keep trying, one day you'll manage a coherent sentence.
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@rorymcclernon4674 the corpses become cover to subsequent human waves and can become a problem
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@Rockstarmade224 It was western sanctions and pressure that helped end apartheid.
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@Yuri-z2y No those are included. Like I've said, zoom the map out. Since lines have stabilized Russia has taken almost nothing.
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@Yuri-z2y Two years ago Russia occupied around 18%, and today they still occupy that much. You can pretend otherwise though if it makes you feel fuzzy inside.
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@Yuri-z2y Sorry all those words confused you, I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.
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Putin's the one with an arrest warrant bud.
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All the bots in the comments acting like this is the downfall of the west or something are absolutely hysterical.
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@robertfrancis7767 As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. Russia has taken very little since then and at a terrible cost.
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I wonder when Russia will learn that trolling in youtube comments won't help on the battlefield. If Russian bots tried as hard in battle as they do in the comments section they might have a chance at taking the Donbas some time this decade.
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You need around a million men to take a city the size of Kyiv.
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Hold up a blank piece of paper and believe it or not straight to jail.
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@dailyinternettrends1180 Here is a list of the largest economies because you seem to be confused. Russia isn't even in the top 10. May 25, 2023, 03:01 PM IST. Top 10 largest economies in the world. Source: IMF (GDP at current prices) United States. $26.85 trillion. China. $19.37 trillion. Japan. $4.41 trillion. Germany. $4.31 trillion. India. $3.74 trillion. United Kingdom. $3.16 trillion. France. $2.92 trillion. Italy. $2.17 trillion. Canada. $2.09 trillion. Brazil. $2.08 trillion.
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@ericp1139 They've mistakenly attacked a bunch of ships that have nothing to do with Israel or the US.
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@ma-Ohio19 Its poor people who will suffer the most from a disruption of global trade. Come down off your high horse and get a clue.
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@UNIVERSAL-UR It's in Ukraine's constitution not to hold elections during an invasion.
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@vittoriosecreto6346 Where does it mention anything about NATO in the Budapest agreement?
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@michaelg4931 Can you cite in the Russian constitution where it says that all political rivals should be tossed out a window?
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@nc01sadh Russia need Iranian drones to fight. Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@chiefbanana1093 Russia cant even manufacture ball bearings anymore you live in a dream world. Maybe Russia should manufacture some toilets, 1 in 5 Russians still dont have access to one.
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@chiefbanana1093 BRICS the organization with no trade, economic or military agreements. It's easy to join an organization with no obligations, half the members hate each other and none of them give af about Russia.
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You realize the Russia is using DU right?
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@springbloom5940 Apparently they aren't even fighting Russians, just Iranians who gave them a bunch of drones. The Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@pogo1140 Moldova has MiG-29s, they may or may not be functional. Either way Russia has to fly over either Ukraine or NATO member Romania to get to Moldova.
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@alexcoffield6814 Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, it's time to face reality.
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we've been dicking around in the Donbas for a year but trust me bro once we start trying this war will be over in a day.
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Russia shelled civilians trying to escape Mariupol
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Any more conspiracy theories?
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@vervetech9395 He spams the same nonsense in every thread in every video. He thinks he is clever.
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@laurieevans9628 He won the last election though if you remember.
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Russia has several failed offensives this war, including the current disastrous winter offensive, why not do some of them first.
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Pardon?
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@Robert-xy4xi Russia has lost hundreds of aircraft. There is a single salient where Russia is making marginal gains in exchange for terrible losses. If you want to pretend that is some grand victory if it makes you feel fuzzy inside that's fine.
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@s0ycapitan More than 100 former gop members of Congress, Senators and national security officials signed a letter earlier in September endorsing Harris. Almost his entire former cabinet doesn't even support him.
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Meanwhile Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas who ordered the attack on Israel over the weekend. He is currently living in Qatar and reportedly watched the aggressions from the comfort of his office.
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The fact that Russia cant even take the Donbas aside, TR has released around four videos about Putin and the Ukraine war in the past 24 hours. This is one of the most foolish comments in the history of youtube.
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@bryandimery6509 Russia is currently colonizing Ukraine and China is colonizing Tibet and the South China sea. What an idiotic question.
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@bryandimery6509 "However, colonialism typically implies the insertion of your people and forcible rule over the natives" This is exactly what is happening in Ukraine and Tibet. Your brainless talking points wont change reality bud.
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@madanbisht6 The US was fighting 30 countries in Vietnam and Korea by your logic. Vietnam is a good example of how you can win every battle and still lose the war. Nobody lost the Korean war it turned into a stalemate after China entered and is technically still in progress. Russia has lost more men in a year and a half in this war then the US did in both of those wars combined.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@LouisMenotti Are you incapable of following conversations? Russia is using the men and resources from capture territories to continue capturing territories. They are doing the same with the Georgian territory they occupy. Do you understand?
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@LouisMenotti Yes historical precedent and their own rhetoric and actions aren't good arguments. Come back to reality bud.
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@zexxmcazi2134 Yeah like when he said “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@safe7392 It started in 2014 when Russia began its invasion.
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@josephberrie9550 The war was declared because Germany invaded Poland, there never would have been an invasion of Poland if the allies had a sufficient response to Germany's previous violations of Versailles.
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@markanthony3275 I get a kick out of the history you invent in your mind. Russia invaded long before Minsk little buddy.
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@markanthony3275 Furthermore you have yet to articulate how "Ukraine went to town against their Russian neighbors" in any way except for the same tired debunked polemics. All the problems in the Donbas were caused by Russia's 2014 invasion, even Strelkov said as much. And Russia's solution for a problem that they caused seems to be level every city in the Donbas they come across while conscripting Donbas locals for meat waves. All while you engage in brainless internet cheerleading.
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Well that's almost a sentence. You'll probably get a potato.
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@agent3268 Are you on bath salts?
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Everyone keeps going to Jupiter looking for life, has anyone thought about going to Jupiter to look for love?
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Greedy for trying to defend his own territory, welcome to the world of smooth brained reasoning.
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@bruswain9158 No it isn't. China is the largest manufacturer but it is also the largest importer of commodities. Without the raw resources they cant make anything.
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They tried, all they managed to do is scratch the paint on a patriot battery.
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@mrjerzheel Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. The government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms in order to be eligible and several countries in the alliance were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chance of joining NATO was effectively zero, they were neutral when Russia invaded.
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@wolfvale7863 Don't forget mighty Belarus!
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You seem to spend a lot of time thinking about trans kids.
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@mrjerzheel 255 British personnel lost their lives defending the Falklands. Russia will lose more than that before breakfast on an average day.
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@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns Russia should give back the illegally occupied Kuril islands.
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@talkbigdosmall3192 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. there would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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Russia still hasn't learned that sending ad hoc armored columns single file, in broad daylight directly into defensive positions isn't the greatest strategy.
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@bobgonzales9680 Yeah you keep making the same baseless assertion over and over, that doesn't make it true. If Russia is doing so well why cant they even take the Donbas? Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson and the excuse they gave was that they were going to focus on the Donbas but they cant even capture that, why not?
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@bobgonzales9680 Because the US would like to avoid nuclear war. What a dumb question.
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@hrishikeshbasumatary4725 aww don't be mad.
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@BTL_LTW The people cheering them on were. Hamas was also elected as the leadership of Gaza.
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Hey at least we finally made peace with our arctic rival Denmark.
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@dandun30 Russia's own deputy minister of defense said Russia had 50,000 MIA. To put that in perspective the US had 2,646 for the entire Vietnam war.
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@WarAuthority "Stealing? It was fought for. Perhaps ask your own country about what they've stolen from conquest." What year do you think it is right now? When is the last time any western country attempted to annex another country by force?
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@dylanvogler2165 We dont know how many Chinese were lost to the CCP but the higher estimates are up around 100 million.
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@ Yes Russian's were frantically posting that Ukraine was trying to take the KNPP, that doesn't make it true though, you understand that right? There is zero evidence that is the case.
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@ Yeah remember when the US annexed Cuba and said they were never a real country. Please use your head before posting.
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@ There weren't any US bases in Ukraine. Are the US bases in the room with you right now?
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@joemann2178 Then they retook Kherson, remember when Russia went running for their lives after Ukraine destroyed all the bridges behind them.
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@TheKkpop1 How about when China invaded Vietnam right after the US did? Wasn't that China imitating the US?
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China's debt to GDP ratio is around 300% higher than the US buddy.
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@Noel-ji8nm Ukraine did implement Minsk genius. Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. What was supposed to happen next was Russia leave the country, which if I remember correctly didn't happen. The deal was "impossible" to implement because Russia refused to leave Ukraine as they were supposed to.
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@Noel-ji8nm The part that wasn't implemented was Russia remove its forces from the Donbas, withdraw its support for the rebels and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Of course I've already said all of that but apparently you have some sort of reading comprehension issue.
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@ Moreover Ukraine had passed the legislation that would grant them autonomy within Ukraine. After that Russia was supposed to leave, did that happen or not? I can't remember.
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I thought Russia was going to take Kyiv in 3 days, What happened?
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@Y_O_L_O_11 Imagine being the self proclaimed 'worlds number 2 army' and not being able to even capture the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow. And dont get me started on the T-54's and scooby doo vans.
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@glintongordon6811 There are foreigners fighting for Russia too, that means Ukraine is fighting all those countries right? what an idiotic comment. History didn't start two years ago, Russia has massively outspent Ukraine militarily for decades. They've been stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army for twenty years but still cant even take the Donbas.
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@Wolfvain-qs5su I'm not the one offering idiotic military analysis nobody asked for. I'm also not claiming to be some sort of veteran. Though I am someone who doesn't use 'your' and 'You're' interchangeably. We are both internet nobodies, you are the one that doesn't seem to understand that though.
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Moreover, According to Arakhamia (the Ukrainian negotiator) Ukraine had decided before talking to Boris Johnson not to accept Russian peace, for multiple reasons. Russia hasn't offered any true peace proposals, what they've offered is Ukrainian surrender proposals.
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@DarkoFitCoach He's saying whataboutism is an idiotic argument.
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Trying to paint this as anyone's fault but Russia's is completely absurd.
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@davidwolf8991 He considers anything that doesn't conform to his arbitrary world view to be a lie.
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@wrapupthestory Why doesn't Russia have the manpower to stop Ukraine in Kursk? Why has Russia deployed a regiment of its Aerospace Forces to defend the Kursk region? Why are you copy/pasting the same silly comment over and over?
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to rejoin reality.
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Don't forget 3 copies of the sims 3
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Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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Whats the worlds #2 army managed to take?
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@yelenashishkina8804 You see little boy back in the olden days the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to conquer every one else. But ever since WW2 the rules have changed, the borders are set if you are going to be a good country you don't try to annex other countries. Everyone has got this message except for Russia. What part of this Is difficult to understand?
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@yelenashishkina8804 Ukraine's '91 borders were recognized by every country on Earth, including Russia. You sure do live in a dream world.
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@yelenashishkina8804 Do you know what annexed means? Use both of your brain cells.
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@John_Doe448 The USN is about 10x the size of the Russian navy so you would expect 10x more accidents, that's not really the case though. There are few organizations in all of human history that are as incompetent as the Russian navy. How many US ships had their power cut because of unpaid power bills? – A nuclear submarine had its electricity cut by an electricity company at a naval base due to unpaid bills. The submarine's cooling system ceased to function and the reactor "came close to meltdown" How many US sailors have died of malnutrition lately. – Four conscripts in the Pacific Fleet died of a stomach infection due to malnutrition. How many US aircraft carriers are dependent on tug boats to pull them along like the Kuznetsov? It along with the Kursk and Kirov are monuments to failure. A big reason the Moskva sank so easily was the fire extinguishers were all locked up because people kept stealing them.
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That's why Iran should stop sending weapons to Russia. Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@mistressfreezepeach Please provide one example of the 'collective west' calling eastern Europe non democratic because of the inane reasons you gave.
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@SS-yt2sq That's not how a war economy works bud, its like setting your house on fire and boasting about how warm you are.
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@gurglejug627 Putin said he would never invade Ukraine multiple times. He also said he would never change the Russian constitution so he could be president for life. He said Russia doesn't target civilians, Kremenchuk shopping mall air strike, Kramatorsk train station air strike, Bucha massacre, Mariupol theater air strike All disprove that.
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@Spicysauced Why don't you go ahead and list the countries the US has tried to annex in the last 40 years.
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@varvik4992 Who told you that? the same guys who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards?
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@HMS-Defender1705 I agree with you, Navalny is no saint but he is miles better than Putin and 90% of Russian policy makers. (which maybe isn't saying much) The jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny released a 15-point plan outlining his vision for a post-war Russia last month which, while largely reaffirming his previously held positions, did at least indicate one potentially significant policy shift. Asking rhetorically where Ukraine’s borders should be, Navalny’s answer is simple: Ukraine’s borders are those “internationally recognized and defined in 1991.” “Russia also recognized these borders back then, and it must recognize them today as well,” he continued. “There is nothing to discuss here.”
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@aar0n709 Russia's global market share was shrinking even before the war. Nobody is ordering Russian weapons these days.
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@expert8406 Yeah and everyone is buying Russian hydrocarbon at or below the EU price cap, which is a net loss for Russia.
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@festekj When you park an aircraft in some field by Tunguska for 30 years you may be amazed to learn that the airframes aren't typically in working order. You also need pilots to fly them, most Russians with half a brain have left Russia long ago. Russia showed the state of their reserves during Wagner's coup where all they could do was bomb their own oil refinery and dig up the highway while they mobilized cadets in Moscow.
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@festekj Yes all those T54's will be super effective in an MBT role.
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How about Russia retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Or the fact that 14+ months in Russia still can't take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow, hell they still cant even take Bakhmut after tens of thousands of casualties, a mid sized town a few miles from the border. Or Russia unironically using T54's an Scooby Doo vans.
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@Jpliers Maidan wasn't a coup, it was a protest movement. It was the same government in charge of Ukraine after the protests. What happened was Yanukvich backed out of the popular EU association agreement because Russia embargoed Ukraine. Which was in violation of the Budapest Memorandum. When the predictable protests started Yanukovich fled to Russia, that was on his own accord though nobody asked him to do that, the protests were to hold elections.
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@youtubewatcher2 Same thing happened to Katie Johnson. Slandered and sent death threats by the cult until she backed down.
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Been hearing 'Ukraine is finished' for 2 years now, meanwhile in reality Russia has lost over 50% of the land they once occupied and cant even the the Donbas.
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@solomonike1709 Even Russian state media is melting down.
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@justint7460 Why are you laughing? He's right. In the past two and a half years percentage of Ukrainian territory controlled by Russia has gone from 18% all the way up to 18%.
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@voice.of.reason Russia 1 tv said three days, who owns them? Putin himself said 2 weeks back in 2014.
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@AbdullaShoaibHaris Because Egypt loudly and publicly declares its support for Palestine but when they actually need help they turn a blind eye. The actual reason is because at this point Gaza is basically just a terrorist farm and Egypt doesnt want Hamas or any other terror group taking root in their territory. They've already learned their lesson, as has Jordan and Lebanon.
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Meanwhile Russia begging Iran and NK.
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@backsync613 Funny you should mention Germany's cheap source of energy. That was Russia's primary reason for invading Ukraine. Ukraine discovered large gas deposits and threatened Russia's energy monopoly in Europe. Of course that backfired and Russian gas revenue is at its lowest since the '70's.
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Strange that Russia keeps sending its reserves to the zero line rather than better prepared positions further back. Real 'not one step back' vibes, which worked real well for the last guy. Must be why Popov complained about high casualties, they aren't even rotating their troops. He also complained about lack of ammo and artillery, particularly counter battery. He was of course fired for telling the truth.
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@Valkron11 There are multiple videos of Russia using cluster munitions. mostly on civilian areas.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 There are few organizations in all of human history as embarrassing as the Russian Navy. are you sure you want to play this game? All of these are from the Russian Federation but I would be remis if I didn't mention the crash of a Tu-104A that was carrying many of the Pacific Fleet's senior officers from Leningrad. resulting in the death of all 50 people on board, including 28 high-ranking Soviet military personnel. Among the dead were 16 admirals and generals, including the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Emil Spiridonov, and his wife. Yikes, I cant even imagine the type of terminal brain damage that led to putting that much brass on a single flight. 1992 May - first of a series of five ammunition explosions at Pacific Fleet ammunition storage arsenals, 1992-2003. 1994 – Four conscripts in the Pacific Fleet died of a stomach infection due to malnutrition. 1995 22 September – A nuclear submarine had its electricity cut by an electricity company at a naval base due to unpaid bills. The submarine's cooling system ceased to function and the reactor "came close to meltdown". 2000 16 June – A fuel leak from a missile poisoned 11 servicemen at a naval base in Primorsky Krai. 21 February – A Russian Navy Antonov An-26, crashes 1.5 km short of runway at Lakhta Airfield, near Archangelsk, during an emergency landing. Of the 20 people on board, 17 were killed. 2003 30 August – The decommissioned November-class nuclear-powered submarine K-159 sank while it was being towed to Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast in the Barents Sea to be stripped of its nuclear reactors. Nine crew members died. 2005 5 August – AS-28, under the command of Lieutenant Vyacheslav Milashevskiy, became entangled with the aerial of a hydrophone array off the coast of Kamchatka, in Berezovaya Bay, 70 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. The aerial, anchored by 60-tonne concrete blocks, snared the propeller of the submarine, and the submarine then sank to the seafloor at a depth of 190 m (600 ft). This was too deep for the ship's complement of seven to leave the submarine and swim to the surface. On August 7, all seven sailors were rescued with the help of the United States Navy and the Royal Navy 2006 7 September – A fire broke out in the submarine, Daniil Moskovsky, as it was being towed across the Barents Sea to Vidyayevo, Murmansk Oblast. Two on board died. 2008 8 November – The Akula II-class submarine K-152 Nerpa's freon fire extinguishing system was accidentally activated, killing 20 and injuring at least 22 people. The incident occurred while the submarine was conducting sea trials off the Russian Pacific coast. 7 January – A small fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov while anchored off Turkey. The fire, caused by a short circuit, led to the death of one crew member from carbon monoxide poisoning. On 16 February 2009, along with other Russian naval vessels, she was involved in a large oil spill while refueling off the south coast of Ireland. March – A fire broke out on the hull of the decommissioned nuclear submarine Orenburg, a Delta III-class submarine while at the Severodvinsk docks in Arkhangelsk Oblast. 4 May – A Kamov Ka-27 Helicopter landing on the frigate Yaroslav Mudry, crashed on the deck and then rolled over the side into the Baltic Sea. The 5 crew from the helicopter were successfully rescued. October – Another blaze occurred during the decommissioning of the nuclear submarine, Kazan at Severodvinsk. 6 November – A Russian Naval Aviation Tupolev Tu-142 M3 from the 310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment based at Kamenny Ruchey Airbase, Khabarovsk Krai crashed on a routine training exercise into the Tatar Strait near Sakhalin island 15–20 km from the coast off Cape Datta north of Sovetskaya Gavan with the loss of all 11 crew. February – A blaze broke out on the decommissioned nuclear submarine K-480 Ak Bars, at Severodvinsk. Casualties unknown. 29 December – The Delta-IV-class nuclear submarine, Ekaterinburg, caught fire while in dry-dock in the Roslyakovo shipyard, north of Murmansk. The blaze broke out on scaffolding that had been erected around it. The rubber outer hull was badly burnt and nine people were injured fighting the fire. No radiation leak was detected. 16 September – 15 sailors were injured after a fire broke out on the nuclear submarine K-150 Tomsk at a shipyard near Vladivostok. Officials claimed the nuclear reactor was "deactivated" prior to the fire. 7 April – Orel, an Oscar II-class submarine, caught fire during repairs in a dry dock in the Severodvinsk shipyard. No casualties have been reported and the nuclear reactor had been turned off before the fire started. The submarine entered service in 1992. 29 April – The decommissioned Soviet-era nuclear submarine K-173 Krasnoyarsk caught fire while being disassembled in Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka. The Defence Ministry reported that its rubber-coated outer hull caught fire. The vessel had been built in 1983 and launched in 1986 as part of the Soviet Union’s Pacific Fleet. 14 November – A MiG-29K crashed in the Mediterranean while attempting to land on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.[76] The pilot safely ejected. The plane was on a training mission for the Russian military intervention in Syria. 3 December - A Su-33 based on Admiral Kuznetsov crashed while making a second landing attempt after a combat sortie over Syria. The pilot survived without injuries and was immediately recovered by search and rescue teams. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the plane was lost after an arresting cable ruptured. 27 April – Russian spy ship Liman sank off the Turkish coast, 29 km from Kilyos, after colliding with a freighter in fog. All 78 crew members were rescued. 30 October – The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was damaged while undergoing a refit: the dry dock sank, sending a 70-tonne crane crashing onto the ship and causing a 5m gash. One ship-worker went missing and four required medical care after falling into the sea near Murmansk. 1 July – A navy research submersible, thought to be AS-12 Losharik, suffered a fire and 14 crew members died due to fume inhalation. The vessel had been conducting research in Russia's Arctic territorial waters, according to the Defence Ministry, though Russian media reports said it was a nuclear mini-submarine deployed in special operations. 12 December – The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire during repair work at Murmansk. Six were injured and one person was reported missing. 14 April – The battleship Moskva sank in the Black Sea during hostilities with Ukraine following a fire, as claimed by Russian authorities. Ukraine claimed it sank the ship with a missile. Officially Russia admitted one sailor died, but independent reports suggested 40 may have perished. 22 December – The Admiral Kuznetsov caught fire again while on repair work in Murmansk. The fire was extinguished rapidly and no casualties were reported
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China doesn't even have 5th gen fighters yet.
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@dns7587 I can tell you're a really deep thinker. Have you thought about a job at the Russian MoD?
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@Jimmy-ye3wg And don't make me laugh talking about Brics. It's an organization with no agreements, treaties or purpose.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia invades and annexes parts of a sovereign state; "Russia today with a debt to GDP ratio of 14% was never interested in going to war." Welcome to the world of smooth brain reasoning.
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@alexkovin1951 Are you aware you are just making up statistics? Russia ranks 56th in terms of HDI, between Brunei and the Bahamas. It's fallen three places this year.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Are you really bringing up cases from over a century ago? Any cases of the US annexing territory since WW2? How about 66 years, the average life expectancy of Russian males.
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@throughput6674 Russia recently blew up it's own silo with a Sarmat. The Sarmat now has an 80% failure rate.
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Almost at Lavrov's level.
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@prakashkr2214 India is buying Russian oil at the EU price cap, which is below market value. Once the war is over that presumably goes away. India has also forced Russia to accept Rupees as payment which basically forces Russia to invest back into India.
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@sadikaden5468 North Korea has firepower and Nukes, they aren't a big player.
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It's just little green men
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Biden wouldn't send his double.
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They are going to rendezvous with the Moskva to denazify the Black Sea floor.
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No Abrams were lost in Afghanistan. In Iraq Of the nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army.
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Plot twist, Shoigu was Prigozhin in disguise all along.
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@MidnightRambler No that money gets spent in the US, they send old weapons abroad.
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@azuaraikrezeul1677 uh, no they haven't.
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Just ignore the Russian submersible above the detonation point the day prior.
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@TestEmailAmer-ll3tf Can you try again in english please.
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@Входныедверидлячастногодома-Дв You realize we can see Russian equipment depots with satellites right?
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@thedeal86 Africa's main problems today aren't colonialism they are corruption, nepotism, tribalism and geography.
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@Djamonja Yes, moreover Russia already invaded Moldova and occupies Transnistria.
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@AndLit79 South Ossetia is part of Georgia. Will you apply your logic to Chechnya?
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@Kolek-sun-eater You can see projectiles coming in from the Russian side at 1:02 and another one at 3:18
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@igorsmirnoff7640 What's the magical date a country needs to be formed by to be considered valid?
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@Christ-follower471 Zelensky is a Russian speaker genius.
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@attilamarics3374 Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium, Kherson, Vulhedar, Russia current failed offensive. None of these failed offensives happened? Try not to cry ok.
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This is satire right? I just can't tell anymore.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Where was Russian air defense when Storm Shadows sank a third of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol?
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It's special, short bus special
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@tatjanaz6062 Nobody was trying to subjugate Russia, please stop playing the victim, its pathetic.
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@HARBHEJ There were no Nato weapons in Ukraine prior to Russia's invasion. There are no Nato troops in Ukraine, and literally nobody is even considering building Nato bases in Ukraine.
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The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible (300 ayes minimum)
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@jonathanbelanger6574 Putin himself said said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks.
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@looinrims Not to mention there wouldn't even have been a Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't broken the Budapest memorandum.
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@priapulida The far right party in Ukraine got less then 1% of the vote in the last election . Get a grip.
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LMAAAOOO. What deranged nonsense.
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Russian 'stealth' aircraft are held together with wood screws and have large gaps between the panels. they've only ever built a couple demonstrator SU57's and SU75 is vaporware.
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@londanintshangase There's a difference between refugees and draft dodgers.
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@JohnSmith-fr7js Closer to 18%, which is the same amount they had two years ago. Almost all of which was taken in 2014 and the opening days of the invasion before Ukraine mobilized. The last time there was any movement on the front Ukraine recaptured around half the territory occupied by Russia. Now Ukraine has taken more of Russia in a week than Russia has taken from Ukraine in the past eight months.
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That actually would cause a coup in Russia.
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@currahee9-3 There wouldn't be any war crimes if Russia hadn't invaded.
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@Brian-om2hh They don't use socks in Russia, they use foot wraps.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Do you really not understand how the internet works? Try searching 'Russia loses long range radar' or 'how many ships in the Black Sea fleet have been lost'. Are there any other simple tasks you need your hand held for?
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@stefan289 Putin had already invaded and annexed Crimea by this point. According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine, all under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. Ukraine had already implemented all of the legislation required of them, all that remained was the implementation, which was impossible as long as Russia continued to occupy their territory.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas. They also went with cup in hand to beg Iran and North Korea for ammo, not exactly what I would call 'very well prepared.'
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Cancayate14 Whatever helps you sleep at night bud. South Korea was the poorest country on earth in the 50's, they didn't become one of the richest by whining about everything. Want to know what other country was colonized? Literally every country on earth. Dry your eyes. Africa has problems, nepotism, tribalism, corruption, geography. Colonization is way down on the list of reasons its so f'd.
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rubikjon They're called slavs bud.
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@UkraineNeeds How much air defense is needed to stop some fisher price drones from crashing into the Kremlin?
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@fingerprint8479 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years little buddy, running away implies they ran from someone, who did they run from, the nobody attacking them? No amount of temper tantrums is going to change reality, try not to cry ok.
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Failing upwards.
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He's the President of France, they speak French there.
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Ukraine has reportedly shot down Kinzhal's, though whether they can be considered truly hypersonic is debatable.
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While I agree the main probem is that most people with half a brain left Russia long ago.
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@againstviralmisinformation less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to 2014 so your comment makes no sense.
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@Alien_isolationist Canada is currently in the middle of supplying air defense missiles. They are also sending Small arms, ammo and senator armored cars.
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@chopstixsix802 How can Russia win if it depends on Iran and North Korea. Apparently Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@ALLAHISENOUGHFORPALASTINE What's worse, taking out a dictator or trying to annex your democratic neighbors? Is that really what you are asking?
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@Traveler_SF How much money does Putin need to take Kyiv in 3 days?
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@GeorgeNzioki-ls6nn Are you having a stroke?
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@ppazpppaz8618 Russia is a much larger country with a much larger military. Russia not being able to take the Donbas in 15 months despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow is a complete humiliation for them no matter how you try to spin it.
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@Nion-p6s Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then 40 miles into the country they got bogged down and got involved in unending trench warfare. Then they resurrected the M26 Pershing and said "Its only for indirect fire, old tank better then no tank, everything's going according to plan" then they got their flagship sunk by a country with no navy and said it was high seas. then they had a massive retreat from some areas calling it a gesture of goodwill, and they were going to focus on some other area. And after a year STILL couldn't take the area they said they would focus on. Would you still take them serious? vranyo: White lies or half-lies in Russian culture, told without the intention of (maliciously) deceiving, but as a fantasy, suppressing unpleasant parts of the truth. Lies are baked into Russian culture, go ahead and live in an alternate reality if you want but dont act surprised when people laugh at you.
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@danburke6568 You can believe any conspiracy theory you want. But as I said no gas was traveling through nord stream 2, it wasn't operational, do you understand?
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@byzughtfarnault2519 Who do you want to give the land back to, the Ottoman empire?
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Well when you consider the scale of the universe.
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Careful you don't OD on copium.
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@yelenashishkina8804 Cool story bro.
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@PropagandaBurnerV Oh its emoji boy. Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries NATO has annexed. And if you cant understand the difference maybe you should get a basic education before making foolish posts. Moreover your initial premise is wrong, NATO conducted air operations over Yugo followed by peace keeping. Afghanistan, which was in response to September 11, combat operations were over in weeks after that was occupation. And a no fly zone over Libya. Learn some history. Meanwhile the Russian Federation in no particular order. Georgian Civil War, South Ossetian War, Russian intervention in Syria, War of Dagestan, First Chechen war, Second Chechen war, Tajikistani Civil War Transnistria War, War in Abkhazia, Russian invasion of the Donbas/Crimea, Russo-Georgian War, Central African Republic Civil War, Mali War, Russo-Ukrainian War. These were obnoxious but nobody really cared until Russia started annexing sovereign states. Do you understand?
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Popov agreed, he said they aren't even rotating troops and lack ammo and artillery. He was of course fired for speaking the truth.
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neither do golf carts.
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@mattsmith-ri3lp Ukraine has taken more in the past month then Russia did in the previous 10. Strange that Russia keeps sending its reserves into the zero line instead of better prepared positions further back. Real 'not one step back' vibes. Worked out real well for the last guy.
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It's incredible isnt' it? It's so shameless it's almost admirable.
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@Robert-xy4xi Putin himself said he could take Kyiv in two weeks and the three day narrative was all over Russian state media, and op said three months to the Dnipro. Do you really think years of ww1 style fighting was the plan all along little buddy?
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@Z5100-k7t According to Arakhamia, who was the head of Ukraine's Istanbul delegation, Ukraine had decided to reject Russia's proposal for a variety of reasons. This all happened prior to the meeting with Johnson. You guys have been claiming Ukraine is on the brink of collapse for almost three years now, I wonder if it will ever get old. Also parroting Russian MoD numbers isn't very convincing, according to them they've destroyed Ukraine's air force five times over.
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@Z5100-k7t Oh and also Putin didn't ask his generals to stop the Ukrainians in Kursk. He's placed his ex bodyguard, who has no military experience, in charge of Kursk's defense. He also made his niece the deputy Minister of Defense. All according to plan.
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@Moliere1000 Get real. Every President since the start of the Cold War has been telling Europe they need to increase their military power.
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@lovyrituraj Well except state owned Russia 1 TV. And that time in 2014 when Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. Or do you really think that unending trench warfare was the plan all along?
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb Yeah they just accidentally smoked 3,800 schools, 630 churches, and 1,736 health care facilities, including a children's hospital. Oh and a theater with "children inside" written with huge letters.
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@davemccrillis1470 Russia can announce whatever it likes, delivering isn't the same. They already have a critical labour shortage, and lack the logistical wherewithal to supply the forces they have.
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Its better to wait on Russian claims because more often then not they are either made up or greatly exaggerated. They clamed a huge breakthrough in the Luhansk area only to lose it all in a day or 2. They also claimed a huge breakthrough at Avdiivka only for it to be a complete fabrication.
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If you're Russian stay out of Belgorod, they voted for independence and they are tired of being bombed by Russia.
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@dnik1260 UNESCO stated that it was working with the Iraqi government to recover more than 40,000 artifacts scattered and dispersed around the world, in addition to 30,000 pieces that had already been recovered between 2017 and 2022. This is the estimted total over decades though, including the massive amount taken by is. Hardly the six figure number you tried to claim the US took that you pulled from the ether.
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@dnik1260 Do you have reading comprehension issues? Aside from the number being almost half what you claimed, most of the artifacts were taken by local criminals and later by is.
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@dnik1260 I'm sorry but what does this ridiculous comment have to do with anything? Did you know Russia has the among highest rates of fetal alcohol syndrome on Earth and alcoholism in general. It is also completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, just like your comment.
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@dnik1260 Per Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system. Maybe that's why they are looting so many toilets, amiright. See how silly that is?
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@springbloom5940 The worlds #2 army cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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Potato will always hold its value. Russia will switch to potato based currency. Watch and learn decadent westoids.
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@dpelpal I see the Russian central bank just raised interest rates again to 19% to try to stop the rampant inflation there. Life must be very difficult.
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I'm amazed no news agencies have called this Minecraftgate yet.
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@Dan-mm1yl Skip to the part that explains what disastrous policies isolationism and appeasement were.
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Been hearing that for two years but Russia cant even take Avdiivka.
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RFK in one ear Musk in the other, I can't even imagine.
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@--____6915 Stop spreading lies. When asked why Gorbachev did not “insist that the promises made to you [Gorbachev]—particularly U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s promise that NATO would not expand into the East—be legally encoded?” Gorbachev replied: “The topic of ‘NATO expansion’ was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years." “I was in those meetings, and Gorbachev has [also] said there was no promise not to enlarge NATO,” Zoellick recalls. Soviet Foreign Minister.
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@--____6915 I'm sure you know more then the people who were in the room. The Soviet foreign minister was also in the room and said there was no promise, he must have also forgot.
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@chuckrambo4401 China is free to sanction the US for supporting Ukraine if they want.
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Pretty scary josue, isn't it time to take your meds?
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@HPVideoArchive When did NATO attempt to annex another country?
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@InfoSecDaddy You have no clue how many men are there, I've heard up to five brigades, though I don't know either. The Ukrainian air force has been filmed flying over Kursk and you have no idea what their objective is.
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@ArthurMorgantherealone Because Russia quickly increased the number of soldiers involved in the invasion. Why ask stupid questions?
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speaking of broken record would you like to try again in english?
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Super power that can't even take the Donbas, despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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Yeah we should just let Russia do whatever they want and proclaim peace in our time. Take a look at the map of 1914 to see what Russia wants.
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Russia military forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian medical facilities and hospitals, with at least 703 attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities carried out by November 2022, with 144 such facilities completely destroyed by Russian strikes. I couldn't find any numbers for the past year, but I'm guessing its more then a few.
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@ppen8359 Yes. Also technically China has a signed treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression, whether they honor that treaty or not is a different story. But they do not want to look foolish and have likely warned Putin multiple times.
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@paulsmith1981 Russia is mobilizing it's space forces to fight in Kursk. "The unit consists of personnel from security and logistics companies, engineers, mechanics, some officers, and servicemen from a Russian spaceport. There are also personnel from special warehouses of the Aerospace Forces and radar stations in Russia's Voronezh region, who were previously in charge of manning Russia's nuclear deterrent." I'd call that fairly stretched.
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@dpelpal Apparently they aren't even fighting the Russians. It was just Iranians who gave them a ton of drones. The Russians wanted to surrender but the Ayatollah said he would fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@S-North What on earth are you talking about? Harris's lead increased after the debate.
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@michael37377 They were offered 98 percent of the west bank along with Gaza. The other concessions are what happens when you are negotiating with no leverage against someone who doesn't trust you. What a sane party would do is accept the offer and after decades of being a normal country and decent neighbor you renegotiate all concessions until you are a fully sovereign state. Instead they wanted to keep fighting, and cry about the predictable outcome.
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@michael37377 Did you even read my post? They take the best deal you can get considering they have no bargaining power and negotiate further concessions as time goes on. Considering Israel had been attacked several times by all their neighbors at this point its not difficult to understand their lack of trust. The entire Muslim world thought Arafat was insane for not accepting the deal.
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Putin - "Send the T34"
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@Andy-kl1ry well i'm sure if Americans went around bragging about their war crimes like Putin did they would get charged.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Its very common to be very tired and end up waffling and talking drivel if you are sun downing yes. I've never been so tired I fogot how magnets work, or what tariffs are. These handful of examples are the tip of the Trump iceberg, its every rally he says something completely idiotic. His last rally he went on about Arnold Palmers wiener, the one before that he fell asleep and the one before that he spent 40 minutes swaying to music in a daze.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Why on earth are you bringing up Biden? He isn't running, you understand that right? I'm more interested in the Harris Trump debate where he offered up such gems as "they're eating the cats and dogs." And then refused to debate again because even he knows he's losing it.
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@livingtribunal4110 Why do you think Russia is dusting off the T-54/55's? Russia can't even take the Donbas and its a few hours by car from Moscow. Imagine if in Iraq the US drove 40 miles into the country then there was a montage of Iraqi farmers hauling Abrams off with their tractors. then America started digging trenches and reviving M26 Pershing's from the boneyard and tried to pretend like everything was going according to plan. Pretty tough to take seriously right?
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He'll be backing out an open window at some point in the near future.
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@soreeyez This is some ultra level cope
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@mtdorghost8708 Prior to 2014 even Ukraine was opposed to joining NATO. Ukraine, along with France and Germany thought they could appease Russia with Ukrainian neutrality. Unfortunately they were all wrong.
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So every country that gets invaded should just surrender? You sound super smart.
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@jamesgornall5731 It means Russia is out of equipment in 12-18 months.
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"I'm a never Trump guy, I never liked him" "I might have to hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton" "My god what an idiot" "I loved Mitt Romney's anti-Trump speech" “Terrible candidate” “Idiot if you voted for him” “Might be America's H*tler” “Might be a cynical a-hole” “Cultural H*roin” “Noxious” “Reprehensible” - JD Vance speaking about Trump.
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@koiguidenishikigoi4972 Yes zero NATO losses. Civilian volunteers from NATO countries aren't NATO forces.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s There is zero evidence for your delusions.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Nato was there in 2014 in a training role, they withdrew in 2022 after the full scale invasion. You live in a fantasy world.
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Putin has said Russia's border "doesn't end anywhere". Though Russia also said Kherson was Russia's forever and they didn't nuke anyone when Ukraine liberated it.
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Its the Neanderthal DNA.
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@lg2058 The US confronted the Russians directly, they may have almost invaded Cuba, but they didn't. If Russia almost invaded Ukraine there would be no problem. Ukraine is the one's Russia is invading, they are the ones that Russia needs to have a dialogue with, it shouldn't be difficult to figure that out. Considering Putin and Russia have violated almost every treaty they've signed I can understand their reluctance.
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@lg2058 "In 2008, long before 2014, at the NATO summit in Bucharest it was announced that Ukraine was on its path to joining NATO" It takes a lot more than idle talk to join NATO, Russia would be in NATO if it was that easy, at one point they wanted to join. Like I already said Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was zero percent. Russia invaded in spite of Ukraine's neutrality.
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@lg2058 Maybe you should read your own comments carefully. "The Budapest memorandum was signed with one key condition in place – that is, while Ukraine was neutral." What exactly were you trying to say with this comment? Not only was Ukraine not going to join NATO, because of many obstacles both internal and external, it was literally impossible for them to join because of the territorial dispute with Russia that began when Russia invaded in 2014 making them invalid for membership. What's so difficult for you to grasp about this? I'm not sure why you are bringing up the USSR, it doesn't exist anymore. Ukraine wasn't 'let out' of the SSR, they left Russia had no say in the matter, it had nothing to do with Ukraine's supposed neutrality. And Ukraine , as a country has been around as long as the Russian Federation. And you still haven't answered why Russia embargoed Ukraine when they tried to sign the EU association agreement if they had no problem with them joining the EU.
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@lg2058 Yes Thomas Jefferson doesn't exist anymore, but the United States does. The SSR and Russia aren't the same country. You understand that right?
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@lg2058 I'm not surprised you have no idea whether the embargo is related to Ukraine's desire to sign the EU association agreement. You seem to know very little about many other historical facts. Obviously it was to disrupt Ukraine from signing the agreement. Please go read about it before posting more foolish comments. "By the way, Russia was never against Ukraine joining the EU." You said that remember? Or have you already forgotten your personal history in the past hour?
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@lg2058 You are just repeating the same nonsense over and over. Spamming the same garbage won't make it come true little buddy.
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@lg2058 So Russia didn't have a problem with Ukraine joining the EU, but they did have a problem with them signing the EU association agreement? That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Embargoing Ukraine is a violation of the Budapest memorandum, which Russia signed, remember? Please read it before posting anymore silly comments divorced from reality.
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@lg2058 Yes its clear you've run out of material things to say. You never had anything of value to say from the start.
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@lg2058 And while you're at it look up what the word sovereignty means, which Russia promised to respect. It doesn't mean a country can do what it likes, unless Russia disapproves.
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@kam1470 Ukraine has taken more in the past 3 months then Russia has in the previous 10. you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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WLADIMIR0809 Rumors from who? The same guys who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards? Furthermore you need to keep up to date, Ukraine walked right past the first line of defense with minimal resistance. Thats what happens when you send everyone to the zero line instead of following your own doctrine.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@Mrac-zz8vh Nobody was putting any bases in Ukraine. Mexico has zero fear that the US will invade.
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@Toronto-Brad The previous 2 Urkrainian offensives folded up the Russians like laundry.
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@Darko-kn6il Like how the Russians were dreaming when they said Kherson was Russia's forever?
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@gamer-ff6mh I guess everyone can just play sports for a job then. That's assuming people in he future wont have better things to do with their time then watch sports
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Your spelling is about as valid as your military analysis.
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@ssir5927 It was Russian sources that first reported on Ukraine passing the Surovikin line, but believe whatever makes you feel happy I guess.
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@wolfswinkel8906 What's Russia's excuse for not even being able to take the Donbas?
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Russia learning real life isn't like Red Alert 2.
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@isaacshoko1895 That was the Soviets in WW2. Modern day Russia cant even make ball bearings.
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@GTRNR events unfolding like Russian retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson? Or events like dusting off 70 year old tanks from the scrap heap? Do you consider Russia not being able to take the Donbas in over a year of fighting despite it being a few hours from Moscow to be an event?
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@mrkeykush693 You may be amazed to learn that if you park a tank in Tunguska to rust and be stripped of parts for 50 years that they don't really work. They are using T-55's because that's all they have.
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@mrkeykush693 LOL the logistics in Kherson were bad because the Ukrainians blew the bridges behind them. The Ukrainians said they were going to attack Kherson, and Russia believed them. You know, like idiots. So they redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson, Ukrainians blew the bridges and the rest is just another humiliating defeat in Russian history.
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Russia has multiple failed offensives and can't make gains. Unless you are celebrating capturing an empty field at the cost of dozens of armored vehicles and thousands of soldiers.
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@s0ycapitan Well ignoring the time he said we should nuke hurricane Dorian he also said; "A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. (To Bryan) And I think you said you’re going to test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?" He continued. "And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful."
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@s0ycapitan And also. "Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. It was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways—it represented such a big portion of the success of this country," he continued. "Gettysburg, wow—I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and to watch," he said. "And the statement of Robert E. Lee, who's no longer in favor—did you ever notice it? He's no longer in favor. 'Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.' They were fighting uphill, he said, 'Wow, that was a big mistake,' he lost his big general. 'Never fight uphill, me boys,' but it was too late,"
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Nope, they said at current expenditure rates Russia would run out of its stockpiles. Russia manufactures ammo they are never goin to 'run out.' But considering their linear reduction in munition expenditure it seems to be at least partially true.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Like I said Putin called Prigozhin a 'traitor and a terrorist' and that he 'would be punished.' Putin looks incredibly weak no matter how you try to spin it. It's a military maxim that during war a nation shouldn't open a second front unless they have an overwhelming advantage. They already tried to attack from a different angle, remember? It was a disaster and Russia retreated. If Russia attacked on some other angle it would be a gift for the Ukrainians. I already got to see them fight, Wagner shot down at least 7 airframes and Russia destroyed its own refinery, remember? and Prigozhin walked off into the sunset a free man. This has been a complete disaster and humiliation for Putin and Russia.
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@sergeikhripun Russia began it's invasion in 2014.
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@sergeikhripun Crimea and the Donbas genius.
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@sergeikhripun The 'little green men' were Russian, as Putin admitted. He also admitted that Wagner, who were in the Donbas since 2014 were regualar Russian forces. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@sergeikhripun GRU colonel Strelkov said much the same; his unit were Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' Girkin said that this action sparked the Donbas War. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa"
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Furthermore Ukraine wasn't in Nato, nor was there a path for them to join. Several members of the alliance were opposed to it, the Ukrainian government was unable or unwilling to go through the necessary reforms. Even the Ukrainian population was opposed, prior to 2014 only around 10% of them even wanted to join. Ukraine's chances of joining Nato was effectively zero.
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Just falling debris, nothing to see here.
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@saucyinnit8799 Like how Russia ran from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson?
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@blackmantis3130 Most of the videos circulated from that time were the same Ukrainian convoy taken from every possible angle. Ukraine changed its tactics pretty quickly when they realized what they were doing wasn't working. Russia continues to reinforce failed attacks.
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@Imaxxd22 Feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. I provide quotes from the leadership of the SSR that directly contradicts what you said and your response is basically 'they didn't mean it bro.' Ok buddy.
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@Imaxxd22 The Stalin quote is from the Tehran conference, the Khrushchev quote is from his memoirs and the Zhukov quote is from a conversation he had in 1963. None of this is top secret or difficult to discover. Now please explain how the context somehow validates the scenario's you've invented in your mind. You don't provide anything aside from your own commentary. The statistics shows a different picture according to who? You? The quotes are a far better argument than your own amateurish analysis.
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@bernadetten.8751 Trump fell asleep at a recent rally.
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@michaelfaraday8391 I remember when wagner drove to Moscow and all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own oil refinery and dig up the highway.
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We're in the third year and Russia has destroyed two HIMARS launchers so far.
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Ah yes Trump the wordsmith, who gave us famous quotes like "Saudi Arabia and Russia will repeedoo, ahhh." He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful” body. He relishes “a great day in Louisiana” after spending the day in Georgia. He gave such an incoherent answer when asked about child care that if anyone you love spoke like that you would immediately take them to a hospital.
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@eveening7401 Did you read my comment? I was talking about Russia's disastrous invasion of Afghanistan. I'm sure the locals much preferred the coalition to Russia. And if you have a problem with the US invasion you should talk to Russia they supported them and it was only possible by sending logistics through Russia. Civilian casualties caused by the coalition: 46,319 over twenty years. Though only around 1,010-1,297 were caused by direct US/NATO actions. Civilian casualties caused by Russia: Around 2 million in half the time. The US isn't perfect but Russia would deliberately target civilians and engage in reprisal's against them.
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So why are you here? Just wanted to support them with a view and help with the algorithm by commenting?
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi homojokes are illegal in Russia? that doesn't surprise me or people would be making Putin Medvedev jokes all the time, and don't even get me started on that horseback pic.
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@stuplant6693 The rats have already begun to leave the ship, once its clear that its sinking you wont be albe to fnd any Russians on the peninsula. Also once the Tartars and come back Ukraine will have plenty of loyalists.
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@Chronicles of Decay Russia retreats form Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson. But anything more is a fantasy i guess.
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@Leatherman154 Ukraine was a participant in the NATO led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and has deployed troops as part of NATO's ISAF mission to the country. They were there for 14 years. They were also in Iraq, though that wasn't a NATO operation. Any other foolish questions?
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@Beppe-bt2sn They are the same thing genius.
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@justin riley Like at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain?
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@ahmetakgun5358 Read up on what a casualty is.
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@not-woke They still have one as demonstrated by then flying missions every day. And its F16's they are getting, please continue to demonstrate you have no idea what you are talking about.
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@goodguysinc. Real life isn't like twitter, you understand that right?
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@biddyboy1570 haha yeah, and they STILL can't capture the Donbas.
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@hypnophonz Or just day drunk.
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Why is Ukraine attacking Kharkiv when they said they would attack Kherson? Stop believing everything you hear.
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@hahahahah937 I have pictures of leopards being destroyed, oh wait that's farm equipment.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Why doesn't Russia sweep across Ukraine with its 12000 tanks then?
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@Cryosxify Hamas has been doing the oppressing. We would have had a Palestinian state decades ago if not for them.
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In 2009, Egypt started with help from the US, the building of an Egypt–Gaza barrier along the Gaza border, consisting of a steel wall. 2014 Egypt announced that they planned to expand the buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt, following a terrorist attack from Gaza that killed 31 Egyptian soldiers.
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Cry some more bud.
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@stephenglover8828 If you want to get into the other insane historical claims that 1. ignore that Ukraine predates Russia and 2. ignores that China, Finland, Georgia, Japan, Mongolia amongst others all have historical claims on Russia.
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Total NATO casualties: 0
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According to Cluster Munition Monitor 2022, the list of 16 countries that refuse to sign the convention and who produce cluster munitions included Brazil, China, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Israel, India, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, the United States and Turkey. You need to get your info straight.
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@kam1470 I hate to break it to you but the USSR lost the arms race and completely collapsed as a result of trying to keep up with the US.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@vonRichthoven-dv1gg People aren't laughing at Russia for using golf carts and dirt bikes, they are laughing at them for using golf carts and dirt bikes for frontal assaults on fortified enemy positions.
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@Евгений-я7у5ь Russia began its invasion in 2014, if they hadn't nobody anywhere in Ukraine would be getting bombed.
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This is sarcasm right?
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Russia's the one that needs a game changer. 500+ days dicking around in the Donbas.
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They already met in Syria, it didn't go well for Wagner.
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That's his double, the one who can't stop smiling.
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@KJ-wf1xz Look up strategic patenting.
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@KJ-wf1xz It doesn't mean much if all your patents are farcical. They couldn't even make ball point pens until 2017.
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@artwolf2009 who's invading who genius?
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@nuke_Godjira Imagine if your parents weren't related.
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@israelnavarro7182 These were cheap drones made in Ukraine, the targeting was done with commercially available satellites. Normal countries don't go around trying to invade and annex their neighbors.
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It's not America invading Ukraine bud.
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@marksnyder8022. Russia has the advantage in volume of fire, Ukraine has the advantage in accurate/effective fire. Ukraine also has the advantage in modern equipment and morale.
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@newcreationinchrist1423 Then why are they desperatly trying to advance on some vectors? Why did they drive into the same minefield over and over at Vulhedar for no good reason if they weren't looking to advance?
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@johnhume4346 Finland and Sweden joined because they were pressured by Moscow's aggression, not Washington. You have a warped sense of reality.
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@johnhume4346 Most Ukrainians were in favor of the EU association agreement. After Russia embargoed Ukraine and forced Yanukovich to back out (a violation of the Budapest Memorandum) he was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party.
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@nenadmitrovic3469 Moreover PPP means nothing if nobody wants your currency. Nobody wants dictator funny money. All that means is you can buy stuff you produce yourself at a lower price. Which in Russia's case is hydrocarbons and potato's. Though considering they've got worse inflation despite having super high interest rates even that is going out the window. Even fuel prices are spiking in Russia leading to a refined product export ban. That's supposed to be the only thing Russia is good at. (well that and senseless destruction) and they cant even do that right.
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@nenadmitrovic3469 None of what you said is true, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Are there any maps where Russia has managed to capture the Donbas yet?
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@AmericanPatriot5 As I understand it Manchuria for the vast majority of it's history been an integral part of China.
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@Memovox Oh, you're here. You must have decided you don't mind youtube censorship after all. You should spend your time studying economics though instead of posting childish insults so you don't embarrass yourself in the future.
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@Warrior-lt1kc How long until they get rid of Putin for being senile?
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@lovyrituraj he's been saying the 2nd line of defense has been broke for 1.5 years? I doubt that.
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@pnduarte4696 Russia was claiming Leopards and Bradley's destroyed months before they arrived in Ukraine. They counted farm equipment as Leopards. According to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian military 6 times over, but for some reason they still cant take the Donbas.
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@FunLewis This is idle bluff number 5234, but this time we really mean it, trust me bro.
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Why does Russia keep trying to go to the Peoples Republic of Belgorod? They voted for independence leave them alone.
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@Carnabwth I'm not sure how you jumped to such an idiotic conclusion, you just seemed to express that you preferred Autocracy to Democracy so I suggested you make the move. You're clearly easily triggered after listening to too much russian propaganda.
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Its not an alliance though.
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@shannonbertram5513 I don't think you understand what a collapsed frontline is. Ukraine's conscription age is set to 24, one of the highest in the world.
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Men on golf carts and scooters aren't really the forces they are looking for though.
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@ Yes, every time he looks at Ukraine he's remined of his life long dream of never being able to take the Donbas despite taking massive losses.
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If there are 100 toilets and you loot 90 toilets how man toilets are left to loot?
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Stand by for another shirtless horseback picture.
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If things were going well for Russia all the bots wouldn't need to spend all their time in youtube comments trying to convince everyone of their success. It would be self evident. Instead Russia Still can't even capture Bakhmut, never mind the Donbas and are dusting off T-54's and Scooby Doo vans.
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@rogerpennel1798 You can get those vehicles at any army surplus store.
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@TheOne30264 Two Russian ships have been attacked so far.
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@Krono1001 Sure just like Kherson was Russia's forever right? The US took Afghanistan in a few weeks and the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan setting off the occasional roadside bomb, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US also only had 2,462 KIA in 20 years, Russia has more then that in 2 or 3 days, do you understand the difference little boy?
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@williamalexander9485 Marginal gains at a heavy cost. Russia's 'growth' is due to massive government spending. It isn't real growth. The Congo has a trade surplus, that isn't a very good indication of how well a country is performing.
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@Mr.Clownensky CSTO expansion is a form of attack so Pakistan has the right to invade central Asia.
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Banks fail every year, this is a non issue.
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@anirbandasxisciencesection9226 If Russia was winning this war it would be self evident, you guys wouldn't need to come into the comments to convince us how fearsome Russia is.
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If Russia fought as hard on the battlefield as they do in the comments they might have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg It's a bot spamming the same two comments in every thread.
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@marius-cristianplesca1983 Stalin said otherwise. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war. The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war. One-on-one against Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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@dpelpal True, but first he was promoted and given a medal. It was only after Russian mil bloggers brought light to the situation that Putin was forced to change his mind. Putin values loyalty far above competence, just look at Shoigu.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You understand that a majority of Russian land is a colony right? the Caucuses, Siberia, Manchuria etc etc.
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Lets ask Japan who they dislike more Russia, China or the US. If Russia is really worried about Japan they can return the illegally occupied Kuril islands.
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@@marktwain168 So do you think that means Russia wont exist much longer?
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@Dude0000 Why are you posting the same thing over and over? Is your dialogue tree malfunctioning bot?
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How strange 200 Russians greeted a HIMARS while waiting for their commander to give a speech.
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@joshuapaul2022 Nope they really did vote to condemn Russia, whether you like it or not. If those countries are 'implicitly on the Russian side' then why do they buy Russian hydrocarbons at or below the EU price cap? Fleecing Russia for every dime they can, with friends like these...
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I'd heard the pontoon bridge was already taken out. I don't think thats confirmed though.
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@williamalexander9485 Nice novels bud, I prefer non fiction myself. France withdrew from Mali in February 2022.
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@williamalexander9485 Not to mention a decade of failure in Syria.
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@williamalexander9485 It was a specific warning about concert halls that resulted in no increase in security at concert halls. Use your brain. According to survivors they weren't even checking bags at the door. This is just regular old incompetence.
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@DmitrySabFo Although to be fair it still hasn't been near as bad as Russia's first attempt at Kharkiv.
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@thecoin5394 What does this non sequitur have to do with anything? Why not address the topics at hand instead of revealing you have a limited understanding of economics?
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Wait, I thought Russia was already fighting all of NATO.
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So why are you here?
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@kureed79 What on earth are you talking about? Tanks are cheap in Russia just like life. Everywhere outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg are absolute sewers where homelessness and rampant alcoholism are common.
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@kureed79 Yes you do see Youtube videos about the terrible state of Russian cities, how about you search for some instead of posting dumb comments. You tend to hear about them less because Russia is basically irrelevant compared to the US and its expected that their cities will be garbage dumps. As far as Hawaii is concerned the 700$ for each citizen was an initial infusion of cash so that people could afford essentials. Much more has been given and committed. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said he was surprised by how easily he was given all he needed. And claimed he got everything he asked for. Pretending otherwise is just more brainless Russian talking points.
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If he confesses to his crimes on TV like Putin did he might.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 Was this before or after Russia genocided the Ukrainians living there and began its Russification program? Though even that was a failure, Donetsk Institute for Social Research and Political Analysis, found that only 27% wanted to join Russia in some form. It took Russia invading in 2014 to force the issue.
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@jont2576 lol no, Leopard tank losses are still single digit. From Oryx. Leopard 2A4: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) Leopard 2A6: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) According to Russia they were destroying Leopards months before they arrived in Ukraine. They even counted farm equipment as Leopards.
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Sure bud, then its 3 days to Kyiv right?
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@drogonmax8781 Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jsus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@deesmith6363 What are 'your sources' that say 50k Ukrainian troops were killed in Kursk?
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@MatchSmith What actually happened was Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement and Russia embargoed them in response, which was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum. 100% of parliament, including his own party then voted against Yanukovich but instead of signing the agreement he refused. This led to the predictable protests. The protests were to get him to sign the EU agreement though, nobody was asking for him to flee the country, he did that on his own accord. It wasn't a coup by any definition, the same government was in charge of Ukraine after Maidan as before.
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@MatchSmith Wrong. From the end of July 2013 to the beginning of a full embargo about 40 Ukrainian companies were put to the "list of risk" of Russian customs. On 14 August 2013 the Federal Customs Service of Russia put all Ukrainian importers to the "list of risk". These actions resulted in embargo of imports from Ukraine to Russia. This is historical fact, feel free to deny it, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. Yanukovich fled because his thugs killed hundreds of protesters in Kyiv and that is difficult to come back from. The Party of Regions was still active well after the Crimea invasion and annexation, they themselves decided not to run because they were upset that the Donbas wouldn't vote in the election. It was Russia itself lthat occupied that territory, remember? Pro Russian parties were still active in Ukraine right up until the full scale invasion. It wasn't until Mar 20, 2022 that eleven Ukrainian Russian leaning political parties were suspended. Do you think maybe Russia's repeated invasions and annexation of Ukrainian territory may have moved the needle on that decision?
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You can look on google maps and see those same aircraft were sitting in the same spot for at least six months. I'm sure it was a devastating loss. We're in year three and Russia still can't even stop Ukraine's meager air force from flying.
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@petehowett2854 The protests were calling for an election, not for Yanukovich to flee the country. Though perhaps his life was in danger after he sent his goons in to Kyiv resulting in the deaths of over one hundred protesters. But he could have, you know not sent in his goon squad. Most sane people understand how spaces, punctuation and capital letters work.
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@Minimmalmythicist Yeah I tend to ignore conspiracy theories. After Yanukovich backed out of the EU association agreement he was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Nobody was storming anything until after he had he sent his goons to Kyiv resulting in the death of over one hundred protesters, prior to that they were peaceful protests. Also the government wasn't overthrown, it was the same government in charge of Ukraine after the protests as it was before. He signed the deal with Russia because Russia forced him to by embargoing Ukraine and closing the border. Which was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum btw.
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@jimgraham6722 Considering Russia is suffering WW1 level casualties, I'd imagine the number is closer to four years.
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What business does Russia have illegally occupying the Kuril islands?
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@livingtribunal4110 Also it was a team of judges. Tomoko Akane, Rosario Salvatore Aitala, and prosecutor Karim Khan.
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@Bird_McBride What are you talking about? There were never any charges brought against Bush, he can go wherever he wants. He never did something completely idiotic like confess his crimes on TV like Putin did.
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Who's the government, Hamas or the PA?
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@briancarno8837 Zoom the map out, marginal gains in exchange for terrible losses aren't the victory Russia's online cheerleaders pretend it is. In the past 6 months Russia has gained roughly 250 square kilometers. To put this in perspective during Ukraine's "failed" offensive they took 297.7 square kilometers.
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@johnyricco1220 Let all the Oblasts in Russia hold referendums and watch the country fall apart.
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@magnumxlpi Which could have been filmed at any time, they knew the date of the election ahead of time. He also did nothing in the video, just shuffled around. I said he'd been paraded out a few times in my initial post, please try reading more carefully.
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@williamalexander9485 Yes marginal advances that mean very little strategically. We've already established this, how many times are you going to make the same silly comment? This is a war of attrition marginal gains mean nothing. Why is it that Russia is still unable to even take the Donbas after three years? I'm not talking about pages on a blog little buddy, I'm talking about photographic evidence. Like we already established and you hand waved away, Germany advanced for four years and still lost.
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You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@captlazer5509 Ah, that must be the reality where Russia captured Krynky four months ago like Shoigu said.
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@lolipopcrash As soon as someone mentions PPP It's immediately obvious that they have no idea what they are talking about.
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@Alien_isolationist Russia has lost 16k armored vehicles. That's why they are 'improvising' with golf carts and dirt bikes.
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@Alien_isolationist Nice strawman little buddy. At no point did I say Russia was out of armor. 15k is the absolute minimum, many losses won't be on camera, the true number is much higher. Most of the 2k vehicles Russia supposedly produces are refurbished Soviet stock. You understand you can look at satellite images of Russian depos being emptied out right? Why do you think Russia is using golf carts and dirt bikes?
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@Alien_isolationist As far as I can tell you believe they are using golf carts and dirt bikes because their military is too huge and mighty so they have to 'improvise', whatever that means. But for some reason this mighty force can't even take the Donbas, despite it being a half days drive from Moscow.
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We have hit Russian production with sanctions. Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore never mind advanced electronics required for modern military vehicles.
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@Djamonja Russia doesn't even have the logistical wherewithal to take the Donbas, never mind the arctic.
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@valcarlin2537 All the pipelines lead to Europe. The infrastructure doesn't exist for Russia to sell elsewhere at scale.
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Why are you here then?
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@Mata-Miramar Putin should focus more on battlefield tactics instead of some silly game. Maybe then Russia would have a chance of capturing the Donbas. (I doubt it though)
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@mikele9878 Why cant they even take the Donbas then?
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sure bud, you guys have been saying that for almost 2 years now. still not happening.
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@doradobrogo Careful you might get debanked.
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BubbaKaren why don't you go ahead and list all the Russian army's successes from the past year.
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@UkraineNeeds Do you believe the Kremlin? Let me guess you think the farm equipment Russia destroyed really was Leopards?
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@julianf9235 Wow what astonishing insight genius. That's over 30 years. The US provides over 70 billion annually in foreign aid.
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@julianf9235 Lets not forget other famous US vassals like: South Africa, Syria, India and Brazil. Use your brain.
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@megarth1 Won't work, they'll just eat the horses.
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Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and we routinely cross them with no ill effect
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@nsevv My hope is that this results in NATO being reformed into some sort of global defence initiative (GDI) and we accept every stable liberal democracy on earth.
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@sunilsilva8204 Russia is getting help from Belarus, Iran, China, NK, India, Africa. According to your logic Ukraine is fighting 2/3rds the worlds population.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Two years into the invasion and you guys were acting like you just occupied Berlin when you took a mid sized town right on the border after taking catastrophic casualties in the process.
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@K2-2478 "If you draw any global conclusions based on one case, it only shows that you are not particularly smart." Remember when you said that? A one off event conducted by individual Ukrainians in small numbers isn't the same as the systemic abuses conducted by the Russian state. This shouldn't be difficult to understand. We've all seen the pictures of Ukrainian captives compared to Russian ones.
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled NATO would use overwhelming air power to fight Russia, artillery would be secondary. Also Russia can't even capture the Donbas and are dusting off t-54's and scooby doo vans. Pretty scary.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 The same could be said about any Russian official, including Shoigu and Putin.
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@stylusmotors5045 Sure thing, watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@Gia-ye8vq Do you think the US military complex is the reason Putin invaded Ukraine?
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@jesusaguilar4585 This of course ignores the large role that western sactions and pressure had on ending apartheid.
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@JGrant60 Surely such an important agreement would be made in writing, not just hearsay on the Internet. Even Gorbachev said there was no agreement. "the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise"
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Russia took more losses in four months at Avdiivka than they did in ten years in Afghanistan, that's according to Russian sources. Your comment is completely divorced from reality.
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@Blunt3021 Russia still can only make marginal gains at best, that is without US aid and that window is soon closing. Get a grip.
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@izajahmed8863 No amount of personal insults is goint to help Russia take the Donbas bud.
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@jacksonleris8953 Russia can't even make the Donbas Russia completely, come back to reality.
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@fritzraake22 Those two as cellmates would make a great reality tv show.
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd Bridges are valid military targets. Unlike apartment blocks, maternity wards and pizza restaurants.
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@vinojsagar5007 Russia doesn't have a military alliance with China or India and BRICS isn't a country, even if it was there are no BRICS military, trade or economic treaties.
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@MakeYourMoneyWorks Tell that to Tibet.
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@antonina-fk7lq Russia cant even capture the Donbas, get a grip.
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These unknown little green men likely got them at an army surplus store.
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China is doing it's best to not get hit with sanctions itself and Iran is already a heavily sanctioned country with it's own problems. Both of them will try to gain as much as they can from Russia's misfortune but they don't actually care about them.
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@leebrinkley9739 He isn't sitting in his office with a red button. Any order would have to go through the chain of command.
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People had the same fears when the USSR collapsed but nothing came of it, not that we shouldn't be concerned just that with the rhetoric coming out of Russia these days I don't think Russia's collapse increases the odds of Armageddon.
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@kjererrt7804 Just copy/pasting the same anecdotal unconvincing argument in every thread wont make it more convincing.
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@kjererrrt2381 No the reality on the ground does though. a year and a half in and Russia cant even capture the Donbas and have lost over 50% of once occupied territory and lose more every day. If you are going to accept anecdotal evidence from Ukraine then you must do the same for Russia. There is no shortage of videos/social media posts of Russian soldiers and officers complaining about the hopeless situation Russia is in. Including General's Popov and Selivyorstov, who were both fired for telling the truth about Russia's dire situation.
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@havanasyndrome3024 Yes it is completely different. The Kerch bridge was illegally constructed on illegally occupied territory, and bridges are vallid military targets. I'm not sure what is difficult to understand about that.
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@paulpaisley5291 Harris isn't a convicted felon. She hasn't been found liable for SA, she wasn't called a Russian asset by her own intelligence and law enforcement agencies. She hasn't been disavowed by her entire cabinet. She can put a sentence together without sounding like a dementia patient. She didn't call veterans "suckers and losers." She wasn't the first President in the countries history to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. So yeah she's way better.
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Counting western aid and trainers, Ukraine had a total of 170 fixed wing aircrafts. You live in an alternate reality.
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@annmariedeignan2596 Also your whataboutism is pointless, but not surprising, it's what every Russian argument boils down to. Go to a video about Israel to cry about them. I suppose of Netanyahu confessed to his crimes on television like Putin did he would also be charged.
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@leet3207 According to Russian sources NK forces have already been hit multiple times already.
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@georgenzioki Stormshadow is intercepted every day with barracks full of Russians and fuel depots.
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Do you think Russia is interfering with Ukrainian internal affairs? how about Georgia?
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@mickser101 For starters China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear attack.
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@TheRogueminator December 2013, Ukraine and China signed a bilateral treaty and published a joint statement, where China reaffirmed that it will provide Ukraine with nuclear security guarantees upon nuclear invasion.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@inosukehashibara5930 Japan was supposed to overtake the US as the worlds largest economy and instead its gone through 3 decades of no growth.
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@Alien_isolationist it was Russia who stuck their nose where it didn't belong when they took 20 percent of Georgia's territory.
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@vladzoubenko9104 According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine, under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, violating Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest Memorandum. So no, It isn't the truth.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 They spent about a day in Russia completely humiliating them and forcing them to redeploy forces from Ukraine. Why Russia wouldn't already have their border fortified with the country they are at war with is a mystery that will likely never be solved.
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@libertarianbydefault No, nobody uses PPP as a valuable metric. Sometimes GDP per capita adjusted for PPP is used. Russia ranks 43rd on that list.
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@GlenKrog Russia has the highest inflation of any developed country on earth, save Argentina and Turkey, that is with interest rates at an already absurd 21%. Any growth seen in Russia is due to massive government spending on its military. Russia could spend the same money to have holes dug and refilled and their GDP would grow by the same amount. And I have no idea what point you are trying to make regarding Chinese cars. There are so many cars because of massive government subsidies creating an unfair market. There is a reason that every country has large tariffs on Chinese autos, including Russia and other brics countries.
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@viceralman8450 oops my mistake, well the point remains.
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@Zvxers7 Most Palestinians disagree with you and support the two state solution. Its Hamas and the hardliners that continue to torpedo any chances of a free Palestine.
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@sunnyboner676 Russia has a long history occupying its neighbors so European countries want American weapons there. There was idle talk of Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO just like there was about Russia joining. There was however no political or societal will in those countries to join. Only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join prior to 2014. The chances of either joining was effectively zero. The US leases Guantanamo from the Cuban government. There were zero plans to bring any weapons to Ukraine, why would they? This is just paranoid delusions. American nukes have been in Turkey since before the Cuban missile crisis, they were removed from northern Anatolia as part of the deal, they still aren't in northern Anatolia. The real question is what way does any of this pointless whataboutism justify Russia's invasion of a sovereign state?
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@DarkRoomAmbience Plus the fact that in 2014 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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@andreytolmachev1435 Its Russian STATE media, there's nothign they say that the Kremlin doesn't approve and they said multiple times leading up to the invasion that they could take Kyiv in 3 days. Putin himself said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks back in 2014.
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@sh0t0kan Yes Russia's destroyed the entire Ukrainian army 5 times over that's why Russia continue to retreat every day.
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@stu281 Hey one of us is denying reality here but it isn't me. Try not to cry ok.
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@stu281 Read what paranoid delusions mean. Your baseless assertions are completely divorced from reality.
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@ImmuneToTrollHate So Russia didn't lose 16k men at Avdiivka? (according to Russian propagandist Murz) That was just active defense that lost more men than the entire Afghan war. You live in a fantasy world.
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@Balenza345 Except when they lost in Afghanistan and Chechnya and didn't nuke anyone, guess those were exceptions.
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More Russian wonder weapon 'game changers' I'm sure they'll take Kyiv in 3 days this time.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@nagunoorisridhar4775 NATO vs Russia would be over very soon, especially considering Ukraine has destroyed half of Russia's army. It would look like Desert Strom + Geography.
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@sergeikhripun Lira first 'discredited' the Ukrainian military over a year before his arrest and nobody cared. It was only after he revealed the location of the Ukrainian military that he was arrested. Additionally, there is no evidence that any torture was used against Gonzalo Lira. And he died from pneumonia from his own words. One of us is lying but it isn't me
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@highjumpstudios2384 I've also heard the infantry is vulnerable to bullets
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Russia just raised interest rates again to 19% to try to rein in the rampant inflation, it isn't working. Russia has the third highest inflation in the developed world, behind only Turkey and Argentina, both of which are in the midst of an economic crisis.
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Sure bud, you have a source for any of this twaddle?
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@brunokunz1000 Considering that on one of the potential fronts Russia is getting its mouth kicked in its probably okay to send some.
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America said that? Or a handful of politicians said that?
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@springbloom5940 Yeah you have nothing to say about the unsourced twaddle you keep spouting.
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@reteptetep5078 Prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. There were also several NATO countries opposed to the idea of them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO were effectively zero. Want ot know what other country wanted to join NATO at one point? Russia, should they invade themselves? And th Russian invasion started in 2014. There would be no casualties in the Donbas or anywhere else if Russia hadn't invaded.
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@jetli740 Russia never offered any peace proposals, what they wanted was Ukrainian surrender. Which given the realities on the battlefield was never realistic. Why doesn't Russia surrender?
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@@SteveTudesco Is there a point to this comment?
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@Memovox The 'story' is that the Canadian government is inept, not fascists. If you are looking or a fascist government aggressively expanding look no further then Putin who's trying to protect the 'fatherland.'
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@dalecrocker3213 Russia is getting torn to shreds. You realize we can see Russian vehicle depots with satellites right? Last winter it was Russians sending out dear Vladimir videos as they huddled around their stoves because their heating was offline.
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@nazistowskisnob543 yeah Russia is so good at destroying leopards they were destroying them months before they even arrived in Ukraine. Even farm equipment counts as Leopards. To date there is evidence of a grand total of 6 destroyed Leopards.
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When the USSR collapsed everyone was like 'oh cool we get to be friends now'. And for a while it looked like we were headed in that direction. But that isn't what Russia wanted.
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You guys have been saying that for 2 years, Russia cant even take Avdiivka.
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@antoniomromo You aren't wrong but whenever things get tough everyone buys US dollars.
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Just like how they achieved his goals in Syria? Please. Russia can't even take the Donbas, it's time to face reality.
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This is hilarious, I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore. NATO isn't fighting and Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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@gsingh5826 Are there any? Why dont you name some? Seriously wondering where they are. Iraq is in control of and sells all its own oil. The US doesn't get any oil from Syria. Where are these phantom oil and gas wells located?
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@coroni4744 quite prolific isn't he? He must be trying to set the record for most idiotic comments in a single video.
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@Mr.Clownensky You joined Joined Jul 6, 2023 and do nothing but spam embarrassing nonsense. And you want to call me a bot? Thats actually hilarious.
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@Armed-Forever Remember when he went to India and forgot that he wasn't in front of his own plebs and the whole room laughed when he tried this bs.
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Russia still cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Nuclear fuel isn't among sanctioned commodities. Why dont you look this stuff up before posting dumb comments?
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Looks like another Russian ship sent to rendezvous with the Moskva to help bolster Russian submarine forces.
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@MarcinWalicki-t3o How would Russia be doing without aid from North Korea, Iran and China?
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@Slothy_12 calm down spam bot
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@Jimmy1972 Russia also supported the US invasion of Afghanistan.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Because he's a 60 year old chocolate salesman. Why don't you volunteer for the Russian army Manu?
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I'd tell you but I have no idea what you are trying to ask.
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@gregowski_pl Imagine if the US drove 30miles into Iraq then stopped to dig trenches, then started saying 'were not even trying bro.'
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Ah the old 'were not even trying bro.' If what your saying is actually true (it isnt') then Russia is even more inept then I thought. I thought the 'Vuhledar wasn't a real offensive so it's ok that we throw away 100+ armored vehicles for no gain.' would be the dumbest thing I read in this thread, but it's got to be 'we aren't trying to win for political reasons.' Absolute clownshow.
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within the framework of the US armed forces they certianly would dominate them.
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Yep, Russia could go home and end this pointless conflict.
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@Cl0ckcl0ck Photographic evidence of material losses for Ukraine in Kursk is low double digit. That includes the M270 decoys you seem to think were Himars.
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@chrismalcomson7640 The US seized a Greek tanker because it was full of sanctioned Iranian oil.
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@jamesgreen1116 No they haven't. Here is the first search result "Syria's new transitional government says there is no place for Russian presence in Syria."
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'we're fighting 50 countries' is ultra tier cope.
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@natasa8266 Sure. (provided the link works, youtube can be weird about linking) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK16y6vIAPo&ab_channel=WarthogDefense It starts around the 3 minute mark.
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It as Russia that violated Minsk, of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the budapest memorandum. Girkin and Prigozhin both said there were no problems in the Donbas until Russia invaded in 2014. Though one is in the Gulag and the other killed off, what a country.
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@Dani2kGaming_GEIR Has it been shovels sinking the black sea fleet?
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@stu281 Yes cash generated by oil assets were seized and given to Kuwait, just like how revenue generated by Russian assets was seized and is being given to Ukraine. Neither Russia nor Iraq had any say in the matter. The reparations totaling over fifty billion recently paid back by Iraq are a separate issue.
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@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier At least learn english before posting inane comments.
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@louger-tp5pl You realize its been a stalemate for a year right? not sure what you find funny.
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@mattsmith-ri3lp Then why did Russia call it a 'red line' though they call everything a red line and we just ignore them. Putin has more red lines then a candycane.
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@nikhilniki9333 Western aid didn't even start arriving until after the battle of Kyiv. Western aid has helped but the primary factors are Ukrainian willingness to fight and the shambolic incompetence demonstrated by Russia.
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@soreeyez B52's have been constantly upgraded and maintained. T54's were left to rust for decades in a field in Tunguska, and are being sent in stock form to the front. T54's are also being used as VBIED's, not surprising to see Russia use ISIS tactics, the two have a lot in common.
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@Injun-b2q The US is rich, whats your point? do you just copy/paste the same comment in every thread for some reason?
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@Injun-b2q This is some serious cope right here. If Russia isn't trying to capture Bakhmut then why are they frantically trying to capture Bakhmut? Human wave assaults for 10 months. Somewhere north of 5-1 casualties in favor of Ukraine. Or do you think defenders advantage no longer exists, for the first war ever? Russia was desperate to capture it before May 9 so they had some sort of W they could point to. Typically when you invade a country you don't want to engage in trench warfare that never ends. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then 40 miles in they were stopped and started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing and said; "everything is going according to plan you just dont understand tactics" please. what's happening right now is Russia's worst nightmare, do you think they want to dust off T54's and Scooby Doo vans? A complete humiliation for the self proclaimed world #2 army. Even Russian state media is all doom and gloom lately and its their job to lie about the war. How about when Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson? Is that an example of Russia "Dominating the battlefield" Let me guess you think them retreating was a gesture of goodwill. How about losing Izium, the main supply hub in the area, by some accounts the Ukrainians captured more equipment then they started the war with. The fact that Russia STILL cant get air superiority despite having every advantage. But they are incapable of basic SEAD never mind large scale air operations. And I dont know what your obsession with some Vietnamese guy in a hole is. I said i'm not American. Who's defending the Vietnam war? Or is this just more braindead whataboutism, which is what every Russian argument boils down to. And you realize its not 1969 anymore right? the US army has changed. Vietnam is a good example of how you can win every battle and still lose the war. Look up the Russo-Japanese war if you want to see some real humiliation, or the Russo-Polish war, or the First Chechen war, the point is there's no shortage of Russian military humiliations (Ukraine war included) As for Afghanistan the war was over in a matter of weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coaltion forces in years. Taliban were all in their hidey holes in the other Stans. The US could have left any time after they got Bin Laden and declared victory. You also realize Russia got smoked so bad in Afghanistan it collapsed their whole damn empire right? Lets compare casualties in Afghanistan just for fun. USSR: About 15,000 KIA Soviets. Civilians: About 2,000,000 All in 10 years. US: 2,402 KIA Civilians: About 46,319 civilians in 20 years, though an estimated at least 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians were directly killed by U.S./NATO actions. US may not be perfect but at least they try, Russia will engage in reprisal killings and directly target civillians.
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@serzh1950 Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@dark_master_Makei No the straight is open for non involved countries. In time of war, Turkey not being belligerent, warships shall enjoy complete freedom of transit and navigation through the Straits under the same conditions as those laid down in Articles 10 to 18. Vessels of war belonging to belligerent Powers shall not, however, pass through the Straits
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You realize we can see Russian equipment depots from space right? This year Russia runs through the last of their Soviet legacy. Also damaged idle tanks don't last long in this war and are quickly finished off by drones.
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@MrLandL0rD1 Russia has also been trying to take the Donbas since 2014, worlds number 2 army cant even take the Donbas which is only a few hours drive from Moscow.
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What a guy can't even conduct an interview from his glass dome anymore?
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@manickn6819 Who's invading who here? The world #2 army cant even take the Donbas. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of trench warfare and 6 figure casualties the US had lost over half of the territory it once held and was losing more every day, how would you rate that invasion? Would you consider it a success, or an embarrassing disaster?
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Putin would be escorted to the nearest eighth story window if he ever gave the order. There are multiple reasons they can't use them.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 What on earth are you talking about? I don't understand why you wouldn't spend ten seconds looking up the China/Ukraine treaty before posting a foolish comment.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 The radars that are used to monitor everything in the air aren't used in the war in Ukraine? I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@Memovox Intermediate and long-term treasury bond yields rose. The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury broke above 4.50% for the first time since 2007. Any short term turbulence in the bond market is caused by inflation and the rising interest rates to combat it (The US interest rate is 5.25%, Russia's is 15% btw). China's primary problem is deflation due to a property crisis, falling exports and weak consumer spending. Their concern is trying to avoid a deflationary death spiral. Much of the inflation is because the US is currently undergoing the fastest industrialization in its history, including WW2. Most of the rest of the inflation is because Russia and China decided to simultaneously implode for no good reason. Taking Russia's cheap commodities and China's cheap labor out of the global market. Please spare us the trailer park economics.
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@s0ycapitan 2 years in and Russia still cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@davemccrillis1470 It's easy enough to look up Vlad's two week statement. Even the state doesn't deny he said it, they were just upset it was made public.
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@i_cri_evertim So 14+ months in Russia planned to still be farting around a few miles from the border?
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Gaza hadn't been occupied since 2005, it certainly wasn't occupied on October 7th.
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@trumpforever6706 Officially? Russia wasn't 'officially' in Crimea either until Putin admitted years later the 'little green men' were Russians. There were years of denials before that. Strelkov and Prigozhin have admitted that Russia was in the Donbas right from the start. Girkins unit were mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers'. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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@trumpforever6706 Wagner was also in the Donbas since 2014. They were a branch of the Russian military as Putin admitted. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” Prigozhin admitted they were in the Donbas since 2014. "Russians went to Donbass, and we held our ground in Donbass. After we defended Donbass, we were supposed to move out in the autumn of ’14 and secure the lines of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and so forth along the border of the Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic"
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@davidlloyd2583 Ukraine has the advantage in accurate/effective fire. There's also defenders advantage. So everything you typed is complete nonsense.
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@HeichE944 Invoked once in 80 years, a regular event for sure. If you think 9/11 was a small reason you live in quite the bubble.
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@ That's not how warheads work, they will activate under the appropriate conditions, there is no way of preventing this.
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According to the Russian MoD itself they shot down all missiles and all casualties were a result of falling debris.
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@TheRealBillBob Why not list all BRICS economic, trade and military agreements then instead of spamming emojis.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 They lost 9 Manu, and you realize the war in Afghanistan went on for ten years right? I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit maybe try reading my comment again.
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What are they going to do, invade Ukraine?
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@187Rajah Or were you talking about the OSCE report from Ertugrul Apakanglava who wasn't even in Ukraine until after the referendum? One of us is lying here but it isn't me.
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@187Rajah I've posted actual quotes from the report, you've just posted baseless assertions completely divorced from reality. Just repeating the same lies over and over won't magically make them come true.
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@ Yeah Trump will fix that by giving them all tax cuts.
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@mikitadou Apparently Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@StPiter111 Oops you forgot to switch to your alt before replying to your own comment this time.
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Maybe Syria should worry about winning the civil war that's been going on forever before it thinks about expanding its territory.
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@iforgiveyou274 Ukraine has captured roughly 500 tanks from Russia.
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I agree, bring in every stable liberal democracy on Earth. Rename it to the global defense initiative. (GDI)
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Who's invading who here genius?
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@MrGatzby G'day mate. Nobody said they would take the Baltics, they said they would try. It would be incredibly foolish for Russia to attack Europe, just like it was incredibly foolish for them to attack Ukraine.
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@Leone89ful Spamming the same dumb comment in every thread is a great way to make everyone think you aren't a bot.
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@Isaac_132 As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, most of that it occupied in 2014 and most of the rest was taken in the opening days of 2022. Gains they've made since then have been marginal at best and in exchange for terrible losses.
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@sanjaikumar369 Putin's Russia cant even take the Donbas despite it only being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@bryandimery6509 When's the last time Russia had any gains?
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The term Lenin coined for people like Trump was 'useful idiot.'
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Well except Japan, Poland, Sweden, France and the UK, Germany in ww1 and of course the Mongols.
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@aladeobafemi6424 Are you really trying to pretend that the Crimean war didn't happen? And no Turkey (at that time the Ottoman Empire) was never part of Russia.
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@aladeobafemi6424 Crimea was never taken from Russia after the Crimean war brainiac, that wasn't the objective. The Crimean war was fought to stop Russia's invasion of the Turkish principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. And to maintain the balance between the great powers. Russia lost the war, no matter how you try to spin it. It's also completely irrelevant in context to what is being discussed in this thread. I was responding to your silly statement that "I don't think they will go out of Russia safely because no one invaded Russia and go free." Which is demonstrably false, by multiple events.
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lmao
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@StPiter111 Vladivostok's original name was Yongmingcheng genius. Or 永明城, "city of eternal light". During the Ming dynasty. Rurik went to Russia in 862 and Rus was founded in 882. Please try to get a clue.
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@StPiter111 I notice you like building strawmen, nobody said Russia was "uninhabitate" whatever that means. There was no Russian state, there was a bunch of tribes with very little aside from loose cultural ties connecting them until the Swedes arrived. The word Rus even means "men who row" in old Norse. What difference does it make how large Yongmingcheng was? It was stolen by the Russians from it's rightful owner China, like the rest of outer Manchuria.
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@Anjum-hm6vd Sure man, you have a source for that?
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InfinitiAlex They are also teaching school age children military skills. Some serious 'Putin youth' vibes. Just like Mr. Moustache.
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@GARDENER42 The Russian army just got done with its worst month of the war, and still cant even take the Donbas. The Russian navy just lost the battle of the Black Sea to a country with no navy and the Russian air force has been a no show since taking terrible losses in the early war. Kremlin trolls: "Its called winning people."
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There's this thing called weather. If you dont want to attack down the middle of the road you need dry conditions. Or you can do like Russia did at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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@allengordon6929 The casing is a 14.5 necked down firing a smaller 50 cal bullet.
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@Tchernoziuum Yeah they did. This is uncontroversial, it was signed by Ukraine, Russia, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Specifically it was signed by Russian Ambassador to Ukraine and Russian representative Mikhail Zurabov. Please do some basic research first. And maybe learn how to spell genius before using it as an insult.
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@alexsilent5603 How do you feel about Russia toppling the legitimate governments in Africa to install military juntas?
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Hopefully we can get the old Republican party back after the next election.
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@terriblepainter7675 Hey whataboutism what a shocker, this is what every russian argument boils down to.
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Nobody attacked Russia buddy.
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@felipearbustopotd Indeed, "not one inch eastward" promise that is constantly misrepresented was in the context of the German reunification treaty. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany. Which to this day there still aren't, it had nothing to do with other countries joining.
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@s0ycapitan Another silly statement. Ukraine is more heavily armed now than at any point in their history. Russia's best case scenario is an unwinnable occupation and insurgency that never ends.
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@s0ycapitan You understand Russia are the aggressors right? The humanitarian disaster is completely their fault. Are you trying to set a record for foolish comments or something? You can't seriously think everyone is going to suddenly forget taht Russia started this conflict, NATO will ignore the fact that Russia has thrown away its one advantage, which was its large Soviet stockpiles and give into any terms Russia wants, despite having no leverage over them. And the whole room will clap. Absolutely delusional
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@mariopaiva-my7qf 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. Strelkov said as much when he crossed the border. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa".
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I just can't tell if I'm reading sarcasm anymore
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Hopefully Russia will give up on the Belgorod peoples republic for the sake of peace.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud.
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@captainthunderbolt7541 Just like Kherson, oh wait.
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@Memovox What does this non sequitur have to do with anything? Are you tired of embarrassing yourself talking about economics or something?
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Afghanistan was captured in a few weeks. What on earth are you talking about? Russia wishes its invasion went 10% as well as the Afghan war.
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@michaelr4858 The old joke in China is the S400 is the S300 with a coat of paint.
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@cechzc2e The context is the warrant out for Putin's arrest by the ICJ.
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@psycho8927 Russia has multiple failed offensives.
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@bryandimery6509 Russia stopped firing missiles for around 6 months to replenish their stockpile because they ran out of missiles. They are currently firing brand new missiles and missiles they begged from North Korea.
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Why do you think the worlds #2 army cant even capture the Donbas, despite it being a half days drive from Moscow.
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@DewberryCream Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO before 2014 so your argument makes no sense.
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@Epiderm91 Just waltz in? LMAO. That's hilarious, three years of war and Russia is just a few miles across the border. And yes those countries have sent weapons to Russia.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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After ten months and tens of thousands of casualties Russia manages to capture 3/4 of a medium sized town of no real strategic value, the Russian plebs rejoice. Over a year in and Russia still can't manage to take the Donbas, which is a couple hours by car from Moscow, absolutely pathetic.
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@rasheedh7043 Are you on bath salts? There is countless hours of footage of Russian equipment being destroyed.
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@whitescar2 Russia also signed the NATO-Russia founding act which stated that both alliances could expand however they pleased.
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@clobar70 If Germany lost WW2 why are they still providing weapons to Russia's enemy. Is basically what you are saying.
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@GeoPoliticsCommentry ok dreamer.
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@GeoPoliticsCommentry Source: Trust me bro.
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@galatheumbreon6862 Hamas was designated a terrorist organization on October 8, 1997.
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@ibrahimtouman2279 lol, Iran has no other choice. And it was a trade for some shabby drones. Russia was ignored at the Dubai airshow, nobody wants their ancient tech.
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There is this thing called weather. Unless you want to drive down the middle of the road like Russia did during its humiliating offensive at Vulhedar where they drove down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over for no reason they need to wait for it to dry out.
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@moiseshuerta3984 So Russia has no excuse for driving into the same minefield over and over except stupidity.
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@markbudaden110 What a silly comment. A quarter of Russian's don't have access to indoor plumbing, maybe they should look into that instead of invading their neighbors.
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@anandthegreat lmao, I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or not but either way its hilarious.
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@elbibwen3019 Nobody takes this serious bud, come back to reality.
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@Semtex_1992 like when russia lost in afghanistan and chechnya and brought out the nukes
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Luckily we don't have to guess. The World Press Freedom Index ranks Russia 162 for press freedom. The UK ranks 23rd.
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The radiation was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
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@dns7587 The mass graves at Izium and Bucha tell a different story.
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@billshi6005 9 dash line no longer exists then?
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@TommyConlan Sure thing 'Tommy'. Just out of curiosity are you one of the lucky few Russians who have access to a toilet?
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@goenzoy712 Russia taking Odessa via Transnistria is the most bizarre fantasy i've heard yet.
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Ask a grownup how the global market works.
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@linkmeforfun More like how by 1943 Germany had won a bunch of territory from the USSR. It didn't last though, just like Russia who has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied and they lose more everyday.
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It would be incredibly stupid for Russia to attack NATO, but it was incredibly stupid for them to attack Ukraine. Russia has a long history of doing things that are incredibly stupid. Which is why, when dealing with Russia, you must always be prepared for the idiotic.
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Big picture? Russia has lost about half of the territory it once occupied and about half its army. Meanwhile Ukraine gains more territory by the day and continues to get support from the west.
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The best time to provide ATACMS and cluster munitions was a year and a half ago, the second best time is today.
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@SpeCifiC0507 Meanwhile in reality Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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@momosanchez5025 Try not to cry ok. Do you think you are the only one who gets comments deleted?
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@Chipolinou Huh? The US occupied Afghanistan in a few weeks then occupied them for 20 years. The Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, I'm not sure who you think they were running from. Russia was defeated so soundly in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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Where is Russia's top general? Nobody has seen Gerasimov in over a month.
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@oldenshort1346 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of trench warfare and 6 digit casualties the US had lost over half of the land it once occupied and were losing ground every day. How would you rate that invasion?
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@mop330 LOL keep dreaming, corruption happens in the US but its a minor nuisance and not an all encompassing way of life like in russia
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@ukie5130 Yes thats the point I was trying to make. As for the US unfortunately the house is being held hostage by a handful of extremists. There are likely votes to get around the speaker though which is why Moscow Mike went on a two week vacation, hopefully the EU can step up until the US gets its act together.
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@ragingmonk6080 So they sacrificed half the vdv to make the Ukrainians scramble? Sure. The first tank guard army was almost completely destroyed during Russia's ill advised run on Kyiv, and no it wasn't a feint, they really thought they would be greeted with a parade. Why do you think there was a mass firing at the fsb after Russia's initial invasion failed invasion?
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@fk4410 Lukashenko was voted out in a landslide then Russia sent in the goon squads to keep him in power. Prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and multiple NATO countries were opposed to them joining. Russia invaded in spite of Ukraine's neutrality, This is just a regular old land grab. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. At one point Russia considered joining NATO, should they invade themselves?
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@zvonkobogdan9634 That's what Vlad said in his recent interview. You're right its not based on reality or history. Just his delusions.
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@manjunathmnm It took the US just over 500 hours to take Iraq. Saddam was on trail around a month later. Russia wishes its invasion went 5% as well as the Iraq invasion.
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@niklaus9678 Let me guess, you think the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill.' and the Moska sank because of high seas. Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos bud.
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@Caroline-z2w The resemblance between Xi and Pooh bear is striking.
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@masterlightjames950 The source for US casualties is "Human and Budgetary Costs to Date of the U.S. War in Afghanistan, 2001-2022 | Figures | Costs of War". The Costs of War. Retrieved 2021-09-01 and the source for Russian numbers is. "Afghanistan: Demographic Consequences of War: 1978-87," Central Asian Survey, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 101-126, 1991.
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Hopefully ChatGPT will save us.
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@nnnickname746 My source is Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, which says. 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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@nnnickname746 There's a reason everyone with at least half a brain and the means to do so have already left Russia altogether.
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@JaimeSalazar-wm6dh It was a corvette and it was struck by multiple missiles, nobody uses battleships anymore. The much larger Moskva was struck by two Neptune missiles and it sank. Have seen the pictures of the damage? Its a total write off. Dry your eyes.
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@goonerboz6023 Did you read what he said?
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@alex-fs5bl Why is Russia making nuclear threats if French troops arrive if they are already there?
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Russia is using donkeys bud, get a grip.
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@ The reason Russia is using donkeys isn't because of any sort of tactics, it's due to a lack of vehicles because they've lost so many.
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@MrGatzby There is also photographic evidence of well over 20k pieces of destroyed Russian equipment. Maybe if you spam enough silly rhetoric though it will change reality.
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@angelalbertocastillo3175 The Cuban people have far more to fear from their own government then they do the US.
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@MrChrisBarker Crimea belongs to Ukraine, they can do whatever they want there.
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@mr.joedirt8583 Russia cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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Every Russian with half a brain has left the country, plus maintenance money is funneled into an idiotic war (and into corrupt officials pockets).
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Tell that to Russian sources, they say it was damaged.
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Where is Putin? Is he even alive?
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@yagsipcc287 There aren't WB or IMF detectives to investigate economies. Russia self reports their cooked numbers and are taken at face value.
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@Hamzahabdo-u2n It wasn't that long ago that the Taliban were conduction cross border raids. This is partially due to the water conflict that's been going on for decades, and part because the Taliban views the Iranian regime as decadent infidels.
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@Jnth007 So EU pirates raided Russian grain ships?
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@mat_j Even farm equipment counts as Leopards.
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USSR89 What you say about the Chechnya shelling?
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@esQmo Who cares? It was the same with the Soviets, except they lost over 8 times the personnel the US did in half the time. This also has nothing to do with Russia's failures in Ukraine and Kursk.
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Russia is making marginal gains, at best. In exchange for horrific losses.
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@margelatu79 Ah yes the mythical oral agreement from Jimmy Baker, while the leaders of the alliances claim that no such promise was made and that such a decision could only be made in writing. Just spamming the same nonsense over and over wont make it true.
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b-b-b-but Iraq! Jk you're right.
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Waiting for you to copy paste the same comment in every video, I wont have to wait long.
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@imoovabull6042 What nonsense. Every country on earth recognized Ukrainian independence, including the Russian Federation.
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@Alien_isolationist It's not my opinion genius. Do you really think that what constitutes military targets is top secret? you can check what is considered valid targets.
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@alexsilent5603 23% of Russian's don't have access to indoor plumbing, are you one of them? I'm not sure if you were aware but fetal alcohol syndrome is caused by the mother drinking while pregnant, it has nothing to do with whether you drink or not. Do you understand?
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@alexsilent5603 My source is Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, which says. 22.6% of all Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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@distinctga5811 Which has nothing to do with what I said. Who article 5 was for is irrelevant, as are the total losses or how much the US spent.
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@captainhadd0ck You may be right, plus the 3 copies of the sims 3 debacle. It was a tough call.
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BubbaKaren I think its great that you can use the internet despite being brain damaged. Are you all by yourself or do you have a helper?
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@LewisNuke92 2014 is when Russia invaded. There would be no casualties in the Donbas civilian or otherwise if they hadn't.
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@gillesgenete9598 I thought Surovikin was just resting, lmao. I'm not sure who's taken out more Russian generals at this point, Ukraine or Russia.
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@jackhardy3905 Ukraine ranks 78th on the democracy index and Russia ranks 122.
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@TsoiIzAlive BRICS is some Wallstreet bros investment strategy, not a military alliance or something.
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@robertatkins9419 Are you really trying to pretend Russia hasn't flattened multiple cities? That's actually hilarious. Off the top of my head, Mariupol, Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, Sievierodonetsk, Maryinka, Avdiivka. There are many others.
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Ok if this one wasn't written by an algorithm then none of them are.
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@trying3841 According to Russian rhetoric they've been fighting Nato for the past two and a half years.
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@trying3841 Also if Putin wanted peace he could just go back to Russia.
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Tell us more about how all Putin's political rivals get tossed out windows, and how Russia is unironically using donkeys.
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@ Do you specialize in silly comments or something?
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@mikes989 2 million, that's how many civilians Russia took out in Afghanistan alone in only 10 years.
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Ukraine hasn't been stroking itself off as the worlds #2 army
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@idpsalm3331 One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water. The US also famously follows Russian ballistic subs around because they are loud af. Nobody wants a nuclear war but if it came to it Russia would lose.
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@vonSchwarzberg There was never any promise regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much.
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@attilamarics3374 Those are almost coherent sentences. Keep trying your best.
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@glintongordon6811 And Russia can't even take the Donbas after losing over 15k armored vehicles. I find it funny how the narrative out of Russia is simultaneously that Ukraine would have lost in weeks if not for western aid, and also that aid has had no effect. Welcome to the world of cognitive dissonance.
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@stu281 What does that have to do with the topic? What was the population of Afghanistan when they beat the Russians? The population of Chechnya was only around a million and even they defeated Russia.
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quite what?
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@Alien_isolationist 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, there would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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Do you think Russia predicted years of WW1 style attrition warfare?
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@Herodotus__ wow breaking news, last I checked Russia was still dicking around accomplishing nothing.
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@wakandanlivesmatter3501 Literally nobody said that, are you on glue? And Russia is the self proclaimed super power here they should be the ones taking ground and they couldn't even hold Kherson. Meanwhile they start dusting off the T-54/55's (I thought the T-62's were humiliating) while the Ukrainians get Leo2's, Challengers and Abrams. Also there's this thing called weather, If you don't attack when its dry you have to drive down the road like Russia did in their embarrassing Vulhedar offensive when they drove into the same minefield over and over.
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Hopefully Russia will stay out of the People's Republic of Belgorod's airspace. Russia needs to stop bombing them, they have voted for independence and for the sake of peace Russia needs to let them go.
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even if this was true (it's not) it would be a small price to pay to be rid of Russia forever
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@sangteazadeng2064 Did you read about the treaty of Lisbon? because the EU is definitely a defensive alliance, member states can opt out though.
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You guys said that two years ago and Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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Russia killed 2 million civilians in Afghanistan, 3,060,000 German military personnel were taken prisoner by the USSR and that 1,094,250 died in captivity, The Russians killed 30+ million of its own civilians. When it comes to body count the only country that can keep up is China do you really want to play this game?
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@sensi6457 Ironically enough Girkin wasn't arrested for anything he did but because he called Putin a 'bunker grandpa.'
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@MorningNapalm Israel has proposed a two state solution multiple times. It keeps getting shot down by the Palestinians.
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@nelayanpejuang4194 Almost every country on earth voted to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN.
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ВОВОЧКА NATO countries have far more coastline then Russia in the Black Sea. Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey (who controlls access) are all NATO countries on the black sea and Ukraine and Georgia are future NATO countries. If anything its a NATO sea, just like the Baltic.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia has had a 'stranglehold' on the Donbas for years now, they aren't any closer to taking it now than they were then. If you invade a country and it turns into a war of attrition its already been a horrific failure. And please stop pretending you know what's happening in Kursk, it just makes you look like a fool.
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Putin didn't request to join though, he wanted to be asked to join because in his words he "didn't want to be on a list with a bunch of countries that don't matter." That's not how NATO works though. If Russia asked to join and went through he necessary reforms they had a decent chance of joining the alliance.
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@Zuzka3158 Wagner was there, and as Putin admitted they are a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” You haven't said a single correct thing so far this thread, that's impressive in its own way.
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@Zuzka3158 All people in all countries have roots in other countries, what a brainless statement. Kyiv predates Muscovy. Both states were founded by Varangians. I'm not sure what this has to do with anything though, unless you are suggesting Russia be returned to its rightful rulers the Swedes. Ukraine was recognized by every state on earth in '91, including Russia.
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@PeterMcCluckin Russia's invasion was unprovoked.
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@karinaivankova4099 9 years ago is when Russia invaded.
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@petrkolesov8056 So why did Russia have a bunch of sham referendums and annex their territory? Why is Russia attacking across almost the entire front? You make no sense.
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@dalecrocker3213 Did they want Kherson when they had their sham referendum then later lost it?
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@Blacknife98 NATO has roughly 16,000 more aircraft than Russia.
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@RobertKohn-x3k That is the state spending money on the arms industry. Foreign investment is almost zero.
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@blackwatch7151 Not really, he didn't want to ask to join, he wanted to be invited because in his words he didn't want to be on a list with a bunch of countries that don't matter. That's not how NATO works though.
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@Robert-t1m3p I'm not the one spamming the same idiotic comment over and over.
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@Yuri-z2y Saying that " in 1 year the frontline will look different." Isn't backed up by history, it looks exactly the same as it did 2.5 years ago after Ukraine recaptured 50% of the territory that Russia once occupied.
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@boink800 Roughly what they lost in ten years in Afghanistan.
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@Dudush90 Between 2003 and 2014, more than $220 billion were spent on rebuilding the country. and another $25 billion went to Iraq's military. We have no idea how many civilians perished in Mariupol because Russia wont allow outside observers. The estimates range from 50k-100k.
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@MagdaJakubik 'dude I just really wanted your tv, its not black or white.' - some russian probably.
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Putin begging Iran and NK 'Please give me weapons so I can take a mid sized town an hour across the border'
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@corvus4135 In Operation Desert Storm, 249 USAF F-16s flew 13,340 sorties in strikes against Iraq, the most of any Coalition aircraft. The F16 has 210 confirmed kills with two combat losses and four lost to friendly fire. And to date confirmed Leopard 2 kills are still single digit.
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The UK has allowed this for quite a while now. All Russia has done in response is cry.
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@robertfrancis7767 Wrong, source warmapping. Russia took about half of one percent of Ukraine last year. Most was taken in 2014 and the opening days of the 2022 invasion, which I already said but somehow you don't understand.
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@ " territory size taken increases each month" Yeah I already posted that 0.07% in December. Another fifty years and they might even manage to take the Donbas. Zoom the map out to see what a pathetically small area Russia took last year.
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@ Do you understand how small of an area 490 sqkm is? Good job proving his point for him.
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@ Yes territory gained has increased from none at all to marginal, all at the cost of terrible losses. And no the front isn't collapsing anywhere aside from your delusional dreams.
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@marionicolaucosta They already tried to take Kyiv under much more favorable circumstances and it was a disaster. Remember?
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Please. Putin could end this war today, just go home and the war's over.
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@Elron089 You are blaming fantasy weather weapons and you think he is fighting ghosts?
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Shoigu, hero of Ukraine.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 You're right WW1 style attrition warfare that never ends a few miles across the border with dreadful casualties was Putin's plan all along. It's called 5d chess people.
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2024 is when Trump will be stepping into a prison jumpsuit.
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@csgohero3356 Are you lost?
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@ Article 83(4) that provides for the extension of the Parliament’s powers until the day of the first meeting of the first session of the Verkhovna Rada elected after the termination of martial law or state of emergency. Also Law of Ukraine “On the Legal Regime of Martial Law” (2015) prohibits the holding of elections during martial law and the Electoral Code of Ukraine (2019) ordains suspension of all elections during such period.
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Russia hope's it can capture the Donbas sometime this century. (they wont)
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@ntf5211 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Its called winning people! Next Russia captures a mid sized town a few miles across the border in just under a year with only 100k casualties, pretend the flanks aren't collapsing. Next up its trench warfare that never ends, unless Ukraine breaks them with the 1,085 Tanks, 4,185 AFVs, 2,000 HMMWVs and 870 Artillery that they've acquired recently. Oh and the shovel thing came from an ISW report saying they were armed with Rifles and shovels, mostly to highlight the lack of heavy support. Its only people with reading comprehension difficulty like yourself who spout otherwise.
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@debbaranyabiswas1102 Russia been trying to take the Donbas for 15 months lol
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@debbaranyabiswas1102 Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken far more ground then its lost. Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. This war has been a disaster and complete humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it. Like I said Prighozin was aggressively low balling his casualty numbers and high balling Ukraine's. Like it or not there is this thing called defenders advantage, and Wagner was using prisoners for meat waves. Who do you think took more casualties? Do you even know what a casualty is? Its killed and wounded combined. Serious and minor wounds. Its not like you get wounded and are allowed to retire, most people who are casualties will return to the fight unless they are maimed or killed. You understand that right?
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@Youtube music Outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg Russia is an absolute sewer.
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@yelenarabadan2068 Syrians.
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Opening another front when they cant handle the ones they have would be ill advised.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б countries where free and fair elections occur. There is no shortage of them
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The Hind is a beauty, though attack helo's in this war haven't been able to do much more then loft unguided rockets in the general direction of the enemy or risk getting shot down.
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@ВикторДенисов-е2л Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds number 2 army pretending to be a super power. Speaking of the Donbas that's the place that Russia still cant even capture despite it being half a days drive from Moscow.
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@40 No they still have their MIGS. They tried to auction them off and in 2022 Ukraine offered to buy them but Moldova refused. Even if they don't it still wouldn't explain how Russia would get over Ukrainian or NATO territory. There isn't anywhere in Moldova that Ukrainian AA won't reach.
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Just stack some tires on your air defense, problem solved.
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@markbauer909westend Russia is begging Iran and North Korea for help. Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Yeah nothing says successful invasion like a year and a half of WW1 style trench warfare with marginal gains and 6 figure casualties.
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@Alkn24 He's had to purge multiple generals to maintain control of his army. If there wasn't a political crisis why would he have to eliminate all his political rivals? Whatever he's doing in Ukraine certainly isn't winning. He just appointed he niece as deputy minister of defense. But sure everything is going according to plan.
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@Memovox You forgot to make a comment that isn't idiotic.
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@Memovox Is the "Slava Ukraini" in the room with you right now? Please take a basic economics course before you embarrass yourself further.
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@alhabduro5639 What nonsense. Russia has lost far more from its current failed offensive than Ukraine did during the Summer. There was also the failed Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Vulhedar, Kherson offensives. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@SalliouMoussaIbrahimMadi Ukraine is fighting against Iran, China, India, North Korea, parts of Africa, Ukraine fighting 3/4 of the worlds population. See how silly that is? If Nato was involved this really would be a three day operation.
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@Robert-xy4xi You are the one trying to spin the loss of a single aircraft as some sort of military catastrophe.
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@laurencesmith1435 The US annexed Afghanistan? I must have missed that, or maybe you just have no idea what you are talking about.
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@Macrocephaly Yeah, the US even flattened Aleppo, oh wait that was Russia.
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Everything was fine in the Donbas until Russia invaded in 2014
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Think about all we will learn in the west from the capture of this advanced tech.
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@HANSMKAMP That was other Russians who raided Belgorod, this is of course after Russia had already invaded. There was no coup, there was a protest movement because after being voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party, Yanukovich refused to call an election. It would be the first successful 'coup' in human history that ended with the same government it started with.
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@coldpotatoes2556 You don't believe the video you just watched? Must be nice living in a fantasy world.
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Any NK worker will try to leave and get asylum at the first opportunity.
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If one type of car was responsible for over 60% of all fatalities, 8x that of all other cars while making up only 6% of the total number of cars it would probably raise some questions yeah.
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Why are you here then?
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I remember when you said Russia has no colonies. lmao.
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@LouisMenotti He's conscripting locals to fight in the war. What part of that was difficult to understand?
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@sergeipetrov_rzn All Putin's political rivals are in jail, exiled or dead and you think he won 'fair and square' that's actually hilarious.
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@StPiter111 "Are you was there. (followed by childish emoji spam)" And you are criticizing someone's English?
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@StPiter111 So why are you trying to correct someone's English if you hardly speak proper English and 'don't care'?
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@Mr.Clownensky Give me a country where its a crime to hold up a blank sheet of paper.
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@markanthony3275 Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. What is lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory. Come back to reality bud.
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@markanthony3275 I also have family that was initially from the Donbas btw. Though they were forced to flee long ago when Russia committed genocide there, resulting in the death of millions of Ukrainians. Russia then moved in millions of Russians, a common tactic of theirs. Would you consider that an "unjust settlement"?
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Protests are a normal part of democratic countries. They can be very dangerous for autocratic regimes like Russia.
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It was Russia who flattened Grozny and Aleppo and Mariupol and Bakhmut etc etc. Senseless destruction is all they are good at.
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NATO casualties: 0
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Civilian volunteers from western countries is not the same as sending active North Korean military members.
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Why are they using scooters and scooby doo vans?
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@АртемАртем-л4э There are forces from China, India, Nepal, Syria, Africa and Central/South America fighting for Russia. By your logic Ukraine is fighting 2/3rds of the worlds population.
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@leet3207 So I'm going to assume you didn't read up on the British parliamentary system. Luckily we dont have to guess which country is more democratic, the democracy index ranks the UK the 21st most democratic country with a score of 8.1. Russia ranks 125th, down around Eswatini and Rwanda with a score of 3.2.
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Russia has multiple failed offensives this war.
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Russia needs to return illegally occupied Kuril Islands to Japan.
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@JL-tm3rc Yeah just like the Kharkiv and Kherson offensives failed, oh wait.
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@mbusonkabinde3330 Been hearing that for a year now, actually more like 8 years.
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@JL-tm3rc There's this thing called weather, and if you attack when the ground is a sea of mud you have to drive down the roads. Like what Russia did in the humiliating Vulhedar offensive when they drove into the same minefield over and over.
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ВОВОЧКА He's referring to the footage the Russian MOD released of a helo shooting at some farm equipment and calling it leopard 2's. The supposed abandoned AMX was just a still photo, so not sure how they came to the conclusion it was abandoned.
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What a silly comment.
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Putin just made his niece the new deputy Minister of Defense. He also put his ex bodyguard, who has no military experience, in charge of Kursks defense.
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It's been funny watching Russia's online cheerleaders trying to downplay this while Russian mil bloggers are in full panic mode.
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Yes when Russia sent wave after wave into the same minefield at Vulhedar they were thinking. 'How many men do we need to sacrifice to clear this minefield.'
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What do you suggest? Allow the Houthi rebels to continue taking pot shots at civilian ships?
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@willyvanroy2523 Is your fantasy that NATO is fighting?
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@duskokukolj5571 Ukraine didn't attack them, neither did Georgia.
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@duskokukolj5571 Sure but nobody attacked Russia.
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@saadzainuri2539 Why do you think the two lead Kinzhal scientists were sent to the gulag after its debut?
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More Russian tears in the comments. Dry your eyes bud.
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@hrishikeshbasumatary4725 you seem to care enough to keep posting comments though. try not to cry.
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@MrThartofwar There was never any coup, it was the same government in charge of Ukraine after Maidan as before. What happened was Yanukovich attempted to sign the EU association agreement and Russia embargoed Ukraine, which was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum. This led to Yanukovich backing out of the agreement. He was then voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Which led to widespread and predictable protests. Nobody was calling for Yanukovich to leave the country, he did that on his own accord. There is also zero evidence of Nato supporting anything.
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@mattyboy59 China and India are both buying Russian hydrocarbons at or below the EU price cap resulting in a net loss for Russia. They also both voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN. With friends like these...
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@MeatFeather This is from counting the numbers of armored vehicles in depots with satellites, a year is on the lower end though it could be a year and a half. They might be able to prolong the time they have by changing tactics and not exposing them.
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If they have another million men hiding somewhere maybe. That's what's required to take a city the size of Kyiv. I'd think Moscow has more to fear from Wagner then Kyiv does though.
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@samsungtap4183 That wasn't a peace deal it was an offer for Ukrainian surrender. The only thing Russia offered was to temporarily stop the invasion, the Ukrainian army had managed to do that themselves.
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Yuri Meanwhile Russia begging Iran and North Korea for scraps.
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@mattyboy59 No they've been using them extensively.
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This of course ignores the role that western sanctions and pressure had on ending apartheid.
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Where will Wagner return to? Moscow, to finish the job?
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@herta3286 Tibet was a client state of China. That means they were a sovereign country that paid tribute. China Never ruled over Tibet prior to the CCP's invasion.
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@herta3286 No China just viewed Vietnam as their vassal and wanted to put them in their place. The main reason China withdrew is because they took massive casualties almost as many as the US did during their entire time there. The US invasion of Vietnam was also a mistake, the difference is the US unlike China doesn't pretend otherwise, they acknowledge their mistakes. China, like Russia are always the victim and can do no wrong. Let me hear your excuse for China's current genocide against the Uighurs.
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@ Also who cares what the former LPR ambassador said? At the time the LPR wasn't recognized by anyone as legitimate, according to Minsk they were one of the 'illegally armed groups' that Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for.
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@ Merkel and Hollande never signed the Minsk agreement, they were mediators. You have no idea what you are talking about. The signatories were Leonid Kuchma and Mikhail Zurabov and OSCE representative Heidi Tagliavini. Later Aleksandr Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitskiy signatures were added.
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@ Good job refuting nothing I said. "Pullout of all foreign armed formations, military equipment, and also mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine under OSCE supervision. Disarmament of all illegal groups." Is fairly unambiguous and requires no interpretation.
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The US has never used penal battalions, they've certainly never pardoned cannibals after a few months at war.
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@MrGatzby Thanks for our daily unprompted reminder that you are in fact Australian.
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@JohnJohn-dv6je Most of which was held prior to the invasion and most of the rest was lost in the initial shock of the invasion. Ukraine has retaken much more then it's lost since lines were established.
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@yaqob3275 There's this thing called weather, Ukraine is a sea of mud. I guess Ukraine could attack down the middle of the road like Russia did in their completely humiliating Vulhedar offensive where they lost 130+ vehicles for no gain.
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@DrojanaleTorvic No they aren't. Russia is fighting Ukraine with around 3% of NATO's annual budget in aid, mostly in the form of old stock destined for the scrap yard.
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@brownmold Prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, and most NATO countries were opposed to them joining. Russia attacked in spite of Ukrainian neutrality, this is a regular old land grab. Russia was never serious about peace talks, they want Ukraine to surrender, thats Russia's idea of peace talks.
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@Козырь Yeah countries visit other countries its called diplomacy. Like when Lavrov went to India and got laughed out of the room.
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@juanspicywiener for the same reaon the Moskva had its fire extinguishers locked up, corruption. you cant store H bombs long term you need to constantly resupply the tritium which is very difficult, even the US struggles with this, also once thing we learned with START is that their missiles are all sitting in 20ft of water
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@dpelpal from "Kyiv in threee dayyyyyssss!" to "total collapse at Bakhmut in threee dayyyyyssss!"
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I don't disagree UK has been great but how many fighters has the UK given? Nothing was stopping the rest of Europe from giving fighters. I agree it would have been nice to have F16 sooner but there are plenty of Typhoons, Mirages and other European fighters around that could have been given.
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@edmondlonergan9915 No he didn't. According to Arakhamia the meeting with Johnson didn't happen until after they had already rejected Russia's unreasonable peace deal.
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According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw is support for the rebels, remove it's forces from the Donbas and return control of occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, violating Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't broke the Budapest memorandum.
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Aww cry some mor Vlad.
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@paulodelacruz8899 Remember last year when Russia was forced to retreat from Kyiv, and Sumy and they said it was to focus on the Donbas, then a year later they STILL cant take the Donbas.
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Zoom the map out buddy, it hasn't changed in around two years when Ukraine liberated half the territory Russia occupied.
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@jkl9984 History didn't start last year, Russia has had much higher military spending (by an order of magnitude at least) then Ukraine for decades. You can make any excuses you want but the fact of the matter is Russia cant even take the Donbas, and its a days drive from Moscow.
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@divulgatrice Russia never admits any of its atrocities, its always the victim according to them.
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@ConnorJane No, the US paid in full for Alaska. If you are looking for unpaid debts you can look at the still unpaid lend lease that Russia owes the US. They only ever paid a fraction of it back.
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@yellowtunes2756 Russia can't even capture the donbas get a grip.
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You realize Russia has multiple failed offensives this war right? Including their current disastrous winter offensive.
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@russiasvechenaya58 do you mean the mercenary army that's been farting around outside Bakhmut for the past year?
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@PerceivedREALITY999 pointless whataboutism.
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Russia killed 30+ million of its own civilians.
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@Robert-xy4xi what did your 'news expert' deny? I made multiple statements, and surely you have a link.
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Thankfully CSIS is still loyal to this country. Absolutely shameful behavior from Dong the Liberals and the PM.
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@legendarydn3804 Gas prices are lower now than they were at the start of the war.
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@yelenashishkina8804 The only country that hasn't given up on its delusions of empire is Russia.
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@yelenashishkina8804 What an idiotic question, are you really trying to pretend that Russia didnt conquer vast areas? Kazan, Sibir, Finland, Georgia, Dagestan, Japan, China. Among many others.
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@yelenashishkina8804 Ukraine absolutely did ratify its borders, it had some territorial disputes with Russia which is completely meaningless. Genius. Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances (1994) The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances refers to three identical political agreements signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary on 5 December 1994. Among other things, the Memorandum promised that its signatories (the Russian Federation, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom) would respect Ukraine's existing borders. Border treaty (2003) The Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the Russian–Ukrainian State Border[18] was signed by President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation on 28 January 2003. It defined the entire land border between the two states. It was ratified by both states, and entered into force on 23 April 2004.
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@yelenashishkina8804 Asked and answered already little buddy, not sure why you cant read it. Feel free to google it, Russia's aggressive expansion isn't exactly top secret.
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He likely had intelligence from the FSB that he could take the flag and the Ukrainian diplomat would welcome him as a hero.
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@1112viggo Sure but Russia's only aircraft carrier burned down twice in drydock.
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Top 5 oil producing countries 2023. I'm not sure what you are talking about. 1. United States Production: 20,213,000 bpd 2. Saudi Arabia Production: 12,144,000 bpd 3. Russia Production: 10,938,000 bpd 4. Canada Production: 5,694,000 bpd 5. China Production: 5,119,000 bpd
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@briancarno8837 Yeah, it always makes me laugh when clowns like Putin try to act tough but just end up making fools of themselves.
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@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt Appeasement is the path to war buddy, anyone with a basic knowledge of the 20th century knows this.
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@_Epsilon_ We have no idea what civilian casualties are in this war. All estimates come only from Ukrainian territory. We have no idea how many civilians have died in Russian held land. In Mariupol alone the number could be six figures.
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@gurglejug627 On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard. Putin denied the U.N. finding that the Russian military had shot down a civilian plane, killing all 298 people on board. AP/Vadim Ghirda In May 2018, a U.N.-backed Joint Investigation Team concluded that the Russian 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, based in Kursk, had fired a missile and brought down the plane. In direct contradiction of the forensic evidence, Putin flatly denied any Russian involvement in shooting down MH17.
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LNG makes up a tiny minority of Russian gas sales. The infrastructure doesn't exist to move product to China and India at scale.
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Didn't he choke on his own bile because nobody wanted to help him?
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@AcikaB Total NATO casualties is still zero buddy.
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@alberthenriette8976 Oh you think sending aid and fighting is the same thing. It isn't.
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Spamming the same comment over and over is a good way to make friends.
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@HMS-Defender1705 He did, he has since walked that statement back though.
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@Козырь Ukraine is a democracy and the far right party got less then 1% of the vote. get a grip.
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@bryandimery6509 Putin certainly thought it was a threat because he fled Moscow as soon as he could. The only thing Russia had in the region were cadets, which they mobilized to attempt to stop Wagner.
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@@pabloloja524 Ukraine has retaken over 50% of the territory once occupied by Russia. Also Russia’s Ministry of Labour has requested 230,000 certificates for family members of deceased combat veterans.
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I think your dialogue tree is malfunctioning.
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There will be no change from now because they've been using them the entire time.
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Russia themselves say they shot the missile down.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Yeah they did, it resulted in millions fleeing the country.
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@justint7460 Yes I am, Russia has taken less than one half of one percent of Ukraine this year. Try zooming the map out to see how marginal Russia's gains have been.
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Ivan want potato. Ivan post comment.
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@Hudelcu No need. Just take pictures of the 1 destroyed from every possible angle then claim you've destroyed every Challenger on earth.
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@frankrenda2519 Russia has lost 50% of the land they once occupied and lose more every day. What on earth are you talking about?
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@captainjoejoe A year ago Russia controlled more territory then it does now.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 How about the Kursk? it didn't even need to be attacked just sunk due to Russian ineptitude. You can also refer to the Kirov class for a lesson in stupidity. Does the Kuznetsov even sail anymore? Last I checked it caught fire in drydock (again). Even under the best of circumstances it needed to be pushed around with tugs.
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The Russian army is in the middle of its worst month of the war, Russian navy was forced to retreat from Sevastopol and is losing the battle of the Black sea to a country with no navy. And the Russian airforce has been a no show.
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@SeanD808 Shoigu was a reindeer herder and Putin's fishing buddy. Before being the chief of staff of the army Milley earned his commission as an armor officer through Princeton's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. Milley's career has included assignments with the 82nd Airborne Division, 5th Special Forces Group, 7th Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Readiness Training Center, 25th Infantry Division, Operations Staff of the Joint Staff, and a posting as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Milley has held multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout his military career. He commanded 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, in South Korea from 1996 to 1998. He served as commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) from December 2003 to July 2005; deputy commanding general for operations of the 101st Airborne Division from July 2007 to April 2008, and as commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division from November 2011 to December 2012. Milley commanded III Corps, based at Fort Hood, Texas, from December 2012 to August 2014, and concurrently the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command from May 2013 to February 2014. He served as the commanding general of the United States Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from August 2014 to August 2015.
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In the 2000 Camp David Summit, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, offered to form a Palestinian state, initially with 73% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. In 10 to 25 years, the Palestinian state will expand to 92% of the West Bank. But Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, rejected the offer. One of about half a dozen two state solutions rejected by Palestine. A majority of Palestinians support the two state solution btw, its Hamas and the hardliners that derail all the talks.
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Russia is selling at or below the EU price cap to everyone. Russian oil revenue is down 50% from last year.
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They announced Russia would attack Ukraine a month before they did, remember?
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Good job refuting nothing I said. Russia is bartering livestock and vegetables like it's the middle ages.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Literally nobody in the west is concerned. It's a group with literally no agreements. Please explain what it is you think Brics does.
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@James-kv6kb Russia invaded Ukraine to sell military equipment? Makes sense bud.
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@alexkovin1951 Moreover all of Russia's GDP gains in recent years are 1. Russia's self reported numbers and completely unreliable. and 2. Massive government spending on its military isn't sustainable growth. Russia could spend all that money paying people to dig holes and fill them in again and the GDP would grow, but it isn't real growth.
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@glintongordon6811 Wow three whole towns. And Mariupol was taken before lines had even been established and was surrounded before Ukraine was even mobilized.
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I just can't tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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@Babuka54 Yeah like trying to annex their neighboring country, oh wait that's Russia.
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@RamonAlbertoEscobarUSA I don't remember the T54's and Scooby Doo vans Russia uses from any video game either.
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@mhlangamlungisi5108 I've already provided a quote from Putin that proves otherwise, please try reading before commenting.
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@ĐoànĐạiDương-f1n That's why they aren't scared, are you simple or something?
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So OP they still cant even take the Donbas.
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@7e_nigelmonis977 The UK isn't throwing away half their military on some idiotic war.
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@max_out_your_cc Does it factor in attacking on golf carts?
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@max_out_your_cc No, nobody was attacking in golf carts and ladas in ww2.
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What on earth are you twaddling on about?
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A counter weight is fired in the opposite direction.
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Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@AndLit79 Sure, I mean how many countries do the southern Slavs need, get over yourselves. Although if NATO hadn't stepped in probably those guys would still be at each others throats.
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@davidnoelfranks1124 You realize its not 1969 anymore right?
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We already have a two state solution for Russia and Ukraine, those states are called Russia and Ukraine. It was working great until Russia decided it wanted to annex Ukraine. Moreover nobody attacked Russia in the same way Hamas did Israel. I'm no fan or friend of the IDF but the two situations aren't comparable.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Putin also offered Taliban-associated militants bounties on U.S. troops.
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The west made Russia invade Ukraine? Is the west in the room with you right now?
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Lt. Gen. Oleg Tsokov managed to personally intercept one.
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@raycommisso6448 I was on the wrong axis this Urozhaine is directly adjacent to Staromaiorske, north of Zayitne. Sorry for the confusion. Remember when Russia acted like it just occupied Berlin when it captured Soledar. The Ukrainians just raised a flag, not sure why you're taking exception to it so much.
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@saltymonkey8874 Loads of people were calling America the bad guy, there were massive protests both inside and outside of the US. What on earth are you talking about? Also please explain what this has to do with Russia's invasion.
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@psycho8927 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. The three days narrative was all over Russian state media though.
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@Haystack63 And here we are in 2024 and Ukraine still isn't any closer to joining NATO, for a variety of reasons. Russia and NATO also signed the NATO-Russia founding act, which stated that both alliances could expand however they saw fit. Putin himself said at one point he had no problem with Ukraine joining NATO. He said, “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@Wolfvain-qs5su Nobody anywhere talks like that. It's weird and awkward.
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@Wolfvain-qs5su Little buddy it may amaze you to learn that people have been calling other people weird long before the American election, in particular when they do or say something weird. I'm also not American, I'm bred somewhere else (see how weird that is?).
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Plus all the botox.
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Now oil money is being spent on golf carts and dirt bikes.
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@MrGatzby Thanks for telling us you're Australian, its been almost five minutes since the last time you announced it unprompted for no good reason, we almost forgot. We'll just ignore the fact that your account is only a few months old and all you do is spam Russian rhetoric.
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China is probably on of the few countries more incompetent then Russia, Chinese officers spend 50% of their training time studying party ideology. Another parade army that cant do much. Also say what you want about Russia but they are at least food and energy independent, the same sanctions on China would cause mass starvation and blackouts. China does not want to mess around with the west despite their rhetoric
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Zoom the map out bud, marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses isn't the win you are pretending it is.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 What is Russian air defense going when Ukraine blows up a refinery every week?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 A single launcher was damaged while it wasn't deployed Manu. A typical Patriot batter has between six to eight launchers.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Its Russian sources that said 100+ kia from that attack Manu, try again. You are also wrong about what ships have been sunk as per usual. Ukrainian forces sunk the Askold, which carries Kalibur cruise missiles. Also the Submarine Minsk (Edit: the sub was the Rostov on Don, the Minsk was the landing ship sunk in the same attack), which carries cruise missiles. You can pretend that the multiple landing craft and patrol vessels don't mean anything to Russia but you'd be wrong, next time do a quick google search before posting foolish comments.
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Maybe your parents are related.
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@Lux11-XMP Tik tok kids just spam emoji's and act like they are making some sort of point.
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@dpelpal I hope Russia will give up on Bilhorod, for the sake of peace. 🕊
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@ultonian63 Even Russian mil bloggers are all doom and gloom these days, they make Girkin look like an optomist. I'm not sure where these guys get their confidence.
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@batanglumaki5748 Are your parents related?
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@ivorleak8823 Yes his improper use of the word 'told' really touched a nerve. Dry your eyes little buddy.
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@HARBHEJ Russia invaded in 2014. Even after that Western weapons in Ukraine were very limited, almost non existant until after 2022.
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They lost in Afghanistan and Chechnya and didn't use nukes.
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That was the Soviet Union that did all that. It collapsed along with the education system. Everyone with any expertise has left the country or died of old age.
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That figure is only Russian army not DPR, LPR, Chechens or Wagner
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, come back to reality.
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@natasa8266 Russia was talking up T90's and Terminators and T14's. None of which have proven to be particularly effective. In the case of T14 its been a complete no show. Russia boasts about its equipment all the time wtf are you talking about? Russian state media was trying to claim that the T54 was better then the Abrams. Russia's army was also hyped up as the worlds #2 army and they cant even take the Donbas.
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@kisuke47 Russia hasn't provided any evidence for captured Leopards. Some guys leaving the tree line for a photo op isn't evidence of capture.
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Russia isn't even being allowed to dock it's ships there, try not to cry ok.
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@PaIaeoCIive1684 Wrong again, it was Russian state media. I have no idea why you would lie about something so easy to google. Russia's RIA state news agency said the command of Russia's Dnepr group of forces had decided to relocate troops to "more favorable positions" east of the Dnipro. Another state agency, TASS, published just one alert on troops regrouping to more favorable positions, and then withdrew it, saying it had been released in error.
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@PaIaeoCIive1684 As for Avdiika you guys have been saying that since the first day of the attack. I wont hold my breath. All I've seen is Russia capture a couple empty fields at the cost of hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of casualties. Avdiika was a small town of 30k pre war population that Russia has spent 9 years trying to capture, acting like you guys are occupying Berlin or something is embarrassing.
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He bent the knee to his caterer and sent the message that he will negotiate with terrorists.
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Волгский Ушкуйник You should head to the front then Russian the army are in desperate need of help. Or are you hiding in Tbilisi, Istanbul Abu Dhabi or one of the other places that millions of your countrymen have fled to?
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everything outside Moscow and St. Petersburg looks like it already has been nuked
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If Russia wasn't stealing land they could keep their money.
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According to photographic evidence Russia has lost around 14k armored vehicles. This isn't a full scale invasion? Get real.
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How long would Russia have lasted without Iranian and North Korean help? Apparently the Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Russia was supposed to remove its forces from the Donbas, withdraw its support of the rebels and return the Donbas to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@petergorian535 What is this comment even supposed to mean? Anyways this is Putin's double so he isn't in the room.
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@lpdude2005 Yep, not to mention Russia can't even handle Ukraine, the thought of them launching a missile at a Nato member is completely laughable.
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@Yuri-z2y I'm talking total oil storage buddy. You can look up Russia's storage issues if you don't want to take my word for it. But considering you think Russia is rich I don't have very high hopes for you.
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yanksbiglywvil Russia begged N. Korea and Iran...
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How can the self proclaimed world #2 army not take the Donbas in 14+ months is what I want to know.
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@stefan289 Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements required political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. What is lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory.
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@stefan289 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, there would be no conflict in the Donbas if they hadn't. Strelkov himself said as much, he said. ""I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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@stefan289 Good job addressing nothing that I've said. Sorry you lack the reading comprehension to understand the 'wall of text'. Please return to spamming long debunked talking points. What Merkel said is irrelevant. Ukraine was prepared to follow through with the agreement, they had already passed all the required legislation. The only thing that remained was for Russia to withdraw its support for the rebels and leave Ukraine, they never did that. What part of this do you not understand? There was never much trust that Putin would follow through on his end because he'd already repeatedly lied and violated multiple agreements before this. So I don't blame Merkel much for assuming Putin wouldn't honor the Minsk agreements either, especially considering the entire conflict was started by Russia violating the Budapest memorandum and invading in 2014.
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@projectedone There would be no conflict in the Donbas at all if Russia hadn't invaded, both sides blame each other for breaking the cease fire. The LPR and DPR are not recognized as legitimate entities under the Minsk Agreements. legislation on special status and amnesty already exists and was on the books.
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@pl3317 Wrong, there was no conflict in the Donbas until Russia invaded. I already post the relevant quotes from Strelkov higher in the thread.
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Its just the colored polymer they have on hand to make them with, get a grip.
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@NoleFam-xz1eb According to the Russian MoD itself they shot down all missiles and all casualties were a result of falling debris.
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Cancayate5 Earlier you said 'Who has military power who owns it.' That no longer applies does it? How many years of Junta rule will it take before all Africa's problems stop being blamed on Europe?
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rubikjon Russian isn't an ethnicity, its a language.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas relax.
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@s0ycapitan The best army in the world that cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow. Stop trying to act tough, its embarrassing.
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Typically the commanders are far behind the lines safe and sound and monitor them with drones.
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@sacreligious74 What was this mythical treaty called? I'll answer my own question, there was never any treaty regarding NATO expansion little buddy. Even Gorbachev said as much. He said "The topic of 'NATO expansion' was never discussed; it was not raised in those years. I am saying this with a full sense of responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country brought up the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact had ceased to exist in 1991,"
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Retake something they haven't lost?
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@tinman205 huh? the US has sent over 2000 Humvees, get a grip man.
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Russia begging Iran for drones.
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The pontoon industry is booming in Russia.
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@michaellugassy5088 While initially India and China did abstain from voting against Russia. On April 26, both China and India cast their votes in favor of a U.N. resolution, which categorically condemned Russian aggression against Ukraine. Hungary also voted against Russia at the UN.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Russia was doing half the shelling there. There also would be 0 casualties in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded.
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An organization with no military, economic or trade agreements and no obligations or purpose isn't difficult to join.
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@balazsszekely2132 Yep it really is, I mean Putin's life would be forfeit if they did. Better him then another half a million on the battlefield though.
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@feedyourmind6713 I was sarcastically responding to 'Biden tells them what not to talk about''
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@todd1770 Why, are you looking in a mirror?
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God bless the People's Republic of Belgorod.
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Russia has destroyed multiple cities. Last winter they went after Ukrainian power generation in order to kill as many civilians as possible and they'll do the same this winter. What gentlemen.
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@robertatkins9419 You're pretending that cameras don't exist.
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Tylo prior to 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, now its closer to 90% want to join. Similar effect in Finland and Sweden, now they have NATO on their doorstep. Good job Vlad.
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@hesedagape6122 Russia lost to Afghanistan and Chechnya.
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Why did Russia invade in 2014 then when there was no talk about Ukraine joining NATO? Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to 2014 and multiple countries were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO were effectively zero. Russia says they have no problem with Ukraine joining the EU, this of course is a lie. The EU is also a defensive alliance (see treaty of Lisbon) and would stop Putin's delusions of empire just as much as NATO would.
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Next up, donkey carts.
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@Angel-eu2gd Does it make as much sense as diggin in around Chernobyl and getting acute radiation sickness like the Russians?
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@Nion-p6s Geez both sides use propaganda during war? What amazing insight.
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@pomka24 According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the LPR/DPR, remove its forces from Ukraine and return the occupied territories to the Ukrainians under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, they violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@curio78 It's always funny when you guys try to blame the war on anything other than Putin's delusions of empire.
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@ribbshaunchattocajes2962 Putin had claimed multiple times he didn't care if Ukraine joined the EU. And prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and multiple NATO countries were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero.
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Nord 2 wasn't transporting any gas and the US only did it in your fantasy world.
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Corruption, nepotism and tribalism are by far the largest problems facing Africa.
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Medvedev drunk posting again.
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Do you think attacking where the enemy is strongest is smart or dumb?
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@atheopagan You aren't wrong, however NATO isn't a social club its a military alliance and successive governments ranging from apathetic to outright against the military has left the armed forces rather anemic. Hopefully future governments take national defence more seriously then all the ones since the end of the Cold War have.
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@BillC-64 How could NATO reject a peace agreement Bill, they aren't at war.
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@BillC-64 Want to know another country who was interested in joining NATO? Russia. Here's what Putin had to say. "Why not? Why not?" Putin said when asked about Russian membership. "I do not rule out such a possibility . . . in the case that Russia's interests will be reckoned with, if it will be an equal partner." "Russia is a part of European culture, and I do not consider my own country in isolation from Europe and from . . . what we often talk about as the civilized world," Putin said. "Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy." Later Putin said: ‘When are you going to invite us to join Nato?’ And [Robertson] said: ‘Well, we don’t invite people to join Nato, they apply to join Nato.’ And he said: ‘Well, we’re not standing in line with a lot of countries that don’t matter.’” What changed? It was shortly after this that Putin cut a deal with the oligarchs making him one of the richest men in human history then he abandoned his rapprochement with the west and pursued his delusions of Empire.
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Russia has lost thousands of T series tanks.
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@DownUnderDigitals His source is Russian MOD which counts farm equipment as Leopards.
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@caliphinfedelovich6951 Except Ukraine didn't. As already stated by the Russian MoD all civilian casualties were caused by falling debris from missiles that were shot down.
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Pillbox Putin wont leave his bunker anyways.
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@MrGatzby Russias economy grew due to massive government spending. Ukraine's economy grew by even more than Russia's next tell me how well their economy is doing.
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@fredleong3986 Russia loses more men every four months than the US did in a decade in Vietnam.
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@Storm-zr5qw A hard time coping with what? one borderline failed state being friendly with another borderline failed state?
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@yellowtunes2756 Also Russia 1 is state television. Emphasis on the state, they don't say anything without the approval of the Kremlin. Everyone expected a quick war, Russia, Ukraine, the West. Nobody predicted how hard Ukrainians were willing to fight and how inept the Russian army was.
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@ForageGardener Russia killed 1.2 million civilians in Afghanistan, in half the time. We have no idea what the civilian losses are in Ukraine because the Russians wont give access to outside observers. The estimates i've seen for Mariupol alone range from 25k-100k.
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These are just little green men, who knows where they are from. Likely they are local Belgorod citizens who desire freedom after being bombed by Russia so many times. Long live the Belgorod People's Republic.
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@AK-qe3pz do you have a source? Also like I said in my previous post Russia made a big deal about their Luhansk breakthrough, only to lose all their gains in a couple days.
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@AK-qe3pz All I can find from the ISW is; Russian troops are said to have seized positions and occupied a line from Synkivka (8 km northeast of Kupiansk) to Petropavlivka (7 km east of Kupiansk), where positional fighting continues. ISW reports that Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Petropavlivka, Sinkivka and Kyslivka (20 km southeast of Kupyansk). So more marginal gains that likely wont be held from the worlds #2 army.
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@nsebast How about if I draw an imaginary line in the South China Sea and call it mine?
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@nicktechnubyte1184 He posts literally the same thing for every video don't take him to serious.
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Perspective: the Kuznetsov sank 3 times in drydock.
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@harryjeff2039 Ukraine has lost around 500 tanks so far, they've also captured about 500 from Russia.
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Russia has been using human wave tactics 200k is fairly reasonable
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@dnik1260 Wrong, the worst countries for alcohol abuse are Hungary, 21.2% ; Russia, 20.9% ; Belarus, 18.8% ; Latvia, 15.5%.
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@dnik1260 Less than half of one percent of Americans don't have indoor plumbing buddy.
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@dnik1260 I didn't write anything about toilets, Russian state statistics agency Rosstat did. I posted it in response to your ridiculous comment.
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Russia's been bombing Odessa the entire war.
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@11141q Congratulations on somehow making the dumbest post of the thread.
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@Noel-ji8nm It was a supply ship was packed with ordinance. Do you not think logistics are important?
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@jamesgreen1116 Most of which Russia had since 2014, most of the rest was lost with the initial shock of the full scale invasion in 2022. Russia has lost much more then its gained since lines have stabilized.
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you guys are hilarious.
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Don't worry they'll do it 'carefully'
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How come your parents were related?
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@lg2058 "In just two weeks time we could take control of Kyiv and do it easily." - Putin 2014
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@lg2058 If you are incapable of operating the search bar at the top of the screen you probably shouldn't be on the internet little buddy.
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It would be foolish for Russia to attack NATO but it was foolish for them to attack Ukraine.
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Luckily Russian subs are loud af.
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As of the end of January 2025, Russia occupied 18.21% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of which was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. Very little has been taken since, and all at a high cost.
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@ETN-k2l These estimates come from counting Russian vehicles in depots with satellites.
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@andrewcrus Ukraine makes its own weapons, I have no Idea where you guys get this nonsense. Ukraine was the 5th largest weapons exporter on earth prior to the war.
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@dmitryletov8138 Same with Russia and Iran, NK and China.
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Why does Putin look like he's from Mongolia?
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@stephenwood6663 Who knows where these little green men came from. Could be anyone really. Most likely though they are just come concerned locals who are tired of being bombed by Russia and want independence. They've already declared independence and voted 99% to leave Russia. Hopefully Russia can give up on the Belgorod peoples republic, for the sake of peace.
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@Uneldo7 See WW1 and Afghanistan for what happens when their reach exceeds their grasp.
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@UnknownHumanOnline Russia could end this war today if they went home. And I'll take the word of the people who actually were in the room over some random guy in youtube comments.
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@covid6942 Russia began its invasion in 2014, there would be no casualties civilian or otherwise in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded. Ukraine didn't ban Russian language, they made Ukraine the official language. Almost every country on earth has an official language, including Russia. In Mexico the official language is Spanish, this isn't anti English its just the way the world works. Zelensky is a Russian speaker, do you think he's discriminating against himself. Maidan the only coup in history that had the same government when it was finished. It started when Ukrainian parliament voted unanimously, including his own party to remove Yanukovych from power, and he tried to hang onto it.
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@sergeikhripun Cadeau retired after SA allegations and Potts died in a plane crash in Maryland. What silly point do you think you are making? Ukraine is receiving aid from multiple countries. Just like Russia is from China, NK, Iran etc, none of those countries are in Ukraine either. Please get a clue.
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*takes massive copium hit. If only Russia would get serious they would end this war in a day
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They kept talking about the previous offensive at Kherson then attacked at Kharkiv, and in the end they took them both.
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@StPiter111 You can't get a big mac in Russia anymore bud, remember? Are you talking about the ice breaker that just caught fire in Murmansk?
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@lovyrituraj More like 15% down from a high of 27%, and falling every day.
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@johnlenin830 America didn't try to annex Iraq.
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@Memovox Unfortunately for Russia cameras exist. Losses are somewhere between 3-4 times higher for Russia according to photographic evidence. Much higher around areas where Russia is attacking like Avdiivka.
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@missk1697 that was prior to the chip ban, now China only makes the lowest tier chips for smart blenders and other junk. why do you think apple is leaving china?
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@ArthurMorgantherealone Russia has been recruiting around 20-40k men a month, not counting penal battalions and foreign fighters. Also your '5 Ukrainian mobilizations' is a fantasy.
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Probably because their GDP is almost double Russia's. Though I haven't heard anyone saying what you claim.
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@a.u.b1 Well its not really up to me, I'd support that though yeah. I imagine Russia would welcome it in a way, they could use it as an excuse to retreat and say. "look at these western warmongers, we will withdraw in the name of peace." or some nonsense like that to try to save face.
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That's because they didn't stop aid. It only affects the FMF funding which has already been used. PDA and USAI programs for Ukraine remain unaffected per the Pentagon.
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The invasion of Ukraine was one of he most embarrassing disasters in modern history. The 'prepared' worlds #2 army cant even take the Donbas.
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source: trust me bro
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@agnelomascarenhas8990 Moreover Ukraine WAS neutral prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO.
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How's the 3 day SMO going?
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For one Russia keeps bombing them.
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@D-E-S_8559 Well there was the Russo-Polish war, Russo-Japanese war, Afghanistan, the first Chechen war and the retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson.
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@D-E-S_8559 Are you on bath salts? Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed, They also collapsed after WW1 and they almost did the same after the Russo-Japanese war. And last I checked Poland was a sovereign country. Lose a war and completely collapse, that is the story of Russia.
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@michael37377 This isn't a group with a vague on/off association with a terrorist group, it is one. If not for them Palestine would have had its own state decades ago.
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@michael37377 Sinn Fein has been around for over a century, how many bombings did they do? Do they call for the death of every Englishman on earth? Read the Hummus founding charter if you are curious what they are all about.
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@michael37377 You addressed nothing I said, just deflected. Good job.
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@michael37377 It was Hamas that broke the ceasefire after the Gaza withdrawal when they kidnaped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
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@michael37377 Furthermore Gaza and the West bank are separate entities. They were part of Egypt and Jordan. They have separate governments.
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@michael37377 Ah yes the revised 2017 charter. The new document differs little from its predecessor. Much like the original, the new document asserts Hamas’s long-standing goal of establishing a sovereign, Islamist Palestinian state that extends, according to Article 2, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and from the Lebanese border to the Israeli city of Eilat. In other words, the destruction if Israel.
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@michael37377 There is no such thing as historical Palestine. Gaza and the west bank were part of Egypt and Jordan until they lost them to Israel in the six day war. Israel tried to give Gaza back to Egypt along with the Sinai, but they refused. The last time the Egyptian border was open was 2012 when Palestinians killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. Jordan wants nothing to do with the West Bank because of Black September. Prior to that they were under British authority and before that the Ottomans. Arabs can and are elected into the Knesset, there are Arab judges in Israel.
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It's basically elder abuse at this point.
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@harrypainter7472 Buddy Trump doesn't even know what tariffs are.
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@dogpoofairy2517 “Well, I would do that, and we’re sitting down, you know; I was, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio and my daughter, Ivanka, who was so impactful on that issue.… But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about that because the childcare is childcare, couldn’t, you know, there’s something you have to have it, in this country you have to have it.”
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@dogpoofairy2517 "All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets." Fact check: It's not.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Of course he could put all doubt to rest by releasing his medical history, which just like his tax returns he never will.
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@dogpoofairy2517 You can try to deflect from Trumps obvious dementia if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Look up Katie Johnson and Jean Carrol. Who was Trumps good friend all those years, you know the guy with his own island?
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@soreeyez No need to wait, just go to the doctors and they can diagnose you with brain damage right away.
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@Antiteshmis They were build decades ago by the Soviet Union, Russia is not the Soviet Union. Many of those are rusted husks at this point because they've been sitting outside in Siberia for decades. All the old Soviet expertise is gone, Russia is dependent on western tech to upgrade any tanks, Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore. Do you think Russia is sending T54's because they have an abundance of tanks?
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@TrevorCrook-c1s The equipment is designed so that any fool can use. I have access to satellites, anyone with any money can get access to commercial satellites and GPS. What year do you think it is?
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@ambreblood source: trust me bro.
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@Matt-yg8ub Moreover Ukraine was neutral. Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of the population wanted to join NATO, there was little political will to do so and there were several countries in the alliance opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero.
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@ragingmonk6080 Look up what the word 'sovereignty' means. Putin said in June 2022 he had no objections to Ukraine joining the European Union. "We have nothing aginst it. It is not a military bloc. It's the right of any country to join economic unions." And no it wasn't Poland's fault they were invaded, that's demented revisionist history. He said that a certain Austrian painter had a plan and since Poland didn't let them carry out their 'plan' it was their fault they were invaded. He then said the same thing about himself having a 'plan' and it was Ukraine's fault for stopping it. Its unhinged nonsense.
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@ ragingmonk6080 Furthermore there was never any 'deal' with Russia regarding Ukrainian neutrality. That exists only in your imagination. Even if there was Ukraine was already neutral when first attacked in 2014. Russia signed the Budapest memorandum in which they promised not to violate Ukraine's sovereignty. It is also contrary to a fundamental principle of international law the sovereign right to choose international alliances. Russia itself formally recognized this principle as a co-signatory of the Istanbul Declaration of 1999.
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@ragingmonk6080 You seem to not understand history or even basic concepts and you think you are 'schooling' me? That's actually hilarious. The OSCE was in Ukraine to help them implement the Minsk agreement. Russia was supposed to remove its forces from Ukraine, withdraw its support for the rebels and return control of the occupied territory to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these.
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@ragingmonk6080 Russia was even more corrupt than Ukraine then and now. So your 'they were too corrupt to have nukes' argument doesn't hold any water. @karstenschuhmann8334 is correct, Ukraine needed monetary aid and received security guarantees (which Russia later violated) which is why they gave them up.
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@ragingmonk6080 So instead of answering the question you're going to make childish insults. So far this thread you've asserted that Poland started WW2, you've tried to draw parallels between Ukraine and Russia under the framework of the USSR and Germany and the US. Which are completely different situations. That Ukraine and Russia had some sort of top secret deal regarding Ukrainian sovereignty (they didn't.) And that Ukraine somehow violated the imaginary agreement when they tried to join the EU, despite even Putin saying he had no problem with them joining, and that Russia was a co-signatory of the Istanbul Declaration of 1999. And you claimed the OSCE was somehow responsible for Russia's invasion, which makes literally zero sense. Though you later say the OSCE left Ukraine a month prior to Russia's invasion in a borderline non sequitur comment. These are the facts you are talking about?
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@lg2058 From the end of July 2013 to the beginning of a full embargo about 40 Ukrainian companies were put to the "list of risk" of Russian customs. On 14 August 2013 the Federal Customs Service of Russia put all Ukrainian importers to the "list of risk". These actions resulted in embargo of imports from Ukraine to Russia. Your lack of knowledge about basic history isn't surprising when you read the rest of your post, its all delusional fantasy. Come back down to earth buddy.
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@lg2058 Speaking of primitive understanding of the situation, you seem to not be aware that this isn't the fist time Russia has attempted this. Back in 2004 long before any talk of NATO, Russia poisoned Yushenko when unsatisfied with the direction of Ukraine. Russia then plotted a coup in Eastern Ukraine, centered around Yuri Lushkov, ex mayor of Moscow and leading figure in Putin's party. The movement failed, but Putin would take the lessons learned and ten years later send in the Russian military to finish the job. I have no idea who how someone who obviously has no idea about the history of Russia's meddling tries to act like some sort of authority on the matter. You are embarrassing uninformed.
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@lg2058 According to the Minsk agreement Russia was supposed to remove its forces from the Donbas, withdraw its support for the rebels and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia lied then and violated Minsk on day one, which is one of many reasons why Ukraine didn't trust them.
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@lg2058 Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces (aka Russians), disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time.
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@lg2058 Ask the ex chechen president what diplomacy with Russia got him. On 21 April 1996, while using a satellite phone, Dudayev was taken out by the VKS , after his location was detected by a reconnaissance aircraft, which intercepted his phone call. At the time, Dudayev was talking to Konstantin Borovoy, a deputy of the State Duma in Moscow.
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@lg2058 My point was to demonstrate that Russia doesn't negotiate in good faith. That shouldn't be difficult to figure out. Russia lost the first Chechen war. Yeltsin and Maskhadov signed an agreement on economic relations and reparations to Chechens who had been affected by the war. In February 1997, Russia also approved an amnesty for Russian soldiers and Chechen fighters alike who committed illegal acts in connection with the War in Chechnya. Six months after the Khasavyurt Accord, in 1997, Maskhadov traveled to Moscow where he and Yeltsin signed a formal treaty "on peace and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations" that Maskhadov predicted would demolish "any basis to create ill-feelings between Moscow and Grozny." Shortly after that Russia launched an invasion of Dagestan in the summer of 1999, and soon Russia's forces entered Chechnya again. This was after the FSB destroyed two apartment buildings in Russia and blamed it on the Chechens. You can also ask Prigozhin what negotiating with Russia gets you if you prefer.
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@kam1470 Yeah the resistance broke, thats why Russia stormed across the Donbas after taking it, please. Bakhmut was a mid sized town a few miles across the border that took 10 months and 100k casualties to take. And last I checked Russia was losing ground on the outskirts. Moreover that was Wagner that took Bakhmut, not the Russian army, remember? Then they turned around and took Rostov in about 3 hours then they were on their way to Moscow and all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway. Luckily for Russia Lukashenko cut a deal and saved them, predictably however Russia betrayed them and took out Prigozhin proving what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@kam1470 The Ukrainians waltzed across the Surovikin line like it didn't exist, you guys have been hyping it up like its the Maginot line.
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WLADIMIR0809 Yes Russia is so powerful but they still can't manage to take the Donbas.
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WLADIMIR0809 Well Russia has done a piss poor job of that considering that most of the damage they've done is in the east where the supposed ethnic Russian live. Russia also has to deal with an insurgency in occupied territories that will never end. Also Russia has been losing ground daily so its not exactly going well from that angle either.
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@@eremiasranwolf3513 Won by bending the knee to his caterer. He called Prigozhin a traitor and terrorist and let him go free. Thats weakness.
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@mattcannon8467 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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more like bemusement.
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"We win, no take backsies, cya in Africa."
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yanksbiglywvil damn take it easy man, are you getting a potato for every comment or something?
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@eagleairborne7132 'were not even trying bro' Let me know if a week goes by without Russa launching an S300 into an apartment block or maternity ward.
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@hazzardalsohazzard2624 It doesn't parrot Russian propaganda numbers so therefore the photographic evidence it presents must be false.
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@lovableulloriaqtomeetyu If you want peace prepare for war.
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@ No you are just pretending they are there to cope with the fact that Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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@Cruzeoc101 Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied.
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@kkarx In 2022 Ukraine adopted a policy of recruiting older men in order to spare the younger generation. This was announced publicly. Why is Russia letting cannibals run free to feast to their hearts content?
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@SuperRede4u At the rate they are emptying out their depot's this is the year they run out of their Soviet equipment.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 He wasn't ousted, he just left. They were protesting so he'd sign the EU association agreement, nobody expected him to leave the country, he did that on his own accord. And it was literally impossible for Ukraine to join NATO. So no neither of those are the reason for the invasion, Medvedev already announced the reason, Ukraine discovered large mineral and hydrocarbon deposit and Russia wanted to maintain its European monopoly.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 Ukraine was unwilling to go through the necessary reforms, prior to Russias invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians even wanted to join NATO, and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. After 2014 Russia occupied parts of Ukraine's territory, and no country an join with territorial disputes. So yeah it was literally impossible for them to join.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 Moreover Russia signed the NATO-Russia founding act, which unambiguously stated both alliances could expand however they pleased. Putin hiself at one point wanted to join, and said about Ukraine joining. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@denysgeorgiou1502 The protests were peaceful until Yanukovich had his thugs take out over one hundred protesters in Kyiv. After that 100% of parliament including his own party voted against him. And again, nobody expected him to flee, he did that on his own. It was the same government in charge of Ukraine after the protests as before.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 And the thought that every citizen of a country needs to read legislation before it's passed is laughably idiotic. The only reason it wasn't passed is because Russia embargoed Ukraine, which violated the Budapest Memorandum.
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@barkobummer Well except for Tibet and Xinjiang, and Taiwan maybe. Also if you're going back 500 years Chinese history hasn't exactly been peaceful.
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@gtaraya Aside from the Philippines what oversea colonies does the US have military bases in? Usually countries invite the US to base there because they get benefits, mostly in the form of training. Also China does have foreign military bases in Djibouti, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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@mistressfreezepeach Are you talking about Arakhamia? Here is what he actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief."
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@MeediaArtur The 600k figure is kia and serious casualties. Including all minor casualties 2.4 million is possible, most casualties are patched up and back on the front in very short time. I'm not saying that's what the number actually is, I have no idea what the real number is, just that it's possible
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Is it really necessary to take Medvedev drunk posting seriously?
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Russia can't even take Krinky.
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thulomanchay No, they say they'll try. It would be idiotic for Russia to attack Europe, but it was idiotic for them to attack Ukraine.
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@Maceoman So why are they dusting off the T54's then? Also like I said Russia doesn't build any tanks they just refurbish old ones, which these days just means they get them running.
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@BulldogPearl The family of the service member who's grave he trampled on was very upset. These are the people he called suckers and losers.
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You understand that Russia is the aggressor in this war right?
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life as a bird gonna be pretty rough in the future
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@bryandimery6509 Back in 2014 Putin did say he could take Ukraine in 3 weeks. There were plenty of Russian state media parroting the 3 day catchphrase. And they don't say anything without the Kremlins permission.
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@livingtribunal4110 More make believe information. What he actually said was 14658 KIA in 136 past days. That is confirmed KIA, considering Russia itself says they have 50k MIA the number is certainly much higher. Add WIA to that and the total casualty number is likely 50-60k. In four months, to capture no major objectives, and that is the absolute minimum. Thank you for proving my point for me.
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@livingtribunal4110 And of course that doesn't include the absolutely staggering amount of vehicles they have lost, per photographic evidence.
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@livingtribunal4110 All of that for marginal gains. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, including Crimea and the areas of Donetsk and Luhansk occupied before 2022
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@livingtribunal4110 "Still thinking tis conflict is about ´gains´ or ´territory'" Considering Russia is frantically attacking all over to make whatever gains they can it obviously matters to them.
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@OniksR So the plan was years of WW1 style attrition warfare? Of course they expected a quick war, Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. Try not to OD on copium.
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They should put a tank on top of their tank. I call it a double tank. I'm sort of a military genius.
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According to Russia Ukrainian war mosquitos are a threat.
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@wolfswinkel8906 lmao. You realize Russia is the one invading Ukraine right? Russia's lost half its army and they cant even take the Donbas, NATO has a grand total of 0 casualties.
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@Bird_McBride They were there and ran.
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@wolfswinkel8906 To put this in perspective say the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of disastrous trench warfare with no progress and hundreds of thousands of casualties. Then Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to the Pentagon then when he was almost there Justin Trudeau struck a deal and Biden allowed Fieri to get away with no consequences.
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Fair enough but the US has been by far the largest contributor to Ukraine. This should be a problem Europe is able to deal with themselves, would be nice if they took national defense and the Russian threat serious before it got to this point. (not that I mind helping and think we should do more)
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@MankindFails Quoting the president of Russia and the leader of DPR separatist fighters is propaganda? Ok bud. Sorry the truth hurts.
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So why did Russia embargo Ukraine and close the border when they tried to sign the EU association agreement if they had no problem with them joining? (which was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum)
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@maxendube7519 You sure spend a lot of time posting about it on the internet though.
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@markfp9705 Why send their army in an ill concieved run to Kyiv with 3 days worth of food and fuel if they didn't think it would be a quick war.
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@markfp9705 We're over a year in and Russia still hasn't taken the Donbas, you can drive there from Moscow in a few hours. this is humiliating for the self proclaimed world #2 army no matter how you try to spin it. And now Russia is dusting off the T-54/55's supported by scooby doo vans. Pretty scary. The US conquered Iraq in just over 500 hours and that's a country on the other side of the world, and the Iraqi army was larger then the Ukrainian one. Imagine if 14 months into the war the US was digging trenches 30 miles into Iraq and resurrecting the M26 Pershing.
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@andynjw1163 No it was the year Russia invaded Ukraine.
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@josephstalin839 Are you a mind reader? Even if that was the case China has been taking territory in the SCS right up until now.
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@ordavis Your metaphor is absurd. The Mexican-American war was started by the Mexican empire. It was also before WW2. You see little fellah prior to WW2 the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. The rules of the world have changed though, the borders are set if you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Understand? Tibet was a client state of China for a time, though historians debate to what degree. They also spent far more time independent than they have as part of China. Yes, that's how wars work when one side has an overwhelming advantage little buddy, if in 1949 Tibet had a large modern army it wouldn't have been a 'minor skirmish', and would have instead been a major war. You are basically saying that if the power imbalance is great enough than it's ok to annex other countries, which is idiotic. Look up the Sinicization of Tibet, which is described by academics as a form of Han settler colonialism. Do you really think this is top secret or something? Do you need a source saying water is wet? The words of Taiwan's previous and present president disprove your thoughts regarding them. they certainly regard themselves as independent, they've had their own government and military for almost a century. The CCP has never controlled Taiwan.
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@prekznaten6747 Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@Imaxxd22 I'm not interpreting anything. I'm telling you what the unambiguous opinions of the civilian and military leadership of the SSR at the time was, and how it directly contradicts the lore you invented in your mind. I'm not sure what part of this is difficult to understand.
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@dorianvedrashko9172 Ah whataboutism, literally what every Russian argument boils down to.
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@blengi You fill the top tank with water obviously. Oh I'm sorry, did I just blow your mind?
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@eveening7401 If I was talking about Russia's invasion of Ukraine I would have said they took more casualties and lost more equipment in four months taking a mid sized town right on the border than they did in ten years in Afghanistan.
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@akshay9109 Zhukov said: "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own."
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@akshay9109 You should learn some history before posting foolish comments. Though I suppose you think you know better than them. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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Hopefully ChatGPT will save us.
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@Рашка-у8й Yes, that's the other part not mentioned. 80-82 percent of Chechnya's annual budget is subsidized by the Kremlin. (aka. bribes.). So Russia has the privilege of paying billions per annum (In USD not Rubles) to try to keep the Chechens loyal. And the Russian army cant even go there, they'll be taken out by the Chechens if they arrive uninvited. Why not just not invade and hire them as mercenaries? Save yourself billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives.
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@Владимир-й7н2ш Zelensky is a Russian speaker, do you think he supports Russia? There are lots of Russian speakers in Ukraine, they almost universally despise Putin and what Russia has done.
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@prizefighter8699 They went to test weapons and collapsed their whole country? Smart. Russia also collapsed after WW1, they almost collapsed after the Russo-Japanese war. They lost the Polish-Soviet war and didn't achieve their goals in the Winter war. Russia loses wars on a fairly regular basis. WW2 and Napoleon were defensive wars that the winter won a much as Russia did. Moreover in WW2 Russia had lend lease and western aid, they would have lost in a 1v1 vs Germany as stated by Stalin and Khrushchev.
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@dark_master_Makei Russia has lost over 10000 armored vehicles.
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yeah and Kherson is Russia's forever. Remember?
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@stu281 No amount of personal attacks will make Russia a democracy bud.
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@throughput6674 You are the one spamming the same silly comment in every thread calling people infantile, and you want to criticize others calling people Ivan?
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@xaiano794 What do you mean? there was that video from earlier in the war where Russia attacked the third story of a building where they claimed a HIMARS was hidden.
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@StPiter111 Did the balloon destroy a refinery? Because Russia can't even defend its refineries. Its not like there's hundreds of them, they only have 30 or so. Why not put a Pantsir or something at each one so Ukraine can't just fly some modified ultralight into then?
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Rocksteady246 Its clear you are desperate for attention bud, I hope you get the help you need.
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Its the other way around, its Russia begging N Korea for weapons.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 The truth that I see on the ground is that Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied and are losing more every day. Do you think Russia is dusting off T54's for style points?
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@MariaTrollip Get a grown up to explain to you how the global market works.
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@NAFONATO Russian military is too busy targeting maternity wards, apartment buildings and pizza restaurants.
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@MrGionnimagia USD still makes up an overwhelming majority of international trade. Its only real competitors in the Euro and maybe Yen. Certainly not the Ruble.
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What's your point? are you just mad Ukraine has friends and Russia doesn't?
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Russia has a smaller GDP then New Jersey...
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A cowards weapon, not surprising from Russia.
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Single digit Leopard losses. Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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@@d_k-ol4ge Everywhere in Russia that's not Moscow or St Petersburg is an absolute sewer.
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tears of laughter.
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@twodogswalking840 Good job refuting nothing I said.
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@keshavkumar-bl6im So Russia shouldn't be on the security council then right? So why did Russia inherit all the Soviets treaties? Why is an ex KGB agent running the country? They aren't the USSR but they are their successors, obviously.
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@ Once the market crash happened there was bound to be a depression. But many criticize the tariffs for greatly worsening the Depression, the absolute worst years of it could have been avoided or greatly reduced if the law was never signed. 8 months after the crash unemployment was still single digit, In June 1930 the government instituted the tariffs. Every leading economist across the country signed an appeal to the president not to pass the legislation citing that it would damage international retaliation and other countries would stop buying US products and make it harder for us to sell, which is exactly what is happening now. They were ignored and the bill was passed. Within 5 months international trade was reduced by over half and we had double digit unemployment for the first time and remained above double digits for the entire duration of his administration.
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@idpsalm3331 So has Russia's, we used to think they were scary. Now they are a complete joke.
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They must have forgot how the last arms race went for them.
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@kam1470 The USSR lost the cold war and completely collapsed little buddy. Your alternate reality fan fiction sounds really fun though, you should find a publisher.
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@kennybachman35 Ukraine is a sovereign state recognized by every country on Earth, including Russia.
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@chadhaire1711 This war started because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe. Of course this has failed as Russian hydrocarbon revenue has fallen around 70% since the start of the war.
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This of course ignores the fact that Ukraine scores higher then Russia on the democracy index.
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@Frostchris4121 Only thirteen present-day independent countries escaped formal colonization by European powers: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Iran, Japan, Liberia, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey as well as Yemen. The point I was trying to make that went over your head is that Europe colonized everywhere so if they are blamed for every bad thing that ever happened on Earth they also get credit for all the good things right?
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History didn't start two years ago, Russia has been massively outspending Ukraine on it military for decades, plus their massive stockpiles of Soviet gear. Also the ISW report didn't say Russia was fighting using shovels they said certain units were sent in with only rifles and shovels, mostly to highlight the lack of support weapons like AT in some areas. This is clear if you spend more then five seconds looking into it instead of just spamming silly talking points.
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'b-b-b-but Iraq.' - Some stunned Russians in the comments for some reason.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Who Russia? In what alternate reality did Russia take all of Europe and Japan? You've gone right off the deep end bud.
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@ahmedkara8447 I know they can, and they are being used for indirect fire. I'm saying they burn out the barrel quite quickly as they aren't designed for it. And bringing T55's from the boneyard is humiliating no matter how you spin it.
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You should go to Russia and volunteer to fight the globohomo.
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damn it was 40k a day ago according to you guys. Must have had a rough night.
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@paul7TM People are dying because Russia invaded a sovereign state. when Germany invaded the SSR and the US provided aid was that a proxy war?
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@jeremybertz796 The Pipeline wasn't in use and the methane in the pipe equals a couple days of methane released from arctic bogs. Nord stream released just over 100k tonnes 570 million tonnes are released yearly. It was Russia that tried to 'freeze out Europe' Remember?
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There's no rule that says dogs can't play basketball.
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@davemccrillis1470 No amount of childish insults is going to change reality.
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@Mugwortcircle 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't. The OSCE report that you seem to not know the contents of states that the carnage is a result of Russia's invasion.
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@albback8176 Wagner was in the Donbas since 2014, and as Putin admitted they are a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state,” Putin said at a meeting with officials from the Russian defense ministry. “From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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Yes it was a terrible mistake for Russia to invade.
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@ninovelez100 There were no Nato bases in Ukraine. There are also four Chinese bases in Cuba.
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@elenadunn15 Yes at their current pace they should manage to take the Donbas in another century or so. There isn't a singe serious historian who claims that the Varangians are anything but Norse. You can revise history all you like just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@LAWOODSTORIES Is In the 2000 Camp David Summit, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, offered to form a Palestinian state, initially with 73% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. In 10 to 25 years, the Palestinian state will expand to 92% of the West Bank. But Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, rejected the offer. Over and over Israel has attempted to find a two state solution. Its Hamas and the Palestinians that won't play ball.
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@rickhawkins218 It wasn't a coup, it was a protest movement. The same government was in charge of Ukraine after the movement as before. What really happened was Russia embargoed Ukraine after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement, violating the Budapest memorandum in the process. This caused Yanukovich to backpedal, which was very unpopular and prompted protests. Nobody was asking for Yanukovich to flee the country, he did that on his own accord. They just wanted elections.
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@Davidh741 Ukraine is a sovereign state, if they want to join the EU it isn't Russia's business. Putin agreed, he said “Russia is creating the Single Economic Space in a large part of the former Soviet Union while at the same time building a common economic space with the European Union. Russia believes that building this common economic space with the EU is in the interests of both Russia and the EU countries and that this will harmonize economic ties. These projects are not in contradiction with the possibility of new members joining the EU, including Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said he considers that if Ukraine were to join the EU this would be a positive factor that would help strengthen the system of international relations.” So why he decided to embargo Ukraine when they tried to sign the EU association agreement is a mystery.
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Someone should tell Russia that this isn't Red Alert.
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The real estate market is collapsing (30% of the economy) exports are falling off (20% of the economy) and internal consumption is way down. But sure the economy is growing somehow. Just ask them.
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@dpelpal One thing we learned from the START treaty is that all Russia's ICBMs are sitting in 20 feet of water.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg There are videos of the plant burning. You can pretend it's a grass fire though if that makes you feel better.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Ah, the mythical Brics currency. Nobody is accepting payment in that because it doesn't and will never exist.
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What a bizarre fantasy. Does Russia have an extra million men hiding somewhere? Because that's how many they need to take a city the size of Kyiv. They already tried to take it last year under far more favorable circumstances, and it was a complete disaster. Remember?
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@marksnyder8022. Russia cant even take the Donbas though.
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@newcreationinchrist1423 So because Vulhedar is part of the 'disputed regions' Russia decided to drive into the same minefield over and over?
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So why did Russia embargo Ukraine in 2013 (violating the Budapest memorandum) when Ukraine tried to sign the EU association agreement?
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@johnhume4346 His exact words were "What we cannot accept is a condition on a bilateral agreement to have a kind of a possible veto of a third country. This is contrary to all principles of international law." Not whatever revisionist history that exists only in your head.
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@johnhume4346 Sweden and Finland were neutral for decades, centuries in Sweden's case. They would have remained so if Russia hadn't began invading and annexing it's neighbors again. The US had very little to do with both joining outside of your delusions.
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"It was a feint, a gesture of goodwill, we aren't even trying." - Russia probably.
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More western escalation.
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@brewski535 It doesn't matter, they get paid in potato's.
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@terriscollins5275 It's currently five states that decide the government. Obviously the electoral college is broken.
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@varvik4992 Some serious 'Kyiv in 3 days' energy here.
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@marial6116 Which part specifically? Be more constructive with your criticism.
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Sure bud, have you taken your meds today?
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Also Russia's deputy minister of defense said that Russia has 50k MIA. Which is an insane number, to put it in perspective the US only had around 2500 for the entire Vietnam war.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Most of what Russia has captured was either prior to the 2022 invasion or during the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost much more then its gained.
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@Memovox I'm not American. For the record you have no idea what you are talking about. Tell me more of your conspiracy theories.
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@@GodblessUSAuniversal Sadam used primarily old soviet gear, what in tf are you talking about.
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Tyre Fwatt Well we're a year in and Russia can't even make it out of the Donbas, and its few hours by car from Moscow.
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The Russian army has lost 50% of the territory they once occupied have lost half their army and cant even take the Donbas. Not sure wtf you mean by failed.
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@ravichitgopkar5304 Without Iran Russia is big zero. Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@Realist369 No, that's why they aren't siding with Russia.
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Luckily you were in the room so you could give us the real news.
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@alexnderrrthewoke4479 You understand that BRICS is some wall street bro's investment strategy and not a real organization right? Brazil is an American ally, though not a very good one, India is another American ally and while trying to get as much from Russia as they can buying oil at below the EU price cap is pivoting further towards the US to counter their enemy China, China is currently going through the most extreme demographic collapse in human history and does way more trade with the west then they do Russia and wouldn't piss on Russia if they were on fire, and South Africa is a borderline failed state with 40% unemployment . None of these countries give a rats ass about Russia. Also Russia has been trying to take Bakhmut for a year now, a small assed town of 70k.
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@vajidali2658 Gains? Russia controls less territory now than they did in 2022. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022, gains since then have been marginal at best, and at a terrible cost.
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@FunLewis There is an entire wikipedia page dedicated to the red lines Russia has drawn and we have crossed with no consequence. Please read that before posting more foolish comments.
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@FunLewis The entire premise of the video is that long range missiles will soon be used in Russia. Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, the thought that they are going to take on Nato is laughable.
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@FunLewis Are you trying to spell Naive? You mean like how Putin went begging to Iran and NK, or like how Stalin went begging the west during WW2?
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@FunLewis For the third time, these are all public statements, literally nobody disputes they were made. All the claims in the article are sourced. Do you understand?
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@FunLewis Is it more humiliating than parading around as a supposed superpower and invading your much weaker neighbor, then after almost three years you only occupy 18% of their country after taking horrific losses? Imagine if the US invaded Mexico and after years of ww1 style attrition they still only occupied 18% of Mexico and Mexico counter invaded and occupied southern California. Would you rate that invasion a success, or a humiliating disaster?
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@thegreatdane3627 I think the T55's were great tanks when they were first made, its been downhill ever since though.
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They must be saving them to launch at apartment buildings and hospitals.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Thanks for helping with the algorithm bud.
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@Carnabwth You should move to Russia then so you can be with dear leader.
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@solidfoelife These predictions come from counting satellite images of Russian armored vehicles in their depots. They have around eighteen months before then burn through the last of their Soviet legacy.
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That's just dementia.
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Russia has a long history of losing wars. The lost to the Chechens, Afghanistan, Poland, Japan.
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@mysticnovelbro Where did I say that genius? No at first Putin denied ever invading in 2014. It was only later he admitted it. It was only one month after Russia's illegal annexation of the peninsula, Mr Putin admitted he had "of course" deployed troops to Crimea. He also admitted Wagner, who were in the Donbas were a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Total NATO losses so far: 0. Any more silly conspiracies you'd like to share?
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@187Rajah Even if what you are sayin were true (it's not). It wouldn't make it any better, you are saying Russia is so inept they didn't even properly fortify the border of the country they at war with.
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@FoolishWarlock A source for his sarcasm? He's clearly mocking Russia's sham referendums in occupied territories in Ukraine?
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As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. Gains since have been marginal at best and at a high cost.
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Apartment building and maternity wards in Ukraine need to prepare for the retaliatory S-300's.
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi Slow down man, do you get a potato for every comment or something?
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Apparently, they weren't even fighting the Russians in Belgorod. But the Iranians who had given them a load of drones. The Russians just wanted to surrender, but the ayatollah is prepared to fight Ukraine to the last Russian
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@mysticnovelbro What on earth are you yammering on about? Russia is in year three of 'not showing restraint'. How close to Kyiv are they genius? The three days narrative was all over Russian state television, no amount of crying will change that buddy. According to Minsk, Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels and remove its forces from the Donbas, they did neither. Russia violated Minsk on day one.
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@mysticnovelbro I was responding to a comment that claimed the three days narrative was a "western fable." When that was cleary false. Do you understand how conversations work buddy? One of us is lost but it isn't me.
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@miteshghadi3146 That was the Soviet Union, not Russia. Which collapsed after the Afghan war.
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@user1qaz2wsx3edc When did I say that?
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@TroIIingThemSoftly His source is trust me bro.
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@gwopgetta2091 Typically when you invade a country trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border with dreadful casualties isn't an ideal outcome.
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@RUTHLESSambition5 Russia today is begging Iran and North Korea for whatever they can get. Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore they have to beg India for them.
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@DanielWetherill Which is two days difference. He won't have it by May 9th either.
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From Russian MoD, we learn that farm equipment counts as leopards.
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@marius-cristianplesca1983 Zhukov said the same: "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own."
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@TheMrBuxdolla You realize we can see Russian equipment yards from space, right?
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@miteshghadi3146 Zoom the map out. Per warmapper, as of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, including Crimea and the areas of Donetsk and Luhansk occupied before 2022. Which is about the same amount it occupied 2.5 years ago.
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@attilamarics3374 Stop crying.
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@attilamarics3374 Also it's hilarious being accused of being a bot by someone with an account made Oct 22, 2022, who does nothing but spam Russian rhetoric.
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I bet the west gets blamed for this somehow.
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@bryandimery6509 There is a literal montage of Russian state media saying that 3 days nonsense. (here it is btw starts at about the 3 minute mark.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK16y6vIAPo&ab_channel=WarthogDefense
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@alice_agogo 14+ months and Russia cant even capture the Donbas, I'm not sure what you think stopped means.
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How do you think Russia became the largest country on earth. Take your time.
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi google mobik meat cube.
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@@marktwain168 meanwhile, in reality Russia has been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years.
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@Dude0000 Hey at least I can spell. What facts and argumentations was I wrong about? Provide examples instead of just posting idiotic comments with your fellow travelers.
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He had several ceasefire's in Chechnya. He used the time to reconstitute and regroup his forces and attack again.
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If Russia fought as hard in battle as they do in the comments they might have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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were you aware that anti ship missiles exist?
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@smartecho3766 Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries that recognize Crimea as Russia.
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@livingtribunal4110 Unable to make a dent? Why do you think Russia is using golf carts?
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@cryptofan8625 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the Taliban were all hiding in the other Stans. If the ANA wasn't able to fight for themselves after 20 years they never would be able to. The US wasn't defeated by the Taliban, the Afghan government was, the US just left they weren't looking to annex Afghanistan like Russia is with Ukraine. Meanwhile Russia lost so hard their whole empire collapsed.
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@florincroitoru1502 Russia has the advantage in volume of fire, at one point it was around 10-1, now its around 3-1, 50% of that is sub standard NK rounds. Ukraine has the advantage in accurate/effective fire. Ukraine is also defending, which grants them a large advantage. In the case of Krinky Ukraine had a large geographical advantage and occupied the much higher right bank, allowing them to fire accurately down on the Russians.
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@florincroitoru1502 Which part specifically is nonsense? Or are you just here to dispense childish insults?
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@florincroitoru1502 The 10-1 and 3-1 figures both come from Ukraine, so if you believe one you have to believe both. Ukraine is using NATO munitions which are guided and inherintly more accurate than Russian shells. Ukraine is on the defensive, which typically has a 3-1 advantage in terms of losses and occupied the high ground in Krinky. Geographical advantage is a thing that really exists little buddy. So what part exactly are you whining about?
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borex7507 bots are usually more effective when they have a few different lines. When you spam the same dumb comment over and over it loses its effect.
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Russia could go home and end the war today.
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@glintongordon6811 Then why did they send the first wave in with three days worth of food and fuel? If Russia knew the war would go on like this they never would have attacked.
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@ugooko7569 Which western government is currently engaged in genocide?
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@agnelomascarenhas8990 No need for a death sentence when you can just toss someone out a window or feed them a polonium sandwich.
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None of those countries are at war with Russia.
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@TheThreatenedSwan Crimea was Greek for a millennia no way they'll every lose it.
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@TheThreatenedSwan Russians were trucked in after genociding the local population.
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@TheThreatenedSwan well for starters the Russians signed a treaty recognizing Crimea as Ukrainian. Also they took it in a war they can lose it in a war, and they are losing this war.
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Are you lost? If you're worried about Japan you should put pressure in Russia to return the illegally occupied Kuril Islands.
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@glintongordon6811 IS territory has almost doubled since France left.
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@aspenkat2467 try not to cry.
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Muscovy vs US would be the most one sided asswhooping since desert storm.
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Now Iran is funding his rotten regime. Apparently the Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@aloksengupta4727 Russia sells it petrochemicals at or below the EU price cap for a loss. Russia's "friends" are fleecing them for every cent they can.
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@jeffp2935 They aren't in a warehouse though. They are parked in some field in Tunguska to rust and be stripped of parts for the past 50 years.
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@yaqob3275 Pointless whataboutsm, shocker.
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@yaqob3275 Is whataboutism all you can do. Here watch me. I wish they did that with Central African Republic, Syria, The Donbas, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia-Alania, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Transnistria, Georgia, Afghanista, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Albania. Before Russia invaded those countries 😆🤣
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What year do you think it is bud? The geopolitical implications and consequences of using nuclear weapons isn't the same as it was in 1945.
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What on earth are you talking about?
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@kureed79 Wrong again, you'll have messed up streets in many US cities. In Russia you see entire cities like that.
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@Faiez-rh1gm The Iraqi Abrams did not the Americans. A total of nine American Abrams tanks were destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness.
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@Faiez-rh1gm The US is the worlds number 2 manufacturer by value. Its difficult to grow anymore because unemployment is so low. Chinese manufacturing is also in the middle of complete collapse as manufacturing moves to Vietnam, India, Mexico and whatever can move to the US is.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 If you don't even know about the Holodomor there isn't much sense continuing this conversation.
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@denysgeorgiou1502 The survey was from the 2014 referendums. It isn't the only one. poll released by the Kyiv Institute of Sociology, 27.5% were in favour of secession from Ukraine. A survey from Pew Research Centre, 18% of eastern Ukrainians were in favor of secession.
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@robertatkins9419 Arakhamia also said. "First of all, in order to agree to othis point, you have to change the constitution, Our aspiration towards nato is written in the constitution. Also there is no trust in Russia that they would do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine and could only give advice.
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@robertatkins9419 You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. but just saying 'there was an account' isn't evidence. Its a baseless assertion by definition. Try providing evidence instead of spamming the same comment over and over if you expect people to take you serious.
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@robertatkins9419 Russia has taken two medium sized towns in the past year and a half in exchange for catastrophic losses. Not sure what you would consider a stalemate but they certainly aren't setting any speed records with this invasion.
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@robertatkins9419 You say its not a stalemate because its a war of attrition. WW1 was a war of attrition and it was a stalemate. Are you being deliberately idiotic or is this actually how you are? Let me guess next you'll tell me that years of WW1 style trench warfare was the plan all along.
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@garryh3126 So why are you here? You just want to support them with the algorithm by giving them a view and commenting?
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@MrGatzby Who told you the Black sea fleet had been destroyed? Or is that just a strawman you invented to try to make a silly point? And yeah 27 of the fleet's 80 vessels have been sunk or disabled, including its flagship, which is almost a third of the fleet.
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@ "I thought the Black Sea fleet was destroyed" You said that, remember? You then said after I asked who told you that it had been destroyed "TR has repeatedly said that over and over and over again and again and again" Remember when you said that two minutes ago? Now you are trying to backpedal because nobody said that, like I can't just scroll up and read your comments. It should be easy for you to find an example because they say it over and over, but you can't because nobody said that.
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I think Brazil could take them to, so 4th best.
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haha vatniks fuming.
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Russia is the eleventh largest economy. Russia currently occupies around 18% of Ukraine, which is the exact same amount it occupied two and a half years ago. Not having elections while being invaded is written into Ukraine's constitution, come back to reality.
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@АртемАртем-л4э Mikhail Gorbachev himself, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta and its foreign appendices, claiming that "the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise" Please, don't try to manipulate the words and memory of a deceased person, that doesn't give you any credibility.
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@jimmyjams9036 huh? even one of the middle NATO powers like France or the UK could take Russia out with little trouble, also there's this new technology called stealth which renders planes more or less impervious to the mythical Russian AA (which is so great it can't even manage to stop HIMARS) furthermore the airpower would be augmented by an overwhelming cruise missile strike paving the was for the huge amounts of 4th gen fighters still in service, which are far better and exist in FAR greater numbers then anything Russia can bring to bare. literally the only countries that need to fear Russia is its's weak neighbors
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@FlyingGuy The "one inch" comment was referring to NATO forces in East Germany while negotiations for unification were ongoing, which to this day there still aren't. It had nothing to do with other countries joining NATO, Russia wasn't particularly worried about Warsaw pact countries joining NATO. Moreover Russia and NATO signed the NATO-Russia founding act which unambiguously stated both alliances could expand as they saw fit.
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@fratomdev According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and retun control of all occupied territories to Ukraine, all under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as could reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. All that waas left was for Russia to leave Ukraine, which didn't happen.
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@Bird_McBride Do you think parroting Russian MoD 'statistics' is convincing?
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The ISW report that that came from clearly stated that the Russians were equipped with Rifles and shovels, it was meant to highlight their lack of support weapons like AT. And judging from the multiple videos of Ukrainian tanks rolling up unopposed to wreck russian positions i'd say it was correct. But people who can't read saw 'equiped with shovels' and go carried away.
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AlexPerez-gs3pi Staggering incompetence.
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@Minimmalmythicist Good job refuting nothing that I said. There wasn't a civil war, what happened was Russia invaded in 2014 after their puppet Yanukovich fled to Russia. Even Strelkov confirms this. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa" Random politicians and diplomats talking about something is proof of nothing. Like when people think Nuland saying the US spent 5 billion in Ukraine to spread democracy and claim it's some sort of smoking gun. What she was talking about was all the aid sent to Ukraine since '91. The US spends between 50 - 70 billion a year on foreign aid. In the same period the US has provided over 5.2 billion in aid to Palestine, next you'll tell me the US is supporting groups there.
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@Minimmalmythicist The DPR only exists because Russia invaded. The leader of all military forces in the DPR Strelkov confirmed this himself. "everything would have fizzled out" There would have been protests, but no civil war. Do you understand?
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@Minimmalmythicist Strelkov would also say "At first, nobody wanted to fight. There would have been several dozen killed, burned, detained. And that would have been the end of it. But the flywheel of the war, which is continuing to this day, was spun by our unit. We mixed up all the cards on the table." I'm really not sure what part of this you don't get.
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm The war started in 2014 after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement, which led to Russia embargoing them. A violation of the Budapest memorandum. When Yanukovich was forced to back pedal by Russia he was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Then the predictable protests started and he fled the country, nobody was asking for that though he did that on his own accord. After that Russia began it's illegal invasion.
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm The US occupied Afghanistan in a few weeks and occupied them for twenty years, the Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves. I think the problem is you don't understand the difference between invasion and occupation.
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@SuddenPaintball That's what was said about the powers before WW1.
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@GodsDad98 You know China invaded Vietnam after the US left right? They just went in shot up the place took more casualtes then the US took in 10 years, then declared themselves victorious and went home. Also Tibet invasion (and later Tibet uprising), the Xinjiang conflict, the Sino Indian war, the second Sino Indian war, it's constant bullying of Taiwan and its other neighbors. Absolutely braindead.
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@МихаилКононов-и9г There's this thing called weather, Ukraine is a sea of mud. I guess they could do like Russia at their humiliating Vulhedar offensive and drive down the road into the same minefield over and over, but thats not really optimal. Also it's Russia that has been stroking themselves off as the 'worlds #2 army' for the past 20 years, a stalemate is the same as humiliation for Russia. Imagine if in Iraq the US gave up offensive operations 40 miles into Iraq then started digging trenches and resurected the M26 Pershing and still wanted to pretend everything was going according to plan. Pretty tough to take serious.
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@yuglesstube Yeah the original copy of the treaty that nobody spoke about, that Putin forgot in his sock drawer for over a year not telling anyone before he brought it out at a press conference. I have a bridge you might be interested in, its the Krech bridge, get it while it lasts.
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This is probably the most brainless analogy I've ever heard in my life.
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@mattyboy456 Yeah we know you've posted the same thing abut 15 times so far. Is there a problem with your programming or something?
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@lovehateemo2183 Even if your fantasy was true the Istanbul talks didn't happen until long after three days. So no even the timeline in your fan fiction is impossible.
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@michaeljennings3207 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to 4 out of Russia's 6 demands. He claimed Ukraine was prepared to renounce NATO membership and to make Russian Ukraine's second official language. According to Erdoğan Ukraine was not prepared to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea or parts of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts, or disarm and give Russia veto power over security guarantees.
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@livingtribunal4110 I already quoted above why that's a war crime. Try to keep up.
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@livingtribunal4110 There is also testimonials of children who have escaped Russia who were taken from their parents and were told their parents didn't want them anymore. Russian birth rates collapsed in the '90's and they want to take some.
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@stephenpignetti6598 Dictatorships always have insane approval ratings. You can see how much they actually approve when Wagner arrived in Rostov to citizens cheering on his coup.
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@SA-hh9mv Slava Rasslin. He's a Hogan fan.
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@rifats17 You guys can't even get to Kharkiv.
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@marioformosa4259 Putin will never leave his bunker.
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They've been doing that all along.
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@williamalexander9485 "You don’t marginally advance for 8 straight months." Yes you do, Russia would be in Kyiv if by now if advances weren't marginal, but they still can't even take the Donbas. Russia has captured less than half of one percent of Ukrainian territory this year.
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@williamalexander9485 Ukraine still occupies parts of Kursk buddy. I know Russia likes to pretend its humiliating failures don't count though, and I'm sure you'll have all sorts of excuses for it.
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@williamalexander9485 The Germans advanced for four years straight, how did that work out for them again?
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@williamalexander9485 Yes Russia's plan was clearly years of unending trench warfare, with terrible losses. Please.
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@williamalexander9485 One of Russia's advantages is mass. They can absorb horrific losses an still advance, though advances to date are still just marginal. You understand cameras exist right? We have photographic evidence of tens of thousands of destroyed Russian armored vehicles.
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@williamalexander9485 It was Russian mil blogger murz who claimed Russia had more losses in four months in Avdiivka than they did in ten years in Afghanistan.
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@williamalexander9485 We can literally see Russian equipment yards empty out via satellites, they will run through the last of their Soviet legacy in 2025. Please try using your head before posting.
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@williamalexander9485 You can pretend Russia isn't taking terrible loses in spite of all the evidence to the contrary if that's what makes you feel fuzziest inside, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@zvonkobogdan9634 I wonder if they fall for Russia trying to pass farm equipment off as leopards.
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@JustaGuess. Russia has flattened multiple cities.
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Do these people have no idea how explosions work?
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Better then the 3 day smo.
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@khiem1939 Napoleon swept across Europe. Putin cant even take the Donbas.
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@raymondmckinley5955 Yeah wasn't it the US that flattened Aleppo? Oh wait that was Russia.
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Why isn't russia reporting is soldier deaths?
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@corvus4135 Are you posting from the trenches?
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Russia was one of the provinces of the Mongol Empire.
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@JH-oc5qx Innocent people don't cheer as desecrated corpses are paraded through the streets.
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@bobgonzales9680 Damn you guys really see 'Anglo Saxons' hiding in every shadow. get some help.
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Leo 1 is old but it's fast so it's a good infantry support/defensive tank
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@yinkasotunde6597 Ukraine is receiving roughly 5% of NATO countries annual military budget in aid, mostly in the form of old stock near retirement. There are no NATO troops fighting in Ukraine, just small numbers in an advisory and training roles. If NATO was actually fighting there there would be no doubt. Have you seen overwhelming cruise missile strikes and airpower? The reason you don't is because NATO isn't at war. There are forces from China, India, Syria, parts of Africa and Central/South America fighting for Russia. By your logic Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population.
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@bob-g3e3x The guy with an account less than a year old named 'user' calls me a bot. That's actually hilarious.
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@dailyinternettrends1180 You already said that, spamming the same dumb comment over and over wont make your argument any more compelling.
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@mayhem4899 Kinzhal was so effective the 3 lead engineers got an all expense paid trip to the gulag.
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@blackmantis3130 Yes, an ATACMS missile carrying cluster munitions was shot down. What point do you think you are making right now?
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@blackmantis3130 The official Russian position is that they struck the missile causing it to go off course and hit the beach. Please stop pretending you are some sort of ATACMS expert.
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@blackmantis3130 There is a difference between hitting civilian infrastructure and targeting it, you understand that right?
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Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war.
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@natasa8266 Ask Russia why they are crying about US provided cluster munitions. Both sides have been using them and the US isn't even the first country to provide them, Turkey sent some earlier in the war. Not sure why Russia decided to throw a tantrum over US weapons specifically.
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@boota1979 Iraq was the 4th largest army on Earth. Russia can't even take Avdiivka, they can barely be considered a regional power anymore.
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@duhuzebosco6207 Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@chrisblanco2980 There's pictures of the crash site released bud, go look them up for yourself instead of posting foolish comments. The Plane had its transponder on and was coming from Iran, it landed in Belgorod to refuel and was headed north when it was shot down, which makes no sense if it was carrying prisoners to be traded.
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@Tailor series They took Mariupol in the initial shock of the invasion and Bakhmut a mid sized town they took after 10 months and 100k casualties. Neither one are major cities. They retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson. (Izium was the main logistics hub in the area and by some accounts the Ukrainians captured more equipment there then they started the war with) Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. They aren't able to 'chase them away' because it is still the Russian army, despite shocking incompetence and corruption it will take a while to defeat them.
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@karabomafa5609 Per Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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@Mata-Miramar How long until Russia captures the Donbas? It's right on the border, how long do you expect me to wait?
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@eddastrohmayer251 Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. There wasn't the political will in Ukraine to make the necessary change to join and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. Ukraines chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. Russia themselves spoke of joining NATO at one point, should they invade themselves? You still have zero evidence for your top secret bases in Ukraine. And this is the 4th time you've posted the exact same baseless comment.
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BubbaKaren Last I checked at Avdiika Russia has managed to take a couple empty fields for the low cost of hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of casualties. All to take a small town with a pre war population of 30k you consider this some grand victory do you? Russia has been trying and failing to take it for 9 years, you guys acting like you're about to occupy Berlin is embarrassing.
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@et2709 Outer Manchuria is China's historically.
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@ArenAurelius Unless you are posting from the Russian trenches comments like this just make you look like a fool.
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@MalcomGiap Let me guess you think the Moskva sank in high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill.' Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@julianf9235 Please explain what they get from Palestine, they give around six hundred million per annum.
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@alexeilebedev7462 I already address that conspiracy that is your first point in this thread, try reading before you comment. Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels and withdraw its forces from Ukraine, they did neither. Russia violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum. Ukriane had already decided not to make peace with the Russians before they spoke to any country because 1. They know an agreement with Russia isn't worth the paper its written on and 2. They saw what Russia did at Bucha and Irpin.
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@DdiafwlL Yes there was an embargo in 2013, I have no idea why you wouldn't look that up before posting.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 And then the next day he clarified what he meant Manu. He's also not the president anymore.
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Which declined from over 150 bcm in 2021. Still room for improvement, but headed in the right direction.
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Just ignore the T54s Russia is sending.
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@promeste4963 lmao, CIA bases, trillions spent now is it? You sure do live in a fantasy world.
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@ 82% of Albertans disagree.
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If Russia didn't go around trying to annex other countries your comment might make sense.
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Russia is using golf carts and dirt bikes on the front line.
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@bobgonzales9680 Maybe in your dreams. Also Russia rates worse then Ukraine on the corruption index, and Ukraine is trending up while Russia is trending down.
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Ukraine had already deployed their reserves to Kharkiv because everyone could see Russia massing forces there. All Russia had to do was sit safely on their own side of the border an shell Ukraine without fear of retaliation. Instead they decided to walk into the meat grinder and give western countries the motivation to allow the use of their weapons on Russian territory.
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@samuel5742 Who was surprised? It's impossible to build fortifications in artillery range or you just get blasted. Which is why Ukraine's lines were farther back.
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@ubermind-tim lmao, ok buddy. Let me know when you get his joke.
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Never Fight Uphill, Me Boys.
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@southpole4776 They've fought about 2% of NATO resources. Mostly in the form of old stock that was due to be retired. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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They've been melting down ever since the aid package was approved. They worry they will be sent to the front soon.
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@DK-ei4ed The truth hurts bud, try not to cry.
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@ He was the head of the central bank, not a politician I'm not sure why you would think he had any say on Brexit. He did publicly warn that it would result in economic woes for the UK, and he was right.
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@Tsuigius If Ukraine was in NATO they wouldnt' be getting attacked.
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@Great_Sandwich Nice job excusing terrorism. Gaza hadn't been occupied since 2005, its time to rejoin reality bud. Hamas just rejected another cease fire today.
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@Great_Sandwich And maybe ask Egypt why it also walls off Gaza.
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@Robert-t1m3p Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. If Ukraine tried to invade Moldova and then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare they had to go begging various tin pot dictators for gear it would be a comparable situation.
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@Withnail1969 No it doesn't matter, nobody uses PPP as a valuable metric. GDP per capita adjusted for PPP is sometimes used. Russia ranks 43rd on that list.
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Russia tries to keep numbers of T14 in the single digits so they become prized by collectors in the future.
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@antonina-fk7lq You know the internet was invented by the US military? speak english please.
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Which one flattened Aleppo? Russia.
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@mgronich948 China doesn't have a blue water navy. 90% of China's ships can't sail past Vietnam in force.
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@mindblown42069 If anything Russia would try to blame a careless smoker. They hate giving Ukraine credit for anything, that's why they claim they keep shooting down their own aircraft.
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@briant5685 haha cry some more.
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@mitchyoung93 Yes, Stalin the renowned diplomat. Khrushchev was being diplomatic in his memoirs? Zhukov wasn't trying to be diplomatic either. And no Chechens haven't been engaged in front line combat for a while. Fun fact about Chechnya, they recently banned all music that isn't between 80-116 bpm. This effectively bans the Russian national anthem which is 76 bpm.
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@robinbreeds9217 I think Zhukov probably knows more about the war than some random youtube commenters.
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@JanetteHeffernan Good job saying the exact same thing as that other person. It doesn't change the fact that Russia would have lost the war without western aid and that the UK is the only country to pay back lend lease.
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@Victoratify Like I've already said I'll take the word of Zhukov who said they would have lost without it over some random guy in youtube. You don't know better than him, or the other Soviet leadership who said they would have lost without it. Understand?
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@Victoratify The US alone provided over 400,000 jeeps and trucks; 12,000 armored vehicles including 7,000 tanks, 11,400 aircraft and 1.75 million tons of food. This doesn't include the mountain of metals and chemicals sent. The UK provided the Soviets with. 7,411 aircraft, 27 naval vessels 5,218 tanks, 5,000 anti-tank guns 4,020 ambulances and trucks 323 machinery trucks (mobile vehicle workshops equipped with generators and all the welding and power tools required to perform heavy servicing) 1,212 Universal Carriers and Loyd Carriers (with another 1,348 from Canada) 1,721 motorcycles £1.15bn worth of aircraft engines 1,474 radar sets, 4,338 radio sets 600 naval radar and sonar sets, Hundreds of naval guns, 15 million pairs of boots In total 4 million tonnes of war material including food and medical supplies were delivered. The munitions totaled £308m (not including naval munitions supplied), the food and raw materials totaled £120m in 1946 index. In accordance with the Anglo-Soviet Military Supplies Agreement of June 27, 1942, military aid sent from Britain to the Soviet Union during the war was entirely free of charge. Some of the 3,000 Hurricanes given to Soviets were broken up & buried after the war to avoid paying US back under the Lend-Lease legislation.
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Oh no, he might make more idle threats.
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@jaimepatena7372 You must not have seen his (totally not gay) horseback picture.
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@paulpaisley5291 She has done plenty of interviews. She just got finished a 60 minutes interview. You live in a fantasy world. Trump is the one who has stopped doing interviews, even Fox news has began fact checking his nonsense.
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@s0ycapitan The MoD took out farm equipment and tried to pass it off as tanks. They are far from reliable. Do you really think Ukraine had almost six hundred aircraft hidden away? You are being ridiculous.
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@glintongordon6811 Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot war we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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Russia can't even take the Donbas dude, its time to face reality.
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Cope cones.
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@MalcomGiap What on Earth are you talking about? They have entire cities like that. Pretty much every place that's not Moscow or St. Petersburg is a complete sewer.
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@ĐoànĐạiDương-f1n Gallup, one year into the war, 39% of Americans say the U.S. is doing the right amount to aid Ukraine, 30% say not enough, and 28% say the U.S. is doing too much. Additionally, nearly three-quarters of Americans support continuing economic (71%) and military (72%) aid to Ukraine, and 58% are willing to continue to support the country “as long as it takes,” even if U.S. households will have to pay higher prices for gas and food. It's ok to spam your BS but please don't spam emoji's it makes it impossible to take you seriously.
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@sankss1684 What's your point? And Who are you talking about Japan or China? Japans stagnation is well documented. Things would have been much worse if they weren't already rich and if they didn't have a good plan to deal with it, mostly offshoring much of their manufacturing. China's numbers are all made up, even the CCP acknowledges this. Local governments are given incentives to lie about their GDP and population. Imports, exports and local consumption are shrinking and manufacturing and real estate are collapsing. its likely they've had negative or no growth since at least the pandemic. China has fewer options then Japan in dealing with the crisis because 1. They aren't nearly as wealthy as Japan. 2. Japan was easily able to offshore because there wasn't large amounts of capital flight with the yen. The yuan on the other hand China keeps tight controls on because Chinese people try to get their money out of China as fast as they can. There has been some offshoring attempts by China but a lot of that money will never make it back to China.
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If the Russians fought half as hard in battle as they did in youtube comments they might actually have a chance of taking Bahkmut. Although once the Kremlin runs out of money you lot will all have to find more respectable jobs.
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@johnsmith1953x All the ships in the world are worthless if you cant get fuel for them.
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@kendyfarenick Why are you copy pasting the same silly comment over and over?
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@PriestandtemplE What was that mythical agreement called little buddy? I'll answer my own question, no such agreement exists. Moreover US missiles haven't moved since the Cuban missile crisis.
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@PriestandtemplE What is the agreement you've invented in your head called little buddy? When was this fantasy agreement signed?
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@PriestandtemplE No response? It should be trivially easy for you to tell me what agreement you are talking about. Except of course no such agreement exists outside of your delusions.
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@PriestandtemplE How would I even block your response? What are you crying about? I noticed you replied again without posting the imaginary agreement you think Nato broke. Instead of posting pointless twaddle why not answer the question.
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Banks collapse every year, this is a non story.
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@charlesross2439 I'm going to assume you mean the Minsk agreements. For starters there would be no Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum. Moreover according to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one.
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The bridge has been taken down twice already but Odessa still stands.
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The difference is the US wants to buy them, Russia wants to take them.
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@ZOV_VLAD_Combat.footage I've already seen the video. I also saw the same video 2 months ago from another pov.
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@Надежда-с2з2н 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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The support is literally 30 feet away in a trench. Did you even watch the video?
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@tomwhittaker9461 No its just common practice to use DU. Its not some forbidden material.
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Unfortunately for him being an economist in Russia just means you are better equipped to syphon off funds.
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@w1ndgeneral226 Russia can but if Putin quits it will mean the end of his life.
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China is on the brink of collapse itself, and they are easier to defeat then Russia, just blockade straights of malacca and half the population starves in the dark in half a year
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@sunnyboner676 Nobody was bringing nukes to Ukraine though, they gave up their weapons and Russia agreed to respect their sovereignty and never invade. Moreover the US blockaded the Soviets they didn't try to annex Cuba and claim it wasn't a country.
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@Darkcom They're evacuating it.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Insidious propaganda? like pretending Russia didn't try to take Kyiv. Putin must have just wanted to see a montage of Ukrainian tractors hauling off all his equipment. You are acting like the initial wave being brainless recruits who thought they were on a training mission proves anything other then Russia's astonishing incompetence.
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@Donsam55 And the mid east. Last time grain prices rose by 50% we got the Arab spring. Likely prices will rise by more then that this time.
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If they failed why is the world #2 army still unable to take the Donbas?
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@corvus4135 Shoigu stated that Russia has destroyed 5000 Ukrainian tanks. An amazing feat considering Ukraine started the war with less then 1000. Do you think Russia has mastered interdimensional travel and have been destroying Ukrainian tanks in multiple timelines? Maybe there's a timeline where Russia managed to take Kyiv in 3 days.
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And yet here you are boosting them in the algorithm by watching and commenting.
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@ImmuneToTrollHate Where did I say attacking meant winning? Learn how to read. I was responding to a comment that claimed that Russia wasn't attacking, when they clearly are. Do you understand context?
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@tariredom7615 Well you see, back in the year 860 Rurik crossed the sea....
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More escalation from the West.
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@ericjones2335 I want to know what Russia was smoking before its humiliating attack on Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over.
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@PZL17 Source: Trust me bro
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@nagunoorisridhar4775 Let me guess you think the Moskva sank in high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill.' watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@w.loczykij5354 Go ask a grown up who he is and what he's done before posting more silly comments.
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@Faiez-rh1gm You understand Russia just makes up its economic numbers right? Russian hydrocarbon revenue has dropped 90% since the start of the war. Russia stopped exporting refined products because of price hikes and shortages in Russia and Russian natural gas extraction is at its lowest point since the 70's. The Ruble is in the toilet and Russia is going through one of the worst demographic collapses in human history. But sure, the economy is booming. Just ask them.
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You mean spamming 'the counter offensive has failed' in the chat wont actually make it come true?
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yanksbiglywvil Are you getting a potato per comment or something? pace yourself.
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@pilotmanpaul Russia's best has been mostly destroyed already, why do you think they are using human wave tactics already? are you simple or something?
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@OLDSKOOLRAVER1 No that was a war that Japan started, not a cynical land grab. This was also a long time before people understood the consequences of nuclear weapons. The US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki to avoid operation downfall, an invasion that would have killed millions. Nice false equivalency though. If you're really worried about Japan you should advocate for Russia returning the illegally occupied Kuril islands to them.
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Thats because he think military operations should take 3 days.
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What amazes me is that 14+ months in the self proclaimed word #2 army cant even capture the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@s0ycapitan Last time they fired at a theatre it was full of children
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@AbuBawa-sw1ut Just like how they advertised the Kherson offensive then attacked at Kharkiv and folded Russia up like laundry.
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@iforgiveyou274 Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@Cavebabybeserkerrs yeah, Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihi, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson, remember? Moreover Ukraine has taken more in the past 3 months then Russia had in the previous 10.
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@elenadunn15 You have a very active imagination.
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@reteptetep5078 The only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with, sure. What really happened was Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. When he refused to give up power it led to protests and he fled the country. Zelensky wasn't even the President after him it was Poroshenko. Ironically Zelensky was the candidate that Russia tried to support because he was 'just an actor' and was a Russian speaker and the Kremlin thought he would be easier to control than Poroshenko. This of course backfired. You sure do live in a fantasy world.
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@jetli740 I bet you think parroting brainless Kremlin talking points is a good argument right?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Why do you think Russia is dusting off T54's Manu?
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@YUDNSAY No, Merkel never said anything about the Budapest memorandum.
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@samuellopesbaule5745 Are you convinced that whataboutism is a good argument? You sound like a deep thinker.
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@Ucradcin sure buddy.
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@wrapupthestory Meanwhile in reality Russian military bloggers are in panic mode and Russia's response to Kursk has been sluggish at best.
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@bobmorane2082 Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the 'worlds #2 army' stalemate is the same as humiliation for Russia. Meanwhile Russia begging Iran and NK for scraps.
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@nazistowskisnob543 Then Russia will release video from the tank from every angle trying to pass it off as seperate events.
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@gadalarm9089 Iraq is a huge country and Sadam had the 4th largest army on Earth. It took the US just over 500 hours to complete its invasion. Russia has thrown everything they can into this invasion short of WMD's, they've lost over 13.5k armored vehicles. That's according to photographic evidence.
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@alfredmakaveli6622 Russia isn't even in the top ten economies, and if you think they have the strongest army in the world you are beyond help.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Why not search "Russian sources say SU57 damaged" instead of posting foolish comments?
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@martinilopez1 let me know when you guys capture bakhmut
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@volodymyrv5897 What a bizarre fantasy world you live in.
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@user-ug8wx5er1w Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals required a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't pereviously violated the Budapest Memorandum.
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That might be difficult. Russia recently had to ban the export of refined product because of fuel shortages and price hikes in Russia. oil and gas are supposed to be the only thing Russia can do well and they cat even manage that.
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@gtaraya That means a lot coming from a military genius like yourself.
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@s0ycapitan Because being dependent on an expansionist autocrat isn't a good idea. Kind of a silly question bud.
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Is Russia about to perfect teleportation or something? get a grip.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Because Russia wanted more land. And its more like 18% of Ukrainian territory, about the same for the past two years.
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@claudiopereira9900 Tibet and Xinjiang. (and the corrosponding genocides)
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@ЕвгенийАвтушко-ч1п Which is a veiled threat. Its Russian state media, emphasis on the state. The reporter is told what questions to ask, she asked about Russia's nuclear capabilities so Putin could rattle the sabre.
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ATESH is putting in work. They are few and far between though.
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@andia968 IDK lets ask the Tibetans and Uighurs.
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@Rich.H68 Aren't you offended by his comment though? Why else would you be calling him pathetic?
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@glenbolderson9279 Ukraine hasn't spent the last 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds number 2 army. Russia resurrecting the T55's from the boneyard and cant even take the Donbas, and still try to act like its not a complete humiliation.
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Are the PM and MI5 in the room with you right now?
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BC is already home of the clear cut. Part of the problem is how active we've been in fighting fires for the past 100 years. We should be letting the forest burn or fuel builds up and you get gigantic firestorms and all fire-fighting resources should be moved into communities. Climate change does also play a role but failed policy does not help.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п The Russian Federation isn't the USSR, not even close. For starters they can't even manufacture tanks (see T-14) All they can do is refurbish old tanks like T-72 and now embarrasingly enough T-62's and T-54/55's. And those require western components. The Soviet expertise is long gone and Russia is a pale shadow of the USSR.
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@Козырь Mariupol, that place where the brave Russians bombed the theater full of children?
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Fortunately Trump will be in prison soon.
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@INTERNETVID No they didn't, what on earth are you talking about? Trump tweeted that the North has “agreed to denuclearization (so great for World), site closure, & no more testing!” That didn't actually happen though. Being committed to the concept of denuclearization is not the same as agreeing to it, as Trump claims.
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Average 37 iq Russian pontooners.
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When you gotta go you gotta go.
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@Bird_McBride Yeah it would mean the end of Putin's life, so he has to continue regardless of how idiotic it is.
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@cooldad7297 Do you really think approval rating means anything in a country where all political rivals end up in jail or tossed out a window? Not many of Russia's "friends" are helping, which is why they had to go with cap in hand to Iran and North Korea.
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@cooldad7297 Also we have different definitions of winning if you consider three years of stalemate with unthinkable losses to be winning.
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Cope cones.
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@gregvoight8616 Look at economy. EU is huge, Russia is small. Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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Russia invaded in 2014. The peace deal was scrapped because it involved recognizing the occupied territories as Russia's, demilitarization and neutrality. Which would mean Ukraine could never defend itself again. What Russia wanted wasn't peace, it wanted Ukrainian capitulation, no country would accept those terms. Your entire premise is silly, so anytime a country gets invaded its their fault if they don't surrender? I'm sorry but that's completely idiotic. Russia controls less of Ukraine now then they did in 2022, I'd say Ukraine is doing well enough all things considered.
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@chrismalcomson7640 The Iranians seized a Vietnamese ship bound for Asia. Does that sound reasonable?
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@jamesgreen1116 Russia can't leave yet because they dont have the ships there. They have been dispatched though, likely to transport them to Libya. Given time they will likely also be expelled from there.
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@jamesgreen1116 Here is what they actually said “We don’t want Russia to exit Syria in a way that would not be befitting for its long-standing relations” Which actually means, we will give you time to get your ships here and we won't attack you in the meantime. Russia has been bombing their families for over a decade, do you really think they'd be allowed to stay?
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Chechens haven't been fighting in the Ukraine war since 2022. All they did prior to that was make tik toks. Unless you mean the ones fighting for Ukraine, though I don't think they'll be fighting the swedes. The coalition took Afghanistan in a few weeks and occupied it for twenty years, the Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves. The Soviets weren't even able to get to the occupation stage and got smoked so hard their whole empire collapsed.
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@emceedoctorb3022 I saw Russia in Afghanistan, they took 10x the casualties in half the time and ran home just in time to watch their country collapse.
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@white69cracker yeah its not like Ukraine took it down last year could never happen again.
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@gfhomeNevashedelo Where is it? Surely such a promise would be in writing and not just exist as hearsay on the internet. Even Gorbachev said there was no promise. the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise"
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@hkfoo3333 Strange how the weapons work fine when they aren't being used by the Saudi's, aka the Kings of incompetence.
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Same thing that happened when they lost in Afghanistan and Chechnya, absolutely nothing.
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@JohnofthefamilySmith Why cant Russia even manage to take the Donbas then if Ukraine is defeated? Why does Russia lose more ground every day?
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The video I watched had them tagged as Brazilian.
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There is no mention of AFV's and considering the press likes to call everything heavier then an armored car a 'tank'...
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Russia also claimed they destroyed the HQ of the SBU, what they did was send a Iskandar into the Dnieper.
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@s0ycapitan Yeah Germany occupied large parts of France and all of Belgium, how did that work out for them in the end? There is no indication Ukraine is collapsing outside the delusions of Russia's online cheerleaders.
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@TecraX2 Now yeah, early war the Ukrainians pretty much just had Javelins, NLAWS and whatever Soviet scraps they had laying around. The Russians squandered thousands of armored vehicles accomplishing next to nothing.
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Tibet, Xinjiang.
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@j4genius961 Sure buddy, another century or two at this pace and Russia might even be able to take the Donbas. We've all seen the video's of Russia using golf carts and dirt bikes on the front, you can pretend Russia hasn't taken terrible losses if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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Russia seems to have learned nothing since the Chechen war.
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@hzlh2254 I brought up Russia as an example of another country that his heavily sanctioned. then you chime in with the brilliant 'hur dur how about that counteroffensive'. Moreover if you think Sanctions aren't having an effect on Russia then why do they constantly complain about them? Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the war. Russia had to suspend the export of refined product because of shortages and price hikes in Russia. They've been forced to sell oil at a loss to China and India and are being forced to take Rupees and Yuan, which are useless for anything except investing in China and India. The Ruble is in the toilet, and would have fallen off the chart completely if not or strict monetary policy. All Russian corporations were forced to sell off their foreign reserve and buy Rubles to prop it up, this is a thing you can only do once. Interest rates are at a punishing 15% and rising to help stop inflation, it isn't working. Utilities are failing , even in the Moscow region people are left freezing in their own homes. And for the first time since the 90's there are food lines in some areas in Russia. Russia has the privilege of being one of the few countries on Earth where you can buy individual eggs. Russia is doing fairly well though all things considered. China is far more connected and dependent on the global market. Go ask a grown up how the global system works.
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@ajaykumarsingh702 Most of China's industrial prowess goes towards building garbage buildings that will never be lived in just to artificially pump up their GDP. And No China comes nowhere close to the US in consumption, most Chinese live on less than 400$ a month. Internal consumption is way down, this is from the CCP's own numbers, which are massaged to make things look as good as possible. And thanks to one child and ultra fast urbanization China has the worst demographics in human history.
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@abdusalamolamide These are all numbers reported from the CCP. And they cook the books to try and make everything look as good as possible, by their own admission.
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@natasa8266 Its Kremlin state media the Media in Russia doesn't say anything unless the Kremlin says its ok. You can also google 'FSB Kyiv in 3 days document leak' There was a strong belief that Ukraine would fold right away and Russia would be greeted as liberators. Russia brought parade uniforms with them initially. Typically when you invade a country you dont want to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends an hour across the border. Things are not going according to plan.
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@natasa8266 Ukraine provoked Russia by existing geographically near them.
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@34ccsn The far right party got less then 1% of the vote in Ukraine. Get a grip.
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@TheRealBillBob The last 3 Ukrainian offensives at Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson folded Russia up like laundry.
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@TheRealBillBob Except at Kharkiv, remember? that was secret. Ukraine said they would attack Kherson, and Russia took them at face value. You know, like morons. So Russia redployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson. Then Ukraine attacked at Kharkiv and rolled up Russia like a burrito. (including capturing Izium the main logistics hub and captured a mountain of material) Then they blew the bridges behind Russia at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and captured it also. Just another humiliating defeat in Russian military history.
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@Mr.Clownensky Russia is already unironically using T54's, its time to face reality man.
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@mickal2012 2014 is when Russia begain its invasion.
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@mereassassinates550 Well the first wave was sent with 3 days of food and fuel, they also had their parade uniforms.
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@mereassassinates550 Well the fact that they ran out of food and fuel and then turned around and ran home..
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@Tha3rdworldghost Saying Russia has full control of Bakhmut is the same as a saying Germany had full control over Stalingrad. Obviously both are untrue. As long as there is fighting in the city they don't control anything. Understand?
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@Tha3rdworldghost In terms of territory, Germany had the most of it. Sure there was fighting going on, but the USSR had very little land to defend and a lot of land to retake.
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@katrinad2397 Most aid hasnt been in the form af artillery ammunition Moreover you are wrong, the US manufactures ammunition then puts the newly made ammunition into its stockpile and gives Ukraine its old stock at the end of its shelf life. There are laws in the US regarding how long ammo can be stored, its not like Russia where it just sits on a shelf until it rusts away.
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Ok dude
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Here comes the Trumpers temper tantrums.
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There aren't IMF detectives who investigate countries economies. Rosstat releases their statistics and the IMF take them at face value.
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@TheDrAstrov Good job addressing nothing I've said. Go get a juice box and get ready for bed, your mom will be in to tuck you in soon.
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@TheDrAstrov Find me a single diplomat, historian or statesman that says Ukraine has been a different state since 2014. I say you're lying because you are. I've addressed all your points but because you are a bad faith ideologue you try to ignore them and obfuscate rather then addressing them.
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@TheDrAstrov You've gone right off the deep end bud, its time to rejoin reality.
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@@J.K.W-ib4hh Yes that's why they banned the export of refined products. There are approximately 40 refineries in Russia. Once they cease to exist so does Russia.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Russia has multiple failed offensives this war, including its current ones in Kharkiv and the Donbas.
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@montana6822 Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@Injun-b2q Yes and my comment was in response to the exact same comment from the day before. The difference is mine was actually relevent and not just pointless whataboutism bordering on non sequetor. Actually I don't even know what the point of your comment is. War is expensive?
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@logansolares3699 You cant prove a negative genius. provide a source that leprechauns don't exist. I already said Oryx was the source for only 2 leopards being destroyed but I guess reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Still waiting on a source for 'all the countries abandoning the dollar' lmao.
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@logansolares3699 Its like you dont understand how sources work. You're the one making a claim, so you're the one who has to provide a source. Do you understand sweetie?
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@elbibwen3019 2014 is the year Russia begain its invasion.
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Putin - a Puppet of North Korea.
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Yemen is currently defending itself from Houthi rebels.
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Yes, we all know how solid concrete sometimes spontaneously bursts into flames.
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@neutralevil1917 That's not what Prighozin and Girkin said. I guess you know better then the people there though.
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@chrism415 I thought you guys were supposedly already fighting all of NATO.
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I hate to break it to you but Russia is already a Chinese client state.
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In a move of tactical genius Russia recently repurposed its refineries to intercept drones.
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Russia tends to torture and/or castrate their prisoners and they don't want the world to see that.
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Pointless whataboutery, why am I not surprised.
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@privatebandana Russia has been recruiting 20-40k personnel a month.
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@davidlloyd2583 An overwhelming majority of what Russia fires aren't guided munitions. You can go look yourself at satellite images to see the difference. On the Russian frontline Ukrainian fire will be concentrated along the roads and Russian positions. On the Ukrainian side Russian fire will be spread randomly all over the place.
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Yep and stealing our tech and actually being able to manufacture it are very different things.
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@ No, he was right it's nonsense.
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@huskywr240 There are videos of Russian's raiding construction sites and warehouses to round up conscripts bud. There are videos of Russian parents driving after busses full of their sons who have been conscripted. It's time to rejoin reality.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th You are just making up scenarios in your head that have no basis in reality. Western tanks are far more survivable than any T series tank, you can pretend camera's dont exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take you serious. Zoom the map out, marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses isn't the grand victory Russian cheerleaders pretend it is. To put Russia's last six months in perspective, during Ukraine's 'failed' offensive they took 297.7 square km. During Russia's recent offensive over the past six month's they've managed to take roughly 270 square km, that was without US aid.
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@cooldad7297 What a silly comment.
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@ Go ahead and explain your goofy comment instead of posting another one.
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@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΕΒΡΕΝΟΓΛΟΥ Crimea voted to be Ukrainian in '91, and they didn't have guns pointed at them then when they voted.
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@samprase1268 Yes they did vote in '91, maybe you should learn history. Ukraine also didn't ban the Russian language. Zelensky is a native Russian speaker, why would you lie about something that's so easy to google?
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@fablewalls The funniest is when they destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and the Russian MoD tried to pass them off as Leopards. They also claimed they'd destroyed Leopards, Bradley's and Abrams months before they arrived in Ukraine. Its a clown show.
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Russia must have super high morale then because their generals have been getting clapped left and right.
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Scott Ritter the convicted child predator? He's your go to guy is he?
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@Communism.is.a.cancer If you're not smart enough to figure it out I'm not going to be able to help you. Neither the OSCE reports or Putin's statements are top secret, this isn't rocket science.
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@dmitryisaev5955 No, there were no NATO weapons 'flooding' Ukraine until after Russia's initial invasion in 2014. Even then weapon deliveries were very limited until after the full scale invasion in 2022. You're either lying or ignorant.
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@СергейПомидоркин-т6ш In September 1991, the Crimean parliament declared state sovereignty for Crimea as a constituent part of Ukraine. I'm going to assume you didn't read my post about the problems with the 2014 vote, i'll paste here so you can try again. Amazing how referendums are illegal in Russia but you think invading another country and forcing sham referendums at gun point is somehow valid. There's a reason the only countries that recognize the results are Syria and North Korea. Only around 34% of Crimeans voted in the referendum, keeping the status quo wasn't even on the ballot and Russian's who weren't even residents of Crimea were allowed to vote. Along with the Tartars boycotting it (Russia previously genocided them). And the referendum violating Ukraine's constitution along with a large number of other irregularities.
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@stormlights666 I clearly demonstrated how you were wrong, along with sources. you didn't even seem aware that annexing another countries territory was against international law. But go ahead and believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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Maybe one day they'll learn that trash talk in the comments doesn't win wars.
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@yaqob3275 You forgot about Kherson, bucha, Izium, Irpin, plus the 600 settlements liberated in the Kharkiv region. That's just off the top of my head.
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@dpelpal Next it will be "Horses have been used in battle for thousands of years, tanks are a product of the decadent west."
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@againstviralmisinformation510 It only took Wagner a day to get to Moscow, all the Kremlin could do was bomb its own oil refinery and dig up the highway.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia has bombed Belgorod multiple times wtf are you talking about? Also according to Russia isn't Kherson, Kharkiv, Odessa and all these places supposed to be Russia? Doesn't seem to stop them from bombing them.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 So when Russia is on film using grads in Belgorod oblast they were out of all options? Or was it a malfunction? I thought the FRL incursion was a non factor that was supposedly wiped out in a few hours.
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@UNIVERSAL-UR The US and UK were signatories of the Budapest memorandum in which they promised to safeguard Ukrainian sovereignty.
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@stevensanto5934 The Budapest memorandum was signed in 1994. Do you specialize in asking idiotic questions? Russia first violated it in 2013 after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement and Russia embargoed Ukraine. Furthermore it wasn't a coup, it was protests, it was the same government in charge after Yanukovich fled as before. He did that on his own accord, the protests were for elections to be called not for him to run away.
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@ He left Kyiv without warning, abandoning his constitutional duties. There is nothing in the Ukrainian constitution about what to do if the President flees his post. So they took action and voted to remove him from his position and schedule early elections on the grounds that he had withdrawn from his constitutional duties. Even his own party voted against him. It was the same party in charge after Maidan as before though, and they remained in power up until the next election. This would be the first successful "coup" in human history where that happened. He stopped in Crimea and Kharkiv on the way out, on 24 February 2014, the new government issued a warrant for Yanukovych's arrest, accusing him of being responsible for the killing of protestors.
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@ "There is a constitution. The constitution clearly states how the president can lose power in the country." Like I already said Yanukovich abandoned his constitutional duty, there is nothing in the constitution anywhere about what to do if the President abandons his post. The Verkhovna Rada took control when he left, as is their right and duty per article 112 of the Constitution, until new presidential elections were conducted. Impeachment was in process, as were charges (which he would later be found guilty of). He fled before that could take effect. I'm really not sure what part of this you are hung up on. What Yanukovich says he was doing is irrelevant. We have the Governor of Kursk, border guards and the Verkhovna Rada (including his own party) all say he was trying to flee the country. He would have been gone much sooner but he was stopped by border guards, he had to go to Crimea to get smuggled out by his Russian handlers days later. But who needs all the people there to tell us what happened, we have you, random internet nobody to tell us what actually happened. Please. I can see you are having trouble coming to terms with reality.
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@ "Everything else is a violation of the constitution. If the government in the country changes in violation of the constitution." The government didn't change, it was the same government in charge of Ukraine after Maidan as before, they would remain in power until the election. It was Yanukovich who fled Kyiv, abandoning his post. Everyone there from the governor of Kharkiv to the border guards who caught him trying to flee agree to this. You can pretend you know better than all the people there, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Nothing changes except now Finland and Sweden are protected by article 5. aka the entire point of NATO.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Hey whatever helps you cope bud.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Ten years to take a mid sized town right. They lost more men and equipment in four months taking a mid sized town right on the border than they did in ten years in Afghanistan. Just like how they dew it up.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia's been fighting in the Donbas since 2014. According to Russian propagandist Murz Russia lost at a minimum 16 000 troops kia in the four months they were going all out. He was eliminated by the state for telling too much though. Any more questions?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You are right about it being absurd that it took Russia 10 years to take a mid sized town right on the border taking catastrophic casualties in the process. What a joke of a military.
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@scostantinou1767 Operation praying mantis, the US sank half the Iranian fleet on a whim. Russia is currently fighting a country with no navy and they've lost a quarter of the Black Sea fleet.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Putin also said Poland caused ww2. You may be amazed to learn he isn't a reliable source. Wagner was de facto part of the Russian military because they were 100% funded by the Russian state. They weren't the only ones though, here's what Strelkov said. This was long before he was arrested. (he was arrested for calling Putin a bunker grandpa, not for anything he actually did) "I'm the one who pulled the trigger. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa" His unit were mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' from Russia and wore no insignia. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said his unit was formed in Crimea and consisted of volunteers from Russia. Even Russians don't argue they weren't in the Donbas, its literally just you.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Now you'll say that no quote or source is enough to convince you and you'll do some ranting and raving provide no evidence to back up your baseless claims and pretend you know better than the people who were there.
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@JA-qi1fb They are also the primary means of propulsion for the Russian flagship the Admiral Kuznetsov.
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it's a shame the brits went with that silly rifled barrel due to their strange obsession with hesh or it would make things easier
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He also said in the interview that ww2 was Poland's fault, the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to protect Czechoslovakia and compared himself to Mr. Mustache, who's name I cant mention on this platform. If one thing was made clear in the interview its that he's completely unhinged.
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@PeterHanson-nz6wu The US and NATO just left, nobody kicked them out. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves. The equipment was left for the ANA, them not wanting to fight is their business. The US had 1,921 KIA in 20 years from enemy activity, Russia will lose this on a bad day in Avdiivka.
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@njaalsturlasson2351 Rubles are worth nothing, better to get payment in potato. Potato is stable currency that will never lose its value.
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Is death star code for A50?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 also you were spreading misinformation above claiming that the ships targeted were going to Israeli ports. Most (all? I couldn't find any that were) weren't.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You can literally look up where the ships were going and where they came from. None of this is top secret. I couldn't find any that were going to Israel. I did find one coming from Russia though.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Feel free to look up 'what ships have the houthis attacked' instead of spreading misinformation.
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Putin would leave Russia but he never leaves his bunker. Plus he would get arrested anywhere he goes.
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Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson, Its called winning people. Next Russia will take a mid sized strategically insignificant town a few miles across the border with only 100k casualties.
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This isn't WW1 or WW2 its not huge formations of men you drop a tactical nuke and all you do is kill 20ish people if you are lucky, not exactly a battle winner.
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@StPiter111 Russia was founded by Swedish monarchs. Vladivostok was founded by the Chinese.
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@felipe-vibor You realize Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey are also Black sea countries right?
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@felipe-vibor Yeah and Poland, along with Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey are a part of the same defensive allance, its called NATO.
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@discoboy8169 Russia can't even make ball bearings.
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@earth9531 All the US needs to do in a war wth China is blockade the straights of Malacca and 500mil starve to death in the dark in 6 months.
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How about the Tartars that the USSR genocided?
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@dalecrocker3213 Nothing provided Russia was willing to reform its state and culture and become a free democratic country. At one point Russia wanted to join NATO Putin just wanted to be invited instead of asking to join because in his words he 'didn't want to be a list of countries that don't matter.
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Watch Russian TV for a bit and see their unending fantasy about taking Warsaw and Berlin.
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@nicolasbascunan4013 this isn't ww1 or ww2 with huge formations its small groups, with a tac nuke you kill a couple people and accomplish nothing
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@jakemocci3953 giving a bunch of old junk we aren't going to use anyways to defeat the russian army isn't the same as a foreign war, you understand that right?
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@Maria_Russkoe_pole About nine million Russians live in Ukraine. Do you think before you speak?
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@Tchernoziuum The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. There is nothing about full autonomy in Minsk. It was Moscow that had been pushing for autonomy for the territories in the Donbas. Kyiv agreed to a form of autonomy (the terms listed above) It was Russia's own unique interpretation that wanted full autonomy. In 2019, Zelensky agreed to sign the Steinmeier Formula, a peace plan named after the former German foreign minister who first proposed it as a path towards the implementation of the Minsk agreements. This was never signed. The plan envisions granting a self-governing status to the territory Ukraine considers occupied by Russia after local elections are held and their results are recognized by the OSCE. The stumbling block is the disagreement between Ukraine and Russia on what should come first: local elections or border control. Ukraine insists that local elections could take place only after a complete ceasefire and withdrawal of all Russian troops and weapons. It demands to regain full control over its eastern border before the elections are held under Ukrainian law, with participation of Ukrainian political parties and in the presence of OSCE observers and Ukrainian media. Russia says elections and autonomy first, then everything else. Ukraine proposed using UN peace keepers along with the OSCE for monitoring, Russia refuse. Do you understand?
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@Bird_McBride That's enough schizo posting for one day.
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@branimirsalevic5092 NATO isn't the one invading Ukraine. It was Russia that chose war.
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And Kherson will always be Russia right? Even China doesn't recognize Crimea as Russias.
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Because Russia keeps attacking its neighbors. Are you simple or something?
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What an unhinged speech. "we have no modern weapons, we are invincible. Western weapons are mostly destroyed and useless, boo hoo please stop sending western weapons."
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Its already been announced that Putin will win with 90% of the vote.
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The last poll I saw said around 70% of Americans supported continued support for Ukraine, getting 70% of Americans to agree on anything is a miracle.
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Every industrialized country on earth has biolabs.
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The biggest surprise is that the worlds #2 army still cant even take the Donbas.
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@ariap4381 Apparently the Ukrainians aren't even fighting Russians but Iranians who gave them a load of drones. The Russians wanted to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Next stop Kyiv, and it will only take 3 days. lmao
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@silafaupaulmeredith7251 China's problem is deflation, nobody can tell for sure though because it's impossible to get accurate figures out of them. Even government officials say that their official GDP numbers are 'just a guideline.' The state says they want 5% growth, so that's what is reported.
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@yaqob3275 Want to try again in english?
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@yaqob3275 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Its called winning people! Next Russia captures a mid sized town a few miles across the border in just under a year with only 100k casualties, just ignore the flanks collapsing. Next up its trench warfare that never ends, unless Ukraine breaks them with the 1,085 Tanks, 4,185 AFVs, 2,000 HMMWVs and 870 Artillery that they've acquired recently
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@johnvannisselroy6197 The Russian winter offensive ws at Vulhedar and it was one of the most humiliating displays in modern military history.
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@Alexus095 The only settlements larger than a village that were taken after lines were established were Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Losses in Bakhmut were so bad for Russia it caused Wagner to rebel. And according to Russian sources Russia lost more men in Avdiivka than they did in ten years in Afghanistan. The fact that you are acting like this is some grand victory makes it apparent what a disaster the invasion has been.
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@Alexus095 So if Ukraine had retreated from Bakhmut and Avdiivka without a fight that for some reason wouldn't count as a victory for Russia? I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@rogeroeyen Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. Your comment makes no sense.
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@emirefe5452 The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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Each of these Russians will be issued a tire making them invulnerable to decadent western weapons.
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@moiseshuerta3984 So that means the Soviet Union lost to the US in Afghanistan right? The Soviets lost so bad their entire empire collapsed.
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@moiseshuerta3984 and Russia loses to US in Ukraine. got it.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Ukraine has taken more in the last 3 weeks then Russia had in the previous year. But I guess you guys can keep calling it a failure if that's what makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@moiseshuerta3984 To put this in perspective pretend the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of unending trench warfare and hundreds of thousands of casualties the US had only progressed a few dozen miles into Mexico and tried to pretend everything was going according to plan. Oh and somewhere in there Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to the outskirts of Washington only to cut a deal with Canada to peacefully retire there with no consequences.
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@ OP makes a post about what he thinks should happen. You make an idiotic leap saying he should go to the front. Yes it's very difficult to make sense of this.
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@harryjeff2039 Blackrock (or whatever its called now) is a much smaller organization, more like glorified security guards. Wagner has tanks, artillery, aircraft and other equipment. This is what led to their attempted coup where they took Rostov in a couple hours, and were on their way to Moscow and all the Kremlin could do is bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway. Moral of the story, don't let mercenaries gain to much power.
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@jeremyfletcher7593 It has meaning to Vitaly Melnikov who was poisoned for his failure to land on the moon. What a country.
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Russian generals Popov and Selivyorstov were both fired for claiming they were taking massive casualties and not rotating their troops.
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@jayliam0746 You are a big boy i'm sure you can figure out how to use the internet.
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@cechzc2e If Blair did something idiotic like confess his crimes on TV like Putin did there might be.
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@jimsmith8802 Its Iran that keeps bailing Russia out by sending them weapons, not the other way around.
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@leonardocolossi2270 "Russia never bothered Finland." Russia has invaded Finland multiple times and occupied them for over a century. What a silly comment.
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@stephenglover8828 Russia also can't get air superiority despite having every advantage, which again is mostly due to their astonishing incompetence. Russia can't even perform basic SEAD never mind the large scale air operations that would be required to get air superiority in Ukraine. sad to say but there isn't any magical weapon. Russia seriously should seek a peace deal.
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@psycho8927 Sure thing little buddy. Year three and Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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@mikedunn7795 Also Wikipedia: The Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat is a Ukrainian two-seat, high-wing, tricycle landing gear ultralight aircraft that was designed by Yuri Yakovlev and is manufactured by Aeroprakt. In the United States the A-22 is referred to as the Valor, while in the UK and Australia it is called the Foxbat.
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@jamesdixon2857 They'll likely just pout like they did last time Ukraine took the bridge out.
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If you want peace prepare for war.
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@balern4 It has abstained from successive votes in the UN Security Council, General Assembly, and Human Rights Council that condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine and thus far has refused to openly call out Russia as the instigator of the crisis. Indian strategic elites would admit that their country’s diplomatic neutrality ultimately signifies what one Indian scholar has called “a subtle pro-Moscow position.” This seems particularly incongruous today because India stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States in opposing Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific while at the same time appearing tolerant of the vastly more egregious Russian belligerence in Europe. New Delhi chose to convey its dismay about Moscow’s breach of international norms, but it focused disproportionately on the humanitarian catastrophe produced by the crisis while consistently avoiding the larger issue of adjudicating the aggression. India’s tightrope walk on the Ukraine war has been described as “strategic ambivalence.” Far from it—it actually reflects New Delhi’s deliberate choice, even if a constrained one. This decision to steer clear of publicly condemning Russia is shaped not by abstract concerns about the integrity of the world order but by purposeful Indian calculations about how alienating Russia might undermine its security. India’s posture today remains fundamentally consistent with its past forbearance in the face of previous Russian aggression, for example, in Hungary in 1956, in Czechoslovakia in 1968, and in Afghanistan in 1979. Despite this last crisis having subverted India’s regional environment for forty years and counting, New Delhi has been excessively charitable when calling out Russian misdemeanors, a courtesy that historically has never been equally extended to the United States. India’s continuing dependence on Russia for military equipment only deepens its reluctance to alienate Moscow in any way. This aspect has received widespread attention since the beginning of the Ukraine war, but it is ultimately secondary to the larger calculations that center on preserving strong ties with Russia as part of India’s efforts to both balance China while constraining Pakistan and realize a multipolar system where it cannot be hemmed in by any excessively powerful states. All the same, New Delhi’s current dependence on Moscow for the spares and support necessary to maintain its large inventory of Russian-origin military equipment is real.
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@benjaminjohnsonboston Nukes aren't some mystical technology though, everyone knows how to build nukes, you can look it up on the internet. The difficult part is getting fissile material, which the Ukrainians have access to.
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@fahman3422 Pretending that Russia is fighting 30+ countries when its Ukraine, plus around 4% of the military budgets of those countries mostly in the the form of old stock is absurd. Try to use your brain to look at context before you make a comment.
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Birds of a feather.
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@anthonymitchell8893 Just wondering if you count farm equipment as Leopard kills like the Russian MOD does.
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@tonyatgoogle6076 Read the article he wrote saying exactly that instead of making silly comments.
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@tonyatgoogle6076 "I will start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia" "the concept of ”Ukraine is not Russia“ was no longer an option." - Putin
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@tonyatgoogle6076 I thought you listened to Putin, why are you pretending to be knowledgeable about a topic that you clearly aren't? His 5,000 word essay “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” where he claims that Ukraine didn’t exist as a separate state and had never been a nation. It isn't even controversial he said this, I've never seen anyone argue otherwise aside from you.
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@FufuFufy-df8pk The invasion began as Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. Armed Russian-backed separatists, along with Wagner, seized Ukrainian government buildings and declared the LPR/DPR as independent states, leading to conflict with Ukrainian government forces. Quite the coincidence that Russia's invasion of Crimea coincided with the Donbas rebellion. Its almost as if Russia was responsible for both of them. Russia covertly supported the separatists with troops and weaponry. It only admitted sending "military specialists", but later acknowledged the separatists as Russian combat veterans Wagner (who have been in the Donbas since the start of the conflict in 2014) were also a branch of the Russian military. Putin stated, “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the State.” Speaking first about the fighting in eastern Ukraine that began in 2014 after Russia's military intervention, Prigozhin said: "We were hitting them, and they were hitting us. That's how it went on for those eight long years, from 2014 to 2022. Sometimes the number of skirmishes would increase, sometimes decrease." Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa". Its time to rejoin reality bud, stop with the revisionist history.
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@johncale1849 The Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan and shared a border over 2000km.
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@jasonwright6823 Medvedev already stated the whole reason for the invasion was to capture Ukraines resources.
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@mladensaric7325 Graham wanted to buy them, Medvedev wants to steal them. Do you understand the difference?
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@DJquatermass Inflation is much higher in Russia. Russia has higher inflation than any developed country aside from Turkey and Argentina. And it's rising every month.
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@fritzforsthoefel8031 Who helped China and the USSR? (hint it was the US and UK who are now helping Ukraine)
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@ad_astra468 some sympathetic countries send some hand me downs to Ukraine. Russia: "wE'Re aT wAr WitH 30 CounTrIeS"
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Plus they have to buy their own equipment. What a deal.
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@corvus4135 I'll follow you there bud.
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@worldpiece2023 By real attack do you mean like the humiliating Russian attack at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason? You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. I already provided the wiki info, if you don't like it I guess that's your problem. The official position of the Russian MOD on the Moskva is STILL that it sank in stormy seas after a fire caused munitions to explode. Which is technically true, they just leave out the part about the neptunes. The Russian MOD doesn't have any affiliation with the wiki, you understand that right?
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@worldpiece2023 Let me guess you think Russia's retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill'. Let me know when you guys capture the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@Eldenshelton what?
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18 months ago Russia occupied 18% of Ukraine, the exact same amount they occupy today.
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Even Serbia voted to condemn Russia at the UN.
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The ones in pixel camo even though the FRL doesn't use pixel camo? Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@a.wyattmann1025 The US has provided billions in aid to Palestine. From 2021–2024 alone the US provided over 500$ million in aid.
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ВОВОЧКА Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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Russia was past due for a purge anyways.
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@ponrevanthrt9059 Ukraine has struck deep inside Moscow on several occasions, including drone strikes on the Kremlin.
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@zettzett2074 Only a handful of countries voted for Russia at the UN, and I imagine that number will go down next year when we have mass famine.
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copium is Russia's primary export since hydrocarbons have been collapsing.
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@rouz0 You think a war of attrition is won by attacking the enemies most fortified locations? That's actually hilarious. I bet you think frontal assaults with golf carts and dirt bikes is another way. Ukraine had already deployed its reserves to Kharkiv because everyone could see Russia massing forces there. All Russia had to do was sit across the border and shell the Ukrainians with impunity because the west wouldn't allow Ukraine to use its weapons on Russian soil. But for some reason Russia decided to walk into the meat grinder and take terrible losses, along with giving the west the motivation to allow their weapons to be used on Russian territory. Though as disastrous as Russia's Kharkiv offensive has been its still gone far better than their first attempt in 2022. Don't tell me you believe Xi's "the US is trying to trick us into attacking Taiwan narrative." That is meant for his own countries war hawks. nobody else takes it seriously. what happened was after seeing what a disaster Russia's invasion was he changed his mind about Taiwan and its a convenient excuse because now he can call any official who wants to attack a US agent. China's top trade partner is the US, they need them a lot more than they need Russia, if the US were to initiate the same sanctions that they did with Russia it would be far more damaging. China won't even agree to build a pipeline for Russian gas. You realize they aren't really "no limit friends" right? They have some temporarily aligned interests. China benefits from a weakened Russia so for the moment they are happy to see them continue their silly war. The US is by far the largest oil exporter, they are the ones who could crush OPEC, though OPEC rarely see's eye to eye or acts in concert these days. SA using Yuan in some cases in no way "reduces the dollar availability for the US." Whatever that is supposed to mean.
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@rouz0 Buddy you think attacking someone's most fortified position is how you win a war of attrition, which is one of the most idiotic thing's I've heard a human being say. Maybe get a clue before you try to criticize someone else.
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@rouz0 You defend if you want to win a war of attrition little buddy. You let the enemy attack. It's Ukraine that wants to retake its territory. Particularly in a war like this where attacking is next to impossible. All Russia has to do is sit underground and shell anything that moves into oblivion. Instead it repeatedly sends ad hoc columns over and over into Ukraine's defenses to be destroyed. If Time is on Russia's side then why aren't they acting like it?
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@rouz0 And if Russia really was determined to attack you attack where the enemy is weakest. Which is what anyone with any military experience and half a brain will tell you. Russia really could win a war of attrition if they would let someone lead who had a clue. Surovikin was their best hope, but he was too close to Prigozhin and his defensive strategy didn't suit the higher ups, so they had to send him away.
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@rouz0 The only time that I'm aware of that someone deliberately attacked the most fortified position during a war of attrition was when the Germans attacked Verdun. But they lost that battle little buddy, remember? Instead of just trying to attrite the French there they fell into their own trap and tried to capture it. Which is the exact same thing that happened to Russia at Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Instead of just shelling the Ukrainians there they foolishly tried to capture them and took horrific losses in the process.
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@rouz0 Even during WW2 cities were rarely attacked directly unless they were completely surrounded first. Why do you think that is bud?
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@rouz0 Buddy it's impossible to build up your forces in this war, it Isn't 1917, everyone can see what everyone else is doing. The only reason Russia could at Kharkiv was because they had temporary immunity, which is gone now since western weapons can be used there. Sending pointless attacks to get destroyed doesn't prevent Ukraine from doing anything. Russia could easily just shell or bomb any personnel or equipment that tried to assemble. Please stop pretending you are some sort of expert, its clear you have no clue what you are talking about.
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waaaa, all Russia's problems are the wests fault. Cry some more. Also Russia can't even capture the Donbas, fighting NATO is pure fantasy.
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We haven't sent anything we would use to fight China, mostly just old junk that costs more to maintain then its worth.
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@goenzoy Was the supply hub at Izium important to Russia? Ukrainians captured an absolute mountain of stuff there.
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@dpelpal My favorite line from Zelensky was. "The old Russian expression was that you wanted to see Paris then you could die. The new Russian expression is steal a toilet then die."
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@shubhammundra5034 Food and fertilizer is already exempt from sanctions.
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@shubhammundra5034 Considering Russia is set to have record wheat exports it looks like they found a way. Russia was also offered a compromise deal where Russia could make/recieve payments to a third party bank attached to SWIFT. Please educate yourself before you chime in on topics you clearly have no idea about.
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@shubhammundra5034 Here let me quote you. "why not lift sanctions from Russia to allow it's grain export too." (it already can genius) you also said. " but how to ship and get payment and sanctions on agriculture machinery." Agricultural machinery and food processing equipment are not subject to U.S. sectoral sanctions or Russia's “countersanctions” on agricultural products and are generally allowed to be sold without restriction. Tbh i'm wondering wtf you are on about. Aside from shifting the goalposts in an attempt to not look dumb. (too late)
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@dpelpal They even flipped their lonely T34 after the parade. They needed that on the front.
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@Konstantin910 The Black Sea is already a NATO sea, one more port wont make much of a difference, it's the principle though.
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@stephenglover8828 Russia has been trying to take Avdiivka for 9 years. In the most recent push they've lost hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of personnel to take a couple of tree lines. Russia has lost more in the last month at Avdiiva then Ukraine lost in the past 5 months. Who knows how many men Russia has lost in its attempts to take a town with a pre war population of 30k. Ukraine has already taken back over 50% of the territory Russia once occupied. Russia currently only controls around 15% of Ukraine, most of which it had since the original invasion in 2014 and the rest during the initial shock of the full scale 2022 invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost far more then Ukraine. Lets pretend the US invaded Mexico then after two years of WW1 style trench warfare with minimal progress and 6 figure casualties and losing the naval war to a country with no navy the US only controlled 15% of Mexico, how would you rate that invasion?
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You mean Poroshenko? He dislikes Russia even more than Zelenski.
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F16, Mirage.
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@Buzzard23100 China is weak, at least Russia is food and energy independent. Blockade the straights of Malacca and half the country starves in the dark in 6 months.
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@Lena-vw6ye Malacca is the least vulerable of them. Also China has the worst demographics in the history of our species, and they managed to do what no other country has done before, get old before they get rich. We don't even have a model to predict how screwed they are.
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@roberthudson3386 Germany and France among others were both opposed to Ukraine joining. Even Ukraine was opposed to joining, only around 10% of the population wanted to join, there wasn't the political will to make the necessary reforms. Ukraine's chances of joining Nato prior to Russia's invasion was effectively zero. Talking about opinions years after they've been invaded is a little bit silly.
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@michaelotieno6524 That's not what Stalin and Khrushchev said. And it was a lot more than just trucks. The US and UK provided the Soviets with a staggering amount of tanks, aircraft, trucks, ammunition etc. You can read about the aid provided, its not top secret, not sure why you think its only trucks. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Hitler's Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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@Vatu. How will they manage that, invade again? You know there are no Americans in Iraq right now right? Also you should avoid putting a bunch of emoji's in every sentence it is difficult to take you serious.
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@John-hu9qg It's not 91 anymore you understand that right? I know Russia hasn't advanced in 30 years but the US certainly has. Most of the damage caused by scuds was debris from destroyed missiles raining down on settlements.
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@m.b2948 Yes, I'm sure trench that never ends was what Russia had in mind all along. And I'd rate Russia's attempted genocide to be the greater evil.
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@duitk no you build the wall out of tanks obviously
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@AnotherPointOfView944 There are currently about two dozen chip fabs currently being constructed in the US.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Are you counting all the farm equipment Russia destroyed and tried to play off as leopards? or all the equipment Russia managed to destroy months before it came to Ukraine? I know you guys think offensives should be over in three days but that's just not how it works in real life.
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@timonsolus I don't know man the first Chechen war was a complete disaster, they were getting smoked in the second one also until Kadyrov turned coat.
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@ragingmonk6080 Judging from the rest of your comments in this thread I'm not sure you'd understand what I meant even if I told you.
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@ragingmonk6080 Moreover there weren't extensive fortifications in the south or east when Russia withdrew from the North, aside from areas in the Donbas that they had been operating in since 2014. It was after the withdrawal that the Ukrainians folded Russia up like laundry at Kharkiv, guess the Russians forgot to build fortifications there, oops. It was later when Surovikin was put in charge that the bulk of the fortifications were built. (until his romance with Progozhin made him ineligible) This was much later on though. The run on Kyiv will go down as one of the most ridiculous military boondoggles in modern history, if you honestly believe it was a feint you live in a dream world.
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@zvonkobogdan9634 Sure, just like how it was Poland's fault that ww2 started. If an authoritarian tyrant has delusions of empire you need to just let them do whatever they want. Because they have plans.
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@PaulV. Furthermore you talk about Russia only having 170k troops and only 6 months of preparation to be some sort of virtue when in reality its just more evidence of Russian incompetence. (Russia began its invasion in 2014 so this isn't even true, they've been preparing for a long time) Even I know you need at the minimum 3-1 advantage in personnel (preferably much more) if you want to have any hope of taking a country. and that doesn't include occupation, in which case you would need ideally more like 7-1. Russia went in halfcocked because they erroneously assumed they would be welcomed with parades as liberators. The only ground Russia has taken was during the shock of the initial invasion, since lines have stabilized Russia has lost much more then its taken.
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Do you get a potato per comment or something? pace yourself man.
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Do you get a potato per comment or something? pace yourself man.
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@bryandimery6509 The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in Pakistan, how exactly is that victory?
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@bryandimery6509 There's nothing there. I'll respond to your phantom comment anyways though. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Taliban were all hiding in the other stans. The US weren't interested in annexing Afghanistan and if after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight then it never would be able to. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban not the US.
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@wamnicho Just like how Kherson was Russias forever, right?
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@muneebbhat3928 Like how Russia is dreaming of using Sevastopol harbor but were forced to flee.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr The EU, US and Canada are all discussing sending the 300 billion or so in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
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@domzbu The US didn't put their military in Ukraine you make no sense. Mexico and Canada also have no fear of the US invading them while Ukraine (all of Russia's neighbors really) fear a Russian invasion. 2014 is when Russia began its invasion violating the Budapest memorandum. Ukraine then received nominal support from a few countries, nothing very serious until Russia began its full scale invasion in 2022.
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nsmr925 Were you aware that the US isn't actually fighting in this war?
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@alexsilent5603 That's about as many military aged men that have fled Russia to avoid the draft.
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North Korea.....''We need you to start a war with Ukraine but you have to suffer 'to the last Russian''. Putin..''O.K. boss...how much ammo you got ?''
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@ You realize we can see Russian equipment depots from space right?
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From the state of the Russian army i wouldn't be surprised if they had to resort to molotovs soon
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@corvanna4438 Don't forget Kyiv, Sumy and Chernihiv.
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@margelatu79 Oh you mean the empty fields on the left bank. Ok dude.
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The Russians were training running away were they?
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@rasheedh7043 you can just google FSB Kyiv in 3 days leak
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It literally is, and the S400 is just a marginal upgrade of the S300.
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Russia has had centuries of inept leadership, things almost never go well for them.
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@Makroti1050-z9y What a silly comment.
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Childrens hospitals and maternity wards on high alert.
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@bryandimery6509 Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jsus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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This was after Russia genocides the Crimean Tartars right?
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@yagsipcc287 Chemezov, head of Rostec said about the economy. "It is simply not profitable for enterprises to use borrowed funds, as I have already said many times. It is just that if we continue to work like this, then practically the majority of enterprises will go bankrupt," He warned that this situation could lead to "stagflation." Nabiullina countered that lowering interest rates will lead to extreme inflation. So one of those is the future, stagflation or hyperinflation. But yeah, everything is going great.
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@yagsipcc287 It's funny how you think you know more than the head of the Russian central bank and the CEO of one of the largest arms producers in Russia. You don't.
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@yagsipcc287 It's also funny how you feel compelled to make up stuff that's so easy to look up. The EU's top exports are Cars ($361B), Packaged Medicaments ($288B), Refined Petroleum ($251B), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($203B), and Motor vehicles; parts and accessories. ($179B). While agriculture was $240B.
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@alexsilent5603 Ukrainian parliament was against Yanukovich and he was voted out almost unanimously, including his own party. Then when he refused to give up power there was a popular uprising. Then there were elections monitored by international organizations. Which is very different from a military junta seizing power.
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Zelensky speaks Russian, what's your point?
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China's top trading partner is the US.
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@Interglacial_optimist Luckily the targets will be military in nature, not just random open ground.
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@mickal2012 2014 is when Russia went in. If Russia hadn't invaded then there would be no problems in the Donbas.
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@daydays12 Himmler and Putin have a lot more in common.
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@evolassunglasses4673 You appear to be one of the people who uses 'your' and 'you're' interchangeably. You also seem to be completely clueless.
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@Samaldoful Inflation is a global issue that the US has done better than every developed country on earth to mitigate. The US economy is outperforming everyone else and is the envy of the world. You should go to Russia if you want to see rampant inflation.
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NK out of food so they are making a lot of noise.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Russia is the one losing ground though. Russia has lost over half the territory they once occupied and they lose more every day.
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@Alex_Rome Yes, the most prosperous civilization in human history. No amount of childish emoji spam is going to change reality little buddy.
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What's delusional is talking about Anglo Saxons like its the middle ages or something. get a grip.
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@mesn33 No, Ukraine + 3% of NATO's annual budget (mostly in the form of old stock on the cusp of retirement) vs Russia.
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Russia captures half of a small town after 10 months and tens of thousands of casualties, the vatniks rejoice.
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I support Ukraine because Russia getting ANYTHING from this war will send the message to other autocrats that they can do the same and many more wars will be waged, and let me preempt your "b-b-b-but american imperialism" with a yeah other stuff exists
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How about Chechnya will you apply your logic to them?
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@Rifych Yeah the untrue claim that NATO is involved is one of the excuses. If NATO was fighting the war would have been over last year. Its like saying since Iran, Belarus, Syria, China, India and large parts of Africa support Russia it means Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population.
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@mayhem4899 The source is a map and a minimum of half a brain.
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America isn't fighting in Ukraine. Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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Russia is using T54s
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Likely Hamas will refuse for them, they need human shields.
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@yawsamy Casualties in the Donbas would be 0 if Putin hadn't invaded in 2014.
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@mike4393 I like Brazil man but they seem to reel from one economic or political crisis to the next.
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@amitkerai4880 None of those were wars like this with nation states attempting to annex other sovereign states.
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@amitkerai4880 For starters the US hasn't annexed it, nor do they have any plans to. The US holds way less than 1/3rd of Syria, and none of Iraq. Who would the US give it to, even if they wanted to give to Assad's regime it is disconnected from the rest of his territory and would be taken by one of the rebel groups.
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It was a Saudi drone.
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@Senninhamcl Nobody cares about a couple MaxxPro's. You can get those at any army surplus store. Besides Bilhorod is historically Ukraine's.
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@jamesgreen1116 No they wont. Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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As independent sovereign countries they have decided that it is in their interest to stop Russia invading other independent sovereign countries in Europe.
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Livemap is showing most of Russia's gains erased. and what they took were 3 hamlets with a combined population under 75 people.
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@kguehini Millions of men fled Russia.
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@Angelum_Band Which is exactly what is stated in the Ukrainian constitution in the event of invasion. How would they even hold an election with 18% of the country occupied. Try using your head.
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@CountDuckEgg The road section was out for months after both attacks. And the Rail section still isn't operating at full capacity.
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@alexsilent5603 The source is Russia's state statistical agency, Rosstat. What part of that don't you understand?
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@ " Al-Qaeda, which was eliminated within months" And yet the alliance stuck it out for decades occupying Afghanistan to help the US, what terrible allies right?
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@An1Kum I hear Russia bleating about allowing long range strikes into Russia.
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@An1Kum Pretty scary bud. Russia can't even take Kharkiv, which is right across the border but you think they can take on Nato?
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@IRLlosersQ yeah short term were going to have problems, but this is a transformational change far beyond the industrial revolution. There are NO jobs that are safe including tech bros it doesnt matter what they intend because they wont be able to compete with AI either, and if you think the government will sit there slack mouthed while 100% of the population becomes unemployed and flips the whole country over, I don't know what to tell you. Zero employment is the end goal here, you understand that right? then we reap the benefits of our post scarity technological utopia. Within a hundred years life will be so unrecognizable that a caveman would have an easier time adjusting to our modern way of life then we would to then, and shortly after that humanity will live as gods.
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BubbaKaren Are you done throwing a temper tantrum? Try not to cry. You should work on your English if you expect anyone to take you serious.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Over 50% of the chemicals used to make ammunition in the USSR came from the US and UK. Please do some research.
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@MaximPerepelitsa51 You should go read the actual tenants of the Minsk agreements before you post more idiotic comments on the internet.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Well in some other thread you were talking about how Russia had recaptured Neskuchne, Storozheve and Blahodante and that was just plain untrue. Just some BS Russia claimed with no basis in reality. I know you love spreading misinformation though so i'm not mad, you do you.
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Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries Latvia has invaded. Saying Russia must be destroyed is like saying Germany must be destroyed during WW2, nobody would be saying it if those countries would stop invading and trying to annex their neighbors.
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@GotMoxy I'm looking at a map right now and they are clearly past the first line. You can live in denial all you want though. There is also only 3 lines in the west by Tokmak, further east there is only 1 line of defense, not including the zero line.
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@AL-lh2ht Technically if Turkey attacked the Greeks they would invoke article 5 and every country in NATO would be obliged to help against the Turks, including Turkey.
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@rootin222 The same stuff was happening during the second Chechen war and that was all Putin.
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@doger6531 they don't have to attack Crimea, just retake territory up to the Sea of Azov then take the bridge out again and put the squeeze on Muscovite forces making their position untenable like they did at Kherson.
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@captaindak5119 They wouldn't have started the invasion if they didn't believe it would be over quickly. or do you still think that everything is going according to plan?
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@priapulida Like the fact that Russia can't even take the Donbas after 15 months, despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow? did you see Putin's humiliating speech yesterday? 'waaah nobody likes me' - Putin.
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@priapulida Cool story Ivan, let me guess you still think the retreat from kyiv was a gesture of good will and the Moskva sank because of high seas.
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@aidilikhsan7972 Meanwhile Putin begging Iran and NK "Please give me weapons to take a mid sized town an hour across the border in under a year.
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Keep trying and one day you'll be able to put a sentence together.
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@CoffeeAndPaul Nose bleeding is a symptom of Hanta and conjunctival hemorrhages do occur with Hanta, though it is relatively uncommon. Perhaps this is a novel strain though.
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@@benjamingarrett1175 Most just lay where they fell. Also look up mobik meat cubes.
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@yuglesstube So an absurd proposal that nobody would ever agree to. And you're surprised that wasn't accepted? Not that Russia would keep its word anyways, they broke the Budapest memorandum and the Minsk agreements without a second thought.
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@omezH4400 I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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The only message they've sent is that their inept military cant even capture the Donbas, despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@dameinoferrall2400 Russia has lost more in a year and a half in this war then the US lost in both those wars combined, along with every war since. Vietnam is a good example that you can win almost every battle and still lose the war. Russian victories in this war are few and far between. Russia is not the Soviet Union, them acting like they can play in the same league with the US is embarrassing. The message received is that the Russian military is even more corrupt and incompetent than anyone thought. Prior to Russia's 2022 invasion Putin was winning. He'd taken Crimea, he could have continued supplying and supporting the rebels in the east as he pressed on with the undermining of NATO and the EU. All for minimal consequences. The 2022 invasion undid all of that along with getting half of Russia's army destroyed and exposing it as ineffectual. Russia's been sanctioned to oblivion as a result of its invasion, it has returned their economy to 90's level nose dive. The primary reason Russia invaded is that Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe. Now Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down 70% since the start of the war, most revenue they get is in the form of Yuan or Rupees which severely limit Russia's options. They've had to ban the export of refined product because of price hikes and shortages in Russia. The Ruble is in the toilet and the only reason it hasn't fallen off the map completely is strict monetary controls forcing Russian businesses to sell off their foreign reserves and buy Rubles. The state is doing the same, this is a non sustainable measure. The interest rate has been set at a punishing 15% to try to combat inflation, it isn't working and interest rates will likely continue to rise. Any 'growth' you hear about is because Russia raised the VAT tax on Russian citizens and imports, all of that revenue goes straight back into the war effort, not something that generates wealth. This invasion has been a complete disaster for Russia no matter how you try to spin it. You are correct about Poland though, they at the very least remember what Russian occupation is like and don't want to repeat it.
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He's hanging out with Sokolov.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk Russia also lost against Poland, Japan, WW1, in Crimea. You have no idea what you are talking about. Also there were two Chechen wars, that doesn't change the fact that Russia lost the first one.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk So its more like Afghanistan and Chechnya where Russia lost. Which were my original examples and were wars that Russia had nukes. Though Ukraine is far more powerful than either of those countries were when they defeated Russia, not to mention the western support they are receiving. You have no idea when or if Russia will have a civil war, stop pretending you do. Russia is stable until it isn't, it collapsed twice during the twentieth century, almost a third time in 1905, and has already had one attempted mutiny so far this war.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk What did Russian defeat in Afghanistan look like, or Chechnya? Or many of the Russian defeats in history? If history is any guide it will be compounding military failures leading to horrific casualties with a high chance of the complete disintegration of the state.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk No, what I said is Russia loses wars all the time, including ones they had a much larger advantage than they do in Ukraine. They didn't want to lose any of them either. With a fair chance of total collapse after that.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk Fortunately most people learned the lessons of the previous century that appeasement and isolationism are failed policies.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk You mean like how he said Kherson was Russia's forever? And yet they still withdrew from there. Reality isn't dictated by Putin, he can be forced to do things he doesn't want to. He is also old, and won't be around forever.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk Yeah, and they are still at war, so they can still lose territory. I'm not even sure what point you are trying to make. Putin thought Kherson was important enough to proclaim it was part of Russia's forever. Zaporizhia is 24% ethnic Russian, so not the 38% in Donetsk but still a sizable minority. I'm not sure it makes much difference though.
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb Is that what you're doing with me right now?
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb Sure thing bud, thanks for proving my point for me. If you have so much time you could answer the other guys question, instead of posting pointless twaddle. Or you could just continue arguing about how you aren't arguing.
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@99Eternal Nope, the whole thing started when Russia began it's invasion in 2014.
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Instead of invading Ukraine, Russian tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare and education.
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@malandvulamachawe6323 Oh in that case Russia has been yapping about idle nuclear threats since the start of the war.
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@rpgadventurer32 Have any of those independent journalists reported on Russia being able to take the Donbas?
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@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 For what defending his country from invasion? Putin is the one with an arrest warrant, its for kidnapping children.
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@hi8383 You must have missed higher up in the thread where the Free Market was explained. The problem is this spikes food prices and poor countries can't afford it anymore, Understand?
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@thematic3893 I just googled 'what countries are going to experience famine in 2024' and all the sources said about 20 million Nigerians are vulnerable to starvation next year, I guess that's not a big deal to you. I'm not trying to say Nigeria is a bad place or something.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 There are over 3,000 Leopard 2 in Europe.
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A couple dozen spec ops guys in Syria. Get a grip. Why did Russia flatten Aleppo?
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@dilipshah5882 Tell me how that is any way relevant to Ukraine, without sounding like a bot. Whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to.
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@azeritto100 In Afghanistan there were around 46319 civilian casualties caused by the coalition over 20 years. Though only an estimated 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians were directly killed by U.S./NATO actions. In 10 years Russia killed around 2 million civilians in Afghanistan. Russia does not give af about civilian casualties they never have. They helped Assad flatten Aleppo and drop chemical weapons on his own people.
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It's basically elderly abuse at this point.
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@livingtribunal4110 No you just said they weren't using them because they wanted to use 'basic equipment' which is the most idiotic comment I've ever heard. If you need to perform some mental gymnastics so you don't feel like a fool that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Hasn't Russia lost 10+ Generals so far? though that's just to Ukraine, I'm not sure who's taken out more Russian generals at this point, Ukraine or Russia. Maybe they're all just 'resting' like Surovikin.
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'Stable genius' Trump does some more rambling, he must be worried about starting WW2. "Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible."
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@bhaashatepe5234 This is honestly the most idiotic comment in the entire thread, congratulations. Why didn't Russia intercept the missiles that took out its space radio complex? Or the S400 that fired off a full volley and missed all th ATAMCS that took it out a few weeks ago? What do you think the DP in DPICM stands for? Take your time. And yeah targeting civilians with cluster munitions is a war crime, that's not what happened here though. Type in "Video shows what looks to be banned cluster munitions used in Ukraine" in the search bar, let me know what you see.
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@hyhhy Maybe they should focus on rebuilding their own country, the place is an absolute disaster.
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@58natu_34 No, Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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@hyhhy No, Russia's economy is in trouble. Oil revenue is down over 60% since the start of the war, inflation is much higher than any western country, despite a pushing 16% interest rate. And the only thing that has kept the ruble from falling off the chart entirely is strict monetary controls. Russia raised taxes and spends a massive amount on its military, this will cause a temporary rise in GDP, but it isn't real growth, even worse all the government spending just gets blown up in Ukraine , it isn't something that generates revenue. Ukraine's economy has grown has even faster than Russia's if you want to know how useless that metric is.
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@hyhhy Furthermore calling it NATO aggression is completely idiotic. Russia is the aggressor here, anyone with half a brain can work that out.
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@Kasim0889 That's not how Russian nuclear doctrine works, he isn't sitting in his office with a red button. It has to go down the chain of command with everyone agreeing with it.
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@Robert Carlyle "when attacking the enemy be sure to get your flagship sunk by a country with no navy" - Sun Tzu
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@funtime_foxy_fnaf Youtube is an American platform and the Internet was created by the US military, please speak english.
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It's been fun watching Russian mil bloggers melt down over the Kursk offensive while Russia's online cheerleaders pretend everything is fine.
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Sweden is in the EU which since the treaty of Lisbon is also a defensive alliance, despite what many think. Article 42/7
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@branbran9129 Are you having a stroke?
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@Dr.Mabuse44 No, kidnapping 700k children is a warcrime.
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@stephan5673 Reality doesn't support your claim as a majority of Brits do support continued aid to Ukraine.
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They proved that at Vulhedar.
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@CountDuckEgg The ISW never said that Russia was fighting with shovels. that's just something parroted by people with reading comprehension problems. What they said is there was evidence of Russians being sent into combat with nothing but a rifle and a shovel. This was it highlight the lack of supporting equipment. This was and is true. There are dozens of videos of Russians on Russian channels complaining about this very issue.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr So why did the ship blow up in a catastrophic explosion if it wasn't being used for logistics? It was packed with explosives, or do you think it was loaded with presents for the children of Crimea?
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Meanwhile in reality Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@hikerJohn Everyone from countries not at war fought in WW2? Go eat your mashed vegetables gramps leave the conversation to people who still have some grasp on reality.
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@ТамараЛупанова-е8г Russia is recruiting 20-40k men a month, where are all these people? Yes Russia has destroyed the entire Ukrainian army but for some reason can't even take the Donbas, I have a bridge you might be interested in. Russia has multiple failed offensives this war, including the current one. During Ukraine's 'failed' offensive they took 297.7 square km. To put this in perspective in the past six months Russia has taken roughly 260 square km.
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@ТамараЛупанова-е8г Did you actually watch the video? Because it said these guys were volunteers who aren't part of the Ukrainian army because they were too old so they use whatever salvaged parts they can get. Now that elections are over even Russia is finally downgrading their economic prospects. This was of course already obvious to anyone with a brain. Hydrocarbon revenue is down over 60% since the start of the war, and all the revenue they are getting is in the form of Rupees and Yuan, which Russia does not want. This is before Ukraine started taking out Russian refineries. The Ruble is in the gutter and the only reason it doesn't fall of the chart completely is strict monetary controls. Inflation is higher than anywhere in the west, it would be higher but Russia has set interest rates to a punishing 16%. But sure sanctions have done 'zilch', keep telling yourself that bud.
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@Zuzka3158 No they didn't. In 1991, Boris Yeltsin sent a letter to NATO, suggesting that Russia's long-term aim was to join NATO. That's not asking to join, they also weren't denied.
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@Zuzka3158 If you write a letter saying you want to join my precision engineering company at some vague unstated date but instead decide to become a brutal autocracy and invade and annex your neighbors. What would you summarize that means for you?
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@Zuzka3158 Strelkov also crossed the border with Russians. The unit was mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' from Russia that wore no insignia. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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@Zuzka3158 It also wasn't the first time Russia tried this in the Donbas. After the poisoning of Yushenko failed in 2004 Russia was unhappy with the result. Russia plotted a coup in Eastern Ukraine. Sveredonetsk was the epicenter of a pro Russian congress. The congress hosted Yuri Lushkov, ex mayor of Moscow and leading figure in Putin's party. In ‘94 he had advocated to let Crimea join with Russia. The movement failed, but10 years later things would be different. Putin had decided to send regulars and mercenaries along with annexing Crimea.
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@Zuzka3158 Moreover the 'historical context' argument from Russia's pov is ridiculous, because you have to 1. ignore that Kyiv predates Moscow, and 2. ignore all the historic claims other countries have on Russia. Do you support returning outer Manchuria to China? Or the Kuril Islands to Japan? Russia occupies Georgian territory Abkhazia and South Ossetia, along with Finish territory Karelia and Salla and many many other countries territory. Russia didn't even begin its expansion until after the Mongols left, maybe they should just return all its territory to its rightful owner, Mongolia.
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@tianlezheng6829 It might have, Putin just proved that there is still need for it so now its expanding and stronger then ever.
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Sure thing. Does that include all the farm equipment Russia shot up and tried to pretend was leopard 2's?
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@termonostruman Are teh Nato soldiers in the room with you right now?
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@glintongordon6811 Russia is receiving help from China, India, Belarus, Iran and others. By your reasoning Ukraine is fighting over half of the worlds population. Russia's been 'taking' Avdiivka for about nine years now.
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@m.a3914 This is true. it was discovered a single component of the F35 ejection seat was made in China and it brought a halt to production until it was sorted out. There is a law preventing foreign countries from manufacturing US weapons. With the exception of a few allies. Also the US is currently going through the fastest industrialization in its history, including WW2.
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@m.a3914 Record private sector investment into industry, adjusted for inflation and over a trillion from the state. The primary issue holding things back is the labor crunch, though automation has helped with that somewhat.
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@Assmodean That was before everyone knew what a joke Russia was.
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@Blacknife98 In 2023, the United States exported about $874 million worth of armored vehicles. In 2022, the US exported $954 million worth of armored vehicles. The United States remains the world's largest arms exporter responsible for 41.7 percent of international arms sales. The US has the largest number of armored fighting vehicles in the world, with over 45,000. The US military has about 4,650 main battle tanks. You have no idea what you are talking about.
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@Blacknife98 You don't need to produce vehicles when you already have enough and aren't at war. The US alone has a massive advantage over Russia by every metric, pretending otherwise is just silly. Why do you think Russia went with cup in hand to Iran and NK? Because the have an abundance of equipment?
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@RobertKohn-x3k Are Russian tycoons foreign investment? You understand that this is publicly available information right? Foreign direct investment for 2023 was $-11.13B, a 72.03% decline from 2022. Russia foreign direct investment for 2022 was $-39.80B, a 198.4% decline from 2021.
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r/combatfootage
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@detacheddad3396 Putin acting like a tough guy sacrificing all them Russians.
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@WhacAmole No he saw some youtubers though, thats how you know its real.
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Keep in mind that Chinas economic numbers are all made up. Even these lackluster numbers are created by the CCP to suit its narrative.
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i've always had a soft spot for leo 1, yeah its low armor and old but it's fast and makes a decent infantry support/defensive tank
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@benhooper1956 it's also better then a toyota hilux with a recoiless rifle in the back
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They do, obviously not enough though. Russia doesn't make enough either as seen from them going to Iran and North Korea with cup in hand to ask for more.
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@corvus4135 Well there was those T90's that were supposed to be exported to India that Russia stole.
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@glintongordon6811 Yeah and they've spent 3 months throwing away hundreds of armored vehicles and tens of thousands of casualties to capture some empty fields. Avdiivka is also a small town with a pre war population of 30k. Russia acting like they are about to occupy Berlin or something is embarrassing.
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The only one making nuclear threats is Russia. Nothin says we're winning quite like endless idle threats of armageddon.
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@juniorohene2038 Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. Or do you think unending WW1 attrition was the plan all along?
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@psnaris yeah thats how democracy works, not leader for life.
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@russellspeed1693 good job posting the same silly comment over and over to convince everyone you aren't a bot.
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You mean the Moskva didn't sink because of high seas?
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@bellrobe Why is Russia sending it's space for units to fight in Kursk? "The unit consists of personnel from security and logistics companies, engineers, mechanics, some officers, and servicemen from a Russian spaceport. There are also personnel from special warehouses of the Aerospace Forces and radar stations in Russia's Voronezh region, who were previously in charge of manning Russia's nuclear deterrent."
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@realpolitik01 How many S400s to shoot down some fisher price drones headed towards the Kremlin?
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@smeff099 Bridges are valid military targets, unlike maternity wards and pizza restaurants.
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@bryandimery6509 Years of WW1 style trench warfare wasn't what Russia had in mind when they invaded.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Why cant they capture the Donbas?
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@moiseshuerta3984 Russia is currently evacuating the land bridge. after which the Ukrainians will retake it and take out the Kerch bridge, again. Maybe Russia will send its solitary T34 from the parade to save the day.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Well that plan failed miserably then. because never ending trench warfare is what he's got.
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Why does Putin look like he's from Mongolia?
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Oops, that's almost as bad as when 500 were killed in Makiivka after being ordered to watch Putin's New years speech.
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@bryandimery6509 The Kremlin doesn't even deny Putin made the statement. They were just upset the conversation was leaked.
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@alice_agogo Decimated? Russia has to date still only confirmed to have destroyed 4 Leopards, get a grip. Russia lost more KA52's over the same period so calling it unchallenged is a bit odd.
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@john_in_phoenix The west would never get dragged into trench warfare. A conventional war with Russia would look like Desert Storm + Geography. I do however agree that the West needs to start making more ammunition.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 There wouldn't be any civilian casualties if Russia hadn't invaded. Bridges, unlike pizza restaurants are valid military targets. Any civilian deaths are unfortunate, one thing Russians can do to avoid becoming casualties is to not go to illegally occupied territory.
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@margelatu79 The UK stood alone against them during the period that the SSR was allied with Germany.
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@ Article 19 of Ukraine's "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law" bans presidential, parliamentary, and local elections under martial law, while Article 10 states that the powers of the president, parliament, and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine cannot be terminated under martial law. Article 108 of the Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that "The President of Ukraine exercises his or her powers until the assumption of office by the newly-elected President of Ukraine"
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@ The Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law" is constitutional unless the Constitutional Court rules otherwise, which it hasn't.
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@michaelg4931 That's just a fact little buddy, the constitution is determined by the CCU, not by a random nobody in YT comments.
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Stage 1: Deny Stage 2: After the evidence is overwhelming, whataboutery.
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@Youtube music Afghanistan was taken in a couple weeks. Taliban were all hiding in Pakistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years.
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@debbaranyabiswas1102 US had no interenst in annexing Afghanistan. How long were they supposed to stay, Until the end of time? If after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for themselves they never would be. And like I said nobody was attacking the US they just left. The US could have left any time after they got Bin Laden and declared victory.
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@debbaranyabiswas1102 There's this thing called defenders advantage. Even Prigozhin admitted 20k Wagner KIA, which is a fairly aggressive lowball. Lets say 30k, wounded are usually 2-3 times as high as KIA. Also there were not just wagner but regular Russian forces in and around Bakhmut. So yeah around 100k casualties. There was almost no western equipment that I saw in Bakhmut, except maybe some Humvee's and Maxxpro's. Mostly it was light infantry dug in with the occasional T72/T64, but mostly light infantry. Russia gave its all at Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson and lost there.
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@lairdduncan5209 Oh, the laughable 'we're not even trying' nonsense. Haven't heard that garbage since last year. Russia has destroyed multiple cities, the spent last winter trying to destroy the Ukrainian power grid to kill as many civilians as possible, so much restraint. They've done everything short of using nukes to win the war, and they cant use them or their few remaining allies will cut them off. The reason this war continues is primarily Ukrainian resolve and Russian incompetence. Or do you really think that WW1 style attrition warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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@konstantinbush295 Its not a democracy, there was no 'winning'.
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Ukraine has taken more in the last 3 weeks then Russia has in the past 10 months. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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Its public record where the ships were coming from and going to you can check for yourself. None of this is top secret, most have nothing to do with Israel. They attacked two ships from Russia going to Asia, do you think they were Israel bound?
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we even gave him off ramps, he could have said denazification complete mission success and went home instead he had his farcical reforendums and annexed the east, now all he can do is cry while his garbage army gets destroyed. and if he decides he does want to mess around with NATO then we will nuke them to eternity.
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@davidjones-wt2qq They are on video using them. No amount of emoji spam is going to change that.
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@TheGreyPeregrine History didn't start last year. Ukraine has gotten about 3% of NATO's annual budget, mostly in the form of old stock. Russia has been outspending Ukraine on its military for decades. A comparable situation would be if Ukraine invaded Moldova then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare with no gains they went and begged Syria or someone like that for weapons.
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@firstordertrooper3339 Who's the worlds #2 army losing ground every day?
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@hkuiper100 He looks like a melting tangerine.
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The UN proposed a 2 state solution that Isreal agreed to, it was Palestine and the Arabs that were opposed because they wanted to destroy Israel.
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Moreover there would have been no Minsk agreements if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@chrisdelaplante5515 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. If they hadn't there would be no casualties in the Donbas, civilian or otherwise.
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@robertmoskal5345 It really helps the prison population problem when you send all our prisoners on a one way trip to the front. There are no states in the US with a life expectancy as low as Bangladesh, why lie about something that's so easy to google? Now the life expectancy of Russian men on the other hand..
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@jacqueslee2592 Huh? There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, Taliban were all hiding in caves in the other Stans. The US just left, it was the ANA and the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban.
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@HegelsOwl Its unusual for them to lie about bioengineered war mosquitos.
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@jackuzi8252 Imagine it didn't take the US just over 500 hours to take over Iraq and instead it was over 500 days and they started to focus on Iraqi exports. How would you rate that invasion?
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@fronabulax63 Even Putin started calling the disaster at Andiivka "active defense" It's been a catastrophe as bad or worse then Vulhedar.
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@MilNORtop10 Reading comprehension isn't his strong suit.
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@wikalein You mean Russia? they're the only ones doing any colonizing these days.
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@artursbondars7789 You may be right and I may be naive. I still feel hesitant about tossing them out of the alliance until things have played out for longer though. I feel the same way about the Turks. Even though Erdogan is a wanna be autocrat I have hopes its a temporary deviation and they will return on their previous secular path. I may be wrong about that too though.
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@ferry602 The US took Afghanistan in a few weeks. The Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Meanwhile Russia lost so hard in Afghanistan their entire empire collapsed.
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@JacksonSpencer-h1z Yes, Russian occupied territory has surged all the way from 18% to 18% over the past two years.
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@MrSupercampeao According to Arakhamia, Ukraine's lead negotiator, the meeting with Johnson didn't come until after Ukraine had already rejected Russia's "peace". Russia's demands included recognizing the annexation of Crimea and the Donbas, along with disarmament of Ukraine, among other demands. Gee I wonder why they rejected it. And there's really not much to say about the original posters silly nordstream comment.
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@Alkn24 There was a coup attempt, Wagner did try to take him out.
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@Memovox Oh wait I remember you, you are the conspiracy theorist that doesn't understand how treasury bonds works. Never mind carry on.
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@Memovox Thanks for proving my point bud.
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@Memovox There there, you're safe now, the "slava ukraini" can't hurt you anymore.
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Everyone knows concrete sometimes spontaneously bursts into flames.
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@alhabduro5639 What I listed were failed Russian offensives. Bakhmut wasn't the Russian army, it was Wagner. Remember Wagner? They took such terrible casualties in Bakhmut they mutinied. Russia is dusting off T54's and BTR 50's, but yeah they have an endless supply I'm sure. That's why they are using penal battalions and rounding up foreign workers.
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@SalliouMoussaIbrahimMadi Why don't you elaborate instead of just name calling and emoji spamming.
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@laurencesmith1435 Kick them out? The US just left, there hadn't been a Taliban attack on coalition forces in years bud. They spent twenty years hiding in caves until the US left. The equipment was left for the ANA. Also I'm not American, please get a grip.
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@suprfli6018 Oh so more like Russia during ww2.
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What in the world are you talking about? The US doesn't import any Saudi oil. The US is energy independent and most of the oil they do import is from Mexico and Canada.
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@AK-qe3pz You said "well the Saudi’s are a member of OPEC and are very influential in dictating the oil price." Remember? Its a global market, them selling oil to China keeps the price of oil down. I'm not sure what what your point is.
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@s0ycapitan Many were people he hired buddy. His own cabinet was the swamp?
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@s0ycapitan Are you talking about his various cash grifts? Trump coin, nft's and of course the Trump bible. They started that a lot longer than three months ago, remember when during hurricane Dorian when he was trying to sell beans?
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Yep, people seem to think that IMF agents infiltrate Russia to get its numbers. No Russia just reports its cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value.
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@richardsanders4624 We can see their equipment depots from space, you understand this right?
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Thats another video ricardo, are you going to post idiotic comments there too?
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@bhaashatepe5234 What does this pointless whataboutism have to do with Russia invading Ukraine?
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@a.j.9454 If a country invades you and you shell them that's called defense little buddy. And no they haven't been targeting civilians.
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@a.j.9454 So where did the Russian's currently in Kharkiv come from? The just teleported there did they? They've been building up for a year, plus there would have been forces there before that, because leaving the border undefended to the country you are at war with is completely idiotic. Russia are the invaders, any action Ukraine takes is defensive. Anyone with half a brain can work this out.
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If they start bragging about their crimes on TV like Putin did they might get charged too.
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@@slavamoi So when in September 2022 when Russia mobilized 300k men that's because they took 300k loses right?
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@armanicharles5336 I've alreay responded to you before but i'll say again, Russia hsa been recruiting around 20-40k a month. This doesn't include penal battalions and human trafficing operations to bring in forces from Cuba and Nepal etc.
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@WagnerWithShovels Maybe if you spam the same silly comment enough it will come true.
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Meanwhile Russia in its Chinese golf carts.
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The data comes from counting tanks in satellite images.
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The Moskva definitely sank because of high seas and the Kyiv retreat was totally a gesture of goodwill.
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who will they nuke the Bilhorod Peoples Republic?
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if we sent troops it would be the most one sided ass whooping since desert storm
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Solid concrete (which is what is in a cooling tower) doesn't burn. This is a tire fire started by Russia because they are mad about Ukraine's incursion into Kursk.
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The Amazon was being cleared for farmland. The Northen boreal is 1000km from anywhere and burns mostly due to lightning.
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The UN proposed a 2 state solution that Israel agreed to. It was the Palestinians who didn't want it because they wanted to destroy Israel.
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@theozchannel7557 You realize it was Israel thousands of years ago right?
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@theozchannel7557 I just don't understand why people feel the need to lie about something that's so easy to google. The ancient Romans pinned the name on the Land of Israel. In 135 CE, after stamping out the province of Judea’s second insurrection, the Romans renamed the province Syria Palaestina—that is, “Palestinian Syria.” They did so resentfully, as a punishment, to obliterate the link between the Jews (in Hebrew, Y’hudim and in Latin Judaei) and the province (the Hebrew name of which was Y’hudah).
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@ericwambua7210 Sure bud, according to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian military about 9 times over. They destroyed a bunch of Leopards months before they even arrived in Ukraine. Even farm equipment counts as Leopards. Why can't the worlds #2 army even manage to take the Donbas then?
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@ericwambua7210 Why is Russia resurrecting T54's and Mad Max MTLB's if they have an abundance of weapons then?
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@cushiterevenge5696 According to General Popov Russia has incured dreadful casualties and dont even rotate troops. They lack ammo, artillery (particularily counter battery) He was fired for telling the truth. Now he will need to avoid open windows for the rest of his life.
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@Withnail1969 That was the USSR and the Russian Empire. The Russian Federation has never been invaded, Ukraine also isn't trying to take Moscow. You could also look at Russia's history of total collapse after losing wars if you want to invoke pointless history.
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@StPiter111 If I ever try to correct your Russian your comment would make sense.
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@markanthony3275 Russia invaded in 2014, there would be no problems in the Donbas if they hadn't, this is well documented. Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. And no Minsk had nothing in it regarding the treatment of the Ukrainians in the Donbas.
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@throughput6674 China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression. I bet you weren't aware of that though.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Meanwhile in Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years prison for cricizing the war and dear leader. Here's the Russian cycle, claim Russian nationals are being bullied, invade to save them, ask for ceasefire, regroup and continue war. Finally a country able to defeat Russia has decided to fight back.
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@ No I'm watching Russia unironically use scooby doo vans.
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Sure that's why Russia spent the last week filling the reservoir.
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@johnrogers8836 Just ignore the Russian ship with its submersible above the blast site the day prior.
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@ThunderSen Are you trying to set the record for the most idiotic comments in a single thread? Remind me, who is invading who little buddy?
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@ThunderSen You really are trying to set the record. Keep at it little buddy.
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@LaplacianDalembertian The Soviet Union is long gone.
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And China spent about 98% of that time fractured into multiple countries.
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@leet3207 There are a number of different democratic indices and they all agree Russia is a totalitarian nightmare. Go ahead and check their methodology if you want, and let me know what you have a problem with. If you honestly believe that Russia is more democratic the the UK I'd question the extent of your brain damage. You don't vote for the PM in the parliamentary system, unless you live in the riding in which he is running. Party leaders are elected by the parties. Sunak was voted in in the previous election and In the next election Sunak will have to be voted in again. Do you understand?
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@Faiez-rh1gm So SA (the borderline failed state) may or may not have sold weapons to Russia and SA acting like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. SA also said they'd arrest Putin if went to the G20 summit. That's some serious support there.
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They have in the east and are getting absolutely dumped on.
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Iran would love to recreate the Persian Empire, what they can do and what they want to do are very different things.
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@BrokenHill56 Which part? Or are you just making idiotic comments with your fellow travelers?
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@Head_Coach All the Russian elites children live in the west.
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@michaeldunham3385 No, he's from Russia. He's never been to America.
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@Realist369 You're a big boy i'm sure you can figure out how to use the internet. The fist time Prigozhin announced Bakhmut was surrounded was 6 months ago.
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@Realist369 Kyiv is the place that Russia retreated from in a 'gesture of good will' right? Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath. The Zaluzhny story is just another Russian fantasy with no basis in reality.
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@mikehunt4265 There were no, and are no NATO bases in Ukraine. You are just inventing scenarios in your head.
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A military superpower that can't even take the Donbas despite it being a half days drive from Moscow, sure.
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@kwanchan6745 From oryx: Leopard 2A4: (1, destroyed) Leopard 2A6: (1, destroyed) Not exactlly the dozens Russia is claiming. Can you read my son?
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@kostaanestopoulos5189 Putin himself said in 2014 that he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks, the 3 day narrative was also all over Russian state media. Emphasis on the 'state' they don't say anything without the Kremlins approval. Obviously they wanted a quick war, or do you really think that unending trench warfare was the plan all along? Is that really what you think, that ww1 attrition warfare was the plan from the start?
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@Iamabot4708 Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@operator9858 Oh, we've got a real life internet military genius here.
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@randomcustodes.2355 Can you read? He said failed to take FOR MONTHS, not that they didnt take it. Who released all of the guy's that surrendered at Mariupol for Putins buddy Viktor Medvedchuk?
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@randomcustodes.2355 Russia occupies about 15% of Ukrainian land, 50% less than they did a year and a half ago. The Russian economy is far from doing 'pretty great'. The Ruble is being propped up because its no longer publicly traded, and strict capital control was put in place. Companies were forced to trade their foreign reserve to buy rubles to help prop it up, the state has been doing the same. This is a temporary measure. And interest rates have been set at a crippling 15% in order to try to combat inflation from spiraling out of control. All the 'gains' in the Russian economy is because they raised the VAT taxes on citizens and imports to increase revenue. Then they spend all that revenue on the war, not on something that generates wealth. Russia was forced to ban the export of refined products because of price hikes and shortages within Russia. Hydrocarbon revenue is down over 70% since the start of the war (this is the bulk of Russia's economy). oil and gas is supposed to be the only thing they do well and they cant even do that. What Russia is doing is setting their house on fire in order to keep warm.
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@randomcustodes.2355 Make any excuse you want, it's obvious you're in way over your head talking about something you know very little about. If you're looking for a failed offensive look no further then Russia's disaster at Avdiivka. I never thought that Russia would launch an offensive that made their Vulhedar offensive look good. I guess that's just them learning from their mistakes, right?
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If the Russians fought as hard in battle as they did in youtube comments they might have a chance of taking Bakhmut.
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Russia’s Labour Ministry has ordered 230,000 certificates for "family members of deceased war veterans."
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@leet3207 2014 is when Russia began it's invasion.
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Russian's violated Minsk on day one, they were supposed to withdraw their forces from Ukraine and stop supporting the rebels, they did neither. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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Yeah its been finished for 10 months, just ask Russia.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Russia wanted to join NATO twenty years ago, why didn't they invade themselves? It takes a lot more than idle talk to join the alliance. Prior to Russians invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians even wanted to join, Ukraine lacked the political will to go through the necessary reforms to join and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. Even if that wasn't the case Russia violated the Budapest memorandum that said they would respect Ukraine's sovereignty. Sovereignty means you can join any alliance or organization without another countries permission.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Oh and then there is this Putin quote. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@Dave-gy5mv What would I be crying at? I support more aid to Ukraine. Are you still upset I called out your inability to read in that other thread? Just read the bill before posting comments that embarrass yourself, its simple.
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they'll come out when his tax returns do.
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@ Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, it's time to face reality.
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He's just too old. It's basically senior abuse at this point.
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Literally every US president since at least the end of the Cold War has been saying this.
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@wolfswinkel8906 When did the US 'scream' that cluster munitions were war crimes? can you cite one example?
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@calistusfrancis1340 Oh, have you come to post the source for it or have you just come to make moronic comments with your fellow travelers? The US was 'screaming for months' It should be easy to find an example.
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Are you talking about Russia's Avdiivka offensive? Which has gone about as well as their Vulhedar offensive. Russia of course made claims of a massive breakthrough. Which of course is a lie, there is no evidence for this. What there is evidence of is massive Russian casualties and equipment loss on another poorly planed, led and executed offensive in a completely pointless war.
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Remember when the Democrat hacked e-mails were leaked and not the Republican ones? This is the result.
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@МихаилЧерников-п2т 1.5k drones they begged off Iran. The US is an air first military, because this isn't 1917. The US also isn't at war with anyone, you can bet that if they were that production would reach levels far beyond what Russia is capable of.
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yeah thats true but the German army is bad on purpose, though they seem to be coming to their senses. we'll see though
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@bbcisaids6727 say what you want about Russian incompetence but at least they are food and energy independent. The same sanctions on China and they would deindustrialize and starve in the dark in 6 months.
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zoom the map out. 30k dead for a rinky dink town of 70k and its not even captured yet. This war has been an absolute catastrophe for Russia.
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@mr.patriotjol Isolationism and appeasement are both failed policies. Most people already know this though.
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@bryandimery6509 There isn't the infrastructure in place to send all that natural gas to Asia. Luckily we don't have to guess, Rosstats own numbers have natural gas revenues just over half of what they were before the war. Why do you think that Gazprom is posting massive losses?
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@tallflguy A video came out today of Russia attacking with a column of ladas and scooby doo vans.
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@tallflguy imagine the US invaded Mexico and after three years, losing a majority of their equipment, hundreds of thousands of losses they occupied 20% of Mexico. And Mexico occupied southern California. How would you rate that invasion?
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@ According to Arakhamia the meeting with Johnson didn't happen until after Ukraine had already decided not to sign, this is a tired old talking point with no basis in reality. And no there was no NATO presence in Ukraine prior to Russia's invasion in 2014.
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@joemann2178 Let me know when Russia is able to take the Donbas.
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@herta3286 So for part of the Qing dynasty was a client state and may or may not have been part of China. If you want to be historical though China has spent waaay more time split apart into multiple states then it has united as one. Should China split up again, for the sake of historical accuracy? The PRC asserts that Tibet has been a part of China since the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.[4] The Republic of China (ROC) asserted that "Tibet was then definitely placed under the sovereignty of China" when the Qing dynasty (1636–1912) ended the brief Nepalese invasion (1788–1792) of parts of Tibet in c. 1793.[5] The Tibetan Government in Exile asserts that Tibet was an independent state until the PRC invaded Tibet in 1949/1950.[6][7] Most outside scholars maintain that Tibet and China were ruled by the Mongols during the Yuan dynasty, treating Tibet and China as separate realms under a common rule;[8] that Tibet was independent during the Han-led Ming dynasty (1368–1644);[9] and that Tibet was ruled by China,[10] or at the very least subordinate to the Manchu-led Qing dynasty[11] during much of the Qing dynasty.[12] Most outside scholars maintain that Tibet was independent from c. 1912 to 1951
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@AyushOjha-93 I already spoke about Texas to someone else, I suppose you didn't read that though. I'll just say that prior to WW2 everyone was conquering everyone else. The rules were different. You aren't supposed to do that anymore, the only countries that try to annex others are pretty much just Russia and China.
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@AyushOjha-93 Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. They were already part of the US. The Dalai Lama declared that Tibet's relationship with China ended with the fall of the Qing dynasty and proclaimed independence. Tibet and Outer Mongolia also signed a treaty proclaiming mutual recognition of their independence from China. So no wrong again.
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@timmilder8313 Those ocean's were there when the US was drawn into the last two world wars.
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@ Another pointless comment that addresses nothing, nice work.
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@Noel-ji8nm No Poroshenko recognized that Russia would violate any agreement, just like they violated the Budapest memorandum, so he had little faith in them upholding Minsk. That doesn't change the fact that Ukraine upheld its end of the agreement and Russia didn't. The conclusion of Minsk would mean Ukraine would get its territory back and Russia would go home, why on earth would Ukraine not want that?
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@ They were occupied by definition goofy. Prior to Russia's 2014 invasion only around 20% of the Donbas wanted to separate from Ukraine. Of course this has nothing to do with what was being discussed or what I asked, just more pointless twaddle from someone who has no clue.
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@generalstack6540 It was all over Russian State Media. Putin himself said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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@saba1030 Also those Russian officers who had reservations booked at a restaurant in Kyiv.
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Nobody was even discussing putting nuclear weapons on Russia's border.
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Prepare for Russia to take pictures from 50 angles then announce they've destroyed every Challenger 5 times over.
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@Bushman42069 They had Crimea before the war...
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@district5198 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in Afghanistan in years, the US left because they gave up on the goal of turning Afghanistan into new Kansas. Taliban had been hiding in caves in the other Stans for years.
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@attilamarics3374 Wow Russia took a single village with a pre war population of a thousand. That's definitely the same as "Russia took back yesterday all the territory that Ukraine took during their offensive." Stop lying.
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@fadyalqaisy Outer Manchuria is historically part of China, Karelia is historically part of Finland, South Ossetia is historically part of Georgia. There was no country called the Russian Federation prior to 1991, Russia is historically a Mongol vassal.
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@brownmold And yet 15 years later and Ukraine still isn't close to being in NATO. Moreover none of that changes what I said, prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and many of the countries in NATO were opposed. It takes unanimity among NATO members to bring in new states, and Ukraine itself was taking no steps towards joining NATO. There was also a time when Putin wanted to join NATO, but in his words; "When are you going to invite us to join NATO?’ And [Robertson] said: ‘Well, we don’t invite people to join Nato, they apply to join Nato.’ And he said: ‘Well, we’re not standing in line with a lot of countries that don’t matter." He told Frost it was hard for him to visualise NATO as an enemy. “Russia is part of the European culture. And I cannot imagine my own country in isolation from Europe and what we often call the civilized world.”
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@Козырь Do you mean the actual docs? or the clearly photoshopped version? Have you read them? they don't exactly paint a pretty picture for Russia.
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@Apsoy Pike It was Kharkov where they lost loads of Equipment and ammo, there was some captured in Kherson though.
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@PROPHETS-BANE He loves copy/pasting the same comments in every video. Now he'll respond with about 6 canned responses, each one more brainless then the last.
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@PROPHETS-BANE lol, see there he goes.
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@necsoiub you've probably never heard about photographic evidence. But I won't even bother to explain it to you.
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@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097 Yes, moreover a few dozen oligarchs have already taken swan dives out an open windows or eaten a polonium salad already. The state then seizes their assets.
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@r200ti What western studies talk about all Putin's political rivals who ended up exiled, jailed or murdered?
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Apparently they weren't even fighting the Russians in Belgorod. But the Iranians who had given them a load of drones. The Russians just wanted to surrender, but the ayatollah is prepared to fight Ukraine to the last Russian
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@smackattack4284 Ukraine didn't join Nato though. Nor was there any pathway for them to join. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians even wanted to join, the government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining Nato was effectively zero.
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@gnrseanra9070 According to Davit Arakhamia, who was one of the negotiators in the room, no Boris had nothing to do with it. The decision to not accept Russian terms was made before speaking to him.
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Apparently Russia wants to surrender but Iran wont let them. The Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@HyzersGR Russia is a great place to live if you are a cannibal.
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You realize Russia has multiple failed offensives this war right? Including the current disastrous winter offensive.
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Was Tony Blair selected as leader for life?
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@stdavidboy I was just going by what there is photographic evidence of. The real number is undoubtedly much higher.
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@kishanchali8752 OSINT, that's just what's been photographed, the actual number is likely quite a bit higher then that as many vehicle kills wouldn't have been photographed, plus breakdowns and the like. Russia has confirmed lost more then 10k total vehicles.
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@dancahill9585 no you see *takes an enormous hit of copium, this was the plan from the start send in the T-62's and mad max MTLB's in while we dick about outside Bakhmut for a year, and then the TRUE Russian army strikes and its checkmate decadent globohomo NATO.
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VLAD-08090 Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in 2014, prior to that there was no western weapons in Ukraine.
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VLAD-08090 There was peace in the Donbas before Russia invaded.
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VLAD-08090 No because Russia had invaded in 2014. Its like what Strelkov said. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa, nobody there wanted to fight until his unit seized Sloviansk." And of course as Putin admitted Wagner was a branch of the Russian army. "I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@yap5995 you can't park a tank in some field in Tunguska for 40 years and expect it to work, and thats assuming they haven't been stripped bare by conscripts, which they have.
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@user-ug8wx5er1w There was never any NATO promise, even Gorbachev said as much.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Here's what literally every Russian argument boils down to (as evidenced by your pointless comments in this thread); "Sometime in the past some country (probably the US) did something bad, therefore Russias current genocide is justified." It's completely brainless. Should I start listing Russia's prior misdeeds? I'm not sure youtube comments allow posts that large.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Um Afghanistan already did attack the US remember 9/11? Thousands of people died. The US demanded the Taliban hand over Bin Laden and they refused, so the US invaded. Not unreasonable imo. What were they supposed to do? just scold them and say 'don't do it again you rascals'
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Russia's sad parade is American propaganda?
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How about Tibet and Xinjiang?
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@laurentstevens898 I'm sure you guys will be in Kyiv in 3 days. Is this like the Luhansk offensive last week where Russia was claiming a 'massive breakthrough' just to lose everything and get their teeth kicked in?
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@aiviss.319 You may be amazed to learn that if you park a tank in Tunguska for 50 years to rust and be stripped for parts it may not be in functioning order anymore. Add to the fact that Russia relies on western components and can't even make ball bearings any more, it's sad times for the MOD.
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@yelenashishkina8804 How do you think Russia became the largest country on Earth? Take your time.
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Nobody would give af about Putin if he wasn't going around trying to invade and annex countries.
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They really do think Russia is the center of the universe and we all envy them. Its incredible.
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@John_Doe448 You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@John_Doe448 saying 'google a couple ship fires' isnt data. let me know when the USN flagship needing a tug escort to get around.
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@James-kv6kb America still exists, the USSR doesn't. That's called American victory.
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@DadiZinayev Assad gassed his own people, this isn't even controversial, nobody denies this.
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@bb5979 Tell that to Russia.
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@Gigachadicus Maximus Sure they do, the last time China sailed off the US coast was in 2021. They don't do it as often because they don't have a blue water navy so its difficult to get over here. They also have no allies in the area requesting their help from a belligerent neighbor. Now imagine the type of tantrum China would throw if the US sent a spy balloon to loiter over mainland China.
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Meanwhile in reality Russia is sending Chinese golf carts on frontal assaults.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 What's the point of copy/paste spamming the same inane comments over and over in every thread? *braces for Gish gallop of nonsense.
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@sarahbrown5073 We have no idea how many civilians have died in Ukraine. All estimates are from Ukrainian controlled territory. Mariupol alone could be 100k.
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@BoltRM Yes exactly, Russia's best case scenario is an unwinnable insurgency that never ends.
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@ivydark9741 The area where St. Petersburg is located brain wave. Russia isn't on the map either.
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@corvus4135 My country doesn't poison scientists who fail to land on the moon.
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So far there is evidence of 6 destroyed leopards and 23 Bradley's. Posting pictures of the same wreckage over and over from every angle doesn't actually increase the amount destroyed. Russia has lost well over 10k armored vehicles.
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@springbloom5940 I know its amazing how Russia can try to spin things. According to them they were destroying leopards months before they arrived in Ukraine. They even tried to pass farm equipment off as leopards. Nothing will change the fact that this is one of the most embarrassing invasions in human history though. Trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border and 6 figure casualty numbers. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then a year and a half later after terrible casualties they only occupied 15% of the country. That's the situation here.
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The Houthi's are rebels. I'm sure the internationally recognized government of Yemen appreciates the help.
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@groundworkcivils7506 It's not Starmer who took one of the gayest pictures in human history, that would be Putin. (the horseback one)
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@badhero88 Did you know there are different days in the week?
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@johncutajar5560 People would be complaining that their family members in the military went missing. This isn't the sort of thing you can cover up in open societies.
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@AcikaB You can make any baseless assertions without evidence you like buddy, but that doesn't make them true.
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@AcikaB What a strange and pointless comment. If you have some evidence for your claims go ahead and present it, all you are doing now is presenting your own fan fiction.
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@JohnWarner-lu8rq Is that when trump was worried about starting WW2, or when he was talking about nuking hurricanes?
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@FreedomStrike76 Nobody attacked Russia.
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@bryandimery6509 When Wagner marched on Moscow all the regime could do was blow up its own oil depot and dig up the highway. it was Lukashenko that cut a deal and saved Moscow.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Yes, apparently you'd prefer to launch an ill conceived, ill planned attack losing tens of thousands of armored vehicles, hundreds of thousands of casualties along with losing the battle of the black sea to a country with no navy. In a humiliating invasion that cant even capture the Donbas.
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@RRRR0707 Russia did capture the Donbas? I must have missed that, along with everyone else. Unfortunately for you and Russia cameras exist, Russia has lost around 14k armored vehicles and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Russia has lost around 20k men and hundreds of armored vehicles in the past 2 months alone in their inept attempts to take Avdiivka. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@thabangaugustinehlalele The strongest army in the world that cat even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@torstenhusemann36 All while sipping on their canned water soup.
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@ssaini5028 Ukraine has recaptured over half the the territory once occupied by Russia.
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@Loreless The UK and Germany are at war? Wow I never knew that. Or are you refering to WW2 when there was no tunnel and no way to drive to Germany. Moreover Germany had a much more powerful army then the UK. And Germany was the ones doing the invading. Typically when you invade a country you dont want to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles into the country like Russia is right now. The two situations are in no way comparable. What point are you trying to make exactly?
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Kyiv in 3 days.
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Have you seen the state of Putin lately? Hunched over old maps raving like a madman.
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@КристинаЙорданова-р8л it was Russia that violated the Budapest memorandum by invading Ukraine in 2014. Here's what the Budapest memorandum says. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act). Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.
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@КристинаЙорданова-р8л Oh sorry, I thought you were trying to blame Ukraine for somehow breaking the Budapest memorandum, which wouldn't have even made sense.
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@jeffs4483 Prior to the war less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, they were neutral, it didnt work. Even if that wasn't the case Russia gets no say in what another sovereign nation wants to do. From the Budapest memorandum that Russia signed: Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders.
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sure bud, whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. It would take around a million men to take Kyiv. Russia already tried under much more favorable circumstances and failed miserably.
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@attilamarics3374 No, they explicitly say they could take Kyiv in three days.
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@attilamarics3374 Sure you did buddy. Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot war we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@scillyautomatic That's what happens to criminals.
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@scillyautomatic I'm not American I didn't vote for either of your clown parties.
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@madigorfkgoogle9349 True, even the US is only around 70% mission ready and that is world class. The US spends a fortune on maintenance and keeps its aircraft in the brand new innovation called hangars. Russia parks theirs outside for decades with minimal maintenance and prays they will be combat ready. Soviet airframes also have shorter lifespans than their US counterparts. Nobody knows how many Russian aircraft are mission ready, probably not even Russia, but most of the estimates I've seen are sub 50% and those estimtes were before the war and all the sanctions.
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Amazing how Zaluzhnyi came back from the dead. Do you think the Ukrainians are using necromancy? 👻
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@71Wraith His source is 'trust me bro'
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@Winstonclawfinger What's hilarious are Russians using T-55's and Frankenstein MTLB's with ancient naval guns bolted on.
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@norfboychops4186 yeah like when Russia lost in Afghanistan and Chechnya and went nuclear.
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Yeah, I rolled my eyes when he was elected but he's done a surprisingly good job. At least with regards to his foreign policy I have no idea how he's doing domestically.
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@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2 On average, one out of five Canadian workers (20.4 percent of total employment) is employed by the various levels of government in Canada.
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@Valkron11 Ironic considering one of the gayest pictures in human history is of Putin. (the horseback one)
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@Dan-Martin Russia has already lost over 15k armored vehicles, are bringing in foreign mercenaries under false pretenses, using penal battalions. Using golf carts, dirt bikes and seventy year old tanks. Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, it's time to face reality.
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@erics7226 There is also Lavrov and Solovyov. Ukraine is the country with the ex comedian as president but Russia is a complete joke.
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You don't think Ukrainian war mosquitos have run amok?
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nothing says 'we're winning' like more idle nuclear threats.
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Yes its been catastrophic for Russia, two years in Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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@alicianah8352 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no problems in the Donbas if they hadn't. Nobody was talking about throwing Russia out of Sevastopol before they invaded. Lastly NATO isn't at war with Russia what peace deal do you expect them to sign? Do you have any idea what's happening?
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@alicianah8352 Because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and threatened Russia's energy monopoly in Europe.
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@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003 Russia is the aggressor here, they aren't defending anything.
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@Matt1975ism Ukraine is fighting Belarus, North Korea, Iran and China. Russia would have lost by now but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian. See how dumb that sounds?
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@Matt1975ism Me too, I've amended my comment above with some quotations, hopefully its more clear.
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no need just strap ancient naval guns on MTLB
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@MrJayjay0420 To put this in perspective it took the US just over 500 hours to take out Iraq, a country on the other side of the planet, with the worlds 4th largest army. Imagine if over a year in they were still only a few miles into the country and started digging trenches and ressurected the M26 Pershing and said 'don't worry its only to be used as an assault gun, everything is going according to plan.' Meanwhile Russia can't even take the Donbas from the worlds 15th most powerful army, which is a few hours by car from Moscow. This war has been a bigger disaster then Rings of Power.
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shame about the rifled barrel, hopefully Ukraine gets an absolute mountain of HESH
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@jamesgreen1116 Inflation is much higher in Russia than it is in the west jimmy, that's with sky high interest rates. If you want to pretend the rapid devaluation of the Ruble is somehow not bad news for Russia that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@GS-XV Inflation and currency value isn't the same thing.
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@alexkovin1951 No they haven't, literally nobody makes this claim. Even if it was true (it isn't) development rates will generally always be higher in underdeveloped countries like Russia. Germany's GDP is double that of Russia's.
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@alexkovin1951 Every place in Russia outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg is an absolute sewer. Per Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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@wepshead India's largest trading partner by far is the US.
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@nsevv Most likely, though depending on how things shake out Russia will likely be givin some sort of path back from pariahdom.
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@prometheus_beard So which would you prefer, to be electrocuted or be eaten by a shark?
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@prometheus_beard I'm just asking the big questions like Trump. The guy can hardly put a coherent sentence together, he to this day still has no idea what tariffs are.
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@lovyrituraj Russia collapsed twice in the 20th century almost 3 times in 1905. They've already had one attempted coup this war.
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Putins definition of a Nazi is any Ukrainian who doesn't admit they are Russian.
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josephstolen-election5949 This old canard? Prior to Russias invasion n 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO its only Russia's behavior that has drove Ukraine to want to join NATO. Same with the Fins and Swedes, if not for Russia's bad habbit of trying to annex its neighbors they wouldn't have joined NATO either, thank Russia for expanding NATO.
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Meanwhile in reality Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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WW1 on bathsalts.
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cry some more.
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The mayor of Moscow said 600k wounded. Add KIA and MIA, Russia's deputy minister of defense claimed 50k MIA.
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@lostlogic6911 Misrepresenting sources to spread misinformation is his favorite past time, don't worry about it to much.
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In Ukraine corrupt officials get arrested, in Russia they get a promotion.
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@georgeamesfort3408 And Putin is a joke.
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@livingtribunal4110 There is photographic evidence of thousands of 'new' Russian tanks destroyed try not to overdose on copium. The 350 000 number comes from the Russian MoD, the same guys who claimed to have destroyed most of the Bradley's and Leopards months before they arrived in Ukraine. They even tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards, they aren't exactly a reliable source.
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Russia released a video of 2 Leopards getting destroyed from 3 days ago, Russia has lost over 2000 tanks. Get a grip.
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'what year is it again? where am I? who took my false teeth?' - Putin probably
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Like Trump famously said "Saudi Arabia and Russia will reepeedoo...ahhhhh."
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He also forgot that Russian GDP numbers are largely fabricated
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There aren't IMF detectives who investigate economies, Russia self reports its cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value. Any "growth" seen in Russia is due to massive government spending on the its military, this has resulted in severe overheating of the economy. Russia has two possible economic futures at this point, stagflation or hyperinflation. The head of Russia's central bank Nabiullina said "Overheating in the economy has remained considerable. Labour force and production capacity reserves have been almost exhausted. Shortages of these resources might cause a situation where the economic growth will be slowing down despite any attempts to boost demand. Moreover, this boost will only further accelerate inflation. This is actually a scenario of stagflation that could only be stopped by way of a deep recession."
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@Faiez-rh1gm Mostly they are being used on Russian logistics and command. Which takes time to show results. The reason the offensive is progressing slowly is minefields.
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@yuri5628 Russian propaganda is embarrassing, Ukrainian war mosquitos come to mind.
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@tez1167 Nope. What actually happened was Yanukovich attempted to sign the EU asociation agreement, this led to Russia embargoing Ukraine, which was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum. This pressure caused Yanukovich to backpedal, which led to 100% of parliament voting against him, including his own party. When he refused to sign the agreement the predictable protests happened. Yanukovich then fled the country, nobody asked him to do that he did that on his own accord. I'm happy to clear up any more misconceptions you may have.
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@s0ycapitan Brics has no economic, trade or military agreements. It isn't hard to join an organization with no obigations or direction.
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@s0ycapitan Ditch the dollar for what?
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@s0ycapitan You realize Russia doesn't want to accept Yuan or Rupees for its hydrocarbons right? They are being forced to accept them because they have no other options and very little bargaining leverage. They'd much rather have USD.
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@supreetsinghvirk6792 Armenia enacted CSTO's version of article 5 in 2020 and the rest of the alliance including Russia just shrugged their shoulders. That's when Russia proved itself a poor ally and Armenia began lookin to the west, understand? Russia cemented their reputation in 2023 as a bad ally when they refused to do anything again.
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@ericp1139 You are ignoring that that was in 2023. Armenia asked for help in 2020 and Russia told them to kick rocks, why would Armenia ask again?
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@ericp1139 Yeah the war was over quickly because Russia is a useless ally. the Gaza war has nothing to do with what we are talking about nice whataboutism though. Its a false equivalency, Israel is currently stomping out a terrorist organization, the US has no obligations aside from what it is already doing. If Russia attacked a NATO country and the US did nothing your comment might make sense. Israel has been designated as a U.S. Major Non-NATO Ally under U.S. law. This status provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation and is a powerful symbol of their close relationship with the United States. Consistent with statutory requirements, it is the policy of the United States to help Israel preserve its Qualitative Military Edge, or its ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military threat from any individual state or possible coalition of states or from non-state actors, while sustaining minimal damages and casualties.
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@jimmiller5600 I thought he meant that Russia would collapse before then
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Fun fact: Russia genocided the native Tartars, Greeks and Bulgarians then moved a bunch of Russians there.
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Are you counting the Leopards and Bradley's that were destroyed months before they were sent to Ukraine? Or the farm equipment that Russia tried to pass of as Leopards?
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@jjoejones1 Moskva just went to rendezvous with the VDV that were dropped into the Black Sea early war on a mission to denazify the sea floor.
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@projectedone Russia signed the NATO-Russia founding act which unambiguously stated both alliances could expand as they wanted. Also there was never any coup in Ukraine, what happened was Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement and Russia embargoed them in violation of the Budapest Memorandum. Yanukovich then backtracked on the deal which led to large scale protests. Nobody was asking for him to flee the country, he did that on his own accord, the protests were to get him to sign the EU association agreement. Russia had just signed a lease extension in Sevastopol until the 2040's, they were in no danger of being kicked out. I say were because as it stands they can no longer use the port and hide the remnants of their fleet as far from Ukraine as they can to avoid being sunk.
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When tf did anyone say Ukraine was going to march on Moscow? A rich guy already did march on Moscow, remember Prigozhin? When he did it all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway while Putin fled Moscow until Lukashenko saved them. Of course Putin quickly demonstrated to Prigozhin what a deal with him is worth when he shot down his plane.
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@Tu-Vi-Dau-So Turkey immediately walked back its EU statement you must have missed that. Why did Russia threaten Finland and Sweden with "dire consequences" if they joined NATO if its no big deal? Also Russia gets no say whether or not Ukraine joins NATO so them 'allowing' Ukraine is irrelevant.
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They aren't. The US absolutely dumpstered Wagner in Syria. It's just interesting to keep tabs on them just incase they try another coup.
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mostly we've sent them old stuff due for the scrapyard.
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@ckthegreat100 I said the US had 2500 MIA. Maybe work on your reading comprehension before making a snarky reply. You said "The reported 100,000 casualties" Casualties mean KIA and WIA combined. Typically the ratio of KIA to WIA is around 3-1. Which is irrelevant because the point I've been making, that seems to somehow be lost on you is that casualties alone has very little to do with Russia's history of frequent collapses.
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@ckthegreat100 So Russia collapses all the time but this time is different, sure. Russia has already had one attempted coup this war, and stability is only maintained by tossing political rivals and problematic oligarchs out windows. This isn't a recipe for lasting stability. Autocracies are inherently unstable, this includes the RF. Also we are year three and Russia can't even take the Donbas and are using ladas on the front, they are nowhere close to winning this war.
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@kynchan3332 No they said they would run through their stockpile, Russia manufactures artillery they are never going to 'run out'. Considering Ukraine has overtaken Russia in artillery volume (they always had the lead in accuracy/effective artillery use) And Russia is begging Iran and North Korea for ammo this seems to be true.
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@ZHOUKINGS Every country on earth was created genius. Kyiv predates Moscow by centuries.
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@HarrySmith-hr2iv How do you feel about the rebels in Syria? I'm asking for a friend.
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So every country on earth.
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This will be used as justification to send fighters
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@ He literally did that with USMCA. When he enacted it he called it the 'best trade deal ever negotiated.' Later when he violated it he said 'who signed this thing?' You did Donnie, you did.
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@glintongordon6811 Russia has flattened multiple cities and spent the past three years trying to take out Ukrainian electrical and food infrastructure in order to starve and freeze as many Ukrainians as possible. All civilian casualty estimates come form Ukrainian occupied territory because Russia wont allow access to areas it occupies. The estimates I've seen from Mariupol alone is somewhere between 50-100k civilian casualties.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 those were Russian's Manu. It was Russian's fighting Russians in Belgorod.
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@glintongordon6811 Why not google "Russia attacks Ukrainian grain storage" before posting idiotic comments. Do you have reading comprehension issues? The confirmed civilian casualties in Ukrainian held areas is, as of 22 February 2024, is 30,457. Russia wont allow inspectors into occupied areas. why do you think the United Nations rebuked Moscow for denying aid workers access to Russia occupied areas? (you can google that statement from the UN too before you post something else foolish)
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The west warned that there was going to be a terrorist attack in Moscow weeks ago. Whether this was the work of extremists or Russia trying to pull another '99 is up for debate, but I suspect another false flag.
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@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging wow defenders advantage doesn't exist for the first war ever. amazing.
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He has critical fetal alcohol syndrome, he's trying his best don't be so hard on him.
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@badomen9057 Please explain how the US is in any way responsible for the Yemen civil war (which has been going on since at least the 70's by the way) If you're looking for an actual cause of the recent problems look to Iran for arming and directing its proxies in the region.
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@southasianstreetshitter458 In support of the legitamate government of Yemen. If Iran stopped funding its proxies there would be no conflict there. Understand?
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@inkednpoked Yes, you've repeated the same silly comment over and over. That doesn't make it true.
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@quocbaonguyen8308 Yep we should bring all the smaller countries into an alliance chain before they get attacked by large authoritarian belligerents, not lament the fact after they are invaded.
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@natasa8266 Russian media started actively sharing a message that their modernized T-62M tanks are no worse than the Challenger 2, Leopard 2 or Abrams, and in fact, they say, "outperform on the battlefield the Western tanks supplied to Ukraine." The original source writing about the "advantages" of the modernized T-62M was the Military Watch Magazine, the article was titled, "Russia’s New T-62 Tank Variant Built For 21st Century Engagements: Will It Be Effective in Ukraine?"
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@natasa8266 Russia is supposed to be the world's number 2 army and after a year and a half they've lost over 50% of the ground they once occupied and lose more every day. They've lost tens of thousands of armored vehicles. So I'm not sure what you mean by 'they aren't struggling badly on the frontline.' What would you consider struggling? This has been one of the most humiliating invasions in human history. Why cant Russia even capture the Donbas if they aren't struggling? Its only a half days drive from Moscow.
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@natasa8266 The US took all of Afghaistan in a couple weeks. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed. The US intervention in Yugo was a success... That 40k number comes from Russian sources. In a speech on September 12 Putin claimed they had destroyed 18k Ukrainian armored vehicles since the start of the counter offensive. An impressive feat considering Ukraine started the war with only around 7k armored vehicles and had recieved around 4k in foreign aid. Where the other 7k came from is a mystery. Maybe Russia mastered interdimensional travel and have destroyed Ukraine's army in other time lines.
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@natasa8266 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico. Then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare and 6 figure casualties and losing tens of thousands of armored vehicles they had lost over half the territory they once occupied and were losing more every day, and only controlled around 15% of Mexico. Then they said "Could we do better in this conflict? Absolutely. Obviously we are not in a hurry, cause the US is not the one on life support, in case you forgot that." would you take that sort of nonsense seriously? Or would you get second hand embarrassment that someone said something so dumb?
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@mrjerzheel How many S400s to shoot down a couple fisher price drones headed to the Kremlin?
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Russia has multiple failed offensives in this war. What are you doing to cope?
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@absoluteanonomity6994 Ivan want potato, Ivan post comment.
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@anubizz3 The US spent around $90 billion rebuilding Iraq, and $141 billion in Afghanistan.
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US was to withdraw its missiles from northern Turkey, which they did. Must be nice living in a dream world.
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@eget4144 All the US has to do is blockade the straights of Malacca and in 6 months China deindustrializes and half the population starves in the dark.
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@SpectacularDisaster Smith, Kenney and Trudeau, the 3 stooges.
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@GICHUJ.J.NJURURI Ukraine wasn't joining NATO. Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join, the state was unwilling and unable to make the necessary reforms needed to join and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining was effectively zero. Russia invaded in spite of Ukraine's neutrality. Moreover Ukraine is a sovereign state, recognized by every country on earth, including Russia. What organization they might join is nobody's business but them. At one point Putin shared the same opinion. "I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@agent3268 Maidan happened because after being voted out unanimously Yanukovych tried to hold onto power. Russia sent its goon squad over to fire on Ukrainian protesters. Russia did the same thing in 2020 when Lukashenko was voted out by a large majority of Belarussians. Very democratic.
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@agent3268 2014 is when Russia began its invasion, if not for that there would be no casualties in the Donbas, civilian or otherwise.
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@wolfswinkel8906 In an interview on 20 February, a retired colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia (GRU), Aleksandr Musienko, said that the conflict could only be solved by force, and that Ukraine had proven it could not exist as an independent, sovereign state. According to government documents released by Ukrainian former Deputy Interior Minister Hennadiy Moskal, Russian advisers were involved in the crackdown on protesters. The operations, code-named "Wave" and "Boomerang", involved the use of snipers to disperse crowds and capture the protesters'
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@topofthemont Go read the Hamas mission statement and let me know if you think its racist nonsense.
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@tatiannaannunaki2027 Medvedev already stated the genesis of the conflict. There are massive natural resource deposits in Ukraine that Russia wants to maintain it's monopoly in Europe. Ukraine had no path to joining NATO. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join, the state was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining was effectively zero.
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@cordellmohawk8408 yawn, let me know when Russia captures the Donbas.
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@cordellmohawk8408 Ukraine hasn't spent the last 20 years stroking itself off as the worlds #2 army. Also one reason that Russia involved themselves is because Ukraine was winning and were on the verge of breaking the LPR and DPR.
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@currahee9-3 When did I justify war crimes? Stop putting words in my mouth. If the Ukrainian army managed to not commit any war crimes in this war they'd be the fist army in history to manage that. Obviously Ukraine has the moral high ground here though because they are the ones being invaded.
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@yaqob3275 NATO being involved in this war is such a strange fantasy. Is Russia being overwhelmed by air power and cruise missiles? The war would be long over if they were involved. Even if they were involved (they aren't) it looks like this. NATO casualties: 0 Russian casualties: 200k+ Also you need to work on your English, it can by very difficult to parse out what you are trying to say.
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Plus the whole genocide thing.
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The only apocalypse loving man child is Putin. I'm sure Xi has reminded him that China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression.
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@aravindg2574 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years at the point when the US withdrew.
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@channelwithoutanyparticula5256 Ukraine has retreated 10 times from Bakhmut, once for every month they have been fighting there.
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@dad378 Muscovites seem to be under the mistaken impression that China gives a rats ass about them. There's only one country China looks out for and its China, and they know their bread is buttered in the west.
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The US took Afghanistan in a few weeks and occupied them for 20 years while the Taliban hid in caves. Russia had 10x the losses in half the time and got smoke so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@stefan289 What does this comment have to do with anything? The first “Minsk Protocol” mainly consists of a commitment to a ceasefire along the existing line of contact, which Russia never respected. By February 2015, fighting had intensified to a level that led to renewed calls for a ceasefire, and ultimately led to the second Minsk Agreement. Even after this agreement, Russian-led forces kept fighting and took the town of Debaltseve six days later. The two agreements are cumulative, building on each other, rather than the second replacing the first.
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@miteshghadi3146 There was no path forward for Ukraine to join NATO. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians even wanted to join the government was unwilling to go through the necessary reforms and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea of them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero.
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@stefan289 I already addressed Merkel, can you really not read? Was it Merkel who prevented Russia from withdrawing its support for the rebels and withdrawing its forces? Is Merkel in the room with you right now?
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@stefan289 So you lack reading comprehension. Ok, just say that. It wasn't up to Germany to uphold Minsk, it was Ukraine, do you understand? Ukraine did everything that was required of them, the only steps remaining were Russia withdraw from Ukraine and return control of the occupied territories to them. There was nothing that Ukraine could violate, all that was left for them to do was retake control of it's own country. Get it? Probably not.
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@stefan289 Ukraine already did uphold its end of the agreement, they already passed all the required legislation. All that remained was for Russia to withdraw it's forces and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine. I'm not sure what part of this you are having difficulty understanding.
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@projectedone Russia's invasion started in 2014. According to Minsk control of the occupied regions was supposed to be returned to Ukraine, and illegal military troops were to be disbanded. The Donbas is Ukraine, they can post their own troops there.
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@stefan289 Ukraine already did uphold its end, do you really not get that? All the required legislation had already been passed. All that remained was for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and disband all illegal military groups and return control of the occupied territory to Ukraine. I'm not sure what your bizarre obsession with Merkel has to do with any of this. I'll predict your response to this "b-b-but Merkel said."
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@stefan289 What was proven false? Ukraine was supposed to pass legislation including a special status for the region, amnesty, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. This was all done, the legislation and constitutional amendments were passed. Russia was then supposed to withdraw from the Donbas, disband rebel forces and return control of the occupied territory to Ukraine. Remind me did that happen? I eagerly await for you to address none of this and hand wave it all away as you've done this entire thread.
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@stefan289 "And another thing i will never let go of from now on is the fact that you said few mins ago that "only Germany" didn't want to uphold the agreement." See this is what I mean about your lack of reading comprehension. What I said was Merkle's comments were irrelevant because it wasn't up to Germany to follow the agreement it was up to Ukraine. Ukraine clearly was adhering to the agreement per all the legislation/constitutional amendments they passed. Did Russia adhere to its end? They withdrew from Ukraine and returned control of occupied territories to them right? Or did they fail to do that?
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@stefan289 That's the most idiotic comment you've made so far, its actually impressive. The best part is you think you are actually making a good argument. So far we've established that Ukraine upheld its end of Minsk and Russia didn't. But you don't think that matters because of Merkel. Welcome to the world of smooth brained reasoning.
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@pl3317 You mean the fire that was started by Russian protesters themselves? Strelkov specifically mentions Odessa in the quote I provided and how if Russia hadn't invaded "Everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv and Odessa."
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@pl3317 Yanukovich fled the country on his own accord, nobody was asking him to do that. After he tried to sign the EU association agreement and Russia embargoed Ukraine. (a violation of the Budapest Memorandum) Ukraine's parliament voted unanimously against Yanukovich. When he still refused to sign the agreement the predictable protests started. Nobody was asking him to flee the country though, he did that by himself.
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@stefan289 Is it as embarrassing as not knowing how to spell embarrassing? But they did uphold the agreement. What they intended is irrelevant, understand? Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest Memorandum. Once again, did Russia withdraw from Ukraine, disband the rebel groups and return control of occupied territories to Ukraine? Because that's what they were supposed to do. Ukraine passed all the legislation they were supposed to. Your response: "But Merkel though..."
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@stefan289 If you think that's the only thing I grasped you clearly didn't read my comment. I'm saying Ukraine purposefully upheld their end of the agreement, and Russia purposefully didn't uphold theirs. How do we know Ukraine upheld their end of the agreement? All the legislation/constitutional amendments required of them were already passed, all that remained was for Russia to leave Ukraine and return control of the occupied territories to them. Which they did not do. At this point it was basically impossible for Ukraine to violate the agreement because their end had already been upheld. If you don't have the mental capacity to follow along this conversation serves little purpose.
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@pl3317 They weren't protesting for Yanukovich to leave the country, he just ran away on his own. They were protesting for him to sign the very popular EU association agreement like he said he would. 100% of Ukrainian parliament, including his own party voted against him. Understand?
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@stefan289 Do you live in an alternate reality where Ukraine didn't pass the the required legislation and constitutional amendments? What they intended doesn't matter. Ukraine did uphold their end of the agreement, Russia didn't. I'm not sure what you aren't getting. I'll restate once more because I can tell you are really having problems following along this very simple line of thought. Ukraine was supposed to pass legislation/constitutional amendments, they did this. After this was done Russia was supposed to leave Ukraine, they didn't do this. Do you understand?
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@stefan289 Because Russia had already invaded and annexed their territory, obviously they didn't trust them. That doesn't change the fact that Ukraine had done everything required of them from Minsk, while Russia hadn't. Would you trust Russia if they violated multiple agreements and invaded and annexed your territory, after promising not to? Of course they wanted to buy time, that is irrelevant to what transpired though. If Russia would have followed through on its end of the deal, like Ukraine did and wanted Russia to do, Ukraine would have had all the time in the world, because the conflict would be over. Do you think a comment made by Merkel seven years after the fact played any role in Russia's decision not to uphold their end of the agreement? The next step in the process after the legislation/amendments were passed by Ukraine, according to the agreement, was Russia leave Ukraine, they failed to do this. If they had left Ukraine's preparations for war would have been for nothing because according to Minsk Russia was supposed to leave and all illegal military groups were to be disbanded, there would have been nothing for Ukraine to fight. Obviously this didn't happen.
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@stefan289 Let me put it like this. If all parties had adhered to Minsk Ukraine would regain control of the Donbas. Why wouldn't they want that? Buying time was the worst case scenario because everyone (rightly) didn't expect Russia to honor the agreement. Minsk being followed by everyone was the best case scenario for Ukraine, which is why they upheld their end, on the off chance Russia did theirs, which of course they didn't.
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@stefan289 maybe you shouldn't insult someone's iq when you are apparently unable to read.
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@stefan289 Nope, I'm able to read. Your entire argument boils down to you can pretend reality doesn't exist because of something Merkel said seven years after the fact. Which is childishly foolish.
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@stefan289 I literally explain in the post how it's worst case. The best case is if Russia adheres to Minsk like Ukraine did and Ukraine gets their territory back. This is why Ukraine held up their end of the agreement. Do you think Ukraine wanted the Donbas back, or no? I have no idea why you are talking about Crimea now, did Merkel say something about Crimea and now you are obsessed with it too?
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@stefan289 You are doing an excellent job proving you really do lack the reading comprehension skills to carry out a conversation. Keep trying your best though bud.
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@stefan289 Amazing, you could mind read Ukraine's intentions and now you can mind read the Russian government too. You are dismissing it because you are denying reality, Ukraine upheld its side of the deal Russia didn't. No amount of twaddling about will change this. Once again, did Russia leave the Donbas? That was the next step in Minsk. Please remind me, did they leave or not? Because Ukraine had already upheld it's end by passing the required amendments. Oh, that was two small paragraphs, sorry for overwhelming you with a wall of text.
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EvilKaren. Sure been hearing the same thing for two years from you guys, thats why Russia still cant even take the Donbas. You guys have been parked outside of Avdiivka for nine years and are still acting tough. Its embarrassing. The Russian army is in the middle of its worst month of the war, the Russian navy was forced to retreat from Sevastopol and has lost 20+ ships, including their flagship to a country with no navy. And the Air force has been a no show since the early days of the war where they took catastrophic losses. Its called winning people.
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@edwardbernthal160 He post the same incoherent nonsense all over the place, dont worry too much about him.
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@MrGatzby So they aren't reliant on a expansionist dictator. This isn't difficult to understand.
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once they reach the sea of Azov it will be in range of more long range weapons
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@FunLewis Yes it's funny that you think that if something didn't happen on video it didn't happen. Even the Kremlin doesn't deny the statement, they were just upset it was made public. If everyone switched to mocking Russia for it's two week war would you still be throwing a tantrum?
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@sacreligious74 Putin himself has previously said he has no problem with NATO expansion. Though he changed his tune once he developed delusions of Empire. He said, “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@kenmck7802 What agreements do you think they broke little buddy? And why are you randomly capitalizing words?
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@ordemeprogresso727 You guys have been saying that for a year and a half, Russia cant even take the Donbas. Its time to face reality.
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@Valkron11 Down to about 15% at this point. Of course trench warfare that never ends with terrible casualties is one of the hallmarks of a successful invasion. Ukraine is the underdog here, stalemate is the same as a type of victory for them. Russia was supposed to take Kyiv in 3 days, remember? Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare with 6 figure casualties the US was just a few miles across the border and had lost 54% of the territory they once occupied, and were losing more every day. How would you rate that invasion?
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@mikefranklin7347 Not many peaceful protests storm the capital building with zip ties.
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@БасиеваИда Is there a point to this idiotic whataboutism?
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@mtbworld3904 Russia is doing a pretty good job of proving why NATO is necessary.
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@БасиеваИда Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries NATO has annexed.
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@БасиеваИда Still waiting for you to list the countries NATO has annexed.
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@БасиеваИда Another absolutely pointless comment that addresses nothing.
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Russia has multiple failed offensives bud.
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@Sambo890 Russia has been attacking almost continuously for 2.5 years and still can't even take the Donbas buddy. Most of that 18% Russia either had before the 2022 invasion or took in the opening days of it. They've done almost nothing since. Your entire premise is silly. If the US invaded Mexico and after three years they took 6 figure casualties and lost tens of thousands of vehicles and they only occupied 18% of Mexico, how would you rate that invasion?
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@feedyourmind6713 Sure he does.
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@feedyourmind6713 More Russian KIA's in Ukraine then all US wars since WW2 combined.
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@todd1770 Who owns Russia 1?
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@dpelpal lol this comment gets the bots fuming every time.
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@terjeoseberg990 Must have just been full of Christmas presents for the boys and girls of Crimea. Not packed with drones and ordinance surely.
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@hellgates_javed6451 Russia is using human wave tactics and casualties around Bahkmut are around 7-1 in favour of Ukraine...
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Trumps the only guy asking the big questions, like would you rather be electrocuted or eaten by a shark.
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@theimmortal4718 that's true but it would have been nice if europe didnt' let its militaries atrophy into borderline uselessness in the first place
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orcium
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@esQmo Thanks for proving my point.
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The 'glacial advance' has been across the entire front for the past two+ years.
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@dns7587 Then why was Putin crying calling it the equivalent of 9/11? And yeah losing the naval war to a country with no navy must be humiliating for Russia.
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@livingtribunal4110 Maybe Russia's generals can get together to discuss why they cant even take the Donbas.
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And yet you are here every video for some reason.
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Russia can't go into debt like that because no country in their right mind would loan them money. Russia is however making the bank give loans out to keep industry afloat, also known as printing money, which is highly inflationary.
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@ppazpppaz8618 Russia's military budget over the years far exceeds Ukraine's even with western aid. Most of the western aid is mostly just arriving now, if a country that wasn't completely inept were invading Ukraine the war would have been over a year ago before aid was able to arrive.
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Tylo The US annexed Iraq and Afghanistan? I didn't know that.
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Surely the economic slowdown had nothing to do with covid like every other country on earth. How about China wanting to punish Australia for having the audacity to suggest the origins of covid should be studied. So China stopped buying Australian coal from Australia, instead they bought Australian coal from 3rd parties like Chile at a large mark up. Oh and disregard the rolling blackouts. More brilliance from Xi.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk And the Caucuses and Siberia and Manchuria and the Kuril Islands etc etc.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk Every country on earth has been colonized at one point or another. You know colonize is just a synonym for conquer right? The UK was colonized by celts, then Romans then Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans. Its currently being colonized by Africans and Asians.
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@nawadhd Russia can't even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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This time we really mean it, trust me bro.
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@kryzzan7039 haha cry some more Ivan. The only thing I like is Russia unironically using T54's and Scooby Doo vans.
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@DarrelX-im2hb China is a permanent member of the Security Council, does that mean they have the right over any former Chinese territory? For example Manchuria, which is currently occupied by Russia.
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@SYOTOSVLOG The same government was in charge, it was never overthrown. Do some research instead of posting idiotic comments.
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American support for Ukraine has always been high, recent polls suggest the number who support sending more weapons is increasing.
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@waynegore5291 Did the US annex Cuba and bomb its cities? I must have missed that.
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@MankindFails Do you have anything of value to add? Or are you just here to bloviate with your fellow travelers?
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@ShakaristoGinola Maybe its time to make a coherent sentence.
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@dpelpal China takes a pretty good run at it.
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Typically when you invade a country you don't want to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border.
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This is sarcasm right? I can't tell anymore.
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@elbibwen3019 Manchuria is populated by Chinese majority for centuries.
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@cushiterevenge5696 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of brutal trench warfare that never ends the US only controlled 20% of Mexico, and was losing ground every day. Would you consider that a successful invasion? On top of that most of what Russia controls they had in 2014 or from the initial shock of the 2022 invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken much more ground then Russia has.
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@thewedge8823 Didn't 95%+ countries vote to condemn Russia at the UN?
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Meanwhile Josue is feasting on potato's.
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Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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And maybe Iran shouldn't have had their proxies attack Israel.
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Russia: "we're not even trying"
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If you want peace prepare for war
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@GeoPoliticsCommentry lmao, imagine typing something like that and not dying of embarrassment. 5 mansions 2 helicopters 3 yachts 2 spaceships huge Weiner. Ok dude.
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@BillC-64 Ukraine had no interest in joining NATO prior to Russia's invasion only around 10% wanted to join, and several countries in the alliance were opposed to the idea. The invasion began in 2014 by the way. Do you think it only started in 2022? Its also laughable you think Russia gets to dictate where foreign states station their troops, obviously they wouldn't accept that nobody would. If China demanded no CTSO states were allowed to station troops by its border how do you think that would be received? Howls of derision.
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@PropagandaBurnerV I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, get a grown up to explain what annexation means. And get one to show you where I tried defending any of the Wests operations in the Middle East (I didn't) Its been one disaster after another in the ME, aside from Afghanistan which any sane person would considered justified, including Russia (more on that later if you manage to read any of this, I know its hard.) Do you really think whataboutism is a good argument? Well the Russian's invaded Hungary therefore Vietnam was justified. See how silly that is? Good job cherry picking one conflict on the list, not sure if you noticed but there was more than one. Nobody cared that much about any of them, they were annoying. (I said this in my first post, keep working on your reading comprehension, you'll get it!) It was only when they started annexing countries that anybody gave af. The US lost interest in Afghanistan, they occupied them in a few weeks and the Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. If after twenty years the ANA weren't able to fight for themselves they never would be able to. If you think Afghanistan was problematic you should talk to Russia, it was only because they allowed coalition logistics to use their airspace and railroads that it was possible. If you want to see what actual defeat in Afghanistan looks like refer to Russia's invasion, they got smoked so hard their whole country collapsed.
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@PropagandaBurnerV Its also hilarious for someone to accuse me of tribalism while they parrot RT talking points. And their first interaction with me started chirping about Biden and BLM rallies. Ok dude.
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@PropagandaBurnerV Oh and by the way you spelled 'ridiculous' wrong. Keep working on you reading and writing I'm sure you'll get it sooner or later. Or maybe it really is beyond you and you should stick to emoji spam to get your point across.
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There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years in Afghanistan. The US didn't leave because of casualties but because if after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight they never would be able to. Should have left after they got Bin Laden imo.
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@unknown-qz6lp Russia has taken more casualties in this war in a year and a half then the US took in 30+ years combined in Afghanistan and vietnam.
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@haeveen8255 Wait didn't the USSR provide a mountain of equipment to Vietnam? That means the US was fighting the entire Warsaw pact right? By your logic anyways. And in Afghanistan there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The Taliban was hiding in caves in Pakistan until the US left. Remember Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed?
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@marshalljulie3676 Yes I'm sure Russia will try their best to make everyone forget about this war. A year and a half of unending trench warfare with nothing to show for it against the poorest country in Europe is definately humiliating. But military humiliation is part of Russian history see: Afghanistan, Chechen war, Winter war, Russo-Polish war, Russo-Japanese war etc etc.
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@marshalljulie3676 Wow he gets it, just not quite all of it. Saying that Russia is fighting all of NATO is about as dumb as saying the US was fighting the entire Warsaw pact. Understand?
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@alexanderpepkin4110 Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@tonynemcich1756 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr The Russian MoD previously clamied that all missiles were shot down and the civilian casualties were a result of falling debris.
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Don't forget Sokolov.
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@a.brekkan4965 He's dead.
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@trumpforever6706 Ukraine isn't trying to conquer Russia, just regain their own territory.
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Shoigu, hero of Ukraine.
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@Thuon_ Medvedev already announced the reason for the invasion, Ukraine discovered large mineral and hydrocarbon deposits and Russia wanted to maintain it's European monopoly.
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@LazyTuber-h8j So you think the NSA forced Putin to attack Ukraine? Are they in the room with you right now?
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@dns7587 The source is Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, which says. 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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@dannyjayke8695 A minimal presence in a training and advisory role. They aren't fighting anyone. If Russia was actually fighting all of NATO the war would have been over two years ago. There's someone coping here and it isn't me.
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@dannyjayke8695 There are forces from China, India, Syria, Belarus, Cuba and Africa fighting for Russia. OMG Ukraine is fighting against 3/4 of the worlds population. See how silly that sounds?
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@petehowett2854 There wasn't regime change though, the same government remained in power after the protests. Also it wasn't a coup, it was a protest movement that started after Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party, and refused to call an election. Nobody asked him to flee the country, he did that on his own accord.
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@petehowett2854 Moreover, there was a coup in Russia in 1993, do you really think that makes it not a sovereign state?
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You can believe that Poland was at fault for WW2 and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to protect Czechoslovakia if you want. Its clearly nonsense though.
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@jeffhedrich3551 Don't leave us in suspense, go ahead and prove him wrong.
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@ It means you lied. What Zelensky said the operation in Kursk was, "very strong trump card in any negotiations," He went on to say, "Deployment of North Korean soldiers in the region was a "tactical mistake." "And that's why there are 12,000 (North Koreans) who came with weapons, and the North Korean soldiers also couldn't do anything. All this works against Russia and is a strong argument for us."
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@jeffhedrich3551 Three years and Russia still can't even take the Donbas, what does that say?
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@ Were still waiting for you to prove Zelensky said "that Russia is winning, and last week he admitted that Kursk was a failed operation" Because in nothing you posted does he say anything approaching that.
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@ So you can't provide a quote of Zenensky saying waht you claimed but I'm supposed to provide a quote of him saying the opposite to prove you wrong. Sure bud. Zelensky is trying to get into NATO and the EU, which is why he is making those comments. At no point does Zelensky say what you are trying to pretend he says, despite all your hysterics.
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I think it's unlikely but Russia did collapse twice in the twentieth century so it's not exactly outside the realm of possibility
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@Jpliers They have that many on paper, in reality likely not even close.
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@DrMontague There are rich people in every country, most places they aren't fed a polonium salad every time the state needs cash. And its Putin's war, Ukraine didn't invade itself.
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@dns7587 Are you posting from the frontlines?
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This is almost a sentence.
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@davenobody407 Let me know when Taiwan starts building articial islands in other countries EEZ's and starts fishing in them and preventing other countries from fishing in their own territory.
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@jesseterrell2109 Why had the USSR collapsed? Oh right they got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed. There was also the Russo-Japanese war (Russia almost collapsed after that one), WW1 (Russia did collapse after that one), the Russo-Polish war. etc. etc. Russia loses wars it should win on a regular basis, typically with a complete collapse of its society to follow.
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@DocNick68 Who would have thought a terrorist organization wouldn't believe in the peaceful transfer of power.
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@uknwarrior7980 All ballistic missiles are by definition hypersonic. It also costs way more to build so you can have 1 hypersonic or 10 conventional. Furthermore the US had hypersonic aircraft in the 50's, do you really think they are behind?
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@WagnerWithShovels Did they leave them in gear when they abandoned them? Why not watch the video before making any more silly comments.
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Not even Yemen, Yemen rebels.
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Russia has a nasty habit of trying to invade and annex their neighbors. Most recently this is happening in Ukraine (you may have heard) This is why they are joining NATO, because of Russia's aggressive expansionist tendencies.
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Russia has been using golf carts and ladas on the front. Cheap, not effective though.
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Militafit Yeh the Kinzhal performed so well the 3 lead designers earned a 1 way all expense paid trip to the gulag.
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Militafit Oh yeah Russia has destroyed the Ukrainian army 6 times over, amazing. The Khinzhal is just an Iskander launched from a MIG31, the US had weapons like that in the 60's. Real Hypersonic's are supposed to be able to maneuver. Russia doesn't have them or they would have actually taken out that Patriot. If Russia is doing so great why cant they even take the Donbas?
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@dnik1260 Yes Moscow is a huge city, which is mostly what CPI measures, and every place in Russia outside Moscow and St. Petersburg are absolute sewers, they were also measured before sanctions and before people started getting arrested for holding up blank sheets of paper. The CPI index doesn't say much about livability. These are the most livable cities ranked. 1 Vienna 98.4 2 Copenhagen 98.0 3 Melbourne 97.4 4 Sydney 97.4 5 Vancouver 97.3 6 Zürich 97.1 7 Calgary 96.8 Geneva 9 Toronto 96.5 10 Osaka 96.0 Auckland
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@dnik1260 US crime rates are at historic lows, and dropping. In Russia they are giving full pardons to cannibals
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@dnik1260 Like I said you are free to read the wiki article on Russian plundering in Ukraine if you want some evidence. Including the 18% of the countries territory that Russia has stolen. The words that the museums suffered from the local population comes directly from the Iraqi's that were in charge of the artifacts, I'll take their opinion over you, random internet guy.
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@dnik1260 Is there a point to this silly list? Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries the US has annexed. The very first one on your list took place took place sixty years before the twentieth century and was started by the Mexican empire. Russia has been involved in 68 wars since the start of the twentieth century, what point do you think you are making?
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Except this is a fantasy.
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The EU price cap has kept oil prices fairly low.
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Holding a top secret meeting with Sokolov.
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Aggressive monetization is a far larger problem for gaming imo.
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Yuri Georgia
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@elibrod9981 Yeah you're right WW1 had nothing to do with the collapse of the Czars. Absolutely idiotic. This isn't history class, go read a book.
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@pjakrtzx Nobody has ever suggested moving nuclear weapons onto Russia's border. Moreover the US didn't invade and annex Cuba while trying to claim it ws never a real country.
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Ukraine forces the self proclaimed world #2 army to retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. And Russia cant even take the Donbas in 15 months. "Stop bragging." ok dude.
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It took the allies weeks to secure the beaches. It took months after that fighting in the French hedgerows to finally break the Germans.
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@lg2058 I have direct evidence that you have no idea how to use a search engine.
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@lg2058 Here is the first search result from Time, "If I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.”
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@benjones3466 No, you see unending trench fighting with horrific losses was the plan all along.
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@lg2058 "This was openly announced and acted upon. It’s a fact." No it most certainly was not. Russia's initial rhetoric was that Kyiv was a feint and they withdrew to focus on the Donbas. The peace treaty narrative wasn't mentioned until a year and a half after the fact when Putin brought it up in a press conference. Oops must have forgot it in his sock drawer.
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@lg2058 That's not how the burden of proof works little buddy. You are the one making a claim, you are the one that needs to provide evidence that this was claimed 2.5 years ago when they withdrew.
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@lg2058 This is a claim. "The retreat took place as part of the Istanbul agreements in 2022 to kickstart the negotiation process." You then say. "This was openly announced and acted upon. It’s a fact." Another claim. Something being baselessly asserted a year and a half after the fact, that contradicts previous rhetoric isn't evidence of anything.
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@sebastianforbes1 According to photographic evidence Ukrainian vehicle losses are somewhere between 1/3 to 1/4 that of Russian losses. What does this have to do with what is being discussed?
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@benjones3466 Yes this along with Russia's history of violating every agreement whenever it suites them, from the Budapest memorandum to the Minsk agreements and several more along the way.
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ten months and tens of thousands of casualties to take 85% of a medium sized town a few hours from Moscow and the Russian plebs rejoice.
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@orangedark Hamas is on video tearing the pipes out. They are also on video boasting how they were going to make rockets out of them. And another video of them making the rockets.
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@aarondelacruz6842 No they didn't. Go read the Budapest memorandum and tell me where it says that.
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@aarondelacruz6842 Prior to Russia's invasion only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. they were neutral and Russia invaded anyways. Furthermore countries change their constitution all the time, Ukraine is a sovereign state recognized by every country on earth, including Russia. If they wanted to change their neutral status (they didn't but they could have) that's their else business, Russia gets no say in that. There was never any promise about NATO expansion even Gorbachev said as much, thats just another of Putin's fantasies. Even if there had been a promise Ukraine wasn't going to join NATO. NATO is just a red herring though, Finland joined NATO and Russia did nothing, they know NATO isn't going to attack them. This is just a regular old land grab.
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@michaeljennings3207 He does nothing but parrot Russian talking points. Three days after the invasion began, he said "The battle in eastern Ukraine is really almost over," and predicted "If Ukraine don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them." Macgregor said he believed Russia should be allowed to seize whatever parts of Ukraine it wanted. In his second appearance, he revised his prediction: "The first five days Russian forces I think frankly were too gentle. They've now corrected that. So, I would say another 10 days this should be completely over"
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@AntAnt-mr7lc Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas. I'm not going to hold my breath.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Most of that they had before the war, and most of the rest in the initial shock of the invasion. since lines have been established Russia has lost far more then its gained. Furthermore its Russia thats spent the past 20 years stroking itself off as the 'worlds #2 army' Even stalemate is the same as humiliation for them.
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@paulpaisley5291 Don't mention the Crimean Tartars who were genocided by Russia.
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@bikergirluk8059 Depends how the next coup goes.
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@koja69 I'm guessing one that knows how to spell who's.
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@harm28384 The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves waiting for the US to leave. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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It might have been headed that way, thanks to Putin though it now has two new members and is stronger than ever.
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We can see Russian equipment depots from space, we have a fairly good idea what they have left.
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@stephenwood6663 Ukraine isn't embracing anything, Russia is getting repaid with its own coin and its wonderful.
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1 comment= 1 potato.
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@yap5995 let me know when you guys take it
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@Lietuvaitiis What agreements do you think NATO and Ukraine broke?
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@Lietuvaitiis No, if there was any such promise the Soviets would have insisted it be in writing, even Gorbachev says there was never any promise. It exists only in Putin's dreams. Furthermore Ukraine's chances of joining the alliance was effectively zero. Only around 10% of Ukrinians wanted to join, the government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms and several members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. So no, you are wrong.
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@Lietuvaitiis Moreover, NATO doesn't expand, it has an open door policy to every country in Europe, including Russia, provided they meet the requirements and all the member countries agree. Here's Putin's own words on Ukraine joining. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” The Kremlin released a similar statement confirming this position. “On the topic of Ukraine’s accession to NATO, the Russian president said that it was entitled to make the decision independently. He does not see it as something that could cloud the relations between Russia and Ukraine.”
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@--____6915 There's literally zero evidence to back up your baseless assertions and a mountain of it disproving it. But I know you're just a troll account so you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@100ap Or about a years worth of GDP, please spare me the trailer park economics. As of mid-2022, China's relative debt burden stood 40 percent higher than America's. And that's using China's cooked numbers not their actual GDP.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg You understand that the Russian MoD isn't a reliable source, right?
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@Jimmy-ye3wg What is the source for 50k Ukrainians lost in Kursk?
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@zaimukhrowi6454 Pardon?
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Russia not invading would have saved a lot of civilians lives.
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@Belgua_ZOV Russia controlled about as much of the Donbas in 2014 as they do now.
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@lilidezman624 11% of Americans live below the poverty line...
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@YardPrep00 No civilians, some of whom are ex military are not NATO. Just like how there are Chinese mercs fighting for Russia doesn't mean China is in Ukraine.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Putin had sweet dreams about taking the Donbas, those dreams are gone now though.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Better prepared? A ragtag group of mercenaries drove to the outskirts of Moscow unopposed because the entire Russian army has spent the entire past year and a half parked in the Donbas and Zaporizhia getting smoked.
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@andrewcrus "I can imagine anything" I can see that, You are the king of cope. If you want to pretend this war hasn't been a complete humiliation for Russia that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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Yeah the halfwit in the Kremlin is doing a great job dividing Russia.
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@georgedraghici439 NATO never said no just not yet, similar situation with how Ukraine was. Russia was too corrupt at the time to join though they were on the path to integrate with the west. It was Putin who turned away once he started getting half of the profits from the energy sector and suddenly the corruption benefited him he didnt want to join NATO anymore.
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@o2807 Ukraine is recognized as a sovereign state by every country on earth, including Russia.
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@Bushman42069 Those are mostly ex military guys who volunteered not NATO forces. You understand the difference right?
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Photographic evidence indicates Russia is at around a 3-1 disadvantage in losses. That was before their ill fated winter offensive though.
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@Writeous0ne Literally every source that isnt the Kremlin. Warmonitor, Oryx, several others take your pick, they all say the same thing.
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@Writeous0ne Its not just Oryx, as I said. Sorry that photographic evidence doesn't reinforce your world view, try not to cry.
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It's three bridges now. From other analysis I've seen it is clamed that this secures their western flank and shortens their front line. They can pivot to the East if they choose.
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@Risran What observations? You're just spouting nonsensical twaddle. How about the drones that struck the Kremlin a while back that came from the east, were they also launched from the Baltics?
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ВОВОЧКА wow good job taking out an AMX. Though the only evidence i've seen of that was a still image of an undestroyed one.
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Wonder whe he decides he'd rather have Manchuria then an inept vassal.
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@dmt9780 Didn't Serbia just announce they would provide weapons to Ukraine?
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I cant believe with all the practice Russia has bombing Belgorod that they'd miss like that.
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haha I knew you'd like that part.
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@mitchyoung93 How is that in any way relevant? How many Welsh speaking countries have invaded and annexed other countries to 'protect' ethnic Welshmen?
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@michael37377 You complain when the original hummus charter is brought up but not when the original Likud one is. On June 2009, Netanyahu delivered a speech. He endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Let me be clear though I think Netanyahu is a war criminal, though he will be voted out in the next election because Israel is a democracy. Not a terrorist run pseudo-state like Gaza.
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@michael37377 "well quite clearly they do have bargaining power otherwise we wouldn't be in the midst of a 6 month war." And they'll lose this war just like all the others, last I checked Israel had lost less than 700 soldiers so far. Being a nuisance doesn't mean you have any leverage. And they'll have even less bargaining power after this one is over.
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He needs to make sure nobody slips polonium in his tea.
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Outhouse? It's called Ukrainian bio weapons read a book for once decadent westoids.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Do you really want to play this game? “And then I did Europe when I started seeing what was going on in Italy, and Spain, and France and other countries in Europe, I did, a ban on people coming in from Europe that would have been disastrous for our country also.” “That basically means no windows, no nothing. It’s very hard to do. I tell people when they want to go into some of these buildings, how are your eyes because they won’t be good in five years.” Wait, Joe Biden is against windows? Well this changes everything! “You’re going to abolish the suburbs with this.” Biden is against windows and the suburbs? What’s next, a ban on apple pie?
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@dogpoofairy2517 "Robert E. Lee, who’s no longer in favor — did you ever notice it? He’s no longer in favor. “Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.” They were fighting uphill. He said, “Wow, that was a big mistake.” He lost his big general. “Never fight uphill, me boys,” but it was too late."
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@dogpoofairy2517 "Saudia Arabia and Russia reepeadoo, ahhh." He repeatedly demanded to know 'the Oranges of Mueller the Investigation'. This is the tip of the iceberg.
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@dogpoofairy2517 This is when he actually says anything and doesn't just awkwardly shuffle around to Ave Maria for 40 minutes.
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy."
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@dogpoofairy2517 Or you can just look up what "never Trump" Vance has previously said about him.
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@smallypimpy6407 People in China don't have the money for high speed trains they mostly take slow trains. A few lines, Beijing to Shanghai for example make sense but many of them are white elephants built just for the sake of being built. Another side effect is freight traffic gets superseded that's why China moves a lot more freight by truck then train which is not exactly economical.
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Hamas leadership is sitting cozy in Qatar. They don't care about Palestinians, they want carnage then they can try to paint Israel as the bad guys.
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@MuffHam LOL! Muscovy DID use their best stuff, the cream of their army was lost long ago and what remained was sent to die in the same minefield in Vulhedar over and over.
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Then there's a danger they might replace him with someone competent.
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Who tf is invading Sudan?
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@Ofasia777 It must have been resting like Surovikin.
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Around 5.4 million died in the Congo wars (This is a rough estimate that is disputed, nobody knows really how many were killed), and 2-3 million in the Korean war. But in terms of scale and scope this is certainly a contender.
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@delta_glider4362 What on earth are you talking about? The Ukraine war involves millions of combatants, tens of thousands of pieces of equipment and a front line thousands of km's across. The Gaza war is a small skirmish by comparison.
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There are multiple videos covering the German and EU farmer protests, what on earth are you talking about?
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@jamesgornall5731 Yes it was logical to throw away their best customers in Europe to bend the knee to North Korea. What Russia is doing is buying back ammo at an inflated price that the Soviets gave to North Korea decades ago.
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@jamesgornall5731 The ISW was correct in it's assessment though.
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@jamesgornall5731 What were you referring to when you said "ah, yes, I recall this prediction 2 years ago"?
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@jamesgornall5731 No Russia isn't going to use atomic weapons, they would have used them by now if they could. Putin would be taken to the nearest eighth story window if he tried. You should know how appeasement and isolationism failed in the previous century if you are worried about history repeating itself. This of course has nothing to do with the topic being discussed.
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The SU57 reportedly has a similar radar cross section to an F18.
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@Antiteshmis Russia isn't building new T72's and T80's, just relying on old Soviet stock. and T90's are just glorified T72's.
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@Antiteshmis After the fall of the Soviet Union every Russian with half a brain left the country and Russian industry fell into ruin. T90M are literally upgraded T72's, and they are reliant on western components to upgrade them. Russia only has double digit T90M's and they've lost around 20. (that's just what there's photographic evidence of they've lost a lot more then that). Much like the T62 that was only supposed to be used as a mobile gun it along with the T54 has been used in an MBT role.
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Russia has 32 large oil refineries and around 40 small refineries. Ukraine has struck around 30 refineries to date.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Yes, I have gps on my phone little buddy. Also any person can gain access to high quality commercial satellites.
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Russian sources said it was damaged.
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@ragingmonk6080 Yes because the lid was already blown off of Russia's impending full scale invasion. You were the one that said the OSCE was somehow justification for Russia's invasion. A position Putin didn't share considering his comments a few months earlier. What point do you think you are trying to make? And how does that in any way justify Russia's attack?
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@ragingmonk6080 You've been wrong about every assertion you've made regarding history in this thread, its fairly rich for you to criticize someone else in this regard. Since you are done with that conversation maybe you want to answer the question I asked earlier about how the existence of the OSCE, an organization formed in 1975 that the Russian Federation is a member of, somehow gives Russia casus belli to invade Ukraine. When Putin said in 2022 that he had no problem with Ukraine joining the EU.
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@lg2058 Also in your conversation with the other guy you are wrong again. (big surprise I know.) In the lead-up to the invasion, Putin repeatedly attacked Ukraine's right to exist and referred to Ukraine as "historically Russian lands". In his July 2021 essay "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians", he claimed there is "no historical basis" for the "idea of Ukrainian people as a nation." Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said in 2022 that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement, according to the initial Kremlin release, was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory."
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@lg2058 Furthermore Ukraine declared sovereignty after Russia did, they didn't need their approval. Russia didn't' make Ukrainian neutrality part of any subsequent treaty because it wasn't an important issue for them, if it was they would have got it in writing. You are the only person claiming it was, as you try to rewrite history.
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@lg2058 Wrong again, the Istanbul talks were well after the ones I mentioned, you have no clue about the history of the conflict, and you are misrepresenting what was said. Here's what Arakhamia (the guy who's mouth you are putting words in ) actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." This was all well after the Belarus negotiations. where Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion, a deal that Putin refused, as stated by the Kremlin itself.
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@lg2058 You said "Ukraine and Georgia have been holding whole military exercises with NATO for years." As some sort of justification for Russia's invasion, so why do you think I brought up joint Russian-NATO exercises genius?
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@lg2058 Russia's post Soviet military endeavors aren't top secret, I suggest you do some basic research instead of posting idiotic comments on youtube.
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@lg2058 Ukraine has implemented as much of Minsk as could reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state What was lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation , but implementation which Russia itself prevents by continuing to occupy the territory.
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@lg2058 Arakhamia clarified his position buddy, you ignore that. It wasn't just neutrality Russia demanded it was demilitarization of Ukraine, among other things. Which is the same as handing the country over to Russia as they've violated every prior deal they've made.
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@lg2058 From Minsk: "To withdraw illegal armed groups and military equipment as well as fighters and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine." And "To withdraw all foreign mercenaries from the conflict zon" Wagner was one of the foreign mercenary groups in Ukraine and as Putin admitted they were a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” That and the many Russian volunteers who crossed the border to start the conflict. As confirmed by Girkin. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa." Forces from Russia meet the definition of fighters and mercenaries bud.
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@lg2058 "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory." Who said it?" For about the fifth time that was Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak. According to him there was a deal being negotiated even prior to Russias 2022 invasion and according to him had struck a provisional deal that would satisfy Russia's demand for Ukraine to stay out of NATO, but the plan was rejected by Putin who preferred a full-scale military invasion.
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The UN proposed a 2 state solution that Israel accepted. It was the Palestinians and the Arabs that refused because they thought they could destroy Israel.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 You should apply that logic to Russia.
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@bojanm986 lmao thousands of years? thousands of years ago Moscow was mud huts in the swamp. Then after that they were Mongol vassals.
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Yep, people forget the 'attack will be at Kherson'
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@BRI33NOR You're posting from the trenches are you?
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@captainthunderbolt7541 That was my response when I saw Russia dusting off the T-55's, they should go good with the Mad Max MTLB's with ancient naval guns bolted on.
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@johnadam2885 they've already struck the fleet multiple times, have you not been paying attention?
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Hamas leadership really doesn't like that Israel is normalizing relations with a number of Arab states including Saudi Arabia. So this is a cynical attempt to sour their relations with images of suffering Palestinian civilians. Hamas leadership is cozy in Qatar though and cares less of Palestinian civilians then Israel does.
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@Asphyxx ok dude, let me know when Russia takes the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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@lostlogic6911 No you see even in the mud you should just attack down the middle of the road, like Russia did in their totally not embarrassing offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over.
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This city is located 5 kilometers away from the occupied territories. There was one place left where the enemy had advanced less than a kilometer. It was the third year of the war. To completely capture the Donetsk region at this rate, it will take another 5 years and around 2 million Russian deaths. Five years and 2 million deaths for an area the size of Delaware.
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@davidpritchard604 According to Minsk Russia was supposed to remove support for the rebels, withdraw its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine all under the supervision of the OSCE.
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Nobody says that buddy. Keep fighting strawmen though.
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@Maceoman Considering the fact that Russia relies on western components to refurbish it's tanks it's probably safe to say the number is pretty low. That's refurbishmint though actual production numbers are somewhere between 0-1 a year, the only tank they are trying to produce is the T14, and its a disaster. All they do is upgrade old tanks and stock is running low of western components so they send the T55's as fodder. What Russian offensive are you talking about? The one at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over like idiots?
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@hanksoandso8778 Thanks Commander Smoothbrain, you should apply at the Russian MOD. What would a good offensive look like? The totally not embarrassing Russian one at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain?
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@davideklund2751 The US armed the Mujahedeen, just like they are arming Ukraine. What point do you think you are trying to make?
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@livingtribunal4110 The Ukrainian MoD only releases total casualty numbers. So I'm not sure what you are talking about. And like I said that is confirmed numbers, the true number is likely closer to Ukraine's MoD figures. But hey if you want to pretend a minimum of 60k casualties in four months to accomplish nothing isn't considered terrible losses that's fine.
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@jamesgo2014 Do you know how google works? Why not just type in 'Putin says he can take all of Ukraine in two weeks 2014' instead of asking idiotic questions.
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@AdityaSingh-dw3zm You don't think Russia is creating polarization by invading its neighbors?
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@niblet112 Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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Yeah, and ww2 was Poland's fault right?
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@timothypeterson1903 40 million was the pre war population, you live in a fantasy world.
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one thing we learned from START is that their ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water
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@dgart7434 The US famously follows the Russian strategic subs around because they are loud af and would have them sunk before they could get their launch doors open
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@sergeikhripun Girkin was an FSB colonel and commander of all separatist fighters in the DPR little buddy. Why are you commenting on a topic you clearly have no clue about?
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@sergeikhripun Russia is already meddling in US elections. Which of course led to the US invading and annexing Russia and claiming they were never a real country. Please try using your brain. Is there a point to your silly whataboutery?
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@MankindFails Quoting the president of Russia is not biased talking points little buddy. He asked where Russia invaded in 2014, I responded with quotes and evidence.
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@sergeikhripun You aren't even aware of who Girkin is, maybe educate yourself on a topic before embarrassing yourself further.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s The commitments in the Budapest Memorandum are legally binding like the UN Charter, and Russia is part of the UN. Or how any other treaty would be, however with Russia treaties typically aren't worth the paper they are written on. And yes the Budapest memorandum was still in effect when Ukraine tried to sign the EU association agreement, I have no idea why you would think otherwise. Though technically it was 2013 when Russia violated it. I have no idea why you are talking about 2022. "How would closing the border prevent joining EU." This is honestly a completely idiotic question. What sort of economic pressure do you think Ukraine's top trade partner closing the border and embargoing Ukraine would have? Why do you think Yanukovich backed out of the EU association agreement after he signed it?
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@TrevorCrook-c1s "According to the Americans" Who? Which Americans make this claim? Even if your strange fantasy regarding the Budapest Memorandum was true Russia still violated the Russia-Ukraine friendship treaty.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s You also still haven't answered why Russia embargoed Ukraine if they were fine with them joining the EU.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s For starters, because apparently you have reading comprehension issues, Russia violated the Budapest memorandum in 2013 when they embargoed Ukraine, long before your Maidan delusions. Also it wasn't a coup, It would be the first successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. It was a protest movement that started because Yanukovich backed out of the EU association agreement, which led to 100% of parliament voting against him, including his own party. Nobody asked him to flee the country, he did that on his own accord.
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@dailyinternettrends1180 How about Fourteen-year-olds Anna and Yuliia Aksenchenko who were among 12 people who were killed last time Russia decided to heroically attack a Pizza restaurant.
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Ukrainian claims are KIA and serious casualties, not minor casualties. I agree it is a fairly optimistic number though.
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@Lolonilola The Donetsk market attack was by shells fired from within Russian territory within 4.5km of the impact point, the frontline is over 11km away. Video released on Russian channels caught the sound of firing and the sound of impact on a single video allowing the time of flight to be known and the distance flown to be calculated.
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@tombrazy12hunnit I know it can be difficult to accept that Putin bent the Knee and promised Kim whatever he wanted but that's the reality, dry your eyes. Spamming emoji's wont change reality.
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Yuri Russia should give Manchuria back to China if they care about them so much.
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@theloki72 Russia proved their worth at the Vulhedar offensive. Now everyone knows Russia will drive into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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@joeo2533 The US alliance Chain is part of its strength. Its good to have friends. Compared to Russian alliance of literally nobody. and I'm not sure you understand the difference between leaving and losing. Nobody was attacking the US, they just left, Taliban was cowering in their caves in Pakistan. The Soviets on the other hand got smoked so bad their whole damn empire collapsed.
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@bugsywugsy5052 I'm not American, you aren't hurting my feelings. I can tell this topic is beyond your comprehension you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@ordavis And to answer your last question, yes I would be opposed to the ROC forcibly annexing foreign countries. I also notice you left out China's current actions in the SCS. China is the only country that builds islands in the EEZ of other countries and harasses other countries shipping in their own waters.
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@blackmantis3130 So when Russia mobilized 300,000 men in September 2022 that was to replace losses right? Or the 20-40k Russia recruits every month. While at war do you think a country might try to increase the size of its military? Do you think it makes sense to try to increase the size of your army when being invaded by your much larger neighbor? Do you have any idea what s going on?
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It was already announced ahead of time that Putin would win with 90% of the vote.
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@Imaxxd22 The civilian and military leadership of the USSR disagree with you, their opinion is worth something. You are a random nobody on youtube, your opinion is worth nothing. Understand?
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@Imaxxd22 Once again you are inventing scenarios in your head. You can pretend you know better than the leadership of the SSR at the time if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@Imaxxd22 Once again more baseless assertions based on your own imagination. Amazing how you are able to mind read the leadership of the SSR in the 40's. You don't know better than them little buddy, it's time to rejoin reality.
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@Imaxxd22 I literally provided you with the context genius, they are by definition not out of context. Next you'll do some more mind reading and tell me what their motivations and knowledge was based on nothing but your own fantasies.
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@Imaxxd22 Good job being smart and cunning little buddy. Hopefully one day you stop being delusional.
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@pjhgerlach And the Russian bombing of Grozny.
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@dowgy177 True, I was just being generous.
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@user1qaz2wsx3edc compensation? So Russia is killing civilians because they want to get even with America or something? Do you think before you talk? Do you really want to compare civilian casualties caused by Russia and by the US? I dont think it will go the way you like. lets do just Afghanistan 46,319 civilians were killed in the Afghan war, a majority weren't caused by the Americans. An estimated 1,010-1,297 were caused directly by US/NATO. Meanwhile in the Soviet war there; Between 850,000 and 1.5 million civilians were killed in half the time.
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Two new members just joined NATO thanks to Putin, its doing great thanks.
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@eveening7401 You should talk to a shrink instead. I was saying that the US invasion of Afghanistan was only possible because Russia allowed coalition logistics to use their railways and airspace. Do you understand?
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@SMS2884 It was the DPR that violated Minsk when they took the Donetsk airport then proclaimed the treaty void.
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@OshinAttari It wasn't some great victory, just a much stronger country taking out a weak one with minimal effort. Which is what a conflict between Iran and the US would look like today. I even said as much in my original post where I said they took them out as an afterthought.
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@akshay9109 Zhukov, Stalin and Khrushchev don't agree with you. Believe any fantasy you want though.
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi I also like the Germans and wish them all the best.
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@andrewcrus I'll start out by saying that Russia can't even make ball bearings and are dependent on western components for all its equipment. now i'll address your points. 1. Literally nobody panicked about the balloons, if anything it was an under reaction. 2. If Mexico wanted to invade we could. See lots of people in latin America want to come to America for its high quality of living. This is a problem Russia will never have because they cant even keep their own citizens there. Most people with half a brain left Russia in the 90's and most of the rest when the war started. 3.The dollar has dropped all the way from 85% of all global trade to 89% since the start of the war. De-dollarization is a fantasy. 4. There's already electric busses and WIFI in America. America invented the internet, you're welcome. Let me know when Russia get widespread indoor plumbing. 5. This is capitalism, stores open and close. some would say Wal-Mart's were way overbuilt. 6. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years in Afghanistan, if after 20 years the ANA weren't able to fight for themselves they never would. The US could have withdrawn anytime after they got Bin Laden and declared victory. 7. Banks collapse every year, do you really think this is a big deal? It hasn't even been a bad year, back in 2008 hundreds of banks collapsed. And yet the US economy is stronger then ever and still the largest in the world. Here lets compare GDP per capita. US: $80,034.58 (up about 2k over last year) Russia: $14,403.57 (down about 1k from last year and those are Russia's cooked numbers, who knows how bad it really is.) You live in a fantasy world.
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@paulaitix77 Keep in mind that half of that 65 billion goes into Russian commanders yacht funds.
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Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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Russian bots in hysterics.
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@BGSlopy Overall, 77.8% of Ukraine's population self-identified as ethnically Ukrainian and 17.3% as ethnically Russian. And many of those Russian's aren't in favor of Putin's actions.
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@redfiend Wrong again. Russia operates much like an empire. Resources and wealth are brought in from the far flung regions to enrich the core regions. This is in contrast with the USSR which would spend money and build infrastructure even in the most remote areas. Chechnya is an exception 80-82 percent of Chechnya's annual budget is subsidized by the Kremlin. Billions are spent annually, in USD not Rubles to keep the Chechens loyal. Russians also cant go to Chechnya uninvited or they will get eliminated by the Chechens. There are also Chechen battalions fighting for Ukraine.
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@DjokovicTheGoat was this before or after Russia genocided the Crimean Tartars? Before it belonged to Russia it belonged to the Ottomans, and the Romans before that and the Greeks before that. Whats your point? You must support the return of outer Manchuria to China right?
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@TonyBustaroni Maybe he meant T62 or T54
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The Red Army is long gone.
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yeah interesting how Russia is being defeated without NATO even having to fight, not how i pictured ww3
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@christianmarriott3696 China and India abstained early on, they have since voted to condemn Russia's invasion.
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@Manntashsh-Pyrre-tu7wr Are you joking? when Russia captured Solidar they acted like they just occupied Berlin.
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Go ask a grown up how democracy works in the UK before posting silly comments on youtube.
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@XEOI1 The 'right to return' only applies for Israeli territory. Nobody talks about preventing it in any hypothetical two state solution. You are being disingenuous.
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@throughput6674 Do you not have the mental capacity to follow along?
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@throughput6674 You aren't even able to keep up with the conversation little buddy. You spam the same two comments multiple times and then act completely baffled when called out.
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@bryan805 Who tf would have elections while being invaded while a fat chunk of the country is occupied. How do you feel about all Putin's political rivals ending up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich?
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@totocutugno1573 It was an American tanker that learned they were carrying Iranian oil and turned themselves in at the gulf of Mexico.
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@ailinofaolin8897 And yet it's still going to take another year to take Pokrovsk, which is right on schedule for their one small city a year pace. The way things are going it will take another decade and millions of losses to take the rest of the Donbas. Of course Russia will run out of equipment sometime in 2025 (per satellite images of equipment depots)
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@ailinofaolin8897 what on earth are you talking about, Ukraine still controls Sudzha, they aren't even close to losing it. Come back to reality little buddy. They also haven't lost anywhere close to half the territory they've taken. Russia has announced they've taken Novoivanovka every week for about six weeks. It still hasn't been retaken. I know you are desperate for any sort of victory, but at least try to not to resort to lies please.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Are there any other make believe scenarios you've invented in your mind you'd like to use as evidence for Russia's success? So far you've named four settlements in this thread alone that Russia has yet to capture as evidence for how well they are doing.
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Rocksteady246 Have you been to see a mental health professional? You clearly need it.
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@ottomanstamper7609 The offensive is dependent on the weather, mud season is running quite late this year. Though I suppose they could do like Russia did on their embarrassing Vulhedar offensive where they drove down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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@RANS87IROCZ They only breached the defense a couple weeks ago so...
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Russia has open Belgorod border.
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@ghostlightx9005 You just chose number 4.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 lmao, Wagener did nothing to Kyiv are really still trying to push that nonsense? If it wasn't a real coup then why did Putin take Prigozhin out? What complete nonsense you guys spout.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 So 2 seconds ago you say they are sending new equipment, now you are trying to argue that they aren't. Is it time for your meds?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Do you think spamming emoji's makes your baseless arguments more convincing? Or do you think it makes you look like you are 12 years old?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 3600-100=3500. Do you have brain damage? Does that sound like running out? As to why they aren't sending them all I guess you'd have to ask them. I doubt they speak emoji though.
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What's even more hilarious is that guy replaced the previous black sea admiral who was fired for getting the Moskva sank. He probably should have just retired instead.
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It wasn't NATO that invaded Ukraine buddy.
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His end proved what a deal with Putin is worth.
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You want to see something really funny you should check out Russia's GDP per capita.
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@lastsam9846 Russia is not sophisticated, if it were not for Iran and North Korea they'd be finished completely already. And no, nobody shot down a global hawk, not sure what that has to do with anything though.
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@julioduan7130 Historically, Tibet has never been a part of China. Tibet was forcibly occupied by the People's Republic of China from 1950 to 1959. China was under Mongolian sovereignty between 1279 and 1368, at which time Tibet enjoyed a “priest-patron” relationship with Mongolia but was not under Mongolian rule. Tibet was always a sovereign country that never went beyond protectorate status until the CCP invaded. Historically China has spent far more time broken up into smaller countries then united as one large one.
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Its so weird right?
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@laryxislust6664 Like the Scooby Doo vans Russia is using?
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@alinaswesimutowe9386 It was Putin's comment.
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@user-cl3tq3pj7u Looks like his propaganda has been getting deleted.
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@cronostrigger6401 What on earth are you talking about, Russia isnt even top ten. And thats with Russia's self reported cooked numbers. 1 United States of America 23.3 trillion 2 People's Republic of China 17.7 trillion 3 Japan 4.9 trillion 4 Germany 4.3 trillion 5 India 3.2 trillion 6 United Kingdom 3.1 trillion 7 France 3 trillion 8 Italy 2.1 trillion 9 Canada 2 trillion 10 South Korea 1.8 trillion 11 Russia 1.8 trillion
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@Mata-Miramar Yeah just over one year of income. Please spare me from the trailer park economics.
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Prigozhins did, proving what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@zorendj Maybe he means the S300's Russia keeps launching into apartment blocks.
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Source: trust me bro
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@keshavkumar-bl6im The war in Afghanistan was over in a couple weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years. The US thankfully gave up on the inane political goal of turning Afghanistan into New Kansas or whatever. They didn't want to annex it like Russia is trying to do with Ukraine. If you want to discuss something humiliating we could discuss India's GDP per capita.
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@keshavkumar-bl6im What was the capital of the Soviet Union?
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@Andre232323232332323 Some things never change.
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Did the Ukrainians announce this raid ahead of time? They announced they would attack Kherson then attacked Kharkiv and Russia lost them both, they aren't fools.
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@eNv3n0mX Wrong again bud. Budapest Memoranda are three documents signed in identical terms on December 5, 1994, respectively by Belarus , Kazakhstan and Ukraine as well as by the United States , the United Kingdom and Russia which grant guarantees of territorial integrity and security to each of these three former Soviet Socialist Republics in exchange for their ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In 2009, the United States and Russia confirmed the validity of these three memoranda.
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@yellowtunes2756 Wow defenders advantage doesn't exist for the first war ever, amazing. If Russia was doing well you wouldn't need to spend time in youtube comments trying to convince us they were doing well, it would just be self evident. After retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson Russia has spent 14+ months in the Donbas dicking about. They are unironically using T54s and Scooby Doo vans. Imagine if in Iraq the US withdrew from all areas to focus on one spot, calling it a gesture of goodwill. Then they started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing from the scrapyard, STILL couldn't take the area they were supposed to focus on and pretended that everything was going according to plan.
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@nsevv Dont forget Iran, Russia has been begging Iran for drones since day 1
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@Alekssolzynitsyn Brics has no military, economic or trade agreements. It's easy to join an organization with no obligations or direction.
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@petertwiss4215 Oops I forgot, among the casualties 100 F22s, 1000 Abrams, and the USS Gerald R Ford.
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The Russian winter offensive was at Vulhedar and it was one of the most humiliating displays in modern military history.
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@banagheroldchurch1551 Do you just not believe in punctuation or something? Even Putin said he had no problem with Ukraine joining the EU, though I'm not sure why he embargoed them in 2013 when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement if that was the case.
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@Mr.Clownensky Except Poland is still giving military aid to Ukraine. Moreover that was the previous government, you see in normal countries there aren't dictators who rule for life, there are elections ever few years.
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@JohnJohn-bz1lq That was Wagner that took Bakhmut, not the Russian army, remember Wagner? They took so many casualties trying to take Bakhmut that it completely broke them causing them to mutiny. Then they drove on Moscow and all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway. Fortunately for Russia Lukashenko saved them. Russia has failed offensives at Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. More recently they have failed offensives at Vulhedar and the failing offensive at Avdiivka.
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@kennybachman35 what treaty? and how did they violate it?
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@Männtashsh-Pyrre-m9o What treaty was being broken? There was never a "no neutral status' no independence" agreement on any treaty signed. However Ukraine was willing to remain neutral as less then 10% wanted to join NATO, that went out the window when Russia invaded in 2014.
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@Männtashsh-Pyrre-m9o There is nothing in Ukraine's declaration of sovereignty or constitution that has anything to do with Russia. Which part of the Belovezh Accords did Ukraine violate? as far as I can see it was Russia violating Ukraine's independence in 2014 that violated the treaty. The end of the existence of the USSR, with the "setting up of lawfully constituted democratic… independent states… on the basis of mutual recognition of and respect for State sovereignty". Establishing on the territory the "right to self-determination" along with "norms relating to human and people’s rights". "Parties guarantee to their citizens, regardless of their nationality or other differences, equal rights and freedoms. Each of the Parties guarantees to the citizens of the other Parties, and also to stateless persons resident in their territory, regardless of national affiliation or other differences, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights and freedoms in accordance with the universal recognized international norms relating to human rights" "The Parties, desirous of facilitating the expression, preservation and development of the distinctive ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious characteristics of the national minorities resident in their territories and of the unique ethno-cultural regions that have come into being, will extend protection to them" "Equitable cooperation" "Territorial integrity" along with "freedom of movement of citizens"
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@kennybachman35 And it was Russia that broke that in 2014. When Ukraine withdrew in 2018 it was after Russia invaded, or do you expect a country to maintain a 'treaty o friendship and cooperation' with a country that's actively invading them. Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation was an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, signed in 1997, which fixed the principle of strategic partnership, the recognition of the inviolability of existing borders and respect for territorial integrity and mutual commitment not to use its territory to harm the security of each other.
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@springbloom5940 lmao, sure thing dude. Even Girkin, the former leader of the DPR said there were no problems in the Donbas until Russia sent a bunch of Russians across the border in 2013 to cause problems.
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True. The harder you hit Russia the more polite they get.
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Putin stubs his toe. "Damn Americans!"
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@Frostchris4121 Here is a short list of some poor former European colonies that will forever be destitute because everything is Europe's fault. In no particular order. The United States Canada Australia Mexico Brazil Cyprus Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Malaysia Singapore New Zealand Hong Kong India
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@YorkerEli Then why didn't they hold on to Kherson then?
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@We_Waz_Kangz🇷🇺 Mentioning Iraq is Russian cope. Stop crying about Iraq at every opportunity then, you realize whataboutism isn't a good argument right?
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Oh so you think half of Europe is all of Europe I see. Did you know that the USSR collapsed under the weight of shambolic Russian incompetence? Maybe you dont remember. When did they take 'all of Japan'? are you referring to the illegally occupied Kuril Islands?
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@operator9858 Good job refuting nothing I've said and changing the topic. There was never any agreement regarding Nato expansion, despite your baseless assertions. All Russia's actions has accomplished is expanding Nato, now they have Sweden and Finland in Nato right on their border. Which according to you they wont accept. Putin himself said “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” So I guess they were fine with Nato on their border at one point, despite your ramblings.
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@operator9858 At one point even Russia considered joining Nato, but that doesn't help your narrative that they are "hostile" somehow.
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@crushnevnikita8575 Let me know when Russia captures the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@KRISIMOS Appeasement is the path to WW3. Also Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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Brazil and South Africa just placed large tariffs on Chinese goods, India and China are hostile, as are Saudi Arabia and Iran. Brics has no military or economic treaties, nor any trade agreements. It's not difficult to join an organization with no obligations or direction.
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@user-zz9xg2ps4t Salt? what is this the decadent west?
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Russia recruiting women for their penal battalions like its 40k.
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@psnaris There are these things called cameras. I know they haven't seen widespread adoption in Russia though. 2000+ is what there is photographic evidence of and its the absolute low end of estimations, the real number is much higher.
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Is there a parallel universe somewhere that you don't copy/paste the same witless comment in every video?
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@briancarno8837 So it was US geopolitical objectives that forced Russia to invade Ukraine?
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@albback8176 FSB colonel Strelkov also disagrees with you. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa." So you are wrong, if Russia hadn't invaded in 2014 there would be no problems in the Donbas.
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During Ukraine's 'failed' offensive they took 297.7 square km. In the past eight months of Russia's offensive they've only taken roughly 270 square km.
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Witness a man trying his best to not eat a polonium sandwich.
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@michaelotieno6524 Strange how Russia's neighbors Russian populations always seem to need rescuing.
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@williamzk9083 Of course a vote against ANC is a vote for racism, just ask them.
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@hkfoo3333 I think Russia losing over 50% of the territory they once occupied and retreating more every day indicate the are losing. Not to mention Putin bending the knee to Kim to beg for more weapons.
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@Manntashsh-Pyrre-rrr8 This is just an excuse.
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@elenadunn15 Wow more revisionist nonsense, you must have the same history teacher as Putin. Let me guess Poland started WW2? The Varangians were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. This is uncontroversial. It is completely irrelevant when Kyiv was the capital of Rus, the city predates Novgorod by at least 400 years. Both cities predate Muscovy. Its difficult to have historical claims on a place that predates you by centuries except in the minds of vatniks. Do you support China's historical claim on Outer Manchuria? Or Japans claim on the Kuril Islands? Or Finland's claim on Karelia? Or Georgia's claim on Abkhazia, and South Ossetia? Or Mongolia's claim on the entire country of Russia? Arguing for historic claims are idiotic, particularly when the area you are trying to claim predates you.
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@elenadunn15 Where do you get your fantasy numbers from? Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991. An overwhelming majority of 93% of voters approved the declaration of independence made by the Verkhovna Rada on 24 August 1991. Including 84% in the Donbas and 54% in Crimea.
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@elenadunn15 There was no country called Russia either genius. Nobody is claiming that the Varangians didn't integrate into Slavic culture over time. But one of us is trying to deny that they weren't initially Vikings. Its like when the UK colonized America, they were British until at one point they were American. I dont know what part of this is difficult to understand.
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@andreacarter8202 Yes the Vikings settled all over Slav territory and established several kingdoms. Some people, like @andreacarter8202 like to pretend that the Varangians materialized out of thin air and were pure Slavs with no Scandinavian influence.
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@elenadunn15 So we've established that the Rus were Scandinavian in origin aka Vikings. So to repeat my initial post do you agree that north western Russia should be returned to its rightful owner the Swedes?
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@andreiapostu Everyone with at least half a brain learned in the previous century that appeasement doesn't work.
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@andreiapostu I said everyone with half a brain learned this lesson, its not surprising that you haven't. Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party, when he tried to hang onto power the predictable protests started. Nothing to do with Nuland, is Nuland in the room with you right now?
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@andreiapostu Spouting more Nuland conspiracy theories wont help your argument. The Ukrainian people wanted an election right away, which he refused to call. He wasn't forced out, he ran away to his masters in Russia after he caused the deaths of over 100 protesters in Kyiv. The Ukrainian Constitution was not designed to deal with the president abandoning their post without warning. There was no new government until after the election, prior to that it was the same government as before Maidan.
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@Infopirates Hey you remembered to switch to your alt before replying to your own comment this time, good job.
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8 months ago is when Russia stopped firing missiles because they ran out and needed to rebuild their stockpile.
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That's part of the reason that the US has been spending so much lately training to fight underground.
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@tonupharry Not just battalions also zombie generals. Generals Popov and Vladimir Selivyorstov were fired for complaining about lack of rotation and supplies and general idiotic orders from high command.
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Letting Prigozhin get away with treason was sensible?
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@marksnyder8022. Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get engaged in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then 40miles in stopped advancing and started digging trenches, then the resurrected the M26 Pershing and said "its actually just for indirect fire, old tank still better then no tank, everything its going according to plan" Would be a little difficult to take them serious would it not?
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@johnhume4346 It was Russia who told Ukraine they couldn't trade with Russia when they embargoed them. At no point did the EU say Ukraine couldn't trade with Russia, the EU to this day trades with Russia, come back to reality. There was no path for Ukraine to join, prior to 2014 only around 10% of ukrainians even wanted to join, the government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms to make them elegible and several members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. Their chances of joining NATO was effectivly zero. Not long before this Russia had considered joining, and Putin himself said he had no problem with Ukraine joining. He said “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@johnhume4346 No he didn't, he was opposed to Russia having a veto on Ukraine joining. Which is how bilateral deals work little buddy. At no point did anyone say that Ukraine wouldn't be allowed to trade with Russia, that is something you've invented in your mind.
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@johnhume4346 Yes Putin said they were fine with Ukraine joining the EU, that doesn't explain why they embargoed them when they tried to sign the EU association agreement. Thanks for helping prove my point. Putin also said he had no problem with Ukraine joining Nato.
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@johnhume4346 “Yanukovych made it clear to me that he intends to sign the association agreement." Huh? Yes everybody knows this, Yanukovich did sign the association agreement, and then Russia embargoed them and closed the border strong arming Yanukovich to withdraw. What point do you think you are making right now?
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@IIxpistolxII No he didn't, that was a senior citizen from Pennsylvania with the same name.
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Just a regular day for the Russian Reich.
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This isn't unusual for him, remember at the height of cvid when he was trying to sell beans?
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Neskuchne, Storozheve, Blahodatne, Makarivka, Marfopil and Levadne all liberated. Remember when Russia captured the mid sized town of Bakhmut in just under a year and went completely hysterical?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 2 villages in a week? It took Russia a month to take the train station in Bakhmut.
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@Memovox Are the bonds in the room with you right now?
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@Asphyxx as cute as Russias GDP per capita?
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According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw it's support fot the rebels, remove it's forces from the Donbas and return occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these violating Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest Memorandum. 2014 was when Russia began it's invasion, there would be no losses in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@Neo-ue6kt Russia loses more ground every day and no Poland did not withdraw its support.
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@underfire987 I'm sure the T-62's, BTR-50s and mad max MTLB's will steamroll the Ukrainians any minute now.
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@skankshunts2156 Even if they do take it Bahkmut is a small town of 70k and dicking around outside for a year taking casualties equivalent to the pre war pop isn't exactly some stunning victory.
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@margelatu79 Well Russia collapsed twice in the 20th century, almost 3 times if you include 1905. They've also already had 1 attempted coup during this war so its not exactly outside the realm of possibility.
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@Realist369 Source: Trust me bro. Also he was talking about China not supplying Russia with anything substantial. Are you simple or something?
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@ Ukraine hasn't spent the past 30 years stroking themselves of as a supposed superpower like Russia has. Ukraine also has a fairly robust arms industry, they manufacture 30%-40% of their weapons in house. And at one point was the fourth largest arms exporter on earth.
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Every place in Russia that's not St. Petersburg or Moscow is an absolute sewer. Russia should have saved its money and fixed up its own country.
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@harleyquinn8202 40%? where did you hear that? more like 2 to 3% dud rate.
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@rob5197 I bet you're a hit at parties rob.
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@FunLewis Also the extreme right party in Ukraine got less than one percent of the vote in the previous election, come back to reality bud.
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@FunLewis Were you talking about Rusich group?
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@FunLewis It's time to learn how to read little buddy, embarrassingly enough you seemed to have either not read the article or are unable to.
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@FunLewis Yes Russian occupied territory in the past two and a half years has surged from 18% all the way to 18%. All at the cost of horrific losses, clearly they aren't worried.
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@FunLewis "that page basically says that almost all of Putins major red lines have not been crossed. By the exception of the weapons supplied." That was you right? Of course ten seconds reading the page will quickly disprove that, so if you can read why were you unable to realize that? Also if Russia isn't worried about foreign weapons in Ukraine, as you foolishly claim, why does Russia keep making red lines around them being provided? They just like public humiliation?
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@FunLewis Do you think these statements were top secret or something? The red lines were all public statements little buddy.
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@FunLewis All the publicly made statements about red lines are referenced in the article. You can pretend they aren't real though if it helps you sleep at night.
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@Carnabwth Next you'll tell me how the DPRK is a democracy because it has the word in its name. Absolutely brainless.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 No problem, I hope you are one of the lucky few Russians who have access to a toilet.
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@Carnabwth And as we've already established, holding a farcical election where the outcome is already determined. Where all the political rivals are eliminated doesn't make a democracy any more than having the word 'democratic' in its title does for the DPRK.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 It also has no economic treaties. It might as well be a yu-gi-oh fan club for how irrelevant it is.
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@tarqu1no39 Do you specialize in idiotic comments? Go watch covert cabals series of videos on the topic.
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Him and Trump as cellmates would be the greatest reality show ever. Please 2023 deliver.
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Putin is worried his trolls will get jealous that they get stuck with potatoes while the Ukrainians eat Pizza.
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@mikele9878 No it isn't. There is also 0 evidence that it was full of Soldiers. Just like the previous pizza restaurant attack most (all?) of the victims are civilians, including children.
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The last T34 was in the parade and they flipped it over trying to load it. Unlucky.
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True but even if by some miracle China were to capture all the chip fabs intact they still wouldn't know how to use them, if they could they would just build their own.
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johnthebaptist9620 To date there is still only footage of 2 leopard kills, though one was a mobility kill and it was recovered. Lots of wooden decoys, farm equipment, that photoshopped Russian T80. But still just the handful of equipment lost in that ambush a week ago. Though they keep taking pictures of it from different angles trying to pass it off as more losses.
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@piotrd.4850 That's because Russia decided to not follow their own doctrine and sent everyone to the zero line because they were afraid of the optics of losing ground and that it would turn into another mass route, like at Kharkiv. Once Ukraine penetrated the minefields in front of the first line Russia had very little in the way of operational reserves left and Ukraine walked aross it with very little resistance.
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 @alexanderlazarev3570 I doubt he wants to wait in food lines.
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@danishh8454 Nope, even the Houthi's and Russians have confirmed it.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 So what? They've attacked a bunch of ships not associated with Israel 'by mistake.' Most of the ships they've attacked aren't related to Israel or the US.
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@happymelon7129 Wrong, It was the same government after Maidan as it was before. After the election Ukraine elected a new government. What happened was Yanukovich promised to sign the EU association agreement, he backed out after Russia ebargoed Ukraine (a violation of the Budapest memorandum.) This led to protests in Ukraine and eventually Yanukovich fled the country on his own accord. He didn't have to do that though the protests were only to hold elections.
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Ukraine and Russia both already have and have used cluster munitions in this war.
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi Russia got smoked so hard by those guys their whole empire collapsed.
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@mysticnovelbro Putin said in 2014 he couldl take Kyiv in two weeks, how long has it been bud? The rest of the quotes are from Russia 1 TV, who owns Russia 1? You can deny reality if you want just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@mysticnovelbro At no point did I say the invasion was announced in 2014, can you read?
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@mysticnovelbro Yes he did say that in 2014, what's your point? Please provide a quote where I said he announced the SMO was in 2014. Work on your reading comprehension bud.
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@williamalexander9485 "So trade blocks are being formed." Brics isn't a trade block, it has no trade, economic or military agreements. So far all they do is talk, and talk is cheap.
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@Memovox The Soviets were allied with Germany at the start of the war.
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@gwopgetta2091 to put this in perspective, imagine the US invaded Mexico. Then after a year and a half of dreadful trench warfare with minimal progress they said "don't worry in a war of attrition we have more people so we'll win." would you consider that a successful invasion? or would you consider that a humliating disaster?
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@firasajoury7813 Russia cant even capture the Donbas.
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@realpolitik01 Are you talking about the wooden decoy that lancet hit? The one with the Ukrainians on the ground joking about how Russia would count it as a destroyed leopard, which they predictably did.
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@RUTHLESSambition5 "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." - Joseph Stalin Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Hitler's Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war. No one talks about this officially, and Stalin never, I think, left any written traces of his opinion, but I can say that he expressed this view several times in conversations with me."
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@myselfandeye3884 The main difference is the Wehrmacht had shocking success against the USSR in the early days of the war. Russia has only made marginal gains and cant even take the Donbas, yet these guys still act like Russia is on the verge of occupying Berlin again.
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@springbloom5940 Ukraine has confirmed lost 4 Leopards so far.
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They developed the T84.
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China and India attacking each other with sticks at the border. And the war in Europe is caused by BRICS memeber Russia. Super peaceful.
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@s0ycapitan The British army doesn't use Grizzly's for frontal assaults on fortified positions.
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@Lsutiger300 Yes, that's why they are frantically attacking on multiple points across the front.
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Russia conscripting migrant workers and penal battalions like its 40k. 3 day smo going according to plan.
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@attilamarics3374 Sure bud, I've been botting since 2012. Nice to know I'm living rent free in your head.
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@attilamarics3374 Oh no, they stole my account? Any evidence for your twaddle?
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@attilamarics3374 You really are obsessed with me. Good to know I've made such an impression on you, dry your eyes ok.
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@attilamarics3374 In this thread the guy told me to look at the maps and I responded with the data from the maps. That is nonsense is it? That is what is causing your tantrum?
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@tomomalley-df3bq If it makes you feel better trump can't vote in Florida either.
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And it never will be under Russian control.
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@NathansHVAC bridges are valid military targets.
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@alice_agogo Um did you forget about Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson where Ukraine folded Russia up like laundry? I'm not sure what you think decent counteroffensive means.
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@Dude0000 No amount of personal insults will help Russia take the Donbas bud.
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@Dude0000 Oh I see you deleted your duplicate comment. You should delete the rest to help avoid embarrassment. It's hilarious to be lectured about outsourcing my opinion by someone who does nothing but spam Kremlin talking points. Tell me more about the peace treaty conspiracy theory, I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@Dude0000 There were peace negotiations yes, no deal was ever reached. Why was there no mention by anyone about a peace agreement until almost a year and half after the fact when Putin brought it up in a press conference? What Russia wanted was Ukraine to surrender which was never realistic considering the realities on the battlefield. One of us is being misled by propaganda but it isn't me.
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@kerrytheclown Don't mind josue, he's been off his meds for a while now.
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Why are you spamming the same comment in every video?
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Take a look at the map from 1914, that's what russia wants and they wont stop until they either get it or are soundly defeated. we have a golden opportunity to support a non nuclear ukraine and hopefully avoid a nuclear war.
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@Wolfvain-qs5su Thats exactly what you did to OP little buddy.
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@Wolfvain-qs5su Do you have a brain? All I'm doing is asking a question.
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Every single one of the countries you mentioned voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN.
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Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds number 2 military, parading around as a supposed super power.
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@dogstar8871 Sorry we assumed the Russian military wasn't a complete joke, turns out we were wrong. Also if Russia thought this war wouldn't be over quickly why did they send in troops with only three days worth of food and fuel?
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Pardon?
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@rmdomainer9042 I have a feeling this follow is from neither Damascus or Dublin.
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@easee28 Just going to pretend that Desert Storm didn't happen?
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@williamalexander9485 And of course none of this is in any way relevant to IS territory increasing since Russia took over. Which it has.
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@stormstriker2000 You can go check out the methodology of the democracy index if you have a problem with it. Let me know what you dont agree with. And as I said 47th isn't bad, I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to get better though, maybe then millions of your best educated countrymen wouldn't feel the need to leave India to go live in the west.
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@MrWolfstar8 Rolling out 80 year old tanks from the boneyard from a self proclaimed superpower is humiliating no matter how you spin it.
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@A_to_y Only 5 countries voted in favor of Russia, the rest voted to condemn them including China and India.
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@jack727dave5 NATO doesn't make offers to countries to join, they request to join. Putin wanted to be asked to join not the other way around. To paraphrase Putin's words he said he 'didn't want to be on a list with irrelevant countries.' There were preliminary actions taking place to get Russia into NATO though, including western officials in Russia to help deal with corruption, and it was working. That all ended right around the time Putin began his rise as one of the richest men in human history after he cut a deal with the oligarchs.
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Putin sure is pathetic.
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@davidschlageter5962 Russia didn't ask to join, they wanted to be asked to join, thats not how NATO works though. In Putin's words he "didn't want to be on a list with a bunch of countries that don't matter." If they had asked and gone through with the necessary political and societal reforms they would likely be in NATO today. He stopped wanting to join right around the time he cut a deal with the oligarchs becoming one of the richest men in history, funny how that worked out.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 hmm at least one of the helo's was clearly shot down as shown on the footage, to be fair the other 3 might have just crashed due to poor maintenance or regular Russian incompetence.
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LPC aren't the only ones corrupt.
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@adkest9914 Why did trump sink the border bill?
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@claudinefiona9698 Russia is begging Iran and NK for whatever they can get. Putin has to do it over the phone though he never leaves his bunker, and if he did actually go somewhere he'd get arrested.
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Most Americans support Ukraine
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nothing to see here that's just defense force and coast guard
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@hyhhy They will all leave at the first sign of trouble.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Yes America's alliance chain is part of its strength (though it wasn't NATO in Iraq, just a coalition of assorted countries). Compared to Russia who's only allies are CSTO, which is currently falling apart. Just ask Armenia.
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@atkins9419 Do you think peace talks and a peace agreement are the same thing? Here's what Arakhamia, who was in the room actually said. "We couldn't sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared. Because in fact, when they invaded they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were sure that this intrusion would never happen again. However there is no such belief."
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@robertatkins9419 At no point did he say there was a signed peace agreement with Russia. Which is what you are trying to imply. Even at the time when Russia retreated from Kyiv they never mentioned any peace agreement. It didn't come up until Putin mentioned almost a year later in a press conference. (must have lost the treaty in his sock drawer) At the time they tried to play it off as some sort of feint, which is equally idiotic. Quite the feint, resulting in half the vdv being lost and the almost complete destruction of the 1st tank guard army. And then shortly after Ukraine proceeded to fold Russia up like laundry at Kharkiv anyways.
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@robertatkins9419 No you just made the baseless claim that "they withdrew from Kiev as a sign of goodwill, after they had been requested to do so by the Ukraine negotiators in Istanbul." there is no evidence for this, despite what you may claim. Maybe your are thinking about when Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said in 2022 that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory"
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@robertatkins9419 The fantasy Istanbul account that exists only in your mind that's refuted by Arakhamia's claims, which I already quoted here but you refuse to accept because it doesn't fit your narrative.
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@robertatkins9419 It wasn't me who said Ukraine agreed to neutrality it was Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak. Considering it came from Moscow I think chances are very high that it isn't true. Just like everything else that comes from there, including the Istanbul delusion that you continue to assert with no evidence.
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@montana6822 Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. Or do you really think that trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along? And the peace treaty conspiracy theory is pure fantasy.
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@ Oh and just a heads up, if you want to pretend to be Australian you should ease up on spamming emoji's and learn how commas work.
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These predictions come from counting tanks in satellite images of depots. So yes we do have a relatively accurate idea of how many tanks Russia has.
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@Alien_isolationist You sure like building strawmen. Hopefully one day you rejoin reality.
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@MJ-1981 So the Soviets should have surrendered instead of accepting lend lease?
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@niburu1508 So your source is: trust me bro. ok.
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@deesmith6363 This is the single most hilarious comment I've ever read on this site. So your source is trust me bro. I heard over the HAM radio that Russia wants to surrender but Kim won't let him and said he'll fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@deesmith6363 I actually thought you would disappear when asked for a source, it would have been better if you had. Instead you decided to make one of the most ridiculous posts in human history. Thanks for the laugh.
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@jimmyjams9036 NATO doesn't rely on arty they use overwhelming air power and cruise missiles, then they send in the tanks to clean up the few survivors (see desert storm) meanwhile Russia can't even take Bakhmut after a year of banging their head against it, i'm not really sure what sort of dream world you live in that you think Russia i a serious threat to any country in NATO, and this was before Russia lost the cream of its army due to incomprehensible ineptitude and corruption.
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@tetraxis3011 Russia would have pulled this sht in the baltics already if they weren't in NATO
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@jimmyjams9036 how long do you think it would take NATO to take Bakhmut if they needed to? if it was NATO vs Ukraine for some reason it would take NATO about a month for NATO air forces to destroy Ukranian air defences and then another month of ground operation to clean up. and Western tech has come a long way since then while Russia's is even further behind then sadams was in desert storm comparatively. Sadam had a million man army also and guess what they also used Russian anti air weapons. As far as integrated air defense goes Baghdad was the most heavily defended city in the world (with the mythical russian aa) and a large airforce and the US walked all over them. no thinking person can possibly think that Russia would have any hope of even making a dent in nato forces. Russia has no answer to stealth, Russian AA cant even manage to stop non stealth HIMARS from ruining their war. it absolutely WOULD be a walk in the park, and that's before the war with Ukraine where they lost anything, the teeth of the russian army has already been taken out by Ukraine for crying out loud, and Ukraine doesn't have a scary army. I'm not sure how anyone with half a brain can look at the last year of disaster and think russia is a credible threat to ANYONE except their weak neighbors
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@theprogressivecynic2407 EXACTLY tell it to @jimmyjams
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@jimmyjams9036 do you think if the US had F-35's in Vietnam that those numbers would have been different? you realize that Isreal flies F-35's over s-400's in syria and they cant do shit. as far as Casualties go the war would look alot like desert storm + geography. the West is DECADES ahead of Russia when it comes to technology. All the old Soviet expertise is long gone and Russia is totally dependent on western tech to do anything.
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@jimmyjams9036 First of all i'm not sure if you've been keeping up but Isreal HAS agreed to send weapon systems to Ukraine the Russians DO turn on their s-400's in Syria and cant engage shit, there is nothing that would make Russia happier then being able to shoot down an F-35 for the propaganda points. Being able to detect that there are stealth aircraft operating in the general area and actually being able to engage them are two very different things. The reason that F-117 got shot down is because the Americans flew the same flight path at the same time day after day and some clever serb noticed this and shot it down. Which reminded the Americans to never underestimate their enemy, and it's a mistake that they will NEVER make again with stealth aircraft. Furthermore the stealth aircraft around today are orders of magnitude more advanced then that old relic designed in the 80's. and even if the Americans had ZERO stealth aircraft and had to rely on 4th gen aircraft they would still have air supremacy in a month. those satellites that can spot whales can also see SAM sites so what you do is you launch a massive barrage of cruise missiles destroying a bulk of Russian AA, then you send in the F-16's to wild weasel the few survivors then you mop up the rest, ezpz. and thats assuming the Russians weren't completely incompetent WHICH THEY ARE
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"Please dont try another coup, I don't want to have to bomb our own refinery and dig up the Highway again." - Putin
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@solomonike1709 How long will it take the worlds #2 army to take the Donbas?
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Alex Perez He says everything is going according to plan, see the demining operation at Vulhar and bombing operation at Belgorod. * Dusts off T-54 *
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The US is an oligarchy now, the guys running the place aren't going to tax themselves.
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Now to rename the Baltic sea to Lake NATO.
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@swendsenwiley We started issuing them more frequently because green on blue's were becoming so common also the mag safety is not good and quite unsafe. It's still a beauty but has no place in a modern military context. If you want to issue a ceremonial weapon we have sabers for that.
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Why can't Russia take Kursk back? They had to bend the knee to North Korea to help and they still can't take it back.
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@bryandimery6509 Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, almost 3 times in 1905. They've had one attempted coup so far this war already. Its not exactly far outside the realm of possibility that Putin is escorted to a Siberian basement.
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@ashfield1425 The USSR no longer exists, and it certainly didn't exist in 1667. What is your point?
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AlexPerez-gs3pi "when invading a country ensure you engage in brutal trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border." - Sun Tzu
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm There would have been no bombing of anyone in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded. Strelkov himself said as much. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa."
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm No the mission was to get bin Laden and destroy al qaeda, which they did. If you want to say the nation building didn't work that would be fine. If you want to see what real failure looks like refer to the Soviets who took 10x the losses in half the time and completely collapsed shortly after.
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Russia needs to leave Ukraine alone and the war will stop tomorrow.
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@genem895 Let me know if they replace the M4 with an AK, the AK is outdated the only reason they manufacture it is because the Americans like guns, even obsolete ones. You can literally go online and find blueprints for AK's, its not a secret. Do you understand the difference?
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wow two helo's and two jets in one day. unlucky.
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@williamthebonquerer9181 True but Russia can't even get past the easy to attack geography in the east. It's possible to horse large armor formations through when all an army has is Molotov's, you cant really do that when they have NLAWS and Javelins and accurate artillery behind large minefields.
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@phillyyardyvibes808 How do you think Russia got so big, take a minute.
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@Mr.Byrnes They launched a bunch of rockets into the Taiwan straight in a fish killing tantrum.
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@cristiangaban960 Yep and if they ever go confessing their crimes on TV like Putin they'll catch charges also.
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@anthonyloveanthonylove2159 Whataboutism what a shocker, get new material.
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@WuFu-ku8si They are always the victim, just ask them. That guy was incoherent though, he doesn't even know what the Minsk agreements were or what talking points he's supposed to spam.
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@lovehateemo2183 Little buddy, how do you think the Minsk agreement, which was signed ten years ago had any effect on Russia running from Kyiv? At least get your own rhetoric straight, as foolish as it is.
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@lovehateemo2183 According to Ukraine's head negotiator Arakhamia, Johnson didn't speak with Ukraine until after they had already rejected Russia's "peace" treaty.
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@michaeljennings3207 Nope there was no meeting with Johnson until after Ukraine had already rejected Russia's peace treaty. Mostly because Russia's peace included recognition of the annexation of occupied territories and Ukraine was required to disarm and Russia wanted a veto over their security guarantees. Nothing to do with the Johnson conspiracy.
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@lovehateemo2183 Do you specialize in making idiotic comments or something? Why are you here spreading misinformation when you could be crusading for people locked up for swearing, or whatever nonsense you are on about.
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@michaeljennings3207 Wrong again. Here's what Arakhamia actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. Also, when we returned from Istanbul [after the failed negotiations], Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them and would just fight.
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@michaeljennings3207 I literally just posted what Arakhamia said brain wave. His comments don't say what you claim they do, you are the one pretending to know more than him. He says the meeting with Johnson took place after negotiations had already failed. Feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@lovehateemo2183 Everyone who was there disagrees, luckily we have you, random internet nobody to tell us what really happened. If you want to pretend you know more than the people there that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@ΟρέστηςΚαραογλάνης That's as much because Russia lacks the logistical wherewithal to withdraw its forces as anything else.
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@ghostlightx9005 Even before Kursk Russian food prices were spiraling. "Since January, potato prices surged nearly 90%, carrots 54%, cabbage 50%, and apples 33%. A July survey found that 46% of Russians saw prices rise "very significantly" last month, with 63% expecting the trend to continue."
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@MichaelSmith-dm2qu Yes you heard they'd be running out in 2025 since 2022.
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@DarrelX-im2hb The same government was in charge after Maidan as before, nobody was overthrown. Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Rather than hold an election he tried to retain power and the predictble protests started. Then he fled to his masters in Russia.
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@Heterosexual51 Nobody left Russia because of a 'coup' the left because the Soviet Union collapsed. There was also no coup in Ukraine. Yanukovich was voted out by parliament, including his own party. Ukraine would be the only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with.
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@DarrelX-im2hb The EU isn't a country. Even Yanukovich tried to sign the association agreement with the European Union. Then Russia sanctioned and embargoed Ukraine, violating the Budapest memorandum and Yanukovich changed his mind leading to parliament votin him out and protests.
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@Изольда-з5м He was voted out by all of parliament, including his own party. If you don't know why by now maybe you aren't smart enough to be participating in this conversation.
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@DarrelX-im2hb More imaginary nonsense, look up what the word 'sovereignty' means, which the Budapest memorandum that Russia signed says they must uphold. Lets see what Putin himself had to say about Ukraine joining the EU as recently as june 2022, even he doesn't share your insane view. "We have nothing against it. It is not a military bloc. It's the right of any country to join economic unions,"
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From who? The Houthi rebels they are fighting?
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@sanahgdcvh Yeah you already said that.
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@romankovalev7894 Putin is begging Iran and North Korea for help. He does it over the phone though because he never leaves his bunker, and even if he wanted to go somwhere he'd just get arrested on warcrime charges.
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@tonylombi9320 So he was still begging to get sanctions lifted then. Nice essay though.
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@tonylombi9320 "puh-puh please remove the sanctions and let me use swift or i'll keep throwing a throwing a tantrum." - Putin
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality. Also you're using the word 'ascertain' wrong.
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So why are you here?
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@fazertace6837 You just want to support the "Home of insufferable middle class (upper class wannabes) ex public school toast racks." With the algorithm by leaving multiple comments? Or you just like whining?
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@williamalexander9485 Good job addressing nothing that was said.
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@joaquinxy The donkey industrial complex in Russia is too powerful to allow this war to end.
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@MrGatzby Russia invaded in 2014, nobody was getting attacked anywhere in Ukraine prior to that.
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@Alien_isolationist Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied in the past 19 months...
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What was comical was hearing Putin say all their goals in Syria had been accomplished as they scurry to evacuate.
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@max_out_your_cc There is photographic evidence of over 20k destroyed pieces of Russian equipment. That is the minimum, the actual figure is likely much higher.
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@andrewkoster6506 Apparently they aren't even fighting Russians but Iranians who gave them a bunch of Drones. The Russians wanted to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@leynagh Cool novel Ivan. How exactly did 'the west' not fulfill its obligations. Maybe you can explain this quote while you're here. RIA Novosti published a program for the “final solution to the Ukrainian question.”
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@RonaldTolar-pg8uh Sure they did.
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@corvus4135 Oh, in that case you should shelve the tough guy talk because it makes you look like a fool.
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@jasonslovak4766 Did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didnt.
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What about the video of 3 copes of The Sims3? Signed Mr. Illegible Signature.
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@Входныедверидлячастногодома-Дв Another decade and Russia may even manage to take the Donbas.
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Putin could end this anytime he wants.
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@alexanderhildermann9761 Russia's sole aircraft carrier spends more time in drydock on fire than it does at sea, so..
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@alexanderhildermann9761 Are you one of the lucky few Russians who have access to a toilet?
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@yinkasotunde6597 More lies. Scholz rejected the idea of European or NATO countries sending troops to Ukraine. Some special forces advising/training Ukrainian's isn't the same as fighting. Do you think the US was fighting China and all the Warsaw Pact in Vietnam because they sent weapons to the Viet Cong?
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I wonder if you'll apply the same logic to Chechnya
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Sounds like Iran, Russia's new best friend. So that justified Russia flattening Grozny and killing 10-20% of the population of Chechnya?
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@dailyinternettrends1180 Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves waiting for the US to go home. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@dailyinternettrends1180 Running away implies there was someone chasing them, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years. The equipment was left for the ANA, they were the ones who lost to the Taliban. Germany is currently supplying weapons to Ukraine, that must mean Russia lost WW2 right?
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@jamesmandahl444 Welcome to the world of of ever shifting goalposts.
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@mohdnazreen5892 One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBMs are sitting in 20 feet of water.
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@georgeageorgopoulos "The topic of 'NATO expansion was not discussed at all, and it wasn't brought up in those years." Gorbachev. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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@Anon-xd3cf He still hasn't punished Prigozhin though. Putin called him a traitor and terrorist and just let him walk away.
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@tomislavvaldec1 What on earth are you talking about? the US defeated Iraq in just over 500 hours. Within a month Sadam was on trial. Russia wishes their invasion went 10% as well as the Iraq war.
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@blackmantis3130 The real question is why was there a beach party right next to a military facility in an active warzone?
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@blackmantis3130 Ukraine launches an ATACMS at Crimea, Russia intercepts the missile, damaging its guidance or propulsion causing it to go off course and hit the beach. I have no idea what part of this is difficult to understand.
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@blackmantis3130 And there are two primary differences. 1. Russia are the aggressors, there would be no casualties, civilian or otherwise in Crimea or anywhere else if they hadn't invaded. 2. People live in cities, they don't live on the beach. Any government even pretending to be responsible would close the beach considering its proximity to military targets.
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@LinuxCoder-Root I think he's being sarcastic, I could be wrong though.
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@NeilCWCampbell Russia began its invasion in 2014, if they hadn't there would be no casualties in the Donbas, civilian or otherwise. Furthermore you ignore the fact that Russia committed Genocide in eastern Ukraine with the Holodomor then moved in Russian speakers to replace them. The Donbas and Crimea voted to remain with Ukraine in '91.
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Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas.
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They already declared independence and voted 99% in favor of separating from Russia.
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@jmdavison62 He was being sarcastic.
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@ZootyZoFo True, there is nothing papa P takes more seriously than the welfare and leisure of his troops. That's why he has them rolling around in dirt bikes and golf carts. Dirt bikes for the sweet jumps, golf carts so they can roll right up and play the back nine.
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@eddastrohmayer251 Why did you post the same comment 3 times? Do you have any evidence or just baseless conspiracies?
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@lilacer6841 Embarrassing? Like writing "de lactation of independence"
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70% of Americans are in favor of continued support of Ukraine, getting 70% of Americans to agree on anything is a miracle.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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If NATO was at war with Russia it would be the most one sided face roll since desert storm
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BubbaKaren Unless you are posting from the trenches comments like this just make you look like a fool.
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BubbaKaren Sure bud, let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas, its only a half days drive from Moscow and they've only been trying for 9 years. Now get yourself a juice box and get ready for bed, mom will be in to tuck you in a bit.
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@eckhardt76 Not to mention Kyiv, Sumy, Izium and Kherson.
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@solomonike1709 Crying at what, the massive weapons package just sent that I support?
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@fingerprint8479 Have you ever wondered why the countries that hate Russia the most are the ones that Russia once occupied? Use your brain.
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@gethomas02 Good job proving his point.
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@MalcomGiap Source: Trust me bro
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@MalcomGiap My god man Russia can't even take the Donbas, get a grip.
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@supermanhun Yeah and in WW1 the Russian army mutinied and the entire country fell apart.
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@julianf9235 Well at least you were able to post a comment crying about it. Keep in mind that that is one of many places the US sends aid to and gets nothing in return.
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You can read what Arakhamia said about negotiations yourself if you want. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." So you are incorrect about everything. Good job.
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@DdiafwlL Anything specific Paul? Or are you just here to make idiotic comments with your fellow travelers?
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@DdiafwlL Why Putin decided to embargo Ukraine after saying he had "No problem." With Ukraine joining the EU is unknown, though he's also said he has no problem with Ukraine joining NATO in the past. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@DdiafwlL Putin said that Wagner, who went into the Donbas in 2014 were part of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@DdiafwlL Strelkov, who was there with his unit from Russia said much the same; "I was the one who pulled the trigger of this war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa."
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You upset the FSB is too inept to do the job?
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@Akatsuki1989 Typically when you invade another country you don't want to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border.
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@remogatron1010 No, at first they abstained from voting, but a few days ago they voted to condemn them along with some other countries that abstained, mainly China and Brazil. Now Russia is big sad.
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Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of brutal trench warfare that never ends with minimal progress and with dreadful casualties and 1 armed mutiny. do you think people would consider that a successful invasion or not?
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Meanwhile Putin begging Iran and North Korea. Apparently the Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@lofty9999 What year did this happen? what year do you think it is now? You understand that Russia is invading Ukraine today right?
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Apparently there was a treaty drawn up between the Kremlin and Wagner but Putin ignored it and said he'd fight Wagner until the last Russian.
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@jamesgreen1116 Russian tactics haven't.
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@Aj-vj9ez Lithuania is in NATO genius.
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@waltlock8805 sure bud, are they also going to relocate another million men? Because that's how many you need to take a city the size of Kyiv.
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@K2-2478 Why do you think it is that Ukraine allows international agencies access to their prisoners while Russia doesn't? Use your head.
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@K2-2478 Little buddy do you think its normal for families to get visits to POW's? I'm talking about international agencies, like Amnesty International, and Human Rights watch, which have access to Prisoners held in Ukraine. Russia does not allow the same access. Do you understand?
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@K2-2478 The ICRC also has full acces to prisoners held in Ukraine but not Russia. I'm not sure what part of this is dfficult ot understand.
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@joshuapaul2022 Uh no Russia has lost over half the territory it once occupied. All it takes to verify that is access to a map and half a brain.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 According to Russia they've destroyed over 5k Ukrainin tanks, which is about 5x the number of tanks Ukraine has ever had. Its safe to say Russia's numbers are nowhere close to reality.
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@OrbitalTrails What about Manchuria? Is that also China's?
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@marioceva7163 Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war, must mean they're desperate right?
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@dopecat15 There are more than a few videos of Russians complaining about the garbage NK ammo.
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@fabb5 You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside man.
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@bobgonzales9680 Yes just like Russia's Luhansk offensive a few weeks back where they were reporting a huge breakthrough. You don't hear much about it these days because Russia lost all it gained and got its teeth kicked in. I'm sure you guys will be in Kyiv any day now though. (probably 3 days)
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@priapulida So Lockheed Martin went over to Russia and said. "You better invade Ukraine or else." You're delusional. Is the military industrial complex in the room with you right now?
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@valk5045 It's programming doesn't allow for that.
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I thought that was Russia at Vulhedar, where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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@missk1697 Russians got folded up like laundry at Kharkov and Kherson though so it's not exactly a stretch.
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Kremlin trolls crying in the comments.
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@joshuapaul2022 Russia’s Ministry of Labour has requested 230,000 certificates for family members of deceased combat veterans
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@joshuapaul2022 LMAO, I just look up your 32000 KIA by the BBC claim. Here's what it says. "Between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed and wounded in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut since it began last summer." Do you want to lie some more?
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@southpole4776 Its done them a ton of good. Cant even take the Donbas with thousands of tanks.
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@southpole4776 Where did I defend my government? Just some strawman/red herring because you cant think up an actual argument?
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@southpole4776 Hey, thanks for proving my point for me. Let me know when you actually have something to say, or when Russia takes the Donbas whichever comes first.
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Don't forget the 3 lead guys off the Kinzhal project who were rewarded with an all expense paid trip to the gulag.
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@agnelomascarenhas8990 So much for no limit friendship. Russia also claimed that farm equipment were leopards, you should take all of their claims with a massive grain of salt.
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@RC-tv7hi Well China did annex Tibet and Xinjiang.
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@RC-tv7hi Let me know when America annexes Cuba.
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@fredycorea4901 He's just day drunk, that's how he always looks.
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@vulcanmemes9770 Russia collapsed twice in the 20th century (almost a third after the Russo-Japanese war) They've also already had 1 attempted coup so far during this war. Its not exactly far fetched.
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@sebastiangibson9671 He's referring to 2008 when multiple American banks collapsed and had to be bailed out. You don't consider that a difficult time? Canadian banks under Carney were in much better shape.
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@stockdale829 Prior to Russia's invasion less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. Its up around 90% thanks to Russia's actions. Similar story with the Fins and Swedes.
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@StompingRabbits Only 5 countries voted not to condemn Russia at the UN, even China voted against them.
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@ottoivanov4269 I wonder how Russia's coping with not being able to get out of the Donbas for the past year. Absolutely humiliating.
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Like Russia begging North Korea for ancient ammunition?
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@billwalsh388 He's too excited to receive his potato.
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@laughingbuddha1926 Livemap has most of Russia's gains at Lyman pushed back, looks like the attack has been stopped. Will likely be a while before anything conclusive is said though.
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@dalecrocker3213 So Ukraine puts the warheads into different delivery vehicles.
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@johnadam2885 Why is Russia using golf carts?
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@dpelpal One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water. The US also famously follows around all Russia's loud af strategic subs and would have them sank before they could get their launch doors open.
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5% is make believe. Even the CCP admits its GDP claims aren't accurate.
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@antonina-fk7lq oooh thanks for rebuilding Mariupol after flattening it. Though a video came out just today from inside Mariupol that contradicts that. New regions like Kherson that's Russia's forever right? Oh wait they lost that along with Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv. Usually when you invade another country the goal isn't to engage in trench warfare that never ends an hour across the border.
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"The truck driver was seen fleeing towards Ukraine. - Russia probably
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@Phil-D83 The 'advanced weapons' that Russia has are all dependent on western components. Or do you consider the T-55's being brought back from the grave to be advanced?
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd Putin said 2 weeks back in 2014. However long he thought it would take I'm sure trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border is not how he wanted things to go.
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Not but the Black Sea fleet was forced to retreat from Sevastopol harbor.
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@rodpanhard You are talking like you have a clue what you are talking about, when in reality you don't.
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And the T14 is a tech demonsrator that will never enter production.
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@s0ycapitan Those were included in the 170 total, as I said in my initial post. There were 33 fixed wing aircraft donated by ex com bloc countries. I have no idea why you wouldn't look that up before posting foolish comments.
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@s0ycapitan I see you are up to over six hundred destroyed, that's actually hilarious. How amazing the VKS has managed to destroy the entire Ukrainian air force, including aid and trainers, six times over. Why not just say a bajillion? Maybe Russia has mastered interdimensional travel and they are including the numbers across multiple realities.
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@YUDNSAY YT has deleted my comment about ten times for no good reason, mostly because it is a garbage platform. I'll try speaking in code. On the bird website first name Anne, last name Apple baum (combined into one word) posted Sep 2, 2023. As for a certain presidents two week claims they are easy enough to find in a search. Is this ok YT?
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@CGplay186 I still posted where you can find the quotes genius. Dry your eyes and take a look.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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Iran said the Kuril islands belong to Japan
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@Rocket_scientist_88 Potato is superior currency compared to Ruble, potato never loses value.
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You should end drugs influence on your brain.
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@mdibrahimhossainhossain8502 The ISW report about the shovels clearly said they also had rifles, it was to highlight the lack of support weapons like AT. Considering the videos of Ukrainian tanks rolling up on helpless Russian infantry that has come out i'd say it was correct.
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Real life is nothing like twitter, you understand that right?
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@dpelpal Nobody told it to Russian leadership either. Have you seen Putin raving over his old map of 17th century Russia with tears in his eyes?
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@dpelpal haha I still remember Lavrov getting laughed out of town when he tried to give a speech there.
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@Realist369 Do you just go around making the same idiotic comment in every thread?
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@sphsmith3400 The source that Russia can't take the Donbas? It's called looking at a map. Do you need a source saying water is wet?
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@kealeradecal6091 Not just unfinished, its poorly made tofu dreg construction, so its likely most wont ever be livable. Even if they are in China you don't actually buy property, only lease it from the government.
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Well considering Russia has fired hardly any cruise missiles in the past 8 months and are begging North Korea and Iran for ammo, along with resurrecting T54's from the boneyard i'd say they were fairly on the nose.
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@Alien_isolationist But then you are the guy calling the defenders warmongers. Critical thinking may be beyond you.
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Thats how democracies work, you don't have leaders rule for life.
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@elindred So you're telling me the terrorist organization elected to lead Gaza decided to not give up power. Who would have thought that electing terrorist's to run the place would be a bad idea.
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@ros8737 followed by footage of farm equipment getting shot up and pictures of damaged Abrams in Iraq to 'confirm' their destruction.
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@kevinmcdonagh1063 Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of occupied territories to Ukraine, under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these violating Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest memorandum. Moreover it wasn't Nato that signed Minsk, maybe you should do some research yourself instead of making silly comments.
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@jeffjones6607 Can you read?
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@Bb-pw1zi Putin is a feeble old man who has to grip the table so he doesn't shake himself to eternity.
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It would require an act of congress to leave, so likely won't happen.
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@aiviss.319 Moskva was destroyed with Neptunes which are Ukrainian made. Though Russian incompetence probably helped for one like you say Russia being dumb enough to bring it close to shore and the fact that the fire extinguishers were all locked up because they kept getting stolen.
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@jamesgreen1116 Yeah Russia spent hundreds of millions on missiles to temporarily damage Ukrainian power infrastructure. Ukraine is currently a net exporter of energy.
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@brownpleasure9320 India is NOT allies with Russia. Whats the treaty called? India is reasonably friendly with Russia but they are not allies. Russia isn't allies with China either, China's only ally on paper is Pakistan. India has been pivoting towards the US though to counter their enemy China. They recently finished with joint military exercises with the US. The US is also India's largest trade partner, by a large margin.
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with a grand total of 71 US KIA. Russia has 2x that before breakfast.
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@GlenKrog A better metric for quality of life is the human development index. Russia ranks 56th in HDI, just behind Brunei.
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@libertarianbydefault "Right, right, right. So, a country on the 43rd place is outperforming the collective West." By what metric? The collective west isn't at war with Russia, you understand that right? And no, nobody uses PPP except for countries with struggling economies and weak currencies and their online cheerleaders.
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@libertarianbydefault PPP goes out the window when nobody wants your currency. And nobody wants Rubles, even their 'no limit friends'. Russia can get what it produces at a relatively low price, which these days is hydrocarbons and not much else. Russia is an import nation as much as an export one though, that along with extreme government spending is part of the reason Russia has the highest inflation in the developed world, save Turkey and Argentina. This is despite their interest rate set at an extremely high 21%. This also doesn't take into account the fact that Russia's wages are being inflated by a critical labour shortage, because of a demographic crisis and the fact that millions of working age men have either fled the country or are being sent to the front. It also doesn't take into account a countries development level. Russia ranks 56th in HDI, just behind Brunei.
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@ref8893 Yes this plus this is just the pace that German bureaucracy works at. I can't imagine the mountains of paperwork it took just to get to this point.
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More whining and idle nuclear threats?
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@livingtribunal4110 Yes, I'm sure years of attrition warfare was the plan all along. Russia is using Chinese golf carts not because of terrible losses but because they want to roll up and play the back nine.
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Daffy Don
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@paulpanter1092 Not that far from home, the Donbas is right on the border and Russia cant even manage to take that.
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I'm not ready to give up on the Turks yet. If they continue down the path of authoritarianism you might be right at some point though.
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@burritosls 2014 is when Russian forces moved into Crimea and the Donbas starting the conflict.
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@MrAckers75 The infantry is right there. There is also almost certainly Infantry in positions that aren't on camera. You can engage enemies hundreds of meters away with infantry weapons they don't have to be standing right on the tank, you know this right? And the air support comes in the form of drones. Ukraine doesn't have the planes for true combined arms. Though from the video's I see every day from the Russian tanks getting blown up neither do they. They are also engaging at least a kilometer away from Russian positions, probably closer to 3 or 4. The only real threat is artillery.
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@pnduarte4696 The Kinzhal strikes were so successful that 3 engineers in charge of making them were given an all expense paid trip to the gulag.
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@pnduarte4696 that was the minesweeper variant man, they look different. the one that got hit was down by Turkey. Did it teleport?
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@peterpanini96 are you on glue?
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Well Lukashenko was voted out in 2020.
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@briancarno8837 Been hearing the same thing for two years now, but Russia still cant even take the Donbas. check back in another two years when Russia is still unable to take the Donbas.
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@vantywilliams4507 It was in western media in 2014 when Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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@vladimirprotein1275 To put this in perspective imagine the US invaded Mexico, then after a year and a half of brutal trench warfare and hundreds of thousands of casualties the US was still only a few miles across the border and Mexico was consistantly taking territory and the US said. "we aren't even attacking bro." Do you think you would take that nonsense serious? Oh and at some point a hot dog salesman engages in armed mutiny and marches on the Pentagon only to cut a deal with Canada at the last second to retire with no consequences. Cue montage of Mexican farmers hauling off American tanks. Do you think that would be considered a successful invasion? or would it be considered a humiliating disaster?
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@hernandocortez6351 According to who? 100% of the sources I've seen said 987 tanks.
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@_alienblood Yes, that's exactly what I said. That doesn't stop Russia's keyboard warriors from pretending its the greatest military offensive since Germany attacked through the Ardennes.
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any more conspiracy theories?
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are you on glue?
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yanksbiglywvil clown let me know when Russia's offensive takes the Donbas, it's only been 9 years.
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yanksbiglywvil Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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yanksbiglywvil Let me know when Russia gives Manchuria back to China, plus Kuril islands back to Japan and what they took from Finland/Georgia etc etc.
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@andersvestin7330 I was feeling nice. If things continue they won't be for much longer.
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It's even worse at DW, every other comment is about "deadly war shovels" or something equally idiotic.
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@mandarinandthetenrings2201 BRICS was first mentioned in a speech by some investment banker as an offhand comment regarding his investment strategy. To date I still have no idea what they are trying to accomplish.
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Luckily nobody cares about random youtube guys assessment.
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Meanwhile Germany in 1943.
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@iforgiveyou274 Cool story Ivan, let me know when they take the Donbas. I wont hold my breath. Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Its called winning people! For my next grand victory watch me take a small town an hour across the border with only around 100k casualties in just under a year. (ignore the flanks collapsing)
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This reactor is built in a way that its literally impossible for it to melt down like Chornobyl. Also the prevailing winds blow east so Russia would be poisoning themselves. Still wouldn't put it past them though.
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@chrissM196 Of course they have. Cluster munitions aren't banned in Russia or Ukraine both sides have been using cluster munitions. The US isn't the first country to give Ukraine cluster munitions either, Turkey sent some earlier in the war.
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@RichardTaylor1630 Yep that's what happened. I misinterpreted one of his comments about Russia not surrendering to be more Kremlin polemics.
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@veselinivanov7208 Chomsky is a linguist who is way outside of his depth when he talks about anyting but language.
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@veselinivanov7208 Zelensky's first language is Russian, what's your point?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Here's my comment, you must have learned to read at the same place as Manu. "Ukraine's offensive has been going on for 4 months, Russia's for 4 days. Are you simple or something? Moreover if we are talking photographic evidence Russia has lost more equipment then Ukraine in the Ukrainian offensive." I said Russia, according to photographic evidence, has lost more then Ukraine during UKRAINE'S offensive. Not factoring in Aadviika at all. Do you understand? I don't mention ATACMS at all.
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Xi after that exotic honey.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 History didn't start last year. Russia's military budget has been much higher then Ukraine's for 30 years, plus the massive soviet stocks Russia has been able to rely on.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 If Russia didn't have Iran propping them up they would have surrendered in April. The Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian. Ukraine had almost no western aid during the battle of Kyiv and they still defeated the Russians. Mostly due to Ukrainian willingness to fight and shambolic incompetence on the Russian side.
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@Memovox lol so did Russia genius. Russia was allied with them at one point.
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@Memovox You might want to read up on Operation Osoaviakhim btw. Here's an excerpt. "Despite this, the affected specialists and their families were doing well compared to citizens of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Zone, apart from the suffering of deportation and isolation. The specialists earned more than their Soviet counterparts. The scientists, technicians and skilled workers were assigned to individual projects and working groups, primarily in the areas of Aeronautics and rocket technology, nuclear research, Chemistry and Optics. The stay was given for about five years."
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@sweetman5249 They've quadrupled the cost of shipping which effects China the most. China has told the Houthis to stop.
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South Korea has food.
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yeah that's why the Worlds #2 army has been stuck in a deadlock for the past year and a half.
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Its weird to think Putin has any chance of even approaching Odessa.
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@phYT01 I just have a basic understanding of history, including Russia's history of invading its neighbors.
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@samuellopesbaule5745 Yes you're free to have any idiotic opinion you like. Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@Chuck_Hooks Yep, Putin's trolls learning about advanced concepts like gravity and inertia.
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Who are you even talking about? China?
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@bobmorane2082 You consider not being able to take the Donbas in a year and unironically using T-54's and scooby doo vans to be 'doing better'?
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So why are you here?
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@comradesoviet *Takes massive hit of copium. No you see Mighty Russian army is just advancing in the opposite direction, just like Kyiv it's not retreating it's just a feint. All the T-62's, BTR-50s and mad max MTLB is just another feint, once the REAL army shows up then the war will be over in 3 days, and that includes defeating the decadent west. Checkmate westoids.
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@SavageJunky Putin laying 4d chess truly a master strategist, Xi taking notes.
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@comradesoviet If Muscovy is so capable of defeating Ukraine they why have they been dicking around outside Bakhmut for the past year? Why not just get on with it and win the war?
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@comradesoviet If Muskovy cares about soldiers lives then why have they returned to the era of human wave assaults? Also why do they keep sending in wave after wave of stunned mobik to die in the same minefield in Vulhedar? (maybe wait until you are sober before responding)
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@Mr.Clownensky Isn't it Russia taking their time? weren't they supposed to capture Kyiv in 3 days?
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@max_out_your_cc You also don't seem to understand that Russia can bring in forces stationed elsewhere in Russia that hadn't previously been in Ukraine and aren't new recruits.
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@claytonzak948 tell that to the russians
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@claytonzak948 yeah and Russian MOD has stated they are going to start emulating Wagner tactics, mostly because they are out of equipment though.
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@Andygb78 Correct. Initially, Putin stated that the men in green were not part of the Russian Armed Forces, but groups of local militia who had seized their weapons from the Ukrainian Army and purchased Russian gear from army surplus stores.
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there is a chip ban on China, their high tech manufacturing is finished. all they can make is the worst chips for smart blenders and other garbage. Also sanctions would effect them much more then Russia because at least Russia is food and energy independent. China would starve to death in the dark without the west.
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One thing we learned from START is that all their ICBM's are sitting in 20ft of water.
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Tell that to Tibet, and Xinjiang. Might as well throw in Hong Kong, Taiwan and all their neighbors that they bully. The US should adopt the model of annexing its neighbors? No thanks.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 So why is it still sitting in the same spot? After previous airport attacks Russia moved all their aircraft. Almost like there is serious damage.
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This is sarcasm right?
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@s0ycapitan As per some other ccommenter: Gepard normally shoots in 6-round bursts, based on several reports drones are generally downed in 1-2, sometimes 3, rarely 4 bursts, so 6-24 rounds (on the higher end of that range for cruise missiles apparently). If we believe the reports and take the average here (15), the 300,000 rounds from Germany translate to the equivalent needed to down 20,000 drones and cruise missiles
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Yes, birds of a feather.
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@boeserapotheker Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to the 2014 invasion.
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@jiayangshao4736 Russia was accused of using white phosphorus bombs in the battles for Kyiv and Kramatorsk in March 2022, against defenders at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in May 2022, and in Marinka, Ukraine over the 2022 Christmas holiday.
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@Fastbikkel I completely agree.
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@livingtribunal4110 I haven't made any claims aside from there being no formal agreement of any sort from Brics. Which there aren't. If there are some feel free to name them.
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@livingtribunal4110 Unless you mean the "half the members hate each other part." This is uncontroversial. Or do you think India and China and SA and Iran are friendly?
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@jonatikoisuva2695 Go ahead and list the countries in the G7 and EU who attack each other at their borders with clubs. The G7 countries can definitely annoy each other, but they all share the same basic values and goals. The same can not be said about BRICS.
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@s0ycapitan Go ahead and list the countries the US has annexed in the past few decades. Also being dependent on the US probably isn't good idea either.
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@eioclementi1355 Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds number 2 army.
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@eioclementi1355 5% of the US annual military budget, mostly in the form of old stock has resulted in the destruction of 50% of the Russian army wtf are you talking about. What would you consider 'any success'
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@s0ycapitan Amazing you learned their objective when literally nobody else knows. Who are you in contact with at the Ukrainian MoD?
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You're still crying about Clinton?
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@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo Where did you hear your opinions were completely idiotic before? I'm not sure, I'm guessing you hear that a lot. There are zero targets in Russia that aren't either near civilian infrastructure or has civilian infrastructure between Ukraine and the Target. If Russia thought it would make them safe they'd move civilians to every refinery/airport in the country.
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Air defense is working, all drones were intercepted, this is just falling debris. Same silly response for every attack.
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@Luiz-w5s Russia bombs Sumy all the time, what a silly question. Explain the thousand plus pow's Ukraine has taken in Kursk.
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@mikes989 Take a look at a map from 1914 to see what Russia wants.
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@aleksaskela25 My country has had 2 referendums in their territory. Had they voted to leave we would had honored that and allowed them to leave rather then attempting genocide.
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@ailinofaolin8897 So Ukraine could put the warheads in new launch vehicles, or change the electronics in the old ones. This is such a non problem I'm amazed it is repeatedly brought up.
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China has a brand new carrier falling apart in drydock.
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@hokz7283 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. 2008 when it invaded Georgia is when Russia began its recent military build up.
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That's literally the job of the press.
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Tough to find a new President when all your political rivals end up eating a polonium sandwich or in the gulag.
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@Jimmy1972 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the US could have left and declared victory any time after Bin Laden was killed. When Russia invaded it was such a disaster it destroyed their whole damn empire. Lets compare civilian casualties in Afghanistan just for fun. USSR: About two million Afghan civilians were killed. In 10 years US: 46,319 civilians n 20 years. Though its estimated only 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians were directly killed by U.S./NATO actions. US isn't perfect but at least it tries to avoid civilian casualties, whereas Russia will commonly engage in reprisal killings and specifically target civilians.
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All toilets are multi gendered. I'm not surprised you don't know that considering how rare toilets are in Russia.
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Slava 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade as they attempt to set the land speed record.
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@Козырь Lavrov doesn't have any pending war crimes charges, he might be a criminal but you have to do something really dumb like confess your crimes on TV like Putin to actually catch a charge.
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@Козырь Japan politely asked for permission, and how much oil do you think the Saudi's are going to buy? China and India still buying below price cap and Russian oil revenue down 50% from last year, falling almost as fast as the ruble.
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@Козырь They would if he ever came out of his bunker.
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These are just little green men, freedom fighters from the BPR. After Russia has been bombing innocent Belgorod citizens its no wonder they want freedom from the Russia.
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@alexnderrrthewoke4479 Yes it is a joke, there's been a grand total of one test of the Zircon seen and they haven't been used it in Ukraine.
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@alexnderrrthewoke4479 Oh that fantasy. Don't believe every moronic thing you hear. That came from a Greek tabloid and Russian state media just ran with it. Even Russian MOD hasn't said anything on the topic, and they are looking for any win they can get.
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@throughput6674 To what end though? Make Putin appear ineffectual and weak? Mission accomplished.
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Thanks general. Your on the frontline are you? If Russia has enough troops to stop Ukraine then why aren't they? Even Russian mil bloggers are in meltdown mode, it's only the keyboard crusaders who pretend that everything is fine.
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@LayLoow Russia hasn't made any significant progress in two years, what on earth are you talking about?
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Yuri What about Putin's kid? Oh yeah lives in the west to avoid the nightmare that is life in Russia.
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@tazragames6770 maybe 480,000 civilian deaths.
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@tazragames6770 yeah all those children hiding at that theater in Mariupol must have been soldiers.
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@gregvoight8616 India and China are both in BRICS and their top trade partner is the US. BRICS is an organization that doesn't really do anything, no alliance, no trade agreements half the countries hate each other or are complete basket cases.
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@gregvoight8616 Europe has problems for sure but they pale in comparison to the problems in Russia and China. Russia and China are both going through demographic and economic collapse. EU demographics aren't great either but at least they are rich. China has managed to do what no other country has done before, grow old before hey get rich. And Russia is a gas station run by the mafia.
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@chrismalcomson7640 That ship is leased by a Marshall Islands company, incorporated there, and operates in Greece. The US didn't rename it, or keep it. Empire, the company who operated it renamed it. It was still operated by them when Iran seized it. U.S. federal prosecutors filed a criminal case against Empire Navigation The US charged that in 2022, the Suez Rajan took on Iranian crude from another tanker, in violation of sanctions, and that shipping and financial records were falsified to conceal the origin of the oil and the fact that the seller was Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. The EU and by extension Greece participate in the sanctions against Iran, it was a lawful seizure.
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@gorgthesalty No the US just left, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in Pakistan, it was the Afghan government who lost to the Taliban.
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@paulzoom489 Either that or they're gathering equipment for another coup attempt.
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@MrGatzby Oh it's our resident Australian. How do we know he's Australian? He decides to announce it unprompted in every thread for some reason. Just ignore the fact that his account is eight months old and all he does is post Russian talking points. That is just regular old Australian behavior.
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@rogerwilco5918 Oh you just don't know how people communicate, that's ok I guess.
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@samsungtap4183 Sure, remember when Russia took out that NATO bunker 100ft underground and took out all of NATO high command? Maybe don't believe everything you hear on Russian state media.
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@mantas6540 If you were at war with say Germany, do you think it would be reasonable to ban political parties that supported Germany? What sort of braindead country would hold elections while being invaded with a sizable % of your population under occupation? Use your head please. Every political rival in Russia ends up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich, you cant even hold up a a blank sheet of paper in Russia without getting arrested.
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@hernandocortez6351 Close to 100% of the people in China town in my city are Chinese, should I be worried about China coming to annex it? Speaking of China Manchuria, which Russia now occupies was once Chinas, and a large portion of the population is Chinese google it.
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@3811-K Pesky NATO keeps making me attack and annex my neighbors. Gee I wonder why Russia's neighbors especially ex com bloc countries would want to join NATO. Could it be Russia's long history of annexing it's neighbors and the brutal treatment of its citizens?
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Ukraine takes Russian tanks while Russia takes Ukrainian toilets.
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@LikeLikeLikeLikeLi What county do millions of people try to get into every year, both legally and illegally? Is it Russia?
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Last winter Russia spent billions to knock out Ukraine's power for a few weeks in total.
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@mbikangdavid7094 From his imagination. then he imagines himself alone with Putin and his clones as they make a Putin sandwich out of him.
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@JohnofthefamilySmith You understand that just saying something doesn't make it true right?
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@dangermouse4743 We should bring in every liberal democracy on earth imo. Then rename NATO to GDI (Global Defense Initiative)
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@goodguysinc. That ones on video, straight into the river.
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@Faiez-rh1gm If Bush and Blair do something dumb like bragging about their crimes on TV like Putin did I guess they might get charged. It takes more then vague accusations though. Also the US has extradition treaties with many countries in the ICC, so they absolultely would arrest Putin. Even Russia's friends South Africa would arrest him.
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@s0ycapitan This is the silliest comment yet. Buddy you are the guy who pretends photographic evidence doesn't exist and that NATO is going to go back to a 1991 posture, which is laughably idiotic.
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@s0ycapitan "The Russians are taking fortified areas far quicker than before and fortified towns relatively undamaged." There is zero evidence for this, infact the evidence is to the contrary. Like I already said, around half of one percent of Ukraine taken this year all while burning through the last of their Soviet stockpile. How many golf carts and lada's do you think it will take to take the Donbas?
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@Infopirates Nobody had 21% interest rates for 10% inflation. True inflation is likely around 25% in Russia.
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@Infopirates What a silly comment that addresses nothing and has nothing to do with what I said.
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@MusehanaH China's rockets are filled with water and their navy isn't in better shape.
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@vladimirprotein1275 Russian tank, if destroyed tends to toss its turret into low earth orbit. There is a repair depot in Lithuania for western tanks, ten seconds on google and you could learn that
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@j4genius961 Did you guys take another foresters hut? How many golf carts and dirt bikes do you think it will take Russia to take the Donbas?
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@j4genius961 Zoom the map out bud. Terrible losses in exchange for marginal gains isn't the win Russia's cheerleaders like to pretend it is.
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'no dont cross my red lines or i'll nuke the belgorod peoples republic' - putin probably.
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@natasa8266 Russia's problem is Ukraine isn't being a good puppet for them so they invaded. There was nothing but progress in eastern Europe with the exception of Russia causing problems. Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO before the Russians invaded in 2014, there was no problem in the Donbas until Russia caused problems there. Even Gurkin ex leader of the DPR admits as much. Putin has delusions of empire and wants to put the USSR back together. It's been a long time since the world has had such a clear cut case of good vs evil. Russia gets no say in what other sovereign countries do, if the US tried to annex Mexico because they didn't like what their government was doing i'd criticize them also. And don't give me the Russia needs to feel secure BS. Tell that to Estonia or Poland, or Georgia, well any country that borders Russia that doesn't do exactly as it says. (China the one exemption because they are stronger then Russia, they only want to bully the weak)
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@lobster8009 the US didn't have stealth in Veitnam and only limited numbers in Iraq, that is no longer the case and China has nothing that can counter stealth.
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@cin806 Chinese officers spend 40% of their time learning party ideology and most of the rest learning how to parade. They are also one of the few countries that can give Russia a run for most corrupt country around.
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@lobster8009 huh? the J-20 is close to the F-35 in Xi's fantasy, even the Indians have said they have had no trouble tracking them on radar. And the close ups of the SU-57 show large gaps between the panels and it's held together with literal wood screws. Russian and Chinese fighters are 4th gen dressed up as 5th gen, although at least the J-20 exist unlike the perpetual prototype SU-57, though the Chinese still cant build engines and depend on the Russians for them and good luck getting those now. Also knowing stealth jets are active in a general area and being able to engage them are very different things.
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@mgsparky8870 No Putin's a criminal, literally. Most countries on earth he cant go to or he'll get arrested.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Yes when you invade a country the objective is to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@someonesvagabond Pesky Americans wont even let me do any ethnic cleansing.
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@PrivateMemo Lol one of us is coping for sure. Russia has managed to build about one a year for the past 9 years and they are dependent on western components. Even the Ukrainians aren't worried about the T-14.
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Some desperate Russian bots trying their best to cope in these comments.
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@Cruzeoc101 You realize there were two Chechen wars, right?
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@Cruzeoc101 Your comment doesn't change the fact that Chechnya defeated Russia. Russia was humiliated in the first Chechen war, so Putin destroyed two of their own apartment buildings and blamed it on the Chechens, proving that a treaty with Russia means nothing. Russia was also getting humiliated in the second Chechen war until Kadyrov turned coat. Over 80% of Chechnya's budget is from subsidies (bribes). So Russia gets to pay billion's each year (USD not Rubles) to try to keep the Chechens loyal, what a deal. And Chechnya is an independent entity within the RF, if the Russian military goes there they will be killed. Russia could have just avoided the war and saved themselves billions by just hiring out the Chechens as mercenaries.
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@Cruzeoc101 I did answer your question, I'm not surprised reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. You seem to be incapable of understanding that there were two wars. Take your meds.
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The Houthi's are doing what their puppet masters in Iran tell them. Iran is worried about Israel normalizing relations with the Saudi's and other Arab states, they don't actually care about the Palestinians.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You mean the ex KGB guys who have become the Russian Orthodox Church including Patriarch Kirill that were working as spy's in Ukraine? Gee I wonder why Ukraine went after them. Banning some things is normal after invoking martial law when your being invaded. What's not normal is all your political rivals and anyone who criticizes you ending up eating a polonium sandwich or being sent to the gulag like Putin does.
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Prior to the Russian invasion in 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, now more then 90% do. Its because of Russia that they'll join NATO. Same with Finland and Sweden, good job expanding NATO Vlad.
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@PineApple-bs8rt Some care more then others, lets compare Afghanistan just for fun. Civilian casualties caused by the US: 46319 in 20 years. And only an estimated 1010-1297 were caused by direct action by coalition forces. Civilian casualties caused by the USSR: About 2 million in 10 years. War is always going to be terrible for the people on the ground who live there, the US isn't perfect but at least they generally try to avoid civilian casualties. Russia will engage in reprisal killings and specifically target civilians.
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@Mr.Clownensky Ukraine has taken more in the past month then Russia did in the past year. This is real life, not a video game. It took the allies 4 months just to get through the hedgerows in France. If the Internet existed back then you clowns would be spamming how it was a failed offensive. Can you explain why the self proclaimed world #2 army cant even take the Donbas? If Russia was doing well you wouldn't need to try to convince people of it on the internet, it would be self evident. This war should have been over a year ago if Russia wasn't completely inept. Typically when you invade a country you dont want trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border with dreadful casualties.
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@summer20105707 Millions of people want to enter the US and EU because the standard of living is so high. This is a problem Russia will never have. I can guarantee that if the US was at war with Mexico they'd have the military there and would fortify the border. Well if the US invaded Mexico they wouldn't fart around a couple miles over the border for a year and a half and would have the war ended in a couple weeks.
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Did you see that video of Russians executing their own retreating men, pretty grim.
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Let me know when the US starts trying to annex countries.
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@mereassassinates550 I'll be waiting for Russia to capture the Donbas, better get comfy it's going to take a while!
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@funtime_foxy_fnaf I did it said Manchuria belongs to China.
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Russia recruiting women for their penal battalions like its 40k. Russia is also press ganging foreign migrants and have human smuggaling rings in Cuba to send in as fodder. Its called winning people.
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1. China is in the back yards of its neighbors, see 9 dash line. 2. China is currently commiting genocide in Xinjiang.
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@louger-tp5pl Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Izium, Kharkiv. There's been very little movement in the past year. Ukraine has taken more in the last month then Russia has in the previous 10 though. And just a heads up people will think you are some sort of moron spamming emojis like that. This isn't tik tok.
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@TheDrAstrov That was in 2019 after Russia invaded in 2014 genius. Did you read my post? or are you just deliberately obtuse? I said prior to 2014, obviously after Russia invades its going to change the landscape. Here's the tenants of the Budapest memorandum because you seem confused, why don't you tell me which one Ukraine broke. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act). Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state.
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@TheDrAstrov Is there a point to your childish comments?
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@TheDrAstrov More insults to go with your baseless assertions. Let me know when you figure out the difference between 2014 and 2019.
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@TheDrAstrov I posted the Budapest memorandum. Can you read? Why don't you go ahead and point out the part that Ukraine violated (I'll save you the time Ukraine cant violate it because it doesn't apply to them) I said that prior to 2014 Less then 10% of Ukrainians said they wanted to join NATO. Then you made the 0 IQ statement "they spelled it out in the constitution - rapprochement with NATO. You don't know anything, you just repeat other people's words like a parrot" Of course ignoring that this happened in 2019 AFTER Russia invaded. Do you understand? Do think Ukraine would be justified in trying to join NATO after Russia invades? Do you have a brain? Ukraine has ZERO obligations regarding the Budapest memorandum. Its only Russia, US the UK and the other signatories that have an obligation. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@TheDrAstrov All you've done here is make braindead post after braindead post. All while insulting anyone who calls out your nonsense because you are unable to support your baseless arguments. Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough?
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@TheDrAstrov I like how you didn't respond directly to me in hopes I wouldn't be able to respond to your lies. Here's what the Ukraine act of independence says, please tell me what Ukraine violated. - Ukraine shall be declared an independent democratic state on August 24, 1991. - Upon declaration of its independence, only its Constitution, laws, orders of the Government, and other legislative acts of the republic are valid on the territory of Ukraine. - A republican referendum shall be organized on December 1, 1991 to confirm the act of declaration of independence. -In view of the mortal danger surrounding Ukraine in connection with the state coup in the USSR on August 19, 1991, -Continuing the thousand-year tradition of state development in Ukraine, -Proceeding from the right of a nation to self-determination in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other international legal documents, and -Implementing the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic solemnly declares. -The territory of Ukraine is indivisible and inviolable. -From this day forward, the Constitution and laws of Ukraine only are valid on the territory of Ukraine. -This act comes into force upon its approval. Stop spreading lies.
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@TheDrAstrov I already dealt with your baseless claims regarding Minsk, I'll restate because apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Russia violated the Minsk agreements on day one. They were supposed to remove their forces from the Donbas and withdraw support for the rebels, they did neither. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@TheDrAstrov We've already been through this, are you actually brain damaged? Russia began its invasion in 2014, do you honestly think Ukraine are going to try to maintain the status quo after being invaded? Try using your brain.
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@TheDrAstrov Will you now try to stupidly claim that Ukraine wanted rapprochement with NATO again? Ignoring that this was in 2019 5 years after Russia began its invasion? How long are you going to embarrass yourself?
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@TheDrAstrov Just admit the truth and I'd have a lot more respect for you. This is a regular old land grab, Russia wants Ukraine for itself so they invaded. Putin himself said he's trying to put the Russian Empire back together. They may have many excuses as for why they invaded but none of them hold any water.
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@TheDrAstrov HUH? Putin himself said the little green men in Crimea were Russian soldiers. Prighozin and Girkin also said that Wagner was in the Donbas, Putin said Wagner was being funded and equipped by the state. Try again.
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@TheDrAstrov This is also completely irrelevant to what we were discussing, thans for proving my point about you never responding and obfuscating. Its also more lies. The UN Human Rights Envoy Ivan Šimonović had to cancel his trip to Crimea as the situation did not permit his travel. He intended to observe the human rights situation which was Russia's explanation for its engagement in Crimea. Reports from the UN criticized the circumstances surrounding the referendum, especially the presence of paramilitaries, self-defence groups and unidentifiable soldiers. (which Putin has since admitted were Russian soldiers.)
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@TheDrAstrov I just dont understand why you would lie about something so easy to google. On March 10, 2014 the de facto Prime Minister of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, made an unofficial verbal invitation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor the plebiscite.[ However, later in the day, an OSCE spokeswoman said that Crimea did not have the authority to invite the organization into the region as it is not a fully-fledged state and, therefore, incapable of requesting services provided exclusively to OSCE members. OSCE personnel already in Crimea were asked to leave by the pro-Russian authorities. On March 11, the OSCE chair, Switzerland's Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, declared the referendum as unconstitutional and therefore the OSCE would not send observers. OSCE military observers attempted to enter the region four times but were turned away, sometimes after warning shots were fired, which was another reason given for not dispatching referendum observers. OSCE also published a report about their observations which "produced significant evidence of equipment consistent with the presence of Russian Federation military personnel in the vicinity of the various roadblocks encountered"
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@TheDrAstrov What braindead point are you trying to make now? Russia is trying all it can to force a coup in Ukraine, obviously. Last I checked Russia has already had one attempted coup this war. Ukrainians polled by independent agencies are still strongly in favor of continuing to fight until their territory is returned.
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@TedCruz2028 oh sorry found guilty in a civil suit regarding his sexual misconduct.
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@solvingpolitics3172 My proof? Go ask the Jury.
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Putin's rambling speech was one of the most manic things i've ever seen "We have no modern weapons, we are invincible, Western weapons are useless and we've destroyed half of all western equipment, boo hoo please stop sending weapons to Ukraine." Completely unhinged.
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Don't worry Russia's master China will be there they will tell them what to do.
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@Injun-b2q My statement said Russia hasn't captured the Donbas, which is objectively true. Your non sequitor about the US 'spending 250k to kill some guy in Vietnam' is conjecture. I also have no idea what the point even is. Its just a random statement, am I supposed to feel sad about Vietnam? (i'm not American btw) Who supports the Vietnam war these days anyway? Nobody. What is the point even? War is expensive? The US would rather spend money on ammo then send soldiers to die? Russias attack on Ukraine is just as hopeless as the US war in Vietnam? WTF are you even trying to say?
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Alex Perez Russia doing so bad France doesn't even need to worry about people making fun of them anymore.
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@NevilleWran945 NATO is necessary because Russia has a nasty habit of attacking and annexing its neighbors.
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@rationalbasis2172 Sure all those countries Russia has 'strong relations' with are buying Russian hydrocarbons at or below the EU price cap resulting in a net loss for Russia, with friends like these. They've also mostly voted to condemn Russia at the UN for invading Ukraine, including China and India. I wont even address the 'Russia isn't even trying yet' argument because its completely braindead, if Russia had the available forces why haven't they even managed to defend Belgorod? maybe a year ago people would believe that nonsense but nobody is buying it now.
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Germany just announced they are doubling military aid to Ukraine, you live in a dream world.
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@logansolares3699 Yeah its called reality, the fact that literally zero countries have switched off the dollar. Do you live in some alternate timeline where some have? Since the start of the war USD% of global trade has increased. Everyone still uses USD as their reserve currency. Nobody wants tin pot dictator funny money.
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@logansolares3699 Wars are won be countries with enough food and energy to carry on. China is the largest importer in the world of both, by a lot. If China really wants to go to war in 6 months they will deindustrialize and starve in the dark.
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multiple sources seem to indicate that this timetable will be accelerated, but who knows for sure.
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@trevorsutherland5263 Um no, what I saw was called a wholesale slaughter, they were forced to abandon all their vehicles. Russia cant even take the Donbas from the poorest country in Europe, and its a half days drive from Moscow. The thought that they could somehow fight evenly against NATO is laughable. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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Yep, it was the same in the Chechen wars. Commanders wouldn't admit their men were KIA so they could collect their pay for themselves. They would also sell the ammunition and equipment meant for them to the Chechens. Welcome to the Russian world.
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@TheDrAstrov You should check your brain for cancer doc. Do you have anything of value to add to the conversation here? Or just more insults and easily debunked nonsense?
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They made a huge mistake annexing territories in Ukraine, if they hadn't they could just declare their smo a success and go home "victorious". Instead they are stuck riding the tiger until either they collapse or Putin disappears.
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@ISthreetank Yeah the percentage of occupied territory in Ukraine has gone up from 18% all the way to 18%.
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@LuisMendez-hx7tl Armenia made that decision only after Russia proved themselves an unreliable ally.
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@neutralevil1917 Oh an internet military genius. You should go enlist in the Russian army, they need more meat waves at Avdiivka. Also you being 'military educated' (sure bud) is completely irrelevant to the point. Unless you learned remote viewing you have no idea what was happening on the ground there.
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@bladeboy2041 It's a bot, it has no idea what the video is actually about.
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Russia's going to be bottled up in Crimea they'll still insist they've repelled Ukraine's attack.
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There is photographic evidence of over 3,500 destroyed Russian tanks, though the true number is certainly much higher.
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WW1 on bathsalts.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 What a moronic comment. The west voluntarily left Africa.
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Maybe they can beg Iran and North Korea for more weapons.
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@aladeobafemi6424 "okay let wait and see I no you all love ww3 my question is have you made a bonkers because this will not like ww2" This is incoherent.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet not.
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Most of those countries voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN. Its only pariah states like Iran and North Korea that explicitly stand with Russia.
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@Chivalry2Clips Yep, if China and India went to war India would be asking for everything they could get. And the US would deliver while their Russian 'friends' would be to afraid of offending their Chinese masters.
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@tagorechandmeah425 Russian interest rate is set at a punishing 15% to try to combat inflation (it isn't working). The Ruble is in the toilet, the only reason it hasn't fallen off the map entirely is because Russia instated strict monetary controls. All Russian corporations were forced to sell their foreign reserves to buy Rubles to try to prop it up, the state is doing the same. This is unsustainable. Russian hydrocarbon revenue has fallen around 70% since the start of the war and Russia was force to ban the export of refined product due to shortages and price spikes in Russia. Any 'growth' seen in Russia is because they raised the VAT tax on Russians and imports. All that revenue gets spent on the war though, not on something that generates wealth. Oh and food lines have started again, just like the good old days. But sure the Russian economy is booming, just ask them.
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@tagorechandmeah425 The Kinzhal was so worthless the two lead scientists responsible for its development were sent to the gulag as punishment for its failure. The Iskandar (or Misskandar) Is just a slower Kinzhal and even more useless. And the SU35 has been a no show for most of the war and avoids Ukrainian air space like the flu. Russia has been averaging 10 sorties a day lately. At this stage of the war for a conflict this size thats completely pathetic.
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@s0ycapitan Yes I'm sure trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along. If Russia is trying to minimize their losses then why are they engaged in idiotic human wave attacks across almost the entire front? Avdiivka has been about to fall for about nine years now, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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Smart, start your coup on a Friday so everyone in Russia is to drunk to react.
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@robertpatrick3350 Yes Russia is shockingly inept, also corrupt. Putin is so braindead i'm starting to wonder if he's actually a CIA plant. I experience second hand embarrassment when they act like rivals to the US, it would be like the Bhutan or someplace like that acting like Chinas rival.
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@boota1979 Go cry a river, Russia could end the suffering today if they turned around and went home.
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@David.C01552 we haven't sent anything we would use to fight Muscovy or China besides some 155, and we are sending old stock at the end of its life.
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@justjoking5841 he gets all his info from RT
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@megclifton6692 What happened was Ukraine said they would attack Kherson and Russia took them at face value for some reason. You know, like morons. So Russia redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and Ukraine attacked Kharkiv and folded Russia up like laundry. Then they blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and the Russians were forced to flee from there too.
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@kaiserschlacht5398 Russia cant even take Avdiivka bud, its time to face reality.
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@brandonlance3601 Photographic evidence for one. Plus thats just how defenders advantage works.
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@m.cl.ballista4642 The warmongers are the Russian invaders.
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@a5cent Hamas Releases Two Russian Hostages In "Appreciation For Putin's Stance” Under Separate Deal. Coincidence?
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@throughput6674 what about what about what about. What about when Russia killed 15% of the chechen population and flattened Grozny. Or when Russia killed 2 million civilians in Afghanistan, or when they killed 30+ million of their own citizens. The problem with playing the what about game is that Russia will lose every time. Only China competes in body count.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Thousands of T series tanks have been lost. Russia is building houses around those that remain.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Dozens every week are lost according to photographic evidence. Ukraine still has a light drone advantage, they finish off more disabled tanks than the Russians. T series tanks also have a nasty habit of exploding catastrophically whenever they take damage. Believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Drones most certainly can penetrate Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. Russian tanks tend to explode at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the losses for either side are. You have no idea how many Russian tankers survive. You don't know Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do, you are just making up scenario's in your head.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th There is hours of footage of drones taking out tanks, both old and recent, pretending otherwise is silly. They aren't building houses around their tanks to protect them from mines. Like I said you can pretend camera's don't exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. I certainly don't.
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Except now Russia is the fascist invader.
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Did it make sense to drive into the same minefield over and over at Vulhedar? Or digging in at Chernobyl and getting acute radiation sickness? Or leaving your flagship in a location where it can get sunk by a country with no navy? Russia is shockingly inept.
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@ Apparently you don't understand what explaining is, not surprising. Ukraine is recognized as a sovereign state by every country on earth, including the Russian federation.
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@cooldad7297 Elections are postponed for the duration of the war, which is exactly what is stated in the constitution. Was the UK not a sovereign state during ww2, they also didn't hold elections.
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@cooldad7297 Is it in the Russian Federations constitution to toss all political rivals out windows? If you want to talk about a country where the leader isn't democratically elected you could start there.
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@mitchyoung93 This is called having an official language, just like almost every country on earth, including Russia. Russian is not banned in public life. This of course all happened after Russia's invasion of 2014. Russian speakers were welcomed before Russian aggression. Moreover the reason any areas are majority Russian speakers is because the Russians genocided the Ukrainians in these areas and moved in large numbers of Russians.
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@mitchyoung93 No they were literally dragged via gunpoint in 2014 by little green men who forced a referendum. Amazing that referendums are illegal in Russia but you somehow consider invading another country and forcing them to have a referendum to be in any way valid. There's a reason no countries except Syria and North Korea accept the results of these sham referendums. This of course also ignores the fact that Russia committed genocide on the local tartars and moved in ethnic Russians to replace them, this seems to be a theme with Russia. You guys sure do live in a fantasy world.
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@mitchyoung93 Oh and you might want to look into Russia's suppression of the Ukrainian language while you're here. 17-18th century 1620 – Patriarch Filaret of Moscow pronounces an anathema that was to last until the end of the century upon "books of Lithuanian imprint" (meaning Ukrainian and Belarusian), practically the only secular books available in the Russian tsardom. 1693 – Patriarch Adrian of Moscow allows only brief works to be printed in the "local dialect," bans their distribution outside the Ukrainian eparchies. He was following the teaching of Patriarch Joachim, who introduced an obligatory doctrine, repressing any peculiarities, including Ukrainian recension of Church Slavonic and about 300 books published in Kyiv throughout the 17th century.1720 – Peter I prohibits the printing houses of the Pechersk Lavra and Chernihiv from printing any books, except religious books, and those only using the "Great Russian language", by which one should essentially understand the Russian version of Church Slavonic. In practice, this means a ban on using the Ukrainian redaction of Church Slavonic in print.1766 – the Most Holy Synod, governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church, orders the printing houses of the Pechersk Lavra and Chernihiv to stop sending requests for publication of new books, and instead print only those previously printed in Moscow, without changing their content nor language. In 1765-1786, the administrative language of the Hetmanate was gradually Russified, it let to the complete adoption of Russian as the language of administration of Ukrainian lands in place of the Ruthenian language (prosta mova) ad the end of the period. As a result Ruthenian language is limited to the private use and to works not designed for printing.
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@mitchyoung93 19th century 1863 – Circular issued by Russia's minister of internal affair Pyotr Valuyev prohibiting censors from giving permission to the publication of Ukrainian spiritual and popular educational literature. 1864 – Adoption of the Charter of the primary school at which education was to be conducted only in Russian 1876 - Alexander II's Ems decree banning the printing and importing from abroad of any text in Ukrainian, with exceptions of belles lettres and historical records, it also banned stage performances, public recitations and schooling in Ukraine, as well as it ordered removal of all Ukrainian book from school libraries, teachers that were suspected of Ukrainophilism were to be transferred outside of Ukraine
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@mitchyoung93 Furthermore all the things you accuse Ukraine of doing Russia is currently doing, and worse. please get a grip on reality. 2014 – The Ukrainian language has been suppressed in Russia-occupied Crimea, so-called Luhansk People's Republic, and so-called Donetsk People's Republic (see Occupied territories of Ukraine). 2022 – After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high-level Russian officials repeatedly denying the existence of Ukrainian language (and Ukrainian culture and national identity) is cited as part of incitement to genocide in a report by more than thirty experts. Also Russians reportedly burn Ukrainian books en masse on occupied territories and brought their teachers to the occupied territories to teach propaganda history.
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@chinogixxer7506 That's normal Russia was also begging the US and UK for weapons during WW2.
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Ivan want potato. Ivan post comment.
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@bololollek9245 Russia ranks worse on the corruption index and is trending downwards while Ukraine trends up.
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@perryboykett2985 Which, if true, goes to show what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@Porter9992 Even the Russian MoD doesn't pretend its a 10-1 loss ratio. What a goofy comment.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Dozens of sources, why don't you go to google and type in 'how many helicopters did Russia lose to ATACMS' instead of asking idiotic questions in youtube comments.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Russia started the war with around 100 K-52's, they now have around 30. Hundreds a year? What insane nonsense.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Hopefully for Putin's sake Russian police don't act on it. Calling the SMO a war is illegal in Russia and can result in 14 years in prison.
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@187Rajah Russia is the one invading Ukraine, you live in a fantasy world.
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@187Rajah I just dont understand why you would lie about something so easy to google. On March 10, 2014 the de facto Prime Minister of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, made an unofficial verbal invitation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor the plebiscite.[ However, later in the day, an OSCE spokeswoman said that Crimea did not have the authority to invite the organization into the region as it is not a fully-fledged state and, therefore, incapable of requesting services provided exclusively to OSCE members. OSCE personnel already in Crimea were asked to leave by the pro-Russian authorities. On March 11, the OSCE chair, Switzerland's Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, declared the referendum as unconstitutional and therefore the OSCE would not send observers. OSCE military observers attempted to enter the region four times but were turned away, sometimes after warning shots were fired, which was another reason given for not dispatching referendum observers. OSCE also published a report about their observations which "produced significant evidence of equipment consistent with the presence of Russian Federation military personnel in the vicinity of the various roadblocks encountered"
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@Communism.is.a.cancer Some other poster was trying to claim that there were no Russian forces in Ukraine prior to 2022. The OSCE reports refute that, along with Putin's own words. Understand?
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@Communism.is.a.cancer Are you actually brain damaged, or are you just pretending to be? How many countries invaded and annexed parts of Ukraine in 2014? Just one that I can think of.
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@stormlights666 Yeah it violates international law to annex territory from another country genius. Did Putin annex parts of Kazakhstan? I must have missed that. What did you think this is all about? If Russia just showed up in Crimea and 'maintained order.' (whatever that means) and went home nobody would care. Its the annexing part that people have a problem with, it would be obnoxious but people would get over it. Are you really just learning today that annexing foreign states violates international law? What does Girkin not being official government representative have to do with anything? Do you think the Russian government is more trustworthy? The guys who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards. Prigozhin WAS working for the Russian government, i'll post it a third time because apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Putin: "Support for the entire Wagner group was fully provided by the state from the defense ministry, from the state budget, we fully funded the group." What do you think that means? Do you think it means he worked or the government if the government is funding him? Wagner was fighting in the Donbas, obviously, that's what mercenary companies do. Or do you think Prigozhin was their baking muffins?
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@АлександрРадицкий The people of Crimea voted in '91 to remain part of Ukraine. Amazing how referendums are illegal in Russia but you think invading another country and forcing sham referendums at gun point is somehow valid. There's a reason the only countries that recognize the results are Syria and North Korea. Only around 34% of Crimeans voted in the referendum, keeping the status quo wasn't even on the ballot and Russian's who weren't even residents of Crimea were allowed to vote. Along with the Tartars boycotting it (Russia previously genocided them). And the referendum violating Ukraine's constitution along with a large number of other irregularities. Its time to rejoin reality bud. There wouldn't be any civilian casualties in the Donbas or anywhere else in Ukraine if Russia hadn't invaded.
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@187Rajah The problem wasn't the Russian army protecting their fleet, obviously. We wouldn't be here taling about it if it was. The problem was 'little green men' seizing government buildings and forcing a referendum at gunpoint. Here is Putin's own words; "In order to block and disarm 20,000 well-armed [Ukrainian soldiers], you need a specific set of personnel. And not just in numbers, but with skill. We needed specialists who know how to do it, That’s why I gave orders to the Defense Ministry -- why hide it? -- to deploy special forces of the GRU (military intelligence) as well as marines and commandos there under the guise of reinforcing security for our military facilities in Crimea." On 17 April 2014, President Putin admitted publicly for the first time that Russian special forces were involved in the events of Crimea, for the purposes of protecting local people and creating conditions for a referendum. Later, he admitted that the Russian Armed Forces had blocked the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Crimea during the events. In April 2015, retired Russian Admiral Igor Kasatonov said that the "little green men" were members of Russian Spetsnaz special forces units. According to his information, Russian troop deployment in Crimea included six helicopter landings and three landings of Ilyushin Il-76 with 500 troops
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@stormlights666 I've already refuted all your claims with a mountain of sources and evidence. You just have your baseless opinion. So you honestly think invading another country and forcing them to have a referendum has anything to do with rule of law? Absolutely insane. I'll restate, though this shouldn't be difficult. Invading another country and annexing their territory violates international law, stop trying to pretend you support international law. The legally elected representatives of Crimea were forced at gunpoint by Russian invaders to hold a sham referendum. Referendums are illegal in Russia yet you somehow believe Russia invading a sovereign state to force a referendum there being somehow valid is bonkers. I suppose you think that when Lukashenko who was voted out in a landslide and refused to give up power resulting in the largest protests in human history. After which he called in the Russian goon squad to help him retain power must have also been consistent with rule of law right? There was no discrimination against the Russian speaking population, Zelensky is a native Russian speaker, this is a lie with no basis in reality, do you think Zelensky is discriminating against himself? . Ukraine made Ukrainian its national language AFTER Russia's invasion in 2014. Speaking Russian isn't banned, its only in official settings that Ukrainian is required. Its called having an official language, like a majority of countries on earth. The national language of Mexico is Spanish, this isn't discrimination against English speakers it's just how the world works. And considering Russia used the imaginary reason of protecting Russian speakers as a pretext to its invasion Russian probably should have been banned in 1991. Though if that were the case Russia would have found some other make believe reason to invade. So you would support holding referendums in places in Russia where Moscow is unpopular? (by an outside invasion force if necessary) In Kaliningrad, the Caucuses and the Russian far east? If Poland invaded Kaliningrad and siezed government buildings an allowd Poles to vote you would have to support that right? Thats what you support in Crimea.
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@СергейПомидоркин-т6ш Posting Russian state media propaganda wont win you any arguments. I already posted my source for only 34% of Crimeans voting in the referendum above, feel free to read it. Moreover Russian's who weren't even residents of Crimea were allowed to vote and keeping the status quo wasn't even on the ballot. This wasn't a real referendum. There's a reason no countries on earth accept the results except Syria and North Korea. Would you support Poland invading Kaliningrad then seizing government buildings and forcing a referendum and then allowing Poles to vote? Its insane.
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@ВетерВостока-и2ю Every country is an invented nation genius.
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@Valentin82. What deranged nonsense, go read the wiki article on the referendum, pay close attention to the 'controversies' section. There's a reason the only countries that accept the result is North Korea and Syria.
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@smartguy360 It wasn't casualties, there hadn't been an attack on colition forces in years. If after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to stand on it's own then they never would be able to. Should have left as soon as they got Bin Laden imo.
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@mikeyg1776 They have so much held back they couldn't stop a mercenary army from rolling through Russia, we've already been through this that's clearly false. If you think Russia can't even take the Donbas because they 'aren't serious about the war.' then you are on some ultimate grade copium. If that was true (it's not) then Russia would be even more inept then I thought. Typically when you start a war you try to win it, not trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border resulting in dreadful casualties.
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@yaqob3275 You said they cant capture a single city. Do you want to lie some more?
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Yuri Haven't we been through this? That was all before Russia got involved or from the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost much more then its gained. Now they dust off T54's and Scooby Doo vans and pretend like it's not a complete humiliation.
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Russia is advancing all the way to Moscow in Kursk.
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@Samayil_2024 Sure thing little buddy, total Nato losses is still zero. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@Samayil_2024 By your reasoning Ukraine is fighting Iran, China, NK etc etc. Ukraine is holding back 3/4 of the worlds population, amazing.
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Zoom the map out, Russia has accomplished almost nothing. Tens of thousands dead for a few hundred meters, a year bashing their head on Bakhmut, a small town of 70k, with minimal gains and you still think everything is going according to plan.
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Russia lost to the Chechens, the Afghani's the Poles. etc. etc. Russia loses wars to smaller countries all the time. Its fine sending meat wave minority groups from the hinterlands of Russia but as soon as they try that with people from the Russian core they will string Putin up.
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You guys have been saying this for the past two years now. Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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@vanjamenadzer Putin himself said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks back in 2014. the 3 days narrative was all over Russian state media in the early war. Nothing on Russian state media gets said without the Kremlin say so. Or do you think WW1 style attrition warfare was the plan from the start?
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Russia still cant take any territory, just like 12 months ago.
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@grimraz0r You can transmit hq video 500 miles with off the shelf technology. What a brain-dead comment.
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@sleepyjoe7843 You can go read the Russian MoD statement yourself if you want. Moreover Ukraine doesn't have any unguided rockets that are in range of Belgorod.
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There isn't independent polling inside Russia so who knows what his approval rating actually is. There is also the fact that any political rival that becomes a threat ends up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich.
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@stefannikolic4401 Ah yes the only dictatorship on earth who still conducts independent polling. That must be why Prigozhin got such a warm welcome from the people in Belgorod during his mutiny, they were just expressing their support for dear leader.
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Dictators have no friends.
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Who's invading who here genius? All Russia has to do is go home and the war is over.
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@JuanPassiveMenis Birth rates naturally decline as a product of urbanization (there are other factors also like availability of birth control). China's birthrate would have fallen normally like everywhere else but 1 child has resulted in catastrophic decline. Every country will eventually end up like that, however in North America it is greatly slowed due to immigration.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I didn't say the Donbas militia was part of the Russian army I said Russia was fighting in the Donbas since 2014. Can you read? Usually casualties is 2-3 times the number of kia so roughly 32k-48k wia added to the 16k kia. Do I also need to do basic math for you?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Those numbers are just from the 4 months at the end when Russia was going hard. I have no idea their total casualties were. A lot, most likely.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Do you know what a casualty is? Most casualties don't get to retire. They get wounded and unless they are kia or maimed they go back to the fight. Do you know how reserves work? You can have 40k fighting in a battle and send in reserves to cover losses. I'm sure you think you know better than the people there, but dont expect anyone to take you serious.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Prigozhin and Strelkov both have claimed Russia was in the Donbas since 2014. You can pretend otherwise if you want.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I'm quoting your Russian hero's, but because it doesn't adhere to your narrative you are making up scenarios in your head and expecting people to just nod along to your nonsense.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 So your denying Wagner was in the Donbas? Nobody denies they were in the Donbas, I think you are the only one. I'm coming with quotes and sources you are bringing your baseless assertions divorced from reality.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I already covered this, you should try reading comments before responding so you don't look like a fool. First of all Wagner wasn't the only Russian forces in the Donbas, there were Russian regulars. Here's what Putin said about Wagner Putin: “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” If it was fully funded by the state that makes it a branch of the Russian military.
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@ntf5211 Iraq had the 4th largest army on Earth and the US took Iraq in just over 500 hours. Or when Russia invaded Chechnya and they got their mouth kicked in? They were getting rocked in the second Chechen war too until Kadyrov turned coat.
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Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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@Leone89ful NATO casualties: 0 because NATO isn't in Ukraine. Have you seen overwhelming air power and cruise missiles? Thats how NATO fights.
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@Leone89ful are the NATO soldiers in the room with you right now?
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Israel has spent 80 years trying to find solutions. Proposed multiple two state solutions. Its difficult to negotiate with someone who's entire mission statement is to wipe you from the face of the earth.
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@FufuFufy-df8pk How about the words of Stalin, Khrushchev and Zhukov? Let me guess you think you know better than them. You guys sure do love revisionist history. Zhukov said "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own." "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Hitler's Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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Conservatives said in Parliament that we had tens of thousands of rockets waiting to be decommissioned and sending them to Ukraine was common sense.
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Yep, two agreements Russia broke. They were supposed to remove their forces from the Donbas, withdraw support for the rebels and return control of occupied territory to the Ukrainians under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@sanjaikumar369 Aww is poor little Russia getting bullied by invading its neighbor? If Russia really was fighting NATO the war would have been over a year ago. I know its embarrassing that Russia cant even make small gains against the poorest country in Europe but you just look silly when you try to make foolish claims like that.
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They probably want to put more thought then Russia did for its offensive at Vulhedar, where they just drove down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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@BladeRunner21577 Nobody is playing games when it comes to national defense. What a silly comment. Moreover NATO isn't forcing anyone to join, they ask to join, its not NATO that needs more members, countries see Russia's aggressive tendencies and want to join for their own benefit.
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@BladeRunner21577 Yes, but Putin didn't want to ask to join he wanted to be asked. In his words he "Didn't want to be on a list with a bunch of countries that don't matter." But thats not how NATO works, countries petition to join and the alliance vote on it. There was no agreement regarding NATO expansion. If there was Russia would have insisted it be in writing, instead it exists only has hearsay. Even Gorbachev said as much. ""the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise"
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Look at a map from 1942 if you want to understand how dumb you sound right now.
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@PeterHanson-nz6wu There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, who were they retreating from? nobody was attacking them. They Weren't interested in occupying Afghanistan until the end of time, if after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for itself they never would be. In my opinion they should have packed it in right after they got Bin Laden.
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@rolfehorne1624 China's only ally on paper is Pakistan.
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@JDDC-tq7qm Putin's allies are CSTO. Armenia invoked the CSTO version of article 5 when Azerbaijan attacked and the rest of the alliance just rolled their eyes, which goes to show how serious of an alliance it is. (Armenia also recently started doing exercises with NATO, wonder why) Kazakhstan also recently seized Roscosmos assets over unpaid debt, and plan to redevelop the Russian Cosmodrome there effectively ending Russia's space program. Pretty nice friends. China's only ally on paper is Pakistan which is a borderline failed state.
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@JDDC-tq7qm He was there as a hostage, most of central Asia wouldn't piss on Russia if it was on fire, are you being serious? You really think the Stans would come help Russia? Even if by some miracle they wanted to, NATO would defeat Russia before they even had a chance to mobilize.
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@JDDC-tq7qm the US has bases all over the place do you think that means those countries will come help the US if they get into a war? Kazakhstan has been moving into Chinese orbit for the last decade or so, and this has been accelerated by the war. An estimated 38 to 42 percent of all Kazakhs died, the highest percentage of any ethnic group killed by the Soviet famine of 1930–1933. They aren't friends.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 The ICJ ruled Russia was engaged in genocide and must halt military actions immediately. So you think any country should be able to attack their shipping?
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@user-im6fy4qp6m Nope. They've hit ships en route from Turkey to Indonesia, Singapore to Egypt, Greece to Singapore, Saudi Arabia to Réunion island, Saudi Arabia to UAE, Romania to India, Russia to who knows where probably India or China. Another from Malaysia to Italy, India to Egypt, Morocco to India, and one from Dubai to the far east. Among others.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I guess you don't want to answer if other counties should be able to take out Russian shipping since the ICJ ruled against them. The Houthis must think so as they've struck at least one Russian ship already.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Kyiv, took them to court, not the US. On 16 March 2022 by 13 votes to 2, the ICJ ordered provisional measures. The ICJ held that it was ‘necessary for the Court to indicate certain measures in order to protect the right of Ukraine that the Court has found to be plausible’.
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@bryandimery6509 Wow even Putin's puppet Orban is saying so, must be true then. Let me know when Russia captures the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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Nothing says 'we're winning' like a mid war coup followed by a purge.
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Did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didn't.
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@corvanna4438 Plus one thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBMs are sitting in 20 feet of water. The US also famously follows around Russia's loud af strategic subs and would have them sank before they opened their launch doors.
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@haithamgharibjumamuhammeda9651 There isn't a single Russian military base in Germany that is a sign they got defeated in WW2. Welcome to the world of 0 IQ thinking.
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@sarahkareem1251 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The Taliban were primarily hiding in Pakistan and the other Stans. This is a fact of reality.
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@haithamgharibjumamuhammeda9651 One suicide bomber on the way out. What point are you trying to make? Taliban or other terrorists attacks weren't the reason that the US withdrew, there hadn't been an attack on US forces for years when they decided to withdraw, do you understand? The US wasn't interested in occupying Afghanistan until the end of time. If after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for their country they never would be able to. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban, not the US.
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Better to split up Russia.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas and you jokers think they can take on NATO.
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They aren't attacking now because it's a sea of mud, once the weather clears up I imagine we'll see more action.
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@mcal27 The primary obstacle to obtaining nukes is access to fissile material, which the Ukrainians have. They also already have platforms capable of delivering a warhead i'd be shocked and amazed of they didn't already have a small stockpile of their own and if Muscovy fires a warning shot or whatever the Ukrainians will respond in kind. There was also a recent poll in Ukraine when asked if they should continue to fight of they get nuked and a large majority said yes continue to fight.
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@mcal27 Time favors the Ukrainians in this fight not the Muscovites. are you simple or something?
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@mcal27 Putin could end this war today and stop the suffering, just tell his troops to turn around and the war is over. He's a wanted criminal though so i doubt he'll do that. Time is on the Ukrainians side because they have the support of the entire free world behind them, why negotiate when they are winning? Or do you think all the T-62's and Mad Max MTLB's are a serious threat. Also you're the person that think Putin is going to nuke Kyiv or something absolutely braindead.
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Yeah Kherson is Russia's forever, remember?
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Who's sovereignty, the rebels?
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@limchopstick4458 Like how Russia is meddling in Ukraine (and all its other neighbors)
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Another final warning from China.
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What in the world are you talking about? 80% of China lives in dire poverty.
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@michael5520 How long will Iran prop up Russia. Apparently the Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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The children of the Kremlin elites all live in the west, they aren't going to nuke their kids.
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You can get this kit at any army surplus store. Little green men like this can be quite resourceful.
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@roberthewko6715 It's Russia, they've been in denial for over a thousand years.
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40 Years ago they withdrew from Afghanistan and their whole empire collapsed.
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@nicolasbascunan4013 Russia is sared shitless of the US and will do everythng to avoid war with them, putin has more red lines then a candy cane and we routinely walk all over them with no effect
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The most peaceful and prosperous stretch in all of human history.
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@Maria_Russkoe_pole Nope, you made that up, why lie about something that's so easy to google? Ukraine also hasn't spent the past thirty years masquerading as a global super power. Ukraine was outperforming Russia in virtually every metric prior to the war. Nobody envies either country.
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@Maria_Russkoe_pole Not to mention every Russian with the means to do so and half a brain has been leaving since the SSR collapsed.
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@branimirsalevic5092 I hate to break it to you but Russia was expanding long before NATO existed.
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I hope we reform NATO into some sort of global defense initiative (GDI) and bring in every stable liberal democracy on earth.
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@Robert-xy4xi Wow you really are getting a potato per comment. Nearly 20k men left Ukraine. What do you think about the million or so Russian men of military age who have fled Russia to flee Putin's pointless war?
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Yeah Putin sure is dumb.
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@lemdixon01 2014 is when Russia began this invasion, nobody would be bombing anything if they hadn't.
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@TenmaStupidity When's the last time the US tried to annex a country? How about Chechnya and Georgia are those recent enough Russian wars for you? Also do you think Russia should be on the security council? Why did Russia inherit all the Soviets treaties? Why does an ex KGB agent run the country? Russia isn't the USSR but they are their successors.
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@elcumbanchero7325 BRICS said in 2009 they had a new currency that would burry the US dollar, i'm still waiting.
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@terriblepainter7675 Find me a single example of the US blaming Russia for its own decisions. Whereas you cant criticize anything Russia does without some braindead Russian going 'b-b-b-but Iraq'
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@terriblepainter7675 Well Russia invaded Hungary in '56 so whatever America does is justified. See how stupid that sounds?
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@vijaykumarnadaraja531 Russia can't even take the Donbas, and are dusting off th T55's. Poland or UK would fold Russia up like laundry.
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@s0ycapitan There weren't any coups in Ukraine. Ukraine started building up its military in response to Russia's invasion. You live in an alternate reality.
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@s0ycapitan Also as already explained Russia signed the Nato-Russia founding act, which stated both alliances could expand as they wished. Even if they hadn't Ukraine's chances of joining was effectively zero, for multiple reasons.
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China's numbers are made up, they spend way more then they report.
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@richardsanders4624 It would take you ten seconds to look up the conscription age in Ukraine.
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Worlds #2 army cant even capture the Donbas.
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No bodies, the plane was coming from Iran, the plane was taking off from Belgorod going north, the initial Russian press release claimed they shot down their own plane before they aggressively started pushing the POW fable.
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@moatasemkassab4517 Ah yes the famous US bio attacks on????? What an unhinged comment. Are the US biolabs in the room with you right now?
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Who's invading Haiti?
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@reddi672 NATO is a defensive alliance, not a prop up failing states club. I have no idea what point you are even trying to make. Nobody guaranteed Haiti's independence via the Budapest Memorandum like they did with Ukraine. Russia is attempting to invade and annex Ukraine, something that hasn't happened since ww2, Haiti is collapsing under the weight of its own corruption, the two are in no way comparable.
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According to Russia the Donbas, Zaporizhia and Kheson are all Russian, so that is doubtful. This is just another in a long series of red lines crossed that Russia will do nothing about.
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Nice novel bud, I prefer non fiction myself.
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NATO isn't at war.
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@jimfast5921 Sending aid and being at war aren't even close to the same thing, use your head. By your logic Ukraine is fighting Iran, NK, China, India, Africa. Ukraine is fighting 2/3 of the worlds population, amazing.
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like how Russia is Iran's puppet. Apparently Russian's want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@mickal2012 Did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didn't.
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They fired drones at the roof of the Kremlin to catch Putin during his nightly flagpole inspection? All while some guy films on his hand held for some reason. Please.
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Modi claimed he was some sort of divine creature and the son of god. I wish I was joking.
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@ariap4381 Do you believe in Ukrainian war mosquitos?
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@silafaupaulmeredith7251 Real estate, which is 30% of the economy is collapsing. Manufacturing, which is 25% of their economy, is down across almost the entire board. Internal consumption is way down and foreign investment has dried up. Please explain those mathematics for us.
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Is the next life when Russia will finally manage to take the Donbas?
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@sigmaputin6888 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks in 2014. And the 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media.
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@Alexus095 In two years the Germans had taken all of Europe and still lost, Russia managed to advance a few miles across the border and are using Chinese golf carts for frontal assaults in broad daylight. Truly an unstoppable juggernaut.
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@jeffhedrich3551 As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Which is about as much as they had in 2022. Almost all of that was taken in in 2014 and the opening days of the invasion in 2022.
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@rogeroeyen More like Russia is worried Wagner or someone like them will make another run on Moscow. Last time it happened all that the Kremlin could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway.
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@vaninec Any 'growth' in Russia is because they raised the VAT tax on Russians and imports, all that revenue gets spent on the war though, not something that generates wealth. Russia has food lines since the first time since the 90's. Hydrocarbon revenue is down 70% since the start of the war. The interest rate is set to a punishing 15% to try to stop inflation, and the Ruble is in the toilet. But sure their economy is booming, just ask them.
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@colinchampollion4420 Formosa is a cooler name imo.
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@milan6884 3-5% depending on the country. Mostly in the form of old stock set to be decommissioned. Try not to cry.
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@glintongordon6811 let me know when Russia takes the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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@glintongordon6811 So whats your point? Russia is to dumb to try to actualy win the war? Not buying it, maybe a year ago people would believe this garbage but 15 months in and Russia cant even take the Donbas, its right across the Border. If Russia was doing well you wouldn't need to convince everyone that they are, it would be self evident. Usually when you invande a country you dont want to get tied down in trench warfare that never ends. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico and 40 miles into the country they got bogged down and started digging trenches, resurrected the M26 Pershing and said. "We're not really trying, were ony using some convicts, in WW2 we took loads of casualties, things are going according to plan.' Would be somewhat difficult to take them serious right? This war has been a disastrous humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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@Ksins1 yeah the dollar was at 85% of global trade before the war and has plummeted all the way to 89% of global trade. de-dollarization is a fantasy.
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@glintongordon6811 This isn't the 40's anymore. Russia can't afford tens of thousands of casualties for every town it takes. A better comparison would be something more modern. How about the 2nd battle of Fallujah, the high point of combat in the Iraq war. The US suffered a staggering 95 KIA, Russia takes more then that every day before breakfast in Bakhmut. The heaviest of fighting was over in 9 days. Fallujah had a population of 300k.
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@Ksins1 Are you confusing total economic activity with total percentage of trade volume? I think you are. Nobody wants Yuan or Rubbles, Pesos or Rupees. USD s for now and the foreseeable future the only currency that carries any weight. The only real contender is the Euro.
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@TheDrAstrov Most of the territory Russia has taken was taken before the full scale invasion in 2022 and during the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have been established Russia has lost far more territory then it has taken.
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@glintongordon6811 The Ukrainians announced that they would attack Kherson, and for some reason Russia believed them. You know, like idiots. So Russia redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and the Ukrainians attacked Kharkiv and rolled the Russians up like a burrito. (including Izum the main logistics hub in the area and by some accounts captured more equipment then they started the war with) Then they blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and they were forced to tuck tail and run away. Just another humiliating defeat in Russian military history.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 That was Wagner Manu, not the Russian army. Can you read? You remember Wagner right? They were completely broken after Bakhmut and then mutinied and all Russia could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway until Lukashenko saved them. Bakhmut was also a mid sized town a couple miles across the border, you guys acting like Berlin was just occupied is embarrassing.
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Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO when Russia invaded in 2014. Neutrality failed, NATO is the only path to long term security.
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Apparently they weren't even fighting the Russians in Belgorod. But the Iranians who had given them a load of drones. The Russians just wanted to surrender, but the ayatollah is prepared to fight Ukraine to the last Russian
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@moiseshuerta3984 Plan B is trench warfare that never ends with dire casualties? What a great plan. Do you think before you talk?
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It also doesn't include Chechens and the multiple PMC's Russia is operating in Ukraine.
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@williambanico1842 oh i bet, cry some more. that clown was saying a year ago that ukraine would surrender any second. then after the retreat from kyiv he said the donbas was going to fall right away and ukrainians were about to be surrounded (still waiting) he's at the very least completely clueless. or more likely a complete liar.
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@williambanico1842 Vlad i'll never attack Ukraine Putin. Obviously. They cant help but lie its baked into the system. Do you think Moskva sank in high seas? Do you think the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill? Its just in their culture to lie about everything. vranyo - White lies or half-lies in Russian culture, told without the intention of (maliciously) deceiving, but as a fantasy, suppressing unpleasant parts of the truth.
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@cechzc2e Can you not see my answer? Are you blind?
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One thing to keep in mind is that China lies about its GDP and the amount it spends on its military.
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@yellowtunes2756 You must have forgot Russia's humiliating offensive at Vulhedar where they lost 130+ vehicles driving into the same minefield over and over for no good reason and no gain.
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@sanathkodikara3161 The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan then the US left. Meanwhile Russia got rocked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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Iran, North Korea, China, India.
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@DewberryCream Who's invading who here genius? You said Ukraine should have stayed neutral to avoid war. They WERE neutral when Russia began its invasion in 2014. Russia proved at Bucha and Irpin what happens when they take over, hands bound, bullet to the back of the head, run over with a tank. The Ukrainians have no choice but to fight.
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@thedeal86 Yes that's why millions of Europeans have let Europe to live in Russia and Africa. Oh wait its the other way around.
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@baldeagledelta3482 except for Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharikiv, Izium, Kherson.
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@Percival5 ohh here's something's that happened this year. Russia attacked Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason resulting in the loss of 130+ vehicles. Also a hot dog sales man revealed Putin to be ineffectual and weak. Let this be a lesson to terrorists all over, Russia will negotiate with you and you can get what you want.
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@johnadam2885 To put this in perspective say the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of disastrous trench warfare and hundreds of thousands of casualties, Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to the Pentagon then when he was almost there Justin Trudeau struck a deal and Biden allowed Fieri to get away with no consequences.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, squaring up with the US is a bit of a stretch.
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If you find yourself on the same side as Putin who blew up some of his own apartment buildings killing hundreds of people so he'd have an excuse to flatten Grozny you know you are on the wrong side.
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@Mr.Clownensky Unless you are posting from the trenches comments like this just make you look like a fool.
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@VINLAND_777 Yes, this is what the anti-Semites hate to acknowledge, Israel has just as much right to exist as the Palestinians. Israel has offered multiple two state solutions that are supported by most Israeli's and Palestinians but continually get derailed by Hamas and other hardliners. In the 2000 Camp David Summit, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, offered to form a Palestinian state, initially with 73% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. In 10 to 25 years, the Palestinian state will expand to 92% of the West Bank. But Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, rejected the offer.
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@FufuFufy-df8pk There was no separatist movement in the Donbas until Russia sent forces there. This was confirmed by Girkin and Prigozhin.
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Turkey shot down that Russian Jet in 2015. They are not friends with Russia.
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@willyang4487 you know China and India are enemies right?
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Soon he'll be in Africa heroically seizing goldmines and committing massacres.
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@leonne07 So Russia lost over half of its once occupied and losses more ground every day, they've had one attempted coup (so far). And the west is showing no signs if slowing down support of Ukraine. But because you saw a missile that means Ukraine is Losing? There are now drones over Moscow every day, must mean they are losing right? Isn't preaching from your chair exactly what you are doing?
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@GeoPoliticsCommentry I just want to know how the self proclaimed world #2 army can't capture the Donbas after 15 months despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@kunalnagarkoti1841 Nuclear weapons particularly H-bombs are very expensive to maintain and considering the state of Russias conventional army its unlikely their nuclear threat is very credible.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Wow defenders advantage doesn't exist anymore for the first war ever, amazing. Also the anti Russian sentiment of today much like anti German sentiment of the 40's isn't due to race but because of the actions of the countries. People would stop hating Russia if they stopped the genocide.
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@ibrahimtouman2279 China makes inferior knockoffs. If there's one thing China is known for its defective equipment. The only difference is China at least would be able to deliver its orders. Ask India what happened to the T90's they were supposed to get from Russia or why they are buying French jets instead of Russian ones. It wasn't that the west ignored Russia at Dubai, everyone did, they received zero orders. They've all seen the lackluster performance of Russian equipment plus the fact that Russia is using everything it makes in the war and cant actually export anything, nobody wants old tech. Russia's 'new' equipment (the SU57 and SU75) are both vaporware that will never enter the production stage. The SU35 has been mostly useless in the war, Russia is currently only flying around 10 sorties a day with their entire air force. Which is pathetically low considering the scale of the conflict. And almost none of them fly over Ukrainian territory. If this war has proved anything its that if you aren't stealth you are almost useless in modern war. And there is only one country with stealth. And no the US isn't bullying anyone into buying their weapons, most of the other large weapon exporters are western countries France, Germany, UK, Spain. Your comment makes no sense. Even if arms sales were about geopolitics, what would that prove? That Russia is a geopolitical failure? Nice point.
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@СергейСергеев-э5з All Ukraine has gotten from the west is hand me downs on the verge of being scrapped. Russia has lost around 14k armored vehicles to old western tech.
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@eugencarmo8706 Well except some of the other leading western weapon exporters like France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. etc.
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@СергейСергеев-э5з The Leopard's and Bradleys were both from the 90's, hardly new. Though perhaps by Russian standards they are, considering they are dusting off T-54's. Russia has lost tens of thousands of armored vehicles and cant even take the Donbas.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Usually when you invade a country you dont expect to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles from the border. This is after Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Russia now dusting off T54s and Scooby Doo vans, pretty scary.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Yeah the empty fields on the left bank of the Dneiper. Good job. 14+ months in and the self proclaimed world #2 army STILL cant take the Donbas.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico and a few miles in got bogged down and started digging trenches, then they resurrect the M26 Pershing but were like well we captured Tijuana so as you can see everything is going according to plan. Thats where Russia's at right now.
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The largest buyer of Ukraine grain exports is China.
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@corvus4135 lmao, I just cant tell when I'm reading satire anymore. Yeah any Russian with half a brain and the means to do so has already left Russia, they've been leaving since the 90s. Not to mention the Ruble falling faster then Prigozhin and the absolute state of the Russian economy. Russia collapsed twice during the 20th century, almost a third time in 1905 and they've already had one attempted coup this war and have been purging generals and elites left and right (rip surovikin and moon guy). But yeah they are super stable.
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@corvus4135 Russia breached two articles of the 1948 Genocide Convention, by publicly inciting genocide through denial of the right of Ukraine as a state and Ukrainians as a nation to exist, and by the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia, which is a genocidal act under article II of the convention. historian of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust, Timothy D. Snyder, described the What Russia should do with Ukraine essay as "an explicit program for the complete elimination of the Ukrainian nation as such". According to Snyder, Sergeytsev presents the Russian definition of "Nazi" as being "a Ukrainian who refuses to admit being a Russian", and any "affinity for Ukrainian culture or for the European Union" is seen as "Nazism". Thus, per Snyder, the document defines Russians as not being Nazis, and justifies using the methods of fascism against Ukrainians while calling the methods "denazification". Snyder describes the document as "one of the most openly genocidal documents [that he had] ever seen", stating that the document calls for the majority of Ukrainians, twenty million people, to be killed or sent to labour camps. Snyder argues that Sergeytsev's document, published two days after information about the Bucha massacre became widely known, makes the establishment of genocidal intent much easier to prove legally than in other cases of mass killing
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@yaqob3275 NATO involvement is the most bizarre fantasy Russians have. Refer to Desert Storm if you need to be reminded what a war with NATO countries look like. Forget NATO even one of the middle Euro powers like France or Poland would fold Russia up like laundry. Do you really think trench warfare that never ends was part of Putin's plan? Let me guess you think that Russia retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson was just Russia consolidating its frontline? And getting their flagship sunk by a country with no navy was just consolidating their sub fleet. And there is this thing called weather Unless Ukraine wants to attack down the middle of the road into the same minefield over and over like Russia did for their humiliating offensive at Vulhedar they need to wait for things to dry out.
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@worldpiece2023 From wiki. While the shelling of Bakhmut began in May 2022, the main assault towards the city started on 1 August after Russian forces advanced from the Popasna. You can live in whatever fantasy world you want, let me guess you still think Moskva sank because of a smoking incident.
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@yaqob3275 The thing you don't understand is that is chump change for NATO. some hand me downs for Ukraine and you actually think you are fighting NATO. Its delusional.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV Russia shelled civilians trying to escape Mariupol. Russia has destroyed multiple cities. Last winter they tried to destroy Ukraine's electrical grid in order to kill as many Ukrainians as possible, and they'll do the same this winter. Please get a grip on reality.
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What sort of insane twaddle is this?
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Its been 9 years and Russia cant even take the Donbas. How many centuries will be required to take all of Ukraine?
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@greatasia606 Damn Americans keep making Russia attack apartment buildings? No thinking person can be this stupid.
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@Semtex_1992 You were the one saying that Russia would 'reduce Ukraine to rubble' if they lost, remember? How would they manage that without nukes commander smoothbrain? Or do you think they have enough rigged up S300's and Iran charity drones to take out every apartment building in Ukraine. Russia retreats from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Kharkiv. Can't even take the Donbas in over a year despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow. And are now unironically using T54's and Scooby Doo vans. I'd say they are the ones struggling. America thankfully gave up on the inane political goal of turning Afghanistan into New Kansas or something. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the Taliban were all in their hidey holes in the other Stans.
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Russia is in a worse strategic position then it was a year ago. How much of an advantage does Russia need before it manages to take the Donbas?
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@dimsonjustin1390 Gaddafi was killed by his own people.
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@gfys756 That's because you're rascist, also the US didn't colonize Africa either, and Russia colonized more then just whites, who do you think lives in Asia?
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Probably the US would be embarrassed if Canada invaded and set up the Buffalo People's Republic or something.
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@James-kv6kb Why not make a simple google search before posting idiotic comments? Manufactures by percentage: China 31.63% United States 15.87% Japan 6.52% Germany 4.78% India 2.87% South Korea 2.71% Russia 1.83% Italy 1.8% Mexico 1.69% France 1.65%
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@springbloom5940 Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@James-kv6kb Are you really incapable of using a search engine? The largest manufacturing subsector in the U.S. is computer and electronic products followed by chemical manufacturing. Out of the top six manufacturing industries, the U.S. ranked 2nd in all but textiles/clothing where it ranked 4th.
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@rouz0 Surovikin was exiled to Africa for over a year, he was for a short time commander of all Russian forces in the invasion of Ukraine. He was removed of command because he wasn't aggressive enough for the liking of the higher ups. Last I saw he was on a plane back to Russia, not much has been heard about him since. He certainly has no say about Russia's current strategy because he favored a much more defensive posture than the one in use.
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Try taking a Geiger counter to a granite countertop.
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A fight with China would be a naval/air war. We haven't given anything to Ukraine that would compromise this.
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Anyone who doesn't give their land to Russia they consider Nazis.
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@dilipshah5882 Buddy, Russia has arrest warrants in place for several icc judges. Run along and find a video about Israel instead of spamming here.
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@bencarter1666 Did you hear that from Ukrainan high command? They didnt really attack at Kherson, just blew the bridges out and put the squeeze on to make Russian positions untenable. Nobody has stated any casualty numbers, well i'm sure Russia has said they destroyed the Ukrainian army 5 times over in Kherson.
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@goenzoy712 Typically when you invade a country you dont want to get involved in trench warfare that never ends an hour across the border.
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@kairon5249 Izium was in Kharkiv oblast, Izium was the main supply hub for Russians in the area. Do you really think it wasn't important to Russia? By some accounts the Ukrainians captured more equipment there then they started the war with. And Kherson was taken anyways. So good job.
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@dpelpal aint that true, they had fantasies about sweeping through Europe and capturing toilets all over. Now they cant even take the Donbas. (thoughts a prayers to all the looted Donbas toilets)
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@shasha259 Source: Trust me bro.
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@enriquelaroche5370 And Russia used to be a Mongol vassal, what's your point? It was Kyiv that founded the state of Russia not the other way around. Kyiv was a developed city and culture while Moscow was a few huts in the swamp.
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@h9hkk6155 Even the cannibals roam free in Russia. Unfortunately every Russian with half a brain has been leaving since the '90's.
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@shubhammundra5034 The west isn't lifting sanctions because they don't want to give Russia unlimited access to SWIFT. Food and agricultural products are already not sanctioned. Russia can get payment from a third party bank. All their tears is just an excuse to try to incur a famine and hopefully put pressure on Ukraine. "The famine will start now and they will lift the sanctions and be friends with us, because they will realize that it's impossible not to be friends with us," - said Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan during the Petersburg Economic Forum.
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A Russian SU34 crashed today, pathetic. (btw it took them so long to fine the F35 because its so stealthy even they cant detect it)
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Russia still has plenty of donkeys left.
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@TheRealBillBob Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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@ngwarobbert8147 lmao cry some more man. At least a hot dog salesman with a mercenary army didn't storm the Pentagon.
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A country the size of Ukraine could absorb millions of losses. the "Ukraine is out of manpower" is pure Russian fantasy.
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Burning land to clear it for crops and fires started in the hinterlands by lightning aren't the same thing.
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@imagrillsubtome7747 Brazil isn't sanctioned though, a few twitter weirdo's protesting mean nothing. This also isn't one fire, slash and burn has been going on for decades in the amazon. In the last fifty years, Brazil's Amazon has lost about a fifth of its forest cover—almost 300,000 square miles. This includes at least 5,110 square miles lost in 2021. And European and NA leaders get bashed constantly by the media wtf are you talking about?
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Did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didn't.
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@Lena-vw6ye China is the largest importer of food and energy on the planet by a huge margin and unless they figure out teleportation they are in serious trouble if they want to get belligerent. It doens't even need to be them, if Iran and Saudi Arabia have a war everyone in china will just sit quietly in the dark i guess. China didn't even release it's GDP numbers from last year because they couldn't even make up numbers that weren't laughable (and make up numbers is what they generally do). China was able to gain the upper hand in manufacturing because it was able to leverage it's huge low cost population, but they already did that, and wages are rising faster there then anywhere and they are no longer competitive. They've also proven themselves to be an unreliable partner with zero covid and wolf warrior diplomacy, which is why orders have been drying up, the rest of the world moved on and have been building up their own industrial base (the US is currently undergoing the fastest industrialization in its history including WW2 and Mexico is doing the same) Furthermore since the chip ban tech is finished in China, the only way they can get chips is smuggled in from third parties, its over. The one child policy was probably the most braindead policy decision in the last 100 years from any country, the only ones that rival it are some of Mao's idiotic policies that led to mass famine. You may be amazed to learn that in order to have a functioning economy you need young people to consume.
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@ЛюдмилаСевастополь-ы4у Yes thats why Russia has been begging to be let back on swift.
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@user-xh4uk1rh3b Did you know China has a treaty with Ukraine to protect them from nuclear aggression?
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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@hansrijke8477 Putin cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@martyn4501 Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army parading around as a supposed superpower.
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@martyn4501 Are you simple or something? Ukraine is the underdog in almost every aspect, they have stopped a much larger and more powerful country in its tracks inflicting terrible casualties on the Russians. Ukraine has retaken over 50% of the territory once occupied by Russia. The Russian army is at then end of its worst two months in the war. The Russian navy just lost the battle of the Black sea to a country with no navy and the Russian air force has been mostly a no show but gets humiliated every time it shows up. Two years of total war and Russia cant even take the Donbas, and its a few hours by car from Moscow. This war has been a humiliating disaster for Russia, no matter how you try to spin it. Which part of this is laughable fo Ukraine?
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@martyn4501 Why would you bring up Arestovich? that guy is just trying his best to maintain any relevancy he has. Nobody in Ukraine takes him seriously. And this was about your comment about people laughing at Ukraine, now you are shifting the goalposts. Or maybe you think trench warfare that never ends was Russia's plan all along. You can check the frontlines if you want that status, they've remained almost unchanged since Ukraine's Kherson offensive.
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@TheScottEF Whataboutism is pretty much what every Russian argument boils down to.
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waaaaaah!! Yes yes every war started by Russia is the wests fault, matter of fact all Russia's problems are because of America, not centuries of inept leadership.
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@John-hu9qg yeah they were being used by the Saudi's...
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@alaska3300 Here’s a look at the size the top 10 country’s economy in 2023, according to IMF’s estimates. Because you seem to be confused. Rank Country GDP (USD) 1 🇺🇸 U.S. $26,855B 2 🇨🇳 China $19,374B 3 🇯🇵 Japan $4,410B 4 🇩🇪 Germany $4,309B 5 🇮🇳 India $3,737B 6 🇬🇧 UK $3,159B 7 🇫🇷 France $2,923B 8 🇮🇹 Italy $2,170B 9 🇨🇦 Canada $2,090B 10 🇧🇷 Brazil $2,081B
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@Duwayne567 Why not look into why Gaza's 'Muslim brothers' in Egypt dont open the border. Gaza is just a terrorist farm at this point.
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@jetli740 You do need skilled labor to operate them but they aren't labor intensive. It is a mostly automated process. As for who they will sell to is a silly question, chips are one of the most sought after commodities on the planet.
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@firestarter8202 Yes I'm sure unending trench warfare was the plan all long.
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@OrbitalTrails Is there a network where Russia has managed to take the Donbas yet?
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@Bushman42069 Wow defenders advantage doesn't exist anymore for the first war ever.
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This city is located 5 kilometers away from the occupied territories. There was one place left where the enemy had advanced less than a kilometer. It was the third year of the war. To completely capture the Donetsk region at this rate, it will take another 5 years and 2 million KIA. Five years and 2 million deaths for an area the size of Delaware. Yeah, good luck having a future.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Like at Vulhedar where Russia lost 130+ vehicles driving into the same minefield over and over for no good reason? Also to date there is evidence of 2 Leopards and a handful of Bradley's being destroyed 5 days ago and you fools act like its the downfall of western civilization. And who said this wasn't a 'real offensive'? Not me, I just said 3 days was unrealistic to expect any significant results. The allies spent weeks on the beaches at Normandy then 8 more clearing out the hedgerows. Ukraine's progress has so far been much faster then that.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Funny you mention Denys, he was the one from whom I first learned that Russia was taking pictures of the same convoy over and over trying to pass it off as seperate events. Nice try though. Western media isn't perfect but considering Russian media has claimed that they've destroyed more HIMARS then have ever been made along with the destruction of multiple Leopards and Bradley's months before they even arrived in Ukraine its difficult to take anything they say serious at all. Russian media has claimed that they've destroyed the Ukrainian army several times over, they claimed that some deep underground NATO bunker was desroyed killing dozens of generals, a claim that first surfaced in some Greek tabloid and Russian media just ran with because you know forget fact checking I guess. Please stop spreading misinformation.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Oh and you are right to be skeptical of the lancet one. There is footage of that on the ground of them blowing up a wooden decoy. The Ukrainians there mock Russian media saying they'll claim its another Leopard kill. Which they predictably did. Russia also photoshopped one of their own destroyed T80's and tried to pass it off as a Leopard. Oh and the whole farm equipment debacle. Though on that one i'm not sure if they were deliberately lying or if they were just so imcompitent they really though some tractors and combines were actually leopards. Russia must have been even more traumatized by tractors then I thought.
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Those little green men likely got their gear at army surplus stores.
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@yagotta1 Yes, though the goal is to destroy military hardware and weapons, which they wont have time to evacuate not necessarily Hamas itself.
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@leealex24 In the 2000 Camp David Summit, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, offered to form a Palestinian state, initially with 73% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. In 10 to 25 years, the Palestinian state will expand to 92% of the West Bank. But Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, rejected the offer. Over and over Israel has attempted to find a two state solution. Its Hamas and the Palestinians that won't play ball.
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once the MTLB's with old naval guns arrive the war is as good as over, checkmate decadent west.
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@FuckOffShitTube001 Have you read the leaks? Can you read my son? the actual leaks not the clearly photoshopped Russian version that says casualties are 3-1 in favor of Ukraine, or that Russian spetsnaz has been almost completely destroyed, or the infighting taking place between Russian elite, or that many in leadership roles are purposefully throwing the war, including Gerasimov? Or that Russia only has around 500 functioning tanks left. Do you think Russia dusting off the T-54/55's is a promising sign from Russia? Or the fact that they are using rigged up S-300's to hit apartment blocks and maternity wards instead of actual cruise missiles to be a good thing for Russia? Or that after a year they are still just screwing around in the Donbas?
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@elbibwen3019 No they didn't, Even Gorbachev said as much.
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The only reason Russia tells the truth is if it facilitates another lie.
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The vatniks in the comments are insane. Ukrainian bio mosquito, gaydemonjewfascist. Vatnik nods along. Russia committing any war crimes. Vatnik; 'It WaS THe UkraInIAns!'
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@rouz0 The US is moving nuclear armed ICBM's into Ukraine? I didn't know that.
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@richardivonen3564 I was replying to a comment about the US doing exactly the same thing as Russia did during the Cuban missile crisis. Which is obvously nonsense. More like what the Russians did during Vietnam.
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@PaulV. To put this in perspective, imagine if the US invaded Mexico, then after 2 years, 6 figure casualties, losing over half the the territory they once occupied, trench warfare that never ends and one attempted coup the US said. "Well Mexico was preparing for this for 8 years and their army was really big. We captured Tijuana though so we aren't a complete joke." This invasion has been a disastrous humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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@PaulV. Ukraine has received about 3% of NATO's annual military budget, mostly in the form of old stock. Ukraine has received almost none of the 'most modern' weapons. Primarily cold war relics at the end of their shelf life, not exactly unlimited resources. Moreover history didn't start last year, Russia has had a much higher military budget then Ukraine for decades. Russia squandered tens of thousands of military vehicles to accomplish next to nothing. Also if the US invaded Mexico it would be over in a couple of weeks not the multi year disaster the Russians are engaged in no aid would matter because it would be over before any help could arrive. It took the US just over 500 hours to take Iraq, and they had a much larger army then either Ukraine or Mexico and were on the other side of the world. Russia cant even take the Donbas and its a half days drive from Moscow.
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@duncansmith7562 Putin is a pathological liar. Less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to 2014. Several NATO countries were opposed to the idea as well. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO were effectively zero.
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@duncansmith7562 I really dont know why you would lie about something thats so easy to google. MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill that opens the door for him to potentially remain in power until 2036. The bill, which was recently approved by the lower and upper chambers of parliament, aligns the election laws with constitutional changes approved by voters last year. One of the constitutional changes resets Putin's term-limit clock to zero, allowing him to seek reelection when his current term expires in 2024, and again in 2030 if he wishes. Under the current election laws, a president is forbidden from seeking a third consecutive six-year term. Putin is currently in his second consecutive six-year term. The constitutional amendments were initiated in January 2020 by the 68-year-old Russian leader, who has been running the country as prime minister or president since late 1999. The nationwide vote for the amendments held last summer sparked protests in Moscow that were dispersed by law enforcement.
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Don't worry China's GDP numbers are make believe anyways. They'll just make up some new numbers to suit whatever narrative they want.
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Honestly cant tell if you are talking about Putin or Kim.
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@GolfNut867 You mean the four hour press conference where Putin (or more likely his double) admitted Russia has over 300k losses? That press conference?
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@niklaus9678 Oh yeah that phantom peace treaty that Putin lost for the past year and a half that nobody mentioned before and was only recently found. You guys really do believe every thing you're told.
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Gaddafi was killed by his own people.
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@RaghuappuAppu Because they are trying to avoid a nuclear war. What a brain-dead comment. In a conventional war refer to Operation Desert Storm if you'd like to see how it would look like.
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The only source for Ukrainian casualties is Russia and they claim to have destroyed Ukraine's military several times over.
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@UkraineNeeds Russia killed around 2 million civilians in Afghanistan alone. The US around 45 thousand. So several orders of magnatude more in half the time. Well done Russia.
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@Kevin Retulado Yes that's why all Putin's political rivals (or anyone that criticizes him) end up eating a polonium sandwich or in the gulag. Its called freedom people.
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@k1rantbeta843 Of course there were Russian troops in the Donbas, russian regulars and Wagner. Here's what Putin said about Wagner. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state,”
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr More whataboutism to hide your shame. Dry your eyes. Was it more embarrassing then losing an order of magnitude more forces then the US in half the time? That's what Russia did in Afghanistan, then their whole empire collapsed, oops. I don't remember any hour long montage of farmers hauling off US equipment from any NATO invasion. Check out r/tractorsStealingTanks if you want to see what actual humiliation looks like. Embarrassing is a supposed superpower invading your much weaker neighbor and losing more men then the US has in all post WW2 wars combined. Then dusting off T54's and begging North Korea for ammo. Though Russia is quickly closing in on the US WW2 total. Over 13.5k armored vehicles destroyed just to capture 15% of Ukraine, 50% less then the high watermark a year and a half ago. And most of that was captured prior to the 2022 full scale invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost much more then Ukraine. And that's just losses that have been photographed, the true number is certainly much higher.
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@bencarter1666 Is this a joke? Refer to Desert Storm if you want to know what a NATO vs Russia conflict would look like.
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@ichlebeindermoderne6939 They aren't. For starters they aren't winning, its a stalemate at best. And the 30 nations thing is just a Russian talking point to try to avoid the embarrassment of the shambolic incompetence of this invasion. They are fighting Ukraine that's using NATO hand me downs.
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@domzbu Ukraine received almost no weapons until 2022. If the US invaded Mexico the war would be over in a month regardless of what help Mexico recieved.
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@seeker0587 These weren't US missiles though, they were likely French SCALP missiles. It was Ukrainian made Neptune missiles that sank the Moskva.
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@jossgower Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@mereassassinates550 Is the Sun in the room with you right now? Its security footage of 2 scalp missiles destroying the ship dumbass. Along with multiple other sources reporting on this, its probably just a grand conspiracy to make the world think Ukraine sunk some corvette. And the Moskva still sails, right? There's also satellite images of the destroyed ship. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@DIMASIO. R-360 Neptune is a Ukrainian subsonic cruise missile with all-weather capabilities developed by the Luch Design Bureau in Kyiv. In service 2021–present. Why lie about something thats so easy to google? Ukraine hadn't received any anti ship missiles from anyone at that point. You realize this isn't tik tok right? spamming emoji's wont make your idiotic comments become real.
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@switch12345678 So you don't think Russia should be on the security council? why did Russia inherit all the SSR's treaties? What was the capital of the SSR? The Russian Federation is the successor state to the SSR, that's how they view themselves. The Russian Empire, SSR and Russian Federation are all the same entity with different names. One of us needs to learn history but it isn't me.
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@switch12345678 Yeah empire's grow and shrink, that proves literally nothing. Find me a single historian that says that Russia has nothing to do with the USSR and I'll be eating crow.
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@City1Tiger You already said that, repeating the same nonsense over and over won't make it true. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban, the US was long gone by then. Try not to cry.
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@domzbu Ukraine has retaken over 50% of the territory Russia once occupied, wtf are you talking about. History didn't start two years ago, Russia has spent billions more on its military compared to Ukraine. They've spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. Russia's military performance has been humiliating no matter how you try to spin it.
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@City1Tiger The US disrupted Al Qaeda and took down Bin Laden and Al Zawahiri. If you want to say the political objective of nation building failed ok but militarily it was a victory. IMO they should have packed it in after they took out Bin Laden but that's with hindsight. Russia lost so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed. Any more braindead talking points you want to spam?
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Don't worry, elections in Russia are a farce. As Peskov already said Putin will be elected with 90% of the vote.
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@johnyblazer8597 Lots of world leaders have gone to Ukraine, do you think they all went to cancel peace agreements? Why did nobody in Russia mention any peace agreement until over a year after the fact when Putin mentioned it in a press conference. He must have lost the treaty in his sock drawer. Or maybe you mean when Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said in 2022 that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory"
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@des_smith7658 It has nothing to do with NATO expansion, prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. Even if they had multiple NATO countries were opposed to the idea, Ukraine's chances joining NATO was effectively zero. At one point in time Russia considered joining NATO, should they invade themselves?
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Right? This guy fails to mention that 90% of China's fleet isn't blue water capable and cant sail past Vietnam in force. In a war the US would blockade the straights of Malacca and China would face mass famine and deindustrialization in 6 months.
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@sapere7 If Europe had the sense of NA they would have the ability to defend themselves and there wouldn't be war in Europe again. The most blood soaked land and all of Earth and you guys somehow never learn.
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@IamHandsome4u Genocide.
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Let it be known Putin will negotiate with terrorists.
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Russia's been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years, its time to face reality.
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Russia: "There are French forces in Ukraine." Also Russia: "If France sends any forces we will nuke them."
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Hydrocarbon export revenue (a fat chunk of the economy) is down 90% since the start of the war. Russia is sanctioned to oblivion, the Ruble is in the toilet and Russia is going through one of the worse demographic collapses in history. Russia just banned the export of refined products because of fuel shortages. Oil and gas is all Russia can do and even that's falling apart. But sure the economy is booming, just ask them.
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If Trump is broke how will he be able to continue his favorite hobby, defaming Jean Carroll?
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@MrGatzby If you want to pretend photographic evidence isn't real that's fine. Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@ Destroyed and damaged equipment is put in different categories little buddy. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@kjererrrt2381 No, because Russia decided to not follow their own doctrine and kept sending everyone to the zero line because they were afraid of the optics of losing ground and a total collapse like what happened at Kharkiv. Now they have very little left in the way of operational reserves and must redeploy laterally if they want to move troops, which is dangerous for the troops and thins the line in another area. Moreover the most troublesome part has been the minefields which were thickest at the front. There are mines further back but they are much less extensive or Russia wouldn't be able to resupply.
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@MyDogRescuer here's what the top 10 actually is, because you seem to be confused. GDP (USD billions)/GDP per capita. #1 United States Of America (U.S.A) $26,854 $80.03 #2 China $19,374 $13.72 #3 Japan $4,410 $35.39 #4 Germany $4,309 $51.38 #5 India $3,750 $2.6 #6 United Kingdom (U.K.) $3,159 $46.31 #7 France $2,924 $44.41 #8 Italy $2,170 $36.81 #9 Canada $2,090 $52.72 #10 Brazil $2,080 $9.67
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Whataboutism is pretty much what every Russian argument boils down to. 'well America did something bad in the past so all Russia's actions are justified'. Absolutely braindead.
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@Historyiswatching Don't worry the Fins are safe now that they are in NATO
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@godhatesusall85 Don't you know that everything bad that happens to Russia is America's fault? Not centuries of braindead Russian leadership.
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@margelatu79 They are also on the left bank of the Dnieper so I would imagine that they will go around and cut them off at the sea of Azov closer to Melitopol. But i'm not part of Ukrainian high command so who knows. I guess they could do some sort of idiotic attack like Russia did at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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@RC-tv7hi Sure here's a montage of Russian media claiming the war would be a cakewalk (starts around the 3 minute mark) Putin also said in 2014 he could take Ukraine in 3 weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK16y6vIAPo&ab_channel=WarthogDefense
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@EELEEM NATO took Afghanistan in a few weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The Taliban were all hiding in caves in Pakistan.
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@EELEEM The Afghans lost against the Taliban. The US had withdrawn by then, and there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years.
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@mr.joedirt8583 Give them a bit. Last year their offensives didn't start until August and Ukraine folded Russia up like laundry and that was without western heavy equipment. Considering Russia cant even secure their own borders with the country they are at war with a repeat wouldn't surprise me. Typically when you invade a country you dont want to get dragged into trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. This war has been a disaster and complete humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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@glintongordon6811 Wrong, here's a montage of Russian media claiming 3 days. (starts around the 3 minute mark) Also in 2014 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 3 weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK16y6vIAPo&ab_channel=WarthogDefense
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@crymeaariver Putin himself said he could take Kyiv in two weeks in 2014. Or do you really think years of ww1 attrition was the plan all along?
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@Heterosexual51 See up near the top of the screen where it says 'search'? Why not just type in 'putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks 2014' instead of posting foolish comments.
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@Heterosexual51 Here's the Guardian. Vladimir Putin has said Russian forces could conquer the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in two weeks if he so ordered, the Kremlin has confirmed. Moscow declined to deny that the president had spoken of taking Kiev in a phone conversation on Friday with José Manuel Barroso, the outgoing president of the European commission.
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@tandennis5817 The US took Afghanistan in a couple weeks and then occupied them for twenty years, the Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves waiting for them to leave. I think the problem is you don't understand the difference between invading and occupying.
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@ariver There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US lost 1,921 soldiers over twenty years due to hostile action. Russia will lose more than that over the weekend.
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@crymeaariver So when Germany invaded the Soviet Union and the US provided support to the Soviets that was a proxy war? Hardly.
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Russia is the one pursuing armed aggression. Don't invade other countries and nobody gets hurt, pretty simple.
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@danieltam3923 haha yeah I heard. it goes all the way up, that's why the moon is considered traditional Chinese territory.
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fei fei Yeah and many Uighurs get their heads shaved and are sent in rail cars to concentration camps. So glad some tourists are having a good time though. What a sick comment.
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Did you see Putin's speech the other day where he was begging countries to stop sending weapons to Ukraine? lmao.
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@aldaman2725 Go to any of the mapping sites. Russia has done very little since the opening days of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken much more ground then its lost. WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has recaptured half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced "a very hard fight" to win back more. "It's already taken back about 50% of what was initially seized," Blinken said in an interview with CNN on Sunday. "These are still relatively early days of the counteroffensive. It is tough," he said, adding: "It will not play out over the next week or two. We're still looking I think at several months."
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@ndurocher85 Russia has unleashed its full army, as evidenced by Wagner taking Rostov and waltzing straight to Moscow and the Kremlin could do nothing but bomb its own refinery and dig up the highway. The 'Russia isn't even trying' is the dumbest excuse there is, if that were true (its not) Russia would be even more inept then I thought. you'd think they would do whatever they could to win the war instead of dragging it out taking terrible casualties.
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@jinkazama7491 Prigozhin is a hot dog salesman.
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@AliKhan-cd7hs I would imagine Putin gets the Brezhnev treatment and is escorted to a Siberian basement by his own people.
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@jinkazama7491 ok dude. here's a list of countries that haven't voted to condemn Russia at the UN. Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Syria, and Nicaragua. Great group of friends.
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@jinkazama7491 You mean China and India? Two countries buying Russian oil at BELOW the EU price cap. Milking Russia for every dime they can get, nice friends. BTW both countries #1 trading partner is the US. You sure do lol a lot. If you want to see something really funny you should check out Russia's GDP per capita. Or the fact that after 14+ months the self proclaimed world #2 army STILL cant take the Donbas, despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@ussir He was ushered out to pasture when it was clear he was insane. You could just read his wiki you know.
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@Andy-kl1ry Old enough to know that Russia never follows through on it's promises. And I know lots of Russians, most of them with half a brain left Russia years ago, and the rest left last year. Russia is a husk of it's former self and it's former self was a basket case. And how old are you? shouldn't you be on the front? or let me guess you left Russia because of it's dreadful quality of life. If you vatniks fought half as hard in battle as you did in the comments you'd have a chance at taking Bakhmut.
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@robertlamb1962 so's Bakhmut. Also Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century so it's not exactly a rare event.
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@varvik4992 Even Russia admits they were lost, they just say they shot them down themselves, because somehow they think that's better than saying Ukraine shot them down.
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@lostonearth7856 hah yep between Putin and Xi they have more red lines then a candy cane.
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@samd1032 By 'you people' he means people from non authoritarian countries that know how to take a joke.
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Russian Mil Bloggers are reporting Ukrainian reinforcements all along the line so it looks that way.
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@robertlamb1962 According to Russia any country that doesn't let Russia do whatever it wants is fascist. The far right party in Ukraine got less then 1% of the vote get a grip.
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@tiadiad Ah yes 9 years and Russia cant even take the Donbas pretty amazing. The next wave will be T54s and Scooby Doo vans. Pretty scary. Most of Russia's holdings in Ukraine was before the invasion in 2022 or from the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken much more then its lost. Oh and you forgot about Belgorod, Russia hasn't even fortified the border of the country they at war with for some reason.
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@zoom777 So Russia still holds Kherson and Kharkiv?
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@inquizative44 Good job taking a mid sized town a few miles across the border in just under a year with only 100k casualties. Russia's other offensive was at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason. Russia also retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium and Kherson.
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@vervetech9395 China and India's largest trade partner is the US, Russia's used to be the EU prior to the war. SA's biggest trade partner is China but they still do much more trade with the west then they do BRICS.
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@alexsilent5603 All Putin's political rivals end up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich.
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@Xyrozen Every industrialized country on Earth has biolabs. there are US funded bio labs in China.
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WLADIMIR0809 Avdiika is encircled in your fantasy world. In reality Russia has taken a couple empty fields at the cost of hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of casualties. As far as total casualties go all we can go by is photographic evidence which shows Russia having around 3.5x the losses of Ukraine. edit: oops, looks like your comment was deleted. Not sure if you did that to spare yourself the embarrassment of if you ran afoul of youtubes misinformation policy.
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Places that drive on the left need to go ahead and give their head a shake.
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Once there's another large scale breakthrough they'll be gone for a while again until they get a new script, some nonsense like; "Russia never wanted to conquer Ukraine to begin with, this is attritional war land doesn't matter, Russia is fighting 50+ countries." Ultra grade cope like that
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@Manwendlil I would guess he's not to pleased with the KGB infiltrating the Russian church and using it as a weapon.
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@GK_Imagimotion Nobody knows what the civilian body count is for this war. All estimates come from Ukrainian held territory. The estimate I've seen from Mariupol range from 25k-90k civilian casualties, we have kno way of knowing though.
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@boota1979 China's debt to GDP ratio is 40% higher than the US.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Russia is a vassal to the Golden Horde.
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@mat_j Russia used tanks and IFV's at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason
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@Samaldoful Good job refuting nothing I said.
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@vladimirprotein1275 Russia has spent the last year dicking around in the Donbas, they are now dusting off the t54/55's. Pretty scary.
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@simpson9941 Hundreds of millions of people are starving in the US? So 2/3 the population is starving. ok dude.
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@dstarboi9965 They wouldn't be kicked out for starting a war but for violating Resolution 1695 regarding North Korea which was passed in 2006.
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WLADIMIR0809 Russia has lost more in a year and a half in this war then the US has lost in all wars since ww2 combined.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Ukraine made Ukrainian the official language, thats not discrimination against Russians. The official language in Russia is Russian, that must mean they are discriminating against Ukrainians right? What braindead logic. Oh Russia has discriminated against Ukrainian language in the past though. 720 Peter the Great issued an edict prohibiting printing books in the Ukrainian language, and since 1729 all edicts and instructions have only been in the Russian language. In 1763 Catherine the Great issued an edict prohibiting lectures in the Ukrainian language at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 1769 the Most Holy Synod prohibited printing and using the Ukrainian alphabet book. In 1775 the Zaporizhian Sich was destroyed. In 1832 all studying at schools of the Right-bank Ukraine transitioned to exclusively Russian language. In 1847 the Russian government persecuted all members of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius and prohibited the works of Taras Shevchenko, Panteleimon Kulish, Mykola Kostomarov (Nikolai Kostomarov) and others. In 1862 all free Sunday schools for adults in Ukraine were closed. In 1863 the Russian Minister of Interior Valuev decided that the Little Russian language (Ukrainian language) had never existed and could not ever exist. During that time in the winter of 1863–64, the January Uprising took place at the western regions of the Russian Empire, uniting peoples of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Next year in 1864 the "Regulation about elementary school" claimed that all teaching should be conducted in the Russian language. In 1879 the Russian Minister of Education Dmitry Tolstoy (later the Russian Minister of Interior) officially and openly stated that all people of the Russian Empire should be Russified. In the 1880s several edicts were issued prohibiting education in the Ukrainian language at private schools, theatric performances in Ukrainian, any use of Ukrainian in official institutions, and christening Ukrainian names. In 1892 another edict prohibited translation from the Russian to Ukrainian. In 1895 the Main Administration of Publishing prohibited printing children books in Ukrainian. In 1911 the resolution adopted at the 7th Congress of Noblemen in Moscow prohibited the use of any languages other than Russian. In 1914 the Russian government officially prohibited celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of Shevchenko's birthday and posted gendarmes at the Chernecha Hill. The same year Nicholas II of Russia issued an edict prohibiting the Ukrainian press.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Russia's invasion begain in 2014 with the made up excuse of 'liberating Russians' So why do you think Ukraine banned some imported Russian culture? use your brain.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Saying Crimea was primarily ethnic Russian of course ignores the genocide of the Crimean tartars. The same goes for eastern Ukraine, Russia genocided the locals then moved in a bunch of ethnic Russians.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 The reason this conflict isn't over is because of the astonishing incompetence shown by Russia in this conflict and the willingness of Ukrainians to fight to defend their homeland.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 There are no Stalin monuments in the US, please avoid misinformation. Or maybe you're referring to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia that briefly had a Stalin bust but was quickly removed.
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Remember when Trump warned the Germans not to be so dependent on Russian energy and become capable of defending themselves? They laughed in his face, now they have to deal with the fact that they're even dumber then Trump. Not a lot of faith in western Europe these days.
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Yuri-uy5mu Russia ran away from Afghanistan so fast their whole empire collapsed.
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Russians hoping that if they say the offensive has failed often enough that it will actually fail.
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2014 is when Russia began its invasion. If not for that casualties in the Donbas, civilian or otherwise would be zero.
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@juannmann9901 Been a long time since any western powers tried to annex anyone.
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Once they are gone everyone will deny they ever supported them.
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@АртемАртем-л4э I know that's what they tell you on Russian news but not only were they not stopped but they are still in Russia. We've all seen the videos. If you want to pretend cameras don't exist that's fine, don't expect anyone to take you serious though.
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@АлексейСлушко-о5ш Russia has killed thousands of civilians. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@dalehinds Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. Meanwhile Russia is begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps they can get. You can try to spin it however you like but this invasion has been a humiliating disaster for Russia.
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Whats surprising is Russia begging Iran and NK for whatever scraps they can get.
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yawn more whataboutism.
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@victorsmall7 No, they also innovated the turtle tank.
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@GwynBleys Yeah then they waltzed right through the Surovikin line which was hyped up like it was the Maginot line.
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@michael-muller Yes Putin's phantom peace treaty that nobody said or heard anything about. Until Putin dug it out of his sock drawer to talk about in a press conference over a year after the fact. I have a bridge you may be interested in.
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@SFHFWill Macgregor is a shill who has been predicting the imminent collapse of Ukraine since the start of the war. His predictions are about as accurate as a magic 8 ball.
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@rasheedh7043 You want a source for how much of Ukraine Russia occupies? its not exactly top secret information. Look at one of the half a dozen sites mapping the war, try not to strain your brain.
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lmao, a year and a half and the world #2 army cant even take the Donbas. Nothing says successful invasion like trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border.
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With Surovikin being arrested it looks like the purge has begun, Putin has begun rounding up hardliners hopefully this ends with him withdrawing after claiming he was misled by that faction.
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@yaqob3275 Ukraine's offensives last year didn't start until August and they folded up the Russians like laundry in fairly short order.
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@yaqob3275 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izuim (the main logistic hub in the area along with a mountain of equipment) and Kherson. Typically when you invade a country you dont want to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border.
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When will Putin admit the 3 day smo has been a complete disaster
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@enochcushite496 14+ months in and Russia can't even take the Donbas and you still have fantasies of Odessa? What will they use in the assault T54's and Scooby Doo vans?
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@davidandresen8195 The northern border has always been manned. It would be moronic not to. (though Russia did that and allowed the FRL to attack Belgorod). Putin wants Wagner out of the country because they just attempted a coup and he doesn't want them infecting the regular Russian army with their mutinous ideas.
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@johnmouton6875 Well Russia is taking their sweet time so far all they've done is dick around in the Donbas.
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You can tell your invasion is going well when you are engaged in never ending trench warfare launching millions of dollars of missiles at corn.
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Has Putin taken Kursk yet? There is a botox clinic waiting for his appointment.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You see back in the olden days the rules of the world were different. Everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. The Mexican American war was almost 200 years ago (Mexico attacked the US btw) Ever since WW2 the rules of the world are changed, the borders are set. If you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Do you understand?
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@amitkerai4880 And? What's your point? Also there isn't a no fly zone in either Syria or Iraq. There are flight restrictions in Iraq commercial flights to prohibit certain flights at altitudes below 32,000 over Iraq until 2027 due to risks to flights. But again, what's your point?
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@amitkerai4880 What on earth does that have to do with Iraq or Syria?
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@amitkerai4880 Ukraine invaded Russia? Please don't make me laugh. Russia invaded in 2014.
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@amitkerai4880 Post some quotes buddy. Don't be lazy.
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@amitkerai4880 Little buddy lets review. OP stated nobody thought they would see a war like this one. You then name three wars that are nothing like this one. And when you are proven wrong you continue to post irrelevant non sequiturs that have nothing to do with what was being discussed. This isn't a debate, this is just you posting silly nonsense.
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@amitkerai4880 Yes they wanted to annex Syria and make it the 51st state. It's impossible to take you seriously bud.
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@amitkerai4880 And yeah I read it, it didn't support your position. Though I'm not even sure what your position is anymore. It seemed at one point you were trying to claim a civil war and some low intensity conflicts had anything in common with Ukraine. At some point via whataboutery your position now seems to have shifted to Ukraine and US bad.
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@amitkerai4880 And then the US invaded and annexed Syria, and claimed they were never a real country. Please try using your head. Medvedev already announced why Russia invaded, massive deposits of minerals and hydrocarbons were discovered in Ukraine and Russia wanted to maintain it's monopoly in Europe. This is just a regular old land grab.
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@amitkerai4880 If you want to talk about civilian losses in Syria you should look into Russia, they've flattened every city they can and even dropped chemical weapons on them. You live in a world of pure fantasy. We have no idea what civilian losses are in Ukraine because Russia won't let outside observers in. The estimates from Mariupol alone range from 25,000 to 100,000.
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@amitkerai4880 The UN hasn't been allowed access to count civilian deaths genius, how would they know? Some civilians took shelter at azovstal because it was one of the few safe places in the city, between 90% and 95% of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed. Nothing to do with human shields, keep spamming the Kremlin talking points though.
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@amitkerai4880 You can't be so idiotic that you think urban fighting is the same as using civilians as human shields can you? Yeah poor Russia will have to rebuild the cities they themselves destroyed. Welcome to the world of smooth brained reasoning.
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@amitkerai4880 Russians themselves continue to release videos on their own channels of them going after civilians with drones in Kherson and Kharkiv. You are completely delusional.
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@lostinthesauce6409 It was made by the Americans then sold to the Saudi's. Do you understand?
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@doncarlodivargas5497 He probably did, its the dictator trap. Sooner or later they all start believing their own propaganda.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Most of what Russia holds was held before the full scale invasion or from the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has captured far more then they've lost.
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@jamesgreen1116 Ukraine isn't making braindead threats to other countries. Also Ukraine has taken more in the past month then Russia has in the past year.
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Ergodan just wants F16's he doesn't give af about anything Sweden did.
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@WS-bo7xd Congressmen are replaced all the time, Putin and Xi are leaders for life.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Russia's demographics were in terminal decline before the war, add to that the war and some of the highest levels of HIV and Tuberculosis in the world this will be Russia's last war regardless of the outcome.
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@moiseshuerta3984 Most Russians with half a brain left a long time ago and the rest left at the start of the war, mostly men of fighting age. Most of the Ukrainians that fled were women, chidren and the elderly. And of course the Ukrainians have gotten billions in aid from the US and EU to prop up their economy, a luxury that Russia doesn't have.
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@kguehini What happens in Russia if you say anything bad about the Regime or dear leader or the war? Why do all of Putin's political opponents end up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich? Are you being serious right now?
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@StrongRespect In most free countries you can call a war a war without going to jail and not a 'special military operation'. You can also do things like protest without catching 7 years. Also in most free countries if your daughter draws a picture the state doesn't like you don't have to worry about going to jail like that one Russian dude. Oh and more often then not free countries don't try to annex their neighbors, at least not this century.
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@StrongRespect A brain, unlike yourself. Journalists could be jailed for up to 15 years for calling the 'SMO' a war. And forget protesting, you can't even hold up a blank sheet of paper without getting hauled off.
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@nobodyherepal3292 no you see, *takes massive hit of copium*, we dick around outside Bakhmut for a year taking massive casualties sending in human waves then we send in the T-62's and MTLB with ancient naval cannon bolted on, then we send in the REAL russian army. Checmate decadent fools
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The mission was to bomb civilians. Mission accomplished.
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@linkmeforfun It's Iran fighting for Russia. The Russians wanted to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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It's still mud country, mostly whats going on is probing attacks, it will be a while before they really get started.
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10+ months and tens of thousands of casualties to capture 85% of a mid sized town a couple hours from Moscow by car, Russian plebs rejoice.
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@alexsilent5603 It says nothing of the sort. Feel free to live in denial if you want it wont change reality. Of the 22.6 percent of households without a centralized sewage system, 16.8 percent use a system of pipes connected to pit toilets. The other 5.8 percent lack a sewage system altogether. In rural Russia, almost two-thirds have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1 percent of whom use outhouses and 18.4 percent do not have a sewage system. 9 percent of Russia’s urban population reported lack of access to a sewage system. Rosstat carried out the study involving 60,000 households in every Russian region between Sept. 15 and Sept. 29, 2018
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@alexsilent5603 To put this in perspective less than half of one percent of Americans don't have access to indoor plumbing.
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@alexsilent5603 Though to be fair with all the toilets looted from Ukraine that number may be higher now.
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How many white collar workers about to lose their job to ai wish they could change the game. we are on the brink of a new era of prosperity beyond our wildest imaginings and most of the people against it are just neo luddites who lack foresight.
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@reginaldburnbridge2217 LOL, ok dude. Included in the casualties, 1000 Abrams, 100 F-22's the USS Gerald R Ford and Joe Biden himself. You live in a fantasy world.
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@psikogeek This is probably true, most Russians with half a brain left in the 90's and most of the rest when the war started.
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@michaelmcleary8566 It was their turn... The UN is inherently broken everyone can see that though there is still value on having a place for rogue states like Russia to engage in dialogue so nobody wants to disband it. Fortunately enough the UN is a toothless organization and being chair of the security council means nothing really.
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@mistressfreezepeach Two years of total war and Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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BubbaKaren I can see you aren't done throwing a tantrum. Why don't you go sit in time-out and think about why Russia cant even manage to take the Donbas. Also I'm not Australian, not sure where you got that idea, are you on drugs?
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@gfhomeNevashedelo Strelkov and Prigozhin both admit that isn't true. I'm sure you think you know better than the people who were there though.
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@gfhomeNevashedelo That Russian troops weren't in the Donbas. What else would I be talking about? You said literally only one thing to me genius.
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@gfhomeNevashedelo Wagner was regular Russian forces. Putin admitted as much. "I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@gfhomeNevashedelo Here's what Strelkov said. he unit were mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' from Russia and wore no insignia. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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@gfhomeNevashedelo The same 'little green men' that were active in Crimea were also in the Donbas. Putin initially denied that they were Russian forces but on the 17th of April 2014 he admitted they were. Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, stated that 50,000 Russian citizens fought in the Donbas up to August 2015, and argued that they should receive the same benefits as Russia's other veterans
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 This isn't top secret Manu. Crowley, Leo T. "Lend-Lease". In Walter Yust, ed., 10 Eventful Years (Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 1947) "Lend-Lease and Military Aid to the Allies in the Early Years of World War II". Office of the Historian. United States Department of State. Retrieved March 9, 2018 Lend-Lease Shipments: World War II, Section IIIB, Published by Office, Chief of Finance, War Department, December 31, 1946
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Yuri-uy5mu The '3 day' narrative was all over Russian media. Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks back in 2014.
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Russia was supposed to remove its forces from the Donbas and withdraw its support for the LPR/DPR and return control to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, they violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreements if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@MetaView7 There was never any promose regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much.
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@MetaView7 enjoy the food lines, inflation is higher in Russia, despite interest rates being a punishing 15%. BTW its tit for tat, not tic for tad or whatever nonsense you said. You probably don't know that in Russia.
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@MaximPerepelitsa51 Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time. Russian-led forces prevent the OSCE from accomplishing its mission in Donbas as spelled out in the Minsk Agreements. It is an unstated irony in Vienna — understood by every single diplomatic mission and member of the international staff — that Russia approves the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine when it votes in Vienna, but then blocks implementation of that same mission on the ground in Ukraine. Because Russia is a member of the OSCE, and the SMM wanted to preserve what little access it has to the occupied territories, the mission is guarded in what it says about ceasefire violations and restrictions on its freedom of movement. Privately, however, they acknowledge that some 80% of such violations and restrictions come from the Russian-controlled side of the border, and those that occur on the Ukrainian side are largely for safety reasons (e.g., avoiding mined approaches to bridges.)
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So far Russia's 3 day SMO has been one of the most humiliating invasions in human history. Well the most humiliating since the 1st Chechen war, and the Russo-Polish war and the Russo-Japanese war.
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@WeWazKangz The US has spent a fraction of its military budged. They are doing the same thing they did to the USSR, taking them out without firing a shot. You can try to spin it however you want but this has been a humiliating disaster for Russia. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico, then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare and 6 digit casualties the US still only controlled 15% of Mexico. How would you rate that invasion?
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The Houthi's are rebels, the legitimate Yemen government is defending itself against them.
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@nishapeter5051 China has been genociding Uighur Muslims and they dont seem to care about that either.
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Don't worry Putin will never leave his bunker.
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@mdumisenihlophe4001 It was in the 'mainstream media' last week. You can look at maps with the defensive lines super imposed on them and they are clearly past the first line in some areas. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@missk1697 China and India are enemies, so are Iran and Saudi Arabia. BRICS will never agree to change into anything of substance.
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Is Boris Johnson in the room with you right now?
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@WagnerWithShovels The only place you mentioned that Russia has actually captured is Solovieve, and it had a population of 200 people, good job proving his point for him. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine per war mapper. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 or in the opening days of 2022, gains since have been marginal at best and at a terrible cost.
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@juskahusk2247 Only it's not a real alliance and half the countries hate eachother.
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@juskahusk2247 They are buying Russian hydrocarbons at below the EU price cap to milk every dime from Russia that they can. Both countries #1 trade partner is the US. And India recently finished with joint military operation with the US to help them counter China.
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wow you really upset the Kremlin trolls with this comment.
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@Cruzeoc101 I think half the comments in this thread are yours bud. Take a breath, dry your eyes.
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@captaindak5119 Why didn't they keep Kherson then if they have domination of the airspace? Muscovy is incapable of large scale air operations never mind SEAD, all they do is send out planes in onesie twosie to get shot down. and Their Navy now hides as far from Ukraine as they can get. Unless Muscovy figures out teleportation before the Ukrainians capture up to Azov then they will wither on the vine.
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Anyone with a clue cheering for appeasement is absurd.
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Of course there is no evidence of this but if it was true it goes to show what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@Nileeshgaawre Meanwhile Putin begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps he can get. He has to do it over the phone though because he wont leave his bunker, and if he did he'd get arrested.
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@GairikGhosh Putin said 2 weeks in 2014, 3 days narrative was all over Russian media. Whatever the plan was I'm sure it wasn't trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border.
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@klaiken989 SA has close to 40% unemployment, can hardly keep the lights on and is a borderline failed state. They are the ones at the helm of BRICS?
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Lukashenko lost the last election in a land slide. The only reason he is still in power is because Russian goons moved in to keep him in power.
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I think it's because Putin declared it a RED LINE and they are thumbing their noses at them. Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and we routinely walk all over them and all he does is cry and seethe.
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Cope Cones.
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@angel_32_live Everything was fine in the Donbas until Russia invaded in 2014. How about when Chechnya tried to separate from Russia and Russia went in a flattened Grozny and killed 15% of the entire population? Will you apply your logic to them?
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@angel_32_live If you dislike CNN so much then why are you here?
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@michael-muller That's a fairy tale. You live in a fantasy world. Ukraine wont even enter Russian territory now that they are engaged in full scale war, aside from sending the FRL to do some raiding.
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@OddKittiesUnite NATO's first step if they were actually in this war would be an overwhelming air/cruise missile campaign to achieve air dominance. Its time to face reality.
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Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its European energy monopoly. Now Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70%. Putin remains a master strategest.
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Progozhin was a pos and its good he's gone. it was fun watching him rage post though and I was hoping for coup number 2. which could still happen.
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Nuke threats, more fired Generals and punishment battalions, you can tell things are going really well for Russia.
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@b1pawh Yep they think because the US didn't occupy Afghanistan until the end of time its some sort of loss. Germany is currently supplying weapons to Ukraine so that must mean Russia lost WW2 by their logic.
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John The Baptist 🇵🇸 Russia pulled back to focus on the Donbas and still cant take the Donbas.
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@gbrown9694 The difference is in this case it's the Russian's trying to genocide the Ukrainians. All armies will try to dehumanize their enemy, that's just part of war. Like how the Russians call the Ukrainians Khokhol's.
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Andrzej Duda: The words of the Polish Prime Minister about stopping arms supplies to Ukraine were misinterpreted. Mateusz Morawiecki’s statement was interpreted in the “worst possible way”, Polish President Andrzej Duda believes. Andrzej Duda - In my opinion, the prime minister meant that we will not transfer to Ukraine the new armaments that we are buying right now to modernize the Polish army,” he said in an interview with TVN24. "We cannot hand over our [new armament], which we are buying right now for billions of dollars for the Polish army to strengthen it, to strengthen Poland's security, to anyone else. No one," Duda added, noting that Warsaw [will continue] to fulfill the contracts it has signed with Ukraine, such as for the supply of Krab self-propelled artillery systems.
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Don't you mean Nancy Pelosi? That's who Trump confused her with anyways.
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Unending trench warfare with dreadful casualties is the best case outcome for Russia at this point. What a successful invasion.
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@davidbourne8267 yeah Putin wanted to put the USSR back together so he invaded Ukraine.
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He is also giving lessons on how to turn your country into the next Zimbabwe with his insane economic policy.
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@Biden_has_dementia Almost as funny as Russia bombing their own city. I guess when Russian pilots see civilian targets they just cant help themselves. Banks collapse every year, do you really think it's a big deal? in 2008 hundreds of banks collapsed.
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@KyokaMaruyama Oh I know, 2 leopards and a handful of Bradley's get taken out and the russian bots act like its the fall of the west.
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@KyokaMaruyama No I just find it funny Russia has been showing off the same 5 destroyed vehicles for the past 3 days like its some grand victory. Obviously Ukraine is going to lose equipment, they've taken 3km across a 16km front with relatively minor losses. Compared with Russia's offensive at Vulhedar where they lost 130+ tanks and IFV's for no gain they're doing fairly well.
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@KyokaMaruyama Great analysis commander smoothbrain. You should get a job at the Russian MOD.
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@davidlloyd2583 According to Putin Russia has over 300k losses. Dry your eyes.
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@throughput6674 dry your eyes little buddy.
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@lilidezman624 Same with Russia, or do you think they are breaking out the T54's for funzies? you guys have been claiming that Ukraine's collapse was imminent since the start of the war, find new material.
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@lilidezman624 Its Russia vs Ukraine + around 3% of NATO's annual budget, mostly in the form of old stock. Russia vs 40 countries is what Russia tells themselves to protect themselves from the embarrassment of losing a war to Ukraine.
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@Theworldisscrewed Literally zero South American countries voted with Russia at the UN
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@thematic3893 I hope you are right, and i'm no expert, but according to google. Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen remain at the highest alert level, as they all have populations facing or projected to face starvation (Catastrophe, IPC Phase 5) or at risk of deterioration towards catastrophic conditions as they have already critical food insecurity (Emergency, IPC Phase 4) and are facing severe aggravating factors. These countries require the most urgent attention.
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@thematic3893 20 million people are projected to starve in Nigeria next year...
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@GN28 It's not grain so much as fertilizers. Russia and Ukraine together export 28% of fertilizers made from nitrogen and phosphorous, as well as potassium and they no longer do so, China the largest producer of Phosphorous fertilizer has also banned exports because they see the writing on the wall. The world is connected man. Next year the countries that buy fertilizer will be the rich ones there will be mass famine which will increase the price of food further harming the poorest countries. If you think this is good for Africa you live in a fantasy world.
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@robijorum4113 How nice you aren't starving. unfortunately 226.7 million Africans do face starvation and it will be much worse next year when the fertilizer shortages hit.
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@jamesolanorin3698 Yeah that's what I said, the famine next year will include Africa, the middle east and some parts of South America and South Asia.
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He's lucky, a quarter of Russian's don't even have a toilet.
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@dilipshah5882 What about them? Go find a video about Gaza. Spamming the same brainless whataboutism in every thread won't do anything except convince people you are a bot.
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@dilipshah5882 Wow twelve whole Senators want that? I bet you could find twelve Senators who think the Earth is flat. The chances of US issuing any warrants is literally zero. Meanwhile in Russia they already issued the warrants. Do you understand the difference?
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@dilipshah5882 When did I demand anything? Israel was attacked, nobody attacked Russia. I'm not sure what is difficult to understand about that. Israel's situation is in no way comparable and has no relevance to Ukraine. Tell me your opinion on the Sudan conflict so I can decide if your opinion on some unrelated topic is valid. I'm sorry but that's ridiculous. Whataboutism in the middle east wasn't enough now you want to bring the US into it. You see little boy back in the olden days everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. But things have changed, the borders are set, rules of the world are different. How do you think Russia became the largest country on earth, asking nicely? The reason nobody cares about ancient conquests is because trying to change the borders at this point in time will result in only carnage. Russia is pretty much the last country that is trying to annex anyone.
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@dilipshah5882 A handful of American politicians saying something means nothing, nobody is threatened by this. Which is why the ICC has made no comment on the issue except perhaps howls of derisive laughter in private. This is the fringe that nobody takes seriously, including the ICC. Meanwhile, Russia has actually issued the warrants. Would you consider actual arrest warrants to be threatening? Because the ICC does, which is why they issued a statement expressing "deep concern" over Russia's issuance of arrest warrants for several court officials, including several judges.
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@dilipshah5882 Repeating the same nonsensical comment over and over isn't helping your case bud.
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@dilipshah5882 Except Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join, the Ukrainian government were unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms, and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea of them joining. It takes a lot more than idle talk to join NATO, Russia at one point spoke of joining, why not invade themselves? NATO is a red herring. Putin once said he had no issue with Ukraine joining before he changed his mind (right around the time he made a deal with the oligarchs making him one of the richest men in human history, funny how that worked out) On the topic of Ukraine’s accession to NATO, the Russian president said that it was entitled to make the decision independently. He does not see it as something that could cloud the relations between Russia and Ukraine. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@dilipshah5882 JFK confronted Russia directly, he didn't invade and annex Cuba and claim they were never a country. There was also no talk of putting American weapons in Ukraine until after Russia's 2014 invasion.
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@azeritto100 Your unhinged fantasies have no basis in reality. Russia has destroyed multiple cities and killed tens of thousands of civilians. They don't grant access to to occupied regions actual civilian casualties are likely 6 figures. How are they going to achieve a strategic victory over the US and UK when they aren't even combatants. Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. What insane delusions. If you didn't notice it was Russia that invaded, they are the ones starting this conflict no matter what types of mental gymnastics you try.
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@97tanuki A superpower that can't even take the Donbas? It only takes a few hours to drive there from Moscow and all they've done is dick around for a year. Or do you consider the T54/55's being dusted off to be superpower material. I thought the T62's were humiliating enough. Or are you being sarcastic, I honestly can't tell.
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Russia feels like they haven't violated enough treaties and want to violate the test ban treaty while they are at it.
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@wolfswinkel8906 who's your source, the totally reliable Russian MoD? The same guys who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards? Let me guess you think the Poseidon is real. Silly claims with no evidence, you mean like claiming the US has been 'screaming for months that the use of cluster cluster munitions was a war crime.' still waiting on a source for that btw. They were screaming about it for months should be easy to find a source.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Russia sends Generals to the front because they lack adequate communication equipment and the Generals have to go to the front to figure out what is actually happening. Sending Generals to the front is moronic. And Surovikin and the various generals Russia has taken out weren't any where near the front. They were just disappeared.
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@ Ukraine did release the interview of them.
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I hope Russia will give up on the Belgorod peoples republic for the sake of peace.
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They released satellite images showing the destruction dummy. Unlike Russia who claimed they destroyed 5 out of 2 Patriot batteries in Ukraine and just wanted us to take their word for it.
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@throughput6674 Nope, per Russian state statistics service Rosstat, 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. In rural Russia, almost 2/3rd's have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1% use outhouses and 18.4% do not have a sewage system.
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Shoigu's number 2 was literally just arrested for corruption.
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They put out a statement celebrating Russian language day. The UN is a farce.
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@bbcisaids6727 Is the globohomo in the room with you right now?
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elcierto00 Russia bombs children's summer camp at The Reikartz hotel in Zaporizhzhia. Russian bots: Its a NATO stronghold.
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@orcho141 The treaty with Ukraine is to defend them against 'nuclear aggression', technically China also is treaty bound to defend Ukraine from nuclear attack.
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Girkin hated Prigozhin. Girkin deserves jail or worse but I will miss his doom posting.
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@MrLeadb1 At that point Russia had already been at war for almost a decade genius. But that had no effect according to you. There are multiple historians who think otherwise, even the ones who put less emphasis on Afghanistan say it had some effect. You know better than them though.
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@nelayanpejuang4194 Support them how? What has any country done aside from provide lip service and buy Russian hydrocarbons at or below the EU pricecap? Russia has no friends just fellow tin pot dictators who try to fleece Russia for all they are worth.
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@mistressfreezepeach Did they invade and try to annex their neighbors? Oh no, that was Russia.
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@ A superpower that can't even take the Donbas despite it being a half days drive from Moscow.
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@ Most of what they are taking is empty fields. As of the end of January 2025, Russia occupied 18.21% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of this was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022, they've taken almost nothing since.
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No shortage of Russians spreading disinformation in this very comment section.
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@RC-tv7hi Like trying to pass off farm equipment as Leopards?
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@tretortugas Russia has its own first hand experience in Afghanistan, they got smoked so hard their entire country collapsed. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban, the US wasn't interested in occupying Afghanistan until the end of time. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves until the US left.
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@ericp1139 No they haven't. taking part or even most of something isn't the same taking all of it.
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@Ksgggg Pesky NATO keeps making Russia attack its neighbors. Get real.
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@chrimbus71 The west annexed Yugoslavia, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Lebanon? I must have missed that.
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@chrimbus71 Russia needs to stay out of Ukraine if you ask me.
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Look at a map from 1914, that's what Russia wants. We can stop them here or deal with war after war.
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@AdrianRolland China just discovered ancient maps that prove the moon is historical Chinese territory.
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Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the LPR/DPR, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control to the Ukrainians with OSCE support. Russia violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@Sweet-Rat-Milk Russia supported communism in Africa they dont give af about Africans. Communism in the post colonial era is one of the reasons parts of Africa are still behind. Other reasons include corruption, nepotism and tribalism, colonialism that ended a long time ago is waaay down the list of Africa's problems.
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Do you think Russia invented fortifications?
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@thedeal86 Then why have millions of Russian's fled the country to avoid the draft?
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So every time a country is invaded they should surrender to save lives? Welcome to the world of 0 IQ reasoning. Should the Soviets have surrendered to Germany to save lives? Were we wrong to send them aid to fight the fascist invaders?
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@tasreasfatemsa8266 do you think Biden is the reason Russia invaded Ukraine?
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The United States alone sent $505 million in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021 in humanitarian aid to Nigeria.
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@valmal2659 What on earth has that got to do with anything? Do you really think the CIA will topple the Nigerian government if they dont trade enought with them? Is the CIA in the room with you right now?
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Are you on glue?
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Sure, and the Moskva sank in high seas. Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitoes.
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@karinaivankova4099 Nine years ago Russia annexed Crimea and sent its forces, including Wagner into the Donbas.
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@dalecrocker3213 You said Russia didn't want the whole country remember? So why have the sham referendum then If they didn't want to keep Kherson? Putin said Kherson was Russia's forever and they would use whatever weapons necessary to keep it (aka nukes) They didn't use nukes though just got beat down and ran away. The Ukrainians said they were going to attack Kherson and the Russians believed them for some reason. You know, like idiots. So they redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson, then Ukraine attacked Kharkiv folding Russia up like laundry (including capturing Iziu the main supply hub in the area and a mountain of equipment) Then they blew the bridges behind Russia at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and they had to tuck tail and flee from there also.
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@ivannisevic6685 close to ten months and tens of thousands of casualties to take 90% of a mid sized town a few miles from the border and Russians think its some grand victory. All while losing ground on either flank..
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@dalecrocker3213 No they were incapable of holding the rest because Ukraine blew the bridges behind them and they were forced to flee. Kherson was the only major city that Russia had captured, losing it is just another humiliation in Russian military history. You can pretend that this hasn't been a disaster for Russia but the proof in the pudding is in the eating, and right now Russia is eating sht. Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get involved in trench warfare that never ends an hour across the border.
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Even Tucker Carlson said it was the dumbest thing he's ever heard, and if there's one thing that guy knows its dumb.
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Ukraine discovered large gas deposits, thats why Russia invaded.
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@infrared2084 Huh, what are you talking about? Zelensky was voted in in an election. Ironically it was Russia that tried to get him elected because he was a Russian speaker and they thought that just because he was an actor he would be easier to control than Poroshenko. Of course that backfired on them. You need to learn some history.
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Sure there is. There is footage of Russia using white phosphorus on its own city.
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@rasheedh7043 Maybe they got a second hand copium high from Russians trying to explain why they still cant take the Donbas 15 months in.
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@Blacknife98 You realize we can see Russia's equipment yards from space right? 2025 and Russia run through the last of their Soviet legacy, per photographic evidence. 90% of their new "production" is the refurbishment of cold war relics, not production of new vehicles.
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I thought this was supposed to be a 3 day SMO.
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Did you watch the video?
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No that would be centuries of shockingly inept and corrupt Russian governments.
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Are they going to live in M113s?
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@Faiez-rh1gm 'We're not even trying yet bro, that's why Russia cant even take the Donbas. Once the real Russian army shows up you'll be sorry.' Been hearing the same nonsense for a year and a half, nobody is eating this tripe.
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@Faiez-rh1gm What?
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Russia just secretly incinerates their dead or leaves them where they fall and mark them MIA so they dont have to pay compensation.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Yea sometimes Ukraine even counts farm equipment as tanks. Oh wait that's Russia.
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@benoitlaferriere8581 lol no, Russia has not taken the Donbas yet not in this reality anyways. Though Shoigu claims to have destroyed 5k Ukrainian tanks which is about 5x the amount of tanks Ukraine has ever had so maybe Russia mastered interdimensional travel and have conquered the donbas in other dimensions.
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@ett32g No I didn't, maybe you should look it up before making foolish posts on the internet.
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@jordanturner5278 Do you think it costs much to set up mass bot farms?
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@benoitlaferriere8581 Russia has lost over 12k armored vehicles.
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@benoitlaferriere8581 Oryx. There are these things called cameras. (I know they haven't seen widespread adoption in Russia yet) 12k destroyed armored vehicles is what there is photographic evidence of. the real number is likely much higher then that.
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@jordanturner5278 It takees zero effort to have bots spam comment sections across youtube.
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@jordanturner5278 then why was China meddling in our elections if Canada is irrelevant? Everyone does do it, are you simple or something? 'a global analysis of automated bot traffic across the internet. In 2022, nearly half (47.4%) of all internet traffic came from bots' Its actually kind of a problem, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@j.barren3738 Russia's definition of Nazi is any Ukrainian who doesn't admit they are Russian.
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@mugenmugen9632 That's been the Russia's online cheerleaders main talking point the entire war. "Russia isn't sending their best, wait until the REAL army shows up."
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@harryteo7801 The US is rich.
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@mttp961 I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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The only country China will help is China.
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@Grant_S_M Cant, for the same reason we cant expel Trudeau. The liberals are historically the party I most align with, despite heading off into lala land lately. But corruption must be punished even if it means voting for a goof like Poilievre. And I'm no fan of where Conservatism has gone lately And would have much preferred O'Toole who was much more moderate. Hopefully in 5-10 years the LPC gets its act together. The NDP aren't an option because they are basically an arm of the LPC at this point. Singh has put his own political ambitions ahead of the good of the country so no thanks. Wish Jack was still around.
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@glintongordon6811 Its been about to fall for about nine years now. I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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@Crutonwyt Wow we have a military genius here. Russia's military has been in the Donbas since 2014, pretending otherwise is ignorant. If you think Russia can afford the types of losses that its been taking in Avdiivka to take every small town you live in a fantasy world. No Russia can't afford tens of thousands of casualties and hundreds of armored vehicles for every village it takes. This invasion has been a complete disaster no matter how you try to spin it. Moreover Russia hasn't captured Avdiivka yet they've only begun taking casualties there.
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@streuthmonkey1 Well for starters it rendered Russia to be unable to provide proper AA coverage, so they went with plan B which was snake Island, which was also a failure. Moskva was the only warship in Russia's Black Sea Fleet with the S-300F missile system for long-range air defense. It provided anti-aircraft support to vessels, and Its sinking prompted Russian ships, now less protected, to move further offshore. By August, the Russian Navy's ability to control the Black Sea had decreased as Odesa was no longer threatened from sea. the sinking of Moskva is the most costly single loss for the Russian military in the war to date, and the ship would cost around US$750 million to replace. The sinking of Moskva came two days after Ukrposhta released one million "Russian warship, go fck yourself" stamps. The sinking boosted sales of the stamp in Ukraine. Some people in Ukraine queued for more than two hours to get the stamp. The sinking of Moskva likely boosted the morale of many Ukrainians and negatively affected morale of the invading Russian forces. It was also significant and humiliating to Putin. And Ukraine gained an important underwater heritage site.
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Taking the Donbas has become a dream for Putin and his cannon fodder.
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@henk6522 "Soon" Three years and Russia can't even take the Donbas yet.
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@DanteLovesPizza Russians are experts at falling off 30 meter buildings.
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@HarisPratama1992 What benefits exactly?
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@BLMVDV No need, Russia decided to take itself out for some reason.
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@valkiyri Oh the peace treaty conspiracy theory.
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@valkiyri There were peace talks nobody denies that, there was never any peace agreement. Russia retreated from Kyiv because it became clear they had no hope of taking it. Here's what Arakhamia, who's the Ukrainian official you are refering to actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine.
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@valkiyri The phantom peace treaty wasn't even the initial spin, it wasn't until over a year later that Putin brought up the supposed peace treaty as an excuse during a press conference. The run on Kyiv was called a 'feint' at first, an equally absurd claim. Get more informed before making a comment, lol ...
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@Biden_has_dementia or they'll raise the debt ceiling like they've done for the past 40 years.
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@PavolFilek Take your meds bud.
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@ What does that have to do with anything I said?
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@ That five billion was total aid to Ukraine since 1991, no expectations were placed on them. The US spends a lot on foreign aid, about 40 billion a year.
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@ Also there was no coup, what happened was Yanukovich refused to sign the EU association agreement after Russia embargoed Ukraine, which actually was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum. After there were the predictable protests that resulted, they wanted him to sign the agreement though, not run away. It was the same government in charge after Maidan as before. Nobody expected him to flee the country, he did that on his own accord. He was also voted against by 100% of parliament, including his own party. What happened wasn't a coup by any definition.
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@DrojanaleTorvic I thought the Russian rhetoric was that they were already at war with all of NATO.
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@Mega6501 It took them months to repair the bridge last time it was taken out.
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@jokbok995 Pesky west wont even let Yugo do any ethnic cleansing.
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@lape2002 And Chinese experience involves going on parades an larping.
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@lape2002 Industry completely dependent on foreign inputs.
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@lape2002 The growing Chinese chip dominance that exists in your imagination? Anything china does make is reliant on foreign imports. China is completely dependent on trade, if that goes away so does Chinese manufacturing. There are dozens of chip fabs in the US, including 27 that are being built. This number accounts for both expansions and new semiconductor fabs. You should do some basic research instead of posting silly comments.
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@dailyinternettrends1180 You are aware that there aren't IMF and world bank secret agents that infiltrate the Russian economy right? Russia self reports its cooked numbers and the IMF and world bank just parrot them.
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@ericp1139 Well aside from the two Russian ships mentioned already in this thread they've attacked United Arab Shipping ships a Kuwaiti company, and Maersk ships a Danish company, Swiss company Hapag-Lloyd, none of the ships were coming from or going to Israel. This is the tip of the iceberg there are many others, in fact most of the ships attacked have nothing to do with Israel. This is all public information, you could look it up yourself instead of asking silly questions on youtube. Even the Chinese, Russians and Indians have told the Houthi's to stop. Its just the Iranians and those who support terrorism who are fine with the attacks.
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@ericp1139 Hey whatever helps you sleep at night bud. You can check for yourself where the ships attacked are from, no many of them aren't associated with the US, UK or Israel in any way. But tell yourself whatever you like to justify support of terrorism.
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@AbuBawa-sw1ut Russia begging Iran and NK for whatever scraps it can get.
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@Knight_Kin mostly it's just junk Chinese knockoffs of Russian junk, also witht he chip ban coming into effect China's ability to build new stuff is dubious at best
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 I'm sure trench warfare that never ends is what Putin had in mind when he invaded. The 3 days narrative was all over Russian state media. Putin also said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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@delanofernandes6471 Ukraine spent 3 months stalled at Kherson and the Kremlin trolls were spamming how it was a failed offensive back then too. Until suddenly it wasn't.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Ah yes, the phantom peace treaty that nobody talked about or heard about until Putin dug it out of his sock drawer a year and a half after the fact. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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Why are the comment bots all threatening nuclear Armageddon then?
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@marioceva7163 CCP killed 60-100 million of their own people
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@shubhammundra5034 The Minsk agreement failed when the DPR captured the Donetsk airport and declared it no longer valid.
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It was a similar situation at Kherson, 3 months of little progress with Kremlin trolls parroting the same 'the offensive has failed.' Catch phrase. Then Russian positions became untenable and a lot of ground was taken at once.
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@kjererrrt2381 In Russia they pave over the cemeteries, and forget protesting you cant even hold up a blank sheet of paper. As for the women in Russia, the ones in prison are being forcibly conscripted.
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@colindavis1496 Russia is the one trying to annex neighboring countries.
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@WingkKong People were aware of Stalin slaughtering his own people by the millions by then. Is it really a shock to you that Britain wouldn't want to be allied with them? Its also completely irrelevant to what was being discussed, are you on something?
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dudes got videos about sending modern carriers back in time to fight the Japanese, dont think to much about it.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@Proud_GOY_Not_juwish 2014 is when Russia began its invasion...
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IS, through its outlet al-Amaq, just claimed responsibility for the terror attack. I'm not sure if that is true but it certainly throws a spanner into Putin's narrative.
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@debbaranyabiswas1102 To get Bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda. Which they did. The remnants of Al Qaeda in the area are now fighting the Taliban and ISIS in a 4 way clusterfck including the northern alliance. The Taliban learned their lesson, they want nothing to do with the US and are happy to run their own little fief, nobody cares about the Taliban. There were no more enemies in Afghanistan to fight, what are they supposed to do invade Pakistan and the other Stans? Like I said if after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for itself they never would be able to. Oh and btw Russia got smoked so bad in Afghanistan their whole empire fell apart.
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I'm sure Russia will report dozens destroyed months before they arrive in Ukraine.
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@SlavaCocaine-zt5lp lol no, what an inane comment. The way Russia fights wars is to send meat waves until either they or their enemy breaks. It works about half the time. Russia has lost 90% of their initial invasion force and cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality bud. And the comment about NATO is just pure fantasy.
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@willrobinson9767 Do you really think this? missiles get shot down all the time they don't have magical powers.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Pyrrhic victories for what amounts to small gains.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 More like 20% of Ukraine, which is the same amount they had two and a half years ago. Meanwhile you realize we can see Russian equipment depots from space right? 2025 and they run out of pretty much everything.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Ten years in and Russia still can't even take the Donbas buddy.
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@drama772 Achieve literally zero objectives? Russia cant even capture the Donbas. All they've achieved is making themselves a global laughing stock and pariah.
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@scpower No it goes to American industry. Ukraine gets old weapons.
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@gounch.1186 So off the book Russia tankers headed to Asia are related to Israel, sure. They're just popping shots at random ships they have very little idea what they are shooting at. Like I said this is all public record none of the attacks are top secret, you can check them out for yourself. Some are tangentially related to Israel but most aren't.
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Trump already lost to Biden and he's become a laughing stock since. There's a decent chance Trump will be in prison by the time the next election happens.
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@davidjones-wt2qq Beause they are being invaded by Russia, remember? Why would Russia need to construct defensive lines if they are invading? Why do you think Russia is using Chinese golf carts in frontal assaults?
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Are you lost?
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@Jdinrbfidndifofkdndjoflfndjdk The first two world wars weren't American wars either, until the disastrous policies of appeasement and isolationism failed.
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@Dani2kGaming_GEIR Most of the world voted to condemn Russia's invasion including China.
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@pogo1140 Thats exactly what I said, they had a few MIG29s that may or may not work. Which is completely irrelevant because there is still no way for Russia to get to Moldova by air.
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@jamesheath7596 Sure bud, just like how Kherson was Russia's forever, right? And no, they haven't taken the Donbas yet, despite years of trying and horrific losses.
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@joeharris3878 Do you really think Boeing and Raytheon are the reason Russia attacked Ukraine?
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@arpanroy6098 You're living in a fantasy world if you think India is going to send forces to Ukraine. India isn't even sending weapons to Russia.
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@lettheflamestakeover7374 US should be more like Russia and let them in the country and then arrest them for espionage.
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@tetsuoshima7385 No it doesn't, there is reality vs apologists who like to revise history. Gorbachev himself said there was never any agreement. What was the name of the supposed non expansion treaty? If it really existed the Soviets would have insisted it be in writing instead of existing only has hearsay on the internet.
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@bryandimery6509 that was Wagner that took Bakhmut, not the Russian army. And it took tens of thousands of casualties and 10 months to take a mid sized town a couple miles across the border. It also broke Wagner and they turned around and staged a coup, remember?
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@ The US also had high tariffs on select products, including steel and lumber. All of them were negotiated and included in USMCA, which Don called the 'best trade deal ever.' Later when he violated it he said 'who signed this thing.' You did bud, you did.
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Russia has its own version of Iron Dome called Tire Dome. you can imagine how this keeps the decadent westoids up at night.
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@RichD1 The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed. Russia wishes is invasion of Ukraine went 1% as smoothly as the NATO invasion of Afghanistan. Just for fun lets compare civilian casualties in Afghanistan US/NATO: 46,319 over 20 years. Russia: Around 2 million, over 10 years. The US isn't perfect but they at least try to avoid civilian casualties, whereas Russia will actively target them and engage in reprisal killings. Why would you post something so dumb?
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This might be true. I like to hope that Orban is just an anomaly and Hungary will become normal again in the future.
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Do you think there are IMF secret agents who infiltrate China's economy? The CCP self reports their own cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value. Chinese exports and real estate are both collapsing (a combined 50% of the economy) and internal consumption is way down. Do you really think they are doing ok?
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@MrSupercampeao Turkey said something similar? Erdoğan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to 4 out of Russia's 6 demands. He claimed Ukraine was prepared to renounce NATO membership and to make Russian Ukraine's second official language. According to Erdoğan Ukraine was not prepared to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea or parts of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts, nor did they agree to disarmarment or giving Russia a veto on security guarantees.
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@MrSupercampeao As for what Arakhamia said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. Also, when we returned from Istanbul [after the failed negotiations], Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them and would just fight. So no you are just parroting long debunked Russian talking points.
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@MrSupercampeao You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside it doesn't change the timetable of events.
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@MrSupercampeao Good job refuting nothing I said. So Johnson pressured them not to sign the agreement after they'd already decided not to. You are making a lot of sense. I'm not the one pretending to know what happened at the talks, that would be you. I've just stated what Erdoğan and what Arakhamia, who was in the room said. But you don't believe that because "maybe it was embarrassing to be bullied by Bojo!" Sure thing little buddy.
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No way pillbox Putin leaves his bunker anyways.
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@garretttobin7451 um even Gorbachev said there was no promose, it exists only in putins wet dreams, also if the Baltics etc hadn't joined NATO they'd have gotten the Russian treatment already "oh no Russian nationals are being oppressed we better go save them"
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled you live in a fantasy world, according to the UN report in 2020 8 civilians in the donbass were killed on both sides of the line by hostilites by shelling 17 by mines and a 1 by other causes in 2021 by shelling it was 7 and 12 by mines, so all the shelling resulted in approx 1 civilian every 2 months, which OBVIOULY is cause for invasion, meanwhile Russia flattens Grozny and kills 10-20% of the entire population, you are parroting Putins propoganda numbers as fact
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America and Europe aren't at war. Russia just has to go home and the war is over.
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@laurieevans9628 Biden won the last election.
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@Memovox Seems you have a strange infatuation with that catchphrase. Maybe you should spend some time taking some classes so you can get a clue how the economy works, rather than indulging your peculiar obsession.
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That would be my guess, though as others have pointed out it could also bo Leptospirosis.
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Dr.Kay_R Russian total revenues from oil and gas fell to $99.3 billion in 2023, down by 23.9% on the previous year. This was before Ukraine started destroying their refining capacity.
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ISIS, through its outlet al-Amaq, claimed responsibility attack.
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Sure, but there is only one country invading and attempting to annex it's neighbors.
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@Faiez-rh1gm They are begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps they can get.
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@Percival5 You know you can just google this stuff instead of embarrassing yourself on the internet right? "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." - Stalin
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@Gstyle1 The M777 began in 1987 as the Ultralight Field Howitzer, Storm shadow is 1994, so not cold war but not exactly cutting edge. And switchblades are light drones, hardly high impact weapons. An overwhelming majority of equipment sent to Ukraine has been Cold War leftovers at the end of their lifespan.
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@AK-qe3pz Ok? The Saudi's are more concerned with making money then anything else. If the price of Oil ever does get to high the US will ban exports and have their own system.
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@s0ycapitan You also seem to be unaware that his own daughter in law is in charge of all national republican funds. Of course most of that will be going towards his legal fees.
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@ And? Ukraine has received a tiny fraction of western stockpiles. There are over 3k leopard 2's in Europe, Ukraine got around 150. The US has 5k Abrams, Ukraine got 30. Please try using your head before posting.
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@raffiartinian4527 When is the last time the US annexed another country? Also you realize that Russia is also in Syria? They prop up their puppet the butcher Assad and are the ones who flattened Aleppo, while the US has a few dozen spec ops guys supporting the FSA which is by far the most sane faction in Syria.
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@Steven-xf8mz All the time, are you serious? Nobody is more critical of the west then the west.
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Flattening Aleppo, oh wait that was Russia.
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Yuri-uy5mu Thanks for proving my point.
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@Crouchy232323 Your comments are a clear sign that you should be talking to a mental health professional.
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@Crouchy232323 You can jump to any idiotic conclusion you like, just don't expect anyone to take you serious. There was another Putin video released four hours ago. Is the pivot in the room with you right now?
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Apparently they weren't even fighting the Russians in Belgorod. But the Iranians who had given them a load of drones. The Russians just wanted to surrender, but the ayatollah is prepared to fight Ukraine to the last Russian
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@nikita-lebedev- Belgorod has already voted 99% in favor of independence from Russia. Not surprising considering Russia keeps bombing them. Long live the Belgorod People's Republic.
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@davd1986 Territorial gain was never their priority, that's why they are frantically attacking on every front they can. Taking massive losses for marginal gains. The mayor of Moscow said Russia had over 600k wounded, that doesn't include KIA. Russia's deputy minister of defense claimed there were over 50k MIA. If anything Ukraine's estimates on Russian losses are very conservative.
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@newera478 Don't you know that all Russia's problems are because of the West? not centuries of inept leadership.
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PUTIN0809 That was the Soviet Union, which is long gone, now its the Russian Federation and they cant even make ball bearings. Russia can't even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@theozchannel7557 You're arguing semantics now, Judea is synonymous with Israel. There's no mention of the Russian Federation before 1991 must mean it's a brand new country that never existed before right?
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@seanlander9321 Yes they did, learn some history. It was during the period where Russia was allied with Germany, remember?
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@seanlander9321 Oh so its colonies, and some of its former colonies which weren't close to Britain and could only help marginally at that stage of the war. Sure.
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@timonsolus India had at its maximum 3 divisions in the middle east and North Africa. India was also a part of the British Empire, as I already said its like saying Kazakhstan helped the USSR. It was part of the USSR, of course they helped. Do you understand?
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@titaniumskunkogkush4365 Then we would sanction China to oblivion. Say what you want about Russian incompetence but at least they are food and energy independent. The same sanctions would completely cripple China.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Colonization is a synonym of conquering. Its not difficult to figure out. You can play whatever sort of semantic games you want, but they aren't convincing to anyone with half a brain. Russia conquered (colonized) the Caucuses. See? Russia is at its core a colonial empire, your argument was that because places were now Russified (ie: Russia genocided the locals and moved in ethnic Russians) It no longer counted. Which is of course moronic. This however isn't true for the Caucuses where the locals were able to maintain their identity despite Russia's best efforts.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 First all (from the thesaurus) Synonyms of colonize (verb settle) conquer. found. immigrate. migrate. Like I said your semantic games aren't convincing. Lets hold some referendums in the Caucuses and see how that goes. Moscow is very unpopular there. When you say Russia helped the South Ossetians are you referring to the ethnic cleansing that went on there? "Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia was a mass expulsion of ethnic Georgians conducted in South Ossetia and other territories occupied by Russian and South Ossetian forces, which happened during and after the 2008 Russia–Georgia war. Overall, at least 20,000 Georgians were forcibly displaced from South Ossetia." Standard fare from Russia. Luckily they were allowed to leave instead of killed off in typical Russian fashion. The Human Rights Watch concluded that the "South Ossetian forces sought to ethnically cleanse" the Georgian-populated areas. In 2009, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolutions condemned "the ethnic cleansing and other human rights violations in South Ossetia, as well as the failure of Russia and the de facto authorities to bring these practices to a halt and their perpetrators to justice". According to the September 2009 report of the European Union-sponsored Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia, "several elements suggest the conclusion that ethnic cleansing was carried out against ethnic Georgians in South Ossetia both during and after the August 2008 conflict." The leader of Puerto Rico is Pedro Pierluisi, who was elected by Puerto Ricans. They also speak Spanish there, the US has no official language. Puerto Rico also receives subsidies, Department of the Treasury announced Puerto Rico will receive up to $109 million in funding. American Samoa also elects their own leader and receives subsidies. That means they aren't colonies by your logic right? I'm also not the one making inane claims like the US isn't a colonial power, obviously they are, just like Russia. Only one of us is trying to deny reality and it isn't me.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 While i'm at it. Here's some more minorities that Russia 'helped' They 'helped' 30-50 million in total. 1935: Between 7,000 and 9,000 Finns from Lembovo and Nikoulias districts, in the Leningrad region, becaome the first group to be massively deported based on ethnicity. Falsely accused of betrayal, the Finns were expelled to secure the Soviet frontiers. The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), forerunner of the Committee for State Security (KGB) orchestrated the operation, as it did for all subsequent mass deportations. 1936, April: About 35,700 Poles living alongside the Ukrainian frontier and some 20,000 Finnish peasants were deported to Kazakhstan for the same reasons as those previously mentioned. The deportation was class-based in the sense that it targeted specific economic categories; but it was also ethnically motivated, as it aimed to secure the frontiers. 1937, September-October: The first large-scale operation of massive deportation occurred in the Soviet Far East. About 175,000 Koreans living along the Chinese and Korean borders were relocated by force to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. They were charged with espionage, spying for the Japanese. After a brutal expulsion, the Koreans experienced severe living conditions. Moscow did not inform the local Uzbek and Kazakh authorities about the arrival of a large population of “administrative settlers.” Nothing was prepared to accommodate or provide them with basic supplies such as food, clothes and shoes. Although there was no reliable data regarding the Korean death toll, testimonies and NKVD documents indicate that many of them died from disease, starvation and lack of housing. By 1945, they joined the long list of “special settlers,” among other punished peoples. 1939, September 17: (Poland) The Red Army invaded Poland. 1940, February to April: (The Red Army annexed territories in the eastern parts of Poland) About 250,000 Poles and thousands of Ukrainians and Byelorussians were deported in three major waves to Siberia and to Central and Far Eastern Asia in order to remove the most active populations from the annexed territories. Although based on ethnic criteria, these forced expulsions mainly targeted families of military colonists, prisoners-of-war and foresters. They were dispatched to labor camps or executed. 1941, June 13-14: (Baltic countries) In the aftermath of the Baltic States’ conquest, about 39,395 persons – Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians but also Poles, Finns, and Germans – were deported to the Soviet Far East. Ivan Serov coordinated the operation under the command of Lavrenti Beria. 1941, August: The Finns, or Ingrians, inhabiting the Leningrad region and who had not been deported in 1932-1934, were expelled by force to Central Asia. The USSR took this measure to prevent them from assisting the Finnish army that had just invaded the Soviet Karelia region. 1941, August 28: A decree from the Supreme Soviet Presidium established that Russian-Germans were collectively responsible for collaboration with the German invaders, and ordered their massive deportation. From the end of August 1941 until June 1942, about 1,200,000 Russian-Germans were removed from their homes and relocated in Siberia and Central Asia. The operation mobilized thousands of soldiers, policemen and NKVD members. Hundreds of trains and vehicles were dedicated to this task at a time of Russian military retreat. No reliable data exists on the death toll among the Russian-German deportees. 1943, October 12: The Supreme Soviet issued a decree ordering the deportation of all the Karachays, a Turkish-speaking people inhabiting the North Caucasus. The USSR accused them of collaboration with the German army, which had been occuping Karachay territory for the previous six months. In November 68,938 persons, mainly disarmed (women, children, elderly people and war veterans) were transported under very hard conditions to Kirghizia and Kazakhstan. The men serving with the Red Army or fighting in partisan movements were demobilized and sent into exile or to labor camps. All the Karachays paid for the relationship that a few of their fellow Karachays had established with the German occupiers. This scenario became a common one for all punished peoples. 1943, December 27: Under Beria’s orders began the brutal deportation of the Kalmyks, a Buddhist people living in southern Russia near the Volga river basin. In three days, about 93,000 persons were expelled to Siberia. The lack of food and disease claimed the lives of thousands of people who had been forced into jam-packed cattle cars. Likewise, the settlements in exile were equally inhospitable. During the first glacial Siberian winter many died, faced with widespread indifference. 1944, February 23: The Soviet government deported the Chechens and the Ingush, two Muslim peoples of the North Caucasus. Although the Germans had only occupied a region in the extreme northwest of the Republic, Chechens and Ingush were accused of betrayal and massive collaboration with the German occupiers, like the other punished peoples. Beria’s administration used methods resembling those of earlier deportations. Yet this operation proved to be more difficult due to the uneven nature of the terrain. Furthermore, the resistance of a few Chechen and Ingush groups slowed down the NKVD soldiers’ agenda. Nonetheless, in seven days nearly 478,000 people, comprised of 387,000 Chechens and 91,000 Ingush, were arrested, loaded into hundreds of convoys and then resettled in Central Asia, mainly in Kazakhstan. It is difficult to set an exact death toll due to the lack of evidence. According to different estimations, between 30% and 50% of the deportees died, either during the journey or in the first years of exile in the special settlements. 1944, March 7: The deportation of the 38,000 Balkars, a small Turkish people living near the Elbruz Mountain in Northern Caucasus, began. Three days later, all deportee-convoys were en route to Central Asia. Between 20% and 40% of the Balkars died between 1944 and 1956. 1944, May 18: The Crimean Tatars, a Muslim Turkish-speaking people originating from the peninsula of Crimea located on the borders of Black Sea, were deported. This forced removal took place one month after the German army, who had occupied the peninsula from 1942 to April 1944, retreated. In two days roughly 190,000 persons, mostly women, children and elderly people, were loaded into freight trains and transferred to an unknown destination. Most of them landed in Uzbekistan, while others arrived either in the Volga basin or Siberia. The forced expulsion, along with thirteen years of exile as special settlers, took a heavy toll among the Crimean Tatars. According to different studies and censuses, between 20% and 46.2% of them died either during the journey or in the first year and a half of exile. 1944, June: Other non-Slavic peoples living in Crimea were deported a few weeks after the Crimean Tatars: 12,075 Bulgarians, 14,300 Greeks and about 10,000 Armenians were expelled from their homes and sent to Central Asia against their will. All of them were accused of treason and more specifically, of having commercial interests that linked them to the German occupiers. At the same time, Greeks from Rostov and Krasnodar were exiled to the eastern regions of the Soviet Union. They were suspected of having a close relationship with Greece, as most of them had refused Soviet citizenship and struggled to maintain their Greek culture. 1944, November: Muslim Turkish-speaking peoples living in Georgia along the Turkish borders (the Meskhetian Turks, the Khemchins and the Kurds) became the next target of the Stalinist national policy. Given that the Nazi army had never reached Georgia, they could not be accused of massive collaboration. Instead they were charged with being Turkish spies. About 90,000 persons were brutally expelled and relocated to Central Asia to “clean” the frontiers. This constituted the last large-scale operation. The NKVD continued hunting down all members of these groups who might have managed to escape deportation, for some reason. 1948: Confronted with the large insurrection that followed the Baltic States’ annexation, the Soviet central apparatus decided to deport new groups of Lithuanians, Estonians and Latvians: about 48,000 persons were sent to Siberia. 1948, November 26: Stalin issued a decree by which all massive deportations were declared definitive. 1949, March: The previous measures did not stop the revolts in the Baltic States. In response, Stalin ordered the deportation of an additional 30,000 families, that is to say a total of about 95,000 persons, to discourage insurgents and bring all the opponents to heel. All deportees became special settlers and lived under the NKVD’s harsh rule. 1949: About 37,000 Greeks living in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Krasnodar Region were deported to Kazakhstan. Like their fellow Greeks forcibly removed in 1944, they were accused of disloyalty and non-integration. 1950: After the organized famine of 1946-47, the Soviet government decided to deport approximately 100,000 Moldavians from Moldavia, who were suspected of having close ties with their Romanian neighbors. They too joined the long list of special settlers and endured especially difficult conditions in exile.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Oh I almost forgot, regarding Putin's visit to Dagestan. Putin has at least one convincing double, that guy in Dagestan is NOT one of them. The whole scene was embarrassing to watch. Putin's double being fawned over in an obviously staged event of all women. (I think I can see 2 guys there.) If you find that convincing I have a bridge you might be interested in. And as far as electing leaders, Russia isn't a democracy. All of Putin's political rivals who become a threat end up in the Gulag, eating a polonium sandwich or taking a swan dive out a 5th story window. Their choices for leader are Putin or someone who will never be elected. From the sounds of things they are going to do away with the whole charade. Dmitry Peskov, claimed that Vladimir Putin will be re-elected in the presidential election next year with a result of more than 90% of the vote. Quote: "Our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy."
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@againstviralmisinformation510 We all have a dark past, its only you that tries to pretend that Russia doesn't, but when it comes to body count only China is in the same league as Russia.
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@gn4128 Yeah the clearly staged photo. There are also photos of the dead wearing pixel camo despite the FRL not using pixel camo. Let me guess you think the Moskva sank in high seas? Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@hzmt12 15 destroyed Bradley's, didn't the US just announce they were sending 30 more? They have thousands and they wont stop sending them, you get that right?
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yes the richest countries in the world are doomed obviously.
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Russia this isn't Red Alert, your war dolphins wont save you.
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@tedwarden1608 The Germans had also disarmed, they were treaty bound to. When the allies had no reaction to the remilitarization of the Rhineland it gave the green light to Germany to pursue its path of belligerence. Continued appeasement led to a much more destructive conflict.
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Ukrainian Bio mosquitos.
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Yeah its disturbing it wasn't passed back in October when it first came up. Better late than never though.
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Russia damaged or destroyed almost 3,800 educational institutions across Ukraine, according to UNICEF. I'll await your figures on Russian schools destroyed by Ukraine.
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@agent3268 This is from the Wiki because you seem to be confused. While the shelling of Bakhmut began in May 2022, the main assault towards the city started on 1 August after Russian forces advanced from the direction of Popasna following a Ukrainian withdrawal from that front.[35] The main assault force primarily consisted of mercenaries from the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group, supported by regular Russian troops and reportedly Donetsk People's Republic militia elements.[14][36][13] As of late 2022, following Ukraine's Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives, the Bakhmut–Soledar front became an important focus of the war, being one of the few front lines in Ukraine where Russia remained on the offensive.[37] Attacks on the city intensified in November 2022 as assaulting Russian forces were reinforced by units redeployed from the Kherson front, together with newly mobilized recruits.[38][39] By this time, much of the front line had descended into positional trench warfare, with both sides suffering high casualties without any significant advances.[40] By using repeated assaults composed of former convicts, Wagner troops were able to gradually gain ground,[41][42] and by February 2023, they captured territory in the north and south of Bakhmut and threatened encirclement, forcing Ukrainian forces to slowly pull out into the city,[43][44] and the battle turned into fierce urban warfare.[43] By March 2023, Russian forces captured the eastern half of the city, up to the Bakhmutka river, and continued to advance into Ukrainian-controlled parts of Bakhmut.[45][46] On 20 May 2023, Bakhmut had been mostly captured by Russian forces,[47][48][49] with the Ukrainian military controlling only a small strip of the city proper along the T0504 highway.[50][51][52] Nonetheless, Ukraine started counterattacks on Russia's flanks, seeking to encircle the city.[6] Around the same time on 25 May, Wagner began withdrawing from the city to be replaced by regular Russian troops,[53] amidst heavy internal squabbles between Wagner leadership and Russian high command.[54][55]
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@schloops8473 Also dont forget that China lies about its GDP and its actual GDP is likely much lower then they let on.
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@johnnysgaminglab2126 The pipeline wasn't running and since sanctions never would. As per contract Russia was on the hook for the dollar value of nat gas that would otherwise flow through it.
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@PerfectShrubbery Nordstream 2 was never operational. The pipeline has to be filled with methane gas in order to pressurize the line so it didn't collapse due to water pressure. No natural gas was ever transferred through it. None of this is top secret. Are you simple or something?
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Putin just removed Gerasimov and put his old bodyguard, a guy with no military experience in charge in Kursk, if you were curious what the response would be.
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@jkc3738 What I said is correct, for a vast majority of Chinese history it was multiple fractured states. Are you educated? Moreover during Mao's cultural revolution and great leap forward a tremendous amount of effort was put towards erasing Chinese culture and tradition.
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@jkc3738 The Han Dynasty that controlled about 30% of present day China? Thanks for proving my point for me.
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Technically Putin broke the law here by insulting the Russian army. Hopefully Russian police take the appropriate steps.
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@realsaxual2357 no its common knowledge, if you want your kid to get a decent education you send them to the west because there are no good schools in Russia, and the quality of life in the west is much higher so they tend to stay. Even Putin's kid lives in the west this isn't top secret.
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@michaeldunham3385 Delhi is also likely.
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@mikehunt4265 No, there were no NATO troops in Ukraine prior to Russia's invasion in 2014. Even after they were only there in minimal amounts in training roles.
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@mikehunt4265 You replied "except it's factually true." To a comment that said "Bull." Which was in response to "It wasn’t attacked until NATO put troops there." Do you have any idea what's going on?
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@jaimelannister141 I just don't understand why you would lie about Ukrainian gas deposits when its so easy to google. Russia stopped trying to join NATO right around the time Putin cut a deal with the Russian oligarchs making him one of the richest men in human history, funny how that worked out. Sham referendums at gunpoint aren't convincing, there's a reason the only countries on earth that recognize them are Syria and North Korea. There would be no armed rebellion in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded. There were Russian 'little green men' with Russian heavy equipment backed up by Wager. Which Putin admitted was a wing of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state,” Putin said at a meeting with officials from the Russian defense ministry, according to state-owned newswires TASS and Ria Novosti. “From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@johnroach9026 Technically the EU is a defensive alliance since the treaty of Lisbon, though members can opt out.
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Another day another idle nuclear threat.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Usually when you invade a country you don't want to get dragged into trench warfare that never ends a few miles over the border. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then got bogged down 50 miles into it and started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing and said "We changed tactics and stopped the encirclement methods of tank warfare. This has been mostly about infantry digging in, consolidating the hold on the territories" What a joke. this is Russias worst nightmare and has been a complte humiliation for them.
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@nobodyjustme7481 were you aware that it's not 1945 anymore?
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@ericp1139 Putin himself said in the early days of the war that he will nuke anyone who interferes.
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@Happy-du7fc Like when Russia lost in Afghanistan and started nukin, or after the first Chechen war they brought out the nukes. Get real. At this point a nuclear threat from Russia carries about as much weight as a final warning from China.
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Russia can't even take the Donbas, nobody thinks you're scary anymore. What will you teach us with? Scooby Doo vans and T54s? Russia is just an international pariah and complete joke.
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Yeah better to rush into it like Russia's embarrassing offense at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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@operator9858 Do you have any points to make that aren't completely brain dead? Russia has a few options here. 1. status quo, they ignore the problem and stay in place and continue getting smoked by Ukrainians on the elevated right bank. They will eventually lose and possibly lose the land bridge. 2. Respond, which will take away forces from some other spot on the line where they are needed.
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@randomcustodes.2355 Is that why Russia keeps getting smoked at Avdiivka? I guess they must consider the losses acceptable, life is cheap in Russia. They've taken more losses then the US has in ever war since WW2 combined, and they are quickly closing in on the WW2 total. Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. Last I heard Russian's in Maruipol were complaining about all their food and drink getting poisoned by partizans along with all the car bombs. Almost like Russia doesn't really control Mariupol. This war has been catastrophic for them no matter how you try to spin this. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@randomcustodes.2355 So Russia idiotically spread itself to thin taking catastrophic losses in the process and you think this a good excuse? Russia's main supply hub was at Izium, by some accounts Ukraine captured more equipment there then they started the war with. You also ignore about 95% of what I wrote.
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@Flupflop Russian MoD itself stated that all projectiles were shot down and the civilian casualties were a result of falling debris.
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@bobgonzales9680 Yeah you keep spamming the same dumbass comment.
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@Writeous0ne Then why do all Putin's political rivals end up in jail or eating a polonium sandwich?
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@building-F Russia will be begging broke military juntas in Africa next.
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@livingtribunal4110 By volume yeah, revenue is down by around 50% since the start of the war. Not to mention the damage done to Russia's refinement capacity.
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No they haven't.
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@laughingbuddha1926 And yet Russia keeps losing ground every day.
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@arcadiathrall6080 Successful on the Bakhmut front? Congratulations on taking a mid sized town a few miles over the border of dubious strategic value in just under a year with only 100k casualties. The original reason Russia wanted Bakhmut so bad was it was supposed to be the southern pincer in their grand Donbas surround. The northern pincer was to come from Izium, which of course Russia lost along with an absolute mountain of material. (it was the main logistics hub in the area) Russia should have gave up on Bakhmut but sunk cost fallacy/desperation to show show any sort of win led them to repeated and ill advised assaults on one of the most heavily fortified locations on the front. Resulting in massive unnecessary casualties.
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They did this all the time when Trump was president. And that was after Trump humiliated himself by saluting Kim and his generals.
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Macgregor is a Russian shill, he's been predicting the imminent collapse of Ukraine since the opening days of the invasion. Literally none of his predictions have come true.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Moreover Putin himself said in the Tucker interview that the invasion had nothing to do with NATO. This of course contradicts himself, that's just what you should expect from a compulsive liar.
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@dimbwemazala8978 Who are you talking about, Wagner?
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Matias D.C Russia has bombed Belgorod 3 times..
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Yes obviously it's America's faul that Russia keeps attacking its neighbors. Matter of fact every bad thing thats ever happened in Russia is the wests fault, not centuries of inept leadership.
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They turned out to be tractors josue. Are you off your meds again?
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@Laura-mi7yl Thats not what the UN vote indicated.
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@borgorjonsson4120 Germany did the heavy lifting, Russia just stabbed them in the back. The Poles completely humiliated Russia in the Russo-Polish war.
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So far 4 Leopards are confirmed destroyed. Russia has lost thousands, its time to face reality.
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Ukraine has corruption problems for sure, like all ex com bloc countries. But they rank higher then Russia on the corruption index and are trending upwards, while Russia trends downwards.
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@JohnJones-k9d Ukraine is ranked 116th and rising. Russia is ranked 137th and falling. Of course you could have checked that for yourself instead of posting a dumb comment.
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It's a common story, per the WHO Russia has attacked over 1600 medical facilities and objects in Ukraine since the start of the war. This isn't new for them they attacked over 800 in Syria.
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they have NASAMS which use air to air missiles, the west has an absolute mountain of these.
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@throughput6674 Considering you are spamming the same two comments in every thread the odds of you actually being a bot is pretty good.
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@danwelterweight4137 What happened then is the Soviets were bailed out by western aid. Otherwise they would have been destroyed by the Germans.
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You know your invasion is going great when you are counting every house taken.
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If you think Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO then I have a bridge to sell you. It's just a regular old land grab, Russia wants it's empire back, if Ukraine was in NATO then there would not have been a war.
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Remember when he said Hillary should drop out because she was under investigation?
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IVAN0809 Not surprising you have fled Russia like so many of your countrymen. You should head back to Russia, they need all the help they can get on the front.
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@garretttobin7451 The reason they couldn't take Kyiv is because you need a minimum 700k to take a city that size (closer to a million in Kyiv due to geography), which any general with a brain larger then a walnut could tell you. They didn't send enough because they had the braindead assumption that they would be greeted with a parade, thats why they had dress uniforms and instruments with them. The reason they never established air superiority is because Russia is incapable of SEAD never mind large scale air ops. All they have done is send in planes in onesie twosie to get shot down.
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Did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didn't.
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It was the NATO playbook that made Russia to attack Ukraine and then shoot down one of the missiles given to Ukraine causing it to crash on a beach?
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@nazistowskisnob543 Last time they were in action they captured Rostov and were on their way to Moscow. all the Kremlin could do was bomb their own oil refinery and dig up the highway.
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@QigongGreyDragon In 1938, during its conflict with Japan, the ROC defaulted on its sovereign debt. After the military victory of the communists, the ROC government fled to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China was eventually recognized internationally as the successor government of China. Under well-established international law, the “successor government” doctrine holds that the current government of China, led by the Chinese Communist Party, is responsible for repayment of the defaulted bonds. A private group of American citizens holds a large quantity of these gold-denominated bonds. This citizen-led group, the American Bondholders Foundation (ABF), serves as trustee with power of attorney for some 20,000 bondholders, whose bonds are valued at well more than $1 trillion before interest..
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@ "In the Istanbul agreement Ukraine got to all the land Russia had taken except Crimea." This is just not true, Russia wanted the Donbas, among other concessions that no country on earth would accept. Erdogan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to most of Russia's demands. He claimed Ukraine was prepared to renounce NATO membership and to make Russian Ukraine's second official language. According to Erdogan Ukraine was not prepared to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea or parts of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts. Along with disarmarment and Russia getting a veto on security guarantees. According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw support for the rebels, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Did that happen or not? Of course there would be no Minsk if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest Memorandum.
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@joemann2178 One of Putin's doubles went to the left bank. Real Putin doesn't get within one giant table length of other people.
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@parislondonbranch.....149 NATO is a defensive alliance and neither India or Pakistan are in it. Are you brain damaged or something?
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@RechtmanDon Texas became part of the US after the Mexican American war. (a war Mexico started btw) It was also 200 years ago. The rules of the world were different in the olden days, everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. Since WW2 if you annex another country you are a bad boy. Understand?
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@SK-lt1so Yep, that's also why China has such tight monetary controls. As soon as you give people freedom with their money all the money leaves China because the people who have the least amount of faith in the CCP's economy are Chinese people.
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@AyushOjha-93 On July 7, 1898, the Hawaiian Islands were annexed by joint resolution. What on earth are you talking about?
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@factsmatter6625 What about them? Did the US annex one of those countries without me knowing? Do you have any idea what's being discussed?
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@livingtribunal4110 Feel free to cite your source bud.
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@livingtribunal4110 Um no, thats not how the burden of proof works. You are the one making a claim (your absurd casualty numbers) YOU are the one that needs to provide a source. edit: oh I see the source is trust me bro. Sure.
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@Noel-ji8nm What part of what actually happened do you not understand? Is this more reading comprehension issues? Can you think of a reason why Ukraine wouldn't want Russia to leave and have its own territory returned to it? I can't. Can you think of a reason why Russia would want to hold onto its new client states, which it has since annexed? I can. Ukraine passed all the required measures, Russia was supposed to leave after that, this isn't difficult to figure out.
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@clarkl7027 Then why does China need it's military to invade itself?
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Um no, Ukraine blew up the bridges behind the Russians and they could no longer be supplied. So they had to tuck tail and run away.
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@rouz0 Like at Kharkiv? The Ukrainians folded Russia up like laundry.
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@johnosullivan2197 Mcgregor has been saying Ukraine would collapse any minute since the start of the war. He's a crazy person nobody takes serious. The actual casualties are around 3-1 in favor of Ukraine, that's from the leaked pentagon docs. And those only take Russian army into account they don't count casualties from DPR, LPR, Chechens or Wagner.
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@marcelOberauer Don't you know NATO already has a grand total of 0 KIA in Ukraine, and they are about to take 0 more in Kosovo.
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@district5198 So Russia shouldn't be on the UN security council then? Why did Russia inherit all the USSR's treaties? Why does an ex KGB agent run the country? Russia isn't the USSR but they are their successors. obviously.
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@OleOlesen-gl9ob Taliban from their hidey hole in Pakistan "you guys better leave or else" Ok dude.
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@attilamarics3374 No they didn't.
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@AgatBluvsky-ow9gp Because its make believe nonsense. MacGregor has been predicting the imminent collapse of Ukraine since the start of the war, he's a Russian shill. Literally none of his predictions have come true, why anyone takes the guy serious is a mystery.
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Prior to 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and Russia invaded anyways.
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@IgorVladimer Its much worse then that, any opposition in Russia that becomes a threat ends up in the gulag or eating a radioactive sandwich.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Yeah dozens of times Manu, I'm guessing you just want modern history though. The Ukrainian War of Independence, the Polish–Soviet War, the 1917–1920 Russian Civil War — Southern Front, 1918–1923 Russian Civil War — Eastern Front. Do you also include genocides? because there's the Holodomor and the Crimean Tartar genocide. Furthermore the Maidan rebellion is Ukraine's business, only in Russia's and your deranged fantasy world does that give them casus belli to attack. Putin also has a long history of attacking his neighbors, Transnistria, Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Ukraine twice. And Russia has an even longer history of annexing neighboring countries. That's too long to list in a youtube comment though.
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@mydixierekt8431 Most of which they had in 2014 and the shock from the initial 2022 invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has gained much more then Russia.
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@Yuri-z2y Neither does using golf carts for frontal attacks on fortified enemy positions. Welcome to Russia.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 yeah you already posted those in another thread. and multiple times in every video even remotely close to the topic.
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Been hearing what, that Bakhmut was lost? Been hearing that for about 10 months.
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@smackattack4284 No he didn't, he just asserted there was a deal with no evidence. Nobody said a word about any peace agreement until over a year after the supposed fact. The initial Russian rhetoric was that Kyiv was a feint. Only much later did Putin say anything about a peace treaty, must have lost it in his sock drawer, oops.
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AlexPerez-gs3pi Forget winning Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@DARKSTAR-mn8ee A year and a half of total war and Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@yp77738yp77739 It was the DPR, Russia's proxy who broke the Minsk agreement when they captured the Donbas airport and declared it void. Though I guess Russia violated it on day one, they were supposed to withdraw its forces and stop supporting its puppet states, which it failed to do. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum.
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@johenkay1129 Russia are the ones invading. Of course they are the ones who started this.
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@billshi6005 Russia is still selling at the EU price cap though so it wouldnt make a huge difference unless they could bring the price to under $60 a barrel.
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Russia has been using cluster munitions since 2014, including on civilian targets.
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There have been no NATO or American deaths. The US is doing the same thing it did the the USSR; taking it out without firing a shot.
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What about 3 copies of The Sims 3, with 'illegible signature'?
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@abr5819 Ah the old 'were not even trying yet bro'. Literally the most embarrassing excuse Russians come up with. If that were true (its not) then Russia would be even more inept then I think. Why is Russia dusting off T54's and Scooby Doo vans? are those the best equipment we can expect in future assaults? I know enough to know that you don't want to drag the war out for as long as possible, as does anyone with half a brain. 'we're not trying to win for political reasons.' Absolutely braindead. Meanwhile Russia begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps they can get.
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I wonder when China decides it wants outer Manchuria back more than they want an inept vassal.
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It's Russia it's all cannon fodder.
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They tried that, Russia proved that notion to be foolish when they attacked neutral Ukraine.
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@DSpace1 except China is going through the largest economic, demographic and societal collapse in human history. and is completely reliant on the west to keep the lights on and food on the table.
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@Alien_isolationist Imagine If the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare and 6 figure casualties they still only controlled less then 20% of Mexico. Would you consider that a W or an L? Russia hasn't even fully taken a single oblast since the full scale invasion started.
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@gerri577 That's exactly what @MegaEssin said, Oman closed their waters as well. They could close their waterway or go along with Iran.
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@elliotlambert3817 Yeah that's why partisan's are blowing up IED's and assassinating collaborators in occupied territory every day.
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@babuvangu7220 Hey its Russia that's throwing all its reserves into the front rather then fighting at their prepared positions, some serious 'no step back' vibes. Must be why general Popov complained about terrible losses. How is it compared to Russia's winter offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason?
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Pure Russian hopium.
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Hate the west by day, try to sneak into western countries by night.
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@idpsalm3331 Even Russian state media is all doom and gloom these days, and its their job to lie about the war. Is Russia unironically using T-54's and Scooby Doo vans propoganda? and not being able to take the Donbas in a year despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow?
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We gave Putin an off ramp, he could have said 'Mission accomplished, we've successfully denazified and disarmed Ukraine SMO over." But he had his sham referendums and that went out the window.
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I forgot, which political opponents in the UK have been jailed, exiled or killed?
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd Russia doing so fine it can't even take the Donbas after 9 years.
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Which means nothing if nobody wants the ruble.
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@AlternativeBrew Tell me you dont know anything about economics without telling me you dont know anything about economics.
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@InGODweTrust007 Yeah the peace treaty that nobody mentioned or said anything about until Putin brought it up in a press conference almost a year and a half later. He must have forgot it in his sock drawer. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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@yellowtunes2756 You mean the Varangians who were Norse? Are you suggesting Russia be returned to its rightful owners the Swedes?
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@christopherjavens3438 Trump was defending his country while he was selling state secrets was he?
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Lmao, askes me what the point of my comment is then proceeds to post copy/pasted Gish gallop of unsourced, debunked idiocy proving me right.
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There are only multiple lines of defense in the west by Tokmak, further east where they have made most of their gains there is only 1 line of defense.
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@evgeniam685 Avoidance of what exactly? Your conspiracy theory that Putin was supplied with some map that had been tampered with? Even if that were true (its not) who cares? Lots of countries are on that map that no longer exist and lots aren't on it that now do exist. Its not an argument for anything. Do you understand how history works? Next Putin digs up a map of Pangea. "See look no Ukraine." Its completely asinine. oh and as mentioned above, on that map St. Petersburg is part of Sweden. When will Russia return it to its rightful owner?
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@abusaad8523 Are you joking? Putin has been so disastrous for Russia if we found out he was a secret CIA plant sent to destroy Russia I wouldn't find it surprising. (he's not though he's just shockingly corrupt and inept)
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@derbaeumaed8158 ls there a point to this whataboutism? "Back 200 years ago the US and Mexico went to war, so therefore Russia's present day genocide of Ukraine is justified." Absolutely braindead. See back in the olden days everyone was trying to conquer everyone else, that's just how things were. Ever since WW2 though if you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Understand?
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@TheBobVova The Grand Duchy of Muscovy was a vassal of the Golden Horde, not a sovereign state. Every state on Earth was a some point not a state. You understand that right? We just made them up, all of them. Rewind that map further back and even Muscovy doesn't exist. What's the magic date that states need to be formed by to be considered legitimate in your opinion? The US wasn't a state at the time either. God save the king I suppose. So dumb.
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@Slavic Melodies Russian males have a life expectancy of 64 years. Russia can't even make ball bearings bud.
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@One10ab "Who said old maps have bearing on todays maps?" Putin says that. It was Putin that said old maps have a bearing on todays maps. You understand that right? Next Putin looks at a map of Pangea with a look of utter confusion on his face.
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@One10ab You are acting like this was some obscure event. You can just type 'Putin 17th century map' into the search bar at the top of the page.
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@jamesnarh4661 Who's 'you' Iran has been seizing ships from random countries. And they will stop because the US navy is there to stop them.
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To what end? Make Putin look weak?
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@dogzdigital Nobody cares anymore. The Taliban is Afghanistan's problem and as long as they don't go flying planes into our buildings they are completely irrelevant to America.
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@mysterious_tim US Spy plane flies over international waters oh boo hoo. Should we have sent a spy balloon over the China mainland instead?
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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America is very good at info war and people love to take everything at face value.
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@mistressfreezepeach So you cant provide any examples. Ok.
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will they send in the T-54's? Pretty scary.
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@arturschlegel-ky2wt Yeah Putin can beg Iran and North Korea over the phone.
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@iiii-nn1dt Evidence? Like Russia retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson and Kharkiv? Or the fact that they cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow?
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@billcarson818 Oh the peace treaty conspiracy theory.
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@billcarson818 Here's what Arakhamia, who was in the room, said: “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this intrusion would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine
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@JohnWarner-lu8rq Do you think Trump was ok when he thought he was President in 2021? What part of my post do you think is wrong?
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@JohnWarner-lu8rq At one point, Trump was asked if he’d received copies of the Trump Organization’s financial statements in 2021. He responded "I was so busy in the White House with China, Russia, and keeping the country safe." You think that statement was justified? You must be another stable genius.
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@JohnWarner-lu8rq So nothing is wrong with it you're just embarrassed to admit you were wrong, got it. Also the guy who wont address my points accusing me of deflecting is actually hilarious.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr LMAO. So why did Russia have a bunch of sham referendums if this isn't a land grab? Absolutely braindead. Ukraine's army is larger now then it was at the start of the war and they are a far more effective fighting force. The far right party got less than 1% of the vote in Ukraine's last election this is a red herring. If you want to see what modern day fascism looks like look up Ruscism. Its time to rejoin reality. Now if you had said Russa's goal was driving single file down the middle of the road in broad daylight to be destroyed over and over your comment would make more sense.
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@claus-not-santa No, it isn't. Of course this didn't stop Russia from having its sham referendums there.
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@joshuaguerrier7392 So why did they attack Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson? Why did they have sham referendums in Zaporizhia and Kherson? Why is Russia currently attacking across almost the entire front? Obviously Russia wants all of Ukraine, pretending otherwise is revisionist nonsense. And even if Russia's goal was the Donbas they've failed miserably at that. Nine years of trying and they still cant even take it.
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@Egor_Sagrein Russia's been parked outside of Avdiivka for nine years bud, its time to face reality.
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BubbaKaren Did you read the release from Russian state media (before they deleted it) that Russia was going to retreat in Kherson?
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BubbaKaren Do you think spamming the same braindead comments over and over helps your argument?
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@FreedomStrike76 More pointless whataboutisms, not surprising its what all Russian arguments eventually boil down to. Some other country (probably the US because Russia is obsessed with them) did something in the past, therefore whatever heinous actions Russia is currently doing are somehow justified. Absolutely braindead. Also Russia is in a far weaker position now then they were before the war.
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Ukraine has lost about 500 tanks, they've also captured about 500 from Russia.
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@oofoof1206 Two small towns right on the border in two years. What an unstoppable juggernaut.
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I thought the rhetoric was supposed to be that Russia has been fighting all of NATO this whole time.
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@ Are the undercover NATO soldiers in the room with you right now?
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@s0ycapitan That "leak" is something that only the Kremlin claims. Any more Kremlin talking points you'd like to pass off as fact?
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@ Next tell me how Ukraine is using bio-mosquitos and migratory birds against Russia.
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@ I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. What does that have to do with you trying to pass Russian talking points off as fact?
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They saw how much success their refineries were having intercepting Ukrainian drones.
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@hyhhy Russia has had 70-80% of the Donbas since 2014. I wouldn't hold my breath on them capturing all of it any time soon if I was you.
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@hyhhy Almost everything Russia controls they had in 2014 or took in the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken far more ground than Russia. Ukraine has retaken over 50% of the territory Russia once held. Russia's current offensive has been a disastrous failure. Hundreds of armored vehicles lost and tens of thousands of kia and wia to take some empty fields and a dirt pile.
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@hyhhy Lol Russia has a bunch of failed offensives bud. I never thought they would have one that made Vulhedar look good but here we are. Russia controls roughly 17% of Ukraine. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after 2 years of WW1 style attrition warfare with tens of thousands of armored vehicles lost and hundreds of thousands of kia/wia the US controlled 17% of Mexico. How would you rate that invasion? Oh and this is after losing over half of the territory they once occupied and losing the battle of the Gulf of Mexico to a country with no navy. This invasion has been a humiliating disaster for Russia no matter how you try to spin it. But I'm sure the front will collapse any time now despite there being no evidence of that happening. (let me guess in three days) Believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside if it helps you cope.
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Is this a surprise to anyone? Iran has the same opinion of Hamas that they do Israel, they think they are both infidels that can go and die. They are happy to fund Hamas terrorists to support their own political ends but they don't care about them and they certainly aren't going to take any risks for them.
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@marthas.4456 Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@robertlamb1962 cool story Ivan. You remind me of someone with brain damage.
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@Andy-kl1ry I didn't realize your goals were ruining the Russian economy and dicking around outside Bakhmut for a year. And you mentioned that Russia is safe from attack because of it's nukes, and this is true so attacking Ukraine wasn't to keep Russia safe, what are your goals exactly? Aside from showing to the world how inept your military is an becoming international pariahs. Oh and BTW it wasn't us that got Khadhafi or Milosevic it was their own people, which I think is the most likely outcome for Putin, he'll just be escorted to a Siberian basement somewhere like Brezhnev.
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@livingtribunal4110 The head of the Russian central bank Elvira Nabiullina does not share your optimism.
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@Loreless The point is that Ukraine is right next to Russia, the self proclaimed world #2 army. And they cant even manage to take the Donbas, which is completely humiliating for them. The US (an actual superpower) took Iraq in just over 500 hours. And its on the other side of the world, do you think its easier to invade a country on the other side of the world or one right next door? Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then 40 miles and 14+ months in they got bogged down and started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing. And tried to pretend things were going well. That's what Russia is doing. Do you understand?
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@soreeyez No thats reality, you can cry some more though. Let me guess you think the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill' and the Moskva sank on high seas? Watch out for the Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@aryank1769 They both voted to condemn Russia in the UN. And the US is India's and China's largest trade partner. Though I have no doubt both countries will try to get as much cheat oil from Russia as they can manage.
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This is honestly the most credble way for Vlad to get out of this thing.
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Trump is just too old, it's basically elderly abuse at this point.
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Kyril, along with the rest of the Russian Orthodox leadership are KGB plants who's primary mission is to use the church as another form of control over Russians.
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@dns7587 Ukraine is a net food exporter, they just exported the most food since before the war because the inept Russian navy lost the battle of the black sea to a country with no navy somehow.
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@Durnyful So what history does the modern day west have invading the Russian Federation? You cant have it both ways.
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@taurus4495 lmao, ok man. Is NATO in the room with you right now? If NATO was involved the war would have been over a year ago, we saw in Desert Storm what western weapons do to old soviet junk.
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@Grillare Not as glorious as Russia's offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over and accomplished nothing.
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Russia is NOT THE SOVIET UNION, russia cant even make ball bearings anymore they are a complete joke
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If Russia wanted peace they could have not invaded Ukraine in the first place.
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Putin begging Iran and NK for whatever scraps he can get. "please give me weapons so I can take a mid sized town a few miles across the border in under a year." Putin then hunched over his map of 17th century Russia with tears in his eyes.
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@jkc3738 The difference is of course these days China is by far the worlds largest importer of energy and food and completely dependent on the west to keep food on the table and the lights on. If they actually do get belligerent then the straight of Malacca will be blockaded and half the country will starve in the dark.
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@MrGatzby There aren't IMF detectives who investigate economies. Russia self reports their own cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value. Moreover any 'growth' Russia may be experiencing is due to massive government spending. Germany could pay the same amount of money for people to dig holes and fill them in and their GDP would grow by the same amount. Ukraine's GDP grew even more than Russia's last year, next you'll be telling me how strong their economy is.
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This is it. NATO is a red herring they just use it as an excuse for their aggressive expansion.
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Putin still hasn't shown his face since shamefully letting Prigozhin walk free.
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@sav1-g7e No, there was nothing in the Budapest memorandum that said anything about Ukrainian neutrality. Russia and NATO did sign the Russia-NATO founding agreement which unambiguously stated both alliances could expand as they saw fit.
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Lock him up.
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@alyaserver1525 meanwhile Putin "pleeease Iran and North Korea help me capture a mid sized town an hour across the border"
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@alyaserver1525 The US took Iraq in just over 500 hours and Iraq is on the other side of the world. 15 months in and Russia can't even take the Donbas and its a few hours from Moscow. Not to mention most of it was already taken by LPR/DPR before the 2022 invasion.
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@alyaserver1525 Iraq had the 4th largest army on earth. Ukraine actually was weak, and somehow Russia still can't even manage to take a small town an hour across the border. And Russia is begging Iran and NK, the only difference is Ukraine has better friends.
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@alyaserver1525 Lots of countries hate Russia so they are happy to provide Ukraine with what they need, Russia has no friends. Any place Putin would go to beg at he'd be arrested so his options are limited. Pretty much just other tin pot dictators and they wont do him any favors, doesn't stop him from crying to Iran and NK, remember when he bent the knee to China and they still gave him nothing?
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@alyaserver1525 Just ignore Russia's retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson and Kharkiv. Most of what Russia 'controls' now was held before the full scale invasion in 2022, and most of the rest from the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost far more then its gained.
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Michael Kopischke at least the Gripen exists. What's the SU57's combat record?
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Michael Kopischke Yes the mythical SU75 that's dependent on western components (like the rest of Russia's equipment) I'm sure we'll see them in large numbers any day now. they'll support mass waves of T54's and Scooby Doo vans.
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Michael Kopischke Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. Though they have been taking out plenty of Scooby Doo vans with FPV drones. Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@trevorsutherland5263 The Russians are at least 30 years behind the west, so saying a Russian jet is 20 years newer is meaningless. Furthermore all Russian jets are dependent on western components to build, which I would imagine are in short supply in Russia these days.
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Michael Kopischke lol yeah and the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill. The SU57 is vaporware just like the T14 and all recent Russian weapons. And this was prior to sanctions, Russia is dependent on the west for components for their equipment.
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@livingtribunal4110 Stating numbers you got from Putin's personal webpage isn't a good way to get your point across. Next you'll try to tell me that farm equipment counts as leopards like the Russian MoD tried to claim.
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@livingtribunal4110 "AFU lost at least 70,000. Ukraine media even admitted this." No they didn't, why dont you go ahead and provide a source for this claimed. edit: wow it went from 30k to 70k did it?
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Shame they need western components to actually do that. Plus Russia is going through a demographic collapse, this is Russias last war whether they like it or not.
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@backsync613 Ukraine was neutral when Russia invaded them. Do you have a brain?
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Another right wing loon, just like the first one.
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@captainjoejoe look at a map and have at least half a brain. Russia has lost over 50% of territory they once occupied. And they lose more every day.
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Is this sarcasm? I honestly cant tell, either way its hilarious.
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Where is Putin?
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Nobody wants a military junta.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia has been using cluster bombs for the entire war, must mean they are desperate right? At this point I'm not sure who's taken out more Russian generals, Ukraine or Russia.
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@paulfredriksteiner are your dream numbers from 5 months ago supposed to mean anything to me? Amazing that Russia managed to destroy more tanks and aircraft then Ukraine has. Let me guess you still think the Moskva sank in a storm and the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill. NATO casualties are still 0 because them being involved is a bizarre fantasy.
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@paulfredriksteiner Do you really think Mossad publishes its info? "Disinformation is being promoted in social networks, claiming that the Turkish media outlet, Hurseda Haber, published exclusive information about military casualties as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine ostensibly based on anonymous data from Israeli intelligence. According to the claim which was disseminated across the world and was also featured on a Rustavi 2 TV programme in Georgia apart from appearing in social networks, Russia has lost only 18,480 troops in Ukraine since 24 February 2022 whilst Ukraine’s losses are 157,000. In addition, hostilities in Ukraine claimed the lives of more than 2,000 soldiers and NATO instructors according to the disinformation. In fact, reports that Mossad published such statistics or that these reports were given to the aforementioned Turkish media outlet are not based on any factual evidence or data. The information provided by the Turkish media, which was later used by different media outlets or individuals to circulate the same information, is not confirmed by any source. The article does not include the name of the author nor the source of the information. It simply contains unsubstantiated numbers and states that the figures are based on Israeli intelligence’s field data of 14 January 2023. There is a sharp discrepancy between figures in the article about the losses in manpower and weaponry for Ukraine and Russia and figures from all previously published reliable official and unofficial sources (for instance, Ukraine did not have 514 aircraft/helicopters and 6,320 tanks which the article says were destroyed at the beginning of the war or during its active phase). The exact amount of losses is unknown, although as stated by the Head of Norwegian Armed Forces, Eirik Kristoffersen, casualties of the Russian army, both dead and wounded, are within the margins of 180,000 whilst casualties for Ukraine are about 100,000. In addition, according to the assessment of Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Russian losses in Ukraine are over 100,000. It is also a lie that military hostilities in Ukraine claimed the lives of over 2,000 military service members of NATO member states. NATO troops do not take part in combat actions in Ukraine whilst NATO military instructors (instructors from the UK and the US as indicated in the publication) do not train Ukrainian soldiers on the territory of Ukraine. This information was also verified by an influential American outlet, Politifact, which officially reached out to NATO requesting comments on the aforementioned information. NATO officials responded to Politifact and clarified: “There are no troops or trainers under NATO command in Ukraine and no NATO personnel have been killed in the conflict."
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Russia recently bent the knee to North Korea granting them a few more months of ammunition. Prior to that Ukraine had overtaken Russia in volume of fire.
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@John-hu9qg Are you brain damaged or something? Ukraine has recaptured over 50% of the territory once occupied by Russia, this is an objective fact, look at a map. Yes the Russian navy heroically abandoned Sevastopol harbor to bravely retreat into the furthest reaches of the eastern Black Sea. Please.
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@naumanhameed9123 You must be thinking about the Russian offensive at Vulhedar, where Russia attacked into the same minefield over and over. You know, like idiots.
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@Captainoftruth-t4t Thanks for your input little buddy, everything I said was true. Any more pointless comments?
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Putin has more red lines then a candy cane. A red line from Russia has become about as credible as a final warning from China.
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@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003 According to Russia: Any interference Artillery Long range rocket artillery Tanks Cruise missiles Aircraft Every 'red line' from Russia we step right over and all they do is weep and seethe. Russia can't even take the Donbas and are losing ground to Ukraine, the thought that they'd want to take on NATO is laughable.
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@tasospanagiotou7823 Where do you guys get this nonsense? Zelensky's first language is Russian, he still gets criticized for not speaking perfect Ukrainain. 2014 was when Russia began its invasion. Gee I wonder why Ukraine would want to ban pro Russian parties. Nobody gave af about Russian's until they invaded. Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party, he fled because of the uprising that occured due to his attempt to hold onto power. How do you feel about Russia suppressing the Ukrainian language in Ukraine? The Russian Empire promoted the spread of the Russian language among the native Ukrainian population, actively refusing to acknowledge the existence of a Ukrainian language. Alarmed by the threat of Ukrainian separatism (in its turn influenced by the 1863 demands of Polish nationalists), the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Pyotr Valuev in 1863 issued a secret decree that banned the publication of religious texts and educational texts written in the Ukrainian language as non-grammatical, but allowed all other texts, including fiction. The Emperor Alexander II in 1876 expanded this ban by issuing the Ems Ukaz (which lapsed in 1905). The Ukaz banned all Ukrainian-language books and song-lyrics, as well as the importation of such works. Furthermore, Ukrainian-language public performances, plays, and lectures were forbidden. In 1881 the decree was amended to allow the publishing of lyrics and dictionaries, and the performances of some plays in the Ukrainian language with local officials' approval. Ukrainian-only troupes were, however, forbidden. During the Soviet times, the attitude to Ukrainian language and culture went through periods of promotion (policy of "korenization", c. 1923 to c. 1933), suppression (during the subsequent period of Stalinism)
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@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003 More like it was a borderline non sequitur written in gibberish. The US and NATO are doing the same thing to Russia that they did to the Soviet union, taking them out without firing a shot. Obviously they are going to try to avoid going to war with them, what do you think will happen when multiple nuclear powers go to war? do you have a brain? And how about Russia begging Iran and North Korea for scraps? thts all nd becoz of Iranian and NK ammunition, weapons and support are Russia holding othervise its over for Russia. (see how painful that is to read? learn basic english please)
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@theo3030 Everything after 2009 was done in response to Russia's invasion of Georgia. And Kosovo is nowhere near Russia. Camp Bondsteel is home to a super threatening 7k soldiers. The base also has a hospital, two gyms, and two recreation buildings with phones, computers, pool tables, and video games. a chapel, a large dining facility, a fire station, a military police station, two cappuccino bars, a Burger King, Taco Bell, and an Anthony's Pizza. There is also a barber shop, a laundry facility employing local nationals, a dry cleaner, a tailor, various local vendors who sell Kosovo souvenirs and products, and sports fields. What exactly is Russia so afraid of? Maybe Pakistan doesn't like CSTO expansion, that means they can invade central Asia right?
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If you believed the Russian bots in the comments you'd think Russia was on the brink of occupying Berlin.
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@shaftoe195 I bet you look forward to all sorts of things that will never happen, like Russia capturing Bakhmut or going a week without launching an S-300 at an apartment building.
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@davemccrillis1470 A thousand days of the same delusional nonsense.
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@davemccrillis1470 You say that but Russia has been attacking frantically across much of the front for years with little to show for it. And yes there is also videos of Russia snatching people off the street. Not to mention using penal battalions and mercenaries from impoverished countries. They are also begging for help from Iran and NK.
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@kam1470 waiting for the 3 day smo to finish.
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@kam1470 lmao go ahead and impose sanctions on the US dummy, what point are you even trying to make? Ukraine has friends and Russia doesn't? Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking itself off as the worlds #2 army. over a year and a half in and Russia cant even manage to take the Donbas despite it being a half days drive from Moscow. This invasion has been a humiliating disaster no matter how you try to spin it. Don't worry I'm sure North Korea will save the day lol. Most pro Russian people have been predicting the imminent collapse of Ukraine for over a year and a half now. There's also no shortage of pro Russian people who've been fed a polonium sandwich, escorted to the gulag or sent out an open window by Putins regime.
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Terrorist Girkin-Strelkov called Putin a "spineless wood louse" for not punishing Prigozhin. "Putin demonstrates his total powerlessness and shows that it's okay to act that way. Try, guys, try again. And if you fail, nothing will happen to you,"
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Let me remind you to take your meds.
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@dns7587 You must not be keeping up The last Russians are being driven out of Andriivka and Klischiivka. What exactly has Russia taken in the last 8 months? Typically when you invade a country trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border isn't a desirable outcome.
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@Matt1975ism Are you sure you are even responding to the right person? Because I clearly support Ukraine. I was saying that people who claim that Russia is fighting 50 countries are the ones coping.
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@offred6013 Russia has lost thousands of T series tanks.
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@MrJayjay0420 thats not true Russia has more then a few pictures of t-55's at the front
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@MrJayjay0420 Russia also using D20's and dusting off a 70 year old tank for any role is humiliating for the self proclaimed world #2 army no matter how you try to spin it. Ukraine hasn't spent the last 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army.
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@Illuminatus161 2 years, that's about how long the USSR lasted after getting smoked in Afghanistan
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@kazileon1994 Germany is supplying weapons to Ukraine, by your logic that means that Russia lost WW2.
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@kazileon1994 Russia wasn't able to occupy Berlin until the end of time and now there is a hostile government in place. Just like how the US wasn't able to occupy Afghanistan until the end of time so now there's a hostile government in place. Pretty complex stuff man, I can see how you could have trouble putting two and two together. why don't you get a juice box and go take a nap.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Breaking: Ukrainians are using bio-mosquitos and trained migratory birds to attack Russians. The Moskva sank due to high seas and the Ukrainians are using genetically engineered super soldiers. Scholtz, who wont even send Taurus cruise missiles in a surprising move ordered his forces to the front. You live in a fantasy world.
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@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith Putin announced on TV that he was kidnapping children, thats why he caught a war crime charge.
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More likely they have some ethnic cleansing scheduled
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Yeah they don't consider Russia a state and they want Manchuria back.
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When the Republicans controlled the executive branch and both houses and the courts in 1928 they enacted the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act and sunk into the Great Depression within a year.
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China does sail close to the US coast from time to time. The US just watches and doesn't dangerously cut them off. Imagine the reaction of the US sent a spy balloon to loiter over mainland China.
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Except Ukraine has taken more in the past month then Russia has in the last year.
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PUTIN0809 Sure bud, let me know when the worlds #2 army manages to take the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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Here's some highlights from the Russian script. The offensive has failed NATO made me do it The sanctions have failed and Russian economy is stronger than ever Russia isn't even serious yet Russia is fighting 50 countries
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@James-kv6kb Sell military equipment to who, Ukraine? The US is giving military equipment to Ukraine, they aren't making a profit. The MIC is tiny compared to other industries, they don't have anywhere near the power people think they do.
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@Too-Odd This is of course after Russia genocided the Tartars. If they want to be Russian so bad they can move to Russia. It's like saying 90% of the Chinatown in my city is Chinese and they want to be part of China...who cares, move to China then. And speaking about China, how about Manchuria? should't it go back to its historical owner?
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@thalentekhuluse2829 You see little boy for most of human history the rules of the world were different. Everyone was trying to conquer everyone else, thats just the way it was. It was like that up until 1945. Now the rules are changed. The borders are set, if you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Do you understand?
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@LiberalismcelebratesDeath Russia should worry about defending its borders at Belgorod.
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Trump's been acting like a crybaby for the last year or so and his base really dislikes that, his chance of beating Biden is less then the first time around. And Europe pretty much universally hates Russia now for at least another generation.
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"I'll nuke anyone who gets involved" "I'll nuke anyone who sends artillery" "I'll nuke anyone who sends tanks" "I'll nuke anyone who sends jets" Yawn, Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and all he does when we cross them is pout.
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The Ruble is no longer openly traded like a normal currency.
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@piaoliang5467 Nobody has 21% interest rates for 9% inflation. The IMF doesn't gather its own data, it just takes the statistics provided by Rosstat at face value. The true inflation rate is likely somewhere between 20% to 30%.
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@ The IMF receives data from member countries statistical agencies. There aren't IMF detectives who investigate countries economies.
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@namelesswon In the US and most democracies there are processes in place for a peaceful transfer of power. People aren't dictators for life like in Russia. So in a way you are correct, just not the way you think.
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We learned where appeasement led to last century. Seems some people never learned that lesson though.
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@Xia-dy5nb Is the EU in the room with you right now? The Iraqi's are in control of and sell their oil to whoever they want. The US has no say in it.
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@dns7587 Are you sure its not Putin? He's one that cant leave the country or he gets arrested.
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@Babuka54 The Donbas voted in '91 to remain part of Ukraine. If not for Russia's illegal invasion in 2014 there would be no problems in the Donbas. Russia also recognized the borders of Ukraine, along with every country on earth. Maybe you should learn some history.
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@Babuka54 There was a referendum in '91, stop lying. There was no seperatist movement in the Donbas until Russia moved its forces in and forced a sham referendum at gunpoint. Girkin and Prigozhin confirmed this before Putin had them eliminated. Amazing that referendums are illegal in Russia but you think that invading another country and forcing them to have one at gunpoint is somehow valid. There's a reason the only countries that recognize the sham referendums are North Korea and Syria. All your points of course also ignore the fact that Russia genocided the Ukrainians living in the Donbas and moved in Russians making the Ukrainians minorities in their own land. You should watch something other than Russian propaganda maybe then you'd have a better grasp on reality.
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@Babuka54 Well if grandpa thought so it must be true. Let your grandpa know Russia flattened Mariupol and Kharkiv stands against Russia. What point are you even trying to make? Or are you just trying to let me know that you are completely unhinged? edit: oops looks like you deleted your comment, I don't blame you it was hysterical nonsense. Take your meds and try to remain calm.
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@Babuka54 Meanwhile, 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. Maybe Russia should follow your advice and fix their own problems first. The highest levels of fetal alcohol syndrome on earth, rampant poverty, every city not Moscow or St. Petersburg are absolute sewers, some of the highest levels of tuberculosis and AIDS, Organized crime running the place. You likely don't hear much about this stuff because Russia ranks 168th out of 180 countries ranked on the world press freedom index.
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China is another parade army that tin pot dictatorships like that looks good on paper but is incapable of fighting an actual war.
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@dark_master_Makei Did you read my comment? Those territories were taken either before the war or in the initial shock of the invasion, since the lines have stabilized Russia has lost more then it's gained. The T14 is a glorified parade float, the Russians have managed to build somwhere between 0-1 a year. and its dependent on western tech to build. All other Russian tanks are just upgraded Soviet tanks, which again are dependent on western tech to upgrade. Russia can't even make ball bearings anymore. The M55 has been upgraded for its entire service life with a new gun, engine and tech. the T54's from Russia have been sitting in a field in Tunguska for the past 50 years and are either stock from the factory or maybe a 1st gen imager if lucky. Moreover Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years boasting about being the worlds #2 army, they are fighting off their large belligerent neighbor they'll take whatever they can get. Russia dusting off T54's and using Scooby Doo vans for logistics is humiliating no matter how you try to spin it. And as far as old western tanks vs soviet stuff you can refer to Desert Storm to see how badly old soviet gear was thrashed.
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@dark_master_Makei Source: Russian MOD You live in a fantasy world. Let me guess you think Kyiv was 'just a feint'. If Russia is so amazing why have they done nothing but dick around in the Donbas for the past year? Moving literally slower then a snails pace.
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@Robert-xy4xi It is that easy, the US is rich. they spend around that much annually in regular foreign aid under normal circumstances.
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no you see this is russian strategy. *takes a huge hit of copium. we send in the T-62's and MTLB's with naval cannons in first and fart around outside Bakhmut for a year then we send in the REAL russian army and the decadent westoids can only despair.
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@doomoo5365 Maybe the guys on the front, but back at the Homefront despair and malcontent will spread leading to the great nicotine revolt.
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NATO troops aren't in Ukraine.
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@antonyf1524 Oh you think sending aid is the same as NATO troops being there. It isn't. I'm also not sure why you would think it is a sign of US weakness, did you not think that sentence through?
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@chekeocha4923 And no Russia has almost nothing in the way of operational reserves, we know this because Ukraine was allowed to walk into Kursk basically unopposed. They don't even have the forces to defend the border of the country they are at war with and are depending on NK forces to try to drive them out, the idea of them taking NATO is laughable.
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@mintheman7 I guess if Taiwan ever starts forcibly building islands and militarizing other countries EEZ's and sending in massive fishing fleets into other countries waters to deplete fish stocks, plus use their navy to bully other countries ships in their own water we could.
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@DonaldBiden420 from full potato to half potato, times are tight.
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Many times dictator Putin said he wouldn't invade Ukraine. If you want to be a reputed President, STAND BY YOUR WORDS.
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I believe the ones they are sending are the cluster munition variant. So probably less useful for bridge destruction.
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globalbite5577 Wouldn't it be hilarious if you spammed the same braindead comment in every thread.
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@lukeatbrandynightful No you were bragging about the slaughter of 50 civilians. you're demented.
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Russia could use some game changers, maybe they'd have half a chance at taking the Donbas.
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@Wiegraf Well the Poles at least aren't dicking around.
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@metapol118 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 3 weeks back in 2014. the '3 days' narrative was all over Russian state media though.
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@seemev2.0phuckbootube78 According to Russia they've destroyed it 8 times over. Yet are stll incapable of taking the Donbas for some reason.
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@norbertgeorge I don't think you understand what facts are. What you are expressing is called an opinion. A fairly obtuse one with no basis in reality.
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@wanderer2246 This is true but it was movements like this that helped put an end to the Chechen war. Hopefully this leads to more pressure on the government to end the war.
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@Hunter-56 Russia can't even take the Donbas, taking Berlin is absurd.
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Abrams can run on pretty much any type of fuel including diesel.
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@white69cracker Don't worry, as long as you aren't an aggressive tin pot dictatorship you have nothing to worry about.
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@ЦыряСоломонович Russian "peacemakers" are there to prop up the Russians puppet government. South Osetia is Georgian territory its no different then Russia flattening Grozny and killing 20% of the entire population of Chechnya. Explain how the two are different, well aside from Russia being far more brutal.
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@annaduda7260 Do you think Russia using Scooby Doo vans is propaganda to drum up nostalgia for the mystery machine and garner sympathy for Russia? I'm asking for a friend.
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@bonnie7898 Yep, anyone who thinks that some Russians living there makes a difference should look up Manchuria.
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@shishi_qui_shi Yeah the good example is joining NATO like the rest of the European com bloc countries, thats how you can remain safe from imperialist Russia. Here's the Russian cycle, Claim ethnic Russians are being bullied, the regime is evil/criminal/fascists or whatever, invade, set up puppet regime, annex, rinse repeat. Same BS over and over. If the Balitcs weren't already in NATO then Russia would have pulled the same garbage with them.
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@shishi_qui_shi So let them move to Russia if they want to be Russian so bad, tell it to the Crimean Tartars who were genocided by Russia. Russia is down to T-54's and Scooby Doo vans, this is the last gasp of a dying empire. Meanwhile Ukraine will continue to receive whatever support it needs to win from the richest countries on earth and will only grow stronger. After 14 Months Russia cant even capture the Donbas, which is a few hours drive from Moscow, how pathetic. it's a joke country that nobody but its weak neighbors take serous.
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@AbuBawa-sw1ut you know California, the state with the GDP much larger then the entire country of Russia.
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@Lana Jeneson The goal of sanctions isn't to keep Russian oil off the market its to keep money out of Russian hands. India buying Russian oil at or below the EU price cap and reselling it is something nobody cares about.
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@piaoliang5467 You were the one who brought up the IMF as if they are some authority on the issue buddy. Overheating in this context means rampant inflation and a weakening ruble and sky high interest rates to try to control it, along with a lack of labor force to facilitate any real growth. There is a lack of labor force for multiple reasons, the first is most every Russian with more than two brain cells has been fleeing the country since the 90's, along with the millions more who have fled since the start of the conflict. Plus millions of working age men being shipped off to the front. All the growth is because the state is spending massive amounts on it's arms industry, it isn't real growth. The UK could spend massive amounts and employ huge portions of the population to dig holes and fill them in if they wanted to achieve the same effect. You can pretend you know more than Nabiullina if you want I guess.
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@piaoliang5467 Russia's only options are continue doing what they have been doing, which will lead to stagflation, which is disastrous and almost impossible to correct. Or open everything up and deal with hyperinflation. The fact that you "haven't seen any sign of economic stress" is a laughably idiotic statement, the head of Russia's central bank has, along with every reputable economists the world over, your opinion is irrelevant.
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@piaoliang5467 If you want to pretend you know more than the head of Russia's central bank that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. You don't hike the key interest rate by 200 basis points to a record-high 21% for 9% inflation buddy. Feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside, even if it contradicts the Russian experts.
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@piaoliang5467 I'm am referring to the recent conversation she had with the head of Rostec Chemezov in the Duma, where he blamed her for the dire state of the Russian economy and predicted stagflation was inevitable, because production and consumption was in decline because of Russia's extreme interest rates. Her response was that lowering rates would cause hyperinflation. I'm not sure what part of this you are having trouble understanding.
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@willpower-rc1wq Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, they also lacked the political will to make the necessary reforms to join. Several members of the alliance were also opposed to them joining. Their chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. This also ignores the fact tah Putin himself said in the Tucker interview this had nothing to do with NATO, though he also said Poland caused WW2 so you can't really take what he says seriously.
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@JOSEPH.STOLEN-ELECTION It was Russian sources that said it was perforated by shrapnel.
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@Mr.Clownensky Most Russians just lay where they fell. The rest end up in mobik meat cubes.
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Yuri-uy5mu Putin is way worse then Bandera ever was, dude.
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@Christ-follower471 The US caused a protest movement because Yanukovich refused to sign the popular EU association agreement and forced Ukrainian parliament to vote unanimously against Yanukovich? Come back to reality little buddy.
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@Christ-follower471 Russia invaded and forced sham referendums. Funny how referendums are illegal in Russia but you think invading another country and forcing a sham referendum is somehow valid. Not to mention the other irregularities with the vote, such as Russians from mainland Russia being allowed to vote, and maintaining the status quo wasn't even on the ballot. Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries that accept the results of the sham referendums.
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@tohellorbarbados4902 100% of parliament present voted against him, 328 lawmakers of the 450-seat parliament voted. This is more than enough for a valid vote, right Dugin? All Yanukovich had to do was sign the EU association agreement, but Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum and embargoed Ukraine. This led to the protests and Yanukovich fleeing the country, nobody asked him to do that though, that was his own decision.
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He has trouble with 3 days though. He can be years off that.
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@robertosalinel3358 They can use Belorussian gear for their next attack on Moscow.
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@TheBobVova Nobody cares about your silly opinion.
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@Mr.Clownensky The worlds number 2 army can't even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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You should ask Prigozhin what a deal with Putin is worth.
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@paddy3002 you been spending too much time on twitter
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@paddy3002 careful globohomo agents dont get you!!
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IS, through its outlet al-Amaq, just claimed responsibility for the attack. I'm not sure if this is true but it certainly throws a wrench into Putin's narrative.
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No, Putin wanted Ukraine to surrender. Russia already broke the Budapest memorandum and Minsk agreements, there is no reason to believe they are being sincere with any negotiations.
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@shrugg6593 /waits for Muscovy to stop dicking around outside Bakhmut.
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we've sent loads of bridging equipment so far...
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@rob5197 Most people aren't as dumb as you rob.
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@mariaadelecagna3540 the US does recognize the sovereignty of Mexico and Canada wtf are you talking about?
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@evilmex1962 Maybe Russia should explain how their most recent Avdiivka offensive was another Vulhedar. Massive losses for literaly no gain.
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@evilmex1962 The Russian army is many times larger then Ukraine and Ukraine has stopped them in their tracks and drove them out of 50% of the territory they once occupied. The worlds #2 army cant even take the Donbas. So I'm not really sure wtf you mean by failure.
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@TerraRubicon wow must have been a lot of people in the Soviet Union that sided with the Nazi's considering they killed around 50 million of their own population. Any excuse for genocide though eh?
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@Balkans73 Um no, Russia controls part of the Donbas. Or is this more satire? I cant tell anymore.
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Putin signs peace treaty, regroups and attacks again. He's done it over and over.
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ten months and tens of thousands of casualties to capture a mid sized town a few miles across the border and Russians really think its some grand victory. All while the flanks collapse.
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@freerideralec Sure thing, do you have a source for that? Because Oryx still has destroyed Leopards at 2.
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@paulhargreaves1497 I was being sarcastic
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@duncansmith7562 8 years ago? you mean when Russia started its invasion? Would never have been any problems if they just stayed home.
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Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war, must mean they are desperate right?
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It's more likely Putin gets the Brezhnev treatment and is escorted to a Siberian basement.
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@valuggel8972 that's not how nukes work under water but ok.
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It's to send a message that relations with the current regime will never be normalized. Milosevic and Khedafi both scoffed at their charges and things didn't work out to well for either of them.
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It's a military maxim that during war a nation shouldn't open a second front unless they have an overwhelming advantage.
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I doubt it, Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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Poland alone has given over 300 tanks.
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@richardduplessis1090 Yeah it's a blatant land grab by Russia. Everything else is a red herring.
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let them eat tanks, genius
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@ckthegreat100 Yes Russia collapses all the time. I'm not sure what point you think you are making.
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@ckthegreat100 Also 100k Russian casualties is the most aggressive low ball I've ever seen. The mayor of Moscow said it was 600k injured, that doesn't include KIA. According to Russia's deputy minister of defense there are 50k MIA. To put that in perspective the US only had around 2500 total for the ten years in Vietnam.
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@ckthegreat100 I'm also not sure why you are so hung up on casualty numbers causing a collapse, I never said anything like that, you did. I demonstrated that Russia is perfectly capable of collapsing after a war regardless of the losses.
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@jamesgo2014 Why don't you list the counties that Biden has tried to annex.
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@jamesgo2014 Lets forget that whataboutism is an idiotic argument.
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@sanshibu7384 Moreover the was no talk of expanding NATO into Ukraine, less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and many NATO members were opposed to the idea. Putin attacked in spite of Ukrainian neutrality. All Putin's done with his actions is expand NATO to Finland and Sweden and made Ukraine joining a foregone conclusion.
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@fradiavolo9293 The 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media. Putin also said back in 2014 that he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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"Were not even trying bro". Absolutely braindead
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@attilamarics3374 The data comes from the ministry of finance. Hydrocarbon export volume hasn't fallen as much, its revenue that has dropped by over half.
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@attilamarics3374 You don't get the point of Russia's hydrocarbon revenue dropping by over half? This makes up 40% of all government revenue, and its dropped by over half, this shouldn't be difficult for someone to work out. By contrast the US is setting record's every year.
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@unclefester831 If they've made no difference they why cant Russia even manage to capture the Donbas then?
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@YorkerEli Yes most strategic targets have been destroyed or moved back out of range. Strategic targets are typically easy to spot; ammo dumps, large troop concentrations, rail yards etc. so everything that could be targeted has been and everything else was moved back out of range. To not do so would be moronic, even for the Russians.
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@yaqob3275 Amazing how general Zaluzhnyi gave an interview the other day, he must have come back from the dead. Do you think Ukraine is practicing necromancy?
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@glintongordon6811 Here's literally the first google result. "Estimates of civilian deaths In Mariupol range from 22,000 to as high as 87,000." Oct 13, 2023 — Russia has destroyed almost 300000 metric tons of grain since July in attacks. Jul 21, 2023 — In Chornomorsk, 60,000 tons of grain were destroyed over the past several days. Here's from way back in Sep 20, 2022 — Russia's military has damaged, destroyed nearly 16% of Ukraine's grain storage facilities since the latest invasion. You live in a fantasy world bud, time to rejoin reality.
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@glintongordon6811 Yes every building in Mariupol was a military stronghold. You have a tenuous grasp on reality. The theater marked "CHILDREN INSIDE" was a renowned NATO command center.
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@glintongordon6811 That Mariupol maternity ward that Russia destroyed was frequented by Ukrainian soldiers. And Russia only destroyed one grain silo, on accident, right?
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Putin's begging Iran and North Korea. He even invited African leaders to Russia so he could beg in person. (Putin cant travel because he's a wanted criminal)
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Nice analysis commander smoothbrain, you should work for Russian MOD.
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dusty, for the fifth time the target wasn't the beach. According to Russia themselves they shot down the missile, the target was something else. Understand?
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@Memovox Mexico and the US are each others #1 trade partners.
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@Memovox Yeah, many of them are Chinese. The US is a very desirable country to live in. People trying to live in your country illegally is a problem China will never have.
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@Memovox lmao, the US and Mexico have a very friendly relation. Try not to cry.
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@priapulida Read more what? Kremlin talking points?
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China and Russia are only allies in Putin's fever dreams, China's only ally on paper is Pakistan.
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@quocbaonguyen8308 Tell that to Tibet, and Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. China will do whatever they can get away with, China would eat up Vietnam in a heartbeat if they thought their army was up to it and they wouldn't get sanctioned to eternity.
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@chrisnguyen4611 Oh I agree, Vietnam has proven more then once that it's capable of defending itself, but if China ever thinks otherwise whether real or imagined, or senses weakness they will push as far as they can.
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@wolfswinkel8906 This is some ultra level cope. Why is there hours of video of various T90's being destroyed then? The reason Russia is sending old stuff is because an absolutely insane amount of their new stuff has been destroyed. The reason T14 hasn't been sent is because its vaporware that will never leave the prototype stage.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Releasing the same video from multiple angels and trying to pass it off as separate events is Russia's trick. They even tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards. To be fair the T90 is basically just a glorified T72. Its just an upgrade package on the T72 chassis. The easiest way to tell is the turret. It has all the same shortcoming as a T72 it still cant reverse at anything slower then a walk and will throw its turret at the first sign of damage. It does have a slightly better engine, armor and optics/fire control (they are reliant on western optics and fire control though). Back in the olden days the tank we worried about was the T80, though Russia doesn't make them anymore. They claim they want to restart production but I don't imagine that will go any better than their attempts at producing T14.
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The Ayatollah recently claimed he was talking to God, maybe he could ask him who's responsible.
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@1112viggo Xi tends to use the excuse of cracking down on corruption to take down his political rivals and dissidents. In this case its likely to have a scapegoat so that Xi doesn't have to admite he nuked Chinas economy.
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Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as a supposed superpower. Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@boxtradums0073 They go someplace that's not about to get bombed. Hamas released a video today showing off their extensive tunnel network why not let them enter them? Oh yeah because Hamas doesn't care about Palestinians and use them as human shields. This is a tragedy and i'm not going to pretend Israel is blameless, both sides have committed atrocities. but Hamas is the elected leadership of Gaza, this is a bed they made. surrounding Arab states loudly and publicly expresses its support for Palestinians, surely they'd be willing to take them in. (I know they wont' ask Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan what happens they've all tried before) Palestine has also been offered a two state solution multiple times and its Hamas and the hardliners that ruin negotiations every time. What would you do if every day terrorists launched rockets into your country?
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New experiment. Russia testing the limits of human incompetence.
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wow Kremlin bots out in full force here, didn't see you guys over at the castration video.
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How do you feel about Russia's regime change mission in Africa?
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@Matt1975ism He isn't Czech, it's a bot spamming the same comment in every thread.
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tf's a hargomia?
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@marksnyder8022. Yeah its pretty dumb to trust Prigozhin you should stop doing that. All his theatrics are meant to win over all the mobiks who are also fed up with the MOD so they'll join his side in the coming Russian civil war.
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The warmongers are the ones in Russia invading and annexing the territory of sovereign states.
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@ccrider3435 Waiting for Trudeau to confess to kowtowing to China. Is it normal to hate the left and the right in this country? Not very fond of either.
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@Yuri-z2y No you didn't.
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lol ok dude, just like Kyiv will fall in 3 days. China is another parade army that these tin pot dictators love so much, they look good on paper but can't actually fight a war.
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@@HALBIN-xd8hb Germany and Japan were the aggressors just like Russia.
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At least half is just @Let the flames takeover malfunctioning.
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Did the Kurds also shoot down that Russian jet in 2015?
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@wolfswinkel8906 Yeah its called wikipedia genius, why not go read it yourself instead of asking idiotic questions.
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@wolfswinkel8906 wikipedia gives its sources, do you understand how the internet works? Do I really need to hold your hand? Go to wiki and type in 'revolution of dignity' There are over 300 sources for the article, let me know which ones you don't like. I know its tough to believe without the exact location of the snipers, the caliber of gun used, the snipers hobbies and interests and mothers maiden name. Russia also sent in the goons to Belarus and Kazakhstan to stamp out their protests.
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Russian advances were stopped last year. It's Ukraine that's advancing now.
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Iran loves to fund Hamas, they should take them in.
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@JJ-xs3er He literally includes the source in his post.
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@Rick-zw9kp What does that have to do with Russia violating the Budapest memorandum and Minsk agreements Rick?
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@Rick-zw9kp Good job not addressing the question. I can tell you are a deep thinker. What really happened was the Ukrainians protested when Yanukovich refused to leave office after being voted out by all of parliament, including his own party. It was the only successful 'coup' in human history that ended with the same government it started with. I think you should look up what a coup actually is. So if there were protests against the pm of Canada and he left office that would give the US cause to invade and annex us? Smart.
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@Rick-zw9kp He didn't have to flee, he could have called an election which is what the protests were about. Instead Yanukovych was whisked away by his Russian masters special forces to a safe haven in Russia. The protests didnt turn violent until over 100 people were killed in Kyiv by his security forces, even he has expressed regret over this. You clearly have no idea what a coup is, its time to rejoin reality. Quebec is a ridiculous example. I'm not sure if you remember but they actually had two referendums and they decided to stay in Canada. Ukraine also had one, an overwhelming majority of 92.3% voted for independence. Results which were recognized by every country on earth, including Russia, then when Ukraine no longer wants to be their Puppet in 2014 Russia invaded. Self determination? There was no separatist sentiment in the Donbas until Russia invaded. Like Strelkov said "I was the one who pulled the trigger of this war," "If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out — like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa," "There would have been several dozen killed, burned, detained. And that would have been the end of it. But the flywheel of the war, which is continuing to this day, was spun by our unit. We mixed up all the cards on the table."
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@Rick-zw9kp Now if Quebec had seperated then a few years later we decided we didn't like the government and went in and flattened Montreal and killed a few million people. And shamelessly played the victim and tried to pass it off as self defense, that would be closer to what Russia did. Canada isn't completely insane though.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia still cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality. Acting like they have any hope of conquering Ukraine is embarrassing.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Wait I thought you guys didn't like coups, now you seem to like Russian supported coups in Africa.
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How many years did Russia prepare to bungle the Ukraine invasion?
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Russia is the one trying to annex Ukraine, you understand that right?
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Putin has been so inept if it turned out he was a CIA plant sent to destroy Russia I wouldn't even be surprised.
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@Infopirates Did you forget to switch to your alt? Or are you spamming laughing emojis at your own comment for no good reason?
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@yaqob3275 some sympathetic countries give Ukraine some old equipment. Russia - "wErE FigHTinG AlL oF NaTo" If NATO was actually involved it would be the most once sided beatdown since Desert Storm. And what even your point? Ukraine has friends and Russia doesn't? Unless you count Iran and NK who they are begging for scraps to be their friends. Was "wErE FigHTinG AlL oF NaTo" The reason Russia decided to drive down the road into the same minefield over and over? you know, like morons.
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@yaqob3275 the US took Iraq in about 500 hours and Afghanistan about the same. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in Afghanistan for years. Or do you think an insurgency means the same as war. By that metric Russia hasn't captured any territory as they also face an insurgency that will never end.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 If NATO was actually involved it would be the most one sided ass whooping since desert storm, you live in a fantasy world.
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Another completely normal attack for the Russian Reich.
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@robertatkins9419 Russia has the highest inflation out of any developed country aside from only Turkey and Argentina. Turkey has always been an economic basket case and Argentina's inflation is on purpose, as they intend to switch to USD.
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@robertatkins9419 You realize inflation numbers aren't top secret right?
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@robertatkins9419 You want the source for publicly available information? Do you need a source saying water is wet? Why not google inflation rates instead of asking idiotic questions?
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@beninaskaria Ah the old 'were not even trying bro' literaly the most embarrassing excuse Russia comes up with. If that were true (its not) Russia would be even more braindead then I give them credit for. What would 'fully mobilized Russia' attack with? T54's and Scooby Doo vans? The reason Russia hasn't fully mobilized is Putin would be strung up if he tried.
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@Thea-gj2or The ruins of the bridge? yeah I already saw it, hopefully the rest of it comes down soon.
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EvilKaren. You mean like the now fired Russian generals Popov and Selivyorstov, who were both fired for complaining about lack of personnel and equipment? What do you think that means?
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EvilKaren. Yeah, that's how democracies work genius, anyone can run for president. Its only autocratic dictatorships like Russia where you have leaders for life.
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@s0ycapitan There isn't a single reputable economist on the planet who would agree with you. Even in Russia they admit there are serious problems, its only Russia's cheerleaders on the internet who like to pretend otherwise. Recently at the Duma the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov blamed the head of the Russian central bank Nabiullina for the dreadful state of the Russian economy. He said her actions would lead towards stagflation due to the ultra high interest rates. Her response was the only other alternative was hyperinflation, those are Russia's two options, stagflation or hyperinflation. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@pauldean8638 We have no idea how many civilians have died in Ukraine, all estimates are from Ukrainian held territory. The casualties in Mariupol alone could be six figure.
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@alexsilent5603 Not much of a democracy if all your political rivals end up either eating a polonium sandwich or being sent to the gulag.
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@braxxian They only sent 3 HIMARS at first, I would assume the 31 Abrams are just the start.
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Russia already lost the populated part of Kherson, remember? Since Russia took the dam out everything on the left bank will become useless desert now.
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How about that recent video of Russia killing its own retreating soldiers, yikes.
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@GBU39JDAM The war started because Ukraine discovered gas deposits threatening Russia's energy monopoly in Europe. Of course this has backfired and Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the war.
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Cancayate14 Well Russia's lost 90% of its initial invasion force and cant even take the Donbas. I wonder at what point China will want Manchuria back more than it wants an inept vassal.
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@MouseMan3308 The Russian MoD previously clamied that all missiles were shot down and the civilian casualties were a result of falling debris.
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@FunLewis What on earth are you twaddling on about?
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@FunLewis No you just seem to be making pointless comments that have nothing to do with anything I've said. Take your meds bud.
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@FunLewis Aww, dry your eyes little buddy.
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@baroneleve1196 Which is fewer then they had last year when they tried and failed to take out Ukraine's electrical infrastructure. Ukraine also has a more capable air defense then last year.
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The Russian MoD itself said they shot down all Ukrainian rockets and that all casualties were caused by falling debris. Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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Terrorist Girkin-Strelkov called Putin a "spineless wood louse" for not punishing Prigozhin. "Putin demonstrates his total powerlessness and shows that it's okay to act that way. Try, guys, try again. And if you fail, nothing will happen to you,"
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@AlmightyNOG Do you think MAGA would vote for a bill to help the homeless?
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@Valkron11 Ukraine has taken more in the past 7 weeks then Russia has in the previous 10 months. Ukraine has retaken around 54% of previously occupied territory like it or not. And lets compare the Afghan war just for fun. Civilian casualties caused by the US: 46,319 civilians in 20 years. Though most of them were killed by militias. Its estimated that the coalition was directly responsible for only 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians. Civilian casualties caused by Russia: Around 2 million in 10 years. So several orders of magnitude more in half the time. The US isnt perfect but they at least try to avoid civilian casualties. Russia will directly target them and engage in reprisal killings, remember that theater in Mariupol marked CHILDREN that Russia took out? It was Syrians who chimed in on twitter warning the Ukrainians not to let Russia know where the civilians are hiding or they would target them. And they had experience Russia flattened Aleppo. Russia used chemical weapons there and destroyed it block by block with barrel bombs. They had previously destroyed Grozny also, along with around 20% of the entire population of Chechnya. The US literally invented precision munitions to avoid civilian casualties. The reason it took so long to take out Al-Zawahiri is because he would use his family as a human shield and it took the US inventing a slap chop to drop directly on his head to take him out. Go ahead and believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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People mocking this must not have seen the Scooby Doo vans Russians cruise around in.
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If Ukraine was in NATO prior to 2014 there would be no war today.
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@free-world-mb4ix Russia wanted Ukraine one way or another, they didn't invade because they thought Ukraine was going to join NATO, as I said above less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to 2014. This is just a regular old land grab. I think the best way would be do what the Fins did and get a bunch of bilateral security guarantees during the preamble to joining.
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Another Russian 'gamechanger' Next up, Kyiv in 3 days.
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YouTube music No the Taliban did though. Meanwhile Russia is crying that they invaded Ukraine, funny how that works.
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Yes I'm sure Russia bent the knee to North Korea due to their abundance of weapons.
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Lil Trip Wow more whataboutism, who could have seen that coming. Well Genghis Kahn did bad things therefore what the US did in the middle east is justified. See how stupid that sounds?
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According to Bloomberg Russia has lost roughly 12% of its oil processing capacity in two days.
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@livingtribunal4110 Russia began its invasion because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia wanted to maintain its energy monopoly in Europe. This has backfired though and Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the war.
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@brizzle3903 It has no economic or trade agreements though. It also doesn't provide an alternative to the dollar. You can live in brics fantasy land though if it makes you feel fuzzy inside.
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Its Russia's final war because win or lose Russian demographics are so terminal in a few decades they wont have a viable population to threaten anyone with.
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@Sambo890 After losing half the territory they occupied 2.5 years ago.
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You need around 1 million men to take a city the size of Kyiv. Russia already tried to take it under much more favorable circumstances and failed miserably.
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@MrGatzby Guys he's totally Australian.
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@ericp1139 In 2014 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. The 3 days narrative was also all over Russian state media.
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@feedyourmind6713 In what universe was the Hunter laptop story squashed? How many times do you need to see Hunter Bidens wiener? Also the upper estimate is for 700,000 Russians to have fled conscription since it was announced. And that was back in October of last year, not sure what the number is up to now.
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They should be well rested from filming tik toks in the rear.
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@noneshere Recent polls show that support for Ukraine is growing.
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@UkraineNeeds 70% of Americans support Ukraine according to the most recent gallup poll.
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@natasa8266 Ukraine's far right party got less than 1% of the vote in the last election, get a grip. Russia classifies any Ukrainian who doesn't admit they are Russian as a nazi.
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Kinzhal's did so well Putin had the lead engineers arrested for treason.
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@Seth9809 China prints WAY more money then the US
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It's a new one.
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@hhgg28 Because whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to. Some other county (probably the US) did something wrong in the past, therefore all Russia's current crimes are somehow justified. Its complete nonsense.
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@Hereford1642 Yeah the US went door to door to try to get people to protest Yanukovych's corruption. They wanted to start the only successful coup in history that ended with the same government it started with. 2015 was after Russia began its invasion, is it really some mystery why Ukraine asked the UK for help?
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@dpelpal All Russian funds are being spent on dirt bikes and golf carts.
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Russia is so fully committed that when Wagner attacked Moscow they had nothing to stop them. all they could do was bomb their own refinery and dig up the highway.
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BubbaKaren Listen bud, nobody can understand you. You need to work on your English before anyone will take you serious.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 They also retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Izium, Kharkiv and Kherson. They've been a few km's away from Kupiansk and Avdiivka for about nine years now.
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Is it a common tactic to drive into the same minefield over and over like Russia did at Vulhedar?
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Andrzej Duda: The words of the Polish Prime Minister about stopping arms supplies to Ukraine were misinterpreted. Mateusz Morawiecki’s statement was interpreted in the “worst possible way”, Polish President Andrzej Duda believes. Andrzej Duda - In my opinion, the prime minister meant that we will not transfer to Ukraine the new armaments that we are buying right now to modernize the Polish army,” he said in an interview with TVN24. "We cannot hand over our [new armament], which we are buying right now for billions of dollars for the Polish army to strengthen it, to strengthen Poland's security, to anyone else. No one," Duda added, noting that Warsaw [will continue] to fulfill the contracts it has signed with Ukraine, such as for the supply of Krab self-propelled artillery systems.
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There has been multiple attempts on Zelensky since the start of the war, wtf are you talking about? And Russia is the one invading here, as soon as they go home the war is over.
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Meanwhile Russia dusting off the T-54's and cant' even capture the Donbas.
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Ten+ months and tens of thousands of casualties to capture 85% of a strategically insignificant mid sized town an hour from the border and the Russian plebs rejoice.
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@bryandimery6509 Putin said in 2014 he could take Ukraine in two weeks. Do you really think years of WW1 style attrition was the plan all along?
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20% of the equipment commited to the fight, not total equipment. which is a point most of the Kremlins trolls seem to miss
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@nuke_Godjira Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, come back down to earth.
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@kenpatterson2948 Last year the Ukrainian offensives didn't start until August, and Ukraine folded Russia up like lawn chairs at Kherson and Kharkiv.
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Tylo Prior to Russia beginning its invasion in 2014. Remember?
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Tylo Gee I wonder why ex com bloc countries would want to join an alliance against Russia. Also 'feeling insecure' is about the dumbest reason a country can use to attack someone. tell it to Poland, or Georgia, or well any one of Russia's neighbors really. Except China, wonder how long it is until they decide they'd rather have Manchuria rather then an incompetent vassal.
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Tylo You may be amazed to learn that Ukrainians don't want to be Russian slaves. They don't need the US to tell them that.
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Tylo aww did the US steal Russia's friends?
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Tylo Who's defending the Iraq war? The Iraq war was a mistake. Nowhere near as bad as Russia's invasion of Ukraine though.
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Tylo Looks like Russia is aiming for the one where they cant even take the donbas.
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Tylo You know there aren't IMF agents that infiltrate Russia to get their ecomomic numbers right? Russia reports their own cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value.
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@OshinNatasha-c5u This is like Germany boasting about all their gains in 1942.
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@MSDGroup-ez6zk You see little boy up until WW2 the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. Now after WW2 the borders are set. If you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Get it?
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@arturschlegel-ky2wt Russia has been desperately trying to take the Donbas for 9 years.
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*Takes massive hit of copium. No you see its a good thing that Russia has been dicking around in the donbass for the past year, taking massive losses only makes Russia stronger, that's why we are bringing out the T-62's T-55's and Mad Max MTLB's with ancient naval guns bolted on. Kyiv was a feint, matter fact the whole war has been a feint up until now, and once the REAL Russian army shows up the war really will be over in 3 days.
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@Ksins1 USD% of global trade has increased since the start of the war...
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@paulmiley7799 I was making a sarcastic comment buddy, try not to let it ruin your day.
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@kryzzan7039 And what exactly am I supposed to respond to? the fact that both sides use propaganda. Wow what a hot take. Your IQ must be 300
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@kryzzan7039 I already responded to the propoganda claims. Let me guess you still think Moskva was sank in high seas and Russia retreated from Kyiv in a gesture of goodwill? I would imagine you'd be crying because typically when you invade a country you dont want to engage in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border.
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@Nion-p6s <--- This is a moron, please inform his caretaker. edit: I just realized your account is only a couple weeks old, and you accuse me of being a bot, that's hilarious.
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@Nion-p6s It's not a fair comparison because the US army isnt a joke and Russia's is. Do you really think it would make a difference to Mexico if the US actually wanted to invade? The war would be over before any aid would arrive. and go ahead and sanction us right now lol nobody cares. Whats even your point? Ukraine has friends and Russia doesn't? If Russia was actually doing well you wouldnt need to try to convince people on the internet it would be self evident. meanwhile Russia cant even make it out of the Donbas. Maybe a year ago people would have believed your garbage but not any more. The proof in the pudding is in the eating, and Russia is eating sht.
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@kryzzan7039 What I find funny is how you couldn't argue with what he said, cope more Ivan.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Ukraine doesn't use 'protecting Ukrainian speakers.' as an excuse to invade other countries. that is the difference. You can read about Russia's long history of repressing the Ukrainian language on your own time if you want.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ I have no idea why you would lie about something so easy to google. Pre Soviet Union. Besides the Ems ukaz and Valuev Circular, there was a series of anti-Ukrainian language edicts starting from the 17th century, when Russia was governed by the House of Romanov. In 1720 Peter the Great issued an edict prohibiting printing books in the Ukrainian language, and since 1729 all edicts and instructions have only been in the Russian language. In 1763 Catherine the Great issued an edict prohibiting lectures in the Ukrainian language at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 1769 the Most Holy Synod prohibited printing and using the Ukrainian alphabet book. In 1775 the Zaporizhian Sich was destroyed. In 1832 all studying at schools of the Right-bank Ukraine transitioned to exclusively Russian language. In 1847 the Russian government persecuted all members of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius and prohibited the works of Taras Shevchenko, Panteleimon Kulish, Mykola Kostomarov (Nikolai Kostomarov) and others. In 1862 all free Sunday schools for adults in Ukraine were closed. In 1863 the Russian Minister of Interior Valuev decided that the Little Russian language (Ukrainian language) had never existed and could not ever exist. During that time in the winter of 1863–64, the January Uprising took place at the western regions of the Russian Empire, uniting peoples of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Next year in 1864 the "Regulation about elementary school" claimed that all teaching should be conducted in the Russian language. In 1879 the Russian Minister of Education Dmitry Tolstoy (later the Russian Minister of Interior) officially and openly stated that all people of the Russian Empire should be Russified. In the 1880s several edicts were issued prohibiting education in the Ukrainian language at private schools, theatric performances in Ukrainian, any use of Ukrainian in official institutions, and christening Ukrainian names. In 1892 another edict prohibited translation from the Russian to Ukrainian. In 1895 the Main Administration of Publishing prohibited printing children books in Ukrainian. In 1911 the resolution adopted at the 7th Congress of Noblemen in Moscow prohibited the use of any languages other than Russian. In 1914 the Russian government officially prohibited celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of Shevchenko's birthday and posted gendarmes at the Chernecha Hill. The same year Nicholas II of Russia issued an edict prohibiting the Ukrainian press.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ USSR: 1926 – Stalin's letter to "Comrade Kaganovich and other members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the C with the sanction of the struggle against the "national bias", the beginning harassment of "Ukrainization". 1933 – Stalin's telegram to stop "Ukrainization". 1970 – order of the Ministry of Education of the USSR on academic thesis defense only in Russian language. 1972 – prohibition of party bodies to celebrate the anniversary of the museum Kotlyarevskyi in Poltava. 1973 – prohibition to celebrate the anniversary of Ivan Kotlyarevsky's "Aeneid." 1984 – order of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR on the transfer proceedings in all the museums of the Soviet Union, the Russian language. 1984 – back to the USSR payments increased by 15% of the salary for teachers of the Russian language in comparison with teachers of Ukrainian language. 1989 – the decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU on "legislative consolidation of the Russian language as a nationwide". 1990 – adoption by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Law on the languages of the peoples of the USSR, where the Russian language was granted official status
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@DarrelX-im2hb That has literally nothing to do with what I said. Good job answering a question nobody asked. Does China have rights on Manchuria, which is historically their territory but is currently occupied by Russia.
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Lets see if Prigozhin manages to capture Moscow. Lmao.
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Shoigu is a reindeer herder, and one of the most corrupt and incompetent public servants on earth. I admire your spirit though.
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@Memovox Tell us how the Russians killed 30+ million of their own population.
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@rammingspeed5217 Lots of people hate America, nobody more then Americans, they don't pretend to be some sort of victims and accept that they are hated in places because of their actions. Meanwhile Russia is always the victim and engages in constant whataboutism, like your comment.
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@MankindFails You are here spewing insults with no substance. For what purpose I'm not sure, your daily potato maybe.
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@morganingemarsson9494 Yeah, Russia is already resorting to human wave tactics and despite what some may think Russia isn't the soviet union and cant afford loses like this indefinitely
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because there's thousands of Abrams and 31 is just the start
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Don't forget the Chinese golf carts.
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@killerbob2651 According to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian army 6 times over, yet are still incapable of taking the Donbas. Watch out for the Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@wederMaxim Russia existed as a member of the soviet union, and the Russan empire before it. The Russian Federation has never had good leadership, somehow Yeltzin the drunk was the best Russia could do. In the entire history of Russia competent leadership is vanishingly rare.
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That's because Russia is absolutely shameless.
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@Macrocephaly Do you think comparing something the US did hundreds of years ago with something Russia is doing right now is a smart argument or a dumb argument? How do you think Russia got to be the largest country on earth?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Yeah and its occupied by Russia.
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Have you considered that the guys who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards might not be a reliable source for Ukrainian casualty numbers?
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@raisonneur682 That's because China lacks the capacity for overseas action. None of the US wars in over a century have been wars of annexation unlike China.
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@emirefe5452 Nobody forced China, India and Brazil to vote to condemn Russia, even the Serbs did. Its not difficult for normal people to see who's in the wrong here. This is a blatant land grab, most people are generally opposed to stuff like that.
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@simian_essence He gets 1 potato per comment
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@simian_essence Jarrod. 1 comment=1 potato.
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@zvonkobogdan9634 There is nothing in the Budapest memorandum about Ukrainian neutrality. Hers's the tenants since you seem confused Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act). Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments
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This is the guy who first coined the term BRICS to talk about his investment strategy.
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@patb5266 They only sent all from Kharkiv to Kherson in the first place because Ukraine announced that they were going to attack there, and Russia took them at face value. You know, like morons. Then Ukraine attacked Kharkiv and blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and the rest is just another humiliating defeat in Russian history.
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Ten months and tens of thousands of casualties later Russia captures over half of a small town. Vatniks rejoice.
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@烟雨听 No just involved in genocide. China is involved in hybrid war with all it's neighbors, the only reason they don't escalate to full scale war is they dont think their army is up to it and they would get sanctioned to eternity.
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@chuckchalmers4960 Russia winning so hard they cant even take the Donbas.
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@patb5266 Not as many as the early days of the war because Russia avoids Ukrainian airspace like the plague. Amazing that with so many advantages in the air that Russia STILL cant get air superiority after a year, talk about embarrassing.
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@RUTHLESSambition5 You believe the people who tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards. Let me guess you think the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill' and the Moskva sank due to high seas? Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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Some guy had to flee Russia because of a drawing his daughter did, America has its problems for sure but its not an authoritarian nightmare.
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@sayitasitis100 Putin said back in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks in a phone call to the European commission president. And the 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media.
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Trump has learned that nothing sticks, he'll just cry fake news and his supporters will ignore any misdeed.
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@unknown-qz6lp No, YOU were comparing this war to Afghanistan and Vietnam. remember?
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@AndrewCooke-dl2dh You could say that about Russia.
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What would you say if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of dreadful trench warfare the US was only a few miles across the border. Then some hot dog sales man and his mercenary army attempted to storm the Pentagon only to cut a deal to retire to Canada at the last second with no consequences. Then the US resurrected the M26 Pershing and tried to play it off as only for indirect fire support and tried to pretend everything was going according to plan.
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The problem with playing the what about game is Russia will always lose. Its not even close. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan caused by the US: 46,319 though only an estimated 1,010-1,297 were caused by direct NATO action in 20 years. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan caused by Russia: about 2 million in 10 years.
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@NZobservatory whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to.
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@nukiolbartes6279 So this war is about the US striking some wedding in Afghanistan? Are you brain damaged? Besides Russia killed multiple orders of magnitude more civilians in Afghanistan the the US did.
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@user-wo8Iw9km4w The fact is in its third year of war Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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@kacperzimowski4626 Zoom the map out, marginal gains in exchange for terrible losses aren't the victory Russia's online cheerleaders pretend it is. In the past 6 months Russia has gained 250.1 square kilometers. To put this in perspective during Ukraine's "failed" offensive they took 297.7 square kilometers.
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Technically Russia doesn't produce any tanks all they do is refurbish old T-72/62 and now laughably 54/55's. The T-14 is the tank they tried to produce, and they've managed to build about one a year over the past decade, and they all suck.
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@nobilisartorivs At what point does China decide it wants Manchuria back more then it wants an inept vassal?
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The moronic attack at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over, digging in at Chernobyl and getting radiation poisoning, dropping a bunch of VDV into the Black sea, unironically using T54's and Scooby Doo vans, China, India and Brazil voting to condemn Russia at the UN (along with pretty much every country on earth), repeatedly getting smoked at Chornobaivka airport, begging Iran and NK for scraps, taking Ukraine at face value when they said they would attack Kherson then redeploying the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson then losing both. This is just off the top of my head.
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@jim2376 It looks like he's going to make his post quota in this thread alone. A feast of potato is on the horizon.
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@laa9965 Recently little green men rose up with equipment purchased from army surplus stores and captured from the Russian army. Sooner or later they will win their freedom from Russian oppression.
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@laa9965 I already named 2 Russia keeps bombing Belgorod plus repression of minorities. Also Belgorod aka Bilhorod is historically Ukrainian.
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@Artificialintelligentle Most were shot down on route by other countries. Also you are acting like it is difficult to move an AA battery.
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The commanders are far behind the lines. Communication is done via radio and monitoring done with drones. They never come close to danger.
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@oc5058 Is In the 2000 Camp David Summit, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, offered to form a Palestinian state, initially with 73% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. In 10 to 25 years, the Palestinian state will expand to 92% of the West Bank. But Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, rejected the offer. Over and over Israel has attempted to find a two state solution. Its Hamas and the Palestinians that won't play ball. Its not easy to negotiate with a group who's mission statement calls for your complete destruction. Netanyahu (who I also think is trash btw) got elected because of the constant rocket attacks on Israel, not the other way around. Not that I think Israel is blameless, they do need to quit with the west bank settlements, those of course wouldn't be happening if Palestine accepted one of the many two state proposals.
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@Crashed131963 The Russian offensive was at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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@johnadam2885 Oh you mean that old soviet rocket fuel dump that everyone knew about for decades and was of no worth to anyone. What a great loss for the Ukrainians.
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@samsungtap4183 Russia can't even take the Donbas
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Ukraine as a state was recognized by every country on earth, including the Russian Federation.
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This would be nice, I don't believe anything this guy says though.
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Nobody attacked Russia.
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There was a naïve belief that if we engaged with China and they got rich that they would no longer tolerate authoritarianism. What happened is China got rich but the Chinese are still dirt poor and are inundated with propaganda.
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@chadimirputin2282 Yeah yeah Russia has destroyed the Ukrainian military 5 times over. source: RT For starters Bakhmut still hasnt' been taken despite being a medium sized town a few hours from Moscow. Meanwhile Russia unironically using T-54s and Scooby Doo vans. Imagine if in Iraq the US got bogged down a few miles into the country and started digging trenches and dusted off the M26 Pershing and tried to pretend that everything was going according to plan. This war has been a complete humiliation for Russia the self proclaimed 'world #2 army' no matter how you try to spin it.
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@thomaskinoshta According to photographic evidence Russia lost more then Ukraine did during the Ukrainian offensive.
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Where's Sokolov, where's Gerasimov? how many Premier league teams get their two top managers kia?
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Russia has spent 9 years trying to take the Donbas.
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@ As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Which is marginal gains, at best. Also Ukraine isn't conscripting 18 year olds, minimum conscription age in Ukraine is 25. Now in Russia the minimum conscription age is 18. Of course none of this has anything to do with your false claims of what Zelensky supposedly said.
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@joelmiller5897 Russia collapsed twice in the 20th century, three times if you count 1905. Its not exactly an uncommon event. If anything Russia is past due for a meltdown.
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@warpedweft9004 We will likely see mass famine next year so you'll likely have some takers.
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@ All the PoW's that come back from Russia look like they just escaped Dachau. There were guys with broken bones that hadn't even been set. Ukraine allows foreign observers into their PoW camps, Russia doesn't. Do you understand the difference?
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Maybe Russia should just give up Belgorod. For the sake of peace 🕊
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Is this a joke comment? Drugs are a massive problem in Russia. There are entire cities that are absolute sewers in Russia. Russia is a glorified gas station run by the mob.
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@jesseterrell2109 What was the population of Chechnya when they beat the Russians?
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@jesseterrell2109 Is there a point to your whataboutism? The US didn't lose in Afghanistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves. Vietnam is a good example of how you can win almost every battle and still lose the war to an enemy on the defense being supplied by external benefactors. (sound familiar? except victories for Russia in this war are few and far between) Russia has lost more in a year and a half than the US did over decades in all those wars combined.
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@jesseterrell2109 Yeah Russia has been about to capture Avdiivka for about nine years now, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you. Russia has multiple failed offensives. Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Vulhedar and Avdiivka may be the worst failure of them all. Hundreds of armored vehicles and tens of thousands of casualties to capture a couple empty fields. All to try to capture a small town with a pre war population of 30k right on the border, be in awe of the mighty Russian army. Russia claimed to capture Mariyinka but they haven't, Ukraine still holds parts of the town and fighting continues. They claimed to capture Bakhmut months before they had too, its just more Russia lies. Remember when they destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards? Russia has lost at leat 13.5k armored vehicles and cant even take the Donbas. This is the minimum number that there is photographic evidence for, the actual number is much higher. This invasion has been a humiliating disaster for Russia regardless of how you try to spin it. Ukraine has recaptured over 50% of the territory once occupied by Russia. The Russian army just had its worst month of the war, the Russian navy just lost the battle of the Black Sea to a country with no navy. And the Russian airforce has been a no show since taking terrible losses in the early war. And that Hawaii comment is pure nonsense, the 700 was an up front payment to make sure people had enough for food and essentials. They've gotten much more than that, are you brain damaged or or just a Russian propaganda bot? Hawaii governor Josh Green said he was amazed how quickly help arrived and he got everything he asked for. Lots of people want to get into the US to live a better life because of its high quality of living, including thousands of Russians every year. I'm sorry your life sucks though, remember it could always be worse, like in Russia where 1 in 5 people don't even have access to a toilet. Its a pretty good country if you are a cannibal though.
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Yeah lets compare some collateral damage from Afghanistan just for fun. Civilian casualties caused by the US: 46,319 though only an estimated 1,010-1,297 were caused by direct NATO action in 20 years. Civilian casualtis caused by Russia: about 2 million in 10 years.
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@ЮлияЛ-щ9ш Russia has completely destroyed multiple cities with no regard for human life. Last winter they tried to destroy the Ukrainian electrical grid to freeze to death as many Ukrainians as possible. And they are doing the same this year. Come back to reality 'user'.
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@erikred8217 I bet Ukrainian war mosquito's softened up the front before the attack. Luckily for Ukraine they can tell Russians from other Russians.
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@sergeisolovev9617 This has been geolocated to behind Russian lines.
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@AK-qe3pz Hinkle is in a relationship with Anna Linnikova, the 2022 Miss Russia. He's been refered to as a 'bonkers Putin apologist.' Not exactly a reliable source.
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Amazing that in Russia you can commit armed mutiny, get called a terrorist and a traitor by Putin then a couple weeks later walk around glad handing assorted dictators in St. Petersburg. So much for rule of law in Russia.
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You realize there aren't 'Global Firepower' secret agents who go inspect the Russian military right? Russia self reports their own cooked numbers and they take them at face value.
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@kjererrt7804 Straight into minefields, like Russia at Vulhedar? How about Russian general Popov for pointing out they were taking massive casualties and had little in the way of counter battery capabilities.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 What's your point? Ukraine has better friends then Russia? Russia begging Iran and NK for weapons. And sorry some old NATO scraps still isn't a good enough reason for Russia to be doing so poorly. A year in and they still havn't even taken Bahkmut, and its a few hours by car from Moscow. They are now dusting off T-54's and unironically using Scooby Doo vans for logistics. This is complete humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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@curtisuwuigbe6343 The Afghan war was over in a couple weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coalition foces in years. The Taliban was hiding in the other Stans. The US thankfully left because they gave up on the inane political agenda of turning Afghanistan into New Idaho or whatever. If after 20 years the ANA weren't able and willing to fight for themselves they never would. If the US wanted to annex Afghanistan they would still be there but they had no interest in that.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia is also facing partisan attacks in occupied territory. That's what guerilla warfare is, you chip away and make occupation not worth it.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Ah the old 'were not even trying yet' literaly the dumbest argument Russia makes. If that were reallly the case then maybe Russia should send in more of its army then they might have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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Russia begging Iran and NK. The 2% is the Abrams btw.
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PMC's are illegal in Russia, please ignore the use of PMC's.
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200 DOLLARS!
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@jaygray7102 I don't like Poilievre either, I think he's a conspiracy theorist and borderline nutter. Too bad all this China stuff hadn't come out before the election so we could have a more moderate O'Toole. I also think giving 3 terms to any government in this country is a huge mistake for any party, 4 is even worse. The Liberals view themselves as the natural leaders of Canada, and they act like it. Any criticism towards them and they accuse you of being a rascist of a flat earther. Its completely shameless. The NDP is basically just a branch of the Liberal party at this point. I dont really feel like any of the parties do a good job of representing me and its kind of depressing that this is the best we can do.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 The Russians are boasting about the first destroyed Abrams tank in Ukraine. The problem is that these tanks haven't been deployed on the frontlines yet, and the photo is a Photoshop. It's one of the Abrams tanks destroyed in Iraq. The ones in Ukraine have been painted green, they just expect Russian's to be so clueless they believe whatever they are told.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Helicopters are inherently unsafe so likely quite a few.
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A year of banging their head against a wall and tens of thousands of casualties to take half of a small town and the vatniks rejoice.
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Finland was a small country of just a few million with almost no support besides some sympathetic Swedes. Whereas Ukraine is a country of 40 million with the backing of the entire free world. Also that was the USSR and Muskovy is most definately NOT them.
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@1981_Reacts Google Russian MoD fantasy numbers?
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How long until Russia takes the Donbas?
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@ghostpiratelechuck2259 What on earth are you twaddling on about? Bridges are valid military targets, Ukraine warned multiple times they would attack it. Perhaps illegally occupied territory in the middle of a warzone isn't the best spot for a vacation.
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@ghostpiratelechuck2259 What a brainless comment. Any civilian casualties are regrettable but its difficult to sympathize with someone acting foolish. If Americans were vacationing in Baghdad during the war and wound up casualties how much sympathy would you have for them? What I "love" is any action that would put and end to Russians brutal war.
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@ghostpiratelechuck2259 He was referring to the attack on the bridge, not the death of civilians, obviously. You have to be extremely obtuse to think otherwise. And being a paid contractor building infrastructure and going on vacation for funzies aren't exactly the same thing, are they? Russia has killed thousands of civilians, every day that this war goes on they kill more. If an attack on the bridge can disrupt their logistics and shorten the war then anyone with half a brain would be in favor of that. Even if a few dim witted Russian civilians who think an active war zone is a good vacation spot get killed. Obviously civilian deaths are regrettable but use your head.
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That was before we were fully aware of how inept Russia was.
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@linkmeforfun US took afghanistan in a few weeks. Taliban were all hiding in caves in Pakistan. These days they are busy invading Iran.
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@dnik1260 Maybe if they made beating your wife illegal in Russia again their incarceration rates would be higher. Which would be great for Russia, they need more fodder for the front line. Crime rates in the US are at historic lows, and dropping, in Russia they are giving full pardons to cannibals.
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@dnik1260 You are comparing apples to oranges, we are comparing indoor plumbing to indoor plumbing little buddy. 22.6% of Russian households don't have it, and around 0.5% of Americans don't. Being connected to a centralized sewage system has nothing to do with indoor plumbing. And no the entire US homeless population is nowhere close to a million.
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@dnik1260 Of course this is all completely irrelevant to you making up stats about what you think the US looted.
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@dnik1260 Even adjusted for PPP household incomes are almost double in the US as they are in Russia, please don't pretend Russia is on the same level as the US, its embarrassing. Per Rosstat; Every third household (47m) do not have hot water. In the case of 29m people, they lack even a cold water supply, and 22m lack central heating. These are occupied dwellings, not summer cottages. It's also not all country bumkins, 9% of the urban population about 6,000,000 Russian residents don't have indoor plumbing in Russia. Almost 1 in 5 city dwellings have no hot water, and 1 in 10 no indoor sanitation. More than 70 percent of the country's utilities network is worn out. Can you please explain how this has anything to do with you making up statistics about Iraq?
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@dnik1260 I was ranking by alcohol abuse, not consumption there is a difference. If we are talking physical dependecy Russia ranks worst in the world. This is also completely irrelevant to you making up stats about Iraq.
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@dnik1260 "Well, you are compiling statistics that Russia has "plundered". Right? Moreover, without even basic evidence of this." What is this even supposed to mean? there is an entire Wikipedia article dedicated to Looting by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if you want to read it. Or you can refer to the 18% of Ukrainian territory they've stolen.
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@dnik1260 So just over half of the one million homeless you claimed earlier. You have a habit of almost doubling every stat you bring up I see. For starters, you can't just live on the streets in Russia like you can in the US, or you fall victim to exposure. The Russian Federation has retained a system from the Soviet period called registration. So registration is a form of “ownership share” in a residence, but is parallel to it. There are crowded dormitories, these are businesses that take an apartment and put a bunch of bunk beds in each room. Some are legal (following the minimum living space requirements and do the proper documentation), some are not. Some people living like this have permanent registration in one of the provincial cities, but have come to a larger city for better opportunity, thus they are not technically homeless - they have a home to go back to, typically their childhood home. So you aren't counted as homeless if you have parents. Again, I am curious what this has to do with you making up stats about Iraq.
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@dnik1260 I'm sorry reality and statistics don't conform to your arbitrary world view. Unfortunately no amount of personal insults will change this.
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Palestine has been offered a two state solution multiple times, Hamas and the hardliners torpedo it every time. Hamas was elected to lead Gaza, this is a bed they made. if Hamas and other similar groups didn't launch rockets into Israel every day its unlikely a guy like Netanyahu would have got elected. I also think Netanyahu is a disaster, a wanna be tyrant who makes peace not possible but his election was caused by daily rocket attacks not the other way around.
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Cool story bro.
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@asanitationstompout8473 China Pakistan and India won't stick their necks out very far for Russia. They certainly wont go to war for them.
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@Noel-ji8nm Yeah, that's why there was a massive explosion. It was probably full of Christmas presents for the boys and girls of Crimea. Likely the massive explosion was just party poppers. Please.
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@Big_Red_Dork Yes also BRICS is just some walstreet bro's investment strategy, none of those countries give a rats ass about eachother.
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Yuri Pesky NATO always bombs me when I try to do ethnic cleansing. And are you really so clueless you think NATO existed in WW2? Is NATO in the room with you right now?
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@elibrod9981 Incredible, even after being corrected you still think the word is 'loosing'. It's rare to find someone as clueless as you.
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appeasement leads to WW3. Russia should have been shut down in 2008 when they invaded Georgia.
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@JeannedoudouClerneis-cn6le Literally everything I said is an objectifiable fact. Russia did retreat from all those places and still can't take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow. Though i'm sure with your month old account you know a lot about propaganda.
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@JeannedoudouClerneis-cn6le No, but when an account only a month old calls verifiable truths propaganda it raises suspicion.
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@zerosteel0123 What in the world are you talking about? America took Iraq in just over 500 hours and Sadam was ousted in about a month. Afghanistan was about the same. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The Taliban were all in their hidey holes in the other Stans. If after 20 years the ANA weren't able to fight for themselves then they never would be able to. The US could have left any time after Bin Laden was taken out and declared victory.
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@zerosteel0123 Because I don't upload videos. Kind of a dumb statement tbh.
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@zerosteel0123 I dont know what you mean by 'you' I'm not American. But yeah they were victorious from a military perspective. They weren't looking to annex Iraq or Afghanistan like Russia is with Ukraine. Should they occupy them until the end of time? Or maybe invade Pakistan to finish off the Taliban? Russia hasn't had anything approaching military success in Ukraine. They retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson and Kharkv. In a 'gesture of goodwill to focus on the Donbas' and over a year later they STILL cant take the Donbas.
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@zerosteel0123 lol that your mom and family subbed to keep tabs on you? How sad of a state is your life to brag about 7 subscribers on youtube.
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@zerosteel0123 What exactly am I supposed to respond to? You saying you have 7 subs? one for each year you've been alive. You're the one who hasn't responded to any of my points.
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@zerosteel0123 Yeah yeah let me know when Russia takes the Donbas. Maybe last year people still thought Russia was scary but now they are a global laughingstock.
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US, Ukraine and Russia havn't signed the treaty banning them.
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Russia has been saying Ukraine's collapse is imminent for over a year and a half now but they still cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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@sapatsuppa They voted at gun point after Russia invaded. There is no democracy in Russia the vote was predetermined, just like how Peskov said Putin would be getting 90% of the vote ahead of the election. Amazing how referendums are illegal in Russia but you think invading another country and forcing sham referendums is somehow valid. there's a reason that the only countries that accept the results are Syria and North Korea.
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@sapatsuppa You realize that just saying something doesn't make it true right? Stop spreading lies. Before the referendum was proclaimed, the Crimean peninsula saw Russian soldiers take over public buildings and Ukrainian military installations. When the referendum was proclaimed, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People called for a boycott of the referendum. The March 16 referendum's available choices did not include keeping the status quo of Crimea and Sevastopol as they were at the moment the referendum was held. OSCE chair, Switzerland's Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, declared the referendum as unconstitutional and therefore the OSCE would not send observers. OSCE military observers attempted to enter the region four times but were turned away, sometimes after warning shots were fired, which was another reason give for not dispatching referendum observers. OSCE also published a report about their observations which "produced significant evidence of equipment consistent with the presence of Russian Federation military personnel in the vicinity of the various roadblocks encountered". The UN Human Rights Envoy Ivan Šimonović had to cancel his trip to Crimea as the current situation did not permit his travel. He intended to observe the human rights situation which was Russia's explanation for its engagement in Crimea. Reports from the UN criticized the circumstances surrounding the referendum, especially the presence of paramilitaries, self-defence groups and unidentifiable soldiers.
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Technically since the treaty of Lisbon the EU is a defensive alliance. Though member states can opt out.
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@PROPHETS-BANE Its dangerous for Russians to try to go to the moon, if they fail they might get poisoned.
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BRICS the organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Its not hard to join an organization with no obligations or purpose.
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The problem was the politician fantasy of trying to turn Afghanistan into new Kansas or something, it was never going to happen not after 20 years not after 200. We should have left right after we clapped Bin laden.
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@aarondelacruz6842 You also seem confused about what the Budapest memorandum says, please point out where it says Russia can use force for self defense. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act). Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.
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@aarondelacruz6842 Ukraine is a sovereign state recognized by every country on earth including Russia. Cope however you want though.
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@aarondelacruz6842 "Russia said." lmao, Russia also said Ukraine was using bio engineered mosquitos and tried to pass farm equipment off as leopards. Was the west the Soviets master when they were getting the lend lease?
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@magmegmigmogmug1476 Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. Its time to face reality.
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@magmegmigmogmug1476 Just like Russia's 3 day SMO has been underwhelming? A source for what? we were talking about the Budapest memorandum its all public information. Or do you mean for the statement about Russia not even being able to take the Donbas? They cant take the Donbas the source is any map on earth. And there are these things called cameras, there is photographic evidenc of Russia losing around 15k armored vehicles.
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@themcgeachys So what's your point?
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@michaeljennings3207 No, but anyone who brings up Macgregor as a good source with a straight face amost certainly is.
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@michaeljennings3207 Good job refuting nothing I've said. All I can do is listen to what the relevant experts have to say. When your chosen expert has been laughably wrong about literally every prediction he's ever made, it tends to damage his credibility. That doesn't stop you from saying "Seems very competent to me." Which isn't surprising from someone who's account was created Mar 13, 2022.
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@michaeljennings3207 He emerges every ten days or so to make an inaccurate prediction about Ukraine's imminent collapse. Check back in next year and you'll still say Ukraine is collapsing and Russia still won't have even taken the Donbas. I know you are just saying what you've been told to say though, right Mr. Mar 13, 2022?
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The Russian trolls found your comment.
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@AntAnt-mr7lc NATO could buy Russia outright with 10% of their military budget. Who says they are running out of weapons? Russia are the ones using T54's and Mad Max MTLB's the US has 2,509 Abrams in various versions, with an additional 3,700 in storage. They are a long way from running out of anything, this is just Russian hopium. The only ones in the US opposed to sending more weapons are lunatic fringe Q types and tankies. Over 70% support continued support for Ukraine, which is very high for any amount of Americans to agree on.
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@united4life969 The Moskva was taken out by Ukrainian made Neptune missiles and most of the rest were taken out by sea drones manufactured by Ukraine. This has been a complete humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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The US isn't militarily incompetent, they would have taken Mexico in a few weeks. Not a year and a half of unending trench warfare.
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Sure buddy.
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Which is partly why he said the US was trying to bait him into attacking Taiwan. This is so he can call any war hawks in his own country US agents.
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@Luiz-w5s Thanks for your input internet military genius. Putin's bodyguard also knows nothing about war and he's the guy that's been placed in charge of recovering Kursk.
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Russia did collapse twice during the 20th century so it's not exactly outside the realm of possibility.
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@boink800 The interviewer seemed to think that Ukraine defending itself was somehow provoking Russia.
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@Dude0000 Ah the peace treaty conspiracy theory. The one that nobody heard anything about or spoke about until Putin pulled it out of his sock drawer for a press conference a year and a half later. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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@niblet112 So why are you here?
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No Hmas just turned down a ceasefire because they wanted to get more prisoners out of Israel. This wasn't the first time either, they rejected the Egyptian proposed cease fire back in December. Keep trying to play the victim though.
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@andrewcrus Off the top of my head Bodhana SPG, Neptune missiles, Stugna, Kombat, Kolchuga-M, Pelikan, Vilkha MLRS. Ukraine has been steadily increasing ammunition production since the start of the war. Keep in mind the Chechens and the Afghans beat Russia with almost nothing. Russia has lost an order of magnitude more than both those wars combined in under two years.
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@andrewcrus Prior to the war Ukraine was 4-5th largest exporter, from the wiki. In 2011 trade in armored vehicles (including the export of the T-84 Oplot to Thailand) replaced the military aviation export as most profitable military exports, and since then third place has traditionally been occupied by trade in air defense equipment. In 2012 (by far Ukraine's most successful year of arms export) Ukraine had the status of world's 4th largest arms exporter. In 2013 Ukraine's defense sector manufactured a total of 11.7 billion Ukrainian hryvnia (₴) worth of goods, ₴10 billion of which were exported. Since the 2014 start of the war in Donbas, Ukraine's military industry focused more on its internal arms market and started to export significantly fewer abroad. Before 2014 Ukrainian producers had not received significant revenues from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the first 9 months of 2014 Ukraine's defense sector produced a record ₴13 billion worth of goods, the increase was largely due to government orders for the war in Donbas. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army began to buy weapons, ammunition and equipment abroad en masse. And since every year the percentage of such imports increases. As a result of Ukraine's arms manufacturing refocus on its own military needs, it slipped to the 9th spot among top global arms exporters by 2015. Before the 2022 invasion Ukraine was in 12th spot.
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all they have been doing up to this point is launching unguided rockets from over the horizon at treetop level. you could get the same effect launching from the back of a toyota
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@yogeshsinghthakur1996 Are they going to live in Roshel Senators? 90% of the aid is spent in the countries of origin and creates jobs. Its basically direct stimulus. Ukraine had almost no help when they drove Russia out of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy. Russia has been getting help from Belarus, Iran, North Korea, India, China. And they still cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours drive from Moscow.
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The single largest importer is China.
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@GregO0oo No, that would be Russia doing that. If they hadn't invaded there would be no need for this aid.
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@Dave-gy5mv At what? I consider this a big win. One of us is in hysterics and it isn't me.
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@stischer47 No for shooting fish in the Taiwan straight every time some foreign diplomat visits.
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@AJ-sw8uf yeah no shit what's your point? and waters wet. casualties have probably been about 3-1 in favour of the defenders, just like every conflict. although with the human wave tactics Russia has taken to in the last few months its likely worse then that for them.
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@AJ-sw8uf you're right it must be different then every war ever, defenders don't have an advantage anymore for the first time ever, amazing. If anything its worse, have you not been watching the footage from Vulhedar where the Russians send braindead wave after wave to die in the same minefield over and over? and in Bakhmut where human wave tactics have seen a resurgence its at least 5-1 in favor of Ukraine, and as high as 7-1.
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@ Yes we'd all be blown out of the water by your inane idiocy. We know who is invading who here.
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the pits of starving Russians will make short work of them.
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@--____6915 You really do live in a fantasy world. What promises are you referring to that NATO violated? (real ones not just ones you imagined) Putin promised multiple times that he would never invade Ukraine, though he also promised he would never change the Russian constitution to allow him to become leader for life. The Russian Federation has violated quite a few agreements and treaties since 2014 including: Resolution 1718 (2006) imposing sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Budapest Memorandum, the INF Treaty, newSTART Treaty, the Nuclear test ban Treaty, CSCE Final Act 1975; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Statute of the Council of Europe, UN Charter; UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Corpus of conventions governing the laws and customs of war; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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@tubthump Except no US weapons were in Ukraine nor were there any plans on putting them there. Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. Stop lying.
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@100ap The US spent trillions to fully occupy two countries simultaneously for twenty years, this is chump change.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Around 40%, a number which has remained unchanged in months despite Russia's best efforts to remove them
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@oliveryt7168 The US supports the FSA in Syria, by far the most sane faction in Syria. Russia supports the butcher Assad, not surprising considering Russia has a long history of supporting brutal autocracies going back to even before Stalin and Hitler were allies. And its Russia invading Ukraine right now not the US as anyone with a brain can see.
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Brics is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. It isn't difficult to join a group with no direction, obligations or purpose. Not to mention half the members despise each other.
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@tia904 Europe has aleady given them long range weapons in the from of storm shadow and SCALP. They will also get GLSDB from the US.
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@tia904 yeah I heard, Russian ammo dumps and barracks have been destroying them left and right. Lt-General Oleg Tsokov even managed to personally intercept one with his face.
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@uefamikep Ok but saying that is like saying the Soviets should have surrendered to the Germans to save lives, sorry but no. Russia also has a history of losing wars it should win, Russo-Polish war, Russo-Japanese war, 1st Chechen war etc etc.
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@jpscott126 So your source is: Trust me bro. Ok bud.
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Meanwhile the worlds #2 army unironially using T54s, Mad Max MTLBs and Scooby Doo vans.
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@lilidezman624 One in ten is 10% you donkey. No source says 33%, why lie about something thats so easy to google?
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@moiseshuerta3984 Meanwhile Russia rolling out the T-55's and Mad Max MTLB's wth ancient naval guns bolted on.
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@gaborrajnai6213 The US withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years, the US wasn't looking to annex them and if after 20 years they weren't willing/able to fight for themselves they never would be. How long should they occupy them for? until the end of time?
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@alexanderlazarev3570 I can see why you'd want to distract from Russia's disastrous and humiliating 3 day SMO but you dont have to worry about France and Germany, they'll be fine as always. Its Russia that seems to collapse every few decades, typically after losing a war. See WW1, and Afghanistan, they almost collapsed after the Russo-Japanese war also.
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@kazzas3446 According to Minsk Russia was supposed to remove support for the rebels withdraw its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine, all under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one, of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest Memorandum.
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@andrewcrus So what your saying is Russia was to moronic to realize you need a 3-1 advantage at least if you want to attack someone. The main goal of Russia was to topple the Ukrainian government and annex it. If they didn't want Kyiv, Chernihiv or Kherson why send their troops to idiotically attack these areas? Russia just wanted to see a montage of tractors hauling off their gear? And if Russias goal really was to take the LPR and DPR then they have FAILED because they STILL cant take them. This war has been a bigger disaster then Rings of Power, and a complete humiliation for Russia.
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@khahynight009 Backed up by T54's and Scooby Doo vans. Russia gets weaker ever day regardless of how much fodder then send in.
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@andrewcrus To put this in perspective imagine if in Iraq the US retreated from 90% of the country to 'focus on one area' then they started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing from the scrap yard and after 14 months STLL couldnt' take the area they decided to focus on all while trying to pretend that everything was going according to plan. And Iraq was a country on the opposite side of the planet with the worlds 4th most powerful army, whereas Ukraine is the 15th most powerful and a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@yakivpopavich I'm surprised you have time to post from the front. Are you still waiting for your draft notice? Or are you hiding in Istanbul or Tbilisi like so many other Russians?
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@ponrevanthrt9059 Time to take your meds.
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@johnlenin830 Gee I wonder why ex com bloc countries would want to join NATO, couldn't be Russias history of attacking and annexing its neighbors could it? If the Baltics weren't in NATO then all the BS Ukraine is going through would have already happened there. Russian nationals being bullied, Russia invades to save them, installs puppet regime and later annexes. Same garbage over and over.
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Russia has been dicking around in the Donbas for the past year..
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@krishnaisaga4817 Ukraine's military is larger and better equipped then it was at the start of the war.
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@thecoin5394 Ukraine has had the advantage in accurate/effective fire the entire war. There is also defenders advantage, Russia has spent most of the war attacking. Moreover Ukraine has recently overtaken Russia in volume of fire, though Russia might get a temporary bump from the ammo they begged from North Korea. And yes photographic evidence reflects this, check warmonitor or oryx or any of the other sites documenting the war if you like.
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Iraq was taken in just over 500 hours
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@СергейМонин-д7с Good job taking 95% of a mid sized town an hour across the border of limited strategic value, all while your flanks collapse.
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@Writeous0ne These are geolocated images. If you want to deny reality that's your business, don't expect anyone to take you serious though.
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since the chip ban China cant really manufacture high tech things anymore. They can buy chips from a 3rd party at an inflated cost but it negates their ppd advantage and then some.
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@Justin-rv7oy Hamas and Houthis are Sunni extremist groups. Though I think IS is a more likely candidate.
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@ArthurMorgantherealone Ukraine immediately changed tactics when it became apparent what they were doing wasn't working. Russia has no qualms about sending wave after wave into the sausage grinder.
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@DrojanaleTorvic NATO isn't at war goofy.
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Please. China couldnt even make ballpoint pens until 2017. The ASPI is a fear mongering publications trying to spur Australian military spending. In February 2020, Australian Labor Party Senator Kim Carr described the ASPI as "hawks intent on fighting a new cold war." Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr (no relation) said the ASPI provides a "one-sided, pro-American view of the world" and criticised the group for taking what he claimed was almost $450,000 from the U.S. State Department, to track Australian universities with Chinese research collaborations, and "vilifying and denigrating Australian researchers and their work." Bob Carr's criticism of ASPI came after ASPI president Peter Jennings had raised questions about the donation of $1.8 million by a Chinese billionaire to a group related to Carr. ASPI replied that it "doesn't have an editorial line on China, but we have a very clear method for how we go about our research," and claimed that the true amount of State Department funding was less than half that amount stated by Carr. ASPI was criticized by former diplomats John Menadue, Geoff Raby, and Bruce Haigh, with Haigh referring to ASPI as serving the foreign policy interests of the Liberal Party of Australia. In July 2022 an article in The Economist described ASPI as "hawkish". In October 2018, the Australian Digital Transformation Agency criticised an ASPI report on the Australian Government's digital identity program. The Agency stated that the report "was inaccurate and contained many factual errors", which "demonstrate a clear misunderstanding of how the digital identity system is intended to work". There is much more criticism than this, feel free to read them for yourself before you post such embarrassing 'facts' again.
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@Jnth007 That's why general Ivan Popov was fired, he told lthe truth about Russian losses.
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@syednajamulsaqib7664 Source: General Popov.
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@shedopaulo3291 The injustice is Russian's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainians are defending their country, they would fight whether we help or not. But I have no idea what that has to do with my comment above though.
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@she825 Back in 2014 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. The 3 days narrative was all over Russian state media though.
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@shurely2559 Cope cones.
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@marcmc2873 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in Afghanistan for years.
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@willrobinson9767 Oh so you just dont know what an alliance is. An alliance is a formal thing, not just trade partners or countries that are on friendly terms. none of those countries are allied with NK or China. As I said Russia's only allies are CSTO countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan) Assad is more of a puppet, though I suppose Syria could be considered an ally. and China's only ally is Pakistan.
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@Dave-gy5mv No Dave, its not top secret where the money is being spent its all public information. A small fraction is being sent as direct cash aid. Try not to cry ok.
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@sunnyboner676 Look up Russia's GDP per capita if you are looking for a laugh. 1 in 5 Russians don't even have access to a toilet.
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@alexanderyoung6934 China has an Espionage facility in Havana. Let me know when the US tries to annex Cuba.
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@tonypeterson5316 Cuba is a sovereign nation not being invaded by the US. Please keep us up to date when the Americans annex Cuba.
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@josecarlossantistebancole9848 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. I think maybe YOU should read the OSCE report. "For the past four years, this Council has borne witness to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Four years into the fighting, Russia has failed to keep even the most basic of the agreements reached in Minsk. Russia has failed to respect the line of contact, leading incursions since 2014 that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers for its proxies in eastern Ukraine. Russia has failed to respect the ceasefire, making and breaking countless truces. Russia has failed to withdraw heavy weapons, consistently deploying – and firing – them in proscribed areas. And Russia has failed to uphold the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), permitting – if not instructing – its forces to deny, detain, threaten, and even shoot at monitors, their vehicles, and their cameras and drones. Russia’s aggression has cost over 10,300 lives, wounded an estimated 25,000 more, and displaced up to two million people." "We recall that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not limited to the Donbas, but began with its occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea. Russia must put an end to its mistreatment of the Crimean Tatar people and all others who refuse to recognize its attempted annexation of the peninsula. Occupation “authorities” have harassed and intimidated Crimean Tatar activists, conducted intrusive and unwarranted searches at Tatar mosques, schools, and homes, and initiated administrative and criminal proceedings against scores of Crimean Tatars. 20,000 people have fled Crimea since the start of the occupation. We remind the Russian Federation that Crimea-related sanctions will continue until it ends the occupation and returns the peninsula to Ukraine."
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@Chinunit22 The Russians proved in Bucha what happens if they take over, hands bound bullet to the back of the head, mass graves. They have no choice but to keep fighting.
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@notastone4832 Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. The 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media.
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@ Zoom the map out. Russia has taken almost nothing since lines have been established. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was occupied in 2014 and the opening days of 2022 before Ukraine had mobilized. This is a fact.
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@glintongordon6811 Here is a montage of Russian state media claiming 3 days (starts around the 3 minute mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK16y6vIAPo&ab_channel=WarthogDefense Also back in 2014 Putin claimed he could take all of Ukraine in 3 weeks.
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@iforgiveyou274 You understand the Russia is the country invading right? A year and a half in and they still cant even take the Donbas
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@luisc.3215 If NATO was actually involved the war would have been over a year ago. Refer to Desert Storm if you want to know how that would look.
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Things aren't going well for Russia on the battlefield so they are trying extra hard in the comments. I wonder when Russia will learn that trolling doesn't win battles.
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@bobmorane2082 More like Russia in Chechnya.
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they do all the time.
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@maxmadison5488 In September 2021, US Coast Guard cutters in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean encountered Chinese ships, about 80km off the Aleutian Islands (The US didn't veer dangerously infront of the ship btw). China would do it more frequently but they lack a blue water navy and are mostly only able to play around in coastal waters. You may also remember just a few months ago China sent a spy balloon to fly over the continental United States. Imagine the river of tears if the US had a balloon loitering over mainland China. The US has allies in east Asia who China routinely bullies so they ask for their help with China. Understand?
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@kingl2298 Mostly Iran sticks to attacking its own civilians.
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Russia is going through demographic collapse. In 50 years they won't be around in any relevant number.
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The leaked documents that said Russian officials including Gerasimov are throwing the war?
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@YorkerEli Yes of course it's the US's fault that Russia keeps attacking its neighbors. I bet all Russia's problems are Americas fault not centuries of braindead decision making.
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@musicandfilms9956 The bar for being charged with war crimes as a world leader is very high, there's only been a handful ever. The reason Putin is getting charged is because he was bragging about his crimes on tv, and yeah kidnapping children is a warcrime, and genocide by definition. absolutely braindead.
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@duongphan1950 Not sure where you got your crazy information but Canada isn't even in the top twenty highest taxed countries. The problem with Health care is the same as Education, a bloated administration. We spend the same per capita as other countries with successful education and health care systems just with 3x the administration. I'm also not sure how you think not sending some old rockets to Ukraine will in any way help in these areas. 20. South Africa Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 45% GDP Per Capita: $16,210 19. China Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 45% GDP Per Capita: $23,310 18. Slovenia Individual Income Tax Rate (2022): 45% GDP Per Capita: $51,410 17. South Korea Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 45% GDP Per Capita: $56,710 16. United Kingdom Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 45% GDP Per Capita: $56,840 15. France Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 45% GDP Per Capita: $58,770 14. Australia Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 45% GDP Per Capita: $64,670 13. Germany Individual Income Tax Rate (2022): 45% GDP Per Capita: $66,040 12. Iceland Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 46.25% GDP Per Capita: $69,830 11. Spain Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 47% GDP Per Capita: $50,470 10. Portugal Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 48% GDP Per Capita: $45,230 9. Netherlands Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 49.50% GDP Per Capita: $73,320 8. Israel Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 50% GDP Per Capita: $54,770 7. Belgium Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 50% GDP Per Capita: $65,810 6. Aruba Individual Income Tax Rate (2022): 52% GDP Per Capita: $51,350 5. Sweden Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 52.30% GDP Per Capita: $66,210 4. Austria Individual Income Tax Rate (2023): 55% GDP Per Capita: $69,070 3. Japan Individual Income Tax Rate (2021): 55.97% GDP Per Capita: $52,120 2. Denmark Individual Income Tax Rate (2022): 56% GDP Per Capita: $74,960 1. Finland Individual Income Tax Rate (2021): 56.95% GDP Per Capita: $59,870
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SA told Putin not to come to G20 summit or they would arrest him.
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France hasn't been announcing a lot of the gear they've sent, but I agree they probably could be doing more.
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Its not surprising SA wants to make some cash off Russia, they are a borderline failed state approaching 40% unemployment. Though they have also said they would arrest Putin if he came to SA.
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If NATO reformed into the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) I would be so happy.
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@billshi6005 Oh I agree, Though the interstate's themselves aren't bad but eventually you have a maintenance bill that needs to be paid, a lesson the US started learning in the 70's. I'm not saying infrastructure is bad, but building nonsense infrastructure that makes no economic sense just for the sake of causing demand for steel and concrete isn't ideal.
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@AB-fi5jt I'm not Indian. If you want to see something really funny you should check out Chinas GDP per capita.
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@Chaldon-hl6yk What does this comment even mean?
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@AS-vr8nv Childish insults won't make the Russian navy not a joke bud.
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@gllsbcdkdmdmsjjjsbbbh You don't understand sarcasm do you? Nobody is afraid if Russia's raggedy fleet, or its tugboat escort.
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@livingtribunal4110 ah the old 'were not even trying yet bro wait until the real Russian army gets started' literally the most embarrassing excuse that Russians come up with. Soon the ground will shake with T-14's and the sky will be filled with SU-57's and Russia wont be a global laughing stock anymore. Imagine if 40 miles into Iraq there was a montage of Iraqi farmers hauling off M1 Abrams and the US withdrew from everywhere in a 'gesture of goodwill' to focus on one area and after a year of bashing their head on the wall they still had made no progress and were digging up M26 Pershing's from the boneyard and were saying stuff like 'wait until we hit 3rd gear' you see how dumb and humiliating that would be?
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@livingtribunal4110 You get 7 years for protesting the war in Russia, Media folk can get 15 years for just calling the 'special military operation' a war, some guy had to flee the country for a picture his kid drew. I could go to the Whitehouse and trash talk the administration as much as i want and nobody would care.
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@livingtribunal4110 Once Russia hits third gear their T54's and Scooby Doo vans will blot out the sun and they will no longer be global laughing stocks i'm sure.
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@claus-not-santa You've been hearing fairy tales. Russia was the ones sending in meat wave attacks and Ukraine had the defenders advantage. Prighozin said 30k Wagner casualties, which was likely an aggressive low ball.
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@ElBandido_pecas Back ni the olden days the rules of the world were different, everyone was annexing everyone else. since WW2 the rules have changed, the borders are set. The only countries trying to annex other countries are Russia and China.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Another war crime by the Russians.
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@soreeyez Why don't you explain the trap then genius.
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@mtdorghost8708 There was never any deal about NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much, its just Putins fantasy. Gee I wonder why ex com-bloc countries would want to join an alliance to prevent Russia from occupying them again. Have you ever wondered why the countries that hate Russia the most are the ones they previously occupied? NATO expansion is a red herring, Russia is a nuclear state no sane country would invade them. Furthermore Ukraine and Georgia are sovereign states, Russia gets no say in what treaties they may want to sign onto. Maybe the Turks are worried about CSTO expansion, that gives them casus belli to attack central Asia right?
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They already reported on that. 2 leopard destroyed 3 days ago man Russian bots acting like its the downfall of western civilization.
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@JoeSmith-p9q Those yachts exist only in the minds of Russian propagandists and their credulous audience.
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US has mostly left the middle east.
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Didn't Russia just increase the max age of recruits to include the hopelessly geriatric.
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Now that Putin is a wanted criminal he needs to lay low.
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@sweetytobleron656 BMP's are IFV's not tanks.
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@sweetytobleron656 The US absolutely does not classify or treat the Bradley as a light tank but as an IFV. The US doesn't even classify their new light tank as a light tank but 'Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles'. (it's really a light tank though)
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@davidhogg8952 What's your source? Russian state media? Russia makes at most 200 tanks a year and as low as 96 a year. Why do you think russia is dusting off T54's?
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@ZHOUKINGS The T14 is vaporware that will never leave the prototype stage, and the Terminator is an autocannon on a T72 hull. To date a grand total of 4 Leopards have been destroyed. Unless you count farm equipment as Leopards like Russia does.
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@davidhogg8952 Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get dragged into trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of dire casualties and minimal gains they resurrected the M26 Pershing and said it was only for indirect fire and pill boxes. This invasion has been a disaster no matter how you try to spin it.
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@mitchyoung93 The ones in his riding did, he was elected leader by his party. You should read up on how the British parliamentary system works.
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Russia said they would blow it up. Then spent a week filling the reservoir. Gee I wonder who did it.
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Damn! After 520+ days of 3 day smo, why are Russia's forces still unable to even take the Donbas, despite it being only half a days drive from Moscow? At this rate, I don't know how long Russia can sustain those casualties for literally no gains. p.s.- It appears that Putin is on a mission with widow-making. Just imagine how many lives and infrastructure could be saved by Russia not engaging in its illegal and brutal war of aggression! This is an excellent example of why people should select a proper leader instead of a delusional dictator.
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@aryank1769 Like the last time they destroyed it? All Russia did then was cry and shoot some S300's at apartment buildings and maternity wards, which is normal Russian behavior.
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Yes, it was just tactical stupidity on the Russian side which led to two of these planes being shot down.
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China is in the middle of a genocide and most normal people are against that.
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It's likely the air defense around Moscow are in preparation for the impending civil war.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj At one point Russia wanted to join NATO, guess what, they aren't in it either, It takes more than Idle talk to join NATO. Maybe they should have invaded themselves just to be safe. Moreover as I've already stated in this thread that you claimed you'd read, Russia itself formally recognized the principle that sovereign states had a right to choose their own international alliances. as a co-signatory of the Istanbul Declaration of 1999. Though they also promised at the summit to have withdrawn its military forces from Moldova and Georgia by 31 December 2002, which did not happen. Russia also violated the Budapest memorandum with its invasion for refusing to respect Ukrainian sovereignty. Though technically they violated it before that in 2013 when they embargoed Ukraine for trying to sign the EU association agreement. Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukraine's population wanted to join NATO, there was very little political will to do so within Ukraine and several countries in the alliance were opposed to it. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively Zero. Looks like you should do a little more research.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj I'm Canadian, can you stop building strawmen for a moment please? Its not surprising you dont want to engage with me, your points have no merit and its clear you have no idea what you are talkin about you are just spam Russian talking points. Three main lessons were learned in the 20th century, avoid fascism, avoid communism and appeasement as a policy doesn't work. You failed to learn one of these and seem at the minimum enamoured with at leat one more.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj 60 000 Rubles and you don't get sent to the front, life is good right?
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@lg2058 And despite your claims, Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was zero. That's not my opinion that's the literal rules of the alliance. Even if it wasn't it is no business of Russia's. Even Putin himself said in the Tucker interview the invasion wasn't because of NATO. Rapprochement with NATO wasn't put into Ukraine's constitution until 2019, five years after Russia's invasion. I know you have difficulty with complex concepts like context and cause and effect though.
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@lg2058 No amount of hand waving will change the fact that Ukraine was neutral prior to Russia's 2014 invasion. It also doesn't erase the fact that this isn't the first time Russia has meddled in Ukrainian affairs, see the 2004 example from above. These are historic facts you may not like them but no amount of tears will change reality. Ukraine's declaration of independence was voted on by its parliament, it can be changed by its parliament, you have a strange obsession with this.
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@lg2058 There are two Minsk Agreements, not just one. The first “Minsk Protocol” was signed on September 5, 2014. It mainly consists of a commitment to a ceasefire along the existing line of contact, which Russia never respected. By February 2015, fighting had intensified to a level that led to renewed calls for a ceasefire, and ultimately led to the second Minsk Agreement, signed on February 12, 2015. Even after this agreement, Russian-led forces kept fighting and took the town of Debaltseve six days later.
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@lg2058 "it was not a war of territorial conquest." Yes, that's why Russia has annexed multiple territories. I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@lg2058 Nobody invaded Cuba buddy. Russia removed its MRBM's, they left 40k troops in Cuba until the end of the Cold War. They even had nuclear tipped anti ship missiles there. Nobody cared. Also calling Russia even a regional power is a bit of a stretch, they can't even take the Donbas which is a half days drive from Moscow.
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@lg2058 I was quoting Arakhamia about how the west wasn't making decisions. Hes the guy who you said was the only opinion that mattered, remember?
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@kam1470 You know just saying things doesn't make them real right? Western aid drying up is pure Russian hopium. you guys have been saying the same thing since last year its time to face reality. Also you can check the corruption index, Ukraine ranks higher then Russia and is trending upwards while Russia continues to fall. Russia killed over 30 million of their own people so you can save the whataboutisim if you don't want to look stupid.
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You don't need boots on the ground, blockade the straights of Malacca and half the population of China starves in the dark. And say what you want about Russian ineptitude but at least they are energy and food independent, the same sanctions on China would be disasterous for them. Also as far as Afghanistan goes the US was there for 20 years trying to turn it into new Kansas or something and thankfully gave up on that inane political goal. The war itself ended in a couple days, then there was the era of roadside bombs, but even that was dealt with, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US wasn't interested in annexing them and if after 20 years they weren't able to stand on their own feet then they never would be. If you think the US is going bankrupt over Russia then I have a bridge to sell you.
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Nobody is going to read a book Ivan. Least of all one thats full of lies.
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Yes, the invasion has been a total disaster. If it wasn't foiled Kyiv really would have fallen in three days.
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@AVH-z9m 2014 is when Russia began its invasion. If they hadn't there would be no casualties in the Donbas, civilian or otherwise.
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@bmjnation6351 You guys are obsessed with that.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 What about them? Oh and its more like 405,000–627,000. Thats North and South Vietnamese, many of whom were killed by the Viet Kong. What about the 50 million or so of its own citizens the Soviets killed? Did you forget about them? Moreover who tf is defending the Vietnam war? Seriously find me one person. I'm also not American so say whatever you want you aren't going to hurt my feelings.
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@RollerGuideX WW2 was WW2 everyone was bombing everything, I'm not saying it was right but that's the way things were. Japan and Germany crossed that threshold first. Bringing up something that happened 80 years ago is strange. Also do you think if Russia had the bomb they wouldn't have used it back then? As for Cuba if the US decided to invade and annex them I'd agree with you, all they did was confront the Soviets though, which they were well within their right to do imo. you can refer to my post higher up to see casualty numbers for Afghanistan (around 40k in 20 years for the US most not caused by direct action by the US and around 2 million for Russia in half that time). The Russians are the in another league when it comes to brutality. NATO expansion, gee I wonder why ex com bloc countries would want to join NATO. Likely experience being occupied by the Russians, along with Russia's pesky habit of invading and annexing its neighbors. Luckily for Russia they have the bomb so they are literally uninvadable, of course they know that the whole NATO thing is just a red herring. Putin has delusions of empire and wants to put the USSR back together. And I'm sorry but Fck that.
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@SSPspaz yeah plus all the Muscovite elites children live in the west. Stay tuned for more important threats though.
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@bojanm986 2014 is when Russia invaded genius.
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Putin can't leave the country or he'll get arrested. Doesn't stop him from begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps he can get though.
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@WhatsupDoc-01 10 years ago is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't. We've all seen the videos of Russia firing off artillery barrages from residential areas then playing the victim when Ukraine retaliates.
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@themanformerlyknownascomme777 We already had a two state solution. The states were called Russia and Ukraine.
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@chrisyoung9653 I wonder how many humiliating defeats Russia has to suffer through before people stop taking them serious.
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Russia loses wars on a regular basis, typically followed by a complete collapse of society.
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yanksbiglywvil If you say so, I'm not American.
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@Toronto-Brad yea that's because the Ukrainians announced that they were going to attack at Kherson, and the Russians idiotically believed them and relocated all their best units from Kharkiv to Kherson, then they blew the bridges behind them and attacked Kharkiv. Then with the bridges blown and no way to resupply their forces at Kherson they were forced to run away.
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@hilite975 Why would Ukraine kill its own people? there's only been the Russians slaughtering civilians. The Russians abandoned Kherson because the Ukrainians blew up the bridges behind them and they were no longer able to supply their forces, just like what will happen to Crimea.
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@AJolie009 That's because every target in range has been either destroyed or moved out of range, even the Russians aren't braindead enough to leave strategic targets in range.
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@jesusaguilar4585 yeah just like Kherson. Russian land forever and we'll nuke you if you take it. Pretty scary.
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@johnadam2885 Bless your heart, yes i'm sure Russia will capture the Donbas some time this century and the whole world will quake in fear at Russia instead of considering them the laughing stock of the world like they currently do.
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Putin called him a 'terrorist and a traitor.'
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You need allies to fight a world war, Russia has none. They can't even take the Donbas.
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You think the Murdoch owned Times is liberal? Ok buddy.
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@exploreandunravel5773 Another brainless comment that addresses nothing. Good job.
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@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier Oh right, the mythical peace treaty that Putin misplaced for a year and a half that nobody talked about or heard of that suddenly makes an appearance.
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@felloh6320 Can you imagine the flood of tears if the US sent a spy balloon over mainland China. Or if the US started opening police stations in China for some reason.
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President GrabEmByThePussyDontEvenAsk in trouble with the law? I don't believe it.
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Russia dug trenches a year and a half ago...
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@03056932 This is the most braindead post i've read in my life. For starters NATO is a defensive alliance, nobody will be invading Russia via Finland or anywhere else unless Russia attacks first. They certianly wont be invading from Sweden because they dont share a land border with Russia. NATO isn't the reason Russia invaded Ukraine, its because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe. Now however because of its actions Russia's hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the war. Most of the revenue it does generate is in the form of Yuan and Rupee's which severely limit Russian options. I won't even address your 'Anglo American' conspiracy theories or your hilarious attempt to challenge someone to a video debate (lol).
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@sleezerbarb9670 Russia failed offensives at Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Vulhedar and Avdiivka. Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality bud.
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@sleezerbarb9670 Zaluzhny said there is a deadlock, do you think that's the same as losing? Meanwhile Russian generals Selivyorstov and Popov were both fired for telling the truth. (Russia is getting smoked) And of course there's General Surovikin who was fired for his role in an attempted coup. Russia's been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years bud, its time to come back down to earth.
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@sleezerbarb9670 Sure bud, let me know when the worlds #2 army manages to take the Donbas. I wont hold my breath. Good luck to Russia and its new 8 child policy lmao.
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@03056932 I'm going by photographic evidence not Putin's personal webpage. Russia has lost at a minimum 13.5k armored vehicles, the real number is likely much higher than that as many losses aren't photographed. Where did you get the harebrained idea that Ukraine was running out of fighting age men? That has no basis in reality.
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@soloqueuepixy Careful you'll get challenged to a rap battle by the master of objective thinking.
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@mrjerzheel Ukraine has taken more in the past 4 weeks then Russia has in the last 10 months.
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@sukhparhar Sure sure, and Kherson is Russia's forever.
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@scallen3841 By 'kept' you mean brutally occupied right? Gee wonder why ex com bloc countries would want to be in an alliance to remain safe from Russia. Russia is doing a pretty good job of proving NATOs reason to exist. NATO might have disbanded at some point it was losing relevance, that was until this war, all Putin's managed to do with this war is enlarge it and strengthen it. If the Baltics weren't in NATO then they already would have went through all the BS Ukraine is. Russia sends in Russian troublemakers, then says ethnic Russians are in danger somehow, then invasion, establish puppet government, annex. Same garbage over and over.
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@ It's a bot that posts the same silly comment in every video.
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@ So what? What does it have to do with anything in the video? Why spam the same silly comment over and over?
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@Cruzeoc101 Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied. Thats a fact bud, feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@Cruzeoc101 Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Karkiv, Izium and Kherson and now occupy around 15% of Ukraine. You really do live in a fantasy world. Almost all of that was taken prior to the 2022 invasion or in the opening days of it during the initial shock. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost far more ground then its taken. Why lie about something thats so easy to google?
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@Cruzeoc101 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico, then after almost 2 years of ww1 style trench warfare with 6 figure casualties they tried bragging about occupying 15% of the country. Would you take that serious, or would you consider it to be a humiliating failure? Dry your tears.
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@optimvsprinceps1845 NATO has no peers. NATO vs Russia would look much like Desert Storm.
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@mrburn6119 Why is Russia using penal battalions and giving full pardons to cannibals? Good luck to Putin with his new 8 child policy, lol.
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@James-qh7cm Russia also has conscripts, what a brainless comment. Ukraine suspended elections during war as stated in their constitution, what country would have elections during an invasion? Russia has farce elections. As Peskov already said elections in Russia are pointless, Putin will win with 90% of the vote.
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@Robert-xy4xi Russia has multiple failed offensives.
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Unpopular governments in the UK are voted out. This isn't the case in Iran.
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Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of disastrous trench warfare Guy Fieri led his mercenary army to the Pentagon. then when he almost arrived Justin Trudeau negotiated a deal and Biden bent the knee to a terrorist, sending the message that he was from now on willing to negotiate with terrorists whenever things got rough.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@SuperRede4u At the rate they are emptying out their equipment depots this is the year they run out of the last of their Soviet legacy. After that it's all dirt bikes and lada's on the front.
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@warriorclan2671 All balls no brain.
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@neverknowsbest2879 Yes yes it's everyone elses fault that Russia attacked Ukraine, matter of fact every problem Russia has is the west's fault, not centuries of inept leadership.
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@duhni4551 Now China has it's own genocide on the go, Xi must have been taking notes.
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This is Putin's plans, not the reality of what will happen. He also planned on taking Kyiv in 3 days.
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All while making Putin appear ineffectual and weak as he appeases someone he called a 'traitor and terrorist who will be punished'
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@Godfrey544 We are at the bottom of a line that goes straight up. Most mid level white collar jobs could already be eliminated (and along with them most mid level managers) it's mostly just lack of knowledge and inertia that keeps things going as they are. I'm not able to predict what's actually going to happen, nobody is this is uncharted territory. What we've seen so far is pre Wright brothers stuff, contraptions that have no hope of flying, then all of a sudden 60 years later were on the moon. Only the rise of AI will be much faster and much more disruptve then flight. Already ChatGPT scores in the top 10% on the bar exam, meaning that for 90% of the population its more optimal to talk to AI then to an actual lawyer. Art, which at one point we thought the realm of humans turns out to be pretty easy for AI and its only a matter of time before we start seing AI books, video games and films, complete with AI actors. The last bastion will be blue collar work as our robotics development is behind our AI so far, but once we are able to ask AI for blueprints (and it can already code so I dont think this is that far off) things will change drastically even for blue collar workers. Kurzweil still thinks we'll have super intelligence by 2029, i've seen other's in the field predict anywhere from 5 years to 18 months. People get hung up on concousness for AGI but as one person put it, who's name I unfortunately forget. It doesn't matter so much what AI thinks, but what it can do.
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@jimmcneal5292 You may be rght. Though I think people get hung up on understanding and conciousness. It doesn't matter so much what an AI understands all that matters is what its capable of. Kurzweil still thinks we'll have super inteligence by 2029, i've seen some estimates that put AGI from 5 years to 18 months off. I've seen other predictions that by 2030 unempoyment will be 70%. I have no idea what the future will actually look like, nobody does. But like I said in my OP things are about to start getting real silly.
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@momoneyinvesting Are you going to ban AI in China?
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These are just little green men, probably concerned civilians from Belgorod. Its no surprise they want freedom from Russia considering Russia keeps bombing them. Maybe Russia should just give up Belgorod. For the sake of peace 🕊
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@gtaraya SYNONYMS FOR colonize conquer found immigrate migrate transplant Right now China is colonizing North America. the number of Chinese immigrants to the US was 2.5 million in 2019
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Unfortunately (or fortunately) most Russians with half a brain left after the fall of the USSR, and most of the rest when this war started. There are very few people left in Russia to change things.
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@koskok2965 If Russia hadn't invaded they wouldnt be dying. You understand that right?
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@joebish6629 Less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 so your comment makes no sense. Also this isn't a proxy war, its a war between Russia and Ukraine, who is getting assistance from the west. It's like calling Germany's invasion of the USSR a proxy war because the Soviets were getting lend lease.
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@joebish6629 There wasn't a push to join NATO until after 2014, which is the year Russia began its invasion. Gee I wonder why Ukraine would want to join NATO after getting invaded. there was never any promise about NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much. You live in a dream world.
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@Илья-у1ю Nuclear threats from Russia have become about as credible as a final warning from China.
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@Sr.ChilePepper Wow breaking news the US annexed the Dominican republic Guatemala Cu...Oh wait you just have no idea what's being discussed here.
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@firerock9320 Whataboutism is literally the only argument the Russians have. Here let me try it, well don''t forget that Genghis Khan did bad things therefore everything my country does is justified. Hmm nope its just idiotic.
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@ssembatyajohn8926 That's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. How do you think Russia got to be the largest country on earth? Take a minute and think about it.
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@ebiekem What year did this happen in? Was it recent or from an era where everyone was conquering everyone else?
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@ebiekem Cuban's have far more to fear from their own government then they do America.
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@heheneji Wow the US annexed Iraq the Philippines and Cuba making them the 51st, 52nd and 53rd states. Amazing that you still have no idea what is being discussed here.
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@WiseOwl_1408 Anything from the last two centuries?
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@earthwizz Nobody was talking about invading Mexico, and BRICS is some wallstreet bro's investment fantasy not a real organization.
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@marshallmintz7564 Whataboutism is pretty much the only argument Russians have. Well hundreds of years ago the US conquered someone so it's ok if Russia does.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 We are talking about annexing countries, changing the borders, are you simple or something, can you really not understand what's being discussed here? And the US didn't invade mexico since 1945. And who counted more then 200 invasions? Are they in the room with you right now?
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Chinese people are great its the CCP thats the problem.
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He understands he lost he want's to punish the Ukrainians though. A garbage human being.
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@StPiter111 Nice to see this time you remembered to switch to your alt before replying to your own comment.
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He was arrested for reporting Ukrainian military positions and, according to him died of pneumonia after smoking two packs a day for 40 years.
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Is the treaty in the room with you right now Vlad?
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@s0ycapitan Wrong, Putin never applied for NATO membership. He wanted to be asked to join, instead of asking. Because in his words he "didn't want to be on a list with countries that don't matter." That isn't how NATO works though.
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@attilamarics3374 Why dont you watch the video genius. Or you can go look at the corruption index, it isn't top secret.
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@goonerboz6023 What happened to the Russian S400's that were supposed to be defending Crimea? And Russia has multiple failed offensives this war.
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@grahammorton-bv6sr Brand new lol, T-90's are just refurbished T-72's, Russia can just slap a coat of paint on and call it a T-90, and where did you get the 200 from Putins fever dream? Or were those the ones that were supposed to go to India that Russia stole? And yeah accidents happen in training, wasn't there just a big explosion/fire at the Russian training facility in Kazan resulting in mass casulties? must have been another smoker. Ukraine has gotten over 400 tanks from Poland alone, meanwhile Russia dusting off the T-54/55's from the boneyard. Someone is definitely delusional here but it isn't us.
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@captainwin6333 Afghanistan was won in a couple weeks, then there was nothing but roadside bombs, though even they stopped in short order and the Taliban just hid in caves in the other stans, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. And veitnam is a good example that you can win almost every battle and still lose the war. (luckily vietnam doesn't hold a grudge, thanks dudes) Russia has no gear and no idea. Dusting off 70 year old tanks to drive to oblivion. Remember the 'offensive' at Vulhedar? where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over. Absolutely braindead.
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@grahammorton-bv6sr If you think NATO is even close to out of weapons then you are even more braindead then I thought. Ukraine has received hand me downs for the most part, we're just getting started.
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@grahammorton-bv6sr The ISW report about shovels clearly stated that they were issued rifles and shovels it was more to highlight to lack of support, like AT. just people like yourself with reading comprehension problems can't figure it out. Imagine if in Iraq the US stopped 30 miles in and started digging trenches and planting minefields then they unearthed the M26 Pershing from the boneyard and were like. 'no its actually a really good tank everything is going according to plan.' see how moronic that sounds? And Iraq was on the other side of the world, you can drive from Moscow to the Donbas in a few hours and those circus clowns cant even take it.
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@StephenButlerOne Those darn Americans keep making Russia invade and annex its neighbors. Matter of fact any time anything bad happens in Russia its America's fault, not centuries of inept leadership.
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@grahammorton-bv6sr Russia had a maximum of 100 T90M's before the war (likely less then that due to standard Russian graft and corruption)and a minimum of 10 have been destroyed/captured. And they require western components for the upgrade. 2025 all T90's are expected to be in that confguration?! Maybe in Putins fever dream, is that because there will only be a handful of T-90s left? The T-90M's and T14's will shake the earth and the sky will be filled with SU-57's i'm sure. Get real man Russia says a lot of things and rarely delivers.
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@seushimarejikaze1337 They were forced to retreat because the Ukrainians blew the bridges behind them and they couldnt' be supplied. The Ukrainians said they would attack Kherson, so Russia redeployed from Kharkiv because they believed them for some reason. Then Ukraine attacked Kharkiv then blew the bridges behind them at Kherson and they ran away with tail tucked.
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm Russia 1 TV. You know, the state owned station that multiple pundits claimed the war would take three days. Putin himself said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks.
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Azerbaijan actually took ground though. Russia has been dicking around in the Donbas for the past year.
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@АртёмЛепехов Who's "they"? Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. When he refused to give up power the predictable protests started. The protests weren't for him to leave the country but to hold immediate elections. Obviously waiting six months was unpalatable to the public, he fled on his own accord. It was the same government running Ukraine after Yanukovich ran away. This is all of course no business of Russia's.
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@АртёмЛепехов The same government was in charge of Ukraine after Yanukovich left yes, this is a fact. They remained in power until after the election. I already explained the nature of the protests, work on your reading comprehension. No amount of childish emoji spam is going to change reality little buddy.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 Belgorod recently voted 99% in favor of independence from Russia in a referendum. Long live the Belgorod peoples republic.
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@OniksR Its Russian state media, emphasis on the 'state'. They don't say anything without the Kremlin's say so. Why do you think Putin went on a mass firing spree of FSB agents for faulty intel? Do you really think the plan was a long stalemate with terrible losses?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Yeah, the top secret treaty that nobody spoke about or heard anything about that Putin forgot in his sock drawer until over a year and a half after the fact when he mentioned it in a press conference. I have a bridge you might be interested in, its the Kerch bridge get it while it lasts.
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"The USMCA is the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made." Donald J Trump (2018)....."I look at some of these agreements, I’d read them at night, and I’d say, ‘Who would ever sign a thing like this?" Donald J Trump (2025)
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China's 5th gen is more like 4.5 gen at best.
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Russia has lost over half of the territory it once occupied. What an inane comment.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Russia is the one humiliated here, you're acting like its Ukraine that had the attempted coup, you are the one coping. Save your tears. You think this was some sort of feint to attack from a different angle, which is frankly moronic. dont worry i'm sure 13 years from now Putin will get his revenge on Prigozhin lmao.
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"They drew an artificial line through it." Trump learning what borders are.
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As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Which is about as much as they occupied 2.5 years ago. Most of that was taken in 2014 or in the opening days of 2022.
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@dailyinternettrends1180 What brainless whataboutism. And you're off by several orders of magnitude around 66,081 civilian deaths in the Iraq war. Which is less then the pace Sadam had set, not even including his invasion of Kuwait and Iran. Lets compare apples to apples at least. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan caused by the US: 46,319, over 20 years. though only an estimated 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians were directly killed by U.S./NATO actions. Civilian casualties caused by Russia: Around 2 million over 10 years. The US is are far from perfect but they at least try to avoid civilian casualties unlike Russia who will target civilians and engage in reprisal killings. Also find me someone who defends the Iraq war these days, its generally regarded as a mistake, still waiting on you clowns to admit Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a mistake. Or are you to busy celebrating the destruction of pizza parties?
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@ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п Every Russian with half a brain has been leaving the country since the 90s
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@CGplay186 I wonder if the Russian "experts" exptected to still be dicking around in the Donbas a year in. Or do you still think everything is going according to plan?
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@beistrong8635 Days ago they were busy dancing in the streets celebrating the killing of civilians.
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@saucyinnit8799 All lost in the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has regained much more then its lost. Ukraine is also getting supplied by friendly countries with decent equipment. Russia has no friends and is using T54's and Scooby Doo vans.
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@tombrazy12hunnit When you don't learn proper English you invalidate yours.
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@tombrazy12hunnit Don't cry, go get a juice box and get ready for bed. Your mom will be there to tuck you in soon.
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@mishlenn You realize China annexed Tibet, and Xinjiang right?
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@ashlingovender4034 Anything America has taken in the last century? See back in the olden days everyone was conquering everyone else. Since WW2 you are a bad boy if you do that, the borders are set. only a couple countries break that rule. Mainly Russia and China. Understand?
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@ashlingovender4034 Chinas main objective is resource extraction at all costs and debt trapping countries. South Africa is a borderline failed state wth near 40% unemployment maybe you should worry about yourself instead of the US.
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@bugsywugsy5052 Retreated implies they were fighting someone. Taliban were all in they hidey holes in the other Stans. Nobody had attacked coalition forces in years, they just left.
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@bugsywugsy5052 Vietnam is a good example of how you can win every battle and still lose the war. Afghanistan there was literally nobody to fight. Taliban was hiding in the other stans, should the US invade Pakistan next time to continue the fight? Or just occupy Afghanistan forever? US wasn't looking to annex them, that's something Russia does. Do you want me to start listing some Russian military humiliations? there's no Shortage. here I'll do a couple off the top of my head just for fun. Russo-Japanese war, Russo-Polish war, 1st Chechen war, Afghanistan, Winter war, World War I
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@blackmantis3130 Did you read what I wrote? I said the Ukrainians changed their tactics fairly quickly, meaning they did take some casualties and changed their tactics. Understand? They switched to small assault groups against weaker defended targets with limited objectives. AKA not meat waves. Russia is still sending large infantry waves straight into Ukrainian defense. That and armored columns in single file to get blown up at the same spot over and over.
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@vide-yo3336 I was responding to a comment about demographics. And yes wealth can play a massive role in mitigating the effets of demographic decline, as can immigration, which exists in Europe much more than Russia.
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Ok check this out. Challenger tank with a 120mm full auto FAL for a gun. You're welcome NATO
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Keep sending weapons to Ukraine to destroy the rest of the Russian army.
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@geometric369 lmao ok dude. Does Russia have an extra million men or so ready to go? because thats around how many you need to take a city the size of Kyiv.
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There is photographic and video evidence of Russia losing over 13.5k armored vehicles. That's just what there's pictures of, the real number is likely much higher.
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I think after seeing Russia's troubles trying to take Ukraine has made him reevaluate his position. Claiming it was some US trick is just a way of shutting down the war hawks in his own country.
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@DSpace1 he could do like China did this year and report nothing.
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@jjsheets330 well it suggests that the Chinese economy is in shambles at least.
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@bryandimery6509 Hey how's that offensive at Kyiv going, they're going to take it in 3 days right? How about the offensive at Vulhdar where they drove into the same minefield over and over. you know, like morons.
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yeah Muskovy has been frantically trying to hide their war crimes it's no surprise they've been working quickly.
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@rajshah7734 Russia is illegally occupying Manchuria, Kuril Islands, Georgia, the Gulf of Finland islands, Karelian Isthmus, Ladoga Karelia, Salla, Rybachy Peninsula, The Donbas, Zaporizhia, Crimea, Transnistria. etc etc.
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@cks7709 Ask Russia about its failed offensives this war. So far they have several.
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@TheDreadPirateRoberts-jr2fk It wasn't the antiwar left that blocked aid to Ukraine.
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No we didn't hear that news because its made up.
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@user1qaz2wsx3edc There was never any agreement on NATO expansion, Gorbachev said as much.
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You mean spamming 'the offensive has failed' in the comments didn't work?
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@michaelwilson9921 It must be why Trump slurs his speech so much recently.
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China sent a spy balloon right over mainland United States.
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@thokongwenya711 Russia ranks 137th on the corruption index and falling, Ukraine ranks 116 and climbing. Ukraine and Russia both have a life expectancy of 72 years unless you get into micro-fractions and I wouldn't trust any stat that comes out of Russia, refer to their CRI ranking if you wonder why.
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi Are you talking about Putin in his embarrassing platform shoes?
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi What sort of gay bbq's have you been going to? Look I know you are desperate for your hero Putin to look ike a tough guy but look up some pictures of Putin and Medvedev together and tell me they aren't banging. I personally have no problem with the gays I just find it a little hypocritcal that anti-gay Putin is one of the gayest fellows out there. Thats often how it goes though typically the loudest anti-gay types are the gayest of them all.
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@Простоя-с4в I know that you cant make it out of the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@dpelpal I bet Ukrainian war mosquito's softened up the front before the attack. Luckily for Ukraine they can tell Russians from other Russians
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@worldwide8587 If you want to live in denial that's your business.
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@angusdrey8930 What brainless whataboutism. The US left Afghanistan because there was no desire to occupy it for eternity. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves waiting for them to leave. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The equipment was left for the ANA. If after 20 years they weren't willing to fight they never would be. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@BGSlopy On what? I said a bunch of things. I'm going to guess you mean the Stalin and Khrushchev quote, sure here. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Hitler's Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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@goldenaye3 Please. If NATO was actually fighting this war it would have been over around 2 years ago. China, Belarus, Iran, North Korea and India have all been helping Russia. That means Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population right? Get real. Also in Afghanistan the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves while the coalition occupied them, there hadn't been an attck on coalition forces in years. It was the Afghan government who lost to the Taliban. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@goldenaye3 There was no separatist movement in the Donbas untl Russia moved in. Girkin and Prighozin both admitted this.
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Don't you know that insert western country probably America did something bad in the past so let me commit genocide in peace please and stop being a Russophobe.
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@МихаилЧерников-п2т As already explained to you Bakhmut and Soledar wasn't the Russian army. And Marinka is a small town with a pre war population of less than 10,000 that's 3 km from the border. It took mighty Russia 2 years to capture the now rubble pile. And half the town is still in the grey zone, Russia cant even go there. Typically when a someplace is captured its expected you can go to all areas of it.
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Yuri There's this thing called Mud Yuri, unless they want to drive down the middle of the road like Russia did in their humiliating offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no gain.
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Ukraine announced their offensive at Kherson and Russia took them at face value like idiots then attacked Kharkiv.
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Ukraine has shot down 4 Ka52's in the last week.
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@jamieimbusch what's your point? it's like saying we fought Russia in Vietnam. If NATO was fighting for real it would look like desert storm + geography and be one of the most one sided ass whoopings in all of human history
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@dark_master_Makei Most likely, its a big part of the reason they cant even capture the Donbas.
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@lizardking3979 China and India voted to condemn Russia at the UN and are buying Russian hydrocarbons at the EU price cap, fleecing Russia for ever dime they can.
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@NaSaSh1087 So are people dressing up like sports mascots to bang, it doesn't mean it's an actual societal problem. And i've never encountered either in real life nor do I know anyone who has.
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Could also be falling debris.
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@stu281 What a foolish comment. luckily we don't have to guess, go check out the democracy index to see each country rank ordered. FYI Russia doesn't do very well.
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@stu281 There are multiple different indexes. They all roughly agree. You can check out their methodology if you want, let me know what parts you don't like. There are plenty of countries that have free and fair elections, Russia isn't one of them.
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Yeah according to Shoigou Ukraine has lost more then 5k tanks which is amazing because its about 5x the amount of tanks Ukraine has ever had. Maybe Russia mastered interdimensional travel and are destroying Ukrainian tanks in other timelines.
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Apparently, Ukraine wasn't even fighting the Russians in Belgorod. But the Iranians who had given them a load of drones. The Russians just wanted to surrender, but the ayatollah is prepared to fight Ukraine to the last Russian
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This isn't really surprising Muscovy has been doing reckless and idiotic stuff like this in the air for decades.
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@TommyTCGT 8 years ago is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no casualties, civilian or otherwise, if Russia stayed home.
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@kobiljonkamolov6655 Do you think driving into the same minefield over and over at Vulhedar with no gain was a good tactic or a bad one?
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@nick34660 Really it's not surprising that the self proclaimed world #2 army cant beat Ukraine, a country on their border who has gotten nothing but some artillery and old vehicles destined for the scrap yard? Are you surprised by Russia bringing T54/55's back from the dead?
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@kobiljonkamolov6655 Yeah and that guy got a medal and a promotion. Absolute loyalty is all that factors in, things like competence and knowledge aren't even considered.
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@kobiljonkamolov6655 If you start out with a general who is a general because of merit (see Schwarzkopf) Instead of nepotism and loyalty you dont need to play musical chairs with your commanders. Also i'm not sure what western media you think is making a big deal out of this, this is the only video i've seen on the topic (though there may be more)
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@Ura.rosskiye_semya If they were actually fighting NATO the war would have been over a long time ago, think desert storm + geography.
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@marksnyder8022 heehee, if only they showed such dedication on the battlefield as they do in the comments they might have a chance of capturing the Donbas.
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@Ura.rosskiye_semya Are we talking the actual docs or the clearly photoshopped ones? The real ones say there are a few dozen special forces in training roles, that's not really the same as 'being at war with NATO' now is it? Those docs also say that casualties are around 3-1 in favor of Ukraine, that Russia only has around 500 functioning tanks left, that there is a great deal of infighting among the Russian elite, and that some military brass including Gerasimov are purposfully throwing the war.
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i'll trust you instead kurt. Idiot
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@LollipopUnicorny Protecting their Kurdish allies and bombing ISIS, why do you love tin pot dictators so much?
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Rocksteady246 He literally has a warrant out for his arrest though.
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Rocksteady246 That makes him a war criminal genius.
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Rocksteady246 The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of responsibility for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine. A crime he confessed to on television, that makes him a war criminal by definition. Do you have a brain? The fact that you think the Afghan war is in any way comparable to this one suggests that you do not.
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Rocksteady246 Do you think war crimes are inscribed on the fabric of reality or something? The ICC is the body used to prosecute war crimes, theirs is the only opinion that matters. You are a random nobody on the internet, your opinion is meaningless. Maybe if Canada's leaders had done something completely idiotic like confess to war crimes on television like Putin did they would have got charged too, but they didn't. The circumstances of the wars were also completely different, I don't expect you to be able to understand basic concepts like that though.
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Rocksteady246 What are you yammering on about now? Nobody asked how many Canadian's you know who supports anything. Are they in the room with you right now?
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@tasospanagiotou7823 The United Nations Security Council has adopted nine major sanctions resolutions on North Korea in response to the country’s nuclear and missile activities since 2006. Each resolution condemns North Korea’s latest nuclear and ballistic missile activity and calls on North Korea to cease its illicit activity, which violates previous UN Security Council resolutions. All nine resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Security Council (Including Russia). Russia wants to violate the sanctions they imposed themselves. Russia can and has sanctioned the US for providing Ukraine with weapons, so there has been consequences. Russia is the only one whining though. The US confronted Russia directly during the Cuban missile crisis. If instead they had invaded an annexed Cuba your comment would make sense. Furthermore there is a Chinese monitoring station on Cuba, nobody cares. There was also no talk of moving American weapons into Ukraine until after Russia's 2014 invasion. Prior to Russia's 2014 invasion only around 10% of Ukrainians even wanted to join NATO, Germany and France were both opposed. Thanks to Russia's actions the chances of Ukraine joining NATO went from almost zero to a foregone conclusion. Russia has a long history of annexing its neighbors that continues right through modern day, the US has allies in the region of course they are going to defend them. None of America's neighbors fear they will try to annex them the way Russia's neighbors do.
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@theo3030 Crimea ws pro Russian? Is this before or after the Russians genocided the Tartars and moved in a bunch of ethic Russians? Crimea already had a vote in 91 where they voted to stay part of Ukraine. The 'coup' as you put it was a popular uprising that occurred after 100% of parliament, including Yanukovych's own party voted him out and he attempted to hold onto power. And do you really think that ex com block countries didn't want to join NATO? They are the ones who wanted to join the most after decades of brutal Russian occupation. Do you think its a coincidence that the countries that hate Russia the most were the ones once occupied by them? give me a break. How about Russia has some referendums to see what territories in Russia want to stay? Oh that's right referendums are illegal in Russia. Invading another country and having a gun point referendum is totally valid though.
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@totocutugno1573 Ukraine has taken more in a week then Russia did during months of the Bakhmut offensive, never mind the Vulhedar offensive where Russia lost 130+ vehicles driving into the same minefield over and over. It took the allies months to break out of the hedgerows in France, actual offensives take time not the 3 days expected in Russia.
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How long will the 3 day smo take?
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@sergeikhripun The farcical referendum that people from Russia proper were allowed to vote in? Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries that recognize that sham referendum.
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@sergeikhripun You also didn't answer the question. Go ahead and list the countries that accept the results of the sham referendum.
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@sergeikhripun Is there a point to this idiotic whataboutery?
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@potatheadd Why did Russia have a bunch of sham referendums then?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 3600 Leopards were built, Ukraine has recieved less then 100. There are some bottlenecks in 155 production because NATO isn't artillery based, artillery is supplementary in NATO doctrine because this isn't WW1 anymore. Leopard 2 was made in 1979. Storm shadow in 1994. Maybe new by Russian standards, what would you consider old?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Um no, Russian hydrocarbon revenue continues to fall, please look it up before posting anymore dumb comments. And I'm sure the Ruble will snap right back any second now. try not to cope and seethe yourself to tears.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 You may be amazed to learn that if you park a tank at Tunguska for 50+ years it may not be in working order.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Earlier you were trying to argue that Russia was fighting 50 countries. Now you are trying to say they aren't sending anything. Congratulations on beating yourself in an argument. And my question was if Russia has 12500 tanks why don't they sweep across Ukraine instead of retreating every day? As for why the west doesn't send everything I already answered that, I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit though.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 What has Russia managed to take in the last year? Ukraine has taken more in the last 3 months then Russia did in the previous 12.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Because sadly NATO is more concerned with destroying the Russian army then seeing Ukraine win. Its like boiling a frog if you do it to quickly it will just leave. If they keep drip feeding Ukraine weapons Russia will sooner or later run out of equipment.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 lmao, no Russia is not gaining any ground at Kharkiv, they keep announcing it but then a week will go by with no evidence of their supposed gains. Or there will be a video released of their retreating troops getting smoked by artillery, sometimes Ukrainian sometimes their own.
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@tikusharma4879 According to Putin they've destroyed over 18k armored vehicles since the counter offensive started. An amazing feat considering Ukraine stated the war with only 7k, and have received about 3.5k in aid. Not sure where the other 8k came from. Maybe Russia has mastered interdimensional travel and have been destroying Ukraine in other realities. Maybe there is a timeline wher they take Kyiv in 3 days.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside bud. Keep up the straw manning. Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@tikusharma4879 I'm just wondering where those other 8k vehicles came from, do you have an answer? Or do you think Putin dreamed them up? If Russia's destroyed all of the Ukrainian army how come they keep losing ground?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Its all public records kid. Do you think straw manning is a good way to win an argument?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 There are these things called cameras (I know they haven't seen widespread adoption in Russia yet) They allow you to record images. There's photographic evidence of around 550 captured Russian tanks, do you understand?
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Well by your logic the US was fighting the entire Warsaw pact in Vietnam because the Vietnamese were getting aid from them. Vietnam is a good example that you can win every battle and still lose the war. The US took all of Afghanistan in a couple of weeks. The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. The US just let. Russia got smoked so bad in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed, they also took an order of magnitude more casualties in half the time then the US did, remember? What's shameful is that mercenaries and prisoners were Russia's most effective fighting force. Russia has taken more casualties in this war then all US wars since WW2 combined. Keep huffing that copium.
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@skp8748 "Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible." - 45th president of the United States of America, the stable genius himself.
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"Girkins innocent, no he's a criminal. Prigozhin is a terrorist and a traitor, go ahead and retire in Belarus with no consequences. Wagner doesn't even exist anymore, now meet Wagner's new leader. The sanctions make Russia stronger, so remove the sanctions or else." Make up your mind Vlad.
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the eradication of Israeli's and the destruction of Israel as a state.
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@megclifton6692 Let me know when you guys quit dicking around in the Donbas, i'm sure the incoming T-54/55's will tip the scales.
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@johnhume4346 The thought that Putin has any leverage over NATO to make it change its stance and deployment is laughably idiotic.
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Keep in mind that all China's economic numbers are made up.
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@GulfbeachMateo Yes I'm aware Egypt is a different country, maybe you should look up why Egypt has the border closed. You are missing the point. Why doesn't Egypt or other Arab countries take in refugees? Its because Gaza, at this point is basically just a terrorist farm. the reason that none of the middle east countries, which mostly all publicly and loudly supports Palestine, will not take in any Palestinian refugees because taking in Palestinian refugees means inviting Hamas and Hezbollah, which are Iranian surrogate terrorist groups, to take root in their home countries serving Iranians geopolitical ambitions. Iran is not really helping Palestine as they claim, they are using them as throw away human pawns to achieve Iran's own geopolitical ambitions. I watched a video today where Hamas was showing off their tunnel network, why not invite civilians down there? Oh yeah they use them as human shields they dont care about Palestinian civilians.
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@julioduan7130 Just pretend the 9 dash line doesn't exist.
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@George_Washington185 China does sail in international waters off the US coast. The US doesn't respond by veering dangerously in front of them. Imagine if the US sent a spy balloon to loiter over mainland China, how many tears would be shed by the Chinese.
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@jvs333 This is a new fantasy i've never heard before. No the 9 dash line is an imaginary line the CCP made up to try to claim the south China sea. Nobody else recognizes the validity of this claim.
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@jayhowell2218 That's by Tokmak, further east where Ukraine has made the most progress there is only one line of defense.
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His face when he bent the knee to Iran and North Korea His face when after a year and a half they still cant even take the Donbas His face when his 3 day smo lost him half his army with nothing but marginal gains. His face when he turned Russia into a global laughing stock and pariah.
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@MuhammadRidwan-pe7ny NATO doesn't allow any country with an active territorial dispute in. What braindead posts.
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Yeah, they're China's puppet.
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ChatGPT save us.
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@ЭмалХушаль You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside, these are Putin's words though. He unwillingly admits to massive Russian losses in Ukraine replying to a question on a second mobilization, where he admitted that a special fund supporting families of KIA and WIA soldiers has processed over 300k applications but Russia has over 600k soldiers now in Ukraine.
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@OlegUshyarov Yes Putin is a clown, he must be having trouble keeping all his lies in order.
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@harryjeff2039 Only 5 countries voted to not condemn Russia at the UN. Even China voted to condemn them.
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@rajshah7734 So they have more tanks..kind of a dumb question.
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@livingtribunal4110 Is this satire? I just cant tell anymore. If the government is all dead its regime change.
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@bri2120 Neither does Russia.
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@bri2120 What are you trying to say? speak english.
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Who tf would hold elections while being invaded with a sizable portion of thier country occupied. Meanwhile in Russia; "Our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy. Mr. Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90 percent of the vote." - Peskov, who hasn't been seen in public since btw.
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@TheGthangs Russia is fighting against Ukraine with some foreign aid. They are a laughing stock because you can drive from Moscow to Ukraine in a couple hours and the self proclaimed superpower can't even take the Donbas. And they are now dusting off T-54/55s from the boneyard (I thought T-62's were humiliating enough)
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@keshavkumar-bl6im LOL! So do you have problem with the United Kingdom reclaiming its former territory? do you think before you talk?
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 I'm sure Putin's plan from the start was 15 months in to be engaged in trench warfare an hour across the border and become global a global pariah and laughing stock.
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The sanctions we have now should have been put in place after Russia invaded Georgia, or maybe Chechnya.
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Putin is weak.
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@gfys756 Say what you want about Russian ineptitude but at least they are a net exporter of food and energy. The same sanctions on China and within 6 months 500 million starve in the dark.
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@thebigone9781 Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@thedeal86 This is the work of little green men, they are likely freedom fighters from Belgorod. After the innocent people of Belgorod have been bombed so many times by Russia its no wonder they want freedom. Long live the BPR.
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@puka-sh8vd Usually when you invade a country you don't want to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border. Also Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izium, and Kherson. And that was before Ukraine got western heavy equipment, I cant imagine when that hammer eventually falls it will be very good for Russia, who is now unironically using T54s.
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I think Kinzhals are being saved for more attacks on Belgorod.
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@calvinblue894 The US doesn't have to invade, just block the Malacca straights and in 6 months China will starve and deindustrialize.
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@fingerprint8479 Russia started the war with around 100 KA-52's and now have around 30, so no not hundreds. The Armata exists in single digits, its been in development for over a decade and will never leave the prototype stage. The fact that you try to bring up Armata is embarrassing.
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@JohnJohn-bz1lq Russia has multiple failed offensives in this war, that means by your logic they are losing worse right?
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Why cant the worlds #2 army even manage to take the Donbas then?
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@kennybachman35 Again, every country on earth has recognized Ukraine as a country, including Russia. I don't give af what you fund, move to South Africa then just stop whining.
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@lilidezman624 Russia still doesn't control all of the Donbas, strange having referendums in areas you don't even fully control. The sham gunpoint referendums aren't recognized by any countries except North Korea and Syria. Amazing how referendums aren't legal in Russia but invading another country and forcing sham referendums on them is something you consider valid.
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@babanagrahim5439 one thing we learned from START treaty is that all the soviets ICBM's were sitting in 20 feet of water. Also the US famously follows around the loud ass Muscovite strategic subs and would have them sunk before they got their launch doors open. Furthermore even the US struggles to provide it's H-bombs with tritium its unlikely Muscovy has any thermonuclear weapons and would just have fission bombs that would number in the hundreds. And the children of the Muscovite elite all live in the west do you think they are going to nuke their kids? everything there is a bluff its all for show. Also if you think Russia has 7000 nukes ready to go then i have a bridge i'd like to sell you. If Muscovy wants to go toe to toe i guess we can but it won't go the way they like.
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@sonofnok2153 Stop electing corrupt and inept ideologues. Name one place where a military junta has led to a peaceful and prosperous society. Its like Churchill said ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
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@shafiyaalgiquadra1105 Do you think its a coincidence that the most prosperous and stable countries on earth are all democracies?
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@Frostchris4121 Most of those places weren't democracies when they were colonizing. A synonym for colonizing is conquering, know what other country has been conquered? Every country on earth. The US is a former colony, The UK was colonized by the celt, then the Romans, then the Anglo-Saxons, then the Vikings. Its currently being colonized by Africans, Middle Easterners and Asians. Its only in Africa though where they try to blame all their problems on colonization instead of the actual problems which are primarily corruption, nepotism and tribalism.
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@rtdcproject8075 I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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@operator9858 The "not one inch east" statement was referring to Nato forces in Eastern Germany during it's reunification, to this day there are stil no Nato forces in East germany. It had nothing to do with other countries joining the alliance. Even Gorbachev confirms this.
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@operator9858 I don't think they were concerned with Warsaw pact members joining another alliance because they were in the Warsaw pact, and were occupied by large Soviet garrisons. Also Russia can be concerned with whatever it wants, there was at no point any agreement regarding Nato expansion. Gorbachev, his foreign minister and all the diplomats in the room agree. You can pretend you know more than all the people involved if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@operator9858 Also we know what the "not one inch east" comment was referring to, it's historical record. In a 9 February 1990 conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev held in Moscow, US Secretary of State James Baker, when the famous "not one inch eastward" comment was made. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany. This is historical fact, not whatever fan fiction you've made up in your mind.
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This is the dumbest thing I have ever read.
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@nsambacharles5959 Huh? I assume you mean F16, it was European countries that asked the US if they could export them to Ukraine, not the other way around. Even if that wasn't the case your comment would still be completely idiotic.
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@oussefel3220 What on earth are you talking about? Zelensky was voted in in an election, and he was the candidate supported by Russia because he was a Russian speaker, and they thought because he was an 'just an actor' he would be easier to control then Poroshenko. This of course backfired. The other option Poroshenko was so hated by Russia they poisoned him. You guys really live in some sort of fantasy world.
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@veloboy1 Well unless they try to invade, then Russia isn't a great economic ally. Also the pipeline wasn't in operation yet.
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@white69cracker Yeah counting on Russia was a big mistake, one I don't imagine Europe will make again. At least not until there are serious reforms within Russian politics and society.
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Don't ride in open top cars?
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Meanwhile Putin begging Iran and North Korea.
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Yeah Putin's gotta go.
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@ИзмутдинИсмаилов-р3г Because this is a video about Russia. Take your idiotic whataboutery to a video about Israel if you like.
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@albback8176 There is also the fact that Russia annexed Crimea then, sort of an invasion thing to do.
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@albback8176 Huh? The government wasn't overthrown, it was the same government in charge after the protests as it was before. Do you not even have a basic level of knowledge of what happened? What really happened was after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement Putin embargoed Ukraine, which was a violation of the Budapest memorandum. This led to Yanukovich backing out of the deal and the entire Ukrainian parliament, including his own party to vote for him to call an election. Instead he tried to eradicate the protesters. When that failed he fled the country, nobody asked him to do that, the protests were trying to get him to call an election, he fled on his own accord. It wasn't a coup, it was a protest movement, it would be the first successful "coup" in human history that ended with the same government it started with.
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@TMM-N Straight to whataboutism, literally the only argument Russians can make.
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@yvonnetomenga5726 russia isn't the only country with nukes, you know that right? one thing we learned from the START treaty is that all russias icbm's are sitting in 20 feet of water. their nuclear threat is about as credible as their conventional one.
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Ukraine is a sovereign state recognized by every country on earth including Russia. Russia is the aggressor here, obviously.
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It took the US about 500 hours to take Iraq.
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Russia isn't defending anything, they are the aggressors. They are invading to annex new territory.
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@arethereanyuniquehandles This conflict is a direct result of Ukraine discovering gas deposits and threatening Russia's energy monopoly in Europe. At no point did NATO make any promises about expansion, even if they had less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO prior to Russia's invasion in 2014. There were also multiple NATO countries opposed to Ukraine joining, their chances of joining NATO were effectively zero. Russia violated Minsk on day one, they were supposed to remove their forces from Ukraine and withdraw support for the rebels, they did neither. Of course there would be no Minsk agreements if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum. Russia offered no peace agreement, what they wanted was Ukrainian surrender. All that Russia offered was to temporarily halt their invasion, Ukraine's army managed to do that on their own. You are the one who needs to do some research.
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@gounch.1186 Aid shipments are getting into Gaza, don't let the truth stop your hysterics though.
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Yeah and it worked so well their whole empire collapsed.
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@israelnavarro7182 These were Ukrainian drones built in Ukraine, the SU57's were visible with commercially available satellites. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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@israelnavarro7182 Russia began its invasion in 2014, there were no problems in the Donbas prior to that. Moreover the far right party in Ukraine got less than one percent of the vote in the prior election, get a grip.
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@Liboch What i'm saying is that every country on earth has been colonized, the UK was colonized by the Celts, then the Romans, then the Anglo-Saxons then the Vikings, then the Normans. Its currently being colonized by Africans, Middle easterners and Asians, nobody cares though. Its only Africa which blames colonization for all its problems when in reality its a very minor factor in Africa's troubles.
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@Manntashsh-Pyrre-rrr8 society and the state never will mature as long as they keep blaming westerners for all their problems. Its just an excuse that in no way helps them. Japan had no experience with democracy and was completely leveled after WW2 but they introduced good policy and became wealthy. Its not some mysterious and unknowable path to prosperity, we know the steps that must be taken in order to be a prosperous state. If (parts of) Africa doesn't want to follow the path that others have set and want to blame colonialism or whatever else that's their business I guess, just dont act surprised if nothing ever changes.
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@elenekuprashvili1145 Food and fertilizer are exempt from sanctions. Sanctions also only apply if a country has actually sanctioned Russia. So if for example South Africa wanted to buy wheat from Russia they could because they haven't sanctioned Russia, understand?
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@elenadunn15 Russia cant even take Kharkiv bud and its right on the border. Feel free to read up on the Varangians and where they came from. Ill give you some help, here's' the first paragraph from the wiki. The Varangians (/vəˈrændʒiənz/; Old Norse: Væringjar; Medieval Greek: Βάραγγοι, Várangoi; Old East Slavic: варяже, varyazhe or варязи, varyazi) were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. The Varangians settled in the territories of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine from the 8th and 9th centuries, and established the state of Kievan Rus' as well as the principalities of Polotsk and Turov.
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@elenadunn15 An overwhelming majority of the Varangians were from Sweden, Norway and some from Denmark. Viking isn't a nationality , its sa profession. All the men who left Scandinavia to raid and conquer Russia were Vikings by definition. Do you understand? Schramm is a fiction writer, Danilenko wrote "During the Viking Age there existed, within the army of the Byzantine empire, an elite company of mercenaries mostly from Scandinavia. This group was known as the Varangian Guard, a regiment of warriors renowned for their ruthless loyalty and military prowess. Lured by wealth and glory, these were Vikings who had travelled the long road to Constantinople." Do I need to check the rest of your pathetic appeal to authority that doesn't say what you claim it does?
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@elenadunn15 Even the Russian archaeologists Lebedev and Nazarenko at no point claim the Varangians aren't Vikings, in fact they often claim they are Vikings. They just Chronical the debate over the years as to what degree that influenced Russia and vice versa.
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@hintixmotivation5852 Why don't you list all the countries the US annexed in the Middle East and Africa.
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@elenadunn15 Do you understand that when I am saying Sweden I am referring to the territory of Modern day Sweden? The fact that it wasn't a country yet is completely irrelevant. There is also nothing in the quote you provided that says that they weren't Vikings. In fact it says the opposite. Here's what the rest of the wiki says. According to the chronicle, Rurik was one of the Rus', a Varangian tribe. Most historians believe that the Rus' were of Scandinavian origin, more specifically from what is currently coastal eastern Sweden around the eighth century. According to the prevalent theory, the name Rus' is derived from an Old Norse term for "the men who row", from an older name for the Swedish coastal area of Roslagen.
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@bonnie7898 Wait, you mean the Varangians didn't just emerge from the ground in Red Square as primordial Russians?
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@elenadunn15 Repeating the same brainless comment over and over wont help your case. All the sources say they were Scandinavians, they were Scandinavian. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@vasiliosgoutzamanidis4428 If Russia was actually doing well you wouldnt need to come to youtube comments to try to convince everyone of it. it would be self evident. This war has been a complete humiliation for Russia so far.
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@vasiliosgoutzamanidis4428 Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking itself off as the worlds #2 army. Also it's Russia doing the invading here, typically when you invade a country you don't dick around an hour past the border for 14+ months. And its a good thing you aren't here to convince anyone Russias doing well with them dusting off T54's and unironically using Scooby Doo vans while taking no territory its likely the only ones you would convince would be your fellow travelers.
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@lovyrituraj Both China and India cast their votes in favor of a U.N. resolution which categorically condemned Russian aggression against Ukraine. What exactly has Latin America and Africa done to help Russia? Aside from buying its hydrocarbons at or below the EU price cap? Russia has no friends, just vultures circling to nickel and dime them for all they are worth. I wonder when China decides it wants Manchuria back more then it wants an incompetent vassal.
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@ZetaMoolah ok but now Gaza is going to get bulldozed into the Mediterranean, good decision making. The 2 state solution is supported by a majority of Palestinians, its Hamas and the hardliners that keep sending negotiations off the rails.
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The West warned it citizens of a potential attack weeks ago. Whether this is Russia trying to pull another '99 or extremists is still up for debate. I suspect another false flag.
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Scotland voted to stay and the Donbas was a sham. Are you on glue?
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@АлексейЛукьянов-ц6ц Oh this old conspiracy theory. You really think the US caused a popular rebellion? So they went door to door or something? Why didn't the US arm the Ukrainians after they supposedly aided them in a coup? You live in a fantasy world. Also the far right party got less then 1% of the vote in Ukraine's last election they aren't a serious problem. If you want to see what modern day fascism looks like look up Ruscism. Putin is by far the most fascist leader in Europe.
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@ck-bs2ms Pretty big difference between legal abortion and forced abortion.
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@Robert-xy4xi Yeah, Russia ran out of missiles and needed 8 months to replenish their stockpile. Is this difficult to comprehend? This Isn't spin its just reality. Russia manufactures missiles they are never going to 'run out' but they will deplete their stockpiles. They have enough for a few more attacks like this before they run out again. Do you understand?
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@oki148 Speaking of being shameless, Russia is the country that destroyed Syria. Ask anyone from Aleppo.
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@hydroponichomesteader6852 In Russia you can get arrested for holding up a blank sheet of paper.
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@hydroponichomesteader6852 lol, ok. Its not like there is a mountain of evidence or something. In Russia all Putins political rivals end up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich.
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Russia is invading Ukraine, Ukraine is defending itself. What don't you understand?
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Russia has been using cluster munitions the entire war. Must mean they are desperate right?
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@peabase It's unlikely to be fixed as long as Xi is in charge. He's proven himself quite incapable when it comes to managing the economy.
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@rad4579 Russia is far more corrupt. Ukraine ranks higher than Russia on the corruption index and are trending up while Russia continues to fall. Why do you think it is that the worlds #2 army cant even take the Donbas.
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@marthas.4456 why not just google 'corruption index' instead of asking idiotic questions. Ukraine, like all the ex com bloc countries have issues with corruption. This is a result of Russian influence. Ukraine, like the other ex com bloc countries are dealing with the issue while Russia doesn't and continues to become more corrupt over time. How do you think Putin became one of the richest men of all time? His presidents salary?
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@richardsanders4624 Russia's own deputy minister of defense said they have 50,000 MIA. Which is an insane number, the US had around 2,000 for the entire Vietnam conflict.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg The Russian power plant in Ryazan is still burning...
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@77esto Germany is supplying weapons to Ukraine, that means Russia lost WW2 right?
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@calistusfrancis1340 No its because Russia's economy is a one trick pony and their hydrocarbon profits are way down. (not to mention the ruble falling faster then Prigozhin) Also I'm not American.
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The US spends more on healthcare then any other country on earth.
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@guspaz no you see, *takes massive hit of copium. The plan from day one was to fart about outside of Bakhmut for a year and take massive casualties making human wave assaults, then we send the t-62's and mad max MTLB's in and then we send the REAL Russian army and decadent west can only cry.
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@marksnyder8022. Ukraine is defending against the country that supposedly much more powerful and has spent the last 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. A trench stalemate is the same as winning for Ukraine and humiliation for Russia, you understand that right? T-14 is a glorified parade float that exists in single digits, its embarrassing you'd even mention it, T72 is a garbage tank that cant even reverse, and T90 is a dressed up T72. And they've suffered catastrophic losses, why do you think they are dusting off T54/55? edit: oh and Russia is dependent on western components to upgrade all their tanks, Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore.
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@boink800 Because a treaty signed with Russia isn't worth the paper its written on.
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Write your insane fantasy?
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The primary reason they are doing this is that there are plenty of people who have bribed their way into safe positions and need make work projects so they can look busy.
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@Irish_1916 And Kherson is Russia's forever right?
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@ozymandiasultor9480 If Russian's aren't naive then why did they take Ukraine at face value when they said they were going to attack Kherson (another city tat was supposed to be Russia's forever remember?) Russia believed the Ukrainians for some reason. You know, like morons. Then redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and lost them both.
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82% of Albertans disagree.
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Ukraine adopted a policy of recruiting older men in the early days of the war to spare the younger generation. They were very pubic with this policy. There are still millions of military aged men in Ukraine.
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@Truth-will-prevail786 More braindead whataboutism, what a shock.
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@nenadmitrovic3469 Do you think there are IMF and WB secret agents that infiltrate economies to get their numbers? Is that really what you think? Russia and China self report their own cooked numbers and are taken at face value.
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@sandragrima8040 So you support the killilng of civilians and the kidnapping of children? And if the US ever rolls out the tanks from 1945 i'll laugh at them to.
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@VFella At first I thought he was being sarcastic, but its impossible to tell sarcasm from Russian propaganda.
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@jamesgreen1116 whataboutwhataboutwhatabout.
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The only thing that could save Star Wars would be Luke Skywalker waking up in the next movie saying "It was all just a bad dream."
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@dosdannys How far is Finland? NATO is a red herring, this is just a regular old land grab.
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@ Russian sources commenting on their own losses is propaganda is it?
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So powerful they can't even take the Donbas.
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@Memovox Show us some more unbiased Russian state media, genius. The fact that you actually think the Russian economy is booming speaks volumes. (I already know you are clueless regarding anything economic so I'll try to explain in plain language.) The Russian economy is booming in the same way that Enron was a responsibly run company. Hydrocarbon revenue is down 70% since the start of the war, Russia banned the export of refined product because of price hikes and shortages inside Russia. Russia has set the interest rate at a punishing 15% in an attempt to fight inflation (It isn't working).The ruble is in the toilet, it would have fallen right off the map but Russia implemented strict monetary controls and forced Russian companies to sell their foreign reserve and buy rubles, the state is doing the same. This is temporary and unsustainable. Any 'growth' seen in the Russian economy is artificial because Russia raised the VAT tax on Russian citizens and imports. Then any revenue from that is spent on the war, not something that generates wealth. What Russia is doing right now is setting their house on fire in order to keep warm.
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@timmccarthy982 Amazing how Russia manages to blame every invasion it does on America. Tell me a story about how the US caused the Russo-Japanese war. Must be nice to live in an alternate realty.
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@Asphyxx I know they haven't seen wide scale adoption in Russia, but you should at least know what a camera is.
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@shishi_qui_shi Whataboutism, what a shocker. Pesky Americans keep making Russia invade its neighbors.
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@Asphyxx Do you think T-54's and Scooby Doo vans are scary?
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These are rebels. The legitimate Yemen government didn't shoot it down.
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@casval-pj5tb Russia is more toxic then DU. Oh no after the war we might have some mess to clean up, compared to Russia commiting genocide. Talk about childish.
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@908Dannyboy He's just here for potato, it doesn't have to make sense.
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@briancarno8837 just imagine the lives that would have been saved if Russian nazis hadnt bombed civilians in Belgorod
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Great depression.
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@Realist369 China, India and Brazil just joined the countries voting against Russia at the UN. Xi not happy with his vassal.
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@ No the UK MoD said certain units were being sent in with nothing but rifles and shovels, which was true then and now. The fighting with shovels myth is only perpetuated by people with reading comprehension issues.
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@ No weapons from China? What about the mighty golf cart battalions Russia fields?
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@ Off the top of my head, Bodana, Stugna, Neptune, multiple types of mortar systems, BTR-4, a selection of MRAPS and armored cars, a wide range of ammunition and a robust small arms industry. I'm sure there's plenty I missed, feel free to look it up instead of asking silly questions next time.
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you can buy that stuff at any army surplus store. little green men are good at stuff like that.
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@imperatorvespasian3125 What on earth are you talking about? Russia has taken 20km in three years.
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@ As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022, any progress since then has been marginal at best and at a high cost.
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@jhtrq1465 Ukraine will be getting the Desert Falcon, which is a late 90's upgrade. It was first issued in 2004.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 * Sophisticated, I can see why you think algorithm was a complex word. Its already busy already is it? Why did Putin urge Russian women to have eight or more children? In China there's the one child policy and in Russia its the eight child policy, need more bodies for the front. Good luck with that.
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@Carnabwth You said. "They've just had an election. You don't voted in an autocracy." That was you trying to say democracy was overrated was it? Ok bud.
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@Carnabwth You said. "You aren't following my argument. I tried to tell you that democracy is greatly overrated." So I wasn't following the argument you hadn't made yet? Where exactly did you say democracy was overrated? What on Earth are you twaddling on about? Though the fact that you think UK's democracy is in anyway comparable to the dictatorship in Russia speaks volumes about your mental capacity.
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@existentialbaby None of those countries had nukes. Russia is uninvadable, congratulations. Stop pretending that NATO was going to invade Russia.
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@FuckOffShitTube001 Then why is Russia still dicking around in the Donbas?
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@solidfoelife Equipment inside is a small percentage of total vehicles, they along with equipment on the front are accounted for in this figure.
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Russia operates a lot like ISIS, not really surprising to see them use ISIS tactics.
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What on earth are you talking about? Russia undermined the Warsaw pact with its shambolic incompetence. The USSR collapsing had very little to do with the west and more to do with inept Russian leadership. Same as always though Russia wont admit its own failings, just blame the west for all its problems.
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Also Russia's stated GDP is much lower then its actual GDP.
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@TheBarnestah There were 292 documented attacks that damaged or destroyed 218 hospitals and clinics. And that data is from back in February, I'm not sure what number Russia is up to now.
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Russia is currently going backwards. The only way to resolve this matter is on the battlefield, or are you suggesting that every time a country is invaded they should surrender?
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sure sure, watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@jamesgreen1116 The Russians lose more in a bad day at Avdiivka then the US lost in 20 years in Afghanistan. Russia was also in Afghanistan, they lost so hard their entire country collapsed.
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@FreedomStrike76 You guys have been saying the same thing for two years, Russia couldn't take the Donbas back then either.
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@FreedomStrike76 "you guys" included you because you just made the same braindead argument. Maybe you should put some more emojis in your comments to help get your point across. Are you sure you wouldn't feel more at home at tik tok?
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johnthebaptist9620 Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@avpthegreat lmao oh yeah, there's been so many crazy lies its hard to keep up. Kyiv retreat was a 'gesture of goodwill', the Moskva sank due to high seas, Ukraine was training migratory birds to spread disease in Russia.
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Pesky NATO wont even let Serbia do any ethnic cleansing.
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@AntonioLima-mv5cg The US did win in Afghanistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years.
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@MCDrB-wq8ed In 2020 a grand total of 2 Americans were killed by enemy action (A roadside bomb) the previous deaths due to enemy action were 3 in 2018/19 each and the the most recent ones prior to that were in 2013, all IED's. The last 'bad' year was 2012 where 237 servicemen died, though many of them were green on blue and suicide/accidental deaths. Is that what you consider all the time? more Americans were killed by vending machines then the Taliban the later years.
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@colindavis1496 Russia’s Ministry of Labour has just requested 230,000 certificates for family members of deceased combat veterans. Looks like Ukrainian numbers have been pretty accurate.
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@FaceFcuk You underestimate Russian bureaucracy, they didn't intentionally release anything. This is publicly available information released by the Ministry of Labour.
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you must have missed the footage of the 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade running away like babies as soon as the Ukrainians rolled up.
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@alexsilent5603 That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.
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@АртемАртем-л4э What about the other 20-40k troops added per month by Russia? Do the math bud.
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@LiberalismcelebratesDeath The UK was a founding member they can do what they like I suppose. We also make exceptions for really cool countries, we accepted west Germany in when they were split for example.
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@RAMBOCITO Putin has an estimated 200 billion, is that enough?
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@АнтонАнтонов-к3й Sold all their what? What comment is this non sequitur supposed to be responding to?
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@alexanderlazarev3570 UK's GDP per capita is 47,468, Russia's is 13,006. You're so poor you don't even realize how good the rest of the world has it. 1 in 5 Russians don't even have access to a toilet. Try not to cry.
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Russia doesn't have the logistical wherewithal to supply the men in the field it's got.
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@gfys756 The Russians are the ones ethnic cleansing in eastern Ukraine. Nobody in Ukraine gave af about Russians until they invaded. Zelensky is an ethnic Russian and famously doesn't speak very good Ukrainian. What a brainless statement.
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@haniffhaniff5764 Yeah, remember when the US invaded and annexed Cuba and said they weren't a real country. Use your head.
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@econ6610 Russia has been rattling the nuclear saber this entire war. What the US did was confront the Soviets directly, they didn't invade and annex Cuba. Try using your brain.
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@Lettheflamestakeover-co5wi Oh the bot with a 4 month old account decided to start chirping. Do you think Russia's objective is trench warfare with dreadful casualties that never ends? because that's Russia's best case scenario right now.
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@leonardsunjo Vietnam had air defense systems, the USSR sent Vietnam pretty much everything short of nukes, you didn't see the US crying that they were 'fighting the entire Warsaw pact' like Russia is crying about aid to Ukraine. Vietnam also had spent years at war with colonial powers, they knew how to fight, plus the advantage of fighting in mountainous jungle. And the Taliban did nothing but hide in the other Stans for 20 years waiting for the US to leave. Russia got absolutely decimated there.
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McGregor the Kremin talking point shill and Ritter the convicted child predator? Strange hero's you have.
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Israel has proposed a two state solution multiple times. Its Hamas that keeps refusing because they want to wipe the Israelites off the face of the earth.
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@williamalexander9485 Funny you should mention debt to GDP ratio and China in the same sentence. China has about 300% the debt to GDP ratio that the US has.
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@williamalexander9485 And feel free to search yourself on what a disaster the BRI has been for China.
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@williamalexander9485 That includes US private debt, China is still in more debt than the US. China's case is even worse because all the corporate debt is state owned. Moreover the local governments are all in massive debt and can't collect taxes. All debt is financial, I don't know what you mean.
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I wonder how long until Xi decides he wants Manchuria back more then he wants an inept vassal.
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@paulpaisley5291 Did you see Russians executing their own who were retreating? Pretty grim.
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@cooldad7297 china has only one ally on paper and it's pakistan.
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Russia invades a sovereign state. Durr who's the aggressor?
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@barbarawilson9565 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@davidbourne8267 Pesky west keeps making Russia invade its neighbors.
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Hopefully Europe can figure out that being dependent on authoritarian regimes isn't a good idea.
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@gwopgetta2091 Russia is losing far more men then Ukraine, even on the defense. General Popov was fired for pointing out as much. Also as Russia ressurrects T54's and Mad Max MTLB's the Ukrainians will continue to receive Leopards, Abrams and Bradley's.
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@rizz1042 Total NATO casualties so far: 0 We're talking the downfall of western civilization bud.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Didn't those leaked receipts show that Iran was making Russia massively overpay. Just like all of Russia's other 'friends' who are buying their hydrocarbons at or below the EU price cap which results in a net loss for Russia.
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@rizz1042 It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, The Taliban were all hiding in caves in the other Stans. The US wasn't looking to annex Afghanistan like Russia is with Ukraine, if after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for itself it never would be able to. Meanwhile Russia lost so bad there it collapsed their whole empire.
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@rizz1042 Russia has lost thousands of tanks. Why do you think they are dusting off T54s?
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@RUTHLESSambition5 No American tanks have arrived in Ukraine yet.
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@varvik4992 You can try to spin it anyway you like, but you are wrong.
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@joshuapaul2022 Everything you posted is pure Russian hopium. Much like the Soviet Union that was saved by western weapons and material, the Ukrainians are receiving the same treatment. Russia will never be able to compete with the western economies, they are already unironically using T54s and Mad Max MTLBs. And nothing says 'successful invasion' like attritional WW1 style warfare a few miles across the border.
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@joshuapaul2022 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico, then after a year and a half of Trench warfare they had lost over half of the territory they had once occupied and were losing more every day. Then they said 'actually we're fighting an attritional war.' would you take that serious, or would you consider that a humiliating disaster?
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@joshuapaul2022 Then why is Russia begging Ukraine to come to the negotiating table? And if the US invaded Mexico the war would be over in a couple weeks, long before any help could arrive. They wouldn't humiliate themselves like Russia is trying to invade its much weaker neighbor. The US also doesn't have a modern history of going around annexing its neighbors like Russia does.
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@joshuapaul2022 Amazing how you know Russian strategies, and whats going on behind closed doors. you must be from the upper echelon of the MoD. Either that or you're just full of it. BTW most of those countries you listed voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN and none of them recognize Russia's claims on any Ukrainian territory. And including Turkey on that list is laughable, they've been providing Ukraine with weapons and ammo since the start of the war. Calling Ukraine an American proxy is like calling the USSR an American proxy when the Germans invaded. Its just an excuse to save face, I understand their embarrassment though.
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The same intel that announced Russia's invasion of Ukraine a month before Putin's inner circle even knew about it.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Can you read my son? Oryx: Leopard 2A4: (1, destroyed) Leopard 2A6: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
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@Worldaffairslover A nuclear threat from Russia is becoming about as credible as a final warning from China.
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@mSLap445 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN This took about 15 seconds to find, maybe learn how to use the internet.
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Russia would have won if they weren't inept and corrupt.
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@WiseOwl_1408 Many world leaders. the bar for war crimes is set very high though, that's why only a handful of them have been charged when likely many are deserving. Putin was only charged because he confessed to kidnapping children on TV.
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@claudiopereira9900 Its not 'my theory' Just a description of what happened.
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Emerging multi-polarism from who? Russia is self destructing, China peaked around 2005 and are currently going through the largest demographic and economic collapse in human history.
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@riversidegardenradio9070 What's your source for that? Is this like Russia's big breakthrough last week in Luhansk that Russia was bragging about then lost 2 days later, or more like the breakthrough they were bragging about at Adviivka that turned out to be a complete fabrication?
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@niburu1508 Are there any facts that indicate that Russia has taken the Donbas?
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Russia already announced they destroyed one, months ago. Turned out to be an Iraqi army Abrams.
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The Greek ship owned by Empire shipping? The one still owned by Empire when the Iranians seized it? Or the Vietnamese ship going to Asia that Iran also took?
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@brandonlance3601 Oh god spare me the trailer park economics. Do you think there are IMF secret agents that infiltrate government's to check on their economies? Russia self reports their own cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value. Any Russian 'growth' you see is because they raised the VAT tax on Russians and imports. All the revenue generated by that gets dumped right into the war, not spent on something that generates wealth. Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the wrar. They had to ban refined product exports because of price hikes and shortages inside Russia. Moreover any product they do manage to sell they've been forced to accept Rupees and Yuan, which is only useful for investing in China and India. The Ruble is in the toilet and would have fallen off the chart completely if not for strict monetary controls. Russian corporations were forced to sell their foreign reserve to buy Rubles to prop it up, this is unsustainable. Furthermore interest rates have been set at a punishing 15% to try to combat inflation, it isn't working. And for the first time since the 90's there are food lines in Russia. Russia is one of the only countries on Earth where you can buy individual eggs. But sure, their economy is booming. Just ask them. There's already been one attempted coup this war, maybe you've forgotten. Not exactly something you would expect from a country as 'stable' as you seem to think Russia is. And don't get me stated on Russia's military 'industrial base' that's reliant on smuggled western components and refurbishing old Soviet stockpiles.
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@brandonlance3601 Oh my, I just reread your post and realized you called Russia one of the most efficient and least corrupt governments on earth. That is actually hilarious. Luckily we don't have to guess. Russia was ranked 137/180 countries. that was in 2022 though and they've been trending downwards. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@luisc.3215 LOL imagine spending 20 years stroking yourself off as the worlds number 2 army then after 100k plus casualties you start dusting off the T54's and they STILL cant take the Donbas, its only a couple hours by car from Moscow. Absolutely pathetic. It would be like in Iraq if the US only got 30 miles in then started digging trenches and dusted off the M26 Pershing from the scrap heap and expected anyone to take them serious. And dont even get me started on the Scooby Doo vans. ZoiNKS! what a joke Russia is.
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@dd014 Thanks commander smoothbrain. so they can go home then right? mission accomplished? did they also want to demilitarize themselves? if not what's with the T55's? honestly if you believe that then i have a bridge to sell you. Why hold their sham referendums then if its not a land grab? Why the ill advised run on Kyiv if not to oust the government. are you simple or something?
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@TrendingTicker No it took them a couple weeks to defeat the Taliban, There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Taliban was in their hidey holes in the other stans. It took 20 years to try to train the ANA how to fight but they were more interested in doing heroin and blowing each other. we should have left as soon as they got bin laden.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 lol why did you delete your comment? Remember when Russia said the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill', or when they said the Moskva sank due to high seas, or when they warned about Ukrainian war mosquitos, or when they said Ukraine was on the brink of collapse then they retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson and Kharkiv and a year and a half later STILL cant take the Donbas. Remember when they said everything was going according to plan while they dust off the T54s, remember the 3 copies of The Sims 3, remember when they destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards, remember how they destroyed a bunch of Leopards and Bradleys months before they even arrived in the country, remember how they've destroyed more HIMARS then have been produced, remember how they've destroyed the entire Ukrainian army 6 times over. Remember?
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@TheMrBuxdolla What a silly comment, Russia can't even take the Donbas, and you realize we can see Russia's equipment depots from space right?
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@philipellis4530 Lol yeah they announced it months ago so obviously its true. I bet the incoming T-55's and Frankenstein MTLB's will finally tip the scales.
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@javierfrancia1938 I honestly can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
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@robertcreighton4635 But Hulk Hogan told me the felon and dementia patient is the best candidate.
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Nobody wants to use Chinese tin pot funny money, get a grip Xi.
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@raymandjunior8728 Sure they were, you got a source for that?
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled Russia can't even make ball bearings anymore they are far from competent
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled Russia doesn't produce ANY tanks a month, T-90's are just refurbished T-72's and all the electronics are bought from a 3rd party for a huge mark up. Also BRICS isn't an actual organization its some tech bro's investment fantasy, are you simple or something?
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled holy shit you're retarded. BRICS AS A TERM OR CONCEPT DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL SOME WALSTREET BRO INVENTED IT TO DESCRIBE HIS INVESTMENT STRATEGY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND??? PLEASE LOOK IT UP BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING ELSE MORONIC. if you think any of those countries care about each other you really are delusional, do you think India and China give a rats ass about eachother??
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@missesCarmenB Ukraine has taken more in the past month the Russia has in the previous 10. If you want to see a failed offensive look at Russia's offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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@missesCarmenB 20% of frontline equipment. So 20% of the stuff engaged in active fighting not 20% of total equipment. You should work on your reading comprehension (not sure where the 30% comes from, your fantasies?)
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@missesCarmenB despite 'pausing' they still keep taking territory every day.
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@missesCarmenB Wow you're a military genius ( you actually think the attack on Kyiv was a feint so..) The thing about probing attacks is you don't reinforce failure. (someone should tell Russia that) Ukraine has yet to deploy a majority of its reserves. Remember at Kherson you fools were spamming how the offensive had failed then too remember? 3 months of hard going then all of a sudden Russian positions became untenable and they tucked tail and ran.
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@Врум-Врум 100k casualties to take a mid sized town a few miles over the border in just under a year. Truly a grand victory for the Russian Federation. Next stop driving into the same minefield over and over at Vulhedar.
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@permaveg "Send the Elites" exclaimed Putin before turning back to his map 17th century Russia to continue his insane ravings.
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@alice_agogo Russia claiming its retreat from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Kherson were 'gestures of goodwill'. Cant wait to see another Russian offensive like the one at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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@pjhgerlach I get what you're saying and you aren't wrong but the US isn't in Europe. Don't get me wrong i support Ukraine and think we should be doing more but if Europe took national defense and the Russian threat more serious this war would have never happened.
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@alice_agogo wow Kyiv was a feint to capture the Donbas, let me know when Russia captures the Donbas then. I wont hold my breath.
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@alice_agogo Russia lost me when they dug in around Chernobyl and got acute radiation poisoning. (was that part of the Kyiv feint?)
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@alice_agogo Russia lost me when they started begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps they could get. Russia becoming Iran's client state was outside even my expectations, and I'm actually sort of a genius. (this is fun)
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@alice_agogo Its your turn but I don't want to wait anymore so i'll go for you. Ukraine lost me when they announced they would attack Kherson and Russia believed them for some reason. so they redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson, then the Ukrainians attacked Kharkiv and folded Russia up like a lawn chair. (including capturing Izium the main logistics hub in the area and a mountain of equipment) Then they blew the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson so they could no longer be supplied and were forced to flee from there too.
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@alice_agogo Well they have wreckage from something that could only be a Kinzhal, heard they went after a Patriot battery and got shot down. Kinzahl is just a modified Iskandar launched from a MIG31, not anything fancy.
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@alice_agogo If you want to see a real funny joke you should check out Russia's GDP per capita.
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Why are they begging North Korea for ammo then?
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@SAapproves Or were you referring to the over 50% of Ukrainian territory has been recaptured? Its 54% actually, this is an objective fact. There aren't any maps on earth that show otherwise. Russia retreated from Kyiv, Kherson, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Izium. This adds up.
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@IamHandsome4u It's common knowledge, even the CCP admits its GDP is lower then they say. The whole system is set up to encourage lying, the local governments receive funding based on certain metrics like GDP growth and Population so they overstate both. Also things like City lights at night and road and freight rail traffic are good indicators that are difficult for the government to intentionaly hide. Road traffic for example is down about 70% since 2020, and it should be going up since the end of zero covid. And the CCP is more concerned with saving face then reporting accurate numbers.
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Maxus Lorenzo What does this even mean? why did Xi go to Russia instead of Putin go to china? must be to lick his boots right? Its just normal diplomacy.
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@WHS_reviews Moreover China is by far the largest importer of food and energy on earth. Any disruption to trade will be catastrophic for them.
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@happymelon7129 Tell that to Tibet
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Russia doesn't claim Ukraine as its territory? So what were all the sham referendums Russia has had claiming Ukrainian territory? I'm not really sure what the point of your post here was aside from trying to convince everyone that you've suffered brain damage.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Wondering when Russia will return the illegally occupied Kuril islands to Japan. Welcome to the world of endlessly shifting goalposts. Nothings a colony as long as you dont call it a colony right? Oh those colonies? well they aren't colony colonies they are fully integrated so... (Translation Russia genocided the original inhabitants and force relocated the survivors then moved in a bunch of ethnic Russians. Its called integration people!)
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@R51R4 00 I'm sure the S400 is great on paper. Its also filled with western components. Russia can't even make ball bearings.
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@wolfvale7863 And they are so successful that the 3 scientists who invented them were arrested for treason.
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@ИванМартыненко-и3б Ukraine has the support of the richest countries on Earth. Russia is begging for scraps from North Korea and Iran, unironically using T54's and Scooby Doo vans. It took the US just over 500 hours to take out Iraq, imagine if 14+ months in they were bogged down a few miles in started digging trenches, resurrected the M26 Pershing from the scrap yard and were like "slow does not mean inefficient." And Iraq is on the other side of the world, Ukraine is a couple hours drive from Moscow. This war has been a disaster and a complete humiliation for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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@martianmartian4037 You realize Russia also went to war in Afghanistan right? Civilian casualties for Afghan wars: Russia: 850,000 and 1.5 million in 10 years US: 46,319 civilians in 20 years A vast majority of the US ones weren't caused by the military around 1,010-1,297 Afghan civilians were directly killed by directly by U.S./NATO actions. There was also this thing called 9/11 not sure if you remember, the US demanded the Taliban hand over Bin Laden, they refused so they invaded not unreasonable imo. Yeah war is always dreadful for the civilians on the ground but what were they supposed to do wave their finger at them and scold them for knocking their buildings down and killing thousands of people. The Soviets went in to prop up their puppet dictator. And the US tried their best to avoid civilian casualties whereas the Russians were famous for things like reprisal killings and deliberately targeting civilians. The Afghans were terrified of us until they realized we weren't Russians.
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@Dude0000 And I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm angry, I already said I thought it was hilarious to be lectured by someone about propaganda who is a talking point machine. You aren't even aware enough to understand that Russia hasn't captured all of the Donbas.
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@ArthurMorgantherealone You must know a thing or two about embarrassment, spamming emoji's like that. What part do you think I lost exactly? It wasn't a debate and he didn't bring up any points, aside from the laughable premise that there was some sort of peace treaty that there is no evidence for.
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lol, rest a sure. That's funny. Its rest assured, maybe you should spend some time educating yourself on basic English before you get stared on geopolitics.
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No you don't get it, the Ukrainians were outside having gaysex
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The US isn't looking to go to war with Russia, they are doing the same thing they did to the USSR, taking them out without firing a shot.
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@funtime_foxy_fnaf Russia dreaming about taking the Donbas (never gonna happen)
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@joshuapaul2022 lol ok dude, Bloomberg secret agents infiltrated Russia to get the scoop on their economy. You live in a fantasy world. Russia loses money on every barrel of oil. India is also forcing Russia to accept Rupees as payment which they really did not want to do because nobody wants Rupees. They had no choice though because it was either sell cheap oil to India for money they dont want or sell it to nobody.
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@Percival5 as stated elsewhere in the thread doing business means buying hydrocarbons at or below the price cap with a currency Russia doesn't want. Basically taking advantage of them at every opportunity.
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That strike only exists in Russian fantasy, you know that right?
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Yeah the only ones who do fruitless suicide runs are the Muscovites, fortunately the Ukrainians don't actually have to attack just retake territory up to the sea of Azov putting the bridge in range of multiple weapon systems then put the squeeze on like they did at Kherson making the Muscovite position untenable.
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@Nick-wh4jt Is that the same rank as the guy who was supposed to hold onto Kherson? Unless the Muscovites figure out teleportation they are still beholden to logistical realities. Or maybe they've dug a tunnel to Crimea alongside the bridge.
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@Nick-wh4jt I guess the T-62's and Mad Max MTLB's were the knockout blow. idiot.
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@BillyBadAssSmith let me know when you guys stop farting around outside Bahkmut. If Muscovy is so powerful why dont they get on with it and win the war already? let me guess you think they aren't trying yet.
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@canema7334 NATO troop involvement is pure fantays, and Russia proved with mass graves at Bucha, Irpin and Izium what happens when they take over.
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They better hurry up before the other anti Russian rebels take it.
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@EliHaNavi since the chip ban china can only make the lowest quality of chips for blenders and electric razors.
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@EliHaNavi Are you getting this info from the CCP? most of the 'current' stuff that they build is sub par chinese knockoffs of Russian tech, there wont be any future development except for what they steal. All the progress they have made is with Western help, and all them went home last year when the chip ban was implemented. China is shockingly corrupt, maybe worse than Russia they didn't even release GDP numbers this year because their economy is in a complete nose dive, they couldn't even just make up numbers like they do in a normal year. And forget high tech manufacturing even low tech manufacturing has fallen off the map. This is the last decade of Chinese competitiveness. Even if terminal demographics was there only problem (it's not) they wont be around as a functioning state, if the CCP manages to hold together it will be in a state similar to North Korea.
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@EliHaNavi semiconductors are a very interconnected industry, the wafers come from japan, and the machinery from korea, the designs from the US the lithography from the Netherlands and everyone except the Koreans have pulled out( and they will eventually too), the Chinese semiconductor was killed off completely and it was easy. they are done there's no coming back
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@tfantini2966 Oh yeah that peace treaty that nobody mentioned for a year and a half that Putin misplaced and suddenly found. You guys really do believe everything you're told.
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@hamadkennedy6295 Tommy Conlan is an Irish name.
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@yaqob3275 When did I do that? I'm not American btw. Here's what every Russian argument boils down to. Some other country (probably the US) did something bad in the past. Therefore Russia is justified in whatever atrocity they are currently commiting. Its an idiotic argument.
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@springbloom5940 Aww are you sad Russia doesn't have any friends? Don't worry Russia has been begging Iran and North Korea.
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@ConflictedSocietys Belarus gave Russia tanks, equipment and ammo. what on earth are you talking about?
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Putin will end up in a Siberian basement like Brezhnev if he tries. Russia loses wars on a fairly regular basis they lost in Afghanistan and Chechnya and didn't nuke anyone. Also NATO has stated they will destroy Russia's army in Ukraine and sink the Black Sea fleet if they do. And technically China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression, whether they honor the treaty or not is debatable, but they don't want to look like idiots and I'm sure Xi has warned Putin against using them.
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@yakamiwrohon263 Europe is a net food exporter, the US is the largest food exporter on earth, Australia and Canada aren't far behind. So i dont know wtf you are talking about.
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@ZOV24-2-22 "Oryx stoppped counting them." is some ultra level cope. Taking pictures from every possible angle and trying to pass it off as seperate events wont work. Let me guess you think farm equipment counts as leopards. Here's a question, why hasn't the worlds number 2 army even managed to take the Donbas after a year and a half, despite it being a half days drive from Moscow?
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@Dani2kGaming_GEIR Anything since the industrial revolution bud?
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hardcore_bomb5759 There is only multiple defensive lines further west around Tokmak. In the east where they have been advancing there is only one.
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@RyzenShanks All those countries you listed are still sovereign states. so you just dont understand what the word annexed means. ok.
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@ozymandiasultor9480 Russia attacks Ukraine. "NATO is attacking Russia via proxy." Ok dude.
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@cashcash5995 No that's Russian society.
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The Germans laughed in Trumps face when he told them being dependent on Russian gas was a bad idea, now they have to live with being dumber then Trump.
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@MrWolfstar8 The war in Afghanistan lasted a few weeks then there was a long insurgency against a more or less helpless enemy. The US could put up a hot air balloon rigged with hellfires and it would be effective within the framework of the USAF. The Russians are fighting an actual army that's more or less on the same level as them, the Russians couldn't take the Donbass with T-90's do you think T-55's will be more successful? Tanks will always be a sub par artillery platform because the barrels aren't designed for the volume of fire required. Plus the fact that they've been rotting in some Siberian field being stripped for parts.
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@MrWolfstar8 Yeah bad tank is still better then no tank. And to be fair these might not be for battle and are going to be in this years grim victory day parade.
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Yeah like the Ayatollah, the Kim's, next up broke military Juntas in Africa. Putin's begging is really shameless.
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Belarus gave a bunch of tanks and AFV a while back. The difference is Ukraine has better friends than Russia.
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@AK-qe3pz Russia should have done their homework before invading Ukraine, maybe then they'd have a chance of taking the Donbas.
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@AK-qe3pz The US has a couple dozen special forces in Syria the two aren't even remotely comparable.
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@AK-qe3pz Where's the source for 2000? Is it the same one that talks about Ukrainian war mosquitos? The highest number I can find is 900 (most of those contractors and support staff) and a grand total of One American contractor killed, and five U.S. service members and another contractor were wounded. Truly a staggering loss. Russia has lost more then that fighting other Russians in Russia today.
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@navinkumar6388 The Yuan makes up less then 3% global trade.
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@timonsolus I don't think anyone expected Russia to become an Iranian proxy but here we are. Hopefully the Ayatollah can have pity on the poor Russians and let them surrender like they want to. Maybe with the Taliban invading he'll have his hands full and Russia will be able to gain its independence.
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@carljohnson2194 Russia cant even take the Donbas. The only thing an average Russian will be crushing is a 6 pack. And the US enters every new decade in a stronger position then the last so...
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@StayActive98 op is talking about western officials stance on Crimea (one not substantiated by western press btw) how in tf is that whataboutism? #braindamaged Or do you think just comparing two things is whataboutism? Here's the definition; Whataboutism is a rhetorical argument "ad hominem" of the "tu quoque" type, which aims to attack the speaker without responding to his argument. It should be noted that the accusation of using “whataboutism” can also become a way of not responding to arguments. IE: Russia invades Ukraine, some braindead Russian "b-b-b-but Iraq"
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@carljohnson2194 Typically when you invade a country you don't want to get involved in trench warfare that never ends. Considering Russia cant even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow and they are dusting off T54's its fairly safe to say things aren't going well.
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@Cruzeoc101 Putin said on his September 12th speech that they have destroyed 18k Ukrainian armored vehicles since the counter offensive started. An amazing feat considering Ukraine started the war with around 7k armored vehicles, and another 4k in aid. Where the other 7k came from is a mystery. Maybe Russia mastered interdimensional travel and have destroyed the Ukrainian army across multiple time lines. Shortly after Shoigu stated a completely different number though so who knows, they must be having trouble keeping their lies in order.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Let me know when there is 4 crashes in one day. you sure are obsessed with America you might want to get help. (i'm not American btw and i'm not sure what goes on there)
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@HenriHattar that was later on when they realized the resistance at Caen was so stiff. It was a day 1 objective at the start, though perhaps an unrealistic one.
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@DubboU Xi said he would use 'All necessary means' to reunify with Taiwan. What do you think that means?
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@martyn4501 Russia was supposed to remove its forces form the Donbas and withdraw support for the LPR/DPR, they did neither. Russia violated the Minsk agreements on day one.
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Russia has lost around half the the territory they once occupied, what a brainless statement.
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More planning went into the victory parade then the invasion.
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Its poor people in poor countries that will suffer the most from an increase in shipping prices.
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Russia spends 9 months and tens of thousands of casualties capturing 75% of a medium sized town, and Russian plebs rejoice.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Who said what? That thousands of Russian tanks have been destroyed? Literally every source I can find. You see there are these things called cameras (I know they haven't seen widespread adoption in Russia yet) but they allow someone to record images. To date there are over 2300 confirmed Russian tanks destroyed. The real number is much higher then that though as most tanks destruction wont be recorded +breakdowns and what have you. The real number could be north of 4000. Why do you think Russia has been dusting off T54's? Just for style points?
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@Faiez-rh1gm The Iraqi army was likely on par with the Ukrainian one at the start of the war. Russia has lost thousands of tanks against Ukraine. compared to single digit US losses.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Armenia is moving into US orbit because they were betrayed by Russia and the rest of CSTO, this isn't the first time that Azerbaijan has invaded. Armenia invoked CSTO's version of article 5 last year and the rest of the alliance including Russia just shrugged. Nice allies Russia's hydrocarbon revenue (a fat chunk of their economy) has fallen by 90% since the start of the war, contracts for military hardware are drying up. Partly because Russia is unable to actually follow through on their orders and partially because the world has seen how bad Russian military hardware is. The Ruble is in the toilet, they are sanctioned to oblivion and Russia has some of the worst demographics in human history. I'm sure the economy is booming though, just ask them.
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They likely planned on it, they had the forces in the area, but Russia blowing the dam delayed things considerably.
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Go watch something else then, stop whining.
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@anchorread68 You know Russia's not the only country with nukes right? One thing we learned from START is that all Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water, Their Nuclear threat is about as credible as their conventional one.
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Egypt can manage, i'm sure Ukraine will figure it out
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@kam1470 You're still spamming this nonsense?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 <--- speaking about someone from an alternate reality...
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@timonsolus They did abstain unti a few days ago when they voted to condemn Russia with everyone else. I guess they see the writing on the wall. And I think China would much rather have Manchuria back instead of a bumbling vassal.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 It was to condemn Russia as the aggressors. "The resolution “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by Russia and affirms the international community’s commitment to the sovereignty, independence." You know you can go read the resolution yourself right? why lie about something thats so easy to disprove?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 China only cares about one country; China. Do you really think China cares even a little bit about Russia? China's top trading partner is the US, Russia isn't even on the list, i'm sure China is happy to buy Russian oil at below the EU price cap but thats about as far as that relationship goes. And im sure China would much prefer Manchuria back over an incompetent vassal.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 They said that so the Russians would keep selling them cheap oil. are you simple or something? So they voted to condemn Russia because they were super excited for 'more cooperation between the EU and UN' Jesus. Use your head.
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@The_Ballo Most of South America, including Brazil have also voted at the UN to condemn Russia.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 $$$$$ is why. Chinas trade with Russia is miniscule. Their #1 trade partner is the US, They do more trade with Australia then they do Russia. Also they have Russia by the short hairs, Russia is ostracized by their former customers and will take any deal they can get. Why would they jeopardize trade with russia just for 'more cooperation between the EU and UN'? You contradict yourself. The west isn't trying to limit anything, the west wants to maintain the status quo, which can be at odds with Chinese expansionism sure but China doesn't want to deindustrialize and starve just to conquer Taiwan. Which is what would happen if they find themselves at odds with the west. If they piss off Russia it just means no more cheap oil. They'd like cheap oil though which is why you hear the double speak from them. Understand?
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@MrGatzby At no point did TR claim the entire black sea fleet had been sunk. Where did they say that?
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@Alien_isolationist "imagine thinking Russia went from ww2 tanks to dirt bikes & is still holding back Ukraine" This is the strawman I'm referring to little buddy. You are literally watching a video about Russia emptying out its depots in real time. Try to keep up.
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Are you talking about Russia's counter offensive at Kupiansk that's been getting absolutely stuffed?
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@luisc.3215 They were asked to leave because Russia is shelling indiscriminately. Ukrainians have captured more in the last 7 weeks then Russia has in the past 10 months. Why can't the world #2 army even capture the Donbas? Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of WW1 style attrition warfare they only controlled 15% of the country. Absolutely humiliating.
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@babadook-qr6pv Whats he done?
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@Akatsuki1989 Ukraine has taken more in 3 days then Russia has in 3 months. I know people are accustomed to Russia immediately getting folded up like laundry whenever Ukraine attacks, like they did at Kyiv, Kherson and Kharkiv, but that's unreasonable to expect every time. be patient.
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Turkey is just trying to get F16's, once there's a deal in place they'll accept the swedes.
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Russia has sustained more losses than America in all its wars since WW2 combined.
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@niburu1508 the US army said 8/1 ratio in favor of Russia in this war? Of course you can provide a source for that right?
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@niburu1508 They are both former US militray and current Russian shills. They've both claimed that Ukraine would collapse at any minute, they've been claiming that since the start of the war. You should check out Ryan Mcbeth's video titled "Fact Checking the Tucker Carlson - Col MacGregor Interview of August 21st" If you think MacGregor and Ritter are reliable sources then I have a bridge you might be interested in, its the Kerch bridge get it while it lasts. You said "the US army calculation is 8/1 ratio." No they didn't, this is a lie. Literally no reliable sources say this only the Russian MoD.
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@АртемАртем-л4э LIke how Russia tried to pass farm equipment off as Leopards? Or how they keep taking pictures of the same destroyed convoy form different angles to try to make losses look larger then they are.
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@M4DD4WG Weird how the Russian orthodox church is all ex kgb.
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@M4DD4WG Not to mention Russia has struck almost seven hundred churches since the start of its smo.
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@tetraxis3011 do you have reading comprehension trouble? 1. if US and china are the ony ones that can take out Russia then why are they losing to Ukraine? 2. I never said the s400 can take out HIMARS i said Russian air defence cant take out HIMARS, this is known BECAUSE HIMARS ARE WRECKING RUSSIAN SHIT ALL OVER 3. you understand that being able to detect stealth aircraft operating in a general area and actually being able to engage them are two very different things, and no russia has nothing that can engage stealth aircraft reliably please get a clue. If stealth is useles then why are Russia and China trying frantically to develop (inferior) stealth tech of their own?
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@jimmyjams9036 no Israel said turn off your AA or we'll destroy it, thats the agreement, Russia woud love to say no but its AA cant touch F35, and Isreal agreed to send missile defence to ukraine
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yeah Russia cant even take bahkmut in a year and have done nothing but lose ground since the original shock of the attack wore off, against a non scary ukranian army that poland would absolutely trash 1v1. but yeah they are totally a threat to NATO. Idiot
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@jimmyjams9036 its russia vs Ukraine with some old junk we weren't going to use anyways.
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@jimmyjams9036 your right though Russia super scary, they are just farting around outside Bakhmut sending human waves and t 62's for the last year to trick the Globohomo westoids into thinking they are weak. hey remember when they dug in by Chernobyl and got acute radiation poisoning, then suicided the cream of their army on a brain dead attack on Kyiv that any general would tell you had a zero percent chance of working
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go watch some videos of their training, where they do karate and jump over fire. and not as a joke they are actually serious. literally everything about their army is a joke, training, leadership, morale. Their MBTs keep ammo spread around the hull so any sort of damage results in a catastrophic explosion. The only new tank they have tried to build in the last 3 decades is the t14, and they've managed to build a dozen or so in the last 15 years, and most of them are broke down. nobody except their weak neighbors take these fools serious
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@jimmyjams9036 with START we learned that all their ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water, our subs famously follow their loud ass strat subs around and would have them sunk before they get their launch doors open, their only real allies on the world stage are Syria and North Korea, all others like China and Iran would stab them in the back if it benefited them in any way.
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usernh24 Three years of the same silly comments, pretty scary bud.
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@perwarrior Taliban is currently raiding along the Iranian border.
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@univeropa3363 So Russia invaded Ukraine because they wanted regime change in Russia?
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No over international water.
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@robbiekop7 Maybe one day you can meet one, you have to leave your parents basement first though.
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@ElfRightsActivist Yeah Hi Powers are great but most of the ones we have are literal WW2 relics that may or may not function. They could sell them on the open market and have enough to buy everyone in service a glock with optics.
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@zoiders It's great that you are so amazing that you've never had any issues with the HI Power (no doubt because of your high iq), but there have been no shortage of well documented events involving the HP, and the mag safety is pretty much universally regarded as a design flaw. There's also the fact that many of them are the same pistols issued in WW2. If you think the HP is safer/better then modern pistols maybe you do have more issues then you think.
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@bryandimery6509 USSR, Russian Empire, Russian Federation its all the same. The US is the most stable government on Earth after the UK. Popular support doesn't mean anything, Putin supposedly has 90% support (or whatever the made up number is, it helps when all your political opponents end up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich.) and that didn't stop Wagner from attempting a coup.
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@glintongordon6811 Why lie about something that's so easy to google? The road bridge was fully re-opened on 23 February 2023, according to an announcement from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. On 5 May the deputy prime minister also announced that the rail bridge had been fully reopened
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@@d_k-ol4ge The Rich western democracies give billions in aid every year to poor countries.
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Are they in the room with you right now?
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@FGP_Pro but whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to. Some country did something bad in the past (probably the US) Therefore all Russia's present day crimes are somehow justified. Makes sense right?
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@williamalexander9485 Are you trying to demonstrate you have no idea how to use a search engine?
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@williamalexander9485 Her voting and legislation record is very easy to look up. As is the other guys long list of crimes.
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@williamalexander9485 It's also easy to look up how he torpedoed the toughest border legislation in US history because he didn't want to give a win to his political rivals.
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Nothing says winning like rigging up a nuclear power plant to blow.
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@Gstyle1 NATO is a defensive alliance.
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm And no, there are no NATO forces in Ukraine. Ex military civilians aren't NATO, there is zero evidence for your baseless claims.
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm Were you incapable of reading the sentence that came after that? I already answered your question. Please try to keep up.
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@760HorsePower Spamming the same brainless comments every video is a pretty clear give away. This very comment was copy pasted 50+ times in this comment section alone.
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@docrex1678 or killing 40 to 80 million of your own citizens.
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@gezalesko3813 Ukraine recently signed a deal with Rheinmetall to buy ammunition.
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@gezalesko3813 Most of the aid for Ukraine gets spent in the donor countries. 90% of US aid for Ukraine is spent in the US. Foreign aid for Ukraine has kept them afloat but they still have a functioning economy.
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@gezalesko3813 Do you think history started two years ago? Russia has been outspending Ukraine for decades on their military. Moreover they have massive Soviet stockpiles to rely on and they still went with cup in hand to ask Iran and North Korea for more ammo.
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@genem895 Russia got the trademark for AK's in 1999 and then started demanding royalty fees from private companies, which is pretty much the hallmark of a declining state, you cant take out a trademark on something that's been in the public domain for 50 years and expect anyone to take it seriously. It would be like the UK suddently patenting tanks and demanding money for all the T-55's built its inane, do you understand? actual trademarks expire long before that, thats why you see gen 3 glock clones everywhere these days, the trademark expired. Russia/China use espionage to steal blueprints and directly copy US equipment. Again it's private companies making AK's in the US if Russia has a problem i guess they can take it up with them, in contrast its the Russian and Chinese state itself stealing and manufacuring goods.
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@andreypetrov4868 that 15000 is what China said if you believe that then I have a bridge to sell you. Vietnamese sources put loses at 62500. Try rereading my comment I said they lost more then the US did in 10 years (though by Vietnamese counting they also lost more then they did in 20) them losing more in 2 months then 10 years was the point I was trying to make... Tell the Tibetans and Uighurs that are currently being genocided that their wars were of smaller scale, Jesus.
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@andreypetrov4868 Lol the US is the second oldest continuous government on Earth after the UK they are quite stable. If you are looking for an unstable country look at China who's internal security army is as large as the PLA. Or Russia which collapsed twice in the 20th century and has a similar situation with Rosgvardia v its army.
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@andreypetrov4868 i'd say 30-40k more likely but sure.
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@andreypetrov4868 yeah and xinjiang and tibet wars should include modern day genocide numbers.
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@andreypetrov4868 I'm not defending the Vietnam war btw, either US's or Chinas they were both dumb.
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@keke-user2023 Anything in particluar you take exception to or do you just roam around making idiotic comments with your fellow travelers?
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Yep and they are just getting started. Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, they are due.
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@yvonnetomenga5726 I wonder how many consecutive braindead policy decisions China has to make before people realize they have no long term plan and are just winging it, usually poorly.
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Putin is the same size, only Putin wears those ridiculous platform shoes because he is deeply insecure.
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@yuglesstube According to who? Putin? There were talks but Russia didn't want to negotiate they wanted Ukraine to surrender.
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@judelanoue9334 Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore are you on glue? also since the chip ban china can't make much more then smart blenders these days never mind defend the straights of malacca
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@andreyd8116 You mean this ISW report? Get your facts straight. "Britain's defense ministry says Russia seems to have suspended operations of its key aircraft fleet after Ukraine announced that it had shot down more than a dozen Russian military planes."
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@andreyd8116 So back in September 2022 when Russia mobilized 300k it was because of losses right? Yep, it totally checks out!
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@nukiolbartes6279 If they are dumb enough to brag about their crimes on TV like Putin did they would catch charges also.
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@nukiolbartes6279 I'm fine with Bush and Blair getting charged but the threshold for war crimes charges for world leaders is very high, that's why only a handful of characters have been charged when many are likely guilty, you need serious evidence to charge them (like confessing on TV like Putin) not just vague accusations.
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@imperium_vox Putin is literally a wanted criminal.
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@John-hu9qg Ukrainian forces? These little green men are just concerned locals who are tired of being bombed and oppressed by Russia and have voted in favor of independence. All their gear was acquired at army surplus stores and captured from the Russian army.
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@VINLAND_777 Didn't you see the pics of the deceased in pixel camo even though the FRL doesn't use pixel camo. Also check out this Humvee in a ditch.
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@John-hu9qg I saw footage of Russia bombing open fields and their own cities. then I saw the people responsible giving an interview after, must have done it from beyond the grave. 👻
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Yeah Putin is a clown, fortunately Russia is incredibly inept.
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@ЕкатеринаАнатольевна-л8у I'm just going by photographic evidence. Russia has lost around 14,000 armored vehicles so far.
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@cjchris8317 Putin said in 2014 he could ltake all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. the 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media, they dont say anything withut the approval of the Kremlin. Or do you really think WW1 style attrition warfare was the plan all along?
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Not sure if its part of Putin's purge, or if its Putin's rivals taking out his allies.
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@aryank1769 lol says the guy that post 50 comments in every video.
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@SA-hh9mv The one and only, what are you gonna do when these 19 inch pythons run wild on you brother.
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You can watch hours of drone footage of frozen Russians getting grenades dropped on them.
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@DarrelX-im2hb Of course there never would have been a vote and Yanukovich would have signed the EU Association Agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum by sanctioning and embargoing Ukraine.
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@DarrelX-im2hb Article 3 is about the signatories influencing Ukraine economically, it doesn't apply to Ukraine itself genius. They are able to do whatever they want economically and join any economic union.
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@DarrelX-im2hb Once again because you seem to have trouble understanding basic concepts. There is literally nothing in the Budapest memorandum that says Ukraine must remain neutral, either economically or militarily. The Budapest memorandum is for Russia, the US and the UK , Ukraine has no obligations according to the memorandum. Do you understand?
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@DarrelX-im2hb You already said that. Spamming the same silly argument over and over wont convince anyone. I'll say this one more time, hopefully it sticks. Ukraine has no obligations in the Budapest memorandum. It is literally impossible for them to violate it, they can join any organization and do anything they want. There is nothing in the memorandum that prevents them from doing anything, it doesn't apply to them. Ukraine could enter into an economic union with Russia, the US, the UK, China and Mars and it wouldn't violate the Budapest memorandum. I'm not sure how I can make that any more clear. Even if Russia thought the Memorandum was being violated the next course of action is clearly stated in the fourth article. "Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory." not 'embargo and invade' They didn't though they brought nothing to the UN because even they didn't think it had been violated. Its only a violation in your imagination, you are the only person that thinks they violated anything. I hope you find a therapist and get the help you need.
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like when Russia killed 50 million of its own citizens?
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@NoFux What was the reason for retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson? Gesture of good will?
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@elbibwen3019 Russia invaded in 2014, if you think the Ukrainians were fighting against local people then you are the one uninformed. You should follow your own advice. Ukraine also hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army like Russia, parading around as a supposed super power.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, began on 22 January 1905. A wave of mass political and social unrest then began to spread across the vast areas of the Russian Empire. The unrest was directed primarily against the Tsar, the nobility, and the ruling class. I said 'if you count 1905' but I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.
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You guys sure love your tin pot dictators. The US is there to support their Kurdish allies. How come Assad used chemical weapons on his own people, can someone please explain.
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@MrGatzby No I'm correct. Strelkov himself said as much. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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@dilipshah5882 You seem obsessed with Israel, you should find a video about them to post, instead of spamming whataboutism in an unrelated video.
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@pepemorvay8932 The mayor of Moscow said Russia had 600,000 wounded, that doesn't include KIA. Russia's deputy minister of defense claimed there were 50,000 MIA.
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@seamuspadraigsanders431 Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@Lonsome1223 Yes, this exactly. the reason that none of the middle east countries, which mostly all publicly and loudly supports Palestine, will not take in any Palestinian refugees because taking in Palestinian refugees means inviting Hamas, which is an Iranian surrogate terrorist group, to take root in their home countries serving Iranians geopolitical ambitions. They've all tried before, ask Egypt or Jordan or Lebanon what happens.
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@A1488Christian People aren't making fun of Russia using golf carts and dirt bikes, they are making fun of them for using them for frontal assaults on fortified enemy positions. You understand that right?
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@A1488Christian Nobody said they were fighting with shovels, its just something parroted by people with reading comprehension issues. But then you seem to think Russia is making huge gains so its not surprising you have no idea what is going on.
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You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. But believe it or not Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas.
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that would be nice but i think everyone who had half a brain or spine already left the country and those left are terminally braindead
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This comes from counting Russian equipment in their depots.
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@max_out_your_cc Yes their top secret underground depots of doom.
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@residentgrey When Wagner drove on Moscow and Putin called them traitors and terrorists then let them retire to Belarus with no consequences, after the worst day for Russian aviation since WW2 and bombing their own oil refinery and digging up the High way. Remember?
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@cesarnopo The Russian MoD itself claimed that they shot down all Ukrainian missiles and the casualties were a resulf of falling debris. Of course there would be no casualties if Russia hadn't invaded in the first place.
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@gregnelson5022 This video right here, are you guys all brain damaged or something?
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@adrianlouw2499 Obviously it's Americas fault that Russia invaded, actually any time anything bad happens to Russia it's the wests fault not centuries of braindead leadership.
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@julwiezdeghorz5089 More whataboutism, which is what every Russian argument boils down to. Yeah well child soldiers were used in the Congo wars so what the US did in the middle east was justified. See how dumb that sounds?
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@neilnelson7603 Since the lines have stabilized Ukraine has gained much more land then they've lost.
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@leynagh You know just saying something doesn't make it real right? why don't you state specifically how Ukraine and the west have not honored the agreement instead of endlessly beating around the bush.
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Because he bragged about his crimes on TV. If Bush or Blair or one of these goofs went on live to brag about kidnapping children then they'd be charged also. The bar for charging a world leader with warcrimes is very high, which is why only a handful of leaders have been charged when many are likely deserving of charges.
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@patrickjanecke5894 Yeah if china manages to make landfall in force by some miracle i'll eat my shoe
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@Dr.Mabuse44 Dont post brainless whataboutism's and people will be less rude.
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Americans aren't the ones getting bombed.
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No bodies, the plane was coming from Iran, the plane was taking off from Belgorod going north, the initial Russian press release claimed they shot down their own plane before they aggressively started pushing the POW fable. More Russian fairy tales.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Becoming part of the Mongol Empire again?
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Becoming their vassal is stopping them now is it? You guys sure love rewriting history.
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Or nonexistent.
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@bobgonzales9680 Are the 5 eyes in the room with you right now?
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They never said that. Russia manufactures missiles, they are never going to 'run out.' They have run through their stockpiles though just as the ISW stated. As evidenced by the linear reduction of attacks and Russia bending the knee to beg Iran and N Korea for ordinance.
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@gordanbabic8028 Life in Russia is great if you are a cannibal.
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saoham659 People have been saying that since forever but every decade the US is in a stronger position then the one before. Also i'm not American so believe whatever you want it wont hurt my feelings.
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@richardrobin395 US beat afghanistan in a few weeks, the Taliban were all hiding in caves in the other stans. There handn't been an attack on coaltion forces in years. If after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for themselves they never would be able to. They should have left when they got Bin Laden imo.
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Putin called Prigozhin a terrorist and traitor.
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@kevinjenner9502 China's currently commiting genocide and building islands in other countries territory against their will.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas bud. By your logic Ukraine is fighting Belarus, India, China, parts of Africa. Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population.
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@yinkasotunde6597 If it was a NATO war it would have been over two years ago.
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@artiefakt4402 Remember n 2015 when Turkey shot down that Russian fighter and all Russia did was cry about it?
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@yaqob3275 Yes I'm sure WW1 style trench warfare that never ends with terrible casualties was the plan from day 1. Its called 5d chess people.
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@yaqob3275 Remember when Russia retreated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv because they wanted, according to them, to 'focus on the Donbas' Now its over a year later and Russia STILL cant capture the Donbas. This has been one of the most embarrassing invasions in human history no matter how you try to spin it.
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@theshadowman1398 Yes photographic evidence is fairy tales. Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas.
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@ericp1139 Ah yes the mythical peace agreement that nobody spoke about until Putin mentioned it in a press conference over a year after the fact. Putin must have forgot it in his sock drawer. I have a bridge you might be interested in, its the Kerch bridge get it while it lasts. I'm aware Russia didn't send enough forces to occupy Kyiv, you'd need a force of around a million men to take a city of that size. Russia stupidly thought they would be welcomed as liberators. Do you really think the 40km convoy that ran out of gas resulting in a boon for Ukrainian tractor owners and sacrificing half the VDV at Hostomel was all for show? The highest casualties of the war for Russia happened around Kyiv, pretending otherwise is revisionist nonsense.
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@ericp1139 You use elite units to attack, not sit in trenches and be attritioned by artillery. Ukraine is much smaller militarily and hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army.
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@ericp1139 I already told you what they are supposed to do, attack. Sitting on defense getting shelled is an idiotic use of elite forces.
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@Tobi-ln9xr Hey more whataboutism what a shocker
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@Djamonja The US could take the entire raggedy Russian fleet out by itself with just its airforce.
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@Thuon_ Sarmat has an 80% failure rate.
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Why did Putin rattle the nuclear sabre when France threatened to send troops?
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There's literal montages online of Russian officials and state media claiming Kyin in three days, Russians just refuse to accept reality.
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Still waiting on de-dollarization. Been waiting for over 10 years.
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@thomaso6763 Unless you commit treason and terrorism, then you are free to go. Or unless you are in prison and you want to join the army in a penal battalion. I honestly can't tell if you are being sarcastic right now or not.
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@maitreya1906 Where's bin Laden now?
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Mosaab twice No not really, I just find it puzzling how they can vote in someone who has no idea how finances work. Turks can do whatever they want though whether its in their own self interest or not.
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@traderman6925 Mostly I'm concerned with the mass waves of economic migrants that will come to Europe if Turkey becomes like Zimbabwe.
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@Admiral-General_Aladeen Yeah he probably should follow the crowd when it comes to economic theory.
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Why are you here then?
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Reports have said that 90% of Mariupol's residential buildings were either damaged or destroyed by Russian shelling during the siege. Russia has completely flattened almost every settlement in the Donbas they come across. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942. What are you trying to say?
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Russia wanted a quick war that was over before it started. This WW1 style attrition warfare is their worst nightmare of potential outcomes to the invasion.
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@davewatson5817 Like I said above Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is an insane fantasy. If it was NATO vs Russia it would look like Desert Storm + Geography. It wouldnt take long. And that was before Ukraine destroyed half of their army. Ukraine's army was large at the start of the war (about 700k including TDF) It wasn't particularily well trained. They are much better trained now and larger (just over 1 million) They also have more equipment now then when they started the war. They've captured over 500 tanks from the Russians, which is around what they've lost breaking even. They've got over 1000 tanks from the west though. along with thousands of ACV's and Armored cars. Russia has no help aside from Iranian scraps, every day that goes by Ukraine gets stronger and Russia gets weaker.
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@Tailor series No The Ukrainians weren't mobilized, 90% of their forces were off doing who knows what. The Ukrainians were following NATO doctrine of not positioning their troops right on the border with Russia, the Ukrainians did that in 2014 it didn't end well for them all that does is make your forces a target. The Russian's just destroy your dug in forces with a surprise barrage with their massive artillery advantage. NATO doctrine against the Russians is to stay back (about the distance a Tank can travel on a full tank of gas.) Don't give Russia's massive armored force anything to shoot at then pick their supply lines apart with hidden infantry. Russian Forces were waaay larger then Ukraine they couldn't afford a head on fight until they'd worn the Russian down, which they've done quite well in the past year. Nobody really expected the Ukrainians to do this well, not the west, not Ukraine and least of all not Russia. At first we were mostly supplying them with equipment to fight a guerilla campaign as we thought Russia would roll over the Ukrainians fairly quick. That didn't happen though and the Ukrainians are now getting the heavy equipment they need to fight a proper war. Meanwhile Russia is dusting off the T54s and Scooby Doo vans, I don't imagine it wll be a very good year for Russia.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Jesus man are you getting a potato per comment or something? Nice essay though.
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You need around 1 million men to take a city the size of Kyiv.
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@chopperchopper1418 Speaking of cannibals, they are given full pardons in Russia, now they roam free feasting to their hearts content.
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The report was that there was an attempted defection they never made it to Ukrainian custody though. Ukraine also captured a NK combatant months ago but he reportedly died of his wounds inflicted in combat.
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@ЕвгенийНовак-в7ю Russia is interested in piece alright, a piece of Ukraine. If it was interested in peace they could just go back to Russia and there would be peace tomorrow.
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Rest in peace to all the Russian who were mobilized I guess.
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China can do whatever it wants, and we can sanction them in return.
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BubbaKaren Nobody expected Putin to bend the knee to North Korea and beg for ammunition. I wonder if Putin promised to kiss Kim on the belly like he does young boys. Yuck.
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@-Kaje we send old junk we dont want to maintain anymore, not anything we would actually use to fight Russia or China
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@LoneWolf-rc4go *takes huge hit of copium, no you see this is Russian strategy to streamline it's armed forces. We send in the mad max MTLB's and T-62's and then we hit them with the TRUE russian army. Checkmate Globohomo west.
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Yeah it tells me Russia makes up its numbers just like China.
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The US wants to maintain the status quo. If a war starts it will be because China started it.
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@corvus4135 Nobody is 'forced' to join NATO dummy. Your government can request to join and the rest of the alliance will vote on it, I think Serbia's chances of getting in are pretty low. Furthermore Serbia is a democracy, vote a government in that doesn't want to join NATO just please stop whining.
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@fingerprint8479 Because Russia is the only government that cries about Russophobia. There are plenty of people who don't like the US or UK or France or whoever. The difference is these countries don't spent their time going 'waah nobody likes me, better try to annex my neighbors to show them what a mistake that is' Imagine of the US said 'boo hoo everyone is an Americaphobe, better invade Mexico.' Its like how back in the 40s there was lots of anti German sentiment, thats not because people were Germanphobes but because of Germany's action.
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@alexconn7473 Yes, however I think he has a higher chance of a repeat of 1917.
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The UK isn't currently invading any of its neighbors.
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@goenzoy712 The same could be said for almost every country on earth, because its almost impossible to harden and protect vulnerable infrastructure at scale while remaining cost effective. This is irrelevant for most countries though because they don't go around invading their neighbors resulting in a bunch of drones being launched at them. Understand?
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@yaqob3275 You realize Russia is the one invading right? Typically when you invade a country trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border isn't the objective. A year and a half later and the worlds self proclaimed world #2 army still cant take the Donbas. Also if NATO was involved the war would have been over a year ago, every time one of you guys tries to act like Russia could do anything against NATO I get second hand embarrassment. Refer to desert storm if you want to know what NATO vs Soviet junk would look like.
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Russia is a global laughing stock and pariah.
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@SpecialMuppetOperation Right? maybe a year ago people would eat this tripe but at this point everyone can see Russia for the shambolic mess they are. They can't even manage to take the Donbas.
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Why is it that after 14+ months the self proclaimed world #2 army cant even capture the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow?
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@remogatron1010 sorry I'm confused, your initial comment said India does support Russia at the UN. Did you by chance mean doesn't?
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@remogatron1010 true dat.
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@selvammaniamawasi697 Where are the Russians going? Tbilisi, Istanbul, UAE, Bali, Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan. All over really. Or do you mean the countless millions that have fled ever since the Soviet Union collapsed? (aka. everyone with half a brain)
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@bctvanw What in the world are you talking about? Mao used to routinely shell Taiwan until Truman threatened to nuke Shanghai. Let me guess it was also the US's fault that China annexed Tibet.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas how are they supposed to fight WW3?
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@lofty9999 Let me know when England begins flattening towns and starts genociding the Scots. Ukraine is a sovereign country recognized by every other country, including Russia. Scotland had a referendum to leave the UK a while back they decided to stay, if they decided to leave do you really think the UK would invade? sort your head out.
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@pradeepkumart839 South Africa literally told Putin not to come to G20 or they would arrest him. There's only a handful of countries that voted not to condemn Russia at the UN, those are Russias friends. And its not like they are going to give anything to Russia for free, they will milk every dime they can out of them.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Like how Russia did in Korea and Vietnam? Nobody except the lunatic fringe thinks anyone will use a nuke, get a grip.
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Well not surprising considering Armenia triggered CSTO's version of article 5 last year and the alliance just shrugged and did nothing. Also the fact that Russia keeps threatening to invade CTSO member Kazakhstan.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 They also use B-2's. The US GDP is 25.46 trillion meanwhile Russia's is 3.995 trillion at the end of 2022 in puchasing power parity terms, and those are Russia's self reported cooked numbers it's likely much worse then that. The US spends more on it's intelligence agencies then Russia does on its entire military. It's like if Bhutan or somewhere like that wanted to act like China's rival, its embarrassing. Do you think the US would have any trouble taking the Donbas? What a joke.
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@АлексейЛукьянов-ц6ц And yet somehow Russia still cant manage to take the Donbas despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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@K2-2478 Another baseless assertion backed up by zero evidence. We've all seen the state of the returned prisoners, feel free to live in denial just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@K2-2478 From Amnesty international. "there have been no new cases of enforced disappearances and secret detention by Ukrainian security services since 2016." So Ukraine has cleaned its act up but Russia still engages in systemic torture. Please at least read what the organizations say that you try to quote rather than just taking Russian TV's word for it.
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@cinpeace353 There was that Chinese genocide going on 80 days ago, matter of fact its still going on.
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@babblo1389 You spamming the same comment over and over is looking increasingly brain damaged.
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@TheDrAstrov This non sequitur has nothing to do with whats being discussed. Moreover its untrue, did you watch the video?
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@chaz000006 There's a reason Russian has been smuggling in Cubans and Using penal battalions, whats your point. Russia has also been cracking down on mil bloggers, the only ones close to telling the truth on the Russian side because they've been nothing but doom and gloom lately. General's Popov and Selivyorstov were both fired for telling the truth about massive Russian losses, they arent even rotating troops. lack of equipment particularly counter battery artillery and ammo. Obviously both sides are taking casualties all the unaffiliated tracking sites have Russian losses at far greater then Ukrainian ones. Oh and the reason Russia opted for attritional warfare (one of the hallmarks of a successful invasion btw trench warfare that never ends a couple miles across the border) Is because they are incompetent and incapable of maneuver warfare and combined arms.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 Sure according to Russia, the same guys who tried to pass off farm equipment as Leopards.
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@chrisb757 Lmao sure, and Kyiv was just a feint. I have a bridge you might be intersted in, its the Kerch bridge get it while its still there. Russia is literally violating their own defensive doctrine by sending all their reserves (including their 'elites') to the Zero line instead of doing proper defense in depth. All because they are terrified of losing ground for the optics and because they are afraid of another mass route like at Kharkiv.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 No source says Ukraine have received 3k tanks. Not one. Ukraine started the war with 987 tanks, they've captured around 550 Russian tanks and received around 350 tanks from the west. Not sure where the other 3200 tank losses come from aside from Russia's imagination. Maybe Russia mastered interdimensional travel and have been destroying Ukrainian tanks across multiple realities. What Ukrainian numbers do you think I'm using, all i've talked about is territory lost. You can confirm Russia has lost 50% of the territory Russia once occupied by looking at a map and not being brain damaged.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 So far 5 Leopards and 2 Challengers destroyed, truly the downfall of the west. I already provided the numbers of tanks recieved and tanks that Ukraine started the war with, they are nowhere close to the fantasy numbers Russia states.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 I've seen at least 2 posts this week with leopards at r/combatfootage. This also isn't a movie where they show off their tanks for your amusement.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 Russia’s Ministry of Labour has requested 230,000 certificates for family members of deceased combat veterans and over 750,000 certificates for combat veterans
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@mattsta1964 Sure, what's the source for 500k Ukrainian KIA and 1.5million wounded? Putin's personal webpage? Absolutely delusional.
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@dannyb4753 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. Its Putin/Russia's action that led to it. Same with the Fins and Swedes.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Yes, no shit. And to maintain their grasp on power they will lie about anything.
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Pick one. 1. Ukraine tried to get Putin during his late night roof top flag pole inspection making a complete mockery of Russian air defense. 2. The Kremlin attacked itself for whatever reason, most likely to have an excuse to cancel victory day parade. 3. Some third party in Russia is making moves against Putin.
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@fabb5 What I believe is that the worlds #2 army cant even capture the Donbas. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico, then after a year and a half of WW1 style attritional warfare and 6 figure casualties they only held 15% of the country and were losing ground every day, and said. "its not about territory gained, its about destroying the Mexican army." Would you buy that nonsense?
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user-iw5pp5ic7y Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks back in 2014. The 3 day narrative was also all over Russian state media. Unless you think years of trench warfare was the plan all along.
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The strongest that cant even take the Donbas despite it being a only a few hours by car from Moscow. Sure.
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@Gingerbreadley don't mind him he's just copy pasting the same braindead comment in every thread.
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@shurikello Who owns Russia 1? Do you know how google works? Search Putin says he can take Kyiv in two weeks.
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I'm getting a second hand copium high from this post.
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@Alec-jo7ic This is called sarcasm bud.
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@joshuapaul2022 Sure bud. This is publicly available information released by the Russian Ministry of Labour. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though. Just curious where you got the 400k casualties for Ukraine KIA? Your overactive imagination? Oh social media, I have a bridge you might be interested in. Its the Kerch bridge, get it while it lasts.
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@JGrant60 Iraq is in charge of and sells its own oil.
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Putin said Russia has no borders. The far right party in Ukraine received less than 1% of the vote in the previous election, look up Ruscism if you want to see what modern day fascism looks like. You can pretend Putin doesn't have delusions of empire if you want just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@YUDNSAY Russia mil blogger Murz said Russia took a minimum of 16k kia trying to take Avdiivka.
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@kkarx Sure buddy. According to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian air force six times over, no big deal.
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@joemoody7440 Russia has spent the last year dicking around in the Donbas and are now sending in the T-55's, and the vatniks rejoice.
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Two years of total war and they cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@jdawa6569 I believe that a year and a half of total war and the Russians cant even take the Donbas.
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@trumpforever6706 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks in 2014. The '3 days' narrative was also all over Russian state media. Or do you really think that trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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So every country that gets invaded should surrender so they aren't stubborn? Smart. Zelensky just got back from Avdiivka, you wont see Putin leave his bunker though, he can just send his doubles out on errands.
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@jonathanjacob5453 China is the worlds largest importer of food and enery, in the event of a war trade will be blockaded and half the population will starve in the dark.
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@alexxela9502 The FSB also found 3 copies of The Sims 3 on that guy. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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Did you see that video of Russians executing their own retreating men? Pretty grim stuff.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@alphaalpha7591 Hamas paragliding into a concert killing hundreds of civilians and then desecrating their corpses and parading them through the streets seems sort of like a terrorist act to me, not you though?
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@timonsolus Russians don't actually know what the word means, they think a Nazi is someone who doesn't let Russia do whatever they want. I wish I was joking.
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Wow yesterday you said territory meant nothing, now you want to say it means something. Which is it? Either way the territory Ukraine controls in Kursk has remained largely unchanged for months.
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@s0ycapitan I watched a video today of a column of 50 Russian armored vehicles being destroyed trying to take ground in Kursk, so they seem concerned about the territory to me. Nobody said Ukraine was trying to take the NPP except panicking Russians. According to photographic evidence (which I know you don't believe because it doesn't fit your narrative) Russia has lost much more in Kursk than Ukraine has.
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@deruntergangvannederland1868 Russia can't even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@malcolmgibson5088 Don't pay attention to Rob, he just spams the same brainless talking points that have no basis in reality every video.
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@kkirillka89 So why is Russia using penal battalions, giving full pardons to cannibals, and hiring mercenaries from third world countries?
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@TieRo69 Pesky NATO keeps making me invade countries. NATO doesn't expand, countries ask to join and the members vote on allowing them in. Gee i wonder why old com bloc countries would want in, could it be Russia's long history of attacking and annexing its neighbors, and then brutal treatment of their citizens.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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These are just little green men from the Belgorod peoples republic who want freedom from the Russian Reich. Not surprising considering Russia keeps bombing Belgorod.
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@canismajoris7557 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, there were also multiple NATO countries opposed to Ukraine joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO were effectively zero. The reason Russia invaded is Ukraine discovered gas deposits and threatened Russia's European energy monopoly.
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Kursk Oblast brainiac
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@@Woden-px4kr What brainless whataboutism.
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@JohnCampbell-sl5nx If they confess their crimes on television like Putin did they would catch charges too.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Finally you're asking smart questions. (well not really but here I go anyways) For starters I can hold up a blank sheet of paper with out fear of going to jail. And I dont have to worry about my daughter drawing a picture the state doesn't like and having to flee for my life, like Alexei Moskalyov. I can run for public office without risking eating a polonium sandwich. like political rivals Sergei Yushenkov and Boris Nemtsov. Or end up in the Gulag like Navalny. I have the right to a fair trial unlike the 380 political prisoners in Russia (as of June 2020, there are far more now) including 63 individuals prosecuted, directly or indirectly, for political activities (including Alexey Navalny) and 245 prosecuted for their involvement with one of the Muslim organizations that are banned in Russia. 78 individuals on the list, i.e. more than 20% of the total, are residents of Crimea. The judiciary of Russia is subject to manipulation by political authorities according to Amnesty International. According to Constitution of Russia, top judges are appointed by the Federation Council, following nomination by the President of Russia. Anna Politkovskaya described in her book Putin's Russia stories of judges who did not follow "orders from the above" and were assaulted or removed from their positions. In an open letter written in 2005, former judge Olga Kudeshkina criticized the chairman of the Moscow city court O. Egorova for "recommending judges to make right decisions" which allegedly caused more than 80 judges in Moscow to retire in the period from 2002 to 2005. The courts generally follow the non-acquittals policy; in 2004 acquittals constituted only 0.7 percent of all judgments. Judges are dependent on administrators, bidding prosecutorial offices in turn. The work of public prosecutors varies from poor to dismal. Lawyers are mostly court appointed and low paid. There was a rapid deterioration of the situation characterized by abuse of the criminal process, harassment and persecution of defense bar members in politically sensitive cases in recent years. The principles of adversariness and equality of the parties to criminal proceedings are not observed. The court system has been widely used to suppress political opposition as in the cases of Pssy Riot, Alexei Navalny, Zarema Bagavutdinova, and Vyacheslav Maltsev and to block candidatures of Kremlin's political enemies. According to MEPs Russia did not meet election standards as defined by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The preliminary findings of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights report on procedural violations, lack of media impartiality, harassment of independent monitors and lack of separation between party and state. I can be a journalist without fear of being assassinated like Yuri Schekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya and Nikolay Andrushchenko. I have access to free press unlike in Russia. Reporters Without Borders put Russia at 147th place in the World Press Freedom Index (from a list of 168 countries). According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 47 journalists have been killed in Russia for their professional activity, since 1992 (as of 15 January 2008). Thirty were killed during President Boris Yeltsin's reign, and the rest were killed under the president Vladimir Putin. On 4 March 2022, Putin signed into law a bill introducing prison sentences of up to 15 years for those who publish "knowingly false information" about the Russian armed forces and their operations, leading to some media outlets in Russia to stop reporting on Ukraine or shutting their media outlet As of December 2022, more than 4,000 people were prosecuted under "fake news" laws in connection with the war in Ukraine. I could go on but i fear were already approaching novel length with this post. I have freedom to assemble. Russian Constitution states of the Freedom of assembly that citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to gather peacefully, without weapons, and to hold meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets. According to Amnesty International (2013 report) peaceful protests across Russia, including gatherings of small groups of people who presented no public threat or inconvenience, were routinely dispersed by police, often with excessive force. The day before the inauguration of President Putin, peaceful protesters against elections to Bolotnaya Square in Moscow were halted by police. 19 protesters faced criminal charges in connection with events characterized by authorities as "mass riots". Several leading political activists were named as witnesses in the case and had their homes searched in operations that were widely broadcast by state-controlled television channels. Over 6 and 7 May, hundreds of peaceful individuals were arrested across Moscow. According to Amnesty International police used excessive and unlawful force against protestors during the Bolotnaya Square protest on 6 May 2012. Hundreds of peaceful protesters were arrested. According to a Russian law introduced in 2014, a fine or detention of up to 15 days may be given for holding a demonstration without the permission of authorities and prison sentences of up to five years may be given for three breaches. Single-person pickets have resulted in fines and a three-year prison sentence. I can be a human rights activist without fear of death, unlike the unfortuate Galina Starovoitova, and Stanislav Markelov. I likely wont be tortured, unlike Andrei Sychev had to have both legs and genitals amputated after this torture due to gangrene caused by cut bloodflow. The Constitution of Russia forbids arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment. However, in practice, Russian police, Federal Security Service and prison and jail guards are regularly observed practicing torture with impunity - including beatings with many different types of batons, sticks and truncheons, water battles, sacks with sand etc., the "Elephant Method" which is beating a victim wearing a gas mask with cut airflow and the "Supermarket Method" which is the same but with a plastic bag on head, electric shocks including to genitals, nose, and ears (known as "Phone call to Putin"), binding in stress positions, cigarette burns, needles and electric needles hammered under nails, prolonged suspension, sleep deprivation, food deprivation, rpe, penetration with foreign objects, asphyxiation - in interrogating arrested suspects. Another torture method is the "Television" which involves forcing the victim to stand in a mid-squat with extended arms in front of them holding a stool or even two stools, with the seat facing them. Other torture methods include the "Rack" or "Stretch" which involves hanging a victim on hands tied behind the back, the "Refrigerator" which involves subjecting a naked victim sometimes doused in cold water to subzero temperatures, the "Furnace" where the victim is left in heat in a small space and "Chinese torture" where the feet of the victim laying on a tabletop are beaten with clubs. In 2000, human rights Ombudsman Oleg Mironov estimated that 50% of prisoners with whom he spoke claimed to have been tortured. Amnesty International reported that Russian military forces in Chechnya engage in torture. There is much more regarding torture but I feel like I'm just piling on at this point.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Typically I can be a scientist without fear of reprisal. unlike; Igor Sutyagin (sentenced to 15 years). Evgeny Afanasyev and Svyatoslav Bobyshev, (sentenced to 12 and a half and 12 years). Scientist Igor Reshetin and his associates at the Russian rocket and space researcher TsNIIMash-Export. Physicist Valentin Danilov (sentenced to 14 years) Oskar Kaibyshev (given a 6-year suspended sentence and a fine of $132,000) Ecologist and journalist Alexander Nikitin, who worked with the Bellona Foundation, was likewise accused of espionage. He published material exposing hazards posed by the Russian Navy's nuclear fleet. He was acquitted in 1999 after spending several years in prison (his case was sent for re-investigation 13 times while he remained in prison). Other cases of prosecution are the cases of investigative journalist and ecologist Grigory Pasko, sentenced to three years' imprisonment and later released under a general amnesty, Vladimir Petrenko who described dangers posed by military chemical warfare stockpiles and was held in pretrial confinement for seven months, and Nikolay Shchur, chairman of the Snezhinskiy Ecological Fund who was held in pretrial confinement for six months. Again there's more but i'm just beating a dead horse at this point. I can run a business without fear of arbitrary reprisal. There has been a number of high-profile cases of human rights abuses connected to business in Russia. Among other abuses, this most obviously involves abuse of article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These include the case of the former heads of the oil company Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and Platon Lebedev whom Amnesty International declared prisoners of conscience, and the case of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose efforts to expose a conspiracy of criminals and corrupt law-enforcement officials earned him sustained abuse in prison which led to his death. An analogous case was the death in custody of the businesswoman Vera Trifonova, who was in jail for alleged fraud. Cases such as these have contributed to suspicion in other countries about the Russian justice system, which has manifested itself in the refusal to grant Russian extradition requests for businessmen fleeing abroad. Notable instances of this are the cases of the tycoon Boris Berezovsky and former Yukos vice president Alexander Temerko in the UK, the media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky in Spain and Greece, Leonid Nevzlin in Israel and Ivan Kolesnikov in Cyprus. A case that will test the attitude of the French authorities to this issue is that of the shipping magnate Vitaly Arkhangelsky. The WikiLeaks revelations indicated the low level of confidence other governments have in the Russian government on such issues. Cases involving major companies may gain coverage in the world media, but there are many further cases equally worthy of attention: a typical case involves the expropriation of assets, with criminals and corrupt law-enforcement officials collaborating to bring false charges against businesspeople, who are told that they must hand over assets to avoid criminal proceedings against them. A prominent campaigner against such abuses is Yana Yakovleva, herself a victim who set up the group Business Solidarity in the aftermath of her ordeal. I have freedom of religion. The Constitution of Russian Federation provides for freedom of religion and the equality of all religions before the law as well as the separation of church and state. However, reports of religious abuse continue to come out of Russia. According to International Christian Concern, during 2021 "crackdowns on religious freedom have intensified in Russia." During June 2021, Forum 18 highlighted that "twice as many prisoners of conscience are serving sentences or are in detention awaiting appeals for exercising freedom of religion or belief as in November 2020." Many religious scholars and human right organizations have recently spoken up about the abuses taking place in Russia against minorities. The U.S. State Department considers Russia one of the worlds' "worst violators" of religious freedom. The influx of missionaries over the past several years has also led to pressure by groups in Russia, specifically nationalists and the Russian Orthodox Church, to limit the activities of these "nontraditional" religious groups. In response, the Duma passed a new, restrictive, and potentially discriminatory law in October 1997. The law is very complex, with many ambiguous and contradictory provisions. The law's most controversial provisions separates religious "groups" and "organizations" and introduces a 15-year rule, which allows groups that have existed for 15 years or longer to obtain accredited status. According to Russian priest and dissident Gleb Yakunin, new religion law "heavily favors the Russian Orthodox Church at the expense of all other religions, including Judaism, Catholicism, and Protestantism.", and it is "a step backward in Russia's process of democratization." Since 2017, Jehovah's Witnesses have faced persecution for unclear reasons. This just goes on and on and this is only about the half of it and the post length is getting silly here. Next time you could just check the wiki instead of asking ridiculous questions.
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@briancarno8837 Every industrialized country on earth has bio labs little buddy. And US military aid to Russia was almost non existent prior to 2022.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Hitler could at least take territory though, Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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All while they face demographic collapse. Its like Japan on bath salts.
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Some serious Kyiv in three days energy here.
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@livingtribunal4110 Yeah to be fair Putin didnt say 3 days, he said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks back in 2014. Or do you think trench warfare that never ends with terrible casualties was Putin's master plan all along?
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@livingtribunal4110 You guys have been saying Ukraine is done for almost two years now. Talk about repeating the same mantra. Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas.
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@Robert-xy4xi So they have a lot in common with the children of Russian elites, including Putin. Millions of military aged men have fled Russia, though most everyone with more then half a brain have been leaving Russia since the 90's.
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@AVH-z9m Are you sure you aren't the one fond of it? Because I see you copy/pasting the same comment all around.
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@svetlanapomeroy6529 Pick one. 1. It was Ukrainian drones that attacked the Kremlin making a mockery of Russian air defense. (must have been trying to get Putin during his nightly rooftop flag pole inspection) 2. The Kremlin attacked itself, most likely so they can cancel what will be a humiliating victory day parade 3. Some third party in Russia is making moves against Putin and the whole country is coming apart at the seams. Oh and ask Japan who they have more of a problem with Russia or the US, how about Russia gives back the Kuril Islands if they are worried about Japan.
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@antonina-fk7lq Video throw off exile? what are you trying to say? You mean like the 1.5 million exiles that have fled Russia since the start of the war? or the countless millions that have fled since the Soviet Union fell? (everyone with half a brain).
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@aeye9772 Aleppo was leveled, they used chemical weapons in Aleppo and flattened it block by block with barrel bombs. You have no idea what you are talking about.
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@Phil-D83 The 'were not even trying yet bro' excuse is by far the dumbest thing out there. Let me guess you think Kyiv was a feint and everything is going according to plan.
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Muscovites were dug in around Kharkov also and the Ukrainians folded them up like laundry.
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@Nick-wh4jt *takes massive hit of copium. No you guys I saw on RT that the Ukrainians are recruiting infants as young as 2 and sending them to die, also once the dreaded T62's hit the front lines this war is as good as over and the only reason it isn't already is because we aren't trying.
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@gdiwolverinemale3rd And Russia has received heaps of weapons from Iran and NK. Apparently the Russians want to surrender but Iran wont let them. They Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Another Russian gamechanger, maybe now they can take the Donbas sometime this century.
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@delta_glider4362 Except that didn't happen. He called the ones who stormed the Capitol Building 'domestic terrorists' and they've been getting sent to jail one by one.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas from the poorest country in Europe. In what fantasy world do they stand a chance against NATO.
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@GeoffV-k1h What's Hamas's endgame? Its not easy to negotiate with someone who's primary objective is your complete destruction. The latest initiatives were the 2013–14, not exactly the distant past.
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@thepoliticalanalyst5684 One thing we learned from START was all Russias ICBM's were sitting in 20 feet of water.
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@happymelon7129 Which is a medium sized town a few km from the pre war border. At it's current pace it will take Russia another five years and around two million lost personnel to take the rest of Donetsk. Good luck having a future.
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@LiberalhumanToilet How does it feel to spout crazy bs on the internet, an invention of the American military?
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Like when Putin said he could take all of Ukraine back in 2014?
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@livingtribunal4110 Why not just google 'Putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks' instead of posting idiotic comments on youtube.
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crux doesn't have access to your deranged fantasies.
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@allenwalker4922 Except there is plenty of partizan activity behind the Russian lines, and even in Russia itself. Zelensky is an 'ethnic Russian' do you think he supports Russia?
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Sure, according to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian army 6 times over. They still cant manage to take the Donbas though for some reason.
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would you take advice from Trumps lawyer?
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Putin has been so disastrous for Russia if we learned he was a CIA plant sent to destroy them from the inside I wouldn't be surprised.
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@hikjuil and the worlds #2 army still cant capture the Donbas.
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Nice to see Bradley's doing what they were designed for, driving the CCP out of eastern Europe
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@Eric Anderson Russia cant even take the Donbas WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@varvik4992 I wonder how long until Xi decides he'd rather have Manchuria back then have an incompetent puppet.
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Today young vatniks learned about gravity and inertia.
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@lar9135 There were massive protests in the west in opposition to the Iraq war, meanwhile similar action in Russia will net you 20 years in jail. And at the end of the day this is just more whataboutism. aw geez dont you know the west is bad so Russia is justified in doing whatever it wants. completely braindead.
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@frankelse745 The Angles came from Germany and Denmark.
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You realize Russia is the one invading right? Or do you think every time a country is invaded they should just surrender?
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Why surrender when they're winning?
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@Alien_isolationist I've heard the other side, they've been pretending to be "peacekeepers" for decades. Go ahead and explain your side bud. Keep in mind its the exact same story as Crimea, the Donbas, Moldova, Abkhazia in 1992, North Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008, Chechnya (twice). The same thing over and over, if the Baltics weren't in the alliance they would have done the same thing there already.
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And yet you keep coming back, supporting them with the algorithm by leaving a comment.
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Sure man, are you counting all the farm equipment Russia destroyed as leopards?
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Taiwan has already stated they will take out the 3 gorges dam if China attacks. There's also an old joke in Taiwan that they are a turned screw away from a functioning nuke.
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@jamesgreen1116 Here's what every Russian argument boils down to. Some other country (probably the US or UK) did something bad in the past. Therefore Russia's current crimes are somehow justified. Its idiotic and disingenuous.
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@JABelms Hasn't Trump had multiple lawyers quit because they weren't paid?
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Another final warning from China. Stay tuned for more important threats.
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Russia does have a history of bombing its own cities, they've bombed Belgorod 3 times so far.
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@jeffjones6607 waaa. cry some more.
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@dogzdigital Do you know what a casualty is? Most casualties have minor wounds and will be back on the front after recovering.
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@aiviss.319 You know anti ship missies exist right? Crimea has a population of 2 million Russia isn't the US they dont have the logistical wherewithal to supply that many people without a rail link.
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India would need to be allied with Russia first for them to leave it. India did just finish up joint military exercises with the US though.
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@calvinblue894 So does its GDP
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@calvinblue894 ok dude. So maybe US debt doesn't actually rise its just the value of the currency.
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@calvinblue894 I was just repeating your own inane logic back to you.
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@netgodzilla1 Mild inflation is fine as long as wages keep up. Inflation is higher now because all the deflationary trends from the 90's onwards are gone. (Cheap Chinese labor, and cheap Russian resources and the general collapse of globalism) And the inflationary trends are back, ie. the US frantically rebuilding its industrial base, along with ultra low unemployment. Should be kinda rough for 10 years or so but its not a huge deal.
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@МногоХочешьНаглыйГугл Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. The 3 days narrative was also all over Russian state media. Or do you think trench warfare that never ends with terrible casualties was the plan all along?
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Sure, unfortunately all the republican candidates seem to be terminally brain damaged.
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@betterehis2390 the pictures of the dead guys wearing pixel camo despite the FRL not using pixel camo? I bet you think the Moskva sank because of high seas.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Apparently the FRL wasn't even fighting Russians, just Iranians who gave them a bunch of drones. The Russians wanted to surrender but the Ayatollah said he would fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@libertarianbydefault "So, a country on the 43rd place is outperforming the collective West" By what metric? Russia isn't fighting the collective West, you understand that right? And no, nobody uses PPP aside from countries attempting to make their economy look in better shape than it is actually in. PPP goes out the window when nobody wants your currency. Which is part of the reason Russia is being forced to barter in goats and vegetables like its the middle ages. Russian's can get things that Russia produces fairly cheap, which is primarily hydrocarbons. For all their imports having a currency in the gutter isn't beneficial, that along with rampant government spending is part of the reason that Russia has the third highest inflation in the developed world and was forced to raise interest rates to 21%.
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"All missiles were intercepted by air defense, falling debris coincidentally destroyed all the intended targets."
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@zeeshanahmad-un3ql Hamas won in 2006 and when the tide started to turn against them and it looked like they would lose they disallowed any further elections. Electing terrorists to be their leaders proved to be a foolish decision, obviously. Your comment also doesn't address the fact that most Palestinians want a two state solution but all attempts are derailed by Hamas.
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@Memovox The poverty rate in the US is still lower than Russia bud. Don't tell me you want to embarrass yourself talking about economics again. GDP per capita is around 7x higher in the US than it is in Russia.
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@Noconstitutionfordemocrats1 They've only managed to build a handful over a decade. It's even more difficult now with sanctions.
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@alphazero6571 They were probably just going up to roll out the red carpet for Putin's nightly inspection. Nothing to see here.
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@MaxIlIlI Ok Andy, you can believe whatever helps you sleep at night.
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China is ranked 179th for press freedom. 2nd last just ahead of North Korea.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Medvedev threatened to invade Kazakhstan earlier in the war after Ukraine was quickly taken down. Which obviously didn't work out, but it reflects the mindset of Russian hawks and is entirely in keeping with Russian political dialogue.
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Is it just me or has the quality of Putins trolls dropped off? Like they went from ChatGPT 4 to ChatGPT 3.5
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@rasheedh7043 Red Effect did a breakdown of it.
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They do this type of stuff to drum up attention because they are out of food.
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@MrAckers75 There's literally infantry in the video genius. and likely more out of sight. There's also a buch of gunfire that can clearly be heard. Saying 'lol a tank on its own without support' when there is obvious support there is moronic.
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@MrAckers75 No I'm just watching the video, you are the one making up scenarios. I made up the obvious infantry in the video and the gunfire? time to rejoin reality man.
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@pnduarte4696 The reason they were jailed is because Kinzhal didn't live up to the hype. hey how about Ivan Khurs it's still doing fine (Not the minesweeper variant at Svastopol the actual one that was struck down by Turkey and likely can't traverse wormholes), how about General Zaluzhnyi I thought he was supposed to be dead. Oh and the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill and the Moskva sank on high seas. Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@badluck5647 The Yen is the Japanese equivalent of the penny, not the equivalent of the dollar. It's represented by the the smallest denomination of coin in their currency. Furthermore the Japanese take measures to deflate the value of the Yen while Russia is doing all it can to inflate the Ruble. The only reason the Ruble hasn't fallen off the chart is because of strict monetary controls, mainly the Russian state and Russian corporations were forced to sell their foreign reserves to buy Rubles to prop it up. this isn't a permanent solution.
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@fabb5 The people of Belgorod have Ukrainian accents (they really do). Hopefully Russia will give up on the Belgorod peoples republic for the sake of peace
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Ukraine has reclaimed over 50% of once occupied territory and stopped the Russian army in the Donbas. Not sure what fantasy world you live in.
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We are in the third year of you guys claiming Ukraine is a lost cause, aren't you starting to feel silly yet?
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Threaten nukes if weapon system is delivered. claim the weapon system is bad. claim you've destroyed the weapon system. the weapon system arrives in Ukraine. The Russian cycle.
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Well this is almost English.
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@andreytolmachev1435 yes that's how state media in dictatorships work. Failure results in eating a radioactive salad or taking a swan dive out of a window.
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@vladimirprotein1275 Are you on bath salts?
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@vladimirprotein1275 The only ones saying it's failed is you internet clowns parroting the same lines over and over. Ukraine has taken more in the past month then Russia has in the last year, and they are just getting started.
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@corvus4135 Literally every source that exists says Ukraine started the war with 987 tanks. Around 550 Russian tanks were captured. On September 12, Putin claimed that Russia has destroyed 543 tanks and 18,000 armoured vehicles since the Ukrainian counter-offensive began. Putin also said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. The 3 days narrative was all over Russian state media, and in Russia nothing gets on the news without the Kremlin approval. Shoigu claimed that Ukraine had lost more than 66,000 soldiers and 7,600 Heavy weapons (ie tanks) since the start of the counteroffensive. (Not sure why his numbers are so different from Putin's, tough to keep their lies in order I guess.) These numbers are all ridiculous claims backed up with zero evidence. Ukraine started the war with only around 7000 armored vehicles in total. and to date have received only around 3700 AV's in aid. Wondering where the additional 8k from Putin's claim came from. try not to cope and seethe so hard.
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@We_Waz_Kangz🇷🇺 Russia can't even take the Donbas are you on glue? All NATO has done is send some ammo and old junk that was going to be decommissioned anyway.
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@Nick_S0 The Soviets objective was to keep their puppet regime in power, they were defeated by the mujahedeen. The US went to dismantle Al Qaeda and get Bin Laden. Mission accomplished.
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@jebjeb1498 What a silly comment, you are quoting Russian MoD figures for Ukraine losses, do you really think they are credible? As for Russian losses the mayor of Moscow claimed Russia had 600k wounded, that doesn't include KIA. Russia's deputy minister of defense said they had 50k MIA, which is an insane number. To put that in perspective the US only had around 2k for the entire Vietnam war.
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@jebjeb1498 Russia has reason to exaggerate Ukrainian losses and minimize their own. Do you really not understand the difference? So when we get candid comments regarding their own losses why would we assume they are inflating them?
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@jebjeb1498 " the same logic applies to Ukraine." Which is why I was using Russian sources to talk about Russian losses goofy.
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@jebjeb1498 Everything else you wrote is just baseless speculation. Typically defenders have a 3-1 advantage, I'd expect the numbers to be somewhere around there.
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Let it be known that Putin is more then willing to negotiate with terrorists.
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Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Ukraine a country of 40 million, going to be a long time before they run out.
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@dwu9369 You're the one peddling conspiracy theories, what do you think? Does it involve bigfoot or the Illuminati?
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The Ukrainians held onto the footage for a day to give Russia a chance to lie about it to further undermine their credibility.
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Anyone interferes - red line send artillery - red line send long range rocket artillery - red line send tanks- red line send cruise missiles - red line send jets - red line Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and all he does when we cross them is pout.
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@VytautasLDK Putin's meat puppet Lavrov said it. Its of course nonsense Ukraine has had multiple platforms capable of delivering nukes since before the war started. Russia will regard Western F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine as a "nuclear" threat because of their capacity to carry atomic weapons, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.. "Russia cannot ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons. No amount of assurances will help here," Lavrov was quoted as saying by the Russian Foreign Ministry. "In the course of combat operations, our servicemen are not going to sort out whether each particular aircraft of this type is equipped to deliver nuclear weapons or not. "We will regard the very fact that the Ukrainian armed forces have such systems as a threat from the West in the nuclear sphere."
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yanksbiglywvil Clown why does everyone in Russia who criticizes Putin end up in the Gulag, poisoned or taking a nose dive out of a window.
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You understand that if something explodes in the air you can still hear it right? thats how sound works.
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@jarink1 yeah without complete air supremacy helo's are a death trap in most cases, unparallel in militia stomping though
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@mikejezek5214 Russia is spending 40% of its budget on this war and 1/4 of the population doesn't even have access to a toilet.
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@Mata-Miramar Nobody attacked Russia.
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@joshuapaul2022 No it said Ukraine lost 20% of equipment that had seen combat. Not 20% of total equipment. General Popov was fired for stating that Russia was taking terrible casualties, they don't even rotate troops. They lack ammunition and artillery, particularly counter battery. History Legend is a sensationalist shill. Watch his 8 month saga stating that Bakhmut would be lost any second.
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@chazzerau Macgregor is a shill who's been predicting the downfall of Ukraine since the opening days of the war. Literally every predictions he's made has turned out to be wrong.
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Russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of the war.
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Are you Iranian?
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Putin in 2014 " I could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks."
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@springbloom5940 What's your source for your first paragraph? And if Russia is running out of stuff to target then why do they keep losing ground every day? You'd think with no targets left Russia would at a minimum be able to take the Donbas. What a brainless statement.
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@springbloom5940 yeah i'm gonna have to ask for the source on 90% of US munitions being foreign sourced. Or is this just more made up nonsense like 'Russia retreated form over half of their once occupied territory but they've run out of targets.'
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Yuri-uy5mu So's vranyo.
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@s0ycapitan Anything to justify a massacre hey? And every pizza party is full of NATO high command.
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@s0ycapitan Lets compare apples to apples at least. In Afghanistan the US/NATO was responsible for around 46,319 civilian casualties over 20 years. Russia was responsible for around 2 million civilian casualties over 10 years. So several orders of magnitude more in half the time, what saints. Interestingly it was the Syrians who chimed in on twitter after Russia took out that theatre full of children warning the Ukrainians they cant let them know where they hide their women and children or Russia will specifically target them. And they'd know after Russia flattened Aleppo.
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@s0ycapitan Here's what you said "Compared to the USA in Iraq the Russians are saints." Remember? Then 2 minutes later "I'm not saying the Russians are saints." Ok bud. How many cities have the Russians absolutely destroyed in Ukraine? What an inane comment. Here's Russia using cluster munitions on a civilian area. youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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@s0ycapitan It wasn't that long ago that Russian state media was calling for a 'final solution to the Ukrainian problem.' And as with all Russian state media they need approval from the Kremlin before they say anything. At Bucha (and pretty much every where russia has been driven out of) there are mass graves. People with their hands bound, bullet to the back of the head. In some instances lined up and drove over with a tank to try to hide their crimes. So please spare me the BS.
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Russia should give back the illegally occupied Kuril Islands.
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Yuri Old Soviet junk got absolutely dumpstered by western gear in Iraq. In Afghanistan the mission was to get Bin Laden and dismantle Al Qaeda. Which they did, and don't worry unlike Russia The US is rich and can afford it. Remember when the USSR went there and took 15000 KIA in 10 years and collapsed their whole damn empire? Also US took 2,402 KIA in 20 years, that's a bad 2 days for Russia in this war.
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@alexxela9502 Yeah prior to the war the Dollar made up 85% of global trade now it's shrunk all the way down to 89%. Get real.
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@sapere7 80% of Chinese people live on less then 300$ a month
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@vlhc4642 we get cheap junk from China, China is the worlds largest importer of food and energy, without the west China starves in the dark.
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@willyang4487 Tell that to the Uighurs, Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan and all its neighbors that China routinely bullies.
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@white69cracker China is the largest importer of food and energy on the planet, by a wide margin.
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Pesky Americans keep making Russia attack its neighbors. ok dude.
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@againstviralmisinformation let me know when Macron starts poisoning/arresting all his political rivals like they do in Russia.
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@s0ycapitan No he cut a deal with the Oligarchs making him one of the richest men in human history. He never actually asked to join NATO either, he wanted to be asked but thats not how NATO works. In his words he 'didn't want to be on a list of countries that don't matter.'
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Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos
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@Biden_has_dementia To date there is evidence of 5 leopard tanks destroyed. Russia has lost thousands of tanks and cant even take the Donbas, and its only a half days drive from Moscow.
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Terrorist Girkin-Strelkov called Putin a "spineless wood louse" for not punishing Prigozhin. "Putin demonstrates his total powerlessness and shows that it's okay to act that way. Try, guys, try again. And if you fail, nothing will happen to you,"
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Russia should stop funding this pointless war and use the money to develop its own country because it's an absolute sewer.
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@jimthompson9370 Trump just doesn't get what tariffs are.
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@HH-co9yo Source: Trust me bro.
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@Cavebabybeserkerrs Sure bud, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. wtf does the Minsk agreement have to do with Russia retreating from Kyiv? Let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@jetli740 First of all there was never any deal regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much. You can ask Prigozhin what a deal with Putin is worth, or the Chechens. Russia also broke the Budapest memorandum and the Minsk agreement. Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time. You have no idea what you are talking about.
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@jetli740 None of this is top secret, you should try looking things up before you post idiotic comments. Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said in 2022 that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory" On 3 March, the second round of peace talks began. Both sides agreed to open humanitarian corridors for evacuating civilians. Russia's demands were Ukraine's recognition of Russian-occupied Crimea, independence for separatist-controlled Luhansk and Donetsk, and "de-militarisation" and "de-Nazification". Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that while his country was ready for talks to resume, Russia's demands had not changed. A third round of negotiations began on 7 March, amidst ongoing fighting and bombing. Dmitry Peskov restated Moscow's demands, that Ukraine should agree to change its constitution to enshrine neutrality, accept that the Crimea was Russian territory, and recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. It goes on and on like this.
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@jetli740 None of the terms are top secret, you could look them up instead of posting foolish comments. Russia wanted Ukraine to recognize their annexation of Crimea and the Donbas, eternal Ukrainian neutrality and Ukrainian disarmament, among other things. AKA surrender.
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@bigmoe9856 Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, then there were protests when he tried to hang onto power and he fled the country. Nothing to do with the west. Russia was supposed to remove support for the LPR/DPR and withdraw its forces from the Donbas and return control to Ukraine with the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. And I don't know what you think the OSCE report says but maybe you can look it up because they say Russia was the primary violators of Minsk.
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@bigmoe9856 Here's a taste of the OSCE report, it goes on and on like this. For the past four years, this Council has borne witness to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Four years into the fighting, Russia has failed to keep even the most basic of the agreements reached in Minsk. Russia has failed to respect the line of contact, leading incursions since 2014 that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers for its proxies in eastern Ukraine. Russia has failed to respect the ceasefire, making and breaking countless truces. Russia has failed to withdraw heavy weapons, consistently deploying – and firing – them in proscribed areas. And Russia has failed to uphold the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), permitting – if not instructing – its forces to deny, detain, threaten, and even shoot at monitors, their vehicles, and their cameras and drones. Russia’s aggression has cost over 10,300 lives, wounded an estimated 25,000 more, and displaced up to two million people. The United States and over thirty other participating States have further warned that the fighting puts critical infrastructure like the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) in jeopardy, leaving the Donbas at heightened risk for an environmental catastrophe. We are deeply concerned that on May 14, this critical water facility once again came under fire on the same day a bullet passed dangerously close to the head of an SMM monitor. Russia started this conflict and continues to fuel it, so Moscow is ultimately to blame for the humanitarian crisis in the Donbas. However, it is the responsibility of both sides to ensure that the unarmed civilian employees of DFS – as well as the SMM monitors who facilitate their work – are protected. We call on Russia-led forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces to immediately work toward disengagement from the Donetsk Filtration Station and other critical civilian infrastructure sites. Mr. Chair, the Russian Federation continues to arm, train, lead, and fight alongside forces in eastern Ukraine. We remind the Permanent Council that Russia has never accounted for the presence of uniformed Russian soldiers, as reported by the SMM. Russia has never explained the presence of Russian weapon systems that are not, and have never been, a part of Ukraine’s arsenal. As reported by the SMM, these include the TOS-1 Buratino Multiple Launch Rocket System, the Zhytel R-330 jamming station, and the Orlan-10 drone. Nor has Russia ever acknowledged the tens of thousands of persons in military-style dress, whom the OSCE Border Observation Mission has seen cross into Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine. Russia has noted that OSCE observers did not witness members of its armed forces carrying weapons across the border in plain sight, yet Russian soldiers have been observed bearing weapons in the conflict zone. Last week Russia sent yet another so-called “aid convoy” across the border into eastern Ukraine, and continued to deny access to OSCE observers and Ukrainian customs officials to inspect it. If these are humanitarian shipments, as Russia claims, why are SMM monitors not allowed to inspect them? And why are they not coordinated through an international mechanism, as the Minsk agreements stipulate? It’s clear that Russia’s rhetoric is simply an attempt to distract from its lack of compliance with the Minsk agreements. Mr. Chair, the fact remains that this conflict will only be resolved if Russia makes the decision to remove its forces from the territory of Ukraine, and allows a genuine international security presence to enter. As U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker noted in a briefing with the U.S. Helsinki Commission last week, an internationally mandated peacekeeping force under a UN mandate would establish the conditions for the peaceful resolution of the conflict. It would also alleviate the suffering of the millions of people affected by the conflict. This peacekeeping force would be responsible for security within the conflict area, and would oversee the cantonment of heavy weapons. And it would have to establish control – not closure – of the international border between Ukraine and Russia in areas outside of Ukrainian government control. Only then would the conditions be ripe to hold local elections and ensure other political steps under the Minsk agreements are fully implemented.
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@ghsense2626 I didn't know that, that's actually really interesting.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Whatever helps you sleep at night Manu. Hey last week you said Russia was on the brink of surrounding Aadviika, still waiting on that.
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@kilikilio5321 Yes, that's why Russia is throwing away hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of men on foolish offensives like Vulhedar and Aadviika.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I like how photographic evidence isnt' good enough for you because they are from the Netherlands. And you still have the nerve to accuse someone else of racism. And no Oryx isnt shutting down, the guy running it is retiring but Oryx will remain in operation. Lots of misinformation from a guy who's supposed to be against it.
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Xi want's his vassal to remain intact.
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@chrisdelaplante5515 All Russia has to do is go home and the war is over.
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@chrisdelaplante5515 No Russia invaded and had sham gunpoint referendums. these referendums are recognized by nobody except Syria and NK. Amazing how referendums are illegal in Russia but invading another country and forcing them to have sham referendums is somehow considered legitimate by Russia.
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@DarkoFitCoach Nobody with more than two brain cells think they are trying to annex Russia. They will however hold it until the war is over.
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@Memovox Are you just going to keep spamming the same braindead comment in every thread?
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@Memovox What point are you trying to make exactly? That Russia was even worse then the Germans? Russia sent lots of people to the gulags. Including millions of their own. Russia killed off far more then the Germans ever did they killed at least 30 million of their own maybe more.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 The WAPO article did not say that Ukraine had lost 30% of forces dedicated to this offensive. It said that Ukraine has lost 20% of equipment that has seen combat. Not surprising to see you misrepresent sources to spread misinformation though.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Want a Russian source? How about general Popov who was fired for saying that Russia was suffering terrible casualties, they aren't even rotating troops. He also said they lack ammo and artillery, particularly counter battery. General Vladimir Seliverstov was also fired for stating much the same. Not to mention pretty much all the Russian mil bloggers have done nothing but doom post recently, those guys make girkin look like an optimist. It's basically just you guys in the comments who have any sort of confidence, not sure where that comes from, almost seems like you guys are all reading from the same script.
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@DarkRoomAmbience Right? These guys act like the Ukrainians are attacking the Maginot line or something (which also failed btw). Its some trenches, which aren't any different from the trenches they are already attacking except they have some added cope cones.
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@ellenfaulkner7616 Don't mind Yuri he exists in a fantasy land where Russia is capable of capturing the Donbas.
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@DarylSaunders737 Do you think its barbaric to force women to carry a non-viable fetus? Or to not give them proper care resulting in sepsis after a miscarriage because clearing out the placental and embryo leftovers is classified as an abortion?
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@UnknownMoses r/TrumpCriticizesTrump
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@mdaniel5384 In China you cant even buy property you just lease it from the government.
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@iggy5347 Everybody is leaving bud. in June, Hyundai announced the sale of two of its four remaining plants in China. It will reduce models sold in the market from 13 to eight. Two Beijing plants that the company will keep will also be used as export bases for Southeast Asia. In 2021, the company sold a plant in Beijing to domestic EV startup Li Auto. Toyota Motor's (7203.T) joint venture (JV) in China said on Monday that it has terminated early the contracts of about 1,000 dispatch workets
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@danwright1794 So the Turks elected an inept leader just to spite the west?
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@Patendyck76 Biden doesn't go around trying to annex neighboring countries.
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@cordellmohawk8408 The actual docs? or the clearly photoshopped by that tropical fish girl from New Jersey? Have you read the docs? they don't paint a good picture for Russia (again the real ones not the doctored ones)
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@alexpug5162 Marginal gains in exchange for horrific losses isn't a winning strategy. Zoom the map out, it's been more or less the same for two years. I wonder how many Chinese golf carts it will take to capture the Donbas.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas. Its time to face reality.
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@bobmorane2082 What's your point? Ukraine has friends and Russia doesn't? Russia can't even make ball bearings anymore, and all their equipment uses western components.
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And Russia still won't be able to take the Donbas.
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@barbadolid5170 So you don't think Russia should be on the security council? Why did Russia inherit all of the USSR's treaties? Why is an ex KGB guy running the country? Russia may not be the USSR but they are their successors.
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@NealGutierrez Whataboutism is pretty much what every Russian arguement boils down to. "well *insert other country. did bad things so that means we should be able to genocide whoever we want". Absolutely braindead.
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Spending a year dicking around in the Donbas very effectively. Refurbishing T-54/55's very effectively. Retreating from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson very effectively. Bolting on ancient naval guns onto ancient MTLB's very effectively. Destroying their own economy and becoming a global pariah and laughing stock very effectively.
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Putin has more red lines than a candy cane and every time we step over one all he does is pout.
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@lovyrituraj there is zero evidence for that. Yanukovych was voted out by an overwhelming majority of parliament, including his own party. Because he unexpectadly backed out of an EU trade deal. Then when he refused to give up power there was a popular uprising. Putin then sent his goons in to try to support his puppet. He failed there but succeded in Belarus where they voted overwhelmingly against Lukashenko then Russia sent in his enforcers to brutalize the Belarussian people. There is zero evidence of CIA support, how would they even foster a popular rebellion? going door to door handing out flyers demanding people get out and protest?
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr You are super brave. wonder if the civilian ship captains will be as brave as you. I also wonder if global insurance companies will insure ships heading into a shooting gallery.
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presumably western aircraft are next on the list of stuff we're sending
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Nobody takes those guys seriously. Ritter has been predicting the imminent collapse of Ukraine since the first moments of the invasion. And is a registered child diddler.
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@Andygb78 All of which you can get at any army surplus store.
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@Andygb78 Yes of course. Much like how Russia's little green men were able to secure AK's from army surplus stores back in 2014.
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@Andygb78 the AK74 is a military grade rifle, not available for civilians to own. Yet somehow little green men in 2014 managed to get some, just like the little green men today managed to get M4's. Military surplus stores in Eastern Europe must be different.
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The news came from Russian media, specifically Novaya Gazeta.
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@professiggitways Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, and Ghana off the top of my head. Some of those were 'African Socialism' and the concept of African Socialism and its legitimacy within the Marxist–Leninist theory is debatable.
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@jakwllwlwlw I don't disagree and if they are ever as dumb as Putin and start bragging about their warcrimes on TV expect them to catch charges also.
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@crude-za Neither was Milosevic
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Here you are spreading misinformation again, big surprise.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Russian sources say it was damaged.
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@Achmedsander also this is Russia's last war as they are in terminal demographic decline, so once they are spent here we are done with Russia, forever.
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@SlasherCat-oe4nd So they have more missiles? Kind of a dumb question tbh. Storm shadow and SCALP are the same thing btw. Why is the worlds self proclaimed #2 army still unable to take the Donbas? Its only a few hours by car from Mocow.
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@s0ycapitan Isn't Russia the one with a ridiculously high shoot down percentage, along with an abnormal amount of careless smokers?
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Wow Russian bots out in full force. you guys should go help on the front, maybe Russia would have a chance of taking the Donbas this century.
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"we're not even trying yet" Literally the dumbest argument that Russians make. You'd think Russia would actually try to win a war they started, guess they are even more moronic then we all thought.
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those little green men could have got that gear at any army surplus store.
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@livingtribunal4110 Pesky NATO keeps making me invade countries! Actually all my problems are NATO's fault not centuries of inept leadership.
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@steveb1325 Haven't you heard, anytime Russia does something bad or something bad happens to Russia it's NATO's fault.
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@WalesTheTrueBritons Even Gorbachev said there was no promise that's Putin's fever dream. Also that's not how NATO works, nobody is invited, they petition to join and the alliance votes on whether or not they can. And gee I wonder why ex com bloc countries would want to join NATO. If the Baltics weren't in NATO then all the BS the Ukrainians have seen would have already happened there. 'Oh no Russian nationals are being bullied better go annex them to save them.' It's the same garbage over and over.
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How could it be HIMARS? Russia has claimed to have destroyed every HIMARS on earth.
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@LRRPFco52 Gripen doesn't have delicate landing gear nor does it require hydrazine. There just aren't very many of them.
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The problem isnt' that Capitalism is bad (it is), the problem is we have nothing better to replace it. Communism, no thanks, fascism, absolutely not. I really think all we can do is wait for AGI and hope the explosion in tech solves our problems.
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They have already a couple of times, Russia responded with impotent tears and putting a pantsir on the roof of the MOD.
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@stu281 Russia has lost well over 15k armored vehicles, lost half the black sea fleet and have six figure casualties. If you want to pretend its not a war that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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New leaked Docs reveal Xi will do whatever he deems necessary to obtain secure sources of honey.
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@jonatikoisuva2695 Brics has no obligations or objective. It isn't difficult to join a group that has no obligation or direction. If anything is ever asked of a county in Brics they will be gone in a minute. "China and India may hate each other but when it comes to BRICS they live their differences by the door" To do what, nothing? Brics still hasn't done anything, there are no treaties or agreements of any kind.
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Russia thinks it has a chance to take the Donbas. 😆🤣😂
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@dpelpal They'll claim that horses have been used in war for thousands of years and are still very effective in battle. And that machines are a tool of the decadent west.
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@polarxta2833 Marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses isn't much of an advancement.
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@Liboch Ok, but I'm not sure how that's in any way relevant to what I said. The Spitfire probably flew hundreds of thousands or millions of sorties in WW2. So what? I was responding to a person trying to claim that western aircraft weren't combat tested.
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@Liboch You understand its not 1969 anymore right?
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@Liboch Russia killed more then 2 million Afghan civilians, what is the point of your brainless whataboutsim? Russia killed 30+ million of its own citizens. Pretty much only China can keep up with Russia when it comes to body count. What does any of this have to do with F16s?
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@D-E-S_8559 How would you rate the Russian air force performance in this war?
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@MrClean-kr3uq is the 'liberal world order' in the room with you right now?
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Why does Russia occupy 20% of Georgia?
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Just some little green men. Likely local Belgorodians who are tired of being bombed and oppressed by Russia and want freedom. They probably just got their equipment from army surplus stores and captured from the Russian army.
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@user1qaz2wsx3edc So China genocided Tibet to get revenge on the US? Revenge for what, saving them from the Japanese in WW2? What are you trying to say exactly?
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It's either a false flag or some third party in Russia is challenging Putin.
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@agunbiadekubrat8489 Anything in particular? Or are you just here to make idiotic comments with your fellow travelers?
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@AlexWolfM What on earth are you talking about? Russia hasn't had any gains in over a year. Russia lost more in its short offensive then Ukraine has in the 4 months of its offensive. Why do you think Russia is dusting off T54's and begging Iran and North Korea for ammo?
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@AlexWolfM 1) Russia's offensive has been a disaster, far worse then Ukraine's. There is actual photographic evidence to back this up, not just Putin and Shoigu's say so. 2)The 100k comes from the Russian MoD (yesterday I heard 70k you guys need to get your stories straight.) Putin on his September 12th speech claimed they'd destroyed over 18k Ukrainian armored vehicles since the offensive started. An amazing feat considering Ukraine started the war with 7k and received around 4k in aid. Russia must have mastered interdimensional travel and have been destroying Ukraine's army in other timelines. 4)As I said above Russia has spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds number 2 army, bending the knee to North Korea is humiliating no matter how you try to spin it. 5)This is untrue As of May 2023 the United States had given Ukraine more than 160 howitzers and more than 2 million 155 mm artillery rounds. For their part, E.U. countries have provided Ukraine with about 350,000 155-millimeter shells in total as of Mar 16, 2023. Those are the most recent numbers i've found, I'm sure numbers are even higher now. Why lie about something that's so easy to google? The US and EU are also investing to increase 155 production by six fold. Also what's your point? A large percentage of the shells from the west are guided munitions that will actually hit their target. The NK shells are ones Russia sold NK decades ago and may or may not work. 6)They said the same thing about the T62, but its been spotted multiple times being used in an MBT role. Russia is using the T54 because their losses have been catastrophic. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after almost two years of trench warfare and 6 figure casualties they only controlled around 15% of Mexico (after losing 50% of the territory they once occupied.) Then they dusted off the M26 Pershing and said "don't worry the M26 is cheap mobile fortifications that are used exclusively as defense." What a humiliating joke.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Russia loses ground on the battlefield every day. Hydrocarbon revenue is down by 90% (a bulk of its economy) and the Ruble is in the toilet. Its called winning people.
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Thanks internet military genius.
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@psnaris There's no provision in NATO that prevents individual member states from intervening.
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From the looks of current events I'd say its Russia that's suffering from ''Ukraine fatigue."
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@dazjackson1972 She conceded defeat, Trump still whines that he won. Also its funny to talk about TDS when she clearly is living rent free in your head.
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@dazjackson1972 Yeah nobody's thought about her in years because she hasn't been in the public eye for almost a decade. That didn't stop your unprompted whining about her despite her situation and Trumps having nothing in common.
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@mcal27 History didn't start last year. Russia has been spending orders of magnitude more on defense then Ukraine for Decades. And they still cant even take the Donbas.
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The US wants to maintain the status quo in the region. If war starts it will be China that starts it.
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And Russia will still be parked outside Avdiivka in ten years.
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@carmelapelaez2700 Is that the one where Muscovy keeps sending wave after wave of stunned mobik to die in the same minefield outside of Vulhedar?
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@carmelapelaez2700 Let me know when you guys take Bahkmut, let me guess you still think everything is going according to plan and the only reason Muscovy isn't winning is because they aren't trying but once the REAL army shows up it will be over in 3 days.
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@carmelapelaez2700 Well i'm sure Russia would like to win sometime this century which won't happen at their current pace. Time is on the Ukrainians side, while the Russians send in the T-62's and Frankenstein MTLB's the Ukrainians will be getting better and better equipment from the west.
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@I_Fight_Instacart There weren't the political implications of nuclear weapons back then. The US was the only country with them MAD didn't exist and the environmental fallout was still unknown. The two situations aren't comparable.
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@FranciscoHernandez-pg7fk See Francisco back in the olden days everyone was conquering everyone else thats just how things were. since WW2 you are a bad boy if you try to annex another country.
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Not sure who's taken out more Russian generals at this point, Russia or Ukraine.
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@jdubb6960 By Tokmak there are 3 lines, further east where Ukraine has made the most progress there is only 1.
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@marpl6063 Since Nixon took the USD off the gold standard people have been predicting the end of the Dollar. Yet were still waiting.
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@VVV85650 Meanwhile Russia's 3 day smo is going great. The US is tying Ukraine aid with Taiwan's so that the MAGA lunatic fringe who is in favor of military aid to Taiwan wont try to block Ukrainian aid. Nice job demonstrating you have no idea what's goin on though.
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@akshay9109 So why is Russia attacking across much of the front taking massive casualties if they aren't interested in gaining territory? Why did Russia hold sham referendums and annex Ukrainian territory? Why did Putin say he wouldn't give back any of the stolen territory? What you say has no basis in reality. Moreover prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, and there were multiple NATO countries opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. This is a blatant land grab, what a foolish comment.
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@AugustusOmega "I'll nuke anyone who gets involved" "I'll nuke anyone who sends artillery" "I'll nuke anyone who sends tanks" "I'll nuke anyone who sends jets" Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and does nothign but pout when we step over them.
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@mellotim Russia's GDP is smaller then New Jersey and the BRICS countries dont give a rats ass about Russia
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@mellotim cool story Ivan. They are buying Russian hydrocarbons at the price cap levels set by the EU which is break even at best for Russia. Russian energy exports have fallen by 48% in the last 2 months. are you taking into account purchasing power parity terms? i dont think Russias economy is as large as you think. None of the BRICS countries give a rats ass about Russia. Brazil is an american ally, not a very good one but they know where their bread is buttered, India is another american ally, they want to play both sides but to counter their enemy China they are moving closer to the US. China is currently going through the largest demographic, economic and societal collapse in human history we dont even know what their GDP is because they didnt publish it this year. and they still do way more trade with the west then with Russia. and are completely dependent on the west to keep the lights on and food on the table, without our continued support they all starve to death in the dark in 6 months. and SA is a borderline failed state with 40% unemployment and the only reason we dont bring them into the fold is they are too irrelevent to bother. BRICS is literally some tech bro's investment strategy not some grand alliance. The only counties to vote for Russia at the UN are North Korea, Guatemala and Syria. A truly fearsome group. Lay off the copium an stop watching RN
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@mellotim Taking anything Russia says at face value is moronic, let me guess you think everything is going according to plan? subtract 50% at least to any number the Russans put out. They only know how to lie and the only reason they tell the truth is to facilitate some other lie.
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@mellotim i'm not American, what does the Iraq war have to do with anything? other stuff exists. and if you think corruption in the west is anywhere close to what it is in Russia you live in a fantasy world
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@mellotim later ivan, pretty rich coming from the guy that parrots Russian talking points, let me guess you think everything is going according to plan. gonna be rough finding a job once russia runs out of money hey.
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They pretty much have to wait for a the balkanization of Russia or get nuked, and i'd imagine the new countries that emerge won't make the same mistake that Ukraine did and give up their nukes
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@thebrutallyhonest Then Putin invited the African leaders to beg some more but 2/3 of them didn't' show up. haha, maybe he can get some more scraps from Zimbabwe.
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There aren't any jobs that are safe and thats a good thing
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Yeah Xi's puppet Putin lives in complete denial.
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@patb5266 they are being used by TDF, like I said Ukraine hasn't spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. Also M55 have been upgraded and maintained for their entire time in service, T55's have been sitting in a field in Tunguska for the past 50 years and are basically stock, maybe some sort of imager if lucky.
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@Jimmy1972 Bin Laden killed thousands of people, the US demanded the Taliban hand him over, not an unreasonable request, and they refused. Not sure what they were supposed to do, just wag their fingers at him and say 'dont do it again you rascal'. I do think probably it would have been better to just leave it to special forces and air power though, and forget the nation building nonsense. Easy to say in Hindsight I guess.
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@nathanielb659 Pesky Americans wont even let me do any ethnic cleansing. Also Serbia voted to condemn Russia at the UN, they have been drifting towards Europe for decades, they know where their bread is buttered, any loyalty to Russia is because of nostalgia and inertia.
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Welcome to China, where everything is made up and the numbers don't matter.
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@Козырь Every place is full of Russians trying to escape mobilization.
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@jeffhampton2767 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.” - Trump
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Yeah they could just go home and end this pointless war. But then Putin's life would be forfeit.
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@Cl0ckcl0ck Photographic evidence of material losses for Ukraine in Kursk is low double digits. The 'lost' HIMARS were actually M142's, and were later revealed to be inflatable decoys, as was the Patriot launcher.
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The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore buddy.
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@ariaspes3842 By seizing a Vietnamese tanker bound for Asia?
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@rhetorical1488 It becomes illegal when transferred onto a ship from a country party to the sanctions. In this case Greece.
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@chrismalcomson7640 Maybe but Iran would have their proxies taking pot shots at civilian ships anyways because they cant stand Saudi Arabia and Israel normalizing relations.
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@jamesgreen1116 I have no idea why you would make something up that is so easy to google. Here is the first result. "Syria's new transitional government says there is no place for Russian presence in Syria."
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What they appear to be doing is surrendering in droves.
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@mantas6540 Do you have a source it was a suicide bomber that's not just baseless speculation?
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@mantas6540 So just baseless speculation then. Ok.
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@mantas6540 Reported by who? where? You are the one making a claim (it was a suicide attack) so YOU are the one that needs to provide evidence. do you understand?
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@mantas6540 Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, Article 52, provides for the general protection of civilian objects, hindering attacks to military objectives in a war between two or more belligerents. Article 52 states, "In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage." So a bridge is by definition a military target, a pizza party isn't. Got it? The bridge itself was illegally constructed on illegally occupied land, the Ukrainians warned multiple times that they were going to attack the bridge. Any civilian casualties are unfortunate but if you are a civilian and want to avoid becoming a casualty you should avoid illegally occupied territory. Particularly targets that the defenders have already stated they would destroy.
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@mantas6540 I will say I admire your ability to deflect and never actually address any of the points I bring up. Not surprising considering you lack basic knowledge about burden of proof and what's considered war crimes yet still feel qualified to make confused statements regarding both. I'm mostly surprised that you haven't even brought up Iraq yet like most of your fellow travelers.
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@mantas6540 I can see that reading comprehension also isn't your strong suit.
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@mantas6540 Well I already addressed the how bridges are valid military targets and pizza shops aren't. Guess you missed that. As for the bizarre whataboutism that you just brought up in your last post for the first time and say I somehow didn't address i'll say that considering we don't even know who tried to assassinate Aleksandr Dugin ther's not much to say there. Putin does have a nasty habit of poisoning/arresting everyone around him though. and you can refer to my previous post about the bridge, it applies to TV stations and other means of communication. I can see you have difficulty letting things go and I have only so much time to talk to bad faith ideologs so go collect your potatoes and work on your reading comprehension.
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@JUPITER44376 No they wont.
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@sueburgess847 Da Vinci was an inventor, Musk is an investor. He hasn't invented anything in his life.
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@hf3093 Yeah remember when the US invaded and annexed Cuba and said they were never a real country? Also nobody at any point even suggested putting nukes in Ukraine.
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@GodwinGodfather What are you talking about? Inflation in Japan is 2.9%. Russia's on paper is 9% but is likely closer to 25%.
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@innocentrichard2945 Are you posting from the front?
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@sphsmith3400 Anyone can look at open source satelite images of Russian tank yards that are emptying out.
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@vladimirprotein1275 There is a repair facility in Lithuania for western tanks, ten seconds searching and you could have learned that. Russian tanks have a habit of sending their turrets into orbit when they are destroyed.
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@vladimirprotein1275 There is a repair depot in Lithuania for western tanks, ten seconds searching could have taught you that.
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@j4genius961 If you want to pretend Russia is sweeping across Ukraine at a rapid pace and aren't using golf carts that's fine. Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@j4genius961 No you just said the Kremlin will declare a WW2 style war and roll across Ukraine with millions of soldiers, which is laughable. Why are you bringing up Russia's meager gains and pretending its some grand achievement then? Moscow's forces have claimed 654 sq km since the beginning of this year (not the 800 you claim), outstripping the 414 sq km lost to Ukraine between June 1 and Oct. 1 last year. Amounting to a gain of 222 sq km. do you have any idea how small that is? Year three of the invasion and you bring up something so embarrassing and pretend its something to be proud of. All in exchange for terrible losses. Also you are the one that brought up the brainless shovel rhetoric brought up by people who can't read.
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@j4genius961 Oh and also the three days rhetoric was all over the place in Russia. Dry your eyes. Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot war we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jezus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@j4genius961 Also the three days rhetoric was all over the place in Russia. Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@j4genius961 Yes, we all know frontal assaults in dirt bikes and golf carts are how you win a war of attrition. Please.
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@j4genius961 Ukraine has received about 4-5 percent of the annual military budgets from NATO countries in aid, mostly in the form of old stock. If you think the west is out of weapons you are completely delusional.
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@j4genius961 Pretty much the only thing Russia out manufactures the west is artillery rounds, and that's 155mm compared to 152mm and 122mm, its not an apples to apples comparison. Russia has also been building out its military manufacturing base since 2008, the west just started. It's Russia that has an acute workers shortage. You really do live in a dream world. Almost everything else the west far outpaces Russia, the USAF on it's own would absolutely dumpster Russia, never mind the massive cruise missile advantage. Russia had to go with cap in hand to Iran and NK to beg for more ammo. They are using golf carts, dirt bikes and seventy year old tanks and still cant even take the Donbas. Someone is running out of weapons, it isn't the west little buddy.
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@j4genius961 It's Russia that has the acute manpower shortage little buddy. The only thing that Russia out produces the west in is artillery ammo, which would be a problem if it was still 1917. Russia has been increasing its capacity since 2008, the west just started. In a few years Russia won't be able to keep up. Russia are the ones running out of weapons, we know this because they are using seventy year old tanks and dirt bikes and golf carts. Not to mention they had to go with cap in hand to Iran and North Korea. All we've sent to Ukraine is old stock that was slated to be sent to the scrap heap, and Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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@j4genius961 It's Russia that has the acute worker shortage little buddy. The west outproduces Russia in literally everything except tube artillery, luckily it's not 1917 anymore. Why do you think they had go with cap in hand to NK and the Ayatollah? Why do you think Russia is using 70 year old armored vehicles along with dirt bikes and golf carts?
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@j4genius961 It's Russia that has the worker shortage. The West outproduces Russia in literally everything except tube artillery, luckily it's not 1917 anymore. Why do you think they had go with cap in hand to NK and Iran? Why do you think they are using 70 year old armored vehicles along with dirt bikes and golf carts? Ukraine is getting our old hand me downs, Russia has lost almost 16k armored vehicles and cant even take the Donbas, despite it being a half day drive from Moscow.
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@j4genius961 It's Russia that has the worker shortage. The West outproduces Russia in literally everything except tube artillery, luckily it's not 1917 anymore.
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@j4genius961 It's Russia that has the worker shortage. The West outproduces Russia in literally everything except 152mm and 122mm, luckily it's not 1917 anymore. Why do you think they had go with cap in hand to NK and Iran? Why do you think they are using 70 year old armored vehicles along with dirt bikes and golf carts? Ukraine is getting our old hand me downs, Russia has lost almost 16k armored vehicles and cant even take the Donbas, despite it being a half day drive from Moscow. You've been wrong about literally everything in this thread bud.
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@j4genius961 It's Russia that has the worker shortage. The US and EU outproduce them in literally everything except 152mm and 122, luckily it's not 1917 anymore.
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@j4genius961 . Why do you think they had go with cap in hand to NK and the ayatollah? Why do you think they are using 70 year old armored vehicles along with dirt bikes and golf carts? Ukraine is getting our old hand me downs, Russia has lost almost 16k armored vehicles and cant even take the Donbas, despite it being a half day drive from Moscow.
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@КоржикКоржиков-м6щ Nobody believes this garbage, you are wasting your time.
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Murmansk is an absolute garbage heap.
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@TheKkpop1 Do you think there are IMF secret agents who investigate stuff like that? China self reports it cooked numbers and th IMF takes them at face value.
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@TheKkpop1 imf and wb take china's numbers at face value. Is this one ok yt?
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@TheKkpop1 No China is, they report how great they are and are taken at face value. There aren't investigation teams from the imf and wb who infiltrate countries governments. This is a fact like it or not, China itself has said their gdp reports aren't reliable.
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@TheKkpop1 Do you really think there are top secret agents they send in to confirm every countries self reporting?
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@TheKkpop1 no there aren't wb detective teams that go around confirming countries self reported numbers. Sorry.
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@TheKkpop1 You have no idea what you are talking about.
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@TheKkpop1 Hey maybe when you are a grown up you can join one of the famous imf/wb investigation squads.
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@TheKkpop1 What part of this is difficult to understand? China, and every other country generates their own number and submits it to the imf/wb. The imf/wb dont do an investigating of their own, they just take whatever numbers they are givin to be true. China itself admits that its gdp numbers are unreliable. Understand?
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@johnstreet797 Not anymore, the Canadian Army replaced the Browning Hi-Power pistol with the Sig Sauer P320, which is known as the C22 in Canadian military service.
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@kkkoooii <--- here's one right here.
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Turks shot down a Russian jet a few years back, all they did was cry about it.
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@nelayanpejuang4194 Afghanistan is invading Iran right now.
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Are they going to be using cows as well as donkeys?
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The freeze frame shows it is cleary a Russian kh-101.
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@michaelcoward1902 They just finance every terrorist group they can get in touch with.
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What part of the Geneva convention covers getting your terrorist proxies to attack a country? Also Iran crying about embassy attacks is actually hilarious.
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@hillsane9262 No they aren't, Canada doesn't embargo Cuba, nobody cares.
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@NothingButSilicone If Ukraine had nukes Russia would not have invaded.
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Glory to the Belgorod people's republic
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The US is pushing for the status quo. Its China that wants to force the issue.
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@andreasbpunkt Yes, a small collection of tin pot dictators. Not even their 'no limit friends' China recognize it.
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@andreasbpunkt Just some tinpot autocrats. Even his 'no limit friend' Xi doesn't recognize it.
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The fourth Lukoil exec to die this past year. Bad luck that is.
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@Youragenius Much of the dollar value is in old equipment that we were spending a fortune to maintain.
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@sleepsmartsmashstress740 The border had been the same from 1991 until just recently. Most sane counties would consider fortifying the border of the country they plan on going to war with before they go to war.
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To actually answer your question lend lease expired last year.
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@katrinad2397 Ukraine has the advantage in accurate/effective fire. Ukraine also recently passed Russia in volume of fire, though the recent aid from North Korea likely will give Russia a temporary bump.
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@katrinad2397 Its illegal to criticize the war in Russia. Anyone who criticizes it or Putin end up in the gulag or eating a polonium salad.
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@katrinad2397 Russia's been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years, its time to face reality bud. The Chechens and Afghans defeated Russia with next to nothing, Russia has a long history of losing wars they should win. There is no indication that Ukraine is about to collapse despite two years claiming otherwise by the Kremlin trolls, whereas Russia has already had one attempted coup. Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, almost three times if you count 1905. The collapse of the Russian empire and the collapse of the USSR were under very similar circumstances to the present situation.
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@YUDNSAY Yes the WB also takes countries own numbers at face value, it says as much on their website.
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@ Per the WB, "Much of the data comes from the statistical systems of member countries, and the quality of global data depends on how well these national systems perform."
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@Tu-Vi-Dau-So ok, then you guys should stop crying about them then
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@TheDrAstrov Again, aren't you embarrassed spouting the same easily refuted lies over and over?
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@TheDrAstrov LMAO, you've just resorted to copy/pasting propaganda from Russian state media I see. What do you think you're going to accomplish aside from embarrassing yourself further? Next you'll post video of Russia destroying farm equipment and try to claim its Leopards right?
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@TheDrAstrov You should have went for a walk before copy/pasting a bunch of easy to refute nonsense. Meanwhile in reality you've addressed nothing that I've said. Well not in a manner that anyone with half a brain would have trouble countering. the invasion began in 2022? Even Putin disagrees with you. Ukraine became a new country in 2014? Says literally only you, some random guy in youtube comments. There were no Russians in Ukraine in 2014? Putin and the UN say otherwise. I'll restate because I know reading isnt' your best area. OSCE published a report about their observations which "produced significant evidence of equipment consistent with the presence of Russian Federation military personnel in the vicinity of the various roadblocks encountered". Do you have any arguments that aren't completely braindead?
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@fred4687 Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time.
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@fred4687 Are there any other misconceptions I can help clear up for you?
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@fred4687 Ukraine has implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupies its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed – and extended with renewals – legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. It is Russia’s unique interpretation that the measures passed by Ukraine are somehow insufficient, even though the agreements do not specify what details should be included, and Ukraine has already complied with what is actually specified to the degree it can. What is lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation per se, but implementation — which Russia itself prevents by continuing to occupy the territory. For example, international legal norms would never recognize the results of elections held under conditions of occupation, yet that is exactly what Russia seeks by demanding local elections before it relinquishes control. Moreover, the elections would not be for positions in the illegitimate LPR and DPR “governments” established under Russian occupation, but for the legitimate city councils, mayors, and oblast administrations that exist under Ukrainian law. Who would vote in such elections? Ukrainian law says all displaced citizens should vote. But would Russian occupation authorities allow this? These are matters for resolution under international supervision – not for Russia to dictate terms.
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@fred4687 Any more questions?
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@fred4687 They passed all the relevant legislation, it was Russia's occupation that prevented full implementation. I laid it all out pretty clearly for you, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@fred4687 Russia invaded in 2014. You must not have read this when I posted it earlier, I'll post it again read carefully, Russia was supposed to withdraw its forces, it never did that. Russia violated Minsk on day one. Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time.
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@fred4687 So they annexed Crimea but didn't invade? And this makes sense to you? Moreover you are wrong about Russia not being involved in the Donbas. For starters Wagner was there, and in Putin's own words; "Support for the entire Wagner group was fully provided by the state from the defense ministry, from the state budget, we fully funded the group." Furthermore. After the takeover of Crimea, Wagner with some 300 PMCs went to the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine where a conflict started between Ukrainian government and pro-Russian forces. With their help, the pro-Russian forces were able to destabilize government security forces in the region, immobilize operations of local government institutions, seize ammunition stores and take control of towns. The PMCs conducted sneak attacks, reconnaissance, intelligence-gathering and accompanied VIPs. The Wagner Group PMCs reportedly took part in the June 2014 Il-76 airplane shoot-down at Luhansk International Airport and the early 2015 Battle of Debaltseve, which involved one of the heaviest artillery bombardments in recent history, as well as reportedly hundreds of regular Russian soldiers. Its time to rejoin reality, stop spreading lies. Sources: Faulkner, Christopher (June 2022). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina (eds.). "Undermining Democracy and Exploiting Clients: The Wagner Group's Nefarious Activities in Africa" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center. Butusov, Yurii (31 March 2016). "Mystery of Wagner's identity unfolded: he is Russian officer and head of large private military company in Russia, who eliminated Mozgovoy, Dremov, and other terrorist leaders, and now is fighting in Syria. Retrieved 18 September 2017. "Kremlin's mercenary armies kill in both Syrian, Ukrainian wars | – Ukraine's Global. Korotkov, Denis (16 October 2015). "Славянский корпус" возвращается в Сирию (in Russian. Retrieved 18 September 2017. "SBU exposes involvement of Russian 'Wagner PMC' headed by Utkin in destroying Il-76 in Donbas, Debaltseve events – Hrytsak". Interfax-Ukraine. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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@fred4687 I think you need to read about the difference between a coup and a popular uprising. You really think America went door to door telling Ukrainians to go protest? These were mass protests not the US propping up some general to seize power. If it was an American supported coup then why didn't the US flood Ukraine with weapons then? Why did they wait until after Russia's invasion in 2014? Even after 2014 weapon deliveries were very limited until Russia's second invasion in 2022. You also offer zero evidence for your claims. You just assume that everyone should believe Russian lies like you do. Let me guess you also believe the farm equipment Russia tried to pass off as Leopards is actually Leopards? Wow good job quoting Kissinger, that will win you a debate for sure. Here i'll do that too; “Before this war I was opposed to the membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared it would start exactly the process we are seeing now,” he said. But now, “the idea of a neutral Ukraine in these conditions is no longer meaningful.” Prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, and more then a few NATO countries were opposed to them joining. All talk inside Ukraine started after Russia's 2014 inasion (I covered all this higher up in the thread, feel free to read for once rather then just regurgitating talking points with no basis in reality.) Russia invaded in spite of Ukrainian neutrality, there was no mention about rapprochement with NATO in Ukraine until 2019 five years AFTER Russia invaded.
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@fred4687 Oh and as for what Merkel said who gives af. Germany isn't a signatory of the Minsk agreement, Did Germany sign the Minsk agreement and I just missed the news? You pretend that Russia has no obligations regarding the Minsk agreement (Untrue, as I've already proven 3 or 4 times, that you continue to ignore) Germany actually has no obligations, their motivations for Minsk are different from Ukraine's or Russia's and is also completely immaterial. Next you'll be asking more irrelevant questions like Ja Rule's opinion on the agreement, where's Ja!
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@fred4687 Well little buddy, we've already been through this. Not sure if asking about things that have been explained to you is a hobby of yours but I'll talk about it once more. I already said this but there were actually two Minsk agreements (gasp) Russia proved in the first one (and many times prior) that they had no intention of following any of the protocols, pretending otherwise is laughable. They violated both Minsk agreements on day one by not withdrawing its forces and it's support for the rebels. So Russia had already proved with Minsk 1 that they were operating in bad faith. Then with Minsk 2 they confirmed they had no intention of following any on the tenants. Do you think Ukraine should blindly believe Russia's lies, as you seem to? Russia also has a long history of breaking treaties and agreements. Ask the Chechens or Prighozin what a deal with Russia is worth. Here's a short list of treaties that Russia has broken in recent history. INF Treaty, The Budapest memorandum, The Minsk agreements (I know you dont agree with this one but that's because you have a tenuous grasp on the subject, at best) Resolution 1718 regarding North Korea, newSTART, Nuclear test ban treaty, UN Charter; UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Corpus of conventions governing the laws and customs of war; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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@anatolyalexeenko9232 They could put them in different launch vehicles, or don't and say they did. The value in nukes isn't their use on the battlefield but in their use as a deterrent.
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@throughput6674 The source is Russian citizens. Read any Russian social media, Shoigu is though of as a fool.
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@throughput6674 Do you think the Russian opinion of Shoigu is top secret?
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@akshay9109 Go ask a grown up why Russia is invading.
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@NevilleWran945 Whats your point?
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@engliterra355 From Wiki: While the shelling of Bakhmut began in May 2022, the main assault towards the city started on 1 August after Russian forces advanced from the Popasna ...
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No, nobody remembers that because its irrelevant.
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@s0ycapitan Yeah the US parks most of its tanks out in the desert, which last time I checked was visible from space.
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@s0ycapitan I suggest you watch Covert Cabals videos on the topic. Perun also recently did a good summary.
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@s0ycapitan Yes, that's why they are using golf carts and ladas on the front, because of the abundance of tanks on the front ready to roll. If you want to deny photographic evidence that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@s0ycapitan "The Russians have used the old ones first to break through the 2014 defense lines." This is demonstrably untrue, the ratio of old Russian tanks lost to new ones has greatly increased since the war started. Again this is based off of photographic evidence which you deny because it doesn't fit your narrative. And the entire premise is silly, nobody in the history of warfare has sent their old stuff while holding back new equipment, not even the Soviets did that. If Russia really was doing that (they aren't) they would be even more inept than I thought.
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There are new Ukrainian drone attacks every day.
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No that was Russia's humiliating offensive at Vulhedar where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no good reason.
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Just yesterday I watched Russians fleeing en masse from Urozhaine and getting destroyed because for some reason Russia kept pumping troops into the salient instead of withdrawing them when it was safe/sane to do so. If NATO was involved it would look like Desert Storm + Geography.
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@neutralevil1917 I thought you were a military genius, now you're a hustler. What's next? Forgive me if I take the word of the people who were there over some clueless random internet guy. Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough in this thread talking about things you have no idea about?
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@neutralevil1917 How could cry in the presence of military greatness. Rule #1 of military engagement, like all your own comments.
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@peetky8645 The only way it would have worked is if Ukraine wasn't willing to fight. I can understand why Russia might think this, but if Ukraine was willing (and they were) you'd need around a million men to take a city the size of Kyiv. No amount of fuel would have allowed them to take the city with the forces they had.
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So's almost everybody. China and Russia have some of the worst demographics on earth.
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@sullathehutt7720 Russians didnt even fight at Kharkiv, they ran at first contact. Ukrainians captured Izium without a fight which was the main logistics hub in the are. By some accounts they captured more equipment there then they started the war with.
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@MarxStevens Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas. They've only been trying for 9 years so far.
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@sullathehutt7720 You think Russia running away from Kharkiv is some conspiracy? Ukraine announced they would attack Kherson and Russia believed them for some reason. You know, like idiots. So Russia redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson. When Ukraine attacked Kharkiv they were severely undermanned so they rolled them up like a burrito. then Ukraine blew the bridges behind Russia at Kherson so they couldn't be supplied and they had to run away from there too. And weren't the Hutt's all fat crooks?
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@waynedrummond6583 No you see the further you get the smarter you go, there aint no need to know when you blow at high dough.
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@chrism415 Scott Ritter the convicted child predator? He's your go to guy is he?
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It was all over Russian state media. Putin said back in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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Scott Ritter the convicted child predator?
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The founding fathers never imagined that anyone would be insane enough to vote for a convicted felon so no provisions were ever taken to prevent one from running. An oversight that is hopefully corrected in the future.
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Iran is too busy worrying about the real enemy, women who have their head uncovered.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet not. If Russia was going to use nukes they would have used them by now, they can't for multiple reasons. For starters Putin would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window by the FSB if he ever gave the order.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet not. If Russia was going to use nuclear weapons they would have used them by now, they can't for multiple reasons. For starters Putin would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window by the FSB if he ever gave the order.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from atomic aggression? I bet not. If Russia was going to use atomic weapons they would have used them by now, they can't for multiple reasons. For starters Putin would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window by the FSB if he ever gave the order.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Yes, if Russia was willing to initiate armageddon they could win the war, I can tell you are a deep thinker. Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? If Russia was going to use them they would have used them by now, they can't for multiple reasons. For starters Putin would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window by his own intelligence agencies if he ever gave the order.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Yes, if Russia was willing to initiate armageddon they could win, I can tell you are a deep thinker. Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from atomic weapons? If Russia was going to use them they would have used them by now, they can't for multiple reasons. For starters Putin would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window by his own intelligence agencies if he ever gave the order.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Yes, if Russia was willing to initiate armageddon they could win, I can tell you are a deep thinker. If they were going to use them they would have used them by now, they can't for multiple reasons. For starters Vlad would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window by his own intelligence agencies if he ever gave the order.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Yes if they were willing to initiate doomsday they could win, I can tell you are a deep thinker. If they were going to use them they would have already, they can't for multiple reasons. For one Putin would be escorted to the nearest tenth story window if he tried.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 Yes if they were willing to initiate Armageddon they could win, I can tell you are a deep thinker. If they were going to use them they would have already, they can't for multiple reasons. For one Vlad would be taken to the nearest tenth story window if he tried.
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 What does that have to do with anything little buddy?
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@kasunanastasiabachatasensu386 It doesn't erase a signed treaty. Let me explain this, because you seem to be having trouble grasping simple concepts. If Russia uses them Xi has two options; 1. Respond as they are treaty bound to do. or 2. Do nothing and lose face, and Xi hates losing face. Which is why he has informed his junior partner that he is under no circumstances allowed to use them. Do you understand? Considering you think Russia hasn't been using its long range radars makes be think you won't be able to understand.
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@Memovox U.S. Bank, MSCI, Charles Schwab, Vanguard adivsors. Basically any one with half a brain. This is just how bonds work, interest rates go up and bond yield goes down. I'm guessing Michael Hudson made a claim and you just aren't smart enough to understand what he was actually saying.
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@Memovox Prove what wrong? You haven't made any claims, just incoherent drivel and name dropping. He disagrees that when interest rates go up bond yields go down? I highly doubt that, as he'd be the only economist on Earth who thought such a thing. Tell you what why don't you just google 'how are US treasury bonds performing 2023' Instead of continuing your banal theatrics.
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@Memovox I'd suggest Morgan Stanley's article 'Why Cautious Investors Should Consider Treasury Bonds' If you want to read up on the topic instead of just posting hysterics in youtube comments.
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@Memovox I can see I really triggered you though. Go dry your eyes and learn about economics instead of posting about things that are way over your head.
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@Memovox You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. Its clear you have no idea what you are talking about.
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@Memovox And yeah I read the rest of the thread, you're the guy who thinks BRICS is out to accomplish something. The organization with no economic or trade deals, no military alliance and no obligations. Half the countries hate each other, there's no cooperation on any issue. The only reason anyone joins is to try to score the occasional freebie from China. Truly the downfall of the west is nigh. Please.
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@Memovox Oh have you decided to humiliate yourself on another topic you don't understand? Yes lots of delusional people have been saying that. The same sort who've been predicting the downfall of the US since forever. Yet every decade the US is in a stronger position then the previous one. The mythical BRICS currency, unfortunately nobody wants dictator funny money. So half of BRICS is disqualified right from the start, including China and Russia. Who's left, India? The Rupee? Its worth even less than the Ruble, China and India are enemies, good luck with that. Even if by some miracle they decided on a currency (they wont) This would be good for the US economy. The USD would no longer be artificially inflated and the US could become an export giant again. Its real easy to join a club with no obligations, as for actually doing something I wouldn't count on BRICS. The genesis of BRICS was some wallstreet bro's investment strategy. Nobody takes these guys seriously.
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@Memovox What question are you looking forward to my explanation? Why some countries were selling bonds? I already answered that, I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit but try your best. Also keep in mind, its not like they dump the bonds in the ocean, if they are selling bonds its because someone is buying. Nobody buying Chinese or Russian bonds, I'll tell you that for free. As per why I already said, to diversify their portfolio and an attempt to counter the downward pressure on their currencies of an appreciating dollar. Just because you don't understand an explanation doesn't mean it isn't true.
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@Memovox You want sources for what? Why diversify your portfolio? Or how selling US treasury bonds can help prop up a currency against downward pressure? This is basic stuff in economics, next you'll ask for a source for how supply and demand effect market prices. I guess you could start with the NYT article titled 'A Rising Dollar Is Hurting Other Currencies. Central Banks Are Stepping In.' Or the Reuters article 'China state banks seen selling US dollars to prop up yuan'. This is eco 101 man, you should go take an economics class instead of parroting stuff you don't understand.
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@Memovox Oh and before you cry about sources being biased or something brainless like that. mediabiasfactcheck: Overall, we rate Reuters Least Biased based on objective reporting and Very High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information with minimal bias. NYT They are considered one of the most reliable sources for news information due to proper sourcing and well-respected journalists/editors. The failed fact checks were on Op-Eds and not straight news reporting.
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@Memovox Dry your tears, its likely because Youtube has a policy against misinformation. If you hate Youtube so much why are you here everyday parroting nonsense? All of your 'retorts' were embarrassing bellowing for sources for things that are common knowledge, then when provided with sources crying that they weren't good enough for whatever conspiracy theory reason you invented. Now get ready for bed, your mom will be in to tuck you in shortly.
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@Memovox Enjoy your unhinged conspiracy theories.
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@tagorechandmeah425 Yes the Patriots were destroyed and no evidence was provided, then the lead scientists were awarded a one way, all expense paid trip to the gulag to celebrate its glorious destruction. Next up watch Russia destroy farm equipment and try to pass it off as leopards.
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@davemccrillis1470 Look up "Putin says he can take Kyiv in two weeks"
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@davemccrillis1470 Feel free to look up the two week statement from Vlad, even the Kremlin doesn't deny it happened, they were just upset it was made public.
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@SinnerSince1962 Trump forgot what his wife looked like when he pointed to the woman he SA'd in a photo and said it was his wife.
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@SinnerSince1962 What enemies are you talking about? You know it was Trump who sank the gop border bill right?
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@wolfvale7863 Russia could use a couple game changers, maybe then they'd have half a chance at taking the Donbas.
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@hkfoo3333 CCP killed 60-100 million chinese people.
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@thegibbonslad The Falklands is part of the UK that was invaded by Argentina, Ukraine is a sovereign state invaded by Russia. Please use your head.
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@davidlloyd2583 Grads make up a tiny percentage of total unguided artillery fired. Its clear you have no idea what you are talking about, you should quit before you embarrass yourself further.
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@RAIDENCHEEKS 18,266 towed artillery and 6,443 SPG. Thats just howitzers, not including mortars. Regular artillery ammunition is also much cheaper to produce.
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@davidlloyd2583 If you're looking for something to read here's some excerpts from a Forbes article titled: Russia Has More Artillery Than Ukraine. But Russian Gunners Have A Bad Habit Of Shelling ... Nothing. Russian army still has more artillery and rocket-launchers than the Ukrainian army has. But Russian gunners have a bad habit of shelling ... nothing. Or worse, shelling friendly troops. On paper, the Russian army possesses one of the world’s best artillery fire-control systems. In practice, poorly trained and undisciplined Russian gunners following rigid, outdated doctrine are wasting Russia’s artillery advantage. Firing a lot of shells and rockets without necessarily hitting anything. One panicky December phone call from a Russian draftee, fighting somewhere in eastern Ukraine, tells the story of Russia’s failing fire-support system. After describing Russian battalions shipping home daily “packages” of 17 dead draftees, the unhappy soldier blames Russian gunners for Russian casualties. “Ours have fd us up,” he says in his intercepted call. “Entered incorrect adjustment data. Fd up everything we have, our own guys.”
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@davidlloyd2583 "The Russians have run into a lot of problems. They've got command-and-control issues, logistics issues. They've got morale issues, leadership issues and a wide variety of other issues.” Failures of command result in a lot of wasted shells and rockets and all-too-frequent friendly-fire incidents. Even when artillery is hitting nothing or, worse, hitting allied positions, the gunners just keep blasting away. There’s a “near-absence of reversionary courses of action” in the Russian fire-control system, analysts Mykhaylo Zabrodskyi, Jack Watling, Oleksandr Danylyuk and Nick Reynolds explained in a study for the Royal United Services Institute in London. What that means is, in Russian doctrine, brigades, battalions and batteries tend to freeze up in the absence of detailed instructions from higher command. While awaiting fresh orders, lower units just keep doing what they already were doing. Even when it doesn’t make sense. Even when the current course of action is killing friendly troops. “This approach has probably had the greatest impact in creating a gap between potential and actual capability as regards Russian fires,” Zabrodskyi, Watling, Danylyuk and Reynolds wrote. Russian gunners simply don’t think for themselves. “All reported contacts are treated as true. All fire missions appear to be given equal priority and are prosecuted in the order in which they are received unless an order to prioritize a specific mission comes from higher authority.” “It seems that those directing fire missions either do not have access to contextual information or are indifferent to it,” the analysts added. Ukrainian gunners shoot, correct their aim, shoot again—and entirely change up their schemes of fire when those schemes aren’t working. Russian gunners, on the other hand, tend to blast away at the wrong coordinates while awaiting new orders from division. Orders that might never come.
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@Дмитрий-с8е5ы Yeah been hearing that for 2 years now, how long is that supposed to take? Let me guess, 3 days.
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@HeichE944 That's what I said? try reading my comment again.
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@HeichE944 There is also nothing preventing Finland from withdrawing from NATO if they no longer feel its necessary.
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Appeasement is the path to war. Most people with a functioning brain learned this in the previous century.
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@huskywr240 The Kadyrovites are literally in place as blocking units to stop retreating Russians. You live in an alternate reality little buddy.
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@huskywr240 Who's 'they'? The voices in your head who are inventing scenarios?
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@huskywr240 No amount of personal insults is going to change reality bud.
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@joeylopez7978 Sure buddy, and Kherson is Rusia's forever right?
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@ Wrong. Any implosion device will activate under the correct conditions. There are no magical ways of preventing this.
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@MrGatzby You know nobody will believe you're Australian if you don't understand how commas work and you excessively spam emojis, right?
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@MrGatzby You do know that nobody will believe you're Australian if you don't figure out how to properly use Commas right?
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Manu there are thousands of destroyed Russian T series tanks in Ukraine. They've resorted to building houses around the ones they have left.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Drop a grenade in an open hatch and the whole tank goes up like the 4th of July because Russian's store ammo all over the tank for some reason. You are just making up scenarios in your head that have no basis in reality. Western tanks are far more survivable than any T series tank, you can pretend camera's dont exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take you serious. Zoom the map out, marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses isn't the grand victory Russian cheerleaders pretend it is. To put Russia's last six months in perspective, during Ukraine's 'failed' offensive they took 297.7 square km. During Russia's recent offensive over the past six month's they've managed to take roughly 270 square km, that was without US aid we've all seen the Chinese golf carts used in frontal assaults.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Wow more baseless assertions without a shred of evidence or even basic thought. There are warheads on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. They can also drop ordinance in the open hatch. Russian tanks have a nasty habit of catastrophically exploding at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the casualties are, stop pretending you do. You have no idea how many Russian tankers make it out alive, stop pretending you do. You have no idea Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do. You have no idea about the repair facilities in Lithuania where damaged western tanks are sent. All i've asserted is based on photographic and real evidence, you just spout any nonsense that comes to mind. If you want to pretend Russia is making massive gains despite taking less ground than Ukraine did during its offensive or that they aren't taking horrific losses that's your business, but you look like a fool.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Wow more baseless assertions without a shred of evidence or even basic thought. There are warheads on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. T series tanks have a bad habit of catastrophically exploding at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the casualties are, stop pretending you do. You have no idea how many Russian tankers make it out alive, stop pretending you do. You have no idea Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do. You have no idea about the repair facilities in Lithuania where damaged western tanks are sent. All I've asserted is based on photographic and real evidence, you just spout any nonsense that comes to mind. If you want to pretend Russia is making massive gains despite taking less ground than Ukraine did during its offensive or that they aren't taking horrific losses that's your business, but you can't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Wow more baseless assertions without a shred of evidence. There are warheads on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. Russian tanks have a nasty habit of catastrophically exploding at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the casualties are, stop pretending you do. You have no idea how many Russian tankers make it out alive, stop pretending you do. You have no idea Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do. There is hours and hours of footage of Russian tanks and AFV's being destroyed by drones, pretending otherwise is just embarrassing. The whole reason Russia started building houses around them isn't because of mines bud.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Wow more baseless assertions without a shred of evidence. There are warheads on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. Russian tanks have a bad habit of going up in flames at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the casualties are. You have no idea how many Russian tankers make it out alive. You have no idea Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do, you are just making up scenario's in your head expecting nobody will laugh at you. There is hours of footage of drones taking out tanks, both old and recent, pretending otherwise is silly. Like I said you can pretend camera's dont exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th More baseless assertions without a shred of evidence. There are warheads on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. Russian tanks have a bad habit of going up in flames at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the losses are for either side, ou have no idea how many Russian tankers make it out alive, you have no idea Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do, you are just making up scenario's in your head expecting nobody will laugh at you. There is hours of footage of drones taking out tanks, both old and recent, pretending otherwise is silly. Like I said you can pretend camera's don't exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th More baseless claims without any evidence. There are warheads on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. Russian tanks have a bad habit of going up in flames at the slightest hint of damage. You have no idea what the casualties are. You have no idea how many Russian tankers survive. You don't know Ukraine's or Russia's repair capacity, stop pretending you do, you are just making up scenario's in your head. There is hours of footage of drones taking out tanks, both old and recent, pretending otherwise is silly. They aren't building houses around their tanks to protect them from mines. Like I said you can pretend camera's don't exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. I certainly don't.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th More baseless claims without any evidence. There are weapons on the drones that can pierce Russian tanks, despite your baffling insistence that they can't. Russian AV's have a bad habit of going up in flames at the slightest hint of damage. There is hours of footage of drones taking out tanks, both old and recent, pretending otherwise is silly. They aren't building houses around their tanks to protect them from mines. Like I said you can pretend camera's don't exist if you want just don't expect anyone to take your twaddling seriously.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Frontal asssaults in broad daylight with Chinese golf carts isn't how you win a war of attrition Manu.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Lmao, so you saw a video of Russians repairing a tank and you want to pretend you have a clue, that's actually hilarious. I think the satellite images of emptying depots speaks for itself, as does Russia using T54's and Chinese golf carts, neverminded the building of houses around them. As does using penal battalions and third world mercenaries. And bending the knee to North Korea and Iran. Like I said earlier, zoom the map out. Terrible losses in exchange for marginal gains isn't a victory, Russia still hasn't taken as much ground in its current offensive as Ukraine did in theirs.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th Scurra already said the obvious. You live in a fantasy world bud.
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@gdiwolverinemale4th You shouldn't waste your time typing out comments because you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Ukraine hasn't spent the past twenty years stroking themselves off as the worlds number two army parading around as a supposed super power. They'll take what they can get, Russia still hasn't even managed to take the Donbas bud, even when US aid temporarily dried up.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Why is Russia using mercenaries from third world countries and penal battalions? Why is Russia using Chinese golf carts and seventy year old tanks with houses built around them?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Whatever helps you sleep at night bud, let me know when Russia manages to take the Donbas.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 From Kyiv in three days to the Donbas in a thousand years. Russia has about twenty years before it collapses due to demographics so they better hurry.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Who said anything about Ukraine? They have demographic problems too, they aren't engaging in idiotic invasions though. Do you really think there hasn't been a mass exodus from Russia since the SSR collapsed? Once it did people in Russia stopped having children, population decreases by about half a percentage point per year. That is after the mass exodus seen in the 90's. The average age in Russia is over 40. Who said Kyiv in three days? For one Russia 1 TV, which is owned by who Manu? Putin himself said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. Or do you really think years of WW1 style attrition warfare was the plan all along? Why do you think there was a mass firing at the FSB after the initial failed invasion?
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Trump has a better chance at being elected president of the prison book club then he does being elected president of the US again.
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Unless they've figured out teleportation there is no way for them to get there. Or do you think the few rag-tag forces that are there will be a threat to anyone?
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The only EMP weapon we have is nukes.
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@naas699 Then you are checking the wrong map then, no map on Earth shows Russia having captured all of the Donbas. You understand that capuring part or even most of something isn't the same as capturing all of it right? you also realize that its Russia that is currently engaged in pointless frontal assaults across almost the entire line right? Its time to rejoin reality. Moreover if demilitarization is the goal Russia has done a terrible job as Ukraine's military is larger and better equipped then they were two years ago.
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@cooldad7297 Yes Zelensky was democratically elected, elections have been postponed due to the invasion, which is exactly what is stated in their constitution. Is it in Russia's constitution to throw all political rivals out of windows?
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@ Wrong, he was elected. Elections are postponed for the duration of the invasion, which is exactly what is stated in the constitution. The UK didn't have elections during WW2, does that mean it wasn't a sovereign state?
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@shamsulchong1785 lol, ok tough guy.
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@ЭрикХамитов-ш4щ Can you imagine two apartment buildings getting destroyed then they catch the guy setting up the same explosives in the third and it turns out he's from the FSB.
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@jonnywatts2970 There are over a dozen corruption indices. They all agree that Russia is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. You can check out their methodology and let me know what you have a problem with. Though likely anything that doesn't fit your narrative I'm sure you'll judge lacking in some way. Ukraine definitely has problems with corruption but they seem to at least be dealing with it.
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@longtsun8286 Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. His attempt to defy parliament and hang onto power led to a popular uprising. Ukraine is a sovereign state that Russia gets no say over, even if their government refuses to be their puppet. The reason for the war is just a regular old land grab. learn some history.
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@philipellis4530 People have been making the same claim since Nixon, we're still waiting. The only competition the dollar has is the Euro, after that its Yen, British Sterling. Even Canadian and Australian dollars are a higher percentage of global trade than any currency used by a Brics country. Nobody wants dictator funny money.
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@jeffhedrich3551 They've been laying the groundwork for 15 years now, and still have accomplished nothing. Every year it's the same, they have a meeting, sign no agreements and the internet cheerleaders all congratulate each other with nothing accomplished. The reason anyone is interested in joining is because there is no obligations, as soon as there is, like there is in every other organization that wants to actually sign agreements, countries will leave in a minute. So you can talk about replacing every organization all you like but they still haven't taken the first step. Let me know when any BRICS military, economic or trade agreement exist.
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@jeffhedrich3551 They've been laying the groundwork for 15 years now, and still have accomplished nothing. Every year it's the same, they have a meeting, sign no agreements and the internet cheerleaders all congratulate each other with nothing accomplished. The reason anyone is interested in joining is because there is no obligations, as soon as there is, like there is in every other organization that wants to actually sign agreements, countries will leave in a minute. So you can talk about replacing every organization on earth all you like but they still haven't taken the first step. Let me know when they sign any sort of treaty, or do anything other than talk.
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@bryandimery6509 Yes if you are aware of any BRICS economic or trade agreements please list them.
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@bryandimery6509 The dollar is involved on one side of 89% of all foreign exchange transactions. Since each foreign exchange transaction involves two currencies (converting euros to dollars for example), the sum of shares of individual currencies totals 200%. The only currencies that could even be considered competition is the Euro, Yen, and Stirling. RMB makes up only just 3 percent of all international payments.
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@bryandimery6509 Yes none. If you are aware of any economic or trade agreements please list them.
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@bryandimery6509 USD makes up 89% of all foreign transactions. this is out of 200% because most transactions involve two currencies. RMB by comparison fluctuates between 2-4%
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@bryandimery6509 There are no economic or trade agreement in brics. If you are aware of any please list them instead of childishly spamming emoji's.
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@bryandimery6509 USD makes up around 89% of all global transactions (out of 200% due to multiple currencies being involved in most exchange). Yuan by comparison fluctuates between 2%-4%.
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@bryandimery6509 The Dollar makes up around 89% of all global transactions (out of 200% due to multiple currencies being involved in most exchange). Yuan by comparison fluctuates between 2%-4%. The Dollar's only real competitors are the Euro, Yen and Stirling.
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@bryandimery6509 The Dollar makes up around 89% of all global transactions (out of 200% due to multiple currencies being involved in most exchange). Yuan by comparison fluctuates between 2%-4%. It's only real competition is the euro, which is still far behind.
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@bryandimery6509 "belt and road initiative is coordinated thru brics." No it isn't, this is all China. Russia is being forced to sell gas for Yuan and Rupees against their will because they have no bargaining leverage. Also trade between countries isn't the same as a brics trade deal. Do you understand?
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@bryandimery6509 You were talking about the USD two posts ago, have you already forgotten? Have you thought of any brics treaties that exist outside of your imagination yet?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 I cant find a single source that says 5 helicopters Manu, not one.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 What point are you trying to make right now with your non sequitur? Afghanistan had a smaller population then the USSR and defeated them so soundly their whole country collapsed. Also you might want to take a look at Russian demographics, unless Russia starts sending in armies of babushkas their potential is also limited.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You're the one who started mentioning Russian population out of nowhere. Which by definition is a non sequitur. Please point out where I did something similar. The population of Afghanistan in '79 was 13 million, the population of the USSR was 262 million, what sort of mythical 'male to female' ratio do you think Afghanistan had? do you think before you post? Do you think the country with the highest population will win every war? The USSR also lost to Poland, and fought the much smaller Finland to a draw. The US lost to Vietnam. You also need to equip and supply your forces, Russia hardly has the logistical wherewithal to supply the forces they have.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I was making a joke about calling the SMO a war being illegal in direct response to your comment about Putin 'acting on it' whatever thats supposed to mean, which was a response to another guys comment about Puting calling it a war. Nothing about Russian police joining the Ukrainians, who's the one twisting arguments? Why are you bringing up population then? Why don't you try to explain your argument properly so I don't have a chance to 'twist it'. Or were you just bringing up Russian population because demographics are your passion? So Ukraine's chances are much better then Afghanistan's as their recruitable male population is much higher then Afghanistan's and Russia's is much lower then the USSR's. Thanks for proving my point for me. Also in Afghanistan over half wouldn't be fit for military service as many would be children, elderly and those otherwise unfit for service. Afghanistan likely had a population around 3 million of military aged males.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I said that I was making a joke, not that I was wrong. According to Russian law calling the SMO a war leads to jail time, Putin called it a war so he should go to jail. That's not how things work in autocracies though, obviously nobody is going to arrest dear leader. Please dont twist my argument. Are you being deliberately obtuse or is this just how you are? Where did I say anywhere that Russia was running out of men? I mentioned Russian demographics in response to you bringing up Ukraine's. Forget twisting arguments now you are just straight making things up. YOU were the one who initially brought up Russia's population, remember? You brought up Russia's population to refute a comment I hadn't made yet? Are you a time traveler, or are you having visions of future comments? any sane person would assume you were making a point about Russia having some huge reserves to send in. War doesn't work that way though. Why don't you just say why you brought up Russia's population so I dont have to guess, since apparently it wasn't to suggest that the country with the larger population will win the war. Even though you seem to make that argument in your most recent post, I guess you arent though. please do it without putting words in my mouth though.
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@Communism.is.a.cancer Youtube doesn't typically allow external links. How about you just google 'Putin admits little green men were Russian army.' instead of asking idiotic questions on youtube.
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@Communism.is.a.cancer Or better yet, see at the top of the screen where it says 'Search'? Type the same thing in there genius.
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@Communism.is.a.cancer Is it amazing to you that countries that spent decades occupied by a brutal Russian regime would want to join an alliance to see that it never happened again? What a brainless question. Do you think its a coincidence that the countries that hate Russia the most are the ones that used to be occupied by it?
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@stormlights666 He's talked about it a few times, the first one I know of was from an RT interview, type in 'Putin says little green men were Russian army' in youtube and it should be the first one.
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@stormlights666 Were you aware that Yanukovych was ousted on 22 February 2014, the letter was sent March 1st? He also said, regarding the letter; "I was wrong," he said through a translator. "I acted on my emotions." "We must set such a task and search for ways to return to Crimea on any conditions, so that Crimea may have the maximum degree of independence possible ... but be part of Ukraine." Yanukovych was also waiting in Belarus to be instated as the President of Ukraine after the 2022 invasion. He's a Kremlin puppet, not a good faith actor.
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@stormlights666 Where did I say deposed? By ways to remove a president from office do you mean being voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party? It obviously wasn't good enough for the citizens of Ukraine, likely because Yanukovych had already proven a liar an Russian puppet. He also promised he'd sign the EU association agreement. Its also incredibly rich for anyone supporting Russia to talk about Rule of law. Like how PMC's are illegal in Russia yet Putin in his words "Support for the entire Wagner group was fully provided by the state from the defense ministry, from the state budget, we fully funded the group." Not to mention Russia's violation of The Budapest Memorandum, Minsk agreements and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine violates Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, a central tenet of the charter that requires UN member states to refrain from the “use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” UN Charter; UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Corpus of conventions governing the laws and customs of war; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. And CSCE Final Act 1975; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Statute of the Council of Europe.
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@stormlights666 Moreover nobody asked Russia to invade the Donbas in 2014 ex president or not. But Wagner was there according the Prighozin and Girkin. And as already stated above in Putin's own words. "Support for the entire Wagner group was fully provided by the state from the defense ministry, from the state budget, we fully funded the group." So if Mexico's current president who wasn't in power wanted help in the Yucatan to 'restore order.' and the US invaded and annexed it you would support this?
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@livebyyorep Yeah I watched, this was all after Russia's 2014 invasion....
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@187Rajah Invading another country and annexing them violates international law genius. You sound ridiculous trying to pretend otherwise. Moreover it violates Ukrainian law, all of Ukraine gets to decide on a referendum not just the area voting, including Crimea. It also violates Russian law, referendums are illegal in Russia. Furthermore keeping the status quo wasn't even on the sham referendum. Amazing that referendums are illegal in Russia but you still somehow believe invading another country and forcing them to have a referendum is somehow valid. You live in a fantasy world.
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@187Rajah Try reading about the genocide of the Tartars if you are interested. Stalin is revered in modern Russia, trying to pin all Russia's crimes on him is pathetic.
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@yaqob3275 Sad state of affairs the Russian army is in if some mercenaries with penal battalions were their most effective fighting force.
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Russia began its invasion in 2014.
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@Samayil_2024 Ditto for Russia little buddy.
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@Samayil_2024 By your smooth brain logic Ukraine is fighting China, Iran, India and Africa. Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population, amazing.
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@gingerninja2456 Russia's demographics are in such a dire state its doubtful Russia will be able to hold together as a country. Even if they do this is Russia's last serious war.
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What a brainless comment.
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@sweety29may Was this before or after Russia genocided the native tartars then moved in a bunch of ethnic Russians. Manchuria is China's forever.
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@IIIuxep According to then governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Mykhailo Dobkin, Yanukovych had intended to make his stay in Kharkiv look like "just another presidential inspection tour" and according to Dobkin, "was desperate to make it look like he wasn't running away".Yanukovych asked Dobkin to "pick out a few factories for me to visit"; the director of state-owned industrial giant Turboatom declined even to take his call. Dobkin met Yanukovych at Kharkiv International Airport after midnight. According to Dobkin at that time Yanukovych "thought this was a temporary difficulty" since he believed that the 21 February agreement could still provide for a graceful departure from office later in the year. Dobkin's impression of Yanukovych (during this meeting) was "a guy on another planet". According to the Ukrainian State Border Service, Yanukovych tried to flee Ukraine via a charter flight from Donetsk, but was stopped by border guards. Putin and Yanukovych later stated that Russian forces helped Yanukovych fly to Russia via Crimea on 24 February 2014.
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@IIIuxep This is just not true. The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada is designated as the first in the order of succession to the presidency, with limited authority (1992–1996, 2004–2010, and 2014-Present). Article 112. You sure do love making up facts don't you? No provisions for presidential succession are explicitly proscribed in case both the president's and chairman's positions are vacant. However, in case of vacancy of the post of Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, it is filled by deputies of the chairman.
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@ Article 111 of the Ukrainian Constitution states that "The President of Ukraine may be removed from office ... by the majority of the constitutional composition of the ... Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the procedure of impeachment, in the event that he or she commits state treason or other crime." Yanukovich ws charged with treason and found guilty in absentia, the next step was impeachment, he fled the country before this could take place. There had not yet been articles of impeachment brought against Yanukovych, as the impeachment process laid out in the Ukrainian Constitution was not designed to deal with the president abandoning their post without warning. I'm not sure what part of this you are having trouble understanding.
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@IIIuxep "The Maidan activists could have called early elections. Parliament could have declared impeachment. But in any case, this would have led to a vote for a new president, in which the Maidan rebels had no chance of winning." This comment makes zero sense, because there was an election, Poroshenko was elected, remember? His closest competitor was Yulia Tymoshenko, who emerged with 13%. This was overseen by international observers.
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@christianevanherck6023 It was a 2013 bilateral treaty signed between Xi and Yanukovich.
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@christianevanherck6023 Yeah, what's your point?
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@christianevanherck6023 Which is why I included the word 'technically' If Russia uses nukes Xi has two options. 1. Do nothing and lose face, Xi hates to lose face. or 2. Respond as they are treaty bound to do. Which is likely why he's told Putin he is absolutely not allowed to use them.
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I thought Russia was supposedly already fighting all of NATO.
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@petruflorintofoleanu5865 Take your meds.
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Remember when the leaked Democrat E-mails were released and not the Republican ones? Russia has the Republicans in its back pocket.
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Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia was about to lose its energy monopoly in Europe. This is the root cause of the invasion.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Yes ten years to take a mid sized town. They took more casualties and lost more equipment in four months taking a mid sized town right on the border than they did in ten years in Afghanistan. Just like how they drew it up. Imagine if after two years of ww1 style attrition warfare Germany was bragging about taking some irrelevant town in the Sudetenland. How embarrassing would that be? I can tell the invasion is going according to plan.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 There were Russian's fighting against Ukraine since 2014. You can pretend otherwise if you want. Here's what strelkov said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa". He said his unit was formed in Crimea and consisted of volunteers from Russia." Wagner was there, and as Putin said “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” Making it a branch of the Russian miitary. Prigozhin admitted they were in the Donbas. "From ’14 until ’22, Donbass was being carved up. Donbass was being pillaged by various people, some of them were from the presidential administration, some from the Federal Security Service (FSB), and some were attracted oligarchs, like Kurchenko. These are the people who stole money from the residents of Donbass, who were in the unrecognized republics of LNR and DNR...We were shooting at them, they were shooting at us, and this was happening for all these long 8 years from ’14 to ’22." Do you know what a casualty is? Most casualties don't get to retire. They get wounded and unless they are kia or maimed they go back to the fight. Do you know how reserves work? You can have 40k fighting in a battle and send in reserves to cover losses. I'm sure you think you know better than the people there, but dont expect anyone to take you serious.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 There were Russian's fighting against Ukraine since 2014. You can pretend otherwise if you want. Here's what strelkov said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa". He said his unit was formed in Crimea and consisted of volunteers from Russia." Wagner was there, and as Putin said “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” Making it a branch of the Russian miitary. Prigozhin admitted they were in the Donbas. "From ’14 until ’22, Donbass was being carved up. Donbass was being pillaged by various people, some of them were from the presidential administration, some from the fsb, and some were attracted oligarchs, like Kurchenko. These are the people who stole money from the residents of Donbass, who were in the unrecognized republics of LNR and DNR...We were shooting at them, they were shooting at us, and this was happening for all these long 8 years from ’14 to ’22."
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@ntf5211 The US defeated the 4th largest army on earth in Iraq in a few weeks. Forget Ukraine if it was US vs Russia in a conventional war it would look like desert storm + geography. Remember when Russia invaded Afghanistan and took several orders of magnitude more casualties than the US in half the time and made it home just in time to watch their country collapse?
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Putin also said that Poland started ww2. You may be amazed to learn he's not a reliable source. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck guess what? Wagner was Russia's round about way to have plausible deniability, Putin flushed that down the toilet when he claimed ownership of them. By funding them 100% they are de facto part of the Russian military. Let me guess you also think all those people fell out of open windows on accident. They weren't the only Russians in the Donbas either. Should I post what Strelkov said again? you didn't read that either. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of wr. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa". He said his unit was formed in Crimea and consisted of volunteers from Russia. This was all before he was arrested btw. He was loyal until the end, he was only arrested because he called Putin a 'bunker grandpa'.
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The Soviet Union killed around 30-50 million of its own people.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@Rwswal Check back in another two years and Russia still wont be able to take the Donbas.
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@Nnamdi-wi2nu We already know appeasement doesn't work. We tried that in the 30's and we tried that with Putin. We should have reacted strongly when Putin invaded Georgia in 2008.
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@Nnamdi-wi2nu The only thing Russia respects is strength, they have no interest in negotiating, at best they would only want a cease fire to reconstitute their forces to try again. Ask Dzhokhar Dudayev what negotiating with Russia is like. They took him out with a missile when he was on the phone negotiating with them, they tracked his location and murdered him.
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@Nnamdi-wi2nu They are already sanctioned and considering we are two years into the conflict and they are still fighting obviously sanctions haven't been effective enough.
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@boink800 What was said is that russia runs the risk of running through its stockpile of missiles, not run out. They of course did run through their stockpile, which is why there was an eight month stretch where they didn't fire any missiles. They then built some new ones and went on bended knee to Iran and NK to get some more. And now Kremlin bots spam the same smooth brained comment over and over.
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@OAPHarmerHerrStarmler Yeah I remember after Desert Storm when Iraqi assets were seized and handed to Kuwait and the banking system collapsed. Except that didn't happen, nobody cared.
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@patrickcowan8701 Russia itself claimed they shot down the missile, causing debris to hit the beach. What should the news report on? How idiotic it is to have a beach party in the middle of an active warzone?
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@patrickcowan8701 The official Russian position is they intercepted the missile causing debris to fall on the beach.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Oops, my mistake it was the OSCE that said, "Russia's intentions are clear. Moscow will continue to mobilize, terrorize and attempt genocide of Ukrainians." Rulings by the ICJ typically take years. You didn't answer the question though, should countries be able to target Russian shipping since the ICJ ruled against them? You seem to think they should be able to target Israels. Also higher up you were claiming that the ships targeted were headed to Israel, which wasn't true, if you want to talk about misinformation.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Oops it was the OSCE that said. "Russia's intentions are clear. Moscow will continue to mobilize, terrorize and attempt genocide of Ukrainians." the ICJ ruling hasn't come in yet, they typically take years. But you didn't answer the question if you think other countries should be able to stop Russian ships t, since the ICJ ruled they should stop.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 please google 'what ships have the houthis attacked' instead of posting misinformation.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 23.12.23 Sai Baba Bab el-Mandeb Gabon Two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired at shipping lanes, but missed. Crude oil tanker sailing from Russia hit by drone, but continued voyage. (the destination isn't stated, probably because Russia has a bunch of unregistered ships roaming around these days. Most likely it was headed to China or India.) The source is CENTCOM. There was a hearing, Kyiv took them to court, not sure what you think the US has to do with it. On 16 March 2022 by 13 votes to 2, the ICJ ordered provisional measures. The ICJ held that it was ‘necessary for the Court to indicate certain measures in order to protect the right of Ukraine that the Court has found to be plausible’. The Court firstly ordered that Russia should ‘immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine’. Secondly, the Court, again by 13 votes to 2, ordered that Russia should ‘ensure that any military or irregular armed units which may be directed or supported by it … take no steps in furtherance of the military operations’. The genocide case is still pending and will likely be a few more years. I have no idea how you lie so confidently about something so untrue. Is it ignorance, malice or just a compulsive liar?
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@eileen3999 sure bud any second now Putin will arrive on the battlefield, shirtless riding his fvorite horse and single handedly surround Avdiika by himself. He will then proclaim Kyiv will be captured in three days. check back in 6 months when you claim that its still on the brink of being surrounded.
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@stephenglover8828 whereas the Russian counter offensive has being so well thought out and successful right......ha ha ha Ukraine is the underdog here, Russia is the one invading. Imagine if Ukraine invaded Moldova then after close to two years of brutal trench warfare with 6 figure casualties they controlled 15% of Moldova. That's the situation here.
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Trump's been on that plane plenty of times before, of course he feels comfortable on that jet.
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@montoya-400 Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, there was very little political will in Ukraine to join and several countries in the alliance were opposed to them joining. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. At one point Putin wanted to join NATO, should Russia invade itself to protect itself?
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I got your nut shapes right here.
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@mttp961 Rest assured, nobody gives af about you.
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@chyfields lol, ok dude.
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There is photographic evidence for over 20k pieces of destroyed Russian equipment. We can see their depots empty from space in real time. This is the year they run out of the last of their Soviet stockpile.
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Fairly comparable. Brutal fascist regimes (Germany/Russia) Think they can easily conquer their neighbors (Germany: kick in the door the whole house will collapse, Russia: Kyiv in 3 days) only to find an enemy willing to fight backed up by lend lease. the primary difference is the Wehrmacht had stunning success in the early days of the war and took an amazing amount of prisoners and territory. Russia has had almost nothing but failures and cant even capture the Donbas.
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@TenylegMinekez-uc7co Ukraine wasn't joining NATO. Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join, the state was unwilling and unable to make the necessary reforms needed to join and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining was effectively zero. Russia invaded in spite of Ukraine's neutrality. Moreover Ukraine is a sovereign state, recognized by every country on earth, including Russia. What organization they might join is nobody's business but them. At one point Putin shared the same opinion. "I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@StPiter111 I'm not sure where you get your crazy statistics. Ethnic Russians are 39% and 38.2% of the two oblasts, and 58% of Crimea. Of course those percentages would be much more Ukrainian if not for the Holodomor and Tartar genocides, and the relocation of Russians onto Ukrainian land.
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@StPiter111 Please try holding up a blank sheet of paper and Red Square and see what happens.
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@StPiter111 Another pointless non sequitur. Is that all you do, that and incorrect statistics?
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@StPiter111 This is borderline incoherent. What are you even trying to say?
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@lovyrituraj Russia cant even take the Donbas and are using Chinese golf carts in frontal assaults. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@univeropa3363 They are also using Ural trucks and Chinese golf carts in place of armored vehicles.
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@univeropa3363 That's some ultra tier level cope.
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@univeropa3363 No pretending that golf carts are used because they can out run drones is (they can't btw). They are being used because Russia is confirmed to have lost over 15k armored vehicles and they are feeling it.
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@univeropa3363 Yeah I've watched plenty of videos of the supposed super power Russia sending Chinese golf carts on frontal assaults to get destroyed.
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@univeropa3363 Photographic evidence. You can pretend that camera's don't exist if you want.
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@univeropa3363 You can build whatever straw man you like but it wont change reality.
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@univeropa3363 Another straw man that addresses literally nothing. Again you can pretend that camera's don't exist. It wont change the fact that Russia has been using golf carts on the front due to their catastrophic losses. But its because they can "outrun drones." Right?
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@univeropa3363 No it was photographic evidence. Can you not read? There are several open source outfits cataloging the war, my favorite is warspotting, they all generally agree on Russia's horrific losses though.
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@univeropa3363 I'm going to be honest, pretending that Russia is using golf carts because you think they can 'outrun drones' is probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard a human being say.
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@univeropa3363 I'm not the one pretending cameras don't exist.
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@valentinshy8444 It is specifically at just after the fourteen minute mark of the Tucker interview.
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@dashaelovskaya7996 It starts just after the fourteen minute mark.
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@valentinshy8444 Yeah I already posted that in this thread, but thanks.
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@toxa35 I provide the quote in this thread, it happens around the 14 minute mark in the Tucker interview. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@ГалинаОрлова-з6е That's not what Putin said, he said Poland should have been more compromising with Germany and they could have avoided invasion. Also you seem to forget that Russia was allied with Germany until they were also invaded.
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@toxa35 "As the Poles had not given the Danzig Corridor to Germany, and went too far, they pushed Hitler to start World War II by attacking them. Why was it Poland against whom the war started on September 1, 1939? Poland turned out to be uncompromising, and Hitler had nothing else to do but start implementing his plans with Poland." So all Poland had to do was give their land to Germany and WW2 could have been avoided. Just like how Ukraine just needed to give it's land to Russia to avoid this war. Autocrats think alike.
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@toxa35 "As the Poles had not given the Danzig Corridor to Germany, and went too far, they pushed Hitler to start World War II by attacking them. Why was it Poland against whom the war started on September 1, 1939? Poland turned out to be uncompromising, and Hitler had nothing else to do but start implementing his plans with Poland."
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@ГалинаОрлова-з6е The Red Army was allied with Germany too before they were invaded, remember? That isn't what Putin said though, he said Poland was being uncompromising and because they didn't hand over Danzig Germany had to invade.
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@ГалинаОрлова-з6е That's not what Putin said though. Also you realize that was the exact same thing the SSR did when they were allied with Germany and partitioned Poland and the Baltics with them right?
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@soulxtr What's your point?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Germany destroyed Soviet Union tanks. Russia dusting off T54s from the boneyard should be some indication of the catastrophic losses they've taken.
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@TalEdds You understand why they decapitated 40+ toddlers with a shovel?
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@entropyachieved750 He's just here for potato, don't expect him to be able to use the search function.
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@Maria_Russkoe_pole Every Russian with half a brain has left since the iron curtain came down. You really do live in a dream world bud.
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@Cute_nerd BTW it's adorable you think Russia is a wealthy country.
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@Cute_nerd Russia is much larger than any of those countries, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia are all much richer per capita than Russia. Also being richer than a bunch of poor countries doesn't make you wealthy, you understand that right?
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Oh the Johnson fantasy. According to Ukraines lead negotiator Arakhamia the meeting with Johnson didn't take place until after the peace deal had failed. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed this, He said Ukraine was willing to give up NATO membership and make Russian an official language, the sticking points were disarmament and recognition of the occupied territories.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr There is zero evidence for your conspiracy theory. missing context: that there was no actual deal to block, and Bennett himself wasn't sure that one would have been desirable, anyway. Here is Bennett's own words "It's unsure there was any deal to be made." Your ramblings also omit Bennett's explanation for the ultimate failure to strike a peace agreement: the massacre of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, which is being investigated as an apparent war crime that led Kyiv to break off talks.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Oh and Russia wanted a veto on Ukrainian security guarantees. "On Ukraine’s side, they were willing to give up on NATO membership and become a permanently neutral state. They were going to trade the defence guarantee contained in the NATO charter with a stand-alone treaty guaranteeing that signatories would defend Ukraine militarily if it was ever attacked in the future. The suggested guarantors included France, the UK and the US – and Russia. While there were minor issues to be ironed out, it seemed that a peace deal had been agreed in principle. Both the New York Times and Foreign Affairs focus on the moment that Russia put forward an amendment which would have made the guarantees Ukraine was seeking meaningless. Earlier drafts of the agreement had said that each guarantor would decide by itself whether to take military action to defend Ukraine. In the last draft that was circulated between the two sides, the word ‘all’ was inserted by Russia (and resisted by Ukraine), meaning that all the guarantor states had to agree – by consensus – to taking military action in support of Ukraine. The New York Times sums up: ‘In effect, Moscow could invade Ukraine again and then veto any military intervention on Ukraine’s behalf — a seemingly absurd condition that Kyiv quickly identified as a dealbreaker.’"
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@Truffle_Young_Jr You really have no clue. According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw from Ukraine and return control of all occupied territories to Ukraine. Remind me did that happen or not? Ukraine has implemented as much of Minsk as could reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals, legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. What was supposed to happen next was Russia leave Ukraine I can't remember if that happend please tell me.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Ukraine Constitutional changes are passed in Ukraine to comply with the Minsk agreements on decentralization were passed. I'm not sure why you would post a lie that is so easy to google. "the laws passed were temporal not permanent" That is the same for every legislation in every country ever. Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr Any deal that leaves Ukraine with a military that is not even close to being able to effectively resist invasion is disarmament. You can play semantic games all you want it won't change reality.
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@Truffle_Young_Jr In your delusional fantasy world this might be true. Not in the real world though.
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The only thing that is clear is that you are a person who uses 'there' 'their' and 'they're' interchangeably. Thanks for the Russian rhetoric though, let me know when they manage to take the Donbas, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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@datsunlambchops4624 The far right party got less than one percent of the vote in the previous election in Ukraine. Prior to Russia's 2014 invasion polls asid only around 20% of Eastern Ukrainians wanted to separate from Ukraine.
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@mr.incogniton9478 He think's he's the son of god, maybe he'll reign for eternity.
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They must be running low on donkeys.
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GOREBULL 2024! DESTROY!!!
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@eddastrohmayer251 Are the US neocons on the room with you right now?
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@eddastrohmayer251 Are the Neocons in the room with you right now?
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@eddastrohmayer251 It's not the American's threatening to invade Taiwan, they want to maintain the status quo. If a war happens it will be China who starts it.
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This is Russia acknowledging it won't be able to hold Crimea.
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@s0ycapitan Ukraine isn't even conscripting men under the age of 25. There are still millions of military aged men available. And please stop pretending to know what their training and motivation are, because you have no idea. Putin has already rejected Trumps peace offer, now we wait and see if Trump was serious when he said he would "flood Ukraine with weapons." If Putin refused.
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@s0ycapitan Ukraine still has millions of military aged personal that they aren't drafting. Please stop pretending you know what their training levels and motivation is. You have no clue.
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@s0ycapitan Putin has already rejected Trumps offer, now we see if he was serious when he said he'd "Flood Ukraine with weapons." If they refused him.
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@s0ycapitan Putin already rejected Trumps offer, now we wait to see if he was serious when he said he would "flood Ukraine with weapons."
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@felipearbustopotd Yep, the whole "not one inch eastward" promise about NATO's eastward expansion that is constantly misrepresented by Russian trolls was all about the German reunification treaty. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany. Which to this day there still aren't, it had nothing to do with NATO expansion.
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@s0ycapitan You understand Russia are the aggressors right? The humanitarian disaster is completely their fault. Are you trying to set a record for foolish comments or something? Yeah, everyone is going to suddenly think Ukraine are the bad guys, NATO will ignore the fact that Russia has thrown away its one advantage, which was its large Soviet stockpiles and bow down to Putin, giving into any terms he wants, and the whole room will clap. Absolutely delusional
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@s0ycapitan Its the view of anyone who doesn't have a traumatic brain injury. Ukraine had zero chance of joining NATO, for multiple reasons. And there was never a coup, there were protests after Russia embargoed Ukraine for trying to sign the EU association agreement, which was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum. the protests weren't for Yanukovich to leave but to sign the agreement. He left on his own accord. This was after 100% of parliament including his own party voted against him, it was the same government in charge of Ukraine after the protests as before. Russia invaded in 2014, the pearl clutching at Ukraine building up its army and seeking help is hilarious.
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@s0ycapitan It's the view of anyone who doesn't have a TBI. The fact that you are pearl clutching about Ukraine building up its army after already being invaded says all I need to know about your biased world view.
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@s0ycapitan And as I already said Russia signed the Russia-NATO founding act, which states both alliances can expand however they like. Even if that wasn't true Ukraine had zero chance of joining. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join, the state was unwilling to go through the required reforms and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. Medvedev already stated the reason for the invasion, Ukraine discovered large deposits of minerals and Hydrocarbons and Russia wanted to maintain its European monopoly. Not for whatever reason you've invented.
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It will take some serious reforms in Russia before anyone trusts them again.
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@CensoredbyYTforhavinganopinion You should check out Putin kissing little boys on the stomach if you really want to see something messed up. Yuck.
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Nobody under the age of 25 is being conscripted in Ukraine. Why make up stories?
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@yaqob3275 This again? The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. Meanwhile Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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The Houthi's are rebels, not the legitimate government or a member of the UN.
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Aww, are you upset people like Zelensky and don't like Putin?
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@silafaupaulmeredith7251 China's problem is deflation, they may or may not be stuck in a deflationary spiral, it's difficult to tell because it's impossible to get accurate information. Also nobody knows what China's GDP is, the state says they need 5% growth, so that's what's reported. Even government officials admit that China's official figures are 'just a guideline.' Considering real estate, 30% of China's economy is collapsing. And manufacturing, 25% of their economy, is way down almost across the board. Foreign investment has dried up, so is internal consumption It's fairly safe to say that 5% is completely made up.
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@Jamski101 Do Democrats know the difference between their and there? Also its Democrats that want to do a deal on the border, its Trump and Johnson who are blocking it because they dont want to give Biden a political win.
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@Robert-xy4xi And Russia still wont be able to take the Donbas.
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@Alexus095 Ukraine hadn't even finished mobilizing by then. Lines were established some time after Severodonesk was taken, after which nobody has taken much of anything. Russian mil blogger Murz claimed Russia lost a minimum 16k kia in Avdiivka, other Russian sources have it up over 20k, all for a mid sized town a few miles across the border. The "city" of Marinka has a pre war population of ten thousand. Soledar was about the same, the fact that you are celebrating every village captured speaks volumes about the state of the invasion. In two years Germany had taken Europe and still lost, Russia has hardly advanced a few miles across the border. "lines were established when Ukraine put up an organized armed resistance, perhaps within 1month after the invasion. Ever since Russia have been pushing those lines." Well except when Russia lost 50% of the territory they occupied, did you forget about that? Russia has a firepower advantage but Ukraine has an accuracy/effective fire advantage, they also have defenders advantage. All the photographic evidence has Russia losses around 3.5 that of Ukraine's, that was before their recent advance at all costs directive. Russia still can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@Alexus095 "lines were established when Ukraine put up an organized armed resistance, perhaps within 1month after the invasion. Ever since Russia have been pushing those lines." Well except when Russia lost 50% of the territory they occupied, guess you forgot about that. To put Russia's past six months in perspective they've captured roughly 260 square km. during Ukraine's "failed" offensive they took 297.7 square km. Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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@Alexus095 Oh and btw it was Russian mil blogger Murz who first said Russian KIA were a minimum 16k at Avdiivka.
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@Alexus095 Izium was the main supply hub in the region, Ukraine captured an absolute mountain of material there. Russia didn't just retreat they were folded up like laundry.
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@Alexus095 What happened was Ukraine kept saying they were going to attack Kherson, and Russia believed them for some reason. You know, like morons. So they redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson to defend it and the Ukrainians attacked Kharkiv and folded Russia up like lawn chairs. Then they blew up the bridges behind the Russians at Kherson and forced them to flee from there too. Try not to cry ok.
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@Alexus095 What happened was Ukraine insisted they were going to take Kherson, and Russia foolishly took them at face value. So they redeployed the VDV from Kharkiv to Kherson and Ukraine Rolled the Russian's up at Kharkiv like a carpet. Capturing tons of ammunition and material in the process. Then they took out the bridges at Kherson and Russia was forced to flee from there too. Dry your eyes.
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@Alexus095 LMAO, yeah Russians fled with their tail between their legs in such a hurry they left all their equipment behind. But they didn't lose it. You live in a dream world bud.
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@Alexus095 Yes they left their equipment and fled at record speed. what point do you think you are making right now?
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@vaninec Russia is spending 40% of its entire budget on this war genius, that doesn't include the billions and billions of dollars worth of equipment lost. You are acting like camera's don't exist, we've seen the food lines. Russia is one of the only countries on earth where you an buy individual eggs.
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Russia just finished striking a children's camp in hotel Reikartz with a missile. Not sure how you can negotiate with these people.
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@Ksins1 Where are you getting your fantasy numbers?
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@Ksins1 You're funny, I wont hold my breath. This is because other countries GDP's are growing, as China and India and everywhere else continue to grow their currencies will take a larger share of global GDP. As far as trade goes everyone wants USD not dictator funny money.
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@Ksins1 The Yuan makes up less then 3% of global transactions. The Australian dollar makes up a higher percentage.
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@One10ab Sure bud, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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Peskov already announced that Putin would win with 90% of the vote.
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@goodguysinc. The Church in Russia is run by ex KGB members. Mostly they just try to distract from all the pictures of Putin kissing little boy stomachs.
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who are you talking to?
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@mladensaric7325 The US hasn't been militarily defeated for the duration of his career.
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@mladensaric7325 Iraq is a democracy, and a US ally. The US left Afghanistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. It was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban. Germany is supplying weapons to Russia's enemy, by your logic that means Russia lost WW2.
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@mladensaric7325 If you want to see a hilarious performance in Afghanistan refer to Russia. They lost so hard their entire country collapsed. The US just left, they took Afghanistan in a few weeks and then occupied them for 20 years while the Taliban hid in caves. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. In Iraq it was a similar story, it took about 500 hours to take the country, shortly after that Sadam was on trial. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzzy inside though.
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@mladensaric7325 The objective wasn't occupation and annexation, you are also conflating military objectives with political ones. By your logic Russia lost ww2 because Germany is providing weapons to their enemy Ukraine.
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@mladensaric7325 I have no idea what you are trying to say, your post makes no sense.
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@mladensaric7325 You can't proof read your post and make it coherent?
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@GeirRssaak What about it? That was before Hodges career, which was what the conversation was about. Do you not have the mental capacity to follow along?
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@GeirRssaak Little buddy, you are the one that called me uneducated while making a post that's completely idiotic. Try not to cry ok.
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@GeirRssaak What on earth are you talking about? The only thing Putin cares about is himself and his delusions of empire. In an ideal world he would be in a cell at the Hague. What does that have to do with anything that was being discussed here? This is your second non sequitur completely divorced from the topic at hand.
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@GeirRssaak Just to review, you first come in to make a pointless comment about Vietnam, when me and another poster were talking about Ben Hodges career, which began in 1980. This is well after the end of Vietnam. You then tell me Putin doesn't care about healthcare for some reason. Yeah I'm aware of that, there is not much he cares about aside from himself and his own delusions of empire. Somebody needs to see a doctor bud, but it isn't me.
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That was likely a double, Putin rarely, if ever leaves his bunker. You are right though they should still rise up against him.
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Manchuria belongs to China. Russia has no future there.
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@psycho8927 Do you really think Russia doesn't have any failed offensives? What about Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv one and two, Vulhedar, Kherson, their current Donbas offensive.
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@psycho8927 What on earth are you talking about? are you trying to set a record for most idiotic comments in a single thread?
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@psycho8927 You are the one spamming about how Russia's already won little buddy. Can you hear yourself?
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@psycho8927 Yeah, you already said that, do you have a brain injury or something?
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@psycho8927 You already said that, why are you copy pasting the same silly comment over and over? Do you have a head injury or something?
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@psycho8927 What I know is you are repeatedly spamming the same comment like you have brain damage or something. Repeating the same nonsense over and over won't make it come true little buddy.
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@psycho8927 Sure thing little buddy, try not to cry ok.
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Who knows where those little green men came from. Likely they were local Belgorodians who are tired of being bombed by Russia and want independence. Hopefully Russia gives up on Belgorod for the sake of peace. 🕊
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@balern4 Support Russia, though their role is relatively minor.
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thulomanchay Have you counted your brain cells? It shouldn't take you long.
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Luckily we have internet military geniuses like you to keep us appraised.
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@johnadam2885 No it wasn't it was 2023. Ukraine has taken more in the past 3 weeks then Russia did in the previous 10 months. And Bakhmut is a mid sized town a few miles across the border, it took Russia 10 months and 100k casualties to take it. Russia is the one invading here, you understand that right? They are the ones who can't even take the Donbas. Typically when you invade a country trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border isn't the ideal outcome.
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@holyghost8467 To what end though? Make Putin appear weak? Mission accomplished.
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Why are you here then?
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What a deranged fantasy.
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@tonyatgoogle6076 So you didn't read the article?
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Putin fell into the dictators trap and began to believe his own propaganda. He foolishly thought that they would be welcomed with a parade instead of violence.
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@FufuFufy-df8pk Are you under the mistaken impression that youtube is a democracy? You really are confused.
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@FufuFufy-df8pk Pro-Ukrainian comments get deleted all the time. Do you think I've never had comments deleted? Dry your eyes, you aren't a victim.
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Putin will beg Iran and NK. Apparently Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah wont let them, he said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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Putin also said he wasn't going to invade Ukraine, Putin lies.
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Here's Russia using cluster munitions agains civilians from a while back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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Is the CIA in the room with you right now?
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@jamegumb7298 Manchuria belongs to China.
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Russia are the aggressors.
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@artistmikelmato7159 No amount of personal insults will make your delusions become reality.
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Let me know when Russia take the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Defenders advantage can be overcome in a few ways, Overwhelming number and overwhelming technology. Russia has neither of those things.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Ukraine has the accurate/effective fire and training and morale advantage. Russia can't even manage basic SEAD and STILL cant manage to get air superiority against Ukraine's rather small air force. And its honestly embarassing when you try to compare Russia to the US/NATO, you should stop doing that.
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@СергейСергеев-э5з You can believe whatever fantasy makes you feel fuzziest inside. Funny you should mention World War 2. If you recall it was western aid that saved the Soviets from fascist invaders. Now Russia is the fascist invaders and western aid is helping Ukraine.
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@lilacer6841 Russia received no orders from the show, what do you consider ignored to mean? The problem with the KA52is most of the fleet has been destroyed. Even if someone wanted to order some they wouldn't get them because they are all used in the war.
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@lilacer6841 Lol no they didn't. Its time to rejoin reality bud. "U.S. arms makers dominated last week's Dubai Airshow, as Russia failed to report a single sale, with one executive claiming the country had been sidelined from the exhibition's main pavilion. The biennial air show, which is the largest aerospace exhibition in the Middle East, was held between November 13 and 17, and gathered the leading manufacturers of civil and military aircraft. Russian firms including Rostec, United Aircraft Corp and Almaz-Anty, participated. Russia's standing as a global arms exporter has been diminished by Russian President Vladimir Putin's ongoing war in Ukraine, but exports had been declining for a few years prior to the conflict." Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that Russia's share of global arms exports fell from 22 percent from 2013-17 to 16 percent from 2018-22.
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@lilacer6841 Moreover KA52, much like other attack helicopters are almost useless without air supremacy. Which Russia has proved incapable of getting, which is a large part of the reason most of the KA52 fleet has been destroyed. I also cant find any mention of the US saying it was the best helicopter in the world. Why dont you go ahead and provide a source for that, otherwise I'll just assume its more made up nonsense from you.
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@lilacer6841 Are you brain damaged or something? You make the baseless assertion that the US says the KA52 is the best in the world. PROVIDE A SOURCE for this nonsense, it shouldn't be hard to find right? Russia was ignored at the Dubai air show. Nobody made any orders there. Do you understand? Is this really difficult to figure out? Russia has lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality bud. Russia with the strongest military in the world cant even take Avdiivka lol. You guys have been saying Ukraine is going to collapse for about two years now, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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@lilacer6841 Also NATO's not at war, how could this be a defeat for them. You really are confused. I'm also not sure why you are bringing up Russian air defense now. Its clear you are desperate for a pat on the head from the US though.
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@IndiaTides Congratulations that's the dumbest thing I've read all day. And that's saying a lot.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV Russian isn't banned in Ukraine. Zelensky is a native Russian speaker. More nonsense.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV I was advocating for more aid for Ukraine since Russia's illegal invasion of Crimea and the Donbas began in 2014. Dont presume to know anything about me.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV Russian soldiers paraded people at gun point to vote in their sham referendum. Amazing that referendums are illegal in Russia but you somehow think invading another country and forcing them to have one is in any way valid. Crimea voted in '91 to be part of Ukraine.
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@I_Stand_With_RussiaZOV Is there a point to this brainless non sequitur? This was after Azov purged the far right element, including the leadership. Most of them went to jail. The far right party in Ukraine got less than 1% of the vote in the previous election, its not a serious problem there. Look up Ruscism if you want to see modern day fascism in Russia. The ruling party in Russia is a fascist autocracy. Putin is by far the most fascist leader in Europe.
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@gregshiller7179 Russia makes up a tiny percentage of trade with China. China does much more business with the west. China views Russia as a potential vassal, the real question is when does Xi decide he wants Manchuria back more than he wants an inept client state.
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@durga2938 Russia's sad it doesn't have any friends. At least Kim will hold Putin's hand.
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@user-ug8wx5er1w It isn't NATO that's invading Ukraine.
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@markbudaden110 What does that have to do with anything? What a silly comment. 1/4 of Russian's don't even have a toilet, maybe they should take care of that before invading other countries.
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@YUDNSAY There is photographic evidence of over 20k pieces of destroyed Russian equipment. We can see their empty depots from space.
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@throughput6674 You realize the only EMP weapons that exist are nuclear weapons right?
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Yeah space lasers lady is the voice of reason. She was the only one to vote for her insane amendments to the bill, even her MAGA companions think she is crazy.
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Yes, Trump did a great job in 2021 when he was in the Whitehouse keeping us safe from Russian and China. He'll do whatever it takes to prevent WW2.
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@petehowett2854 Hey another fool who hasn't read the article decided to make a silly comment.
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@corpocorrupt yeah nothing says successful invasion quite like WW1 style attrition warfare that never ends. Time to rejoin reality. Tell me more of the Russian generals genius. Russian hydrocarbon revenue has collapsed by over 90% since the start of the war. They've banned the export of refined products due to shortages and price spikes in Russia and natural gas extraction reached the lowest level since the 70's. The Ruble is collapsing and Russian demographics are at a nation ending level. But i'm sure the economy is booming. I have bridge you might be interested in buynig, its the Kerch bridge get it while it lasts.
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Iran, Belarus, Syria, India, China, most of Africa. That must mean Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population by your logic.
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@bobohare4825 Reported use by Nadhim Zahawi [chair of the Conservative party] of legal action to silence journalists who were seeking to report on his tax affairs. The existence of a Cabinet Office unit accused of obstructing the release of material requested by the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), a weakening of FOI rights in Scotland and the treatment of journalists in Northern Ireland, ranging from the killing of Lyra McKee to police raids on reporters homes and unlawful arrests of reporters, along with the arrest and mistreatment of some members of the press during the just stop oil protests. And the weakening of protection for whistle blowers.
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@bobohare4825 The arrest and treatment of press during the stop oil protests, rolling back of freedom for information access, the unlawful search of some members of the press homes.
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@bugwandis Not Hmas the ones in charge, they just turned down another cease fire because they wanted to get more prisoners out of Israel. Also its not a genocide but I know that wont effect your opinion, US and Israel bad, terrorist good, right?
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I wonder how long until China decides it wants outer Manchuria more than it wants an inept vassal.
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@dalecrocker3213 Putin's decision making has be so moronic if someone told me he was a CIA plant sent to destroy Russia I wouldn't be surprised.
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@springbloom5940 Russia has lost thousands of tanks.
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@springbloom5940 Russia wasn't able to take the Donbas even without US aid, try not to cry ok. Where did you get your 80% figure for lost western tanks, the Russian MoD homepage? because photographic evidence suggests otherwise.
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@springbloom5940 There is photographic evidence for 15 destroyed Leopard 2's. Ukraine received around 70 Leopard 2 tanks. This is 80%? Is this Russian math? You need to stop watching RT bud.
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@springbloom5940 Maybe you're still counting the farm equipment Russia tried to pass off as Leopards, remember that? Russia still includes them in their official tally btw.
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@springbloom5940 Cool story bro. There are countless Russian T series tanks that I've seen destroyed.
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@springbloom5940 You can pretend cameras don't exist if you want. Just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@springbloom5940 Its mud season genius. Are you trying to set a record for most idiotic comments in a single thread?
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There aren't IMF detectives who investigate economies. Russia self reports their cooked numbers and the IMF takes them at face value.
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No they absolutely will not. Arab countries wont even allow Palestinian refugees into their country.
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@reload.8056 Putin said he could take Ukraine in two weeks, the two day narrative was all over Russian state media.
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@rouz0 Your armchair generaling isn't convincing bud. It's time to rejoin reality. I didn't say Ukraine was using western weapons for deep strikes. But they are now allowed to use them across the Kharkiv border, which changed the situation there. Honestly if you think Russia's Kharkiv offensive has been anything but a complete disaster for them you live in a fantasy world. according to Prigozhin Russia took a minimum of 20k kia at Bakhmut, and according to Russian propagandist Murz ti was a minimum of 16k kia at Avdiivka. These are two mid sized towns right across the border. Russia has lost over 15k armored vehicles on pointless frontal assaults in broad daylight. What they are trying to do is get Ukraine to surrender before more aid arrives because they know they can't keep this up forever. Russia has about a year before it empties its vehicle depots, according to satellite images.
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@rouz0 Honestly your 'gotcha' attempts are sad and embarrassing bud. Try to do some reading instead of throwing weird tantrums on the internet.
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@rouz0 You think Survikin being in Algeria was a rumor? It was common knowledge buddy, he was arrested for a while first. His defensiveness as well as his relation to Prigozhin are the main reasons he was fired. also common knowledge. Feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@rouz0 Yes Im aware Russia is operating in Africa genius. You don't go from commander of all Russian forces in a theater that matters to some backwater doing nothing unless you severely messed up. Please quote a passage from your book, or any other book that says attacking where the enemy is strongest is the way to win a war of attrition. Or give any examples from history where that has succeeded. I'll be waiting. Btw the entire premise of the book appears to be that Ukraine has lost, which is obviously not true, as anyone with half a brain can work out. It's also mostly about the gaps in western strategic thinking, in particular the attritional strategy, centered on defense an focusing on favourable exchange of losses, which is exactly what I said. You don't achieve that by whatever Russia is supposedly doing. I await your quote claiming that frontal attacks on highly fortified positions is the best way to fight.
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@rouz0 Please provide a quote from your book, or any other that says attacking the most fortified position head on is the best way to win an attritional war. Or provide an example from history where it has worked. You keep talking about how you are all knowing but it would be real easy for you to end this conversation if you had a clue.
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@rouz0 Yes I was aware Russia was in Africa stealing resources. You don't get demoted from the commander of operations in a theater that matters to some unimportant backwater thousands of miles away unless you seriously fouled up.
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@D-Solo-Man India and US just recently finished joint operations. Because despite paying lip service to Russia and trying to get commodities on the cheap India wants to be in the same corner as the US to counter China.
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@Wvk5zc China is currently going through the largest demographic and economic collapse in human history so they might not have as long as you think.
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@ChristyHyre Who do you think the US is protecting Canada from? The only threat to Canadian sovereignty is the US. Every Canadian military deployment in the past 50 years has been in support of the US, not the other way around.
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@dilipshah5882 Russia has put out arrest warrants on multiple ICC judges because they ruled Putin is a war criminal.
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@dilipshah5882 You realize Putin placed arrest warrants on several ICC judges right?
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@dilipshah5882 Does Russia have the right to place arrest warrants on several ICC judges? Because that's exactly what they did when they ruled Putin was a criminal.
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@enriquelaroche5370 What do you mean takes Kyiv again? When did Russia take it the first time? Russia got smoked at the battle of Kyiv last year.
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@Golden-lc6oi Yes, moreover China is dependent on fertilizer imports to continue to produce food at its current volume. And oil/fuel imports to farm/transport the food.
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@itsamee...5636 There has never been a country called Palestine in history, its parts of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. If you want to play the history game Judea is the original country there. Palestinians have turned down about half a dozen chances for their own country, instead wanting to continue with terrorist attacks. Israil hasn't occupied Gaza since 2005 when they withdrew all their forces and settlements. All that happened is Gaza has turned into a terrorist farm. Have you ever wondered why Egypt doesn't want Gaza back? Or why they wont even open the border? And none of this brainless whataboutism changes the fact that Russia is invading Ukraine, not the other way around.
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@anniecameron6794 The US had successful tests of hypersonics in the 60s... Russia's hypersonics are so successful that the Kinzhal's 3 lead scientists were awarded a one way trip to the gulag. Their other 'hypersonic' missile the Avangard has been a no show in this war, almost like it doesn't' exist at all. To date Russia hasn't even shown it off, just claimed successful tests. Just like they claimed that farm equipment were Leopards.
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He's going to end up like Murz who told the truth after Avdivka.
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@cantiaci It wouldn't be the first time.
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@sandipsarode6355 No Europe and Japan were rebuilt fairly quickly after ww2, it will be the same after Russia leaves.
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@sandipsarode6355 Considering they are funding the war right now is that really hard to believe?
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@Memovox The only ones rattling the nuclear sabre is Russia.
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@univeropa3363 It was Putin that drew a straight line between him and that Austrian painter when he compared himself to him in the Tucker interview.
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@univeropa3363 Go watch the interview, he directly compared himself to Mr. Moustache. I know you love to deny reality, like in the other thread claiming Russia was using golf carts because the could outrun drones.
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@univeropa3363 He said that Mr. Moustache "had a plan." Therefore it was Poland's fault that WW2 started because they didn't just give up their land. Just like he "had a plan" for Ukraine and its their fault he invaded because they should have just let him execute his plan instead of resisting.
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@univeropa3363 Do you think there's a world where Russia has managed to take the Donbas? Probably not. Go ahead and deny reality if you want.
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@univeropa3363 It was Putin that made the comparison, feel free to deny reality if you want.
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@john.a.gonsalves3731 Ukraine is being invaded. What do you think a proxy war is?
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Bush might be a war criminal but even he's not dumb enough to confess his crimes on TV like Putin did.
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@glintongordon6811 He begged for Xi to reconsider the Russia to China pipeline that Xi refuses to pay for and Putin can't afford to pay for.
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@ukoutdoors3022 They were told they wouldn't have to pay taxes on them either. You can get tanks at any army surplus store in Ukraine, its easy for little green men like this to arm themselves.
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@SpeCifiC0507 How much longer will that take? Let me guess three days. Zoom the map out bud, marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses isn't the big win Russia's cheerleaders like to pretend it is. In the past six months on the offensive Russia has gained roughly 250 square km. To put that in perspective Ukraine gained 297.7 square km in its 'failed' offensive. And that was without US aid.
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@momosanchez5025 Why don't you go ahead and list the countries the US has tried to annex recently. Or better yet try to avoid brainless whataboutery.
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@momosanchez5025 Sure, once Russia gives back everything outside the Duchy of Muscovy. All of which is stolen land.
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@davewhitehead5116 The war started in 2014 when Russia began its invasion. There were no casualties in the Donbas prior to that. The far right party in Ukraine got less than 1% of the vote in the previous election. If you want to see what modern day far right looks like look up Ruscism. Nobody accepted Russian terms, it had nothing to do with western pressure. This is confirmed by Ukraine's lead negotiator Arakhamia. The sticking points were recogniztion of annexed territories and Ukrainian disarmament and security guarantees, that Russia wanted a veto on. Which would effectively make Ukraine indefensible in the future. Gee I wonder why they rejected that. Ukraine was neutral when Russia invaded, had they been in NATO there would have been no invasion.
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@larissamello374 They aren't supplying Russia with weapons because they fear sanctions.
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@fyrchmyrddin1937 Trump also halted aid unless Ukraine would give him dirt on Biden. The only thing Trump cares about is Trump.
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@martyn4501 you realize Russia is invading right? They've been attacking across the entire front for about 3 months now with very little success. They've been attacking for most of the war with very little success.
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@Tailor series The Kinzhal strike was so successful that the lead engineers in charge of the project were sent on all expense paid trips to the gulag.
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Russia is a Mongol vassal.
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@Blackcain Inflation is higher in Russia than any western country despite higher interest rates.
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@jeffhicks8428 1 in 4 Russian's don't even have access to a toilet.
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@jeffhicks8428 They also make way less. A quarter of Russian's don't even have indoor plumbing.
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@Chipolinou The USSR collapsed for a number of reasons, Afghanistan was the final nail in the coffin. I'm not sure why you would ask a question thats so easy to google. Do you know how the internet works? Battle of Arghandab, Operation Arrow, Battle of Jaji, Siege of Khost, Battle of Maravar Pass. There are many others, please do some basic research before posting foolsh questions.
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@Chipolinou So you really don't understand how the internet works. google 'battles the USSR lost in Afghanistan' Instead of asking idiotic questions.
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@Chipolinou Why not read some of the other ones instead of making a fool of yourself, are you actually brain damaged? Here I'll help. there are many others feel free to look the up for yourself. Go find a grown up if you need any more help. Panjshir offensives Result Massoud forces victory Soviet and Afghan government troops later move out from panjshir Belligerents Soviet Union Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan mujahideen Shura-e Nazar Siege of Khost Result: Mujahideen victory Soviet withdrawal (1988) Mujahideen forces capture the city (1991) Belligerents Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Soviet Union (1980–1988) Afghan Mujahideen: Battle of Maravar Pass Result Mujahideen military victory Successful ambush by the Mujahideen Belligerents Soviet Union Afghan mujahideen Battle of Jaji Result MAK victory Soviet/Afghan government failure to capture the MAK base Belligerents Soviet Union Afghanistan Republic of Afghanistan Maktab al-Khidamat Supported by: Afghan mujahideen Pakistan
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@Chipolinou Read some of the other ones genius. Or you can look at the Panjshir offensives or the Battle of Maravar Pass. Among others, do you really think the Soviets didn't lose any battles in Afghanistan? Go ask a grown up for help if you are still confused.
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@Chipolinou Did you read them? Cry some more.
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@Chipolinou You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. Your right, the Soviets won every battle (except all the ones they lost) and the USSR didn't collapse immediately after they got rocked in Afghanistan.
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@Chipolinou Have you read about the Panjshir offensives? Mr. 'Can you name at least one battle in which the Afghans defeated the USSR?' Now you want to shift the goalposts. I said Afghanistan was the final nail in the coffin. The USSR collapsed for various reasons. Russian incompetence, corruption, the inherant flaws in communism, massive expenditures like Chernobyl and Afghanistan. I already explained this, but I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.
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@Chipolinou Are you being deliberately obtuse? See at the side of the screen where it says; Panjshir offensives Result Massoud forces victory Massoud forces victory, Or in other words Soviet defeat. You can shift the goalposts all you like but it wont change reality. I know you aren't good at reading, but try to read the whole article. You talk about the Mujahedeen hiding but in the end it was the Soviets who ran away. Are the ones who ran away the ones who won the battle? you'd know this if you bothered to read the article. In 1986, Mikhail Gorbachev announced his intention of withdrawing the Soviet contingent from Afghanistan. From then on the Soviets were mostly concerned with avoiding losses in the Panjshir sector, and they observed a tacit ceasefire: unprovoked shooting by Soviet troops was forbidden, and the mujahideen refrained from attacking Soviet bases. Despite provocations ordered by Najibullah's government to draw the Soviets into further fighting, the situation generally remained calm, enabling Massoud to carry out his "strategic offensive", capturing much of Baghlan and Takhar provinces. The last Soviet and Afghan troops present in the lower Panjshir were finally evacuated in June 1988. Dry your eyes.
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@Chipolinou Or you could check out the Battle of Maravar Pass. Once again so you dont get confused it says Battle of Maravar Pass Result Mujahideen military victory aka. Soviet defeat. I'm sure you'll have some excuses and imaginary reasons why it doesn't count either. Let me guess the sun was in their eyes so it doesn't count.
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@Chipolinou Or the Siege of Khost Result Mujahideen victory (remember that means Soviet defeat) Soviet withdrawal (1988) Mujahideen forces capture the city (1991) This one must not count either for reasons only you can understand. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@Chipolinou I suppose you don't count the Battle of Jaji for some reason. Here's the results Result MAK victory Soviet/Afghan government failure to capture the MAK base (failure is another word for defeat by the way, you're Russian you should be very familiar with failure)
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@Chipolinou You already said that, how many times are you going to post the same comment? Its funny how you think you know better than all the historians who claim otherwise. Its clear you cant accept that the Soviets lost, that's fine. You can believe whatever fantasy you want. believe they won the Soviet-Polish war and the Russo-Japanese war and the first Chechen war. But please stop posting the same tantrum over and over.
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@Chipolinou Russia didn't lose any battles in Chechnya either? You really do like rewriting history. I know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit but try to read it before you spam the same brainless comment again. So when On 6 March 1996, a group of Chechen fighters infiltrated Grozny and launched a three-day surprise raid on the city, taking most of it and capturing caches of weapons and ammunition. During the battle, much of the Russian troops were wiped out, with most of them surrendering or routing. After a couple columns of Russian reinforcements were destroyed on the roads leading to the city, Russian troops eventually gave up on trying to reach the trapped soldiers in the city. This wasn't a loss in your tiny brain for some reason? Or when On April 16, a month after the initial conflict, Chechen fighters successfully carried out an ambush near Shatoy, wiping out an entire Russian armored column resulting in losses up to 220 soldiers killed in action. In another attack near Vedeno, at least 28 Russian soldiers were killed in action. This was a victory for the Russian army in your mind? Or the Third Battle of Grozny where Russian troops in and around Grozny were overran in the key districts within hours in Operation Zero). The fighters then laid siege to the Russian posts and bases and the government compound in the city centre, while a number of Chechens deemed to be Russian collaborators were rounded up, detained and, in some cases, executed. At the same time, Russian troops in the cities of Argun and Gudermes were also surrounded in their garrisons. Several attempts by the armored columns to rescue the units trapped in Grozny were repelled with heavy Russian casualties (the 276th Motorized Regiment of 900 men suffered 50% casualties in a two-day attempt to reach the city centre). Russian military officials said that more than 200 soldiers had been killed and nearly 800 wounded in five days of fighting, and that an unknown number were missing; Chechens put the number of Russian dead at close to 1,000. Thousands of troops were either taken prisoner or surrounded and largely disarmed, their heavy weapons and ammunition commandeered by Chechen fighters. Another Russia victory if you have a tenuous grasp on reality.
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@Chipolinou Yeah you changed the question after I named several battles that the Soviets lost in Afghanistan, now you want to shift the goalposts. If you learned to read the blablabla would make more sense. Only a brainless Russian would think an entire division would need to be destroyed to lose a battle. Welcome to the world of revisionist history.
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@Chipolinou lmao, you're back. Tell me the names of the meds you should be taking.
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@bjorn1583 10 years ago is when Russia began its invasion. What you call genocide (its not) is the Ukrainians defending themselves.
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China is in a deflationary death spiral, maybe they are trying to counter that. That isn't how it works though.
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@jetli740 I said you need skilled labor, can you not read? I said chip making isn't labor intensive because it's highly automated. And the TSMC delay had nothing to do with labor shortage but because in their words they needed to review “how much incentives … the US government can provide.”
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@Bushman42069 Casualties in Bakhmut were around 5-1 in favor of Ukraine.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 There are images of 2 leopards and a handful of Bradley's, this is all from that one attack 5 days ago that you guys are obsessed with. Not sure where you get the 15 from, your fantasy? Or are you referring to the fact that Russia took pictures of the same column from different angles and tried to pass it off as separate attacks. I thought you were supposed to be against misinformation.
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@yagotta1 I'm sure they'd love to but the consequence would be massive civilian casualties, which they don't want. The other alternative to get rid of Hamas personel is sending in ground forces, which is likely going to happen soon. that carries its own risk though. Its a pretty terrible situation all around.
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@yagotta1 Israel did declare war though.
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@MasterBlasterSr There was never any agreement regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much.
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@gello8518 The Houthis have slaves and child brides. Come back to reality.
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@liya7568 They could just move Wagner near Kyiv then in a manner that doesn't humiliate Putin. They aren't going to be able to sneak attack anyone and even if they did (like at the start of the war) the result will be the same, you need around a million men to capture a city the size of Kyiv.
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@ElenaMou-j8i On the first day of the invasion McGregor said that Ukraine was on the brink of collapse. And Ritter is a convicted child predator. Both are on the Kremlins payroll.
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@davidbrown5411 Rapidly running out of men according to who, the Russian MoD? Ukraine doesn't even have conscription for men under 25, they stll have many millions of fighting age men, they are nowhere close to running out.
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@zvonkobogdan9634 That was what Putin said in his delusional interview with Tucker. Now pretending Russia's invasion has anything to do with the west is something not based in reality or history.
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@zvonkobogdan9634 Ukraine has retaken over 50% of the territory the Russians once occupied, have inflicted the worst losses on Russia since ww2 and have sank 1/3rd of the Back Sea fleet. But sure everything is going according to plan. Whatever helps you feel fuzziest inside.
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@petehowett2854 Oh, it's the all caps guy who doesn't understand how to use punctuation or spaces. Keep trying your best little buddy.
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@deewhite3764 Yes, lets have a moment of silence please for the poor victims in the waffenss who lost their lives during Germany's rampage across Europe. Welcome to the world of smooth brain reasoning.
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They can't even get the Donbas back.
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@gregnelson5022 You are aware that Putin has been the dictator of Russia for over 20 years right?
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12% of Russia's refinery capacity gone in two days.
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@bryandimery6509 To what?
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Russia lost in Afghanistan and the first Chechen war. Nuclear weapons are good for deterrence they don't help with winning wars these days.
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@GusMac6129 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. The three days narrative was all over Russia 1 TV, who own's Russia 1?
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@k1rantbeta843 No its proof they are a branch of the Russian military, there is nobody disputing they were in the Donbas. Here's what Prigozhin had to say. “cleaned the old weapons, figured out the bulletproof vests myself and found specialists who could help me with this. From that moment, from May 1, 2014, a group of patriots was born.”
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@k1rantbeta843 Prigozhin also said. "In 2014 Russians went to Donbass, and we held our ground in Donbass... the fate of Donbass remained in limbo. From ’14 until ’22, Donbass was being carved up. Donbass was being pillaged by various people, some of them were from the presidential administration, some from the FSB, and some were attracted oligarchs, like Kurchenko. These are the people who stole money from the residents of Donbass, who were in the unrecognized republics of LNR and DNR....We were shooting at them, they were shooting at us, and this was happening for all these long 8 years from ’14 to ’22. Sometimes the number of different shootouts, roughly speaking, the exchange of ammunition, the exchange of shots, sometimes increased, sometimes decreased." This goes on and on, I think the only person who pretends Russia wasn't in the Donbas is you.
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@k1rantbeta843 If you want to talk about what Strelkov said we can. Girkin admitted that his action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa". Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@Whiteknife-n2e Sounds like you have access to an extra chromosome.
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@nnnickname746 I'm guessing you still live in Russia.
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Some countries provide aid, mostly in the form of old stock at the end of its lifespan Russia: "We're fighting 50 counties." so dumb.
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@trevorwhitham6742 What is this even supposed to mean? Ukraine currently has around 1500 tanks, they started the war with around 700.
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@trevorwhitham6742 Oh I see. While Russia has lost an eye watering amount of tanks unfortunately they still have lots of old models sitting around. Nobody knows how many T54/62's they'll be able to resurrect from the bone yard.
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@domzbu Over 70k Americans die annually due to fentanyl overdose from product shipped from China through Mexico into the US. Do you think the US would be justified in invading Mexico? I think most people would say no, and that's a far greater threat then anything the US did to Russia.
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@JaimeSalazar-wm6dh You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@Dennis-ff2pf They are there to make sure Ukraine is using the weapons they gave them and not selling them. They aren't there in a combat role.
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@mereassassinates550 An yet here you are making comments. It was the Russians who released video and images of their destroyed ship, do you think it was a hoax?
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@DIMASIO. See the search bar at the top of the screen? Why not just type in 'Putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks' instead of asking idiotic questions.
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@DIMASIO. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed. Saying fled is saying something forced them to flee, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, the US just left.
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@DIMASIO. We have people in Ukraine specifically to make sure they are using the weapons. There has been no evidence of them selling anything. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@mereassassinates550 First off I did respond to your first post, can you read? Russia is synonymous with the USSR. We weren't even discussing that, any other out of context comments directed at other people you want to bring up? The US ran away from who? There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years, the Taliban were hiding in caves for 20 years until the US left. just repeating the same idiotic comment over and over wont make it true. What was your point supposed to be? That the sun interviewed a time traveler? You sure seem to watch the Sun a lot or someone who hates them. Please point out where I said I liked or trusted the Sun, don't put words in my mouth. I'm just passing by leaving comments, I never thought I'd trigger you so much. Take your meds.
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@mereassassinates550 Moreover I find its funny that you didn't respond to my point after making an embarrassing statement. Do you think this ship being struck is some grand conspiracy perpetrated by the worlds media companies, open source satellite images and the Russian telegram channel that initially released the footage? Nothing to say?
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@switch12345678 You understand the Russian Federation wouldn't exist wouthout it right?
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@mereassassinates550 huh? I replied multiple times, are you brain damaged or something?
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@mereassassinates550 still waiting on a reply, I'll ask again for the third time because apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Please explain the global conspiracy involving multiple media outlets, open source satellite images and the Russian telegram that first released the footage to convince us all that some random corvette was attacked.
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@markiobook8639 This braindead comment has been made and responded to about a dozen times in this thread.
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@City1Tiger lol yeah and then their whole country collapsed.
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@Frankly-Junior The Afghan government lost to the Taliban, this was after the US left. The US occupied Afghanistan for 20 years, the Taliban spent all that time hiding in caves, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces for years..
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@bryanmurphy7480 The Moskva was sank with Ukrainian Neptune missiles, this corvette was likely 2 French SCALP missiles and most of the rest were Ukrainian marine drones.
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@attilamarics3374 Stop with the lies. What did Arakhamia actually say? Davit Arakhamia spoke on the air of Ukrainian 1+1 about the negotiations with Russia in 2022. According to Arakhamia, the Russian delegation promised Ukraine peace in exchange for refusing to join NATO. “They were hoping almost to the end to put pressure on us to sign such a document and accept neutrality. It was a big deal for them. They were ready to end the war if we, like Finland once did, would accept neutrality and pledge not to join NATO. In fact, that was the main point. All the rest are cosmetic and political “additions” to denazification, the Russian-speaking population, and blah blah blah…” Arakhamia said. To the journalist’s question why Ukraine did not agree to this point, Arakhamia answered that there was no trust in the Russians. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. Also, when we returned from Istanbul, Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them and would just fight. – said Arakhamia. Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine and could only give advice. “In fact, they advised us not to agree to Russia’s ephemeral guarantees, which were impossible to give then.” – said David Arakhamia. Accordingly, David Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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Its likely Trump will be in jail by then
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@AnthonyMcRedmond-Vg2ry Republicans control of the House. Which is enough for them to disrupt democrats from governing.
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@TheRealBatCave The "concessions" Mexico and Canada agreed to were both negotiated during Biden's presidency.
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And those new tactics, war donkeys.
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@s0ycapitan Russia is unironically using donkeys bud, come back to earth.
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@ You understand we can see Russian vehicle depots from space right? There is also photographic evidence of well over 20k destroyed pieces of Russian equipment. But hey maybe goofy comments will change reality.
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@ Cool story bro. Pretending photographic evidence isn't real is a tough position to take, I would almost admire it if it wasn't so goofy. Maybe the emptying equipment depots is just an illusion.
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@ Childish insults won't change reality either bud.
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@ Yeah either multiple open source groups coming to the same conclusion after reviewing thousands of geolocated images are correct. Or your silly made up story based on nothing is.
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@ Yes factual analysis based on reality and photographic evidence makes me feel good. Pretending photographic evidence isn't real based on emotion makes you feel good.
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@ Do they have evidence that invalidates the massive amount of photographic evidence? Or are you just trying to set a record for the most silly comments in a single thread?
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@ BTW in the west we put spaces after commas. Russians with a tenuous grasp of the language always have problems with this.
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@ So that's a no then, none of them have any evidence that invalidates tens of thousands of geolocated images.
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@MrGatzby I've seen willy's videos before. He doesn't have anything that invalidates the mountains of evidence of destroyed Russian equipment. I'm going to assume none of the others do either. Feel free to post a link if any of them do, but of course they don't. You are just grasping at straws to avoid looking foolish, it isn't working.
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@ There are pictures genius. Are you being deliberately obtuse or is this actually how you are?
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@ You understand that photographic evidence is pictures, right? What do you think we've been talking about this entire time? If you lack the mental capacity to follow along this conversation serves little purpose.
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@ Another pointless comment that addresses nothing. Stop wasting time and just post a link to whatever video you thinks overturns the mountain of photographic evidence. (photographic means pictures, just so you know.)
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@ntf5211 If only Serbia had nukes they could have flattened Kosovo and killed 20% of the population like Russia did at Chechnya.
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@JohnJohn-dv6je Why don't you go ahead and name the last time the US tried to annex a country, if its over 100 years ago I'm going to laugh at you.
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@EELEEM What's your point? Ukraine has friends and the Taliban doesn't?
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@shadowshifter7 Actually there is an insurgency in Ukraine Partisan's have put in a lot of work in areas behind the lines. it just gets overshadowed by the fact that Russia can't even take the Donbas.
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According to Russia they've destroyed the entire Ukrainian military 6 times over.
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@Heterosexual51 Here's the NYT. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has told a European official that he could “take Kiev in two weeks” if he wanted to, adding a new dimension to the tensions building in Ukraine as Russian forces become more involved in the fighting there.
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@Heterosexual51 Literally every major news outlet covered it. Are there any other simplistic tasks you need your hand held for?
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@crymeaariver Are you trying to set a record for the most idiotic comments in a single thread?
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@crymeaariver Thanks for proving my point.
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@crymeaariver Who's Bandereta genius?
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@crymeaariver Are you a Stalineta supporter? lmao.
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@brightr3011 No it's international waters. Except the parts controlled by Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. We have allies in the area who ask for our help because China keeps bullying them. Understand?
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lee Do you think its smart to compare American crimes from centuries ago with Chinese crimes being committed right now?
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@brightr3011 China and Russia test American airspace all the time. Are you joking? And this was nowhere near Chinese airspace. China has no claim on the South China Sea, its like saying the US was flying over Bangladesh or somewhere not even close. Its inane.
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@brightr3011 Is flying a recon plane over international waters worse then flying a spy balloon over continental US? Imagine the river of tears coming out of China if the US flew a spy balloon over mainland China. Our allies in the region have seen what China has done to Tibet and Xinjiang. We are there at their request. cry some more though.
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@aldaman2725 Ukraine has recaptured over half of the once occupied territory. Ukraine has taken more in the past 7 weeks then Russia had in the prevous 10 months.
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That's why they have to go to third word countries and fool them with promises of safe jobs far behind the lines.
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@ingstimated1873 China lies about its military expenditure.
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When did he try peace? when he invaded Ukraine?
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@calvin8677 I'm still not sure I understand. 2014 was when Russia began its invasion, was that Putin trying peace? Or are you saying Putin lies about everything?
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@nashbridges-cu6dy They did in '91, that didn't stop Russia from invading in 2014. Funny how referendums are illegal in Russia but somehow invading a sovereign state and forcing sham referendums is somehow valid.
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3 days, 3 years what's the difference?
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@besnikillyrian8520 The other powers will buy the Merkava's for Greece and Greece will donate the Leo 1's which are at the end of their lifespan. It's all speculation though. The Merkava's might be going straight to Ukraine.
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@besnikillyrian8520 Germany, Poland, US, France, UK, The Baltics, Italy, Spain, Canada. Do you want me to list all the countries helping Ukraine?
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@besnikillyrian8520 Ukrainians will have already been trained on the operation and maintenance of Leopard 1s It makes sense. Though I think its more likely that Merkava will be sent directly to Ukraine. It has its problems though primarily its a super heavy tank made for the desert and likely wont be ideal in the Ukrainian mud.
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For the EU and NATO.
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China is in debt to the US over a trillion dollars in large volume of long-term sovereign gold-denominated bonds. This is before interest.
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@yagsipcc287 There aren't world bank and IMF detectives who investigate countries economies. Russia self reports their cooked numbers and the IMF and WB take them at face value. Moreover all of the supposed growth is due to massive government spending on their military, it isn't real growth or sustainable.
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@yagsipcc287 Sergey Chemezov, CEO of the state-owned Rostec said about the economy. "There is no 20 percent profitability anywhere. Even the sale of weapons does not bring such a profit," "It is simply not profitable for enterprises to use borrowed funds, as I have already said many times. It is just that if we continue to work like this, then practically the majority of enterprises will go bankrupt," he said. He warned that this situation could lead to "stagflation," referring to economic conditions of slow growth, high unemployment, and rising prices. Chemezov's concerns echo those made recently by other Russian businessmen, who warn that the high borrowing costs could hamper economic growth. Nabiullina countered that lowering interest rates will lead to rampant inflation. So one of those is Russia's future, stagflation or hyperinflation.
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@yagsipcc287 Sergey Chemezov, CEO of the state-owned Rostec said about the economy. "It is simply not profitable for enterprises to use borrowed funds, as I have already said many times. It is just that if we continue to work like this, then practically the majority of enterprises will go bankrupt," He warned that this situation could lead to "stagflation," referring to economic conditions of slow growth, high unemployment, and rising prices. His concerns echo those made recently by other businessmen, who warn that the high borrowing costs could hamper economic growth. Nabiullina countered, saying that lowering interest rates will lead to run away inflation. So one of those is Russia's future, stagflation or hyperinflation.
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@yagsipcc287 Moreover inflation in the Eu is 2.1%, it is 8.9% in Russia. And that is all with an interest rate at 21% ( 3% in EU), which is set to rise to 23% by the end of the year. Nobody has interest rates that high for single digit inflation and the actual inflation in Russia is likely 2-3 times larger than the official number.
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@yagsipcc287 EU inflation and interest rates are a fraction of what they are in Russia goofy.
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@yagsipcc287 Another pointless comment that addresses absolutely nothing. Good job.
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@yagsipcc287 Little buddy you came into this thread saying this was "some of the dumbest crap I have ever read." So save your tears ok. You then make the claim that Russia is doing great, based on a misunderstanding of what the IMF and WB actually do. They take Rostats own made up numbers for their claims, you understand that right?
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@yagsipcc287 You came into this thread saying this was "some of the dumbest crap I have ever read." So dry your eyes ok. You then make the claim that Russia is doing great, based on a misunderstanding of what the IMF and WB actually do. They take Rostats own made up numbers for their claims, you understand that right?
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@yagsipcc287 After that you proceed to make up a bunch of data saying that "exports are up on almost everything." which is laughably untrue, hydrocarbon revenues are down by over 50% since the start of the war, no big deal though right? That's only 40% of all state revenue in Russia. Russia's revenues from agri-food exports are expected to shrink by 25% compared with the 2023 figure, and arms exports have disappeared almost entirely. You then say "Europe no longer make much outside of food items and other small bits and pieces." which again is laughably untrue as I showed with actual data, not imaginary facts you made up in your head.
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@yagsipcc287 After that you proceed to make up a bunch of nonsense saying that "exports are up on almost everything." which is completely untrue, hydrocarbon revenues are down by over 50% since the start of the war, no big deal though right? That's only 40% of all state revenue in Russia. Russia's revenues from agri-food exports are expected to shrink by 25% compared with the 2023 figure, and arms exports have disappeared almost entirely.
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@yagsipcc287 You then proceed to make up a bunch of information saying that "exports are up on almost everything." which is laughably untrue, hydrocarbon revenues are down by over 50% since the start of the war. Russia's revenues from agri-food exports are expected to shrink by 25% compared with the 2023 figure, and arms exports have disappeared almost entirely.
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@yagsipcc287 You then say "Europe no longer make much outside of food items and other small bits and pieces." which again is completely untrue as I proved with actual data, not imaginary facts you made up in your head.
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@yagsipcc287 I provided statements from head of Rostec and the head of the central bank about the absolute state of the Russian economy, which you completely ignore and instead engage in pointless whataboutery for some reason.
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@yagsipcc287 "ha so says the person who hasn't addressed the fact that nearly all major companies in Europe especially Germany are down." This is the first post you brought up this point, so yeah I haven't addressed something you hadn't said before because I don't have magical powers. The main stock market index In the Euro Area (EU50) increased 449 points or 9.94% since the beginning of 2024. The main stock market index in Russia (MOEX) decreased 548 points or 17.69% since the beginning of 2024 The markets don't tell the whole story but it's a fairly good indicator of how businesses are doing.
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@yagsipcc287 "so says the person who hasn't addressed the fact that nearly all major companies in Europe especially Germany are down." This is the first post you brought up this point, so yeah I haven't addressed something you hadn't said before, obviously. The main market index In the Euro Area (EU50) increased 449 points or 9.94% since the beginning of 2024. While (MOEX) in RU decreased 548 points or 17.69% since the beginning of 2024 The markets don't tell the whole story but they are a fairly good indicator of how businesses are doing.
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@dachochiyo3992 Putins the one with the arrest warrent.
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@clavichord The problem for Putin is, if he tried to use nuclear weapons he'd be immediately escorted to the nearest eighth story window by the FSB.
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@clavichord Even poor people don't want to die. If Putin ever tried to give the order he'd be escorted to the nearest seventh story window by his own intelligence agents.
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@MatchSmith That they created? It's Putin that's invading and attempting to annex Ukraine, you understand that right?
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@electronicexperimentalist5906 That was Brexit, which Carney warned would have a negative impact.
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Great analysis commander smoothbrain. You should work for the Russian MOD.
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@Hamzahabdo-u2n The Taliban has been blowing up Moques in Pakistan lately, they aren't rational actors.
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You guys are complaining out the other side of your face whenever money gets spent in Canada.
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@mickal2012 That's not what Prigozhin and Girkin said. Its like how Putin said crimea was taken by locals until he recently admitted what everyone alreay knew, It was the Russian army. Also you understand that Zelensky's first language is Russian right? he still gets criticized for not speaking fluent Ukrainian. Nobody gave af about Russians until they invaded in 2014. This is just another Russian fantasy.
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 @IvorMektin1701 Trump's a crooked felon.
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@zulubeatz1 Are you sure you are responding to the right person? I'm not sure what I could have said to make you think I support a guy who covers himself with shoe polish every day.
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Russia should focus on its staggering fetal alcohol syndrome problem rather then invading countries.
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Probably because those numbers are invented by the Russian MoD. The same guys who claim they've destroyed Ukraine's air force five times over.
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@Luiz-w5s Is there a point to your silly whataboutery? Imagine if the Japanese had ray guns in WW2. Imagine if the Russian's didn't get smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@claus-not-santa Ukraine isn't being invaded from the west bud.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 There's no shortage of Stalin monuments in Russia, one of the most evil men in human history.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Pretending Russia didnt want to take Kyiv is some ultra level cope. Peace failed because Ukraine liberated Bucha and saw the massacre there. Russia was also retreating on almost all fronts.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Russia only sent 200k troops because they foolishly thought they would be welcomed with parades as liberators. Why do you think Putin fired so many FSB brass after their colossal failure?
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Stalin is revered in Russia. one of the most brutal dictators in history and they still love the guy.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 Yeah I already mentioned the 2010 D-day monument that for a short time had a Stalin bust incorporated. that was promptly taken down, why lie about something that's so easy to google? Do you actually read comments or are you so desperate to spread misinformation you just spam your dubunked nonsense without thought?
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@PerceivedREALITY999 70000 troops lost according to who? The same people who tried to pass off farm equipment as leopards? If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you, its the Kerch bridge get it while it lasts.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 According to Shoigu they've destroyed over 5000 Ukrainian tanks. Congratulations Russia on destroying over 5 times the total tanks Ukraine has ever had. Do you think Russia has mastered interdimensional travel and have already conquered Ukraine in multiple other dimensions? Maybe that's why they cant even take the Donbas in this dimension they've been focusing on other realities first.
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@bryandimery6509 Russia is using WW1 tactics, complete with donkeys and horses.
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@ Russia is using ww1 tactics, complete with donkeys and horses.
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There aren't IMF detectives who investigate economies, they take Rosstat at face value and parrot their stats. Also any 'growth' Russia has experienced is because of high military spending, Ukraine has had even more growth than Russia, next you'll tell me how well their economy is doing.
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Russia makes marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses.
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@g-unit832 It wasn't the ''western agenda" that invaded Ukraine.
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@black_triton9264 Russia's invasion started in 2014.
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@@patagonianpaint They are still on Russian territory, handing out referendum slips. Try not to cry.
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@cheekeongchan9750 Russia are the attackers here.
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Yep, the Boyars are corrupt not the Czar.
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So just let them continue to attack civilian shipping? I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@bbasleigh6149 Plus all the ones fighting for Ukraine. Russia already killed about 20% of the population of Chechnya and flattened Grozny, its surprising there are so many left.
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@aki-fi3gk It was already announced that Putin will win by a landslide sorry to dissapoint.
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How about sending spy balloons over their territory, can we do that?
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@petitben5240 There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. the US just left. If you want an example of someone getting their asses kicked out of Afghanistan, the Russians got smoked so hard their whole empire collapsed.
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@СанёкКузнецов-172 If your donbas puppets break the agreement because you sent in weapons and forces, what then?
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@СанёкКузнецов-172 It was the DPR who declared Minsk void after they captured the Donetsk airport. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@petitben5240 What's your point?
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@petehowett2854 Oh it's the all caps guy. Hopefully one day you learn how to properly use punctuation and spaces.
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@attilamarics3374 Feel free to live in a fantasy world if you want.
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Do you really not understand what he said? He said that Russia felt emboldened 2.5 years ago to attack because of the anemic response to the 2014 attack.
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The anemic response in 2008. Are you really baffled that an expansionist empire wants to expand unless it is otherwise prevented from doing so?
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@lg2058 According to Russia that had nothing to do with their invasion. It was because Russia falsely accused Georgia of committing "genocide" and "aggression against South Ossetia." Though they had a wide range of make believe excuses including the tried and true "bio labs" and that the Ukrainian civil war had begun in South Ossetia because Ukrainian soldiers were allegedly fighting on both sides. Russia had no shortage of hilarious claims about Georgia. Putin claimed that Bush staged the war in Georgia to get the John McCain into the White House. And that NATO was turning the rain yellow. Take Russian claims seriously at your own peril.
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@lg2058 That's not the excuse Russia used little buddy. It was because Russia falsely accused Georgia of committing "gnocide" and "aggression against South Ossetia." They had no shortage of hilarious excuses though. Putin claimed that Bush staged the war in Georgia to get the John McCain into the White House. And that NATO was turning the rain yellow. And of course the tried and true 'bio labs." If you take Russian claims seriously I have a bridge you may be interested in.
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@lg2058 That's not even the excuse Russia used little buddy. It was because Russia falsely accused Georgia of committing "gencide" and "aggression against South Ossetia." They had no shortage of hilarious excuses though. Putin claimed that the US staged the war to get the McCain elected. And that Nato was turning the rain yellow.
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@lg2058 Russia had all sorts of silly excused for that war. Including the tried and true bio labs, and that Georgia was the location of the Ukrainian civil war. Along with OSCE monitors in South Ossetia had been spying for Georgia, and the OSCE had conducted terror attacks in Tskhinvali. That the US had delivered money printing machinery to Georgia; Georgia was allegedly going to circulate fake Russian banknotes for sabotaging the financial system of Russia. This is just the tip of the iceberg, Russia's reasoning for the Georgia invasion reads like deranged fan fiction.
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@lg2058 Russia had all sorts of silly excused for that war. Including the tried and true bio labs, and that Georgia was the location of the Ukrainian civil war. OSCE monitors in South Ossetia had been spying for Georgia, and the OSCE had conducted attacks in Tskhinvali. That the US had delivered money printing machinery to Georgia; Georgia was allegedly going to circulate fake Russian banknotes for sabotaging the financial system of Russia. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Russia really went off the deep end trying to justify that one.
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@lg2058 Russia had all sorts of silly excused for that war. Including the tried and true bio labs, and that Georgia was the location of the Ukrainian civil war. OSCE monitors in South Ossetia had been spying for Georgia, and the OSCE had conducted attacks in Tskhinvali.
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@lg2058 Also the OSCE in South Ossetia had been spying for Georgia, and they had conducted att@cks in Tskhinvali. That the US had delivered money printing machinery to Georgia; Georgia was allegedly going to circulate fake Russian banknotes for sabotaging the financial system of Russia. Russia really went off the deep end trying to justify that one.
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@lg2058 Russia had all sorts of silly excused for that one. Including the OSCE monitors in South Ossetia had been spying for Georgia, and the OSCE had conducted attcks. That the US had supposedly delivered money printing machinery to Georgia to sabotage the financial system of Russia.
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@lg2058 Here's some more highlights, the OSCE was spying, the US sent a money printing machine to ruin Russia's economy and of course tried and true bio-labs.
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@lg2058 Did you even read my post? I also said Russia had a pile of silly excuses. Nato was turning the rain yellow, the US sent a money printer to Georgia to sabotage the Russian economy. The osce were spies and terrorists. Having two new client states is about as good as full annexation. Napoleon had lots of client states little buddy.
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@lg2058 Russia gained two new client states. Napoleon had plenty of client states little buddy, do you think he annexed all of Europe?
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@lg2058 The reason for invasion could have been one of the hundreds of silly excuses Russia had. They were just intervening in Ukraine's civil war, which was taking place in Georgia. The US had sent a money printer to Georgia to undermine Russia's economy, or the tried and true bio labs.
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@lg2058 He said something incoherent? I doubt it. He's also not a member of the Russian government. Putin himself said Bush instigated the war to put McCain in office. Makes sense. Just like how Ukraine was because "in the year 860 Rurik crossed the sea..."
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@lg2058 You think “This was is over NATO expansion” is a coherent sentence? I'm sorry yo can't come to terms with Putins statement. Obviously this war was to get McCain into the White House, or whatever.
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@lg2058 So you believe “This was is over Nato expansion” makes sense? Sure bud. Sorry you are having trouble coming to terms with the President of Russia's statement.
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@lg2058 You really do have reading comprehension issues. Go finish grade school and come back.
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@lg2058 You are having trouble reading, yes I see that.
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@lg2058 You are also having trouble coming to terms with Putin's nonsensical reasoning for the war. I don't blame you on that one.
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@lg2058 Dude, try reading carefully instead of making more idiotic posts.
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@lg2058 Go read your post buddy, try your best. I thought you were finished responding, don't you have to get to primary school?
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@lg2058 This was is a great conversation. See you later little buddy.
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@lg2058 You are the one who posted an incomprehensible comment buddy, the fact that you still don't realize it is beyond hilarious. And by salient points, you mean like when Putin himself said that the war was a US plot to get McCain elected? Let me guess what Putin says doesn't matter, only your own fan fiction does.
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@lg2058 We are having a conversation about the 2008 Georgian invasion brainiac. But if you don't even have the mental capacity to follow along what's the point.
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Prolonging the war? All Russia has to do is go home and the war is over.
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@glintongordon6811 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks and the 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media.
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@amitkerai4880 The only link that comes up is just a vague article about the war that has nothing to do with anything being discussed here. For the third time, what is your point?
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@amitkerai4880 Yeah the US definitely wanted to annex Syria and make it the 51st state. Come back to reality little buddy.
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@amitkerai4880 And then the US invaded and annexed Syria, and claimed they were never a real country. Please try using your head. Medvedev already announced why Russia invaded, massive deposits of minerals and hydrocarbons were discovered in Ukraine and Russia wanted to maintain it's monopoly in Europe. This is just a regular old land grab. If you want to talk about civilian losses in Syria you should look into Russia, they've flattened every city they can and even dropped chemical weapons on them. You live in a world of pure fantasy. We have no idea what civilian casualties are in Ukraine because Russia won't let outside observers in. The estimates from Mariupol alone range from 25,000 to 100,000.
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@Senninhamcl Why are you telling me this? I don't give af what you take serious.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Do you think Russia is the only country with nukes?
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@jamesgreen1116 Rubble is all that's left of Bakhmut but Russia was acting like they just occupied Berlin. Also you understand that literally everything on the front is the grey zone right? as Ukraine takes more territory the grey zone just gets moved forward.
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@user123-x2r Joined Mar 11, 2024
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@Виктор-КСО Pointless whataboutims that have nothing to do with Russia invading Ukraine.
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Wrong again little buddy, Oil depots and power plants are legitimate military targets. Children's hospitals, pizza restaurants, maternity wards and apartment buildings are not.
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@wormlandsbanen $722million of the $11–15 Billion worth of lend-lease support it received was repaid.
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@alexsilent5603 23% of Russian's don't have access to a toilet, are you one of them? I'm not sure if you were aware but fetal alcohol syndrome is caused by the mother drinking while pregnant, it has nothing to do with whether you drink or not. Understand?
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@alexsilent5603 The total homeless population in the US is 650,000. They are included in the less than 1%.
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@alexsilent5603 I already quoted the study to you, I can tell these stats really hit a sore spot for you, like I said feel free to pretend its not real. Almost two-thirds of rural Russians have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1 percent of whom use outhouses and 18.4 percent do not have a sewage system. 9 percent of Russia’s urban population reported lack of access to a sewage system.
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@alexsilent5603 I can tell that the facts really hit a sore spot for you. You can pretend the study doesn't exist if that's what makes you feel fuzziest inside, but it won't change reality. 22.6 percent lack access to a centralized sewage system. In rural Russia, almost two-thirds have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1 percent of whom use outhouses and 18.4 percent do not have a sewage system. 9 percent of Russia’s urban population reported lack of access to a sewage system. Source: Rosstat. I'm sorry reality doesn't conform to your narrative.
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@alexsilent5603 That's because Russia blew up their homes and annexed their territory genius. Fetal alcohol syndrome really did a number on you.
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@alexsilent5603 That's because Russia bombed their homes and annexed their territory smart guy.
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low morale no morals that's Russia.
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@distinctga5811 Article 5 has been used once in its history by the US after 9/11, all NATO members answered the call.
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Donny has had a friend before, he was best buds with Epstein.
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@livingtribunal4110 History didn't start 2 years ago, Russia has outspent Ukraine on its military for decades. They've spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the worlds #2 army. Russia has lost over 13k armored vehicles according to photographic evidence, the real number is likely much higher, and they cant even take the Donbas. This has been a disaster for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@gfhomeNevashedelo Wagner was regular Russian forces. Putin admitted as much. "I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.” The Russian Federation initially denied that the 'little green men' in Crimea were Russian military forces, but on 17 April 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin finally confirmed the presence of the Russian military. Furthermore, numerous sources, including Russian state media, have confirmed that the "little green men" were a mix of operatives from the Special Operations Forces and various other Spetsnaz GRU units. It likely also included paratroopers of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade of the VDV, and Wagner Group military contractors. These same 'little green men' were present in the Donbas. While their status as troops acting under the orders of the Russian government was continually denied, their nationality was not. Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, stated that 50,000 Russian citizens fought in the Donbas up to August 2015, and argued that they should receive the same benefits as Russia's other war veterans.
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@gfhomeNevashedelo The Russian Federation initially denied that the 'little green men' in Crimea were Russian military forces, but on 17 April 2014 Russian Putin finally confirmed the presence of the Russian military. Furthermore, numerous sources, including Russian state media, have confirmed that the "little green men" were a mix of operatives from the Special Operations Forces and various other Spetsnaz GRU units. It likely also included paratroopers of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade of the VDV, and Wagner Group military contractors. These same "Little green men" were present in the Donbas. While their status as troops acting under the orders of the Russian government was continually denied, their nationality was not. Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, stated that 50,000 Russian citizens fought in the Donbas up to August 2015, and argued that they should receive the same benefits as Russia's other war veterans.
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@gfhomeNevashedelo The Russian Federation initially denied that there were Russian forces in Crimea, but on 17 April 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin finally confirmed the presence of the Russian military, these same LGM were present in the Donbas. Furthermore, numerous sources, including Russian state media, have confirmed that the "little green men" were a mix of operatives from the Special Operations Forces and various other Spetsnaz GRU units. It likely also included paratroopers of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade of the VDV, and Wagner While their status as troops acting under the orders of the Russian government has been continually denied, just like Crimea, their nationality was not. Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, stated that 50,000 Russian citizens fought in the Donbas up to August 2015, and argued that they should receive the same benefits as Russia's other war veterans
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@chefdave3275 Its just a spam bot, report and ignore.
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Yuri-uy5mu Yeah Putin is letting a guy he called a 'terrorist and traitor.' get away with no consequences. Let it be known that Russia will negotiate with terrorists, we'll see how that works out for them.
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@MaximPerepelitsa51 My post was deleted for some reason. My answer was the OSCE website. Is this ok YT?
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@WeWazKangz The invasions were over in a few weeks. Then a long occupation. Russia wishes its invasion went 10% as well as the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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@WeWazKangz Unending trench warfare, 6 digit casualties and rising and sanctioned to oblivion. Some serious 5d chess.
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The Russian army now at the level of a middle east militia.
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They haven't, more like 20% which is the same amount they had 2.5 years ago. Almost all of Russia's gains were from 2014 and the opening days of the 2022 invasion. Gains since then have been marginal and for a heavy cost.
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$850 billion in debt held by the People’s Republic of China. China, however, is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by American bondholders. Before 1949, the government of the Republic of China issued a large volume of long-term sovereign gold-denominated bonds, secured by Chinese tax revenues, to private investors and governments for the construction of infrastructure and financing of governmental activities. Put simply, the China we know today would not have been possible absent these bond offerings. In 1938, during its conflict with Japan, the ROC defaulted on its sovereign debt. After the military victory of the communists, the ROC government fled to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China was eventually recognized internationally as the successor government of China. Under well-established international law, the “successor government” doctrine holds that the current government of China, led by the Chinese Communist Party, is responsible for repayment of the defaulted bonds. A private group of American citizens holds a large quantity of these gold-denominated bonds. This citizen-led group, the American Bondholders Foundation , serves as trustee with power of attorney for some 20,000 bondholders, whose bonds are valued at well more than $1 trillion.
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yes they have, you guys need to update your scripts.
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@fingerprint8479 Oh don't tell me you take the Boris conspiracy theory seriously? David Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position. Don't let that stop you from spamming talking points though.
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Sure buddy.
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@Cruzeoc101 yeah a majority of the comments are yours.
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@Cruzeoc101 Sure bud, I'll leave you to your manic episode.
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@AndrewRus876 What a silly comment, Zelensky is a Russian speaker, do you think he wants to be Russian?
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@AndrewRus876 Another silly comment, your baffling use of parenthesis not withstanding. We don't have to guess about corruption, check the corruption index, Ukraine ranks better than Russia and is trending up while Russia continues to fall. All the countries that used to be inside Russia's sphere have had issues with corruption, and the longer they are away from Russia the smaller that problem gets.
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@Tiasung Russia has flattened multiple cities, they spent the past three years trying to destroy Ukraine's energy and agricultural infrastructure to freeze an starve as many Ukrainians as possible. Russia rigs elections in its own country, they certainly don't have any qualms about doing it in foreign countries wherever they can. They've spent the past few years supporting coups across Africa installing military juntas.
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@attilamarics3374 You realize that 87% is just make believe though right?
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@marksnyder8022 His source is Russian MoD, the 'all drones were neutralized, please ignore the half sunk ship limping home.' folks.
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@trying3841 According to Russian rhetoric they've been at war with NATO for the past three years.
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@vonSchwarzberg So what was the point? Surely such a promise would be made in writing codified in some sort of treaty. Not just hearsay for clueless people to parrot around the internet.
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@dameinoferrall2400 Fair enough but as I said the 'something' Putin did could have been the annexation of Crimea and endless proxy war in the Donbas, plus continuing to undermine NATO and the west and it would have been a clear win for him. Now because of Russia's over reaction they could be facing a situation similar to 1917. I'm also not sure about the US having a long term goal of destabilizing Putin's regime. If anything they've been wearing kid gloves when dealing with him up until 2022. Even after the full scale invasion they seem fearful to give too much aid to Ukraine as they are worried that Russia will collapse once again. And personally I think Trump has a better chance of winning the election for president of the prison book club then he does president of the US. But I didn't think he stood a chance the first time he won so who knows what the Americans will do, they always seem to surprise.
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What year do you think it is right now?
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@boota1979 No it just makes it pointless whataboutery. You see little fella back in the olden days the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. But ever since WW2 the rules are changed, now the borders are set, if you try to take land that doesn't belong to you you are a bad boy. Do you understand?
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@Interglacial_optimist Oh, that's the year Russia was allied with the nazi's.
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@boota1979 everybody did bud, that's how the world worked back then. Since WW2 the rules of the world have changed, no the only country trying to steal land from sovereign states is Russia.
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@Interglacial_optimist Thinking about the glory years when Russia was allied with Germany are you?
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@boota1979 It's pointless whataboutery is what it is. Prior to ww2 the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to take land from everyone else. In modern times Russia is the only state still engaged in this activity.
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The French did that once before, did you even say thank you? By the way that was a loan not a gift you now owe France 141$ trillion with interest.
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@MrGatzby Russian mil bloggers say NK troops are there, Russian medical staff say they are treating NK wounded. There is footage of reported NK forces using tactics that are nothing like what we've seen Russia use and there are NK prisoners in Ukrainian custody who speak with an NK accent. It's only Russia's online cheerleaders who feel the need to live in denial.
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So you think Poland started ww2?
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@treestandsafety3996 Musk is what the right pretends Soros is.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk No, Russia just has to go with cap in hand Iran and North Korea for weapons. Interesting you bring up WW2, that was the war that Russia would have lost without western aid, remember? It was also a defensive war, Germany were the aggressors, just like Russia is now the aggressors, and there were many people who made the same argument then that you are making now. The main difference is Germany was actually doing well, they had conquered most of Europe, Russia can't even take Vovchansk, which is five miles across the border. This is year three and Russia still can't even take the Donbas, their gains can be described as marginal at best. they have also been reduced to using golf carts and dirt bikes. Russia has multiple failed offensives this war, including its current failed Donbas offensive, which still hasn't managed to take as much ground as Ukraine's summer offensive. Plus their disastrous Kherson offensive, which as bad as its been still went better than their first attempt two years ago.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk I didn't say that Russia was begging I said they went with hat in hand, they are in fact paying a highly inflated price because they have no real allies. The reason they had to do this is a shortage of weapons, there is no real difference between the two outside of your mind. If Putin was going to use nukes he would have already, he doesn't have a big red button in his office or something, if he gives the order he will be escorted out the nearest seventh story window by the FSB. Nobody takes your fear trolling seriously. The US was sending the Russian's lend lease long before they entered the war, wouldn't that make it a proxy war by your definition? I'm also not sure what difference your arbitrary distinction is supposed to make. Nobody in Europe want to see the Russians succeed, neither do a sizable majority of people in the US, both are ramping up their military production, it won't be long until Russia is being outproduced by a huge margin. You are right, nobody really fears Russia, they are far weaker than we thought, which is why aid will continue to be sent until they lose. Russia is already using T54's and golf carts, according to satellite images Russia has roughly a year before it burns through the last of its Soviet stockpile of equipment. To be honest I have no idea what argument you are trying to make. It's a lost cause for Ukraine but also Russia is weak and nobody is afraid of them, and "they lost huge amounts of territories and suffered huge defeats" however that doesn't matter because they are ruled by an iron fist, or something (Putin has nowhere near the control as Stalin, but whatever). Look out though because they might nuke someone (no they won't). Russia's perceptions as to whether they are attacking or defending is also completely irrelevant, the reality is they are attacking, and must deal with all the problems that entails. Thankfully your arguments are confused and unconvincing and people like you aren't in charge of our foreign policy, either now or duing WW2.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk I didn't say that Russia was begging I said they went with hat in hand, they are in fact paying a highly inflated price because they have no real allies. The reason they had to do this is a shortage of weapons, there is no real difference outside of your mind. If Putin was going to use nukes he would have already, he doesn't have a big red button in his office or something, if he gives the order he will be escorted out the nearest seventh story window by the FSB. The US was sending the Russian's lend lease long before they entered the war, wouldn't that make it a proxy war by your definition? I'm also not sure what difference your arbitrary distinction is supposed to make. Nobody in Europe want to see the Russians succeed, neither do a sizable majority of people in the US, both are ramping up their military production, it won't be long until the west is outproducing them by a huge margin. You are right, nobody really fears Russia, they are far weaker than we thought, which is why aid will continue to be sent until they lose. Russia is already using T54's and golf carts, according to satellite images Russia has roughly a year before it burns through the last of its Soviet stockpile of equipment. To be honest I have no idea what argument you are trying to make. It's a lost cause for Ukraine but also Russia is weak and nobody is afraid of them, and "they lost huge amounts of territories and suffered huge defeats" however that doesn't matter because they are ruled by an iron fist, or something (Putin has nowhere near the control as S, but whatever). Look out though because they might nuke someone (no they won't). Russia's perceptions as to whether they are attacking or defending is also completely irrelevant, the reality is they are attacking, and must deal with all the problems that entails. Thankfully your arguments are confused and unconvincing and people like you aren't in charge of our foreign policy, either now or in WW2.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk I didn't say that Russia was begging I said they went with hat in hand, they are in fact paying a highly inflated price because they have no real allies. The reason they had to do this is a shortage of weapons, there is no real difference outside of your mind. If Putin was going to use nukes he would have already, he doesn't have a big red button in his office or something, if he gives the order he will be escorted out the nearest seventh story window by his intelligence agencies. The US was sending the Russian's lend lease long before they entered the war, wouldn't that make it a proxy war by your definition? I'm also not sure what difference your arbitrary distinction is supposed to make.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk I didn't say that they were begging, I said they went with hat in hand, they are in fact paying a highly inflated price because they have no true allies. The reason they had to do this is a shortage of weapons, there is no real difference between the two, aside from the price. If Russia was going to use their A-bombs they would have already, he doesn't have a big red button in his office or something, if he gives the order he will be escorted to the nearest eighth story window by his intelligence agencies who may feel they have something to lose, of course he knows this already. The US was sending the Russian's lend lease long before they entered ww2, wouldn't that make it a proxy conflict by your definition? I'm also not sure what difference your arbitrary distinction is supposed to make. Nobody in Europe want to see the Russians succeed, neither do a sizable majority of people in the US, both are ramping up their military production, it won't be long until the west is outproducing them by a huge margin. You are right, nobody really fears Russia, well aside from their neighbors who they keep invading, they are far weaker than we thought, which is why aid will continue to be sent until they lose. Russia is already using T54's and golf carts, according to satellite images they have roughly a year before they burn through the last of its Soviet stockpile of equipment. To be honest I have no idea what argument you are trying to make. It's a lost cause for Ukraine but also Russia is weak and nobody is afraid of them, and "they lost huge amounts of territories and suffered huge defeats" however that doesn't matter because they are ruled by an iron fist, or something (Vlad has nowhere near the control as Joe S, but whatever). And look out though because they might nook someone (no they won't). Russia's perceptions as to whether they are attacking or defending is also completely irrelevant, the reality is they are attacking, and must deal with all the problems that entails. Thankfully your arguments are confused and unconvincing and people like you aren't in charge of our foreign policy, either now or eighty years ago.
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@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk Lets review, just for a laugh. First I point out multiple conflicts Russia has lost, after you erroneously claimed that Afghanistan was the only one they walked away empty handed. You hand wave them away calling them "not comparable" for some reason you made up, they are comparable, but ok. You bring up the specter of atomic weapons, when I point out that they had them in Chechnya and Afghanistan when they lost, you ignore the issue and ask a silly question. "what will Russian defeat look like." It will look the same as any other country that loses a war, obviously. You then say you can't see how Russia will ever pull out of the Donbas, what you can imagine is irrelevant. Nobody saw Germany withdrawing from Prussia in WW2 even though it was full of Germans, and they were far stronger and more successful than the present day Russians are, they were forced out, which is what happens in wars you lose. When I point out Russia withdrew from Kherson and Kharkiv you say that doesn't count, for reason you made up in your head, they aren't important to the Russians, or something. I guess you spoke to them, or maybe are a mind reader. You then misunderstand my argument about lend lease during WW2, because again in your mind no two wars can be comparable, for reasons you invented. Though you do say " I am aware that lend lease had a big impact, and the aid kept flowing." Yes, just like how the aid will keep flowing to Ukraine until Russia is defeated. I'm not sure what is difficult to understand about this. As far as I can tell your only real argument is we better not help because we might get nuked. Which is silly bud.
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@jim2376 I believe what @psiclops521 is trying to imply, though I may be wrong, is that a depressing number of progressives on the left sympathize with Hamas. Which unfortunately has some truth to it.
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In Yemen?
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@ExVeritateLibertas 600k is the number that Putin himself claimed in his rambling 4 hour press conference.
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@FeliceDeFalco you guys have been saying the front has been collapsing for two years now, find new material.
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@Zockopa Germany's GDP is almost double Russia's and Russia spends 40% of all government revenue on the war.
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@terryfox9344 yep, everyone is taking bribes, they just use it as an excuse to get rid of people.
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@livingtribunal4110 Nothing I said was incorrect, dry your eyes. Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas. What's your source for 40% of Ukraine's army destroyed? Putin's personal webpage? Russia has lost at least 3-4x as much as Ukraine, this is based on photographic evidence not baseless assertions. Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down 70% since the start of the war, they were forced to ban the export of refined products because of price hikes and shortages in Russia. All the GDP 'growth' seen in Russia is artificial because Russia raised to VAT tax on Russians and on imports, then they spend all that revenue on the war, not something that generates wealth. The Ruble is in the toilet, it would have fallen off the map entirely but Russia imposed strict monetary controls. In particular it forced all Russian companies to sell off their foreign reserves to prop up the Ruble, the state is doing the same. This is a temporary unsustainable measure. But sure things are going great, just ask them.
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@davidlloyd2583 During his recent four hour press conference he unwillingly admits to massive Russian losses in Ukraine replying to a question on a second mobilization, where he admitted that a special fund supporting families of KIA and WIA soldiers has processed over 300k applications but Russia has over 600k soldiers now in Ukraine. You could just google this instead of asking in youtube comments though.
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@davidlloyd2583 Also where is this phantom article from the BBC? I cant find it, all I see is one from March claiming that Between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been KIA and WIA in the battle for Bakhmut alone. Which would of course suggest that Russian casualties are much higher. you wouldn't just make things up would you?
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To be fair, while we knew Russia was corrupt and incompetent we had no idea how bad things really were.
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Moskva sank on high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill
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@Antianimag Russia never officially asked to join NATO, Putin wanted to be asked to join because in his words he "didn't want to be on a list with countries that don't matter." That isn't how NATO works though.
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So when Iran's proxies attack Israel they can't defend themselves?
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@J.M.254 Iran doesn't want Israel to normalize relations with the Saudi's and other Arab states. So they sent their proxies to attack Israel and when that didn't work (because despite what they proclaim in public they dont actually give af about the Palestinians) they told their Houthi proxies to start trouble. Neither Iran or the Houthis care about the Palestinians.
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@Alien_isolationist Nobody would have targeted anyone if Russia hadn't invaded in 2014 little buddy. Azov went through a reform pretty early on, most of te upper ranks who were ultra nationalists were sent to jail, including the leader. The US has removed them off the list of banned groups. Do you want me to list all the far right groups in Russia? Starting with the ones occupying the Kremlin.
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@Alien_isolationist lmao no, there were no problems in the Donbas until Russia arrived. Girkin said as much, He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa." Look up Ruscism if you want to see what modern day ultra nationalism looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist I was replying to your comment bud. What do you think whataboutism is?
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@Alien_isolationist Moreover as I've already explained most of Azov's ex-leadership went to jail, which you tried to handwave away. Denial won't change reality little buddy.
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@dilipshah5882 When did I demand anything? What on earth are you twaddling on about? Israel was attacked, nobody attacked Russia. I'm not sure what is difficult to understand about that. Israel's situation is in no way comparable and has no relevance to Ukraine. Tell me your opinion on the Sudan war so I can decide if your opinion on some unrelated topic is valid. I'm sorry but that's idiotic. Whataboutism in the middle east wasn't enough now you want to bring the US into it. You see little boy back in the olden days everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. But things have changed, the borders are set, rules of the world are different. How do you think Russia became the largest country on earth, asking nicely? Oh and btw the Mexican American war was started by the Mexican Empire. The reason nobody cares about ancient conquests is because trying to change the borders at this point in time will result in only carnage. Russia is pretty much the only country trying to annex other countries, and China to a lesser degree.
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@dilipshah5882 When did I demand anything? What on earth are you twaddling on about? Israel was attacked, nobody attacked Russia. I'm not sure what is difficult to understand about that. Israel's situation is in no way comparable and has no relevance to Ukraine. Tell me your opinion on the Sudan war so I can decide if your opinion on some unrelated topic is valid. I'm sorry but that's ridiculous. Whataboutism in the middle east wasn't enough now you want to bring the US into it. You see little boy back in the olden days everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. But things have changed, the borders are set, rules of the world are different. How do you think Russia became the largest country on earth, asking nicely? Oh and btw the Mexican American war was started by the Mexican Empire. The reason nobody cares about ancient conquests is because trying to change the borders at this point in time will result in only carnage. Russia is pretty much the only country left trying to annex other countries, and China to a lesser degree.
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@dilipshah5882 Wow twelve whole Senators want that? You can find twelve Senators who think Bill Gates is using vaccines to mind control the population. The chance of the US issuing any arrest warrants is zero. Meanwhile in Russia, they already have issued the warrants because they ruled Putin is a war criminal. Do you understand the difference?
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@dilipshah5882 Do you have reading comprehension issues or something? A handful of American politicians saying something means nothing, nobody is threatened by this. Which is why the ICC has made no comment on the issue, nobody takes them seriously. A handful of American Senators would probably be in favor of nuking the moon. This is the lunatic fringe that nobody takes seriously, including the ICC. Meanwhile, the lunatic fringe is in charge of the country of Russia. Would you consider actual arrest warrants to be threatening? Because the ICC does, which is why they issued a statement expressing "deep concern" over Russia's issuance of arrest warrants for several court officials, including several judges.
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@dilipshah5882 You aren't saying anything that's difficult to understand, you're just wrong, laughably so.
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@Belle-s7c Over the past decade Jones went from the extreme lunatic fringe to mainstream pundit. Thats the state of the Republican party.
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@southlakeowendrive No literally everybody, myself included, thought Biden was also too old. Fortunately Biden cared about his country more than himself and stepped down.
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Russia was supposed to remove its support for the rebels, withdraw its forces form the Donbas and return control to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, they violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum. The US from the INF treaty due to Russian non-compliance, stating that Russia had breached the treaty by developing and deploying an intermediate-range cruise missile known as the SSC-8.
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@kimuvat2461 Who did the UK annex three years ago?
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Russia prefers stealing land.
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@ahmedmaeeshmohamed4193 Who cares what Russia thinks? They went to the UN and tried to claim Ukraine was using bio-engineered war mosquitos.
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@AD-kq4hb Little buddy, even Russia itself claims they shot down the missile. It's only internet propagandists making baseless claims divorced from reality that say otherwise.
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So does Putin, he thinks Poland caused ww2.
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I'm waiting for the spin in 6 months when nothing much has changed and Putin is begging Iran and North Korea for whatever scraps he can get!
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@hyhhy Russia can't even rebuild Russia, most places are an absolute sewer. A quarter of the the population doesn't even have access to a toilet.
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@hyhhy Russia can't even rebuild itself, most of the country is an absolute sewer.
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@hyhhy Maybe Russia should focus on rebuilding itself, most of the country is an absolute dump.
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@Kasim0889 If Putin were to ever attempt anything he would be quickly escorted out the nearest seventh story window by his own intelligence agencies. Putin doesn't even have the authority to use them by himself, it goes down a long chain before there is a launch. All those people have to be completely beyond reason and not care about their families.
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@Kasim0889 That's not how Russian nuclear doctrine works. Putin isn't sitting in his office with a red button, it would need to go down the entire chain of command before a launch. All those people have to not care about their families survival. What is more likely is he will be escorted out the nearest window.
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Tin pot dictators are sad nobody takes them serious.
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Yep, early in the war there was lots of talk of 'leaving Putin an offramp.' Thats when its stated goals were denazification and demilitarization (as absurd as that is) Russia could have claimed mission accomplished and went home victorious. That went out the window with their sham referendums.
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@colinspencer2205 lmao, and you are with your top secret clearance. If the US was involved Russia would have been defeated a year ago.
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@grigol101 Manchuria belongs to China.
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Ukraine has sunk 1/3rd of the Black Sea fleet, this isn't a 'PR move'. Its a complete catastrophe for Russia.
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@ Russia can't even project power a hundred miles across the border, never mind on the other side of the planet like an actual superpower.
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@ What point are you even trying to make though? If Russia had a massive economy like the US they might have a chance at becoming a superpower, assuming it wasn't all pocketed by the rampant corruption there. But they don't, their economy is a tiny fraction of the US, and half of what they do have is syphoned off by Putin and his cronies.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 dont you ever get tired of spamming the same brainless comments every thread?
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@danielcraig4974 what are you talking about? That is completely irrelevant to what I said.
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@MrLeadb1 The war was the final nail in the coffin.
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@GeoPoliticsCommentry If you are looking for other wars Russia has lost there are no shortage, Russo-Japanese war, WW1, Russo-Polish war, the first Chechen war, the already mentioned Afghan war. Russia completely collapsed after two of these and almost a third time in 1905.
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@MrLeadb1 The Soviet Union collapsed in '91, the Afghan war ended in '89. Do you really think the war didn't hasten the collapse of the SSR?
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@MrLeadb1 Read "The Afghanistan war and the breakdown of the Soviet Union"
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@MrLeadb1 No they certainly do not leave it out, it's always mentioned. Who knows what would have transpired if the Soviet Union hadn't collapsed when it did. Without the Afghan war they might have limped on for a few more years and when the time finally came for collapse they might have a leader much less sympathetic than Gorbachev who would ruthlessly stamp out any dissent. Then they reform their economy like China did and remain communist in name only but the 'SSR' remains intact. But yeah costly, long term unpopular wars never have an effect on internal stability. All the instability the US went through during the sixties had nothing to do with Vietnam, it was all just a coincidence.
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@livingtribunal4110 Yes from Russian trolls who've been claiming Ukraine is on the brink of collapse since the first day of the invasion.
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This information brought to you by the Russian MoD, the same guys who claimed there were Ukrainian super soldiers, bio-mosquitos, and Ukrainian war pigeons. Funny how every time these guys attack Russia claims to have destroyed 100% of them but every time they return there are more of them.
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Sarmat has one successful test and four failures. Truly the downfall of the west is at hand.
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@MrGatzby Hey how many donkeys do you think they will need to take the Donbas?
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@ Source war mapper. What is your source? Let me guess your imagination?
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@RC-tv7hi Russia did try to pass of farm equipment as Leopards though, that's not a conspiracy theory.
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@totocutugno1573 Most of what russia controls is what they held prior to the 2022 invasion or from the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has gained much more then its lost.
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@rahmarahma6989 Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@chrimbus71 Plenty of people made that argument when it was the Germans attacking Europe.
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@chrimbus71 That was a common argument back when it was the Germans aggressively expanding.
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Amazing you learned what Ukraine's objectives are when literally nobody else knows. You must be in contact with Ukrainian high command, right? Russian's have been surrendering in droves, this has been a humiliating disaster for Russia no matter how you try to spin it. And no Russia is nowhere close to securing the Donbas, get real.
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Ukraine didn't invade themselves, Russia is the aggressor here.
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@dextercool by existing geographically close to them.
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@ТамараЛупанова-е8г What an absolute pile of nonsense. You live in a fantasy word bud. Did you actually watch the video? Because it said these guys were volunteers who aren't part of the Ukrainian army because they were too old so they use whatever salvaged parts they can get. Now that elections are over even Russia is finally downgrading their economic prospects. This was of course already obvious to anyone with half a brain. Hydrocarbon revenue is down over 60% since the start of the war, and all the revenue they are getting is in the form of Rupees and Yuan, which Russia does not want. This is before Ukraine started taking out Russian refineries. The Ruble is in the gutter and the only reason it doesn't fall of the chart completely is strict monetary controls. Inflation is higher than anywhere in the west, it would be higher but Russia has set interest rates to a punishing 16%.
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@AaSs-ln9mm Avdiivka is a mid sized town right on the border. According to Russian mil blogger Murz Russia took a minimum of 16k kia in the last four months of trying to take it. This is more losses than 10 years in Afghanistan.
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@valmal2659 The US buys that stuff, you understand that right? Nigeria can sell its goods to whoever it wants.
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Most of Prigozhin's theatrics are to win over mobiks so they take his side in the coming civil war.
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California definitely has problems but they are at least rich. Per capita GDP is $85,969 in Cali. Its $12, 556 in China. And that's the CCP reported number, they tend to lie about their GDP. Taking household income into account houses prices in China are far less affordable then California.
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@ffff7164 yep also Russian GDP claims are largely fabricated.
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Why are you copy/pasting the same brainless comment in every video?
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@s0ycapitan Rubio said Ukraine and Russia must both make concessions to end war.
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@lancecahill5486 You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@linkmeforfun The objective wasn't to occupy Afghanistan until the end of time, if after 20 years the ANA wasnt able to fight for itself it never would. The only reason it was brought up is some unaware Russian fans fail to realize that Russia received such a thrashing in Afghanistan their entire empire collapsed.
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@giganerd6780 There were two Iraq wars, the first time Iraq had the 4th largest army on Earth.
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@linkmeforfun the objective was to take out Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Which were successful. Those were all political goals. Militarily Afghanistan was a success, they occupied them for 20 years. Russia cant even get to the occupation stage.
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@dalecrocker3213 Well what Putin is getting is trench warfare that never ends along with becoming an international pariah and laughing stock.
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@s0ycapitan Supposed anti gay Putin already managed to take one of the gayest pictures in human history.
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@s0ycapitan Or build a statue of himself dressed up like Octavian, like Putin did.
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@stellauniversal Wrong Putin himself said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. Or do you really think WW1 attrition warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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@Грибочик111 Manchuria belongs to China.
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@villhelm Scott Ritter the convicted child predator? You think he is extremely well respected?
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@Blacknife98 You don't need to produce vehicles when you already have enough and aren't at war. The US alone has a massive advantage over Russia in every metric, pretending otherwise is just silly. Why do you think Russia went with cup in hand to Iran and NK? Because the have an abundance of equipment? You realize we can see Russia's equipment yards from space right? 2025 and Russia burns through the last of their Soviet legacy, per photographic evidence. 90% of their new "production" is the refurbishment of cold war relics, not production of new vehicles.
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@Blacknife98 They aren't using other countries equipment for diplomatic reasons, they are doing it because of a critical equipment shortage, 50% of all the ammo used by Russia this year is from NK. Like I already said we can see their vehicle yards from space, they are almost out.
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@Blacknife98 The second largest arms exporter on earth is France. Germany, the UK, Italy and Spain are all in the top ten. You really have no idea what's going on. Russia is already facing a critical labor shortage, it doesn't matter how many resources they have they don't have the manpower to get them to market nevermind the manpower to manufacture anything.
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@RobertKohn-x3k Are Russian tycoons foreign investment? Hundreds of Western companies have left Russia since the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Exxon, Shell, and BP Starbucks and McDonald's were among those to pull out. According to a Reuters analysis, the corporate exodus has cost companies more than $107 billion per annum in write-downs and lost revenue. You understand that this is publicly available information right? Foreign direct investment for 2023 was $-11.13B, a 72.03% decline from 2022. Russia foreign direct investment for 2022 was $-39.80B, a 198.4% decline from 2021.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Here's Russia using cluster munitions agains civilians from earlier in the war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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@Yuri-z2y Yes in another 300 years or so at its current pace Russia might even manage to take the Donbas.
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@Yuri-z2y Yes, we've already established 2.5 years ago Russia occupied around 18% of Ukraine, today they occupy about 18% of Ukraine. In the coming centuries they might even be able to take the Donbas.
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@Yuri-z2y Two years ago Russia occupied around eighteen percent of Ukraine, almost all of which was taken prior to 2022 or in the opening days of the invasiont before Ukraine had mobilized, and today they still occupy that much. You can pretend otherwise if it makes you feel fuzzy inside though.
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@NDR-hn3ue He did what? Annexed Iraq? Nope, you should look up what the word annexed means. It was Iranian funded proxies that started the guerilla resistance. Iraq is currently a free and independent country.
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@D-Solo-Man He doesn't like Oryx because it doesn't validate his inane narrative. Don't worry about him to much he just like to spread misinformation.
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@scuba36fun Why dont you list the countries that recognize Donbas as part of Russia.
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@robertalan4717 I can tell you're a really deep thinker.
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@benoitlaferriere8581 I think its great that you can still use the internet and be braindead. Do you have a helper or is that all by yourself? I think you meant 'at least he's not braindead.' not 'at least his not braindead.' that doesn't make any sense, keep trying your best though you'll get it.
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@mugenmugen9632 No, I've never heard it said that Ukraine was holding back its best and was sending only old equipment. I hear it all the time from Russia's online cheerleaders.
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@mugenmugen9632 Good job posting a pointless comment that has nothing to do with anything.
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@mugenmugen9632 I have no idea what you are even trying to say. Keep trying your best though little buddy.
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@k172134 Russia is a glorified gas station run by the mob. Get a grip.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Chump change to destroy the Russian army. Once they are gone Europe can finally live in peace.
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@Yuri-z2y Do you not know how to use the internet?
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@Yuri-z2y Do you now what 'based on' means? Go look and you will find, it's not top secret.
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@Yuri-z2y You don't understand how the internet works?
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go woke go broke
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@shafiumohammed1977 If Lukashenko dies then Putin will annex Belarus and have control of the Belarus army.
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@ravichitgopkar5304 Says the people who tried to pass off farm equipment as Leopards. According to Russia they've destroyed the Ukrainian tank force 6 times over.
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Ukraine sank the Moskva a year ago, remember?
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@streuthmonkey1 You dont think sinking the flagship of the black sea fleet hindered Russia's war effort?
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Only to have Russians laugh and cheer on the richest neighborhood in Moscow getting targeted.
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The UK has been allowing Ukraine to strike wherever they want with their weapons. All Russia has done in response is whine about it.
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@ Yes increasing from none at all to marginal, at the cost of horrific losses. We can see Russian equipment depots empty with our own eyes. And no the front is nowhere near collapse outside the dreams of a few delusional cheerleaders.
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It wasn't the west who invaded Ukraine.
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Why are they begging North Korea for shells then?
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@mikejadulan2766 no I've just seen the weeks of Russia begging NK for ammo, are you simple or something?
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@williambanico1842 Russia showed at Bucha what happens when they take over.
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@juniorohene2038 The Moskva was sank by two Ukrainian made Neptune anti ship missiles.
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@ It's the one that actually happened.
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@Arii12721 Russian's aren't allowed to vote in American elections.
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@lape2002 Where did you get that harebrained idea? Here are the top ten, there are many others. The US invented micro chips, do you really think they dont manufacture any? Why not spend five seconds on google instead of posting idiotic comments? Company City State Number of Employees Intel Corp. Hillsboro OR 19,300 L3Harris Technologies, Inc., ISR Systems Greenville TX 5,500 Intel Corp. Folsom CA 5,300 QUALCOMM, Inc. San Diego CA 5,279 Amkor Technology, Inc. Tempe AZ 5,000 NXP Semiconductors USA, Inc. Austin TX 5,000 GlobalFoundries, Inc. Hopewell Junction NY 4,000 Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC Austin TX 3,500 Enphase Energy Petaluma CA 2,500 GlobalFoundries US2, LLC Essex Junction VT 2,100
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@bryandimery6509 Russia never would have invaded if they knew what a disaster it would be. Russia has lost tens of thousands of armored vehicles. Conscripts moving around in Scooby Doo vans unironically using T54's isn't the army growing. Russian revenue from hydrocarbons are down over 70% since the start of the war, they stopped exporting refined material because of shortages and price hikes inside Russia and the Ruble is in the toilet. Russia's economy 'grew' because Russia raised taxes then spent it all on its military, not on something that generates revenue. Russia is setting their house on fire to keep warm.
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@Applied_Theory Iran ordered its Houthi proxies to stir up trouble because they hate the idea of Israel normalizing relations with the Saudi's and other Arab states. They don't actually care about the Palestinians, if they did they wouldn't be funding their other proxies Hmas (who they had start trouble back in October but when it didn't really have any effect on diplomatic relations with the Arab states they put the Houthi's to work).
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@ericp1139 You cant just say 'like who?' in a thread where I have half a dozen comments and expect me to know wtf you are talking about.
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@dlperk5035 The far right party in Ukraine got less then 1% of the vote, get a grip. The Croatian president is a figurehead with no power and generally regarded as an idiot.
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@mmmjd-usa And now private companies in the US have more space lift capabilities than the rest of the world combined.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 If you're really looking for a laugh check out the Donkeys the Russians are unironically using.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 If you're really looking for a laugh check out the donkeys Russia is unironically using.
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@westbenchmancave Putin is the one with an arrest warrant. Its for kidnapping children.
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@MrGatzby BRICS has no economic, trade or military agreements. All they do is talk, and talk is cheap.
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@MiguelMartinez-yh9df If Russia is winning then why can't they take the Donbas despite it being a few hours from Moscow? Also Read the actual leaked docs not the obviously photoshopped ones. They don't exactly paint a rosy picture about Russia.
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@bryandimery6509 Soldiers who expect to be greeted with a parade instead of armed resistance. The Russians did the same thing in the winter war, bringing along their instruments for a parade.
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@bryandimery6509 Yeah Russia does dumb things all the time, why would that surprise you?
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@goenzoy712 Yeah North Korea is at least geographically small. China is to large to hold together in the same state and will likely fall apart if put in the same position.
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Did they rehearse having an extra million men? Because that's how many they need to take a city the size of Kyiv.
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@michael5520 Ukraine has always had the northern border defended, it is also mined to eternity by this point. Russia's best shot at taking Kyiv was a year and a half ago and that was a complete disaster.
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@WingkKong Cool story bro. Its completely irrelevant to what's being discussed here.
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China's only ally on paper is Pakistan.
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@ A poll released by KIIS in reported that 81% of Ukrainians did not want elections until the war was over, and more than 200 civil society institutions, NGOs, and human rights groups have formally opposed wartime elections. Who would provide security? Who would pay for it? Almost 20% of the country is occupied, can they vote? Zelensky still has broad support in Ukraine, around 60%, which is quite high for a democracy. There has been no widespread calls for elections in the country, your silly anecdote about how the 'guys on the ground' (who?) wants to hold an election is meaningless tripe.
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@ A poll released by KIIS in reported that 81% of Ukrainians did not want elections until the war was over, and more than 200 civil society institutions, NGOs, and human rights groups have formally opposed wartime elections. There has been no widespread calls for elections in the country, your goofy anecdote about how the 'boys in the trenches' want one is ridiculous.
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@----...49 You mean the children Russia kidnapped? There's already a warrant out for Putin's arrest, hopefully he's brought to justice.
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@thebookdetect1ve Some examples of Russia losing wars of aggression are the Polish-Soviet war, the Russo-Japanese war, the Afghan war, the first Chechen war.
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According to international law it is. Even Putin's 'no limit friend' Xi doesn't recognize it as Russian.
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@zetaforever4953 18% interest rates suggests crippling inflation and such a low unemployment rate indicates a critical labor shortage.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Marginal gains in exchange for horrific losses if you didn't notice.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Marginal gains at a terrible cost.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Gains that are marginal at best.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw support for and disband the rebel groups, remove its forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Remind me did any of that happen? Russia controlled large parts of the Donba since 2014, most of the rest was taken in the opening days of 2022 before Ukraine had mobilized. At its current pace it will take Russia another decade before they are able to take the Donbas.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Zoom the map out buddy. According to the maps Russia has captured less than one half of one percent this year. I clearly know much more about Minsk than you do. Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine had already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed the required constitutional amendments. All that remained was for Russia to leave, did that happen or not?
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@slavenaljinovic1162 And of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum in 2013 with the embargo and invaded in 2014. This is confirmed by Strelkov.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Strelkov said, "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa"
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Ukraine passed all the legislation and constitutional amendments required of them. What was supposed to happen next was Russia leaves Ukraine, did that happen or not? I can't remember did Russia leave Ukraine as mandated by Minsk? Of course Merkel didn't expect Russia to uphold its end of the bargain, they never do, and she was right.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Ukraine passed all the required legislation and amendments required of them, what was supposed to happen next was Russia leave Ukaine, did that happen or not? I can't remember. Of course Merkel didn't trust Russia to keep their word, they'd violated ever other agreement up to that point.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 Ukraine passed all the necessary legislation and amendments. What was supposed to happen next was Russia leave Ukraine, did that happen or not? I can't remember.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 And of course Merkel wouldn't trust Russia to uphold their end of the agreement, why would she? They had broken every previous agreement.
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@slavenaljinovic1162 And of course she didn't trust Russia to uphold its end of the agreement, why would she they had no regard for any previous agreements they signed.
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@Elena-ef7dk Yes I'm sure trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along. Russia wants the war to end soon because long wars have catastrophic consequences along with terrible losses. Why do you think Russia is attacking across almost the entire front taking dreadful casualties for no gain?
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@konstantinbush295 Russia's not a democracy, there was no 'winning' Putin wasn't elected he was selected.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б Countries where the political opposition isn't eliminated and where free and fair elections occur. There is no shortage of them around. Look up 'democracy index' if you're interested to see where countries rank.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б Why not just look up democracy index to see all the countries rank ordered instead of asking silly questions.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б You can check out the democracy index if you want to see all the countries rank ordered.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б Luckily we don't have to guess, you can just check out the democracy index to see every country listed in order.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б you can look up democracy-index to see every country ranked instead of asking silly questions.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б google "democracy index" if you have any more questions.
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@Влад-ц5ю2б look up democracy inde x if you have any more questions.
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I dont think math is your strong suit.
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@Rick-zw9kp Go ask the Chechens what negotiations with the Russians get you. Or Prigozhin. The Russians have already violated the Budapest memorandum and Minsk agreements, why would Ukraine trust them not to violate any hypothetical peace agreement? Any stop in hostilities will just see Russia re-arm and attack again when they are ready.
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@Тёмный_Механик Yeah foreign ones that have since left Russia. In the spring of 2022, SKF, the world's largest bearing manufacturer, ceased all operations in Russia. Other manufacturers in the Americas and Europe followed suit. Historically, Russia imported most of its bearings from Western manufacturers. These days they get a majority of their ball bearings from India and China.
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@Ass_of_Amalek What do you think Russia is going to announce "oh btw we're using DU"
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@albundy5492 He rambles on like a dementia patient. Whatever floats your boat though.
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@albundy5492 He sounds like a dementia patient buddy.
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@bjjblue No I'd like it if both the presidential candidates knew what they are. Trump has demonstrated multiple times that he has no clue.
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@enkinightmare3881 Biden isn't the candidate. You are aware of this right?
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@dpelpal I hope that Russia stops bombing you guys in Belgorod and gives up on the Belgorod peoples republic for the sake of peace.
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@voldemarvaglaots6690 I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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@davidjones-wt2qq They are on video using Chinese golf carts to attack Ukraine. No amount of emoji spam will change that.
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@davidjones-wt2qq You can pretend video evidence doesn't exist if you want, just dont expect anyone to take you serious.
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Most of Manchuria are Chinese.
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Putin doesn't use the internet, he's afraid of it he thinks its a tool of the CIA.
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@babuvangu7220 That's just a factual statement. Try not to cry bud.
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@Baraxes Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. Or do you think unending WW1 attrition was the plan all along. And the peace treaty nonsense is a conspiracy theory with no basis in reality.
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@babuvangu7220 What am I coping about? I'm just correcting your incorrect numbers. Don't worry at the pace Russia is setting they should be at 25% in another hundred years or so. Dry your eyes.
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Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks, and the 3 days narrative was all over Russian state media.
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A quarter of the Russian population don't even have toilets, nobody is jealous of them.
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@eddastrohmayer251 Any more unhinged conspiracies you want to talk about?
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@teresadeacon7667 Maybe in another century Russia can catch up to the US, (doubtful) provided they get the rampant levels of HIV, TB and alcoholism under control.
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@SusanaXpeace2u Nobody hates the Iran government more than Iranians.
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@HegelsOwl Russia also lied about the retreat from Kyiv being a 'gesture of goodwill', about the Moskva sinking due to high seas, Ukrainian war mosquitos, they like about the invasion itself swearing that they'd never attack. Remember when Lavrov went to India and tried his lies there and got laughed out of the room? What's your point about Putin supporting Zelensky? That Putin is a fool? That's true Putin did support Zelensky, he thought he would be a weak leader who would run away and Putin could waltz in and take over. Turns out he was wrong. Zelensky has been an excellent wartime leader, foreign and domestic, rallying his country to fight and the world for aid. Huge blunder on Putin's part.
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@Bushman42069 One would think that after two and a half years of being told Ukraine is on the brink of defeat you'd understand you were being lied to by now.
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She corrected herself mid statement to say exactly that. Moronic comment.
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@maciedixon3983 A mischaracterization that is corrected before she finishes the statement. A true mischaracterization would be like your initial comment where you tried to pretend it was claimed somewhere in the video that the Supreme court banned abortion. It wasn't.
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@abandonedbuildingexplorer NATO intervened in the former Yugoslavia to stop bloodshed and save lives. From 1992-1995, NATO conducted several military operations in Bosnia, including enforcing a no-fly-zone and providing air support for UN peacekeepers. These activities were mandated by the United Nations Security Council, of which Russia is a member. NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions in 1995 helped pave the way for the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia that had killed over 100,000 people. From 1996, NATO led multinational peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, which included troops from Russia. The European Union took over that mission in 2004. NATO's operation in Kosovo in 1999 followed a year of intense international diplomatic efforts, which included Russia, to end the conflict. The UN Security Council repeatedly branded the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and the growing number of refugees as a threat to international peace and security. NATO's mission helped to end large-scale and sustained violations of human rights and the killing of civilians. KFOR, NATO's ongoing peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, has a UNSC mandate (UNSCR 1244) and is supported by both Belgrade and Pristina.
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@abandonedbuildingexplorer NATO intervened in the former Yugoslavia to stop the war and save lives. From 1992-1995, NATO conducted several military operations in Bosnia, including enforcing a no-fly-zone and providing air support for UN peacekeepers. These activities were mandated by the United Nations Security Council, of which Russia is a member. NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions in 1995 helped pave the way for the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia that had seen the death of over 100,000 people and millions more refugees. From 1996, NATO led multinational peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, which included troops from Russia. The European Union took over that mission in 2004. NATO's operation in Kosovo in 1999 followed a year of intense international diplomatic efforts, which included Russia, to end the conflict. The UN Security Council repeatedly branded the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and the growing number of refugees as a threat to international peace and security. NATO's mission helped to end large-scale and sustained violations of human rights and the targeting of civilians. KFOR, NATO's ongoing peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, has a UNSC mandate (UNSCR 1244) and is supported by both Belgrade and Pristina.
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@tetsuoshima7385 Why don't you enlighten me little buddy, instead of just making silly comments with your fellow travelers.
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@tetsuoshima7385 Gorbachev said; "the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise" The Soviet foreign minister at the time agreed. “I was in those meetings, and Gorbachev has [also] said there was no promise not to enlarge NATO,” Zoellick recalls. Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, later president of Georgia, concurred, he says. Nor does the treaty on Germany's unification include a limit on NATO enlargement.
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@tetsuoshima7385 Baker's famous "not one inch eastward" promise about NATO's eastward expansion was made regarding the reunification of Germany, and NATO's movement into East Germany. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany, which to this day they still aren't. I hope this clears up any misconceptions you may have had.
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@claus-not-santa It's been ongoing, for starters right at the beginning of the war Putin seized hundreds of western aircraft. Plus western energy assets and businesses.
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@fronabulax63 oops just realized you were the Aadviika guy not Bakhmut. Russia has been trying to take it for 2 years. Even Russia recognizes that the most recent offensive was a complete disaster they've been throwing men away for no good reason and despite Russia not seeming to care about catastrophic losses even they seem to be cutting their losses.
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You can't get invited to commit a crime. Trump is already blaming the family for setting a trap, an all around class act.
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@robertatkins9419 Please. This is another crime committed by Trump, any other candidate would have been disqualified. Imagine if Harris called deceased soldiers "suckers" and "losers" then went to stand on a grave for a tasteless and illegal photo op.
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@robertatkins9419 Imagine if Harris called deceased soldiers "suckers" and "losers" then went for an illegal and tasteless photo op in a cemetery.
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@robertatkins9419 Any other candidate would be disqualified if they'd done what Trump has. Imagine if Harris insulted deceased soldiers then stood on their graves for a tasteless and illegal photo op.
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MechaGodzillasolosKong I'm not American, sorry you feel that way though. Have you considered therapy?
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Most of these men signed contracts and are there for the money. I agree with your second sentence though.
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@RockSolitude No, there is also no shortage of useful idiots.
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@JacksonSpencer-h1z Almost all of that was taken prior to 2022 or in the opening days of the invasion, before Ukraine had mobilized. Russia has done almost nothing since except take massive losses.
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@JacksonSpencer-h1z Zoom the map out little buddy, Russia controls around 18% of Ukraine, just like they did 2.5 years ago. Russia is making marginal gains in a single salient at the price of catastrophic losses. This isn't the grand victory Russia's cheerleaders pretend it is.
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@JacksonSpencer-h1z Zoom the map out little buddy, Russia controls around 18% of Ukraine, which is exactly the same amount it had two and a half years ago. Making marginal gains in a single salient at the price of horrific losses isn't the grand victory Russia's online cheerleaders like to pretend.
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@JacksonSpencer-h1z Yes, in the past 2.5 years percentage of land Russia controls in Ukraine has surged from 18%, all the way up to 18%. Truly an unstoppable force.
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@reload.8056 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. The three days narrative was also all over Russian state media.
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@thetruth9210 Oh the peace treaty conspiracy theory. The one that nobody spoke about or heard anything about until Putin mentioned it in a press conference a year and a half after the fact. He must have lost it in his sock drawer or something. I have a bridge you might be interested in. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in Afghanistan in years. The Taliban were hiding in caves because they were defeated. Russia never made it to the occupation phase. By your logic Russia lost WW2 because Germany isn't occupied and is supplying arms to Ukraine. Zoom the map out if you think Russia is making any gains. Years of WW1 style attrition warfare and they still cant even capture the Donbas.
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@oneshothunter9877 One thing we learned from START was many Russian ICBM's were sitting in silo's full of water. There is also the tritium problem which even the US has problems with, a country as corrupt as Russia won't even bother.
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@MrSupercampeao Broke what story? The fact that Johnson didn't talk to the Ukrainian delegation until after negotiations had ended? That's just what happened. Or the fact that Erdoğan contradicts your fan fiction?
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@MrSupercampeao Clearly you have a reading comprehension issue. I'm simply stating what the people in the room have said, I'm not offering my own opinion. This has caused you to throw a strange temper tantrum. Please provide quotes from the 'well respect publications' that support your position instead of just claiming they do.
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The Russian administration was crying for the international community to condemn Ukraine's incursion, they aren't woke.
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@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Russia acts like the perpetual victim (they asked the international community to condemn Ukraine's incursion) Would you describe them as woke?
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@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 I agree that Ukraine somehow losing the moral high ground for defending itself is silly. You said "I think woke is a very good description of the question." Which seemed to imply agreement with op's statement that that foolish idea is somehow woke, and not just regular old stupidity. The Right in Russia and everywhere else also loves to play the victim just as much as the left, it's certainly not behavior exclusive to 'the woke'.
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There was an attempted coup. He's fired multiple top generals, including Surovikin, Seliverstov, Popov and by June 1st has had five more top generals arrested on corruption charges. He placed his bodyguard, with no prior military experience in charge of recapturing Kursk and appointed his niece as deputy Minister of Defense. But yeah everything is going according to plan.
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@Alkn24 You were mocking this channel for talking about a potential coup. A coup was attempted, it's outcome is irrelevant. Attempting to get members of the government removed by force is a coup by definition. Do you understand?
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@peteratgoogle2241 The China town in my city is mostly Chinese, hopefully China doesn't invade!
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@ Here is what google says brain wave. "No, the Soviet Union never fully took control of Afghanistan. The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan was a decade-long conflict that ended with the Soviet Union's withdrawal in 1989."
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@zenkai_energy The Soviets had close to 10x the casualties in half the time. The US occupied Afghanistan much more extensively than the Soviets did, the US didn't occupy every mountain in the country, which left hiding spots for the Taliban. There were entire regions that were no go zones for the SSR. The Taliban were unable to do much more than use IED's against the coalition, whereas the Mujahedeen fought and won pitched battles against the SSR. This also has nothing to do with what you smugly and wrongly stated when you said "A google search isn't even 30 seconds USSR did take Afghanistan." No they didn't.
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@zenkai_energy Which has nothing to do with anything I said and is just pointless whataboutery. Also the last I checked the US didn't collapse immediately after they withdrew from Afghanistan.
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@zenkai_energy Less then three years later is right away little buddy. Lets review this thread, because apparently you are having trouble following along. I respond to a guys silly whataboutism about Afghanistan, comparing the USSR's performance to the US. You then chime in and pretend that despite taking almost 10x the losses, occupying far less of the country and collapsing afterwards in anyway compares to the US getting tired of being there.
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Russia has been spreading around a picture of a destroyed Iraqi army Abrams trying to pass it off as a Ukrainian one
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@mitrogulf4073 A lot of the Palestine concern trolls are based in St. Petersburg, all they are trying to do is deflect/distract from the war in Ukraine.
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@she825 Ok good, so you don't have to cry about it then.
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@Memovox As cute as the Chinese golf carts Russia has been using on the front? I doubt it.
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@Memovox Wow top quality response bud. Tell me how treasury bonds work again.
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@Memovox No I'm looking for a laugh, that's why I want you to explain them.
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@Memovox Oh you want to talk about failed Russian offensives like at, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Izum, Vulhedar, Kherson and their current failed offensive. In the past six months Russi has captured roughly 250 square km. To put this in perspective during Kyiv's 'failed' offensive they took 297.7 square km. Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, and its a day trip away from Moscow. I'm not sure how you judge them 'not a hot item' (lol) anymore but they just go another 60 billion from the US, no big deal.
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@Memovox Please tell me what makes you jump to the idiotic conclusion that Ukraine isn't the "hot item" anymore. What metric are you basing your delusions on?
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@Memovox I'm not part of any 'trollcrews' (are you?) so I wouldn't know. What makes you think they lost steam? Because you haven't heard your favorite catch phrase yet today? there is no shortage of people deriding Russian talking points in the comments. Maybe you should take another look. Whatever your perception you should know from Russia's wasted efforts that trash talking on the internet won't win them any battles. What helps on the battlefield are huge weapons packages worth 60 billion from the US.
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@Memovox Oh no, some guy said the words. Don't panic ok.
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@Memovox "not into personality cults." does nothing but spam Kremlin talking points. Well that a crack pipe conspiracy theories.
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Sure, but Putin is the only one sacrificing millions of lives attempting to annex neighboring countries.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Even Stalin and Khrushchev said they would have lost the war if not for lend lease.
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@PaulM745 Right? It's basically elderly abuse at this point.
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@Souls7908 I agree, and nato's aid has been in the form of old equipment that would otherwise be retired soon. Are you sure you are responding to the correct person?
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@Souls7908 Yeah, but where did I say otherwise? I posted a comment about Ukraine fighting half the world to show how silly the other posters comment about Russia fighting Nato was.
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@Souls7908 I have no idea what you are talking about.
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The US has infiltrated Putins inner circle somehow. The US knew that Russia was going to invade Ukraine before the Russian military did, remember?
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@petehowett2854 More ground by square km genius. I also said all year, do you have any idea what is being discussed? Amazing how you know what Ukraine's objective is when nobody else does, who's your contact in the Ukrainian MoD? Or are you just trying to convince everyone how foolish you are with your silly use of all caps posts and smooth brained use of punctuation?
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@aleksandrs1422 Both cities were founded by the Norse, or are you suggesting Russia return to its rightful owner Sweden?
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@aleksandrs1422 Ok, there wasn't a Russia either though. Or Sweden for that matter, which is why its silly to use historical claims as any basis for current territory. Russia wouldn't exist if they returned all the land that other countries have historical claims to.
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They tried that, the MAGA crowd shot that idea down.
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@dionysios4714 Real life isn't like twitter.
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@AK-qe3pz Wow supply and demand exist, what astonishing insight. Sorry I didn't know you were a brilliant internet economist. Like it or not oil is a global market. Prices are going up for multiple reasons. One of them isn't because Saudi Arabia is selling oil to China (they always were)
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@s0ycapitan Over 100 former members of Congress, the Senate and national security officials from previous Republican administrations signed a letter earlier in September calling Trump "unfit to serve again" as president. 40 out of 44 members of Trumps own former cabinet don't support him.
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@s0ycapitan More than 100 former members of Congress, Senate and national security officials from previous GOP administrations who signed a letter earlier in September calling him "unfit to serve again" as president. 40 out of 44 members of his own former cabinet don't even support him.
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@s0ycapitan The swamp that he hired? Yeah ok.
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@s0ycapitan Ah you mean his bible, NFT and crypto scams.
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@s0ycapitan Also are you not aware that Lara Trump was elected to be the co-chair of the Republican National Committee? She's in charge of all gop funds, though most will be going to pay his various court fees.
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@aryank1769 'Worlds #2 army.' Is originally from 'global firepower' However global firepower doesn't have secret agents they send to inspect the Russian army. Russia self reports their own cooked numbers and they are taken at face value. Russia has also hasn't tried to dispel the misconception and has spent the past 20 years stroking themselves off as the 'worlds #2 army.'
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@vespercore8882 Oh yeah I remember when the US invaded and annexed Cuba and said they aren't a real country. Or maybe you could try rejoining reality and stop making false equivalencies. It's also just more pointless whataboutism.
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@ElvisDmello Nobody is reporting their losses at all, Ukraine or Russia. Defenders advantage is a thing that exists though. We've all seen the footage of Russia's attempts at Avdiivka. Columns of single file armored vehicles being destroyed and human wave infantry assaults being wiped out by cluster munitions.
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They wanted to be a vassal of China?
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@alessandro3997 Russian retreats, aka losing. Izium was the main supply hub in the Kharkiv region, by some accounts Ukraine captured more equipment there than they started the war with.
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There are around four videos about Putin and the Ukraine war in the past 24 hours alone from Times. This is one of the all time dumbest comments in youtube history. Moreover Russia still cant even manage to take the Donbas on their third year calling it a lost war is beyond foolish.
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@Crouchy232323 So you're telling me that a news organization released a video about a prominent world leader? Quite the smoking gun you've got here fella. You are just inventing scenarios in your head, that's fine you can do whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. TR just released back to back videos on Sunak. You: "The pivot is real, the pivot is in play. Next they'll tell us "The Tories are finished, Labour is winning." Ok bud.
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@bruhbruh-us6gl Well considering Putin himself just claimed the Russian army has over 300k losses...
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@9iht6ihgt43rzhijj The unbelievable part is that they are really using golf carts like they about to play the back nine. Russian friendly fire is extremely believable by comparison.
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@9iht6ihgt43rzhijj Not to mention you can see projectiles coming in from the Russian side at 1:02 and another one at 3:18
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@madmantheory5216 I just cant tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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They've been working overtime lately. The DW and BBC comment's are literal cancer.
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@seanlander9321 Its like saying Russia had help from its colonies, Kazakhstan and Siberia etc. It makes no sense. Go ahead and believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though. Moreover Prior to barbarossa external aid was almost non-existant beyond some light infantry.
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@seanlander9321 Check the timeline genius. Prior to Barbarossa in 1941 The commonwealth hardly had any military assets. The 'Billion Dollar Gift and Mutual Aid' wasn't until 1942, after the US and Soviets were in the war. Most of the Commonwealth was also a part of the British Empire to some degree. You can perform any mental gymnastics you want though.
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@seanlander9321 Your personal attacks and baseless dismissals wont change reality.
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@seanlander9321 You can pretend that Britain wasn't a globe spanning empire. But that wont make it true.
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@solconcordia4315 Sure, but saying Britain's far flung colonies and dominions helped them is like saying Britain helped itself.
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@sergeipetrov_rzn Yeah, and France was knocked out of the war fairly quickly.
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@sergeipetrov_rzn Yeah and the they all got knocked out of the war and Britain, along with its colonies and dominions fought Germany alone.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 wtf are you talking about? I gave you several Russian examples including the Caucuses and the Kuril islands. Among others. Your arguments boiled down to 'I dont like it.'
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@Withnail1969 Russia makes marginal gains taking horrific losses in the process and the Russian cheerleaders rejoice. Ukraine takes more territory than Russia has in a year taking hundreds of prisoners in the process with minimal losses, and the same keyboard warriors are out in full force pretending it's bad for Ukraine.
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@StPiter111 No you haven't. For someone who doesn't care at all you are sure spending a lot of time tryng to defend your actions.
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Total NATO casualties so far: 0
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Ah yes the tried and true tactic of sending your junk first. Not even Putin is idiotic enough for this buddy.
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@robertatkins9419 While she does parrot Russian propaganda, I agree she is likely just a useful idiot.
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@markanthony3275 No, there is literally nothing in the Budapest memorandum regarding the treatment of Ukrainian citizens. There is also no evidence of any sort of mistreatment, this is just a Russian fantasy. Russia was the first to violate the Budapest memorandum in 2013 when they embargoed Ukraine after Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement.
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@markanthony3275 I get a kick out of the make believe scenario's you invent in your head. Putin invaded long before Minsk little buddy.
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Russia doesn't even have enough weapons to take the Donbas. What are they going to send, dirt bikes and golf carts?
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@morbid747 China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear attack.
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@Sweet-Rat-Milk Whether Xi would honor it is a different question. Violating it would make him lose face and undermine his authority. And Xi hates to lose face, which is why Russia has been instructed by their overlords in China that they are under no circumstances allowed to use them.
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@vladimirdosen6677 Russian hydrocarbon revenue has collapsed over 60% since the start of the war. The US just banned the import of Russian uranium. There is no shortage of oil and uranium on Earth.
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@alangordon3283 Everything he said is true.
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@claus-not-santa They retreat in this very video. Maybe you should watch it instead of posting foolish comments.
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@c.b3094 Ex military are still civilians little buddy. You realize Russia is using mercenaries, they are pure evil right?
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@c.b3094 Ex military are civilians, you understand that right?
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@c.b3094 Russia has been using mercenaries since the start of the war, they are more evil right?
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@c.b3094 Russia has been using mercenaries since the start of the war genius.
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@Infopirates The Ruble is also collapsing compared to the Yuan.
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@Infopirates You mean like exporter Gazprom, that is losing billions of dollars? China was able to take advantage of a large workforce to grow its exports, Russia is already facing a critical labor shortage.
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@Infopirates If you want to pretend sky high interest rates, a collapsing currency and rampant inflation are a good thing that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@Infopirates If you want to pretend ultra high inflation and interest rates along with a collapsing currency are a good thing, that's fine. Just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@Infopirates Russia lost 7% in one day that's a collapse. Turkey and Argentina are two countries in the middle of an economic crisis, good job comparing Russia to them I guess.
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@Infopirates The ruble lost 400% in one day in the 90's? Amazing, or it would be if it was true, or do you think the ruble is finished losing value? Because it isn't, it's just getting started. The 90's is a good comparison though, you should get ready for times like that again. Thanks for the laugh, it's been funny watching you guys trying to pretend this isn't a complete disaster.
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@gbrown9694 You can win any battle if you are willing to sacrifice enough men and equipment like Russia. All so Putin would look good for the election. Were two years into the invasion and you are bragging about capturing a small town right on the border taking catastrophic losses in the process. I can tell things are going well.
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@raylopez99 Most of the Russians were surrounded and eventually surrendered.
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@PerfectShrubbery Nordstream 2 was never operational this is public information, you could just look it up instead of posting moronic comments on the internet.
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@nuke_Godjira Unless you are posting from the trenches comments like this just make you look like a fool.
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@johnbucher2077 Johnson said he would shoot down any border deal because it would help Biden. The GOP of old is long gone, its only the maga lunatic fringe now.
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@АртемАртем-л4э Plus 30 NATO/CIA bases, the USS Gerald R Ford, The entire Ukrainian air force and Zelensky himself. It doesn't matter how many times you spam the same nonsense it wont suddenly become true.
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@Школьник-э5я Nope there are Chinese, Indians, Nepalese, Syrians, Africans and Central/South Americans fighting in Ukraine on the side of Russia. They are on video. If you want to pretend Russia is fighting all of NATO you must acknowledge that Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population.
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@Школьник-э5я You can pretend Russia is fighting NATO if it helps you cope but its completely divorced from reality. If NATO was involved it would be obvious. Once you see overwhelming cruise missile strikes and air dominance you'll know NATO is there.
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@briant5685 Russia can't even make ball bearings anymore, everything Russia makes is dependent on western components smuggled in. Everyone with half a brain left Russia after the collapse of the USSR.
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@APDM_Analysis What do you think will happen if the entire economy collapses?
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@APDM_Analysis Russia is food and energy independent and have commodities to spare. As does the US. The same sanctions on China and they would run out of fuel and starve. China is completely dependent on trade.
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@APDM_Analysis China is dependent on fertilizer imports for its food production and despite producing a mountain of food they produce nowhere near enough food for domestic consumption. They will starve because without fuel they cant have agriculture. You cant just turn off 90% of the inputs and hand wave it away by saying 'war economy'.
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The information about Russia invading Sumy came from Ukraine to mask its build up for its invasion. This is why Gerasimov didn't take the threat of Ukrainian invasion seriously, he thought they were moving forces there to defend against an attack on Sumy that would never come.
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@blondeblue32 He also doesn't pay his lawyers, or the multiple cities he still owes money to for rallies. He doesn't pay them because he's a crook.
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Yeah all you guys are making the same silly comment. Or maybe the tripe you've been fed at RT for the past two and a half years isn't to be believed.
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@stevebarlow3154 Russia has invaded virtually every country around it since it was the Grand Duchy of Muscovy.
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Its Putin with the arrest warrent bud.
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@pierremalak4641 China's more interested in annexing its neighbors like Tibet and Xinjiang.
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@mikehunt4265 You replied "except it's factually true." To a comment that said "Bull." Which was in response to "It wasn’t attacked until NATO put troops there." Do you have some sort of brain injury?
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@claus-not-santa Yeah its about an 11 hour drive from Moscow.
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@CK-jo9im That's why they are attacking across large portions of the front taking terrible and unnecessary losses. I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@claus-not-santa Are you simple or something? How many hours are in a day? I'll answer my own question, its 24.
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Now Afghanistan invading Iran.
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Russia has no 'staunch allies.' Just opportunistic vultures trying to pick the bones clean.
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I bet he was happy when he was hanging around with Epstein.
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Chinese and Russian planes are built with Western components.
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Thanks for spamming so many comments which boosts them in the algorithm.
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@MetallicReg Oh my goodness, we have a military genius here. Yes every time a frontline has been breached in the history of armed conflict the entire country collapses. Any more 900 IQ takes?
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@MetallicReg Wrong again, Ukraine still has lots of forces in reserve. Russia broke through the frontline north of Avdiika and Ukraine filled the gaps and have even forced Russia back in recent days. I'm sorry but you have no idea what you are talking about. WW1 was a war of attrition and no grand breakthrough happened.
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@MetallicReg You can look on a map where forces are stationed, nothing in modern war is secret. I'm not sure where you get your harebrained ideas from but they have no basis in reality. Rotation troops is a euphemism for reserves, do you think maybe they'll be redeployed if Russia looks like they are about to achieve some mythical breakthrough? Or do you think they'll sit there, slack mouthed until the country collapses? Its time to rejoin reality.
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At least Doe 174 isn't attacking minors for once.
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@JohnCampbell-sl5nx The US has actual elections and Biden has already stepped aside, putting his country ahead of himself. I dont imagine Putin will be doing that any time soon.
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@Shudachit Would you like the number of a local mental health professional to help with your delusions?
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The Houthi's are rebels, they are at war with the legitimate government of Yemen..
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@goenzoy712 1st Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev was killed by a Russian rocket during phone conversations in 1996. They calculated his whereabouts and killed him, pretending to negotiate. That's how the Russians negotiate.
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@goenzoy712 1st Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev was taken out by a Russian rocket during phone conversations in 1996. They calculated his whereabouts and eliminated him, pretending to negotiate. This is how Russia negotiates.
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@univeropa3363 You mean like how according to Putin Poland provoked Germany in ww2? welcome to the world of revisionist history.
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@stefan92596 Indeed. Moreover Putin himself has had a constantly shifting opinion on NATO. At one point he said, “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@stefan92596 Yes, at one point Putin himself said “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@harleyquinn8202 Sure bud, you got a source for that that's not Russian MoD?
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@arcadiathrall6080 If you want to see an offensive that didn't achieve anything you can refer to Russia's offensive at Vulhedar, where they drove into the same minefield over and over for no progress.
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@arcadiathrall6080 I guess we'll have to wait and see how Prigozhins offensive into Russia goes, looks like Ukraine has already recaptured some territory in Bakhmut though.
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@arcadiathrall6080 lmao, have you been paying attention? Wagner just captured Rostov and shot down 2 helo's. If this is a psyop whats the objective? to make Putin look weak and cause chaos?
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@arcadiathrall6080 lmao yeah all Putin had to do was bend the knee to his caterer and humiliate himself. He also sent the message that Russia will negotiate with terrorists, we'll so how that turns out for him.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 What is it Manu? Was it one of those fabled CIA bases?
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The IMF uses values reported by Rosstat, they don't generate their own numbers.
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@larryc1616 By that metric the US has thousands of hypersonic weapons as all ballistic missiles are hypersonic by definition.
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@stu281 Allowing Russia to do whatever it wants is appeasement. Anyone with half a brain can work that out.
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@AnthonyMcRedmond-Vg2ry Russia can't be stopped? they can't even take the Donbas bud. Russia also ranks quite a bit worse than Ukraine on the corruption index, it's time to rejoin reality.
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@nukleincheg Sure bud. What's your source for this information? Putin's personal webpage?
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@nukleincheg No they didn't say that, stop lying. Back in may Ukraine clamed it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night. They've claimed that they've shot down over a dozen by now. The ISW say's the same. Russian sources aren't reliable, Russia destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards. Stop spreading misinformation.
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@TheRealBillBob Russia and company act in a belligerent manner and cry about the consequences.
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@republicofhandball8815 Nope, over 70% of people in the Donbas surveyed wished to remain a part of Ukraine.
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@ Per war mapper. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine, which is about as much as they occupied 2.5 years ago. Most of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022, gains since then have been marginal at best.
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@borgorjonsson4120 Germany was allied with Russia at the time, they were both bad guys. It also doesn't change the fact that Germany did all the fighting and Russia came in at the end to grab some territory. Poland has a much stronger military than Ukraine. If Russia tried to fight them they'd get humiliated, NATO notwithstanding. The last time they fought was the Soviet Polish war, Russia was fighting the Germans and took occupied Poland from them, the Poles were already disarmed and in no state to fight the Soviets. You really need to learn history. The Soviet-Polish war started when Russian invaded Poland, not sure where you learned your history. Read up on the miracle of Warsaw if you want to see what military humiliation looks like. I'm sorry but you have no idea what you are talking about.
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@borgorjonsson4120 lmao, wow you live in an absolute fantasy world bud. You should work on your spelling if you want people to take your schizo posting serious.
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Nobody gave af about Putin until he started invading other countries. He can bring his armies home if he wants people to stop gossiping about him.
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@CIS101 I think if that happened he'd be escorted to a tenth story window and his successor would call it "Putin's war" and sue for peace.
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@f0xixtaiail2000 You mean Vance who called Trump an "idiot" and said he was "reprehensible." That guy?
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Russia is busy getting its mouth kicked in at Kharkiv. They can't even take the Donbas, they are in no position to de-exist anything.
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@DomingoDeSantaClara Wait I thought Russia said they were already fighting all of NATO.
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Iran wont even stick its neck out for its proxies hmas fighting their arch enemy Israel they aren't going to fight for Russia. China only cares about China, the only thing they would do is look for an opportunity to reoccupy outer Manchuria. And thinking Africa and NK would fight for Russia is even more delusional.
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None of these countries are going to stick their neck out for Russia.
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@jamesgreen1116 India is on India's side.
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@PatriotOfPersia Is there a point to this brainless whataboutism?
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Dont worry Russias masters aka China were there. They will dictate Russias next move to them.
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@billestew7535 Yeah now we share a land border, an uneasy truce to be sure. Wait until the cross border raiding starts.
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@mr.patriotjol You have no idea what you are talking about.
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@mr.patriotjol You should try studying history instead of pretending to be some deep thinker. Do you really think the US is just going to trade and carry on normally while the world burns around them? That exact thing got the US drawn into two world wars. America's entire foreign policy for the past 70 years has been the opposite of this to avoid another one. Around 90% of the funds for Ukraine have been spent in the US. Its basically direct economic stimulus into the US economy. The US debt isn't ideal but it isn't the worst out there. China's GDP to debt ratio has been over 40% higher than the US since 2022. The US debt is still only around one years worth of revenue and interest payments are below groth rate, please spare us the trailer park economics.
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@mr.patriotjol Screw the world, until you get dragged into a world war you could have prevented. This policy already failed in the past. As for why the US should help, for starters the US signed the Budapest memorandum and has an obligation to assist Ukraine. A large part of America's strength is its alliances, abandoning Ukraine now would cement the US's reputation as a fair weather ally. Russian success would also send the message to China, and other tin-pot dictators around the world that they can persue whateve conquests they want. This also undoes 70 years of attempts at non-proliferations as everyone now sees that if they have nukes they can do whatever they please. I'm also not sure why you are bring up Iraq and Libya, just more brainless whataboutism I guess. Sorry Ukraine we cant help you because of Libya, smart.
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@dandun30 A video came out today of a Russian attacking convoy made up of ladas and scooby doo vans. You can pretend things are going according to plan if you want though.
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@WarAuthority The last conventional war the west fought was Desert storm against the 4th largest military on earth. It took about 500 hours to win.
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@WarAuthority The last conventional conflict the west fought was desert storm against the worlds 4th largest military. It was over in around 500 hours.
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@rhodium1096 When did that happen little buddy? Did it happen recently? Or did it happen mostly in 2014 and in the opening days of 2022?
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@tallflguy What a silly comment. You can hand wave away anything you like, but the comparison is apt.
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@tallflguy Another brainless comment that addresses nothing, good job.
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@katalinszepnefarkas6273 When did I say anything about Kursk? Russia has retaken around 40% of it, a number which has remained unchanged in months. And please stop pretending you now what troops Ukraine has lost there, because you don't.
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@QigongGreyDragon The US economy is over 20 times the size of Russia.
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@ Russians were hysterically posting all sorts of nonsense in the early days of Kursk. Do you believe everything you hear on Russian channels? There is no evidence anywhere that the NPP was the Ukrainian objective.
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@ Yes Russians were doom posting Ukraine were trying to take the npp. That doesn't make it true, you understand that right? There is no evidence at all that it was their objective.
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@ I typically don't engage in baseless speculation, I'll leave that to you.
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@ Zero bases bud, I hope you get the help you need.
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@ Not according to Arakhamia, Ukraines lead negotiator. He said the meeting with Johnson didn't happen until after they had alreay decided to not sign the treaty. The president of Turkey said they also hadn't reached a deal. This is just Russian rhetoric with no basis in reality. And no there was no NATO presence in Ukraine prior to Russia's invasion, this is just make believe nonsense.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Trump also said Russia was weak and the war was Putins fault. By the way apparently it was Trump that pressured Hungary into continuing the EU sanctions on Russia.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s The Minsk deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupies its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals, legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The only thing preventing Minsk from being completed was Russia still occupied Ukrainian territory.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s The Minsk deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupies its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, amnesty for the rebels, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals, legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The only thing that prevented Minsk from being completed was Russia still occupied Ukrainian territory.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Last year Russia gained about half of one percent of Ukraine, at the cost of around 400k casualties. Get a grip.
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@herta3286 China views Vietnam as their client state. They invaded to punish Vietnam for not knowing their place. China has a long history of attacking Vietnam, taking massive casualties then heading home after declaring victory.
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@ Wow another comment that has nothing to do with anything being discussed, amazing. Russia was illegally occupying the Donbas, they were occupied by definition. Prior to Russia's 2014 invasion the Donbas was polling at around 20% who wanted to separate from Ukraine. Of course this has nothing to do with anything.
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@histrion5390 The Ukrainian parliament did pass a law on special status for Donetsk and Lugansk on March 17, 2015. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified.
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@histrion5390 The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant full autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. It is Russia’s unique interpretation that the measures passed by Ukraine are somehow insufficient, even though the agreements do not specify what details should be included, and Ukraine has already complied with what is actually specified to the degree it can. What is lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation, which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory. For example, international legal norms would never recognize the results of elections held under conditions of occupation, yet that is exactly what Russia wanted by demanding local elections before it relinquishes control. Moreover, the elections would not be for positions in the illegitimate LPR and DPR “governments” established under Russian occupation, but for the legitimate city councils, mayors, and oblast administrations that exist under Ukrainian law. Who would vote in such elections? Ukrainian law says all displaced citizens should vote. But would Russian occupation authorities allow this? Would Russian citizens who've entered the Donbas since the takeover be allowed to vote, as they were in Crimea? These are matters for resolution under international supervision not for Russia to dictate terms.
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@histrion5390 Some form of neutral peacekeeping or policing force could help bridge between Russian control and Ukrainian control of the occupied territory, but Russia has rejected such proposals. Because of the impossibility of Ukraine implementing political measures while Russia still occupies its territory, the US as well as Ukraine, with support from others proposed deployment of a UN peacekeeping force to Donbas, so that Russian forces could withdraw, and an UN backed force could deploy, without an immediate hand over to Ukrainian control. This could allow time and space for local elections to occur, and for the implementation of special status and amnesty legislation. Russia, however, has consistently rejected such proposals, even labeling any UN supported peacekeeping force a “military takeover” of the region, when of course it is Russia that has actually taken over the region militarily and unilaterally.
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@Noel-ji8nm What on earth are you twaddling on about now?
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@ Another non sequitur that has nothing to do with anything. Is that your specialty or something?
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@dandun30 Russian mil bloggers say they are there, there is video of them complaining about drones in perfect North Korean, Russian medical workers are complaining on Russian channels about Russian's going untreated because of all the NK soldiers taking up beds.
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@LegendarySpaceRipper Russian mil bloggers say they are there and Russian medical personnel have released videos complaining about NK forces taking up space.
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@ВалерийПономарев-к3ъ Everything I said is true, try not to cry.
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@webstella I was responding to a comment about Afghanistan, can you really not read?
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@webstella What's even more funny is you aren't even the first person who is seemingly unable to read and made the same idiotic comment about Afghanistan. My god you people are more brainless than I thought possible.
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@webstella What's even more funny is you aren't even the first person who is seemingly unable to read and made the same foolish comment about Afghanistan. Please try using your head before posting.
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@webstella What's even more amusing is you aren't even the first person who is seemingly incapable of reading and made the same silly comment. In they future try thinking before posting so you don't look foolish.
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@webstella Just to review. other guy: pointlessly whatabouts regarding US in Afghanistan me: responds with Russia's record there you: "you are comparing Afghanistan to this war?" me: huh?
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@MrGatzby Thanks for reminding us you're Australian, we almost forgot, it's been a few minutes since you last declared you were Australian unprompted for some reason. Don't worry we'll just pretend that you account isn't just a few months old and all you do is post Russian rhetoric filled with emoji spam, just like how you pretend photographic evidence isn't real.
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You mean Putin? Puh-puh-puhleeze don't start a coup, I'll let you go free and wont even hold you responsible.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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@Alien_isolationist They haven't had anything more than marginal gains in two years, in exchange for catastrophic losses, they occupy 50% more territory two and a half years ago.
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@marcelOberauer Wow no kidding, how many of them are KIA?
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@marcelOberauer 0, which is what I said in my comment. I know they are there.
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@marcelOberauer No, I know there are 0 in Ukraine because NATO isn't operating there and there are 0 in Kosovo because none have been announced. There were 11 injured in Kosovo though.
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@Finesser-94 Yeah America is constantly shooting down the planes of Mercenary commanders who recently attempted a coup....
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@riversidegardenradio9070 NATO has 31 members and I don't even know wtf you are trying to ask.
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@brownmold Sure if by steps you mean absent mindedly mulling it over, Ukraine was taking the same steps as Russia. Russia has stated multiple times it doesn't care about Ukraine joining the EU. (This is a lie, but it's what they say)
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@brownmold Well it wasn't working because until Russia invaded in 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians actually wanted to join NATO. Wow a comment on it 15 years ago, truly the smoking gun. Is NATO in the room with you right now?
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@brownmold You already posted what they said, it wasn't particularly convincing. Do you think Russia should have invaded itself when they were mulling over joining NATO?
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@morfeicheg Because most Russians are left where they fell to be eaten by foxes. Most of the rest are made into mobik meat cubes and sent to the mobile incinerators.
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@necsoiub Warmonitor, Oryx or the half a dozen other sites tracking this war. What a silly question.
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@Totalplonker Fair enough but the US isn't in Europe. Do we need to save Europe again just to be talked down to like always? if Europe took national defense and the Russian threat seriously there never would have been a war to begin with. (obviously Eastern Europe did) Even Trump warned the Germans to not be dependent on the Russians and they laughed in his face, giving them the rare distinction of being even dumber then Trump. If it was solely the US's decision Ukraine would have been in NATO prior to 2014, it was France and Germany who were against it. For the record though I think the US should do more and that F16's should have been sent months ago.
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Joe SleepyBiden It was western sanctions that brought down apartheid government. Must be fun living in an alternate reality.
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@boink800 They love rewriting history. Even Putin at one point said, “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” Of course once countries started joining NATO he changed his story to NATO bad but Ukraine joining the EU would be fine. Which of course was another lie because when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement Russia embargoed Ukraine. Now the main justification is "Well you see in the year 860 Rurik crossed the sea..."
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@smackattack4284 Literally nobody was even considering putting missiles in Ukraine buddy.
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@smackattack4284 I already covered that in this thread little buddy, try working on your reading comprehension. I'll copy paste my earlier post. "Ukraine didn't join Nato though. Nor was there any pathway for them to join. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians even wanted to join, the government was unwilling and unable to go through the necessary reforms and several members of the alliance were opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining Nato was effectively zero."
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@smackattack4284 Russia never requested to join Nato, they wanted to be asked to join. Because in Putin's words he "didn't want to be on a list with a bunch of countries that don't matter." That's not how Nato works though.
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@smackattack4284 Putin changes his mind on a regular basis. He's said previously that Ukraine joining Nato is fine, later he changed his story and said Ukraine joining the EU was fine but not Nato. Why he embargoed Ukraine when Yanukovich tried to sign the EU association agreement is a mystery. In the Tucker interview he said Nato had nothing to do with his invasion and it was because Ukraine wasn't a real country because "In the year 860 Ruric crossed the sea...."
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@smackattack4284 That's not how Russian nuclear doctrine works. For starters Russia has a 'no first use' policy. Moreover Putin isn't sitting in his office with a red button. Any order would have to go down the chain of command and every officer would have to be fine with their family being swept away in a conflagration. If Russia could use nuclear weapons they would have already.
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@smackattack4284 That's not requesting to join little buddy, it's a statement of intent. It's a formal process to join. It's like saying "I'm going to find a job." but then never actually applying anywhere.
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@smackattack4284 At no point did anyone anywhere mention putting missiles in Ukraine. There aren't even missiles in the Baltics.This is pure fantasy. Even if there was, as I've already established Ukraine had a zero percent chance of actually joining.
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@totoshaebosha7983 Did you watch the video? they didnt even try to protect themselves from the drone. No radar? Nobody on watch? Nobody even shoots at it.
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@totoshaebosha7983 obviously it does need radar maybe then it wouldn't get smoked by drones.
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@totoshaebosha7983 RADAR absolutely can spot and deal with surface drones, there has even been several examples during this war on video. This is just pure incompetence on Russia's part, they thought they were outside Ukraine's reach and they paid the price.
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@operator9858 Are you simple or something? Russia invaded Ukraine guess its America's fault somehow. It must have been America's fault when Putin also invaded Moldova, Chechnya, Georgia and the Donbas. Not sure if you noticed but this is a war that the US isn't fighting for once.
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@_Melian_Dialogue_ No they didn't, here's what the peace negotiator Davit Arakhamia actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." Accordingly, David Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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@vachaarafath1790 here's Russia using them on a civilian target. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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@JesseGarciaGomez1979 Foreign volunteers aren't NATO forces.
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The Ukrainian people don't want to be Russian slaves. Even if Zelensky disappeared they would continue fighting. If you think Zelensky has anything to do with this war aside from defending his country you are delusional.
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@Nilzipan Shifting them from what to what? I wasn't responding to you either, just the apparent non sequitur from OP. Probably Blair is a war criminal, along with a great many world leaders. The reason only a handful have ever been charged is you need serious evidence for such a thing, not just vague accusations. Serious evidence like confessing to your crimes on TV like Putin did.
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@Nilzipan Shifting them from what to what? I wasn't responding to you either but to op's apparent non sequitur.
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VLAD-08090 Also known as an invasion.
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VLAD-08090 "Officially, Wagner had nothing to do with the Ministry of Defense." That directly contradicts what Putin said, are you calling him a liar? You can do any sort of mental gymnastics you like but it won't change reality. Go ahead and believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@sashap5747 Sure bud, nobody was getting shelled until Russia invaded, if they hadn't there would be no casualties in the Donbas.
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VLAD-08090 Russia invaded because it sent its forces into Ukraine. There is still no NATO troops in Ukraine to date the foreign legion isn't military forces. Everything that is being done is in response to Russia invading, its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@sashap5747 Nobody believes you bud, you are just some random guy on the internet. First of all it wasn't a coup, it was a protest movement. It would be the first successful "coup" in human history that ended with the same government it started with. Second Russian agitators crossing the border is the sole reason for separatist sentiment. All the people involved say as much, you can refer to the Strelkov quote higher up in the thread. Moreover this wasn't even the first time Russia attempted this in Eastern Ukraine, after Russia poisoned Viktor Yushenko. Yuri Lushkov, ex mayor of Moscow and leading figure in Putin's party with Kolesnikov tried the same thing with Kharkiv as the regional capital. This failed but ten years later Russia sent in their own forces to ensure success in the Donbas.
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@sashap5747 When Moldova attacked Moldova and Chechnya attacked Chechnya- at first no one understood anything. When Georgia attacked Georgia and Tajikistan attacked Tajikistan thoughts began to come that all this looked somehow murky. A clear understanding of what was happening came when Ukraine attacked Ukraine. Russia is terribly unlucky with its neighbors - they constantly attack themselves. It will soon be seen that Belarus will attack Belarus, and Kazakhstan recently also attacked itself, but unsuccessfully. There are “civil conflicts” everywhere and only in Russia is there a happy life. On TV. How lucky Russians are to have TV.
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VLAD-08090 Why did Russia embargo Ukraine when Yanukovych tried to sign the EU association agreement? Violating the Budapest memorandum in the process. The protests were for him to call an election, not leave the country. Funny how referendums are illegal in Russia but you somehow think invading sovereign states and forcing sham referendums is somehow valid. Why not hold referendums across all the Russian Oblasts and watch the country fall apart.
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VLAD-08090 As I already explained to the other guy there is a difference between a protest and a coup. What happened wasn't a coup it was a protest which started after 100% of Ukraine's parliament, including his own party, voted for Yanukovych to step down and he refused. It would be the first successful coup ever that ended with the same government it started with.
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@sashap5747 Your personal appeals are worthless. You are random guy on youtube, nothine else. Actually I'm a member of the Russian government and we shelled your house. See how that works?
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@sashap5747 There is no shortage of quotes from Russian's who were there from the first days of the invasion, including Strelkov and Prigozhin. Feel free to read them instead of posting more foolish comments.
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@sashap5747 Also your personal appeals are worthless. You are random commenter, nobody else. I'm actually a member of the Russian government, and we specifically shelled your house. See how silly that is?
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@sashap5747 Oh wait, you're the guy who said Russia's strategy was "purely defensive." You may be terminally brain damaged and unable to participate in reasonable discourse.
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@sashap5747 Oh wait you are the guy who said Russia's strategy was 'purely defensive.' Things like common sense may be beyond you.
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@alice_agogo Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I won't hold my breath.
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@ary2407 Belarus is a Russian client state, China is more powerful than Russia and India doesn't border Russia.
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@luismariocastroluna3022 When is the last time the US tried to annex another country?
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@luismariocastroluna3022 Wow the US is annexing 'Libanon', Iran and Palestine, and has already annexed Israel. What a silly comment.
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@Простоя-с4в Russia is only a threat to its weak neighbors.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 It's impossible to argue with a deranged schizophrenic. Seek help.
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@mdafzalurrahman7249 huh?
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@ioeieattn1310 BRICS has no military, trade or economic agreements. There is literally no benefit for anyone to join.
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@MrGatzby Judging by your comments you seem to be confused about a great many things.
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@yelenashishkina8804 Can you ask that again in English?
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@yelenashishkina8804 Ukraine's borders are accepted by every country on earth, including the Russian Federation, you really live in a fantasy world. And Yes i did answer your question. If you are really so inept you cant read it feel free to google it, Russia's expansion over the centuries isn't exactly top secret.
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@yelenashishkina8804 I did answer you, now I question your reading comprehension. Feel free to look up the countries Russia has stolen land from over the centuries.
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@HumanResourceR1a It was the broken English I was having a problem with, thanks for the pointless comment though.
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@HumanResourceR1a Thanks for another pointless comment. You know how India does business with Russia? What language do you think they use? I'll give you a hint it isn't Russian or Hindi.
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@AbdulgamidShruakinov This is much further east by Bakhmut, that was in the south.
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Russia typically doesn't release footage of themselves popping a balloon.
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@s0ycapitan What a strange comment.
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@joem3502 Huh? Iraq was taken in just over 500 hours. Saddam was deposed in a month. Vietnam is a good example of how you can win every battle and still lose the war.
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@y0k0z00na Yep, its also a strategic decision. Why pump your own oil when you can get someone else to pump theirs for less emptying their reserve. Then in times of war you have your largely untapped reserves to fall back on. The US does the same with rare earth minerals. It would take around 6 months for the US to spool up its rare earth operations if there was a strategic threat. They also keep around 6 months in reserve. Even with all that the US still pumps almost twice as much as the number two Saudi's.
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@paulsheil6669 Look up what? How Zakharova twisted Arakhamia's words. Maybe you should look it up
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@PepeCoinMania Still ranks higher than Russia on the corruption index.
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@markojuric4954 Invading a country and forcing sham referendums is not democratic.
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@chalo7124 So a linguist and some low level diplomats and talking heads. Your pathetic appeal to authority isn't a convincing argument.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Childish insults won't change reality. I know what a coup is, that wasn't one.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Nuland was having a conversation with another low level diplomat. If you think this is some sort of smoking gun you are beyond help.
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@VienPeaaace Except Hawaii and Texas aren't recognized as independent by every country on Earth, including Russia like Ukraine is.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr There's only one reality bud, find a mental health professional.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr And yet it was the same 'regime' in charge after the supposed coup. There's a difference between protests and a coup.
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@sarahbrown5073 Do you really think Russia will allow anyone to exhume the mass graves there? Russia immediately paved over that theater they bombed that was full of children, do you think any international agency will be allowed to dig it up?
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@miteshghadi3146 What was Afghanistan's population when they beat Russia? How about the Chechens in the first Chechen war when they did?
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@miteshghadi3146 Chechnya had a population at three million or something like that when they beat Russia in the first Chechen war.
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@TheBobVova Neither did the US, or Russia. What's the magic date countries need to be formed by to be considered real?
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@One10ab What's your point? The US existed as a colony. What's the date that a country needs to exist before its real?
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@One10ab There's lots of countries on this map tht no longer exist and lots that aren't on the map that today do exist. Pointing to an old map and pretending like that has any bearing on todays world is inane.
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@One10ab It's called a joke. Are you simple or something?
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@Sshooter444 Yes, this stems from an actual event in which putin tried to use a map from the 17th century to somehow prove that Ukraine doesn't exist. You know, like a crazy person.
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Putin doesn't use the internet, he considers it a tool of the US military. He gets all his information from debriefs where he is told everything is going according to plan.
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@springbloom5940 Do you get paid for posting braindead comments on youtube? Let me guess 1 potato per comment. Not bad.
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Yeah like when they pretended that farm equipment was tanks, or how they keep taking pictures of the same vehicles over and over from different angles to try to pass off as separate events. Oh wait that's Russia.
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If you can stand and are able to shuffle towards Ukrainian lines you have already passed the test.
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@ВасилийФедорченко-л3к Yeah that internationally recognized borders dont mean much to authoritarian regimes or terrorist organizations.
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@hvyarms4496 Well at least he's not on his way to prison. I doubt Putin could get on a horse these days either, he has to grip the table to keep himself from shaking out of his shoes.
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@Teenagegoogoomuk Luckily everyone with at least half a brain learned in the previous century that isolationism is a failed policy.
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@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt There is also no shortage of useful idiots. But yeah, most are Russian trolls.
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@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt Not having a brain is a pretty strong indication of being one. Appeasement is the path to war, anyone who knows anything about the 20th century realizes this.
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@attilamarics3374 Oh it's you, the guy who gets deeply triggered every time I make a comment.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Yeah you already said that. You still haven't provided a source though.
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@lokeshkumarahuja5661 It wasn't the UK or France who invaded Ukraine.
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@gurglejug627 Here's some more just incase that isn't enough for you. In 1999, bombs exploded in a number of apartment buildings in Russia, killing 293 civilians. The bombings were attributed to Chechen terrorism, driving up patriotic support for Russia’s military in invading Chechnya. When one bomb was detected and defused in the city of Ryazan before it went off, new Prime Minister Putin praised the people of Ryazan for their vigilance. His subsequent strong leadership during the Chechen War was key to his election as president in March 2000. Yet forensics, eyewitness accounts and whistleblower revelations all indicated that Russia’s security service, the FSB, planted the Ryazan bomb. The commission established to investigate the FSB’s role in all the bombings discontinued its work in 2003 when two key members died violent deaths. Deputy Sergei Yushenkov was gunned down, and investigative journalist Yuri Shchekochikhin died in a hospital from an “unknown allergen” that shut down all his vital organs. FSB whistleblower Alexander Litvinenko, who directly accused Vladimir Putin of involvement in the apartment bombings, was poisoned in London in 2006.
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@gurglejug627 In 2005, the American-born British CEO of Moscow-based investment fund Hermitage Capital, Bill Browder, was denied re-entry to Russia, and declared a threat to national security. Browder’s tax attorney Sergei Magnitsky then uncovered a US$230 million tax fraud scheme against Hermitage Capital. Magnitsky’s work revealed high-level government collusion in the criminal looting of public assets. After taking the allegations public, Magnitsky was arrested in Moscow on fabricated charges and detained for 11 months prior to trial. He was repeatedly abused in jail, including denial of treatment for chronic health conditions. Eventually he was beaten to death. The Russian state’s punishment did not stop then. Magnitsky was posthumously tried and convicted for tax evasion. Browder has subsequently pursued justice for Magnitsky, advocating for the worldwide adoption of the Magnitsky Act. The act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 2012 to sanction individual Russians involved in human rights abuses. Putin held a December 2012 press conference following the Magnitsky act’s passage and the Russian Duma’s subsequent retaliatory ban on American adoptions of Russian orphans. Putin said, “Magnitksy … was not tortured — he died of a heart attack.”
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@lawrencekling8598 He's more worried about getting clapped by one of his cronies.
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@lawrencekling8598 I think with his inner circle he's more or less fine. However the rest of the 'elite' would string him up in a second if it meant an end to the sanctions. Russia also does have a habit of collapsing unexpectedly, collapsing twice in the twentieth century, three times if you count 1905. Who knows how long they'll go on for though.
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@billcarson818 That's not how the burden of proof works, you are the one making the claim, you are the one that needs to provide evidence. Nobody said anything about a peace treaty for over a year after Russia's retreat from Kyiv and then Putin suddenly mentioned it in a press conference. It wasn't even the initial narrative, they claimed at first that the run on Kyiv was 'just a feint' an equally absurd claim.
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@billcarson818 Do you have any arguments bill? Doesn't look like it.
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@billcarson818 Arakhamia is a diplomat, not a politician. Notice how I post actual evidence and you just post hearsay with no basis in reality? Why not post the 'concrete information' you are looking at?
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@billcarson818 He was an advisor to the minister of defense and is currently a diplomat. His political career never really took off. Do you think copy pasting Wikipedia is a good argument? How can I moan about the source you provide when you haven't provided any sources regarding the phantom peace treaty? You are just making baseless assertions completely divorced from reality. Please provide the 'concrete information' you claim to have instead of continuing to side step the question.
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@billcarson818 Also stop liking your own comments its completely shameless.
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@billcarson818 All you said was "Im looking at the facts based on the concrete information we have" At no point did you come even close to answering any question. All you've done is cry about how much you dont like politicians. Which isn't an argument for anything. For the final time what is the 'concrete information' you think exists?
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@billcarson818 Let me guess the concrete information is 'trust me bro.'
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@billcarson818 You are the one liking your own posts, why take the time if it doesn't mean anything to you? Are you ready to provide this mysterious 'concrete information' yet?
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@billcarson818 All you've done is insist you are right with no evidence and whine about politicians. No there is no 'concrete information' because you made it up. It should be very easy for you to prove your point but you cant because its imaginary. Have fun living in a fantasy world.
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@billcarson818 There are zero comments where you give me an example of a report. Again it should be very for you to prove your point, but you cant.
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@billcarson818 Well try again, it should be easy to convince me with your concrete information.
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@billcarson818 So you don't believe what Arakhamia said but you use him as proof? Do you understand how idiotic that sounds? The quote I gave from him was his clarification of his statement. I'll post it again try to read it carefully. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but "they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine and could only give advice." Accordingly, David Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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@billcarson818 So you don't believe what Arakhamia said but you use him as your evidence? Do you understand how idiotic that sounds? The quote I gave from him was his clarification of his statement. I already posted what he said, feel free to reread it if you want. Accordingly, Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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@billcarson818 Accordingly, Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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@JohnWarner-lu8rq You still haven't said which part of my post you think needs proof reading btw.
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@eyaklen4804 It would be the only successful coup in history that ended with the same government it started with. It was a protest movement, not a coup.
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@Spicysauced Yeah kicking the legs out from under brutal dictators is better than trying to annex your democratic neighbors. You dont think so? That isnt' to say the US hasn't fought some dumb wars.
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@Козырь What part exactly?
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@Zohnorg Sure, if your objective is to accelerate the disintegration of the Russian state.
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Russia saying they didn't do something is not a debunking bud.
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@s0ycapitan Next you'll tell me how Ukraine is using war mosquitos and training migratory birds to use against Russia.
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@supercoolandawesomefr Cope with what, Russia's failed invasion?
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dry your eyes.
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Russia doing so well it can't even take the Donbas despite it being a few hours from Moscow.
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Most of them are Russian.
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@megclifton6692 Just like Russia 'knew' the offensive was going to take place at Kherson then got folded up like laundry at Kharkiv.
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@megclifton6692 Did they abandon Izium for good reason? The main logistics hub in the area where Ukraine captured an absolute mountain of material. (by some accounts Ukraine captured more equipment there then they started the war with)
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@michaelwilson9921 You haven't been following along have you? The IMF takes Russia's cooked numbers at face value, there aren't IMF detective squads who investigate their claims. Recently even the Russian state revised its economic outlook to negative, as they couldn't keep up the lie and be taken seriously any longer. Any "growth" seen before was because Russia raised taxes and the gigantic public spending by the state. That was all spent on the war though not anything that generates wealth. Gazprom posted its first annual loss in 20 years as sales to Europe collapse. The Ruble is only kept afloat due to strict monetary measures and rampant inflation is only kept in check due to raising interest rates. But sure things are great, just ask them.
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@livingtribunal4110 She said the economy remained “substantially overheated.” And “Reserves of labor and production capacity are almost exhausted.” From this summer. This is Russian code for "everything is terrible but please don't throw me out a window." According to the Russian Central Bank, over $253 billion in private capital has left the country, and estimates suggest that up to one million highly skilled workers have emigrated, constituting about 10% of Russia's technology workforce and a third of its millionaires. The sanctions have also led to a significant reduction in foreign direct investment, which dropped from approximately $100 billion annually before the war to nearly zero now. Russia has the third highest inflation in the developed world, behind only Turkey and Argentina. Interest rates are already at an incredibly high 19%, and expected to be raised again before winter, the Ruble is historically low. They are bartering with goats and vegetables like it's the middle ages. But sure everything is just fine.
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@rjbmarchiac8693 The Ukrainian MoD numbers are KIA and serious casualties that bring units off the line. Minor injuries aren't counted, which is where the 3 million comes from. I'm not saying that's what the actual number is, just that the Ukrainian number isn't counting everyone who would fit the definition of a casualty.
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@ChuckPalomo The new Minister of Defense was chosen because he has no followers and isn't a threat to Putin.
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The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible (300 ayes minimum)
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@Durnyful The truth is Russia invaded Ukraine because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and it threatened Russia's energy monopoly in Europe. Just another country on a long list of other neighboring countries they've attempted to invade and annex.
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they flipped that T34 after the parade. unlucky.
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@73chengosaro4 Prior to Russia's 2014 inavsion around 70% of Donbas residents were in favor of remaining a part of Ukraine.
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I'm sure Russia will be in Kyiv in 3 days.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr They did mobilize once, it resulted in millions fleeing the country. There is a reason Putin doesn't want to try that again.
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@JohnCSmith-lp1qr It happened 21 September 2022. Please use your head before posting.
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Nope, its Russia on the offensive right now and its been a terrible faillure.
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How about when Putin blew up his own towers so he had an excuse to invade Chechnya
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cl1ntonbodycount652 Are you being sarcastic? Russia cant even take Avdiivka.
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@scillyautomatic good luck to your hero the stable genius.
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@scillyautomatic No I just think he's hilarious. Like when he was up there trying to sell his beans during the height of C19. Or his 'solution' to hurricanes.
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IVAN0809 Russian media can get 15 years for calling the war a war. You go to jail if you hold up a blank sheet of paper in the wrong place. All Putin's political rivals who gain any support end up in the gulag, eating a polonium sandwich or taking a nose dive out of a high-rise window.
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@goonerboz6023 Meanwhile Putin begging in North Korea, Iran and China.
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@calistusfrancis1340 Pardon?
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Michael Kopischke Well they aren't going to get F35s. F16s have been constantly upgraded they have better radars, electronics and avionics then anything Russia has. And yeah Russian missiles have done a good job attacking apartment blocks and maternity wards, senseless destruction is about all Russia is good at. Ukraine doesn't have a navy, aside from some coastal patrol boats. Imagine getting your flagship sunk by a country with no navy.
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@james6401 The tin pot dictator Gadaffi was killed by his own people.
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@Zero4Infinitives Russia is invading Ukraine, that isn't a proxy war. When Germany invaded the SSR and the US gave them lend lease was that a proxy war?
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@tbs2711 Ukraine lost the war? wow I must have missed that. Why can't Russia manage to even take the Donbas then?
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@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2 Sure bud. Are you getting paid to grind that axe?
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Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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@Valkron11 Really? Do you have a link? Was it recorded by Ukrainian war mosquitos?
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@Tu-Vi-Dau-So What meds are you on? give me the name
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@Valkron11 How abut Russian creations like ukrainian battle mosquitos or trained migratory birds sent to target Russians. Or the retreat from Kyiv being a 'gesture of goodwill' or the Moskva sinking due to high seas. Or trying to pass off farm equipment as Leopards.
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@Valkron11 That's stuff the Russian MOD told the Russian public, so you might be right.
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@Valkron11 Its also a good rule of thumb that Russia will spend the entire war dicking around in the Donbas pretending that they are winning.
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@runna9647 Except its the MAGA Republicans blocking a border deal.
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Must be out of food.
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@paulfredriksteiner Maybe Russia will one day magically take the Donbas, I doubt it though.
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@angobando That was taken directly from a Russian phone call then parroted by people with no brain.
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@muckle8 The traitors of Russia are in the Kremlin.
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@Captainoftruth-t4t Some real three days to kyiv energy you got there buddy, It's so silly it's almost admirable.
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@Captainoftruth-t4t Putin himself said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks, and the three day narrative was all over Russia 1 TV. Or do you really think years of ww1 style attrition was the plan all along? Russia occupies about 18% of Ukraine, which is the same amount they had two years ago. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 or in the opening stages of 2022 before Ukraine had mobilized. At one point Germany had taken all of Europe, how did that work out for them?
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@jamesgreen1116 China has moved closer to making Russia its vassal. Though I wonder when they will decide they want outer Manchuria back more than they want an inept vassal.
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@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003 what?
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@tasospanagiotou7823 Yes what a serious threat to Russia, 2 small military bases (neither close to Russia btw) That lack heavy equipment or combat aircraft, better invade Ukraine. Absolutely moronic. Putin himself said Ukraine was entitled to decide on its own whether to join NATO and that he did not see such a decision as one that would “cloud” Russian-Ukrainian relations. There was never anything mentioned about NATO expansion except in Putin's fantasies, even Gorbachev said as much. "the question of "NATO expansion" was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise" Russia itself was looking to join NATO but backed out because Putin wanted to be asked to join not petition to join like everyone else because in his words he; "didn't want to be placed on a list with irrelevant countries." It would also mean Russia would have to deal with the rampant corruption in their country which Putin didn't want to do because he was getting rich off it. NATO expansion is a red herring this is just a regular old land grab. Russia's security is assured it has nuclear weapons and is uninvadable. Bulgaria is in NATO and a sovereign country, what they do is none of Russia's business. Russia gets no say in what other sovereign states do. You understand that right? All Putin has managed to do with his idiotic invasion is expand NATO and ensure another generation hates Russia. Good job.
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@tasospanagiotou7823 Imagine if Pakistan pretended to be concerned with CSTO expansion and invaded Afghanistan. This is Russian logic, completely braindead.
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@tasospanagiotou7823 Russia is doing a pretty good job proving NATO right. Once more because I guess reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Russia gets no say in what other sovereign states do, not Bulgaria, not Finland, not Ukraine. There was never any deal regarding NATO expansion (please provide the treaty for that) This is just another Putin fantasy. Gee I wonder why the ex com bloc countries, who had to put up with decades or centuries of Russian occupation would want to prevent that from happening again. If the Baltics weren't in NATO then all the garbage Russia is doing in Ukraine would have already been done there, oh no Russian nationals are in some form of imaginary danger better annex the Baltics to save them. Same thing in Georgia, same BS over and over. Poland is concerned about Russian expansion by your logic they can invade Belarus right? It's such a brainless way of thinking it makes me wonder how you are able to use the internet, do you have a helper? And pesky NATO wont even let the Serbs do any ethnic cleansing. NATO bombing killed about 1,000 members of the Yugoslav security forces in addition to between 489 and 528 civilians. Yugoslavs had killed 1,500 to 2,131 combatants.10,317 civilians were killed or missing, with 85% of those being Kosovar Albanian and some 848,000 were expelled from Kosovo. Of course these numbers pale in comparison to the civilian casualties caused by Russia in Ukraine in its delusional pursuit of empire.
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This is normal discourse. I know Russia doesn't understand how diplomacy and freedom of speech work so they try to blow things out of proportion.
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@davemccrillis1470 Sure thing little buddy, try not to cry ok.
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@davemccrillis1470 Like pretending one of the most imbecilic invasions in human history is going according to plan? Please.
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@davemccrillis1470 Keep pretending everything is going according to plan little buddy.
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@kam1470 Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half losing 40% of the territory they once occupied, 6 figure casualties and trench warfare that never ends they said. "give it time." what a joke.
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@DarylSaunders737 Are you gonna post anymore dumb comments?
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@118pickle If you think being opposed to dictators is being woke you have serious mental issues.
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That's because they only exist in the minds of Russian propagandists and the credulous fools who consume it.
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@offred6013 There's thousands of destroyed Russian tanks.
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@tornado-s-2012 I prefer war spotting, but yeah there is photographic evidence of at least 3k Russian T series tanks lost, though the real number is likely much higher.
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Most people with half a brain left Russia in the 90's and most of the rest when the war started.
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They also don't understand what Socialism is,, nor can they point to any policy that is being pushed by Harris that would be considered it.
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@kazileon1994 You're not exactly known for your brain power though.
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@Illuminatus161 The Soviet Union was broke. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@Faiez-rh1gm You really believe that? Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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Is Russia's game to also intercept storm shadow missiles with barracks full of Russians?
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Lukashenko has moved the army to and from the border a couple dozen times at this point. They will never enter the war though.
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@maxthemagition Who tf said anything about NATO?
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@CountDuckEgg There are roughly 50k Russian troops attempting to retake Kursk, many from the Donbas. So you are wrong.
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@masakitonguba8919 Because sending forces from a third countries army is a massive escalation. What a silly question. Nobody was making a big deal of all the mercenaries fighting for Russia, the fact these are soldiers from the NK army is what has people talking about it. Do you understand?
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@Yevgeny_N The ICJ disagrees, that's why there is a warrant out for Putin's arrest.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Russia is bartering goats and vegetables like it's the dark ages. BRICS is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction or obligations in which half the members despise each other. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Russia is bartering goats and vegetables like it's the dark ages. brics is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction or obligations in which half the members hate each other. You can believe whatever helps you sleep at night though.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Russia is bartering veggies and goats like it's the middle ages. brics is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction or obligations in which half the members hate each other.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Good job refuting nothing I said. Putin is bartering veggies and goats like it's the middle ages. Brics is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction or obligations in which half the members would love to destroy each other.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Good job refuting nothing I said. Putin is bartering veggies and goats like it's the middle ages.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Good job refuting nothing I said. Russia is bartering livestock and vegetables like it's the middle ages. BRICS is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction or obligations in which half the members would gladly destroy the other half.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Furthermore BRICS is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction, purpose or obligations in which half the members hate each other.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg BRICS is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. Nobody is worried about a group with no direction, purpose or obligations in which half the members are enemies with the other half.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Brics has no military, economic or trade agreements. It's a pointless do nothing organization with no purpose or obligations in which half the members are enemies.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Brics has no economic, military or trade agreements. It's a pointless do nothing organization with no purpose or obligations in which half the members are hostile with eachother.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg The brics "community" has formal agreements of any kind. It's a pointless do nothing organization with no purpose or obligations in which half the members are hostile with each other.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg And the Brics "community" is made up of countries that hate each other and has no formal agreements.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Literally nobody in the west is concerned. Brics is a pointless social club with no economic, trade or military agreements.
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@williamalexander9485 Every deal presented by Russia had Ukraine acknowledging the occupied territory as Russian. Or do you mean when Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak in 2022 said that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory."
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@williamalexander9485 Russia was the cause of the shelling in the Donbas little buddy. They invaded in 2014, there would be no problems there if they hadn't. And their solution to the problem they caused, full scale invasion and level multiple cities in the Donbas. Smart.
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@SuperGeronimo999 i'm not sure, i know the UK has been using up it's stores as they move to smooth bore with Challenger 3, but they likely have enough around to do some work.
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@jamesgreen1116 This is a video about Russia brain wave.
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@rarirover44 Where's the S400's to protect ships in Crimea?
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@РемиБоняшки The Irish hate Russia way more then they hate the UK
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@balsarmy In my country you wont get arrested for a picture your daughter drew that hurts the states feelings. Like what happened to Alexei Moskalyov
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@James-kv6kb The US has already stated its goal, which is to make sure Russia can never do this again. Their objective is the destruction of the Russian army, I don't agree with this position, and think all efforts should be made to help Ukraine, but I don't blame the Americans for having their own objective. It has nothing to do with weapons sales though.
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@michael-muller Wow Russia sure did a great job of that, flattening all the ethnic Russian cities in the east and bringing untold carnage to the people there.
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@Manntashsh-Pyrre-rrr8 Not the part that matters, the city. Russia control empty fields on the left bank. Soon to be deserts since Russia blew the dam.
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@alexkovin1951 No they haven't. A quarter of all Russians still don't even own a toilet.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Russia can't even take Kharkiv bud, do you really think Russia has any chance of taking Kyiv?
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Sure thing little buddy, keep believing.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Maybe you'll have time to pass away from old age before Russia manages to take the Donbas.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Freedom speech has to do with the government prohibiting speech, it has nothing to do with YT comments little buddy.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Freedom speech is about the state prohibiting speech, it has nothing to do with YT comments.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Try not to cry.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Russia's stuck in 1884 bud. I can say whatever I like why don't you show up in red square with a blank sheet of paper and let me know what happens. Once again, freedom of speech has nothing to do with youtube comments. It's about the state limiting speech. Say for example someone's child drew a picture that hurt the states feelings and a long prison sentence was given to the child's father. That is exactly what happened to Alexei Moskalyov in Russia, maybe you should worry about stuff like that instead of whining about internet comments.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Russia's stuck in 1884. I can say whatever I like, about whatever I like, why don't you show up in red square with a blank sheet of paper and let me know what happens. Once again, freedom of speech has nothing to do with YT comments. It's about the state limiting speech. Say for example a kid drew a picture that hurt the states feelings and a long prison sentence was given to the father. That is exactly what happened to Alexei Moskalyov in Russia, maybe you should worry about stuff like that instead of crying about internet comments.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Once again, freedom of speech has nothing to do with YT comments. It's about the state limiting speech. Say for example a kid drew a picture that hurt the states feelings and a long prison sentence was given to the father. That is exactly what happened to Alexei Moskalyov in Russia, maybe you should worry about stuff like that instead of crying about internet comments.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д You are doing an excellent job proving you have no idea what freedom of speech means. I can say whatever I like, about whatever I like, how about you show up in red square with a blank sheet of paper and let me know what happens. Maybe look up Alexei Mokalyov instead of whining about YT comments.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д You are doing an reaal good job proving you have no idea what freedom of speech is.
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Are you trying to set the record for the most consecutive idiotic comments in a single thread?
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@СергейБаринов-и6д Ok buddy, dry your eyes.
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@stu281 Are you referring to your roads in Russia? There is only one that traverses the country from west to east and for much of its length its a dirt/mud trail. Russia, to this day still lacks a country wide comprehensive road network.
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This double is about ten years younger than Putin.
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@prometheus_beard I'm just asking the big questions like dear leader. Trump is a dementia patient who can hardly put a sentence together. He, to this day still has no idea what tariffs are.
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@ Not trading it doesn't erase the underlying problems.
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Pardon?
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@Входныедверидлячастногодома-Дв Biden is a one term president, Putin is leader for life. Please try using your head.
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@Входныедверидлячастногодома-Дв Biden is a one term president, Putin is leader for life, all his political rivals end up either poisoned or imprisoned. Please try using your head.
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@Входныедверидлячастногодома-Дв Biden was a one term president, Putin is leader for life. Please use your head.
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@stephenglover1818 The unhinged interview where Putin said ww2 was Polands fault and that the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to protect Czechoslovakia? It was like a history lesson from a deranged crackhead. Putin ranted on and on about Russia's historical claims ignoring all the territory they illegally occupy. Outer Manchuria, Kuril Islands, Kola, South Ossetia, among others.
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@Memovox Prior to the war hydrocarbons made up 45% of government revenue, hydrocarbons have collapsed by close to 70% since the start of the war. (both Ministry of Finance numbers.) This was also before Ukraine started taking out a refinery every other day. Any 'growth' seen in Russia is because they raised taxes, they spend that all on the war though, not something that generates wealth. Inflation is at least 20% and interest rates are already 16%. And the Ruble is in the toilet and would have fallen off the chart completely if not for strict monetary controls. speaking of toilets 1 in 5 Russians don't even have access to one, come back down to earth.
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@dhanyrafael Thats not true. Even in Transnistria its only. · 29.1% Russians · 28.6% Romanians/"Moldovans" · 22.9% Ukrainians · 2.4% Bulgarians · 1.1% Gagauz · 0.5% Belarusians · 0.2% "Transnistrians" · 1.4% others . All of Moldova looks like. Moldovans 75.1%, Romanians 7.0%, Ukrainians 6.6%, Gagauz 4.6%, Russians 4.1%, Bulgarians 1.9%
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@Babuka54 You know saying something doesn't actually make it true right? Here's the actual list of safe travel destinations because you seem confused. I'm not sure where Russia ranks, the list only goes up to 40 and it isn't on there. Did your grandfather tell you this story? Its time to rejoin reality. 1 Switzerland 96.8 2 Austria 96.5 3 Germany 96.2 4 Denmark 95.4 5 Norway 95.0 6 Iceland 95.0 7 Finland 93.4 8 Czechia 93.2 9 Ireland 93.1 10 Sweden 93.0 11 Netherlands 92.5 12 Japan 92.5 13 Belgium 92.1 14 Australia 91.7 15 Singapore 91.2 16 New Zealand 90.9 17 Canada 90.4 18 Slovenia 90.0 19 Portugal 88.8 20 Spain 88.5
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@Babuka54 Top 10 Countries with the Highest Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder/Alcoholism (both genders): Hungary - 21.2% Russia - 20.9% Belarus - 18.8% Latvia - 15.5% South Korea - 13.9% (tie) Slovenia - 13.9% (tie) United States - 13.9% (tie) Poland - 12.8% Estonia - 12.2% (tie) Slovakia - 12.2% (tie)
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Russian numbers for diseases like tuberculosis, HIV, FAS and C-19 were so dreadful that Russia stopped tracking them. You live in a propaganda bubble I hope one day you can rejoin the real world.
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@Babuka54 Do they not have google where you are? I'm not your babysitter, how about you provide a source for the claims you made first.
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@Babuka54 More unhinged nonsense. Throwing a tantrum wont change reality.
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Russia began it's invasion in 2014, if they hadn't there would be no conflict.
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@arkworthy8594 I thought the script said that Ukraine was part of Russia and Ukrainians were supposed to be Russians.
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@antonyf1524 Civilian volunteers from western countries are not the same as NATO soldiers little buddy. You are in the realm of conspiracy theories now. You said "Sending NATO troops to UKRAINE from the beginning isn't a sign of US weakness?" You then said "A weak country is that country that do many deadly things not with its own hands" Wouldn't that mean the US is showing strength if they were there, by your own logic.
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@antonyf1524 There is literally zero evidence for this. You can believe any crazy theory you like though.
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@antonyf1524 Little buddy if NATO soldiers were being sent secretly their families would be complaining about them disappearing. This isn't the sort of thing you can get away with in open societies. And like I said there is zero evidence for your claims, despite your silly claims about your schoolmates.
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@antonyf1524 There are zero sources of information that provide evidence of NATO forces in Ukraine. Not even your silly anecdote about your schoolmates.
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@antonyf1524 There is no source of information that exists that substantiates your baseless claims, your silly story about your friends in class included.
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@antonyf1524 You could provide evidence yourself instead of making cryptic comments. You won't though because no such evidence exists.
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@antonyf1524 Just saying information exists doesn't make it magically exist little buddy.
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@antonyf1524 One day some random guy on youtube for some reason decided to post a bunch of twaddle instead of the evidence he claims exists. Maybe get your school friends to post it little buddy.
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@antonyf1524 I'm ready. Just post your evidence instead of posting silly comments, it should be easy right? But for some reason you refuse to do it.
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@alexbukovsky4621 Russia went with cup in hand to North Korea to bend the knee and beg for ammunition.
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@JustAvoidNothinghere huh?
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@JustAvoidNothinghere What are the LPR and DPR going to tell me? That Russia, despite nine years of backstopping an insurrection and two years of total war still cant take all of the Donbas? I already know that.
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secondary sanctions, which Trump mentioned.
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@PeterPete No they won't.
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@PeterPete You're delusional if you think China is going to take any undue risk for Russia. Chinese banks have stopped accepting payment from Russia, and the country won't even sell them anything more dangerous than a golf cart. Not to mention the internal problems China is already trying to deal with.
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@PeterPete China won't even sell Russia anything more dangerous than a golf cart and you really think they'll go to war for them?
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@samcook159 Yeah they'd already captured most of the Donbas 2 years ago too. edit: oops looks like your comment was deleted.
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@samcook159 That your moronic claim that Ukraine lost the war holds no water.
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@chekeocha4923 The US wants to buy those resources, Russia wants to steal them, do you understand the difference?
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@chekeocha4923 The US wants to buy them, Russia wants to take them, do you understand the difference?
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@musadube1647 Most countries Putin cant even go to or he'll get arrested.
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Here is Russia using them from earlier in the war on civilian targets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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@tedstewart114 Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you weren't.
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Russia is using cluster bombs.
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@7Little701 Any lives being lost are a result of Putins ego.
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@stdavidboy Putin would do the same but he'd get arrested if he leaves Russia. He has been begging Belarus, Iran and NK for whatever scraps he can get though.
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@siciidfaarax6478 Yeah nothing says successful invasion like trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border with terrible casualties. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of WW1 style attritional warfare after losing 54% of once occupied territory the US occupied around 15% of Mexico, and 6 figure casualties. Would you consider that a successful invasion, or a humiliating disaster?
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@wanderer2246 There were two Chechen wars genius.
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@wanderer2246 The longer answer: The first Chechen war in the 1990s saw a freer Russian press strongly criticize the loss of life of Russian soldiers and the conduct of the war. Mothers’ actions (sponsored by CSM) ‘had a profound effect on raising awareness and turning public opinion against the war’ wrote Amy Caiazza in 2002. Its members often kidnapped their own sons from military bases. What was different in the first war was that everyone had clear information from the press about the incompetence of the military campaign. The government was not trusted, and the army did not have a high standing in society. Furthermore, the mothers had strong support from wider society for their actions. Caiazza writes that CSM was able to be quite activist in the 90s, though its success was more down to publicity and its influence on institutions low in the longer term. She also notes the organizing principle based not on objection to men making war, but on mothers’ suffering. At least part of the success of the messaging was based on a bio-essentialist version of maternity and instinct. Mother’s activist actions were a ‘natural’ biological imperative to protect their sons and therefore they fulfilled their duty as mothers. This exploited well an ideological opportunity structure to gain legitimacy that has mainly been unavailable for groups trying to undertake civic action in Russia. This is not only ‘smart’ from a perspective that would see Russians more receptive to a conservative message like this. CSM avoided being identified as a feminist organization and instead proposed women’s rights as human rights (Caiazza 2002). This caused conflict with more radical feminist organizations in Russia, but the CSM’s public activities also drew plaudits. Caiazza also writes about the men’s anti-draft movement, which was largely unsuccessful. CSM lobbied Parliament and got concessions on deserters. (Interestingly only Yabloko and LDPR voted against full amnesties!). Caiazza claims further success in the campaign influencing Yeltsin’s cuts to the size of the military. CSM failed, however, to prevent army service being extended from 1.5 years to 2. CSM also was successful in publicizing the individual resistance to military service – i.e. draft dodging and getting medical exemptions legally. The second Chechen war saw more mobilization of public opinion behind the conflict and a controlled press coverage of it.
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@eliti4806 LMAO, no they do not. Thats hilarious. Russia produces somewhere between 0-1 tanks a year, the T14 is the only tank they are trying to produce and its vaporware that will never get out of the prototype stage. All other tank 'production' is just refurbishing old stock, and that's completely dependent on western components. Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore, the Soviet Union is long gone. Why do you think Russia is resurrecting stock T54's?
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@roeksgriessel3178 South Ossetia is Georgia.
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Russia has continued to bomb Belgorod so of course they would want independence. Long live the Belgorod people's republic
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2/3rds of the African countries leaders invited to Putins Africa conference didn't show up.
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@Komeshokakunanwene Most sent minor delegations. The only leaders to attend were: Egypt, Mozambique, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, Libya, Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Congo.
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Here is Russia using cluster muntions on civilians from earlier in the war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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Just like they formally incorporated Kherson right? what happened there?
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Dictators always have a high approval rating. This is what happens when supporting someone else can lead to eating a polonium salad.
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@sunnyrobinson2128 Thanks to Russia's actions Putin and Russia are both universally hated in Kharkiv now. The areas Russia's taken weren't fortified because all you can do is send infantry in to dig holes while they get shelled so Ukraine built their lines further back.
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@sunnyrobinson2128 They weren't there, can you not read? Why is Russia using golf carts for frontal assaults in broad daylight like they're about to play the back nine?
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@sunnyrobinson2128 Are you unable to read? They weren't there. Why is Russia using golf carts?
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@sunnyrobinson2128 Another pointless comment. Good job.
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@robertshank3729 ALL the American Abrams were either destroyed by friendly fire or scuttled to prevent capture, none were destroyed by enemy fire. What is the point of this whataboutism? How many friendly golf carts did the US destroy?
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@robertshank3729 What's your point? All American operated Abrams were taken out by either friendly fire or scuttling to prevent capture, none have been lost to enemy fire. They've also only lost a handful of them while thousands of T series tanks have been lost so far. How many golf carts did the US use to assault trench lines while they shelled it with their own tank?
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Yeah, Russia is begging Iran and NK for whatever weapons they can get.
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@Faiez-rh1gm Because they aren't using storm shadow for demining.
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@yuri5628 lmao, so you do believe in Ukrainian war mosquitos, amazing. How about the retreat from Kyiv, do you think that was a 'gesture of goodwill'? Do you think the Moskva sank because of high seas?
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@glintongordon6811 It says you are getting your information from Russian propaganda.
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@Mr.Clownensky I'm going to guess they are full of corpses, are you simple or something? Do you think there aren't graveyards in Russia?
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@Crutonwyt Except there have been multiple reports of Russia sending the VDV and other special forces to fill gaps on the frontline. Also Russia lost WW1 and their whole country collapsed, they would have lost WW2 if it weren't for western aid.
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@psycho8927 You don't know how the internet works? Just search 'Putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks'
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@psycho8927 Are you incapable of searching "Putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks"?
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@psycho8927 See what? The search bar at the top of the screen? I'm not your babysitter here to hold your hand for simple tasks.
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@psycho8927 Go see a mental health professional.
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@psycho8927 Are you trying to spell liar? Go play Roblox kid.
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@psycho8927 When is the last time you saw any link posted on youtube brain wave? Posting any link is a good way to get yourself shadow banned. Literally every major news outlet covered this. I have no idea why you are incapable of using a search engine, I hope you get help for your troubles.
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@psycho8927 When is the last time you saw any link posted here? Or do you not even realize they dont allow that, not surprising since you seem to have no idea how the internet works.
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@psycho8927 Here's the quote from Time. When asked if Russian troops had crossed into Eastern Ukraine. “That is not the question,” Putin said. “But if I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.” The Kremlin did not deny the statement, they were just upset it was made public.
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@psycho8927 So do you really think that years of unending ww1 style attrition was the plan all along?
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@psycho8927 Let me guess, you think years of unending trench warfare with horrific losses was the plan all along.
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@psycho8927 Here's NYT. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has told a European official that he could “take Kiev in two weeks” if he wanted to. The Kremlin did not deny the remark, but on Tuesday it denounced the European official, José Manuel Barroso, for leaking details of what Mr. Putin understood to be a private telephone call on Friday.
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@psycho8927 Here's The Guardian. Vladimir Putin has said Russian forces could conquer the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in two weeks if he so ordered, the Kremlin has confirmed. Moscow declined to deny that the president had spoken of taking Kiev in a phone conversation on Friday with José Manuel Barroso, the outgoing president of the European commission.
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@psycho8927 Here's NYT. Putin of Russia has told a European official that he could “take Kiev in two weeks” if he wanted to. The Kremlin did not deny the remark, it denounced the European official, Barroso, for leaking details of what Putin understood to be a private telephone call on Friday.
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@psycho8927 Literally every major publication covered this. I'm not sure why you couldn't find it aside from severe mental degradation.
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@psycho8927 Like I said literally every major publication reported on this, why weren't you laughing at the Time article? You can pretend otherwise if it makes you feel fuzzy inside.
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@Christ-follower471 The US caused a protest movement because Yanukovich refused to sign the popular EU association agreement and forced Russia to embargo Ukraine and forced Ukrainian parliament to vote unanimously against Yanukovich? Come back to reality little buddy. Russia invaded and forced referendums at gun point. Funny how referendums are illegal in Russia but you think invading another country and forcing a sham referendum is somehow valid. Not to mention the other irregularities with the vote, such as Russians from mainland Russia being allowed to vote, and maintaining the status quo wasn't even on the ballot. Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries that accept the results of the sham referendums.
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@BillDavies-ej6ye There's a whole wikipedia page dedicated to the irregularities of the sham referendum. Russian's from the Russian mainland were allowed to vote, there's a reason no reputable country on earth accepts the results.
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@TheBobVova Bilhorod is the Ukrainian name for Belgorod, it was once part of Ukraine.
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@TheBobVova Were you deprived of oxygen at birth or something? It's like Kyiv is the Ukrainian name and Russian's call it Kiev. I'm not sure what part of this is difficult to understand.
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@TheBobVova Yes it's a fact that nobody cares about your weird opinion. Different languages having different names for places is normal, I'm not sure why you're having a tantrum over it.
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@TheBobVova You asked what Bilhorod was, I provided you with an answer, try no to cry about it ok. I await your meltdown when you find out what Japanese people call Japan.
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@TheBobVova Yes, you've spammed that same silly comment several times already, your tantrum won't change reality. There is no country called Japan, that's just what we call it in English. There is no city in Ukraine called Kiev, or Karkov, or Artyomovsk but those are the Russian names for them. Is this your first day learning different languages exist?
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@TheBobVova When did I say otherwise? Though the English version can change, which is what happened with Kyiv. It's obvious that the op was using the Ukrainian spelling in order to provoke a meltdown from smooth brained Russian trolls. Something that has apparently proven to be very effective, now dry your eyes ok.
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@TheBobVova At no point did I use Bilhorod except to explain to you what it was. You asked what Bilhorod was, remember? I explained to you it was the Ukrainian pronunciation, I never used the word except in context of explaining it to you. After that you threw a childish tantrum. What's it like living in a world of make believe?
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@TheBobVova I never said otherwise genius. Dry your eyes.
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@TheBobVova In Ukrainian Бєлгород (Білгород) is pronounced Bilhorod in Ukrainian, and English when referring to the Ukrainian pronunciation. I'm not sure what part of this is difficult for you to understand.
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@TheBobVova Did you not read my post little buddy? I include the Ukrainian spelling Білгород, which is pronounced Bilhorod in Ukrainian and English. I have no idea what point you are trying to make anymore, or are you just trying to set the record for most silly posts in a single thread?
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@TheBobVova I've never seen a person throw a three day tantrum over something so inane, other languages exist little buddy, get over it. Maybe your parents need to make your bedtime a little earlier.
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@TheBobVova Wrong again little buddy, Бєлгород is Russian which is translated as Belgorod in English, it's Білгород in Ukrainian, which is pronounced Bilhorod in English. Generally I would call it Belgorod in normal use but now that I know how triggered you get by Bilhorod I'll definitely call it that from now on.
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@TheBobVova From wiki. Bilhorod (Ukrainian: Білгоро, also transliterated Belgorod from Russian: Белгород.) Other languages exist, are you really trying to pretend that Ukrainians don't call it Bilhorod? That's adorable.
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@TheBobVova By the way, Russian's don't actually call it Russia, it's Rossiya. I await your silly week long tantrum on how Russia doesn't exist.
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@TheBobVova There is no place called Russia, deal with it.
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@TheBobVova There is no country called Russia, its pronounced Rossiya.
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@TheBobVova No you've already established that other languages don't exist.
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@TheBobVova You've spend the past week+ arguing that exact idiotic point.
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@TheBobVova And the Ukrainian name is pronounced Bilhorod, this is uncontroversial. Pretending otherwise is just making you look like a fool
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@TheBobVova And like I already said the English name can change, which already happened with Kyiv. Now that I know how hard you get triggered by Bilhorod I will be calling it that from now on.
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@TheBobVova You are so triggered buddy its hilarious, dry your eyes. Kyiv used to be Kiev.
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@TheBobVova Here's direct copy paste from wiki. Belgorod (in Ukrainian Bilhorod), a city in Russia, when both were a part of the Soviet Union. I hope this doesn't set off another week long tantrum.
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@TheBobVova Oh so it's bʲelɡərət in Russian and Bilhorod in Ukrainian. Thanks for clearing that up little buddy.
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@TheBobVova Here's the Dictionary definition Bilhorod. English Etymology edit Borrowed from Ukrainian Бі́лгород (Bílhorod). Doublet of Belgrade. Proper noun Bilhorod Alternative form of Belgorod. I know its hard being wrong all the time, this and saying one hundred percent of Russia's navy is sea worthy, but doubing down for over a week with your tantrum just makes you look even worse.
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@TheBobVova You've already been proven in correct buddy, just like with your silly comment about Russia's navy. Is Bilhorod in the room with you right now?
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@TheBobVova It's ok buddy, the Bilhorod can't hurt you anymore, and Russia's navy is 100% sea worthy. (just ignore all the ships that aren't)
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@TheBobVova How long will the tantrum continue? Youv'e been proven wrong buddy, seek help.
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@TheBobVova You are stil having a meltdown? If Bilhorod can't hurt you why have you been in hysterics for two weeks?
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@TheBobVova If Bilhord can't hurt you why have you been in hysterics for the past two weeks? Get some help buddy.
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@TheBobVova Little buddy you can pretend nobody calls it Bilhorod that's what makes you fee fuzziest inside. I'm going to keep calling it Bilhorod though because I know how unbelievably triggered it makes you.
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@TheBobVova Obviously you care, you've been here throwing a tantrum about it for two weeks.
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@TheBobVova You don't care but you wrote it about fifty times. Ignoring the fact that that Bilhorod exists.
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@TheBobVova Good job proving you don't care.
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@TheBobVova That makes two of us little buddy, glad you've come around.
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@TheBobVova You said you're going to keep calling it Bilhorod, me too.
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@TheBobVova That's not how quotation marks work little buddy. You put my name and also what you said in them. You'll learn basic punctuation some day, try your best.
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@TheBobVova It's just a greater than symbol little buddy, that's not how that works.
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@TheBobVova I thought you didn't care. Clearly you care deeply, which is why you've been having a meltdown for the past two weeks.
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@TheBobVova Who's going to listen to you little buddy, you don't even know how quotation marks work.
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@МногоХочешьНаглыйГугл He own's the media outlets in Hungary.
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Trump said Russia was in a "weakened state right now, because of Ukraine and a bad economy." It doesn't matter though Putin has already rejected his deal so now we wait to see if he upholds his promise to "flood" Ukraine with weapons.
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@s0ycapitan The Yuan is a controlled currency because of the massive amounts of capital flight out of China every time they try to become more open. It makes up a tiny percentage of international trade. The people who trust the Chinese banks the least are Chinese people. Nobody wants Rupees, nobody wants Rubles, or Pesos. And I'll try to withhold my laughter at the phantom cryptocurrency. Brics has been speaking about a shared currency since 2009, a cryptocurrency is even more laughable, it's also not happening.
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@Withnail1969 Lots of stuff is assembled in China, they aren't the start to finish manufacterer of much, they couldn't even make ball point pens until 2017. China is the largest importer of commodities. their largest trading partner is also the US.
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@s0ycapitan The fact that your comment addresses nothing aside, people have been predicting the downfall of the dollar and the US since forever. There is zero evidence of it happening, feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@s0ycapitan Stop watching RT, a Brics currency is a pipe dream, just like it was in 2009 when they first proposed it. It will never happen. Nobody wants Yuan, Rubles or Rupees.
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@s0ycapitan Stop watching rt. There is no indication any currency, including the non existent brics crypto-currency, is in any position to replace USD.
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@Withnail1969 You seem to think that twitter is the same as real life.
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@s0ycapitan Mostly SA is upset that the US became the preeminent oil producer on earth and has marginalized OPEC. They are also shopping for another patron and protector in the middle east as the US withdraws. China has neither the reach or the desire to take up that mantle though. The Yuan makes up less than five percent of global trade, and much of that is because Russia is being forced to accept it. The primary reason is the Chinese government does not want the RMB to become the global currency because they are an export nation and it would artificially inflate its value and hurt their bottom line. Also an open market would immediately see mass wealth flight from China, which is something they already struggle with despite tight controls.
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@MrGatzby Sounds like your brains already been melted by Krokodil.
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62% is extremely high for a democracy. Its only in dictatorships where 'popularity' rates are over 80%. In autocratic Russia Putin has a supposed approval rating over 90%. Of course if you disapprove you find yourself taking a swan dive out of a window or eating a polonium salad.
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@leonblack2651 They all are super sonic bud. All ballistic missiles are hypersonic, by definition. The US has more than enough to turn Russia into a glass ash tray.
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No worries, Putin never leaves his bunker.
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@owainwright6055 In 1942: Two armies are fighting. One is losing ground every single day. Which one is about to collapse?
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@Alien_isolationist Hey there he is with his catchphrase. Have you considered learning anything on the topic instead of just resorting to straw men and personal insults?
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@Alien_isolationist Facts like the far right elements were purged out of Azov years ago, which saw most of the officers, including the leader being sent to jail? Or facts like the far right party in Ukraine getting less than 1% of the vote in the previous election? Or the rampant fascism in Russia? Look up Ruscism if you want to see what modern day fascism looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist Facts like the far right elements were purged out of azov years ago, which saw most of the officers, including the leader being sent to jail? Or facts like the far right party in Ukraine getting less than 1% of the vote in the previous election? Or the rampant far right in Russia? Look up Ruscism if you want to see what modern day fascism looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist Facts like the far right elements were removed from of azov years ago, which saw most of the officers, including the leader being sent to jail? Or facts like the far right party in Ukraine getting less than 1% of the vote in the previous election? Or the rampant far right in Russia? Look up Ruscism if you want to see what modern day right wing extremism looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist Facts like the far right elements were removed from of azov years ago, which saw most of the officers, including the leader being sent to prison? Or facts like the far right in Ukraine getting less than 1% of the vote in the previous election? Or the rampant far rightin Russia? Look up Ruscism if you want to see what the modern day extreme right looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist The far right party in Ukraine getting less than 1% of the vote in the previous election. Azov was reformed years ago and the most extreme elements, including the leader went to jail? Look up Ruscism, or one of the multiple fascist Russian organizations if you want to see what modern day right wing extremism looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist The far right party in Ukraine getting less than one percent of the vote in the previous election. Azov was reformed years ago and the most extreme elements, including the leader went to jail? Look up Ruscism, or one of the multiple nazi Russian organizations if you want to see what modern day right wing extremism looks like.
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@Alien_isolationist what speaks for itself is the fact that you call every time you get a comment you aren't smart enough to reply to you throw a tantrum and call them a neobanderite.
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Russia’s Labour Ministry has ordered 230,000 certificates for "family members of deceased war veterans.
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@zjpdarkblaze Making marginal gains in exchange for catastrophic losses is not the way you win a war of attrition.
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@zjpdarkblaze Attacking into the enemies most fortified positions depletes their own equipment and manpower.
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@zjpdarkblaze This is just a Russian talking point. A country the size of Ukraine can absorb millions of losses before they start having real manpower shortages, what they have is a training bottleneck. Russia had to kill around 20% of the population of the much smaller Chechnya before they won there, and that was only because Kadyrov turned coat. Russia is using penal battalions and mercenaries from Nepal, Syria and other developing countries, they are having their own recruitment issues. Moreover they are using T54's, BTR50's and Chinese golf carts, their stockpile of Soviet equipment is large but it isn't infinite.
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@zjpdarkblaze Attrition warfare favors Russia as long as they don't make idiotic decisions, like attacking headlong into prepared position for no good reason. Attrition warfare favored Russia in WW1, what happened instead was the entire country collapsed.
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@zjpdarkblaze Ukraine is fighting for its survival, Russia is fighting to gain some more land. Russia can absorb more losses but with different motivations there is no guarantee that they will, Russia has already had one attempted coup so far this war. They could have absorbed far more losses in WW1 but instead the country fell apart. Meanwhile in WW2, a war where they were fighting for survival they were willing to take staggering losses. The Soviets were also dependent on western donations and they still won. Russia has a long history of losing offensive wars they should win. The Russian-Japan war, Polish-Soviet war, Afghanistan, the first Chechen war. They could have taken far more losses in these wars if they were willing to, but they didn't. Also stop pretending you know how many losses Ukraine has, neither of us know. The best we can tell is a guess based on equipment and infer casualties based on that, which photographic evidence indicates is around 3-1 in favor of Ukraine, and that was before Russia's recent ill advised offensive. There is no indication that any collapse is imminent for either side and it is likely this war will last for years or even decades longer.
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@zjpdarkblaze Modern Russia is far weaker than any of its previous iterations. Most of them they eventually win? They eventually won WW1? The Polish war and the Japanese war? The only one that this could be claimed would be in Chechnya, and that was two seperate wars.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Lol yeah according to Russia things have been goin great. Russia already surrounded Avdivka, Putin himself showed up shirtless on his favorite horse to lead them into battle. He then declared Kyiv captured and himself the reincarnation of Julius Caesar. There is literally no evidence of Russia doing anything aside from losing an obscene amount of men and equipment and taking a tree line or two. Refer to Russia's last offensive at Vulhedar if you want to know how this one is going.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Whatever helps you sleep at night bud. Russia has lost more in 4 days at Avdivka then Ukraine has in 4 months of offensive. (i'm talking photographic evidence not the MoD's deranged delusions, On Putins September 12th speech he claimed to have destroyed several times more armored vehicles then Ukraine has ever had, sure.) And if we're talking photographic evidence, Russia has lost around 2.5x more then Ukraine so far during Ukraine's offensive. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though. And Ukraine has actually been capturing and holding ground. They've put Tokmak into artillery range and forced Russia to deploy the VDV into a defensive role. Russia has just been sending its forces on pointless one way trips that accomplish nothing.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 LMAO! Have you been watching the footage from Russia's disastrous Avdiivka offensive? Its one destroyed convoy after another. You can live in denial as long as you want though.
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@maximaleffort Somehow this is the most brainless post in the thread, good job bud. Thanks for chiming in two weeks later, I needed a laugh.
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@xcitemex6353 Russia elected who they elected they are stuck with him now.
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@deesmith6363 That's hilarious. The Russian MoD makes a silly claim and you take them at face value.
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@laughs150 How much money did the Russians ask for during ww2?
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@DZ-zc3gi Like where, RT? Or Russia 1? And despite the fact they may be hyperbolic and dishonest the best source for news out of Russia is from Russian mil bloggers, and they are not optimistic about what is happening in Kursk.
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@dpelpal Most Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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yeah he'll be promoted out a window in the near future.
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As of the end of January 2025, Russia occupied 18.21% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. Hardly any gains have been made since, and those that have were at a high price.
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@ckthegreat100 So Russia collapses all the time, but not this time, ok buddy. Autocracies are inherently unstable, this includes the RF. Russia routinly collapses, not much has changed. Nobody predicted the SSR's total collapse. There has already been one attempted coup this war. Also we're three years in and Russia can't even take the Donbas and are using ladas on the front, I'm not sure when you expect them to win this war.
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@kynchan3332 Please provide a source that says they would run out of ammo by March 2022. So why has Ukraine overtaken Russia in fire volume? Why did Russia bend the knee to North Korea begging for ammo? You also state that Zelensky is buying mansions and yachts, which of course is not true. Has it occurred to you that Russian propaganda lies too? Russian state media destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards.
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That's about to change, Putin just made his niece the deputy Minister of Defense. Look tf out.
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@sanshibu7384 At one point Putin wanted to join NATO until, in his words; "I don't want to wait in line with irrelevant countries."
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@josephshields2922 Sure he did. Of course you have a source for this right? Also keep in mind that someone may say something against Ukraine while being held captive by the Russians in order to save their own skin.
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@attilamarics3374 The figures come directly from the Russian ministry of finance. In terms of volume Russia is fairly close to pre--war levels, but revenue is down over half. Gazprom just posted its first net loss in decades.
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@attilamarics3374 Export volumes aren't far behind pre-smo levels, its revenue that has dropped by over half. Gazprom just posted its first loss in decades.
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@attilamarics3374 Moreover, Russia is being forced to accept Rupees and Yuan as payment. Which is less than ideal. Gazprom posted its first loss in twenty years last year, what do you think that means?
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wargonzo dead.
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@onyekwelucletus7644 No he literally died in that trench raid a few days ago.
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@timonsolus Yep people have no idea how nukes work underwater. The most they can do is swamp one city. which brings to question why not just nuke it the old fashion way?
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@ChrisbieCream Either way article 5 will be invoked and Russia will be wiped off the map.
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Or a pager.
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Pentagon official: "These exercises don't pose a threat to the United States." Nobody cares bud.
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@aagamanpokhrel4113 There were 2 Chechen wars genius.
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@glintongordon6811 Mar 11, 2024 — A large grain silo was completely destroyed in a Russian missile attack on the eastern Ukrainian Dnipro region this weekend Aug 23, 2023 — Russia destroys 13000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain destined for Egypt and Romania.
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@glintongordon6811 No there wasn't. Go ahead and show me a picture of soldiers in the maternity ward.
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@badomen9057 No this is just a continuation of the civi war thats been going on for 50 years. If Iran wasn't funding the rebels there would be no conflict. Overthrow governments? The Houthi's are the rebels they aren't the legitimate government of Yemen. Its Iran trying to overthrow the government, you understand that right?
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@badomen9057 These are rebels being supplied by Iran. Its Iran trying to overthrow the government, you understand that right?
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@southasianstreetshitter458 In support of the legitimate government of Yemen. If Iran stopped funding its proxies there would be no war there. One of us is being shameless here but it isn't me. Peope are starving in Yemen because they dedicate so much of their limited arable land to growing khat instead of actual food. Khat is so popular in Yemen that its cultivation consumes much of the country's agricultural resources. An estimated 40% of Yemen's water supply goes towards irrigating it, with production increasing by about 10% to 15% every year. Yemen was a disaster long before the Saudi's got involved.
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@badomen9057 The Iranian proxies aren't the legitimate government of Yemen. Its Iran thats trying to overthrow the government.
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@xiuhcoatl4830 So you think the American military industrial complex forced Iran to send weapons to their proxies and start hitting civilian shipping. Smart.
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@jonathanbelanger6574 Putin said in 2014 he could take Ukraine in two weeks. Or do you think years of ww1 style attrition war was the plan all along?
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Ukraine is defending itself.
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@inkednpoked So the Soviet Union wasn't defending itself when it invaded Germany? I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@wolfshedler5898 2014 is when Russia began it's invasion buddy, nobody would be getting shelled anywhere in Ukraine if they hadn't. Girkin, who was formerly in charge of the DPR rebels said as much. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa."
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@inkednpoked That's an insane take that literally nobody would agree with but ok.
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@inkednpoked That makes sense if you lack the ability to think. If someone comes onto your yard every day to hit you and the only way to stop them is to go to their yard to hit them, that isn't' going on the offensive.
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@inkednpoked The alternative is ww2 lasts forever.
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@inkednpoked Germany wasn't running away, they were being forced back. The definition of what's happening doesn't magically change at the border.
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@inkednpoked They went on the offensive sometime in 1942 while still in the SSR, though that, and all actions later are still defensive in nature. By your reasoning through thousands of kilometers they weren't on the offensive, they were defending. Where is the magical point they switch to offensive? Is it at the Polish border? Or were they still defending in Poland? If they were defending in Poland that changes right at the German border does it? 1 cm west and now it's offensive.
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@inkednpoked It's called going on the offensive as soon as you start attacking little buddy, though if you are in a defensive war any offensive is defensive in nature. Ukraine had an offensive two years ago in Kherson and Kharkiv. Your appeal to chat GPT is hilariously idiotic though.
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@inkednpoked That's the third time you've said you are done with this conversation little buddy. An offensive is an offensive, it doesn't matter who's territory it is on. What makes it defensive in nature depends on who instigated the war. Which in this case is Russia, so all Ukraine's offensives are defensive in nature, just like how all the SSR's offensives were defensive in nature in WW2. Do you understand?
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Unlike Russia who will throw away an insane amount of manpower and material in inept and futile assaults. I'm sure their T54's supported by Scooby Doo vans and Mad Max MTLB's will be a game changer though. I've have seen at least 3 videos of Leopards being used this week though.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Last I checked a grand total of 6 Leopards have been destroyed. Truly the downfall of the west.
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@kisuke47 Like I said, running out from the tree line to take some pictures and actually capturing them are very different things. Is there any footage of Russia hauling anything away with a recovery vehicle? As far as I know no.
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@kisuke47 Is there any evidence for this? Or is it just something you're saying. Russia also claimed they had destroyed Leopards and Bradleys months before they arrived in the country. They are currently claiming they've destroyed an Abrams and are passing around photo's of a destroyed Iraqi army Abrams trying to pass it off as a Ukrainian one. I'm not saying they haven't captured any just that I haven't seen any evidence aside from 'Russia claims.' Which isn't exactly reliable.
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What a strange post.
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Russia's been trying to capture Avdiivka for nine years now. Hundreds of armored vehicles and tens ouf thousands of casualties in the latest push to capture some empty fields. Moreover Avdiivka is a small town with a pre war population of 30k, acting like you are about to occupy Berlin or something is pathetic.
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@Percival5 No this is just facts. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@Percival5 There is photographic/video evidence of hundreds of destroyed Russian armored vehicles and thousands of kia outside Avdiivka yes.
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@DarxKies They did, Putin didn't want to ask to join though he wanted to be asked because he "didn't want to be on a list with irrelevant countries."
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@TheRealBillBob They are all stealing. They just use corruption as an excuse when they want to get rid of someone.
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@ВторойАккаунт-з4ю Take your meds.
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@ugandiparlaungannasution Wagner was involved which as Putin said has been funded by Russia, making it part of the Russian army. and Russia killed around 2 million in Afghanistan, they killed 30+ million of their own citizens so please spare me the innocent Russia BS.
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@somdattsable5540 I'm aware what they have written on paper bud, that isn't reflected in reality though.
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@splifsend No, this is an extra 6 billion on top of the 60 billion package. All of that goes to Ukraine the total bill is 95 billion.
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@splifsend So not 60 split between Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine like you said.
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There is photographic evidence for tens of thousands of lost Russian armored vehicles. We can see their depots with satellites empty out in real time.
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Germany has actual elections.
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The French burned Moscow to the ground. The problem with these goofy comments is that cameras exist. We can see the results of Russia frantically trying to retake Kursk in destroyed equipment.
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@Planet.Xplor3r Then there was 1 child, wolf warrior diplomacy, zero covid. Its one braindead policy decision after another.
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@glintongordon6811 Because Ukraine is a huge country. What a foolish question, if your country was under attack would you want more air defense or less?
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@glintongordon6811 What a pointless non comment. If your country was getting invaded by Russia would you want more or less air defense. Take your time to think about this difficult question.
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@glintongordon6811 Look up Ruscism.
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Russia has been making idle nucler threats since the invasion started. A Russian nuclear threat is taken about as seriously as a final warning from China these days.
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@JJ-xs3er Are you blind?
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@JJ-xs3er I'm not your babysitter buddy. If you are incapable of reading maybe you shouldn't be on the internet.
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@JJ-xs3er Nothing between your ears, yeah.
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@Rick-zw9kp Funny how Russia keeps invading all its neighbors in order to 'protect Russians'
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@Rick-zw9kp Yeah the only successful 'coup' in human history that ended with the same government it started with. What really happened was Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of Parliament, including his own party and when he tried to hang onto power the predictable protests started and he fled to his puppet masters in Russia. Good job trying to deflect and change the subject though. So if there were protests against Trudeau and he resigned you think that somehow would give the US casus belli to invade and annex Canada? Smart.
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@Rick-zw9kp The only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. What really happene was Yanukovich was voted out by 100% of parliament and when he tried to hold onto power and the predictable protests started he fled to his puppet masters in Russia.
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@Rick-zw9kp So if there were protests in Canada against the PM and he resigned you think it would give the US cause to invade and annex Canada? Smart.
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@Rick-zw9kp 2014 is when Russia began its invasion genius. And at least half the shelling was Russians. If they hadn't invaded there would be no casualties in the Donbas. Any other silly comments?
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@Rick-zw9kp Oh you did have more silly comments to make. No they just shelled other cities in the Donbas, far more than Ukraine shelled Donetsk. I never said Russia shelled Donetsk, another one of you who loves to create straw-men. Do you really need to make things up to try to win an argument? It's also already been explained to you that this wasn't a coup. Go look up what a coup is, protests don't constitute a coup by any metric. This would be the only successful 'coup' in the history of humanity that ended with the same government it started with. There was no serious separatist movement until Russia created one. One of us knows very little on the topic but it isn't me. Here's what Strelkov had to say about it. "I pressed the launching trigger of war. If our squad did not cross the border, at the end all would have been finished as in Kharkiv or Odesa. Practically, the flywheel of war which lasts until now was launched by our squad. And I bear a personal responsibility for what is happening there." Spamming RT talking points over and over isn't very convincing bud, its time to rejoin reality.
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@Rick-zw9kp Lets expand on your foolish Quebec analogy. Pretend after the '95 referendum ended France Invaded Quebec City and occupied Eastern Quebec, where separatist sentiments were much higher to 'fight for ethnic Francophones for their independence from a government that doesn't represent them.' After which they had sham referendums at gun point that nobody recognized. Then when Canada predictably fought back you would blame them for the predictable carnage? I'm sorry but that is completely idiotic.
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@Rick-zw9kp I eagerly await for you to copy/paste more debunked Kremlin talking points. Or maybe you'll just accuse me of saying things I didn't say again.
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@Rick-zw9kp Hey Rick just wondering what you think about the Freedom of Russia legion who are fighting against an autocratic regime in Russia that doesn't represent them? I'm asking for a friend.
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@Rick-zw9kp Wow look at you with another strawman post completely divorced from reality that addresses nothing I said. Its clear you are in way over your head Rick, just admit you have no idea what you are talking about and move on before you embarrass yourself further.
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@Rick-zw9kp Another comment that addresses nothing I've said, I haven't said anything that was difficult to understand, maybe work on your reading comprehension. Forget about collecting thoughts you don't have a single thought in your head. Here's Ricks idea of a coherent argument "You don't know anything about the lpr dpr and their struggles, it was a coup despite all the evidence to the contrary." Ok bud, have fun in your fantasy world.
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@Rick-zw9kp I know exactly who they are, constructs of the Russians, who invaded in 2014. I even provided quotes, try actually reading my comments. This is the problem with kids these days never reading anything longer than a tweet, they cant even manage youtube comments. Lets try again. Strelkov said: "The unit were mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' from Russia and wore no insignia. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa" You accused me of not knowing who they were after I supposedly said they were shelling Donetsk city. Which I never did, that came from your imagination. You've never made a straw man you didn't love to take down.
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@Rick-zw9kp I know exactly who they are, constructs of the Russians, who invaded in 2014. Its the exact same thing they did in Transnistria and South Ossetia. I even provided quotes, try actually reading my comments. This is the problem with kids these days never reading anything longer than a tweet, they cant even manage youtube comments. Was anything I said really that confusing? Go ask a grown up for help if you still cant get it. Lets try again. Strelkov said: "The unit were mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' from Russia and wore no insignia. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa" You accused me of not knowing who they were after I supposedly said they were shelling Donetsk city. Which I never did, that came from your imagination. You've never made a straw man you didn't love to take down.
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@Rick-zw9kp I know exactly who they are, constructs of Russia, who invaded in 2014. Its the exact same thing they did in Transnistria and South Ossetia. I even provided quotes, try actually reading my comments. This is the problem with kids these days never reading anything longer than a tweet, they cant even manage youtube comments. Was anything I said really that confusing? Go ask a grown up for help if you still can t get it. Lets try again. Strelkov said: "The unit were mostly Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' from Russia and wore no insignia. Girkin admitted that this action sparked the Donbas War. He said "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odessa" You accused me of not knowing who they were after I supposedly said they were shelling Donetsk city. Which I never did, that came from your imagination. You've never made a straw man you didn't love to take down.
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@Rick-zw9kp Sorry, I didn't realize that seven rather short paragraphs would be too much for you. Try reading them again, ask a grown up for help if you need. I'm not sure what you found so confusing Its pretty straightforward stuff. Imagine what would happen if you ever had to read a book. If you are still confused let me know what part has you hung up and I'll hold your hand figuring it out, like a child. (sorry if this post is too rambling, I tried to use small words for you)
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@Rick-zw9kp I said show me what parts confuse you and I'll help you out. You cant even manage that, this is a perfect example of you avoiding the issue and never addressing what's said. Of course its because you don't have a leg to stand on. Be specific Rick, what parts confuse you? Stop posting the same brainless comment over and over.
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@Rick-zw9kp So you cant even manage that. Ok bud.
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@Rick-zw9kp how about this, we'll take it one paragraph at a time so we don't overwhelm your brain. "No they just shelled other cities in the Donbas, far more than Ukraine shelled Donetsk. I never said Russia shelled Donetsk, another one of you who loves to create straw-men. Do you really need to make things up to try to win an argument?"
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@Rick-zw9kp We'll skip past the one about the coup. If you really think protests are the same as a coup you are likely beyond help. "There was no serious separatist movement until Russia created one. One of us knows very little on the topic but it isn't me. Here's what Strelkov had to say about it. "I pressed the launching trigger of war. If our squad did not cross the border, at the end all would have been finished as in Kharkiv or Odesa. Practically, the flywheel of war which lasts until now was launched by our squad. And I bear a personal responsibility for what is happening there."" You could just scroll up and read these for yourself instead of acting like a fool you know.
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You are dreaming if you think China is going to stick its neck out for Russia. If anything they will use it as an opportunity to retake outer Manchuria.
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@ГеннадийСеднев-м3щ Buddy you guys can't even take Kharkiv.
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@tokingdawnkey5775 If Hamas didn't exist a two state solution would have been worked out ages ago and we'd be done with this nightmare.
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Russia had been preparing to invade Ukraine since 2008, why are they unable to even take the Donbas?
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@ Russia had 15 years to prepare for invading Ukraine and still can't even take the Donbas.
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@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns Putin bent the knee to his caterer and revealed himself to be weak. He's also shown that he's willing to negotiate with terrorists, we'll see how that works out for him.
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@404BusinessDataAndAI If Iran stopped supporting Russia it would collapse. Apparently the Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Nice strawman bud, who said anything about Moscow? There is photographic evidence of around 16k destroyed Russian armored vehicles, six figure casualties is the conservative estimate, the Black Sea fleet getting smoked is common knowledge and three long range radars were recently destroyed in Russia along with multiple refineries. Its time to rejoin reality.
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 There is photographic evidence of around 16k lost Russian armored vehicles, the Black Sea fleet getting smoked is common knowledge and three long range radars were recently taken out in Russia along with multiple refineries. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@alanmiller9681 Russia were the defenders in that war and had help from the west in the form of lend lease. In the current war Russia are the invaders and can't even take the Donbas.
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@Robert-t1m3p Appeasement is the path to war, anyone with any sense learned that in the twentieth century.
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Putin has been so disasterous for Russia if it came out he was a CIA plant to destroy Russia I wouldn't even be surprised.
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@BadWolf- Unless you get drafted.
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@stefan289 What was proven false? You haven't disproven anything, all you've done is spam post about Merkel. Ukraine was supposed to pass legislation including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. This was all done, the legislation and constitutional amendments were passed. Russia was then supposed to withdraw from the Donbas, disband rebel forces and return control of the occupied territory to Ukraine. Remind me did that happen? I await for you to address none of this and hand wave it all away as you've done this entire thread.
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@pl3317 You mean the fire in Odessa that was started by the pro Russia protesters themselves? Maybe you should read the article yourself.
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@stefan289 No I can read. Your entire argument is you can hand wave away reality, and don't even have to engage with it because of Merkel. It's completely idiotic little buddy.
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@stefan289 I don't want to overwhelm you with another "wall of text" which according to you is two small paragraphs. I'll just say that if you want to pretend that Ukraine didn't uphold its end of the agreement despite it being historical fact that they did that's fine, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@stefan289 The fact that you still don't even understand what I said about Merkel speaks volumes. Enjoy your fantasy world. (sorry for the wall of text)
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@stefan289 And you try to dismiss what actually happened on the ground because of what Merkel said. Ukraine held up its end, it passed the amendments that were required, the next step in the Minsk agreement was Russian withdrawal. Did that happen? Did Russia withdraw? Because Ukraine did what it was supposed to, I cant remember, did Russia withdraw or not? Just wondering. Because despite what Merkel said Ukraine held up its end of the agreement, no amount of quote chimping is going to change reality bud.
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@stefan289 I'll post your response for you "Wut about Merkel."
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@stefan289 Amazing, you could mind read Ukraine's intentions and now you can mind read Putin himself. You are dismissing it because you are denying reality, Ukraine upheld its side of the deal Russia didn't. No amount of waffling about will change this. Once again, did Russia leave the Donbas? That was the next step in Minsk. Please remind me, did they leave or not? Because Ukraine had already upheld it's end by passing the required amendments, I can't remember did Russia uphold its end or not? Because they were supposed to leave. Oops, that was two small paragraphs, sorry for overwhelming you with a wall of text.
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Germany was launching offensives right up to the end.
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@thiefsleef6752 Putin said he can take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. The three days narrative was all over Russia 1 TV. Who owns Russia 1? Or do you really think trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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@jamesgo2014 The Pentagon leaks were nine months ago and they said (the real ones not the obvious photoshop) That Russia was taking at least 3.5x the casualties as the Ukrainians (this is only Russian army it didn't factor in LPR, DPR, Chechens and Wagner and other PMC's or penal battalions) It also stated that Russian Spetsnaz units had been almost entirely wiped out and Gerasimov was at one point throwing the war. Did you actually read the Pentagon leak? You might want to because it says nothing that makes Russia look good.
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@jamesgo2014 No it was some woman who runs a fish store in New Jersey that photoshopped it, this is true, read up on it. The photoshop is a sloppy job, which is why I say obvious photoshop. Even Russian state media were calling it an obvious fraud. You can look at the actual leak yourself it isn't complimentary towards the Russians.
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@jamesgo2014 Thousands of Russians and Chinese go to Mexico every year to try to cross the border into the US in search of a better life.
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@bryandimery6509 Sure there is, why dont you link some of these mythical articles claiming NATO is running the war.
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@s0ycapitan Yep, a currency in the sewer, sky high interest rates and extreme inflation are a good thing. No need to believe what real economists say we have you, our resident internet economist to tell us. This is just a seasonal fluctuation for the ruble to the second lowest point in its history, nothing to see here.
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@s0ycapitan Yep, the Ruble just seasonally variated to the second lowest point in its history. You can read about the conflict between Russia's military industrial complex and the central bank yourself instead of posting silly comments, if you want.
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@s0ycapitan The war isn't going well for anyone. And NATO isn't at war buddy.
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@Роман-ц2н4б Or ATACMS according to the video that came out a week ago.
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@aquelpibe His source is Kremlin propaganda.
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@Big-guy1981 It' not a win for Putin, just some epic level cope.
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@FunLewis Wow you managed to make a post without the nefarious moderators getting to you. Are the moderators in the room with you right now?
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@FunLewis Yes, you're the only person who gets their comments deleted. Please keep whining.
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Protect Russian cities how? By digging up the highway and bombing their own refinery?
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@bojanm986 Rostov, the place where people cheered Prigozhin while he was attempting a coup. Putin doesn't care about Russians and the feeling is mutual.
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@sandponics In democracies, unlike Russia you don't have leaders for life.
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@noview4600 Hey more pointless whataboutism. What a surprise. Please explain how this is in any way relevant to countries that are worried bout being annexed by Russia? I guess if countries are worried the big bad US might show up they can form an alliance too, that's a different topic.
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@noview4600 More pointless whataboutism. Like I said to the other guy, why dont you go ahead a list all the countries the US has annexed in the past 100 years.
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@GodwinGodfather You haven't seen the recent videos of Russians being rounded up against their will have you?
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@mikehunt4265 Are the NATO bases in the room with you right now?
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@mikehunt4265 I'm not the one inventing fictional NATO bases.
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@panchopuskas1 Many such cases.
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@wokeaf1337 Russia invaded in 2014
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@wokeaf1337 There was little will in Ukraine to enter NATO back then. Prior to 2014 less then 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO. They thought they could remain neutral to appease Russia, the French and Germans thought the same. They were all wrong.
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@simian_essence 'You' is the other youtube commenters who read his brainless spam. That's what he considers 'teaching'.
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@ailinofaolin8897 All Russia's neighbors seem to keep shelling themselves. Luckily Russia is there to save the day with an invasion.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Must be tough being Russia considering all their neighbors keep shelling themselves. Luckily Russia is always there to save the day with full scale war.
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@fjslfhalfhkdjfh Don't you know Russia's neighbors keep attacking themselves? Luckily they are always there to save the day with a full scale invasion.
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BRICS is an organization with no militaary, economic or trade agreements. It isn't difficult to join a group with no direction or obligations.
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@КонстантинГречко-у7ж Is there a point to spamming this childish comment over and over?
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@mattl2843 Sure, thats why Russia raised the recruitment age and are unironically using T54's
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Technically Canada uses legacy hornets not super hornets. And most of them are barely air worthy. If other countries send F18s though Canada could at least send some for parts.
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How dare this video make me agree with Russell.
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@user1qaz2wsx3edc Sure, here's Russia using cluster bombs agains civilians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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@TheChopf26 yeah sure, everything that doesn't support your arbitrary world view must be a lie right? Multiple polls say the same thing, Trump's going to be in prison soon try not to cry.
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@robertatkins9419 No, according to the Russian federal service for state statistics Rosstat.
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@robertatkins9419 No you aren't. Here's a direct quote from the US DoD. "Of course, this comes on top of the personnel costs, and we estimate at least 315,000 Russian forces have been either killed or wounded in the fight. And you've heard a lot about Russian losses in the Black Sea as well, and since February of 2022, Ukrainian forces have sunk, destroyed, or damaged at least 20 medium to large Russian Federation Navy vessels and one Russian-flagged tanker in the Black Sea." Keep in mind that all western estimates are for the Russian army only, it doesn't include Chechens, PMC's like Wagner, LPR/DPR or penal battalions.
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@kjererrt7804 Russia is press ganging foreign migrants and using penal battalions like its 40k.
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@Dmitrij-nl3sc Now we are onto pointless whataboutery. I can tell you are a deep thinker. Little buddy there are no elections in Ukraine because it is stated in their constitution that no elections will be held during a war. Why do all Putin's political rivals end up in the gulag, exiled or eating a polonium salad?
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The vast majority of Belarussian people voted against Lukashenko in the last election and he refused to give up power. Which led to the largest protests in human history. Then Putin sent in his goon squad to repress Belarussian's and prop up his puppet.
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Huh? 2024 was 27.9% decline. 2023 was 77.54% decline from 2022. And for 2022 was a 44.72% decline from 2021.
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@violetasiii Iran is an autocratic theocracy that clubs women to death if they don't have a hat on.
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@livingtribunal4110 What are you talking about? Have you gone right off the deep end? Or are you saying Russia actually did take the Donbas? I must have missed that news. Or maybe its time you tried to rejoin reality.
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@LucBylemans Which would be the last thing Russia ever did, even Putin isn't that foolish.
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@sergeypetrashov1499 Russia cant even take Kharkiv bud, and its right on the border. If this war has shown the west anything its that Russia is the opposite of ready.
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The root cause of the war is Russian aggression.
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@robertatkins9419 There is no shortage of footage of Russians surrendering. Russia has confirmed lost over 15k armored vehicles this war, all in exchange for marginal gains.
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Putin's a wanted criminal, not many places he can go. Luckily he can beg Iran and North Korea for scraps over the phone.
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@hesedagape6122 Well Russia lost so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@soso4ek743 Zelensky is defending, Its Russia invading. there would be no casualties on either side if Russia went home.
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@anaeusrex2014 watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos
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@luci75d76 Russian state media claimed it would last 3 days. And back in 2014 Putin claimed he could take all of Ukraine in 3 weeks.
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@robertwalker7924 Do you think the US is deliberately hunting airliners?
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@robertwalker7924 Are you under the impression that the US is deliberately taking down airliners?
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@sebastianforbes1 Almost all of which was taken in 2014 or in the early stages of the 2022 attack before Ukraine had mobilized, they've taken next to nothing since.
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@araara4746 The US just banned imports of Russian uranium.
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The pope should worry about dealing with all the kiddie diddlers instead of talking about things he doesn't understand.
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@tedstewart114 Yes he's Putin's old fishing buddy. He's also regarded in Russia as completely inept and corrupt.
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Want to apply this logic to Chechnya?
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Trump called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers" and mocked McCain for getting captured. The man is pure trash, how anyone supports him is incomprehensible.
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@SUPER_HYPER_ULTRA_MEGA_MAGA The latest news is the pontoon bridge has already been taken out. Cry harder.
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@pacivalmuller9333 Which has been a complete failure. It also makes no sense as Belgorod would still be in range of most drones and missiles.
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@pacivalmuller9333 Russia hasn't even reached the Ukrainian defensive lines. You cant bring in the machinery required for defensive emplacements within range of enemy artillery, or you just get shelled. It isn't difficult work that out. All Russia has managed to achieve is being on the receiving end of terrible losses and getting western countries to allow Ukraine to use their weapons on Russian territory.
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@randomserbianguy5677 Maybe Zelensky built his villas out of M113's, did you ever consider that?
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@badluck5647 True, moreover Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements required political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. But the form of these measures is not specified, and Ukraine had already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. What was lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory.
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@flym0 Look at Donetsk and compare it to Mariupol or Bakhmut, or any of the many Ukrainian cities Russia has flattened. Why did Russia destroy Grozny?
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@Robert-xy4xi Yes, the phantom peace agreement that nobody had heard about or said anything about until Putin dug it out of his sock drawer a year and a half after the fact. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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@louise_rose It will be pretty difficult for Trump to win from prison.
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@osanebiuche7476 Yep US lost just like how Russia is going to lose in Ukraine.
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@osanebiuche7476 Russia ran from Afghanistan so fast their whole empire collapsed. get a clue.
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@osanebiuche7476 Russia isn't the USSR but they are their successors, obviously. You can pretend they aren't the same but why does Russia have a spot on the security council? why is the leader ex KGB? why did they inherit all the USSR's treaties? why are a majority of the leadership the same leaders from the Soviet Union, or their decedents? What was the captol of the Soviet Union? The Russian federation is even more inept then the USSR though, they cant even make ball bearings anymore. and Russia has a long history of military humiliation, Russo-Polish war, Russo-Japanese war, Winter war, the first Chechen war (they were getting humiliated in the second one too until Kadyrov sold out) Russia isnt going to nuke anyone, just like they didnt when they lost in Afghanistan and Chechnya, did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didnt. The USSR collapsed primarily because it spent all its money on its military and nothing else, though there were other reasons. Russia collapsed twice in the 20th century, 3 times if you count 1905. They are past due and it wouldn't be surprising to see them collapse again.
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@stevenclark8225 An invasion? From Russia? Russia can't even take the Donbas, and its a half days drive from Moscow. Even if NATO didn't exist the UK would have no problem dealing with whatever inept invasion Russia tried to launch.
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Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves in Pakistan, Ukraine has stopped the self proclaimed world #2 army a few miles across the border.
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@mickal2012 Russian's after they flatten another city in eastern Ukraine where the 'ethnic Russians' supposedly live and press gang a bunch of local guys into the army. "don't worry russophones we're here to protect you."
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It's "Hold me back bro." On a geopolitical level.
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@Airdrifting China isn't exactly well known for their quality craftmanship. China's newest airliner the C919 is made almost entirely with western components. Its the same with almost everything they build.
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@BillC-64 Oh this old canard. Russia began its invasion in 2014, understand? Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and multiple NATO countries were against Ukraine joining NATO. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. Want to know what other country considered joining NATO? Russia, should they invade themselves? This is just a regular old land grab by Russia. You know the same thing they do over and over. Moreover Ukraine is a sovereign state, if they wanted to join any alliance (which they weren't going to prior to Russia's invasion) Its nobodies business but theirs. It would be like Pakistan invading central Asia because they don't like CSTO on their border, its idiotic.
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@PropagandaBurnerV I know reading comprehension isnt your strong suit, get a grown up to explain what annexation means. Iraq wasn't a NATO operation, neither was Syria. who was defending them anyways? Do you really think whataboutism is a good argument? Good job cherry picking one war on the list, not sure if you noticed but there was more than one. Nobody cared about Syria (I said this in my first post, keep working on your reading comprehension, you'll get it!) It was only when they started annexing countries that anybody gave af. The US lost interest in Afghanistan, they occupied them in a few weeks and the Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves. There hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. If after twenty years the ANA weren't able to fight for themselves they never would be able to. If you think Afghanistan was problematic you should talk to Russia, it was only because they allowed coalition logistics to use their airspace and railroads that it was possible. If you want to see what actual defeat in Afghanistan looks like refer to Russia's invasion, they got smoked so hard their whole country collapsed. Its also hysterical having someone who parrots Kremlin talking points call someone else tribalist. I'd say your understanding on these topics is surface level but that would be giving you too much credit. Try reading actual books instead of just tweets, tik toks and RT.
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@PropagandaBurnerV You sure do love building straw men emoji boy. Where did I say I supported Western military action? Stop putting words in my mouth. Do you really think whataboutism is a good argument in favor of Russia invading and annexing its neighboring countries? No thinking human can be this brainless. I'm also not sure where you got the harebrained idea that I was far left, I'd say center right. Though if the modern right these days enjoys bowing down to Putin, Kim and other autocrats as you seem to maybe I need to consider my position more. However I suspect your brand of conservatism is based more in St. Petersburg than anywhere in Canada. Also good job proving you aren't tribalist with your hysterics, so far you've brought up unprompted Biden, MSM, BLM, CNN and NBC. You went right down the checklist of unhinged talking points.
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@PropagandaBurnerV You sure do love building straw men emoji boy. Where did I say I supported Western military action? Stop putting words in my mouth. Do you really think whataboutism is a good argument in favor of Russia invading and annexing its neighboring countries? I'm also not sure where you got the harebrained idea that I was far left, I'd say center right. Though if the modern right these days enjoys bowing down to autocrats as you seem to maybe I need to consider my position more. However I suspect your brand of conservatism is based more in St. Petersburg than anywhere in Canada. Also good job proving you aren't tribalist with your hysterics, so far you've brought up unprompted Biden, MSM, BLM, CNN and NBC. You went right down the checklist of unhinged talking points.
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@markstothard630 Trump supporters don't live in the real world.
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@P4hs lmao, is the US deep state in the room with you right now?
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@Withnail1969 Maybe they should build houses around Challenger's like Russia is doing to its tanks.
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@boink800 Putin will also be there shirtless, riding his favorite horse.
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@a.brekkan4965 Are you simple or something?
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@a.brekkan4965 No I understand basic concepts like context, and how conversations work. Something that apparently isn't your strong suit.
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@stu281 So why is Russia attackig across large parts of the front? Is frontal assaults in broad daylight using Chinese golf carts the way to win attritional warfare Stu?
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@a.brekkan4965 During Ukraine's 'failed' offensive they captured 297.7 square km. In the last eight months Russia has captured roughly 270 square km. Please get a grip.
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@a.brekkan4965 Also your claim that Russia didn't attack in 2023 is make believe nonsense. Russia lost hundreds of armored vehicles trying to take Vulhedar. Plus the battle of Bakhmut, remember Bakhmut? Wagner took so many losses there it broke them and they mutinied. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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@a.brekkan4965 Russia has lost 50% of the territory they once occupied. They also have multiple failed offensives so far this war.
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@a.brekkan4965 Russia lost more men taking Bakhmut than they did in ten years in Afghanistan. We're in year three and Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, its pathetic. Imagine if after three years in Iraq the US was 20km across the Kuwait border and were digging trenches, what a joke.
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@a.brekkan4965 Russia was folded up like laundry at Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson. Izium was the main supply hub in the region, when Russia fled like cowards from there Ukraine capture an absolute mountain of material. Ukraine has won the battle of the black sea with no navy. Are you trying to set the record for most idiotic comments in a single thread?
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@a.brekkan4965 Do you really think trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along? Russia has lost close to 16k armored vehicles, this is what there is photographic evidence of, the real number is much higher. This invasion has been a humiliating disaster for Russia no matter how you try to spin it.
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@a.brekkan4965 I don't believe you, because you have no idea what you are talking about. Wagner was Russia's most successful fighting force. Do you think they wanted to get them destroyed in Bakhmut? Or do you think maybe they wanted to keep using them? Russia took even more losses in Avdiivka (another mid sized town right on the border), according to Russian mil blogger Murz Russia took a minimum of 16k kia. Where did I say the war was over? I think this war will continue for years, check back in two years and Russia still won't be able to take the Donbas.
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@a.brekkan4965 Wagner was Russia's most successful fighting force, if you think they wanted to lose them you are even more of a fool than I thought. Russia lost a minimum of 16k KIA at Avdiivka according to Russian sources. All for another mid sized town right on the border. I don't think this war will be over soon, check back in two years and Russia still won't be able to take the Donbas.
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@danolivier4899 Life has never been better for Russian cannibals.
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@Maria_Russkoe_pole Ironic that supposed anti-gay Putin managed to take one of the gayest pictures in human history. (the horse back one)
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@Cute_nerd Try not to cry ok. Stop posting in public places if you don't want people to respond. Classic Russian attitude, always play the victim.
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@Cute_nerd You were the one crying about me responding to you, remember?
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@Cute_nerd Do you have reading comprehension issues? lets review; you complained I was responding to your comments, I made fun of you for that and then you said you "won't stop doing this". Ok buddy, I don't care what you post, however you should stop crying when people reply to you or you look like a fool, do you understand?
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@Cute_nerd You were the one complaining about me responding to your comments. Go ahead and post whatever nonsense you like, post that Alaska was only leased again despite there being no evidence for it and massive amounts to the contrary. Just don't act surprised when you get called out for it.
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@Cute_nerd I already debunked your Alaska fantasy in this very comment section. You do understand that you can go view the original document online right? You can literally just google 'Alaska purchase original documents.' Do you think they are top secret? The treaty was composed in French and English, with Russian only used in the preamble for an introduction of the Czar and in the closure for signature on his behalf. The excerpt explicitly says “to cede”/“céder”, this cannot be understood as “to lease”. On the next pages, the treaty outlines the geographical boundaries of the territory and establishes ownership of existing property.
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@Cute_nerd At no point did I say I didn't care what you said, you sure like making up stories. I of course love to make fun of people who confidently talk about something they have no understanding of. What I said was you can say whatever you want and I'm going to tease you for it, you were the one complaining about me responding to your comments. That is in this thread, just scroll up if you don't believe me. I have no idea why you are having so much trouble understanding such a simple concept.
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Haven't you guys been saying they have been there all along?
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Oh the peace treaty conspiracy theory. Ukraine didn't trust Russia and decided not to make peace long before Boris arrived.
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@Wordy-jt9uw Were you aware China signed a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you weren't.
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@dns7587 Read the first line genius. 22.6% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing. This is country wide. You can try to spin it however you like but when less than 1 in 5 people have plumbing its an embarrassing disaster for a supposed developed country.
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@dns7587 I already said the source is The source is Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat, can you read? Now you want to change the subject and make it about Ukraine (unsourced btw). This wont magically build toilets in Russia bud. Its 22.6% of Russians that don't have indoor plumbing, not 22.6% of households. Do you understand the difference? Access to a septic system not attached to a central system would be indoor plumbing. Squatting in an outhouse like its the 18th century wouldn't. Like I said you can try to spin it however you like but it wont change reality. Canada and the US are also huge countries and they manage to get most people a toilet. Dry your eyes.
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@dns7587 Rosstat in 2020: 4.9% have no sewage disposal system at all. Not no indoor plumbing, 22.6% have no indoor plumbing. You are changing the topic of discussion and pretending you are winning the argument. Less than half of 1% of Americans don't have indoor plumbing. Whataboutism wont get those toilets built bud.
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@dns7587 Rosstat in 2020: 4.9% have no sewage disposal system at all. Not no indoor plumbing, 22.6% have no indoor plumbing. You are changing the topic of discussion and pretending you are winning the argument. Less than half of 1% of Americans don't have indoor plumbing. Whataboutism wont get those toilets built bud.
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@dns7587 Rosstat in 2020, 4.9% have no sewage system at all. Not no indoor plumbing, 22.6% have no indoor plumbing. You are changing the topic of discussion and pretending you are winning the argument. Less than half of 1% of Americans don't have indoor plumbing. Whataboutism wont solve your problems bud.
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@dns7587 Rosstat in 2020: 4.9% have no sewage disposal system at all. Not no indoor plumbing, 22.6% have no indoor plumbing.
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@dns7587 Less than half of 1% of Americans don't have indoor plumbing. Whataboutism wont get those toilets built bud.
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@dns7587 Less than half of 1% of Americans don't have indoor plumbing. Whataboutism wont fix your plumbing bud.
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@dns7587 Are you being deliberately obtuse, or is this actually how you are? If you have a functioning septic system and running water you have a indoor plumbing. You don't have to be physically connected to some centralized sewer system to have indoor plumbing. I live in a rural area, I have a flushing toilet and hot and cold running water. I have indoor plumbing. Understand?
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@dns7587 You're done twisting statistics to try to fit your narrative? Ok. It takes running water and a septic system to have indoor plumbing. 22% of Russians don't even have that. Access to a central sewage system and indoor plumbing aren't the same thing. Try not to cry.
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@dns7587 No 22% don't have access to indoor plumbing. Indoor plumbing and access to a central sewage system aren't the same thing. You are conflating terms, you need to compare less than 1% of Americans who don't have indoor plumbing with 22% of Russians who don't have access to indoor plumbing.
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@dns7587 9 percent of Russia’s urban population reported lack of access to a sewage system. (which is abysmal btw) And the trend appears to be getting worse. "After access to indoor plumbing gradually climbing to 78 percent in 2017, the latest data indicates that the share of Russian households with indoor plumbing slightly decreased to 77.4 percent in 2018."
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@dns7587 That's almost ten million just in the cities alone. Yikes, can you imagine the smell? Its no wonder Russia has amongst the highest rates of alcoholism on earth.
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@dns7587 Hey do you think the actual objective of the smo is to loot as many toilets as possible to try to close the toilet gap with the west?
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@civviBeats 90% of US aid to Ukraine is spent in the US, its basically direct economic stimulus.
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That's more or less what happened in Korea and Vietnam. There weren't any escalation tantrums.
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@csuporj Should Nato fly missions from friendly air bases instead? That would be the equivalent.
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@vipulgupta You realize the north Vietnamese were receiving support from China and the entire Warsaw pact right? The Soviets provided them with everything short of nukes, you live in an alternate reality.
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@vipulgupta And yes the North Vietnamese invading the South is what happened. No amount of silly emoji spam is going to change reality little buddy.
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Today young vatniks learned about advanced concepts like gravity and inertia.
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@Robert-xy4xi Putin said he could take Kyiv in two weeks, and the three days narrative was all over Russian state media. Or do you really think years of trench attrition was the plan all along?
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@Z5100-k7t Ukraine's air force still flies daily sorties, so no they haven't been destroyed yet. Russia claims to have destroyed north of six hundred fixed wing aircraft, Ukraine at its peak, including all foreign aid had a max of around 170.
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@YUDNSAY “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. "Also, when we returned from Istanbul, Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them and would just fight." Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine and could only give advice. “In fact, they advised us not to agree to Russia’s ephemeral guarantees, which were impossible to give then.” – said David Arakhamia. Accordingly, David Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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@YUDNSAY Just search "did arakhamia say that the deal with russia failed because of boris johnson" I've tried posting the quote but it keeps getting deleted for no good reason.
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@petehowett2854 Hey, its the all caps guy who doesn't understand how to use punctuation. I already told the other guy where he could find it, if you don't have the mental capacity to follow along maybe don't bother.
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@oc5058 That's why Hamas and other hardliners have repeatedly torpedoed any two state negotiations.
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What on earth are you twaddling on about?
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@RayCharles. I'm not American. The difference is the US has an enormous economy and they could pay it off pretty quickly if they wanted to. But debt isn't as big a deal as internet economists make it out to be.
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@RayCharles. since the start of the war USD % of global trade has risen. De-dollarization is a fantasy. Yuan makes up less then 3% of global trade, nobody wants tin pot dictator funny money. The only real contender is the Euro and its way behind the Dollar. Also if the USD wasn't the world reserve currency it wouldn't' effect the US economy, if anything the citizens of the US would be happy because now the dollar wouldn't be artificially inflated and they could become an export country again.
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The last time they attempted to mobilize several million Russians fled the country.
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@gaborrajnai6213 Ukrainian's didn't recklessly dig into the soil in the red forest causing them to inhale radioactive dust.
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@mydixierekt8431 Is the military complex in the room with you right now?
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@mydixierekt8431 seek help
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The dot that Russia spent 10 months and 100k casualties to take.
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Is that what they say on RT?
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@ It's also clear that Russia lacks the strength to even take the Donbas. As of the end of December 2024, Russia occupied 18.14% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Most of that was taken in 2014 or the opening days of 2022. They've taken almost nothin since.
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb A mixture of everything. The children's hospital was hit by a KH-101 guided cruise missile. What difference does it make?
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@chadsimmons6347 Are they going to eat M113's?
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@ International monitors have access to Ukraine's PoW's. They don't in Russia. I'm not sure what part of this is difficult to understand.
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@ And as for the rest of your twaddle feel free to look up the press freedom index.
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@ The UN has access to Russian victims in Russia do they? Nice way of putting it, we are talking about PoW's buddy, do you understand? As per Amnesty International Foreign observers are being allowed unrestricted access to PoW's in Ukraine. They are not granted access in Russia. They have been allowed limited, monitored interviews of Pow's in Russia. This is a fact.
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@ Russian victims in Russia? What are you even trying to say? We are talking about access to PoW's, and no unrestricted access hasn't been granted to international observers as it has in Ukraine.
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@nivek-x8x Just like how they took Kyiv in three days, right? Russia cant even take the Donbas even the middle Nato powers would absolutlely dumpster them.
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@dpelpal Russia does have a navy, its remnants just fled to Cuba to kidnap more Cubans for the front and to get as far away from Ukraine as possible.
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Russian ineptitude is something that will be mocked and laughed at for generations.
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@davenobody407 Just because you make stuff up doesn't mean its real.
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@timothykrause2327 I just can't tell when I'm reading sarcasm anymore.
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@koiguidenishikigoi4972 BRICS is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements.
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What's loosing mean?
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@@rorykinahan Yeah but they took it in a matter of hours.
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@mark-ish At their current pace maybe in a few centuries, I think Russia will likely run out of men first.
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@dalecrocker3213 Shouldn't the Soviet Union have just surrendered? think of all the agony they could have avoided by not fighting. Welcome to the world of zero iq reasoning.
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@dalecrocker3213 Wow you really do have zero iq if you can't even make that basic connection.
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@dalecrocker3213 You really can't make a simple connection?
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@dalecrocker3213 I don't know if you are a history buff or not little buddy, but back in 1941 the Germans actually invaded the Soviet Union. Should they have surrendered so they didn't 'prolong the agony'?
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@dalecrocker3213 Sure thing little buddy.
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@mrvgranfield The US is a democracy, there is regime change in the US every 4-8 years. Putin is dictator for life.
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@dnik1260 “There are no official statistics of how many antiquities were stolen from the Iraqi Museum, and the numbers given are in fact inaccurate and incomplete when looking at the official inventory of the Iraqi Museum’s holdings." Haider Farhan archeology professor at the University of Baghdad and an antiquities expert said. UNESCO stated that it was working with the Iraqi government to recover more than 40,000 artifacts scattered and dispersed around the world, in addition to 30,000 pieces that had already been recovered between 2017 and 2022. That's total numbers though over decades, including the massive amount taken by IS. It was Abdul-Razzaq, who previously served as the director of antiquities in the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar, that said much of the theft was by local crooks and artifact thieves. I already said that the US should have done a better job protecting artifacts and preventing looting. Looting is part of Russian culture, the two aren't comparable.
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@dnik1260 “There are no official statistics of how many antiquities were stolen from the Iraqi Museum, and the numbers given are in fact inaccurate and incomplete when looking at the official inventory of the Iraqi Museum’s holdings." Haider Farhan archeology professor at the University of Baghdad and an antiquities expert said. UNESCO stated that it was working with the Iraqi government to recover more than 40,000 artifacts scattered and dispersed around the world, in addition to 30,000 pieces that had already been recovered between 2017 and 2022. this is the over the decades though, including the huge amount taken by Daesh. It was Abdul-Razzaq, who previously served as the director of antiquities in the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar, that said much of the theft was by local crooks and artifact thieves. I already said that the US should have done a better job protecting artifacts and preventing looting. Looting is part of Russian culture, the two aren't comparable.
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@dnik1260 Do you have reading comprehension issues? Most of that was taken by IS and local criminals. Not the US.
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@dnik1260 What does this brainless post have to do with anything? Did you know Russia has the among highest rates of fetal alcohol syndrome on Earth and alcoholism in general. It is also completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, just like your comment.
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@dnik1260 In Russia its legal to beat your wife. US crime rates are at historic lows, and dropping. In Russia they are giving full pardons to murderers and cannibals.
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@dnik1260 In Russia its legal to abuse your wife. What a joke.
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@dnik1260 Russia is aso notoriously bad at data collection, particularily when the results are inconvenient or embarrassing. For example they were reporting far fewer cases, of C19 than neighboring countries, the second lowest rates in the word after the UAE, despite have lower vaccination rates. Of course this has nothing to do with you making up stats about Iraq, but it seems Russia has the same predilection to falsify data as you.
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@alexsilent5603 Russia doing so good it can't even take the Donbas after 15 months.
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@tomraftery7644 Except the recent bombings were on residential areas. Again.
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@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது Do you think comparing something that happened centuries ago to something happening today is a smart argument or a dumb argument? Why not bring up Russia's historical crimes, in the 20th century they killed 30+ million of their own.
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@mrjerzheel How many S400's to shoot down some fisher price drones heading to the Kremlin?
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are the neocons in the room with you right now?
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@mrjerzheel It's hard to find because it doesn't exist.
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Yanks Bigly wvil Maybe Russia should just give up Belgorod. For the sake of peace 🕊
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@momoz74 Yeah, remember how the US invaded and annexed Cuba and claimed they were never a real country. False equivalencies will only get you so far.
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@elibrod9981 As opposed to loosing? Or do you mean losing? When's that going to happen? Let me guess three days?
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@LXHFIRENKING Just a genocide taking place on their own territory.
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@lg2058 I can provide direct evidence that you are so brainless you can't even figure out how to use google. Here's the first result. From Time Magazine "If I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.” Reuters "If I want to, I can take Kiev in two weeks" You can't really think that years of ww1 style attrition was the plan all along, do you?
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@lg2058 I have direct evidence that you are incapable of using the internet for some reason. How about instead of twaddling about on youtube you figure out how to use google. I'll help you out this one time, here's the first search result. From Time Magazine "If I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.”
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@lg2058 I have direct evidence that you don't understand how to use a search engine. Here is the literal first result from time "If I wanted to, I could take Kiev in two weeks.”
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@sebastianforbes1 "don't you know how to do an internet search ?" Yeah, that's where I learned Putin said he could take Ukraine in two weeks.
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@sebastianforbes1 I'd already done the research genius, he was asking to have his hand held for a simple task. Understand?
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@lg2058 Because anyone can play revisionist history. If the mythical treaty was the reason they withdrew why didn't they say that? Why wait over a year to bring it up?
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@sebastianforbes1 Nobody is reporting Ukrainian losses, except the Russian MoD. They claim to have taken out Ukraine's air force around six times over, they aren't a reliable source.
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@sebastianforbes1 Nobody is counting that except the Russian MoD. It may amaze you to learn they aren't considered a reliable source.
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@lg2058 Good job addressing nothing I said.
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@sebastianforbes1 I did quote it brain wave. I'll copy/paste my post, please try working on your reading comprehension. "In just two weeks time we could take control of Kyiv and do it easily." - Putin 2014
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@lg2058 Even the Kremlin doesn't deny that he said it buddy, they say it was taken out of context. Though they don't explain what the context for "we could take Kyiv in two weeks." could possibly be. Though I'm sure you'll hand wave that away and pretend your own personal head cannon carries more weight than reputable news agencies and the Kremlin says on the topic.
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@lg2058 You sure do love building strawmen. Nobody is denying that negotiations took place. What is being disputed is your baseless claim that Russia withdrew from Kyiv as some sort of gesture of goodwill. And no Arakhamia said the exact opposite of what you are trying to claim, that they didn't talk to Boris Johnson until after Ukraine had already decided against accepting Russia's terms. There is a whole Wikipedia article about the peace negotiations, please at least read that before pretending to be an expert.
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@lg2058 They confirm it by saying it was taken out of context buddy. If they thought it didn't happen they would deny it. I have no idea why you don't check what the official Russian talking points are before you try to spin your own narrative.
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@lg2058 Here's direct from the Wiki on the topic. Russia and Ukraine started peace negotiations the next day after the start of the Russian invasion, on 28 February 2022 in Belarus. Initially, Russia demanded Ukraine's effective capitulation. While the Russian blitzkrieg plan to take Kyiv stalled, a series of further meetings took place. By the end of March 2022, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators were successful in getting their positions closer together. After failing to blitz-takeover Kyiv and Kharkiv, taking heavy casualties and being forced to retreat off Kyiv oblast, Putin, as reported by the US magazine Foreign Affairs, was ready to put the status of Crimea up for discussion. The negotiating teams produced the Istanbul Communiqué, "Key Provisions of the Treaty on Ukraine's Security Guarantees" – a framework of a possible agreement. The treaty would declare Ukraine to be allowed to apply for EU membership and to be a neutral state, put a limit on the size of its military forces, cease NATO membership plans, forbid foreign military bases, and list Russia and Western countries, among which were the US and the UK, as guarantors, obliged to assist Ukraine in case of aggression against it. The status of Crimea would have to be negotiated after 10 to 15 years. Following the discovery of Russian atrocities in Bucha at the beginning of April 2022 and public anger in Ukraine at the atrocities, Zelenskyy called for Russia to be expelled from the United Nations Security Council, but intense work on the treaty continued. Disagreements still present included Ukraine's military forces' size, and Russia's newly raised demand that in the event of an attack, guarantors come to Ukraine's defence "on the basis of a decision agreed to by all guarantor states", thus giving Russia the possibility to veto a military response by the guarantors. Ukraine rejected the demand
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@sebastianforbes1 I also provide that in this thread, please try reading. Or you could also try typing 'Putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks' in a search engine instead of twaddling around in youtube comments.
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@lg2058 Oh so now you believe the quote happened, that's good. What do you think the context for "We could take Kyiv in two weeks." could be? Or maybe you don't think it happened, its difficult to parse out what you are trying to say as you talk in circles. The point is that obviously Putin thought the invasion would be a cake walk, he wouldn't have proceeded as he did if he didn't think so. Or do you really believe that unending attrition warfare was the plan all along?
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@lg2058 According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw support for the rebels, remove it's forces from the Donbas and return control of the occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these, violating Minsk on day one.
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@lg2058 Your false claims about Arakhamia have already been addressed, why am I not surprised you didn't read it. Turkish President Erdoğan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to 4 out of Russia's 6 demands. He claimed Ukraine was prepared to renounce NATO membership and to make Russian Ukraine's second official language. According to Erdoğan Ukraine was not prepared to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea or parts of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts. The negotiating teams produced the Istanbul Communiqué, "Key Provisions of the Treaty on Ukraine's Security Guarantees" – a framework of a possible agreement. The treaty would declare Ukraine to be allowed to apply for EU membership and to be a neutral state, put a limit on the size of its military forces, cease NATO membership plans, forbid foreign military bases, and list Russia and Western countries, among which were the US and the UK, as guarantors, obliged to assist Ukraine in case of aggression against it. The status of Crimea would have to be negotiated after 10 to 15 years. Following the discovery of Russian atrocities in Bucha at the beginning of April 2022 and public anger in Ukraine at the atrocities, Zelenskyy called for Russia to be expelled from the United Nations Security Council, but intense work on the treaty continued. Disagreements still present included Ukraine's military forces' size, and Russia's newly raised demand that in the event of an attack, guarantors come to Ukraine's defence "on the basis of a decision agreed to by all guarantor states", thus giving Russia the possibility to veto a military response by the guarantors. Ukraine rejected the demand
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@lg2058 Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as could reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed, and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. Ukraine had already complied with what is actually specified to the degree it can. What is lacking in Ukraine’s passage of these political measures is not the legislation, but implementation which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory. I know you won't read any of this though and will just hand wave it away and respond with the same tired old debunked talking points you always do.
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@lg2058 I've already refuted your misconceptions about Arakhamia above. Please try reading before posting more nonsense. Though you've already demonstrated you are unable to follow simple conversations so I don't expect much.
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@lg2058 Obviously you haven't read the OSCE reports, which isn't surprising. Here's a preview. It goes on and on like this. For the past four years, this Council has borne witness to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Four years into the fighting, Russia has failed to keep even the most basic of the agreements reached in Minsk. Russia has failed to respect the line of contact, leading incursions since 2014 that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers for its proxies in eastern Ukraine. Russia has failed to respect the ceasefire, making and breaking countless truces. Russia has failed to withdraw heavy weapons, consistently deploying – and firing – them in proscribed areas. And Russia has failed to uphold the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), permitting – if not instructing – its forces to deny, detain, threaten, and even shoot at monitors, their vehicles, and their cameras and drones. Russia’s aggression has cost over 10,300 lives, wounded an estimated 25,000 more, and displaced up to two million people. The United States and over thirty other participating States have further warned that the fighting puts critical infrastructure like the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) in jeopardy, leaving the Donbas at heightened risk for an environmental catastrophe. We are deeply concerned that on May 14, this critical water facility once again came under fire on the same day a bullet passed dangerously close to the head of an SMM monitor. Russia started this conflict and continues to fuel it, so Moscow is ultimately to blame for the humanitarian crisis in the Donbas. However, it is the responsibility of both sides to ensure that the unarmed civilian employees of DFS – as well as the SMM monitors who facilitate their work – are protected. We call on Russia-led forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces to immediately work toward disengagement from the Donetsk Filtration Station and other critical civilian infrastructure sites. Mr. Chair, the Russian Federation continues to arm, train, lead, and fight alongside forces in eastern Ukraine. We remind the Permanent Council that Russia has never accounted for the presence of uniformed Russian soldiers, as reported by the SMM. Russia has never explained the presence of Russian weapon systems that are not, and have never been, a part of Ukraine’s arsenal. As reported by the SMM, these include the TOS-1 Buratino Multiple Launch Rocket System, the Zhytel R-330 jamming station, and the Orlan-10 drone. Nor has Russia ever acknowledged the tens of thousands of persons in military-style dress, whom the OSCE Border Observation Mission has seen cross into Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine. Russia has noted that OSCE observers did not witness members of its armed forces carrying weapons across the border in plain sight, yet Russian soldiers have been observed bearing weapons in the conflict zone. Last week Russia sent yet another so-called “aid convoy” across the border into eastern Ukraine, and continued to deny access to OSCE observers and Ukrainian customs officials to inspect it. If these are humanitarian shipments, as Russia claims, why are SMM monitors not allowed to inspect them? And why are they not coordinated through an international mechanism, as the Minsk agreements stipulate? It’s clear that Russia’s rhetoric is simply an attempt to distract from its lack of compliance with the Minsk agreements.
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@lg2058 Little buddy obviously you didn't read the part where the main sticking points in the negotiations weren't neutrality, Ukraine accepted that part in theory, it was disarmament and security guarantees, in which Russia wanted veto power over Ukraine's defense. So Russia wanted to make it impossible for Ukraine to defend itself in the future, gee I wonder why they didn't accept that.
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@lg2058 Clearly you haven't read the OSCE reports you pretend to know. Here's a taste. Russia has failed to keep even the most basic of the agreements reached in Minsk. Russia has failed to respect the line of contact, leading incursions since 2014 that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers for its proxies in eastern Ukraine. Russia has failed to respect the ceasefire, making and breaking countless truces. Russia has failed to withdraw heavy weapons, consistently deploying – and firing – them in proscribed areas. And Russia has failed to uphold the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), permitting – if not instructing – its forces to deny, detain, threaten, and even shoot at monitors, their vehicles, and their cameras and drones. Russia’s aggression has cost over 10,300 lives, wounded an estimated 25,000 more, and displaced up to two million people.
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@lg2058 Here is a small part of the osce reports you claim matters. It goes on and on like this. Why are you pretending to know something about what you clearly know nothing? "This Council has borne witness to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Four years into the fighting, Russia has failed to keep even the most basic of the agreements reached in Minsk. Russia has failed to respect the line of contact, leading incursions since 2014 that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers for its proxies in eastern Ukraine. Russia has failed to respect the ceasefire, making and breaking countless truces. Russia has failed to withdraw heavy weapons, consistently deploying and firing them in proscribed areas. And Russia has failed to uphold the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission."
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@lg2058 Here's some of the OSCE reports you clearly haven't read but are pretending to be an expert on. "For the past four years, this Council has borne witness to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Four years into the fighting, Russia has failed to keep even the most basic of the agreements reached in Minsk."
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@lg2058 "Russia has failed to respect the line of contact, leading incursions since 2014 that have claimed hundreds of square kilometers for its proxies in eastern Ukraine. Russia has failed to respect the ceasefire, making and breaking countless truces. Russia has failed to withdraw heavy weapons, consistently deploying – and firing – them in proscribed areas. And Russia has failed to uphold the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), permitting – if not instructing – its forces to deny, detain, threaten, and even shoot at monitors, their vehicles, and their cameras and drones. Russia’s aggression has cost over 10,300 lives, wounded an estimated 25,000 more, and displaced up to two million people."
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@lg2058 The OSCE report goes on and on like this. Please stop pretending to know something about what you clearly know nothing.
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@lg2058 Erdoğan stated that Ukraine was ready to agree to 4 out of Russia's 6 demands. He claimed Ukraine was prepared to renounce NATO membership and to make Russian Ukraine's second official language. According to Erdoğan Ukraine was not prepared to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea or parts of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts. The fantasy peace agreement you've invented in your mind has never existed little buddy.
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@lg2058 No amount of quote chimping is going to change reality bud. I've already read what you have to say, you spam the same comment over and over. While you clearly haven't read what I've said, or what anyone else on the topic has to say, you know, the relevant experts you pretend to know more than.
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@trumpforever6706 In 2014 Putin said he could take Ukraine in 2 weeks. Or do you really think trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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@masterqui-gonjinn90 I completely agree. However Putin was fooled by his own propaganda once rather then let it happen again we should be doing all we can to help Ukraine end the threat there.
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@magmegmigmogmug1476 Oryx uses photographic evidence. that's the source. Let me guess photographic evidence isn't good enough for you? Putin himself said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. the 3 days narrative was also all over Russian state media. And in autocracies like Russia the state media doesn't say anything approved by the Kremlin. Or do you think years of WW1 style attrition warfare with terrible losses a few miles across the border was the plan? You also realize Russia has an offensive in progress in the east right? You just dont hear much about it because they've been getting absolutely dumped on. Russia occupied land either before the full scale invasion in 2022 or in the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost over half of the land they once occupied, and they lose more ever day.
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You mean competently? Russia is giving all it has to take Ukraine, fortunately they've proven to be shockingly inept.
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Macgregor was predicting the imminent collapse of Ukraine since the first day of the invasion. Nobody takes the guy seriously.
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@michaeljennings3207 Good job refuting nothing I said little buddy. Macgregor has made $19 million so far badmouthing his country and NATO on Russian RT television and on wacky tv in the USA. Nobody takes Macgregor seriously. He's been proven wrong at every turn so far. The Ukrainians are making him look like Chicken Little by not cooperating with his idiotic Ukraine is Doomed propaganda
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@michaeljennings3207 Sure thing little buddy, he emerges every ten days or so to make an inaccurate prediction about Ukraine's imminent collapse. Check back in next year and you'll still say Ukraine is collapsing and Russia still won't have even taken the Donbas.
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Like when Putin had to fire a massive amount of the FSB when it turned out that they would in fact not be welcomed as liberators in Ukraine.
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The whole reason Putin invaded ws he believed their own propaganda.
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@AntAnt-mr7lc Russia has been saying that since last year. the most recent polls out of the US show that support for sending more weapons to Ukraine is growing.
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what a brainless statement. Its Russia invading Ukraine not the US/NATO, you understand that right?
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@dilonkumar4960 Putin said it would take two weeks. The three days narrative was all over Russian state media though.
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You know you can destroy the missile and the warhead can still be intact right? Or are you suggesting that Russia intentionally targeted those kids?
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@eddastrohmayer251 At about 1/40th a snails pace. Maybe in two or three centuries Russia might even manage to take the Donbas.
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@eddastrohmayer251 Yes it's one of the most idiotic invasions in human history, it wasn't Blackrock that forced Putin to invade Ukraine though.
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@eugeneczerwinskyj3354 That's the only reason he is still around. Shoigu is so dumb he is in no way a threat to Putin.
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Shoigu (who's a reindeer herder by trade) failed upwards from corrupt Minister of Defense to corrupt Secretary of Security. What happened to (former?) Putin ally Patrushev is a mystery, though he's expected to avoid open windows for the foreseeable future.
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@deidresable Do you think Ukraine has been sitting around slack mouthed for the past two years? Ukraine has made more ammunition so far in 2023 then they did before the invasion.
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@deidresable A lot of ammunition has been supplied but no, Ukraine produces its own ammo.
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@deidresable I'm not sure how you jumped to that brainless conclusion. Dont put words in my mouth.
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@dmitryletov8138 If Iran, China and North Korea weren't helping Russia it would not survive.
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@BLMVDV I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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@BLMVDV Why don't you be more specific instead of just posting vague nonsense.
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@mirekslechta7161 This was a reception for Putins double. NATO isn't in Ukraine, you live in a fantasy world bud. Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas. Putin is a wanted criminal in most of the world and the Russian economy is in the sewer. Its time to face reality.
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@ No I'm taking data from people who have spent countless hours counting the equipment in Russian depots. Are you trying to set a record for the most silly comments in a single day or something?
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@Алексей-я5т6э Yes there are some tin pot dictatorships selling Russia weapons at an inflated price.
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You are an armchair warrior who will never get anywhere close to danger.
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I wonder at what point China wants its territory back more than it wants an inept vassal.
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Which one was the Golf war? Did Tiger Woods fight in that one?
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@baldersn4474 There is a big difference between kicking the legs out from under a brutal dictator and invading your neighbor in a cynical land grab.
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@Dave-gy5mv Here you are weeping in another thread. Have you read the bill yet? You should do that before posting any more idiotic comments.
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This data comes from counting tanks in satellite images.
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@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage Putin can't even leave Russia or he'll get arrested. Doesn't stop him from begging Iran and North Korea for scaps though.
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The US started the war when Russia invaded in 2014? Amazing.
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@CGplay186 Only a handful of leaders have ever been officially charged with war crimes or crimes against humanity, though many would likely qualify. You need more than vague accusations to convict someone though, you need serious evidence. A world leader has to do something really idiotic like confessing their crimes on TV like Putin did. Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci is currently being tried, Charles Taylor will spend the rest of his life in prison. The former head of state of Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, faced trial in two separate cases and is currently serving a life sentence. Hissene Habre, former leader of Chad was sentenced to life and died in prison. While he never went to trial Gaddafi did eventually pay the price for his crimes at the hands of his own people.
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@CGplay186 Only a handful of leaders have ever actually been charged with anything despite many likely being guilty. It takes more than vague accusations to make a conviction you need serious evidence. Or they have to do something really thoughtless, like confess their crimes on TV like Putin did.
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@philw2884 Putin is wanted by the ICJ for kidnapping children, what a silly question.
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@AJ-sw8uf op made the statement that Russia was outgunned by nato equipment in Ukraine and were still holding on. and i said yeah amazing what can be accomplished with no regard for human life, implying the russians are taking massive casualties with cannon fodder. ok?
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@PaturRahman-zw7bu Yes, like the civilian children's hospital Russia attacked a few weeks ago.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg sure bud, they lost more troops than they sent there. Maybe one day you'll learn that Russia's MoD isn't a reliable source.
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Russian sources were saying it was perforated by shrapnel.
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Trump is too old, it's basically elderly abuse at this point.
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@sergeikhripun Here's literally the first result when you look up Potts. "In August, Georgian and Russian-language Facebook accounts spread information about the death of an American general. According to Nona Sharabidze’s post, American Major General Anthony Potts was killed in a Russian missile attack on the NATO headquarters in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, and a Russian-speaking Facebook user writes that Potts died in a Russian missile attack on a bunker in Lviv. The information spread on social media about the death of General Potts in Ukraine is not true. In fact, Major General Anthony Potts died in a plane crash in Maryland on July 25, 2023. It's time to rejoin reality little buddy.
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@noahheninger I've already addressed this smooth brained talking point.
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@rickhawkins218 If Putin's sponsors stopped funding them it would also stop.
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@rickhawkins218 Ditto for Russia's sponsors.
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@rickhawkins218 Who cares? What does that have to do with anything being discussed here? Brics is an organization with no military, economic or trade agreements. It's not difficult to join a group with no obligations or direction.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Are you counting farm equipment as Leopards again? Leopard 2A4: (1, destroyed) (1, damaged) Leopard 2A6: (1, destroyed) (1, abandoned) (2, abandoned) (3, damaged and abandoned) I know you dont like Oryx though because it doesn't validate your arbitrary world view.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You said "over a dozen Leopard tanks confirmed destroyed." Do you think 2 and 'over a dozen' are the same thing? my source says literally 2 tanks confirmed destroyed, I already know reading comprehension isn't your strong suit but apparently math isn't either, even if all of those were destroyed (they aren't) it still only adds up to 9.
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@StPiter111 You can't buy big macs in Russia anymore buddy, McDonalds left. Inflation is much higher in Russia than any western country, despite a16% interest rate that makes any sort of commercial loan impossible. Gazprom just posted its first loss in decades, hydrocarbon revenue has fallen off over 60% since the start of the war, and that ws before Ukraine started taking out all their refineries. The Ruble is next to worthless and would have fallen off the chart completely if not for strict monetary controls that involved selling off foreign reserves to prop it up. Are you talking about the nuclear ice breaker that just caught fire in Murmansk?
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@randylee8334 It was Trump who told the house and senate to shoot down the border bill.
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@ahmadmaulana2163 Russia cant even take the Donbas.
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@ericp1139 Huh? Mosul was between the ISF and ISIS. The ISF had Mosul surrounded in abut 6 days btw.
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@jordan3405 Afghanistan was given back to the Afghans, they lost it to the Taliban.
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@ahmadmaulana2163 Their SMO is going great yeah. Everyone knows when you invade a country you want to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends an hour across the border.
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@Writeous0ne Can you geolocate a therapist? Because you need help. So geolocated photographic evidence isn't good enough for you, yet you provide no counter evidence, just say 'I don't like it'. Let me guess you accept Russian figures at face value. Bend over backwards to deny the truth all you want but it wont change reality bud.
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@Writeous0ne Oryx has double counted in some cases and then quickly corrected themselves when they discovered their error. Its natural to make mistakes when you are counting tens of thousands of destroyed vehicles. To date like it or not Russia has confirmed lost over 14 000 armored vehicles. though the real number is much higher than that as many vehicles wont be photographed. And as I said Oryx aren't the only ones counting losses, there are several and they all roughly agree on the figures. Dry your eyes. You keep spamming the word objective over and over, sorry but no. Rejecting clear evidence because it doesn't fit your narrative isn't 'objective' its just idiotic. enjoy living in your world of make believe.
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@Writeous0ne Sure photographic evidence isn't reliable. Your analogy of a lion in your yard is frankly moronic. Like I said losses are around 3-1 in favor of Ukraine. That was prior to Russia's disastrous winter offensive. Losses around Avdiivka have been around 20-1 in favor of Ukraine. Ukraine doesn't have to win a war of attrition, they just have to outlast Russia. Afghanistan and the Chechens had much less than Ukraine and they both defeated Russia.
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@Writeous0ne Oryx’s methodology is to only include losses that have been geolocated by photo or video. Forbes has called Oryx "the most reliable source in the conflict so far", calling its services "outstanding". Because it reports only visually confirmed losses, Forbes claimed that Oryx's tallies of equipment losses have formed absolute minimum baselines for loss estimates. Ground news: we've assigned a high factuality rating. Ratings are assigned by aggregating scores from Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check. But you know better than everyone else. Get over yourself. Moreover as I've said multiple times its more than just Oryx. There are multiple organizations counting losses, warmonitor is another. THEY ALL AGREE. But that's not enough for you because you think you can geolocate a lion to your backyard and have multiple independent organizations confirm the data. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@Writeous0ne Why do that when I have the opinion of an enlightened genius right here, master of objective thought who knows better than every one else, just ask him. Luckily we dont need photographic evidence anymore we can just ask you.
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@PeterPete Russia is advancing at about 1/40th the speed of a snail. I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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@PeterPete Across open fields. It took them ten years to take Avdiivka, taking more casualties than they did during ten years in Afghanistan in the process. Ukraine has taken more land in Russia this week than Russia has in the past nine months in Ukraine. I admire your three days to Kyiv energy though.
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@PeterPete Russia began it's invasion in 2014, this isn't top secret. Russia has lost thousands of armored vehicles taking Avdiivka and the push afterwards, per photographic evidence. Also per photographic evidence Ukraine's losses in Kursk are low double digit. I never said you said anythng about three days, just that I admire your silly misplaced optimism. Putin did say he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks though, and the three days narrative was all over Russia 1 TV, which is owned by who again? Check back in a year and you'll still be talking about how Russia is on the verge of taking Prokrovsk.
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@PeterPete Little buddy, Russian forces have been in the Donbas and besieging Avdiivka since 2014. According to Russian mil blogger Murz they lost a minimum of 16k kia taking Avdiiva. Also per photographic evidence Ukraine's vehicle losses in Kursk are low double digit. Russia's response seems to be to send in ad hoc convoys to get HIMARS'd or droned into oblivion. I never said you said anything about three days, just that I admire your silly misplaced optimism. Vlad himself did say he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks though, and the three days narrative was all over Russia 1 TV, which is owned by who again? Check back in six months and and you'll still be talking about how they are on the verge of taking Prokrovsk.
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@PeterPete They've been in the Donbas and besieging Avdiivka sine 2014. According to Russian mil blogger Murz they lost a minimum of 16k kia taking Avdiiva. Also per photographic evidence Ukraine's vehicle losses in Kursk are low double digit. Russia's response seems to be to send in ad hoc convoys to get HIMARS'd or droned into oblivion.
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@PeterPete I never said you said anything about three days, just that I admire your silly misplaced optimism. Putin himself did say he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks though, and the three days narrative was all over Russia 1 TV, which is owned by who again? Check back in six months and and you'll still be talking about how they are on the verge of taking Prokrovsk.
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@PeterPete Sure any day now little buddy. 2.5 years of hearing the Ukrainians are on the brink of collapse, maybe this time will be true, right?
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@PeterPete Two and a half years saying the same thing, surely this time their collapse is imminent right? Though you are the guy who thinks China is going to join in so it's not a surprise you are so deluded.
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@PeterPete Almost three years of saying Ukraine is on the brink of collapse, this time it has to be real right?
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@PeterPete Though you are the guy who thinks China will join in so it's not difficult to understand how deluded you are.
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@PeterPete Yeah what's happening is Ukraine has taken more territory in the past week than Russia has in the past nine months. Ukraine also took thousands of pow's all for minimal losses. Russia loses dozens of armored vehicles and hundreds of personnel for every empty corn field.
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@PeterPete Spamming the same silly comment over and over won't make your imagined reality become real little buddy.
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@PeterPete I already told you what's happening on the front line little buddy. Ukraine captured more than Russia has all year in a week with minimal losses while Russia continues to take catastrophic casualties for every foresters hut it takes. What Russia has is a salient smaller than the one the Ukrainians made in the south last year, one that must be widened in order to be of any use, and made over a longer period of time than Ukraine took. Let me guess you consider Ukraine's offensive last year a failure but Russia's a success, for some reason.
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@PeterPete At no point did I deny they were. It will be many months before they have any chance of taking it, that's after incurring massive casualties of course. And thinking they will have 'free movement all the way to the Dnieper" is probably one of the most idiotic statements I've ever heard. Right up there with thinking China is going to join in.
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@PeterPete At no point did I deny they were, it will be many months before they have a chance at taking it, at best. Incurring terrible losses in the process of course. And saying "the Russians have free movement all the way to the Dnieper." Is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever heard, right up ther with thinking China is going to join in.
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@PeterPete At no point did I deny they were, it will be many months before they have a chance at taking it, at best. Incurring terrible losses in the process of course.
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@PeterPete And saying "the Russians have free movement all the way to the Dnieper." Is one of the silliest statements I've ever heard, right up there with thinking China is going to join in.
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@PeterPete Sure thing little buddy, and then it's three days to Kyiv.
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@PeterPete Some serious three days energy there little buddy. But hey maybe if you copy/paste the same silly comment enough your dreams will come true.
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@scp049leplaguedocter3 China is genociding the Muslims in Xinjiang.
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@annle9671 BRICS isn't a military alliance. Or a economic one for that matter, there are no trade agreements or treaties of any sort. Its an organization with no obligations. Basically useless. India is in BRICS and they hate China.
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Peskov just announced that it is unacceptable for Russia.
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@seancidy6008 Aside from his meme coin rug pull Trump hasn't had a successful business in his life.
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Apparently Russia wants to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@Matt-yg8ub They are fighting a country with no navy and the hold all the advantages and are still somehow losing the battle. Also passage is possible between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Russia just sticks around because they are a glutton for punishment I guess. Its not just the Black Sea Fleet though. the Admiral Kuznetsov spends more time on fire in drydock than it does at sea and the Kirov is a monument to failure. Not to mention what happened to the Kursk. The Russian navy has been a disaster for as long as anyone can remember. Read about the Battle of Tsushima and all the calamity that lead up to it, not much has changed since then.
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@TheKkpop1 China is the land of shortcuts and facades. I'll leave you to research why China's patent surge doesn't mean much, you can start with 'strategic patenting' but here's a snippet. Most recently, Eberhardt, Helmers et al. (2017), first employing quantitative analysis based on representative firm-level data from SIPO and USPTO between 1985 and 2006, revealed that the patent surge at SIPO was driven by factors other than underlying innovative behavior, including government subsidies that directly encouraged patent filings. Different from the study by Hu and Jefferson (2009) using aggregated patent data, they differentiated between the three types of patents and focused on invention patents that represented for more novelty and inventiveness. Hu, Zhang et al. (2017) further confirmed that the correlation between patents and innovative factor, R&D, has become weaker, especially for utility models, which denoted that the patent surge was driven by non-innovation related motives. Using a more update dataset from 2007 to 2011, they justified the government policy incentive hypothesis. Meanwhile, they manifested that most of the patent growth came from firms that were not active in applying for patents in the past. They also left space for further research on other non-innovative motivations that played a part in propelling the patent boom. What’s more, there have been controversies on the relationship between the quality and quantity of Chinese patents during the patent surge. Li (2012)’s empirical examination based on the ratio of patent grants to applications also implied that the patent surge was not followed by lowered patent application quality. However, this implication was soon confuted by other scholars. Zhang and Chen (2012) estimated a lower value of patents requested by domestic applicants than foreign applicants. After assessing the quality of Chinese patent filings in EPO, Thoma (2013) provided support for the “strategic patenting” hypothesis on the lower value and quality of Chinese patents. Dang and Motohashi (2015) demonstrated that grant-contingent patent subsidies unintentionally encouraged applicants to file for patents with a narrow claim scope to increase the chance of grants, which resulted in lower economic value. Boeing and Mueller (2016) found an over-time quality decrease for Chinese Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications by international comparison, and they found evidence for a negative correlation between patent quality and patent subsidies as well. To sum up, a patent surge is not always a reflection of increases in true innovation
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@totoshaebosha7983 I was replying to the person saying something about how the US was a colonial power and I was pointing out that Russia was the same. Are you simple or something?
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@hillbillyintheasia6122 Sure sure, they just happened to catch a charge right after the Kinzhal's abysmal failure at taking out the patriot battery. Pure coincedence.
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One of Biden's first acts as president was to try to get the coronavirus pandemic under control by passing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The White House sent Americans in the low-to-medium income range a $1,400 payment to help fund basic necessities like rent and groceries. Biden also extended a $300 a week federal unemployment benefit for some 9.7 million people out of work at the time, temporarily expanded the child tax credit program, allotted $7.25 billion for small business loans and $128 billion in grants for state educational agencies. Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law in November 2021 that will repair the nation's roads, bridges and railways, bring high-speed internet to rural communities and more. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes: $284 billion for transportation needs, which includes repairing bridges and roadways, public transit and airports, electric vehicles and low emission public transportation; $65 billion for broadband internet; $73 billion for power infrastructure; and $55 billion for clean drinking water. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 passed in August, which allocated roughly $53 billion in federal funding to manufacture semiconductor chips in the U.S. instead of relying on China to produce them. According to the White House, the bill will "boost American semiconductor research, development, and production, ensuring U.S. leadership in the technology that forms the foundation of everything from automobiles to household appliances to defense systems." Biden worked to pass the Build Back Better Act, a massive social spending bill to the tune of nearly $2 trillion. It included many promises Biden made on the 2020 campaign trail, such as major health care reform, universal pre-kindergarten and paid family leave, $550 billion dedicated to combatting climate change and more, paid for in part by increased taxes for corporations and the uber rich. That original piece of legislature stalled, but after months of negotiations, resurfaced under a different name; the Inflation Reduction Act. The package also includes: $369 billion for a climate initiative to reduce greenhouse emissions and promote lean energy technologies. $300 billion in new revenue through a corporate tax increase. $80 billion for the Internal Revenue Service to hire new agents, modernize its technology, audit the wealthy and more. A $2,000 annual cap for out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for those insured by Medicare.
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@bonnie7898 He's a conspiracy theorist, he posts this nonsense all over the place. Next he'll be talking about how bigfoot came down from his UFO to kidnap Ukrainian toddlers to the front to serve their illuminati overlords.
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@willrobinson9767 China's only ally on paper is Pakistan. Russia's only allies are CSTO countries who's attitude towards Russia ranges from indifferent to hostile and who exactly are NK's allies?
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It all get spent in the US bud, Ukraine gets old weapons and the US buys new replacements. Its basically direct economic stimulus. Also the people who voted against the bill aren't exactly the type who would vote in favor of helping the homeless.
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That other general got taken out recently was out for a run.
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@sunnyboner676 Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose their European monopoly on energy.
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@sunnyboner676 For starters there was no promise regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much. Moreover Ukraine was neutral when Russia invaded in 2014, rapprochement with NATO didn't start until 2019, 5 years after Russia's invasion. even then the chances of Ukraine joining NATO due to their circumstances was around zero. This is just a regular old land grab for resources. Trump also talked about nuking hurricanes, why are you quoting that stable genius as if it means anything. The US didn't import any oil from Syria prior to the war and they don't import any now, same with Iraq for that matter. Keep you conspiracy theories to yourself.
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@ The aid they halted has already been given to Ukraine, it only affects the FMF program which has already been fully used up by Ukraine. Military aid is not effected. The Pentagon and Rubio have confirmed this.
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@ I take it you have reading comprehension problems.
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@niblet112 Both Rubio and the DoD confirm Ukraine aid isn’t impacted. Try not to cry ok.
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@ Both Rubio and the DoD confirm Ukraine aid isn’t impacted. So dry your eyes ok.
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@ Both Rubio and the DoD confirm Ukraine aid isn’t impacted. Don't let it get you down though bud.
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@niblet112 Both Rubio and the Pentagon confirm Ukraine aid isn’t impacted. If you want to live in an alternate reality though thats fine.
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@ The Pentagon and Rubio say otherwise. Feel free to keep dreaming though.
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@ Cope however you like bud, Rubio is the one who gave the order that you are unable to understand, he confirmed this doesn't effect Ukraine aid. Try not to cry ok.
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@ For the third time, because you don't seem to be able to understand. This only effects FMF funding, which Ukraine has already received. This doesn't change military funding, Rubio and the Pentagon confirm this, so did Zelensky. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzzy inside though.
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@josephkerrigan733 Ask Katie Johnson.
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@josephkerrigan733 Read the Epstein files.
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@josephkerrigan733 Why not look her up instead of asking idiotic questions?
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@josephkerrigan733 Sorry, I didn't realize google was difficult to use. Are there other simple tasks you need your hand held for?
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@josephkerrigan733 Ah I understand you are so brainless you can't even use google. Stay off the internet bud or you'll just embarrass yourself further.
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@josephkerrigan733 Ah I understand, you are an invalid who doesn't know how to use the internet for some reason. Go ask your caretaker for help so you don't make silly posts in the future.
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@josephkerrigan733 Little buddy are you trying to set the record for most consecutive idiotic posts in a single thread? Just look her up instead of acting like a fool.
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@josephkerrigan733 Do you really not understand how to use the internet? I hope you get the help you need bud.
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@josephkerrigan733 Buddy all you have to do is learn how to use google. You'll figure it out some day.
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@josephkerrigan733 I'll even give you a hint, type "Katie Johnson Trump" into the search bar. Try your best!
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@josephkerrigan733 I'll even give you a hint, type 'katie johnson trump' into the search bar. Do your best.
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@josephkerrigan733 I'll even give you a hint how it works, just type her name in the search-bar. It's simple, even you can do it.
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@josephkerrigan733 It's easy, I'll even give you a hint, just search her name.
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@josephkerrigan733 No because I learned how to use google. Keep trying your best bud.
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@josephkerrigan733 Instead of posting all the idiotic comments here you could have searched her name a dozen times by now.
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@ertugrulserdar5572 Sadam killed about as many Iraqi's over the same period, that's excluding the Iran war.
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“I’ve been around for a long time and it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans." - Trump Who's the RINO? Trump is a compulsive liar who will act in the manner he thinks will get him elected. He has no values.
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@Alien_isolationist Except in the areas Russia is losing ground. Zoom the map out bud, it hasn't changed in over two years when Ukraine liberated half the territory Russia occupied.
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@Alien_isolationist Thanks for proving my point for me. A small town right on the border that cost Russia more losses in four months then it took in ten years in Afghanistan, according to Russian sources. And you guys act like you just occupied Berlin or something, everything according to plan, right?
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@fillosof66689 Nobody is worried about France invading Canada to rescue ethnic Francophones.
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Yeah, remember when the US invaded and annexed Cuba and Canada and said they were never real countries. Try using your head.
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@S-North Yeah Harris has a five point lead at least, in every poll with the exception of useless online bot boosted polls.
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@S-North Harris has a 5 or 6 point lead in literally every poll bud.
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@LoadingRetroGames You're hilarous little buddy, come back to reality.
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@jean-marcsalotti999 did you know China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet you didn't.
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@marcusaetius9309 There are videos of Russia snatching up foreign workers off the streets. What do you think about penal battalions and full pardons for cannibals? Thats happening in Russia.
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@margelatu79 Ukraine sunk a quarter of the Black Sea fleet and the remnants hide in ports as far from Ukraine as possible.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Trump claims magnets don’t work underwater. Trump likes to brag that he’s “like, a really smart person,” often citing his MIT professor-uncle as proof that scientific brilliance is in his genes. But it seems Uncle John forgot to cover the basics properties of magnets. “Think of it, magnets,” Trump said at a January 2024 rally in Mason City, Iowa. “Now all I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets.” Fact check: It is not.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Trump repeatedly demanded to know 'the Oranges of the Meuller Investigation'. And my personal favorite "Russia and Saudi Arabia reepeedoo, ahhh." These are the tip of the iceberg. He could silence a bunch of criticisms if he just released his medical history like Harris did, but he never will. Just like his taxes, which he claimed he will release it's always just two weeks away.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Why on earth are you bringing up Biden? Biden isn't running for president, you understand that right? Both guys are way too old for president but only one is running. Nobody wants an Alzheimer's patient filling his diaper in the White House. Its very common to be very tired and end up waffling and talking drivel if you have dementia yes. I've never been so tired I fogot how magnets work, or what tariffs are. These handful of examples are the tip of the Trump iceberg, its every rally he says something to humiliate himself.
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@dogpoofairy2517 What I regret is starting a conversation with one of the few people who is even more brain damaged than trump.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Why on earth are you bringing up Biden? He isn't running for president, you understand that right? Both guys are way too old for president but only one is running. Nobody wants someone with alzheimers filling his diaper in the White House. Its very common to be very tired and end up waffling and talking drivel if you are sun downing yes. I've never been so tired I fogot how magnets work, or what tariffs are. These handful of examples are the tip of the Trump iceberg, its every rally he says something completely idiotic. His last rally he went on about Arnold Palmers wiener, the one before that he fell asleep and the one before that he spent 40 minutes swaying to music in a daze.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Why on earth are you bringing up Biden? He isn't running for president, you understand that right? Both guys are way too old for president but only one is running. Nobody wants someone with alzheimers in the White House.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Its very common to be very tired and end up waffling and talking drivel if you are sun downing yes. I've never been so tired I forgot how magnets work, or what tariffs are. These handful of examples are the tip of the iceberg, its every rally he says something foolish or incomprehensible. His last rally he went on about Arnold Palmers package, the one before that he fell asleep and the one before that he spent 40 minutes swaying to music in a daze. And the one before that he left the Bloomberg interview early because the interviewer clearly demonstrated that he still has no idea what tariffs are.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Look up Epstein, Trump partied with him for decades.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Look up Jean Carrol and Katie Johnson and tell me that Trump is a nice person. Look up who his best bud was for decades (you know the guy with the island)
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@dogpoofairy2517 Trump is a convicted felon buddy. You can look up who his best friend for decades was. Hint: it was that guy with the island.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Harris was never border Czar, Biden asked Harris to lead diplomatic efforts to reduce poverty, violence and corruption in Central America's Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as engage with Mexico on the issue. She had nothing to do with the border. Ten seconds looking this up you could learn this instead of spamming debunked talking points. It was the Republicans, under Trumps direction, who torpedoed the toughest border legislation in this countries history.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Biden asked Harris to lead diplomatic efforts to reduce poverty, violence and corruption in Central America's Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as engage with Mexico on the issue. She was never to border czar. It was the Republicans who torpedoed the border legislation.
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@dogpoofairy2517 It was the republicans, under Trumps direction, that sunk the toughest border bill in the countries history buddy. Also Harris was never the border Czar, it takes ten seconds to look that up, but then you'd have to take a break from regurgitating long debunked talking points.
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful wmen as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” - Donald Trump
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful wmn as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” - Donald Trump
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@dogpoofairy2517 “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautifl wmn as much as I do, and many of them are on the youngr side.” - Donald Trump
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@dogpoofairy2517 Did you look up how Trump likes them young yet?
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@dogpoofairy2517 Little buddy, all trump has to do is release his medical records to remove all doubt. We all have our goofs but consistently odd behavior is a symptom of frontotemporal dementia (the same condition his father had). this is a degenerative disease that impairs cognitive function. Here are some symptoms he has. Slurring words, struggling to find the correct words, incoherent ideas and detachment from reality, an inability to complete simple sentences. Other symptoms he has include impaired motor function, including a wavering limb and decreased balance, often accompanied by a signature lean, or arched stance. All of these Trump has. Remember this is a degenerative disease, it will only get worse. Please come back to reality buddy.
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@dogpoofairy2517 Here are the symptoms of frontotemporal dementia that he has, the same condition his father had. Slurred words, difficulty finding the correct word, detachment from reality and incoherent ideas, inability to complete sentences, impaired motor function, decreased balance, arched stance.
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@Kinghllngshd641 Iran is worried about fighting the true enemy, women who have their head uncovered.
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According to the Russian MoD, the same guys who've claimed they've destroyed the Ukrainian air force six times over.
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@PixellMate Russia claims to have destroyed somewhere north of 600 Ukrainian fixed wing aircraft. Including all foreign aid Ukraine had a maximum 170 fixed wing aircraft. So yes, it's the Russian MoD making the claim.
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@sajid1979 Israel has tried multiple times for a cease fire, Hamas keeps rejecting it.
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@yves3560 So you think if Ukraine had nuclear weapons that Russia would still have invaded them?
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@themanwiththegoldengun1998 Are you on glue? The Baghdad government claimed there were 2,248 civilian casualties in Desert Storm. Other estimates range from 1000-3000, come back to reality bud.
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@valevisa8429 There were three uprisings and two total collapses during the 20th century. There has already been one large mutiny so far this war.
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@jamesgornall5731 You think Russia cares about international law? That's adorable. Putin, Shoigu and Gerasimov all have charges pending at the ICC.
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@jamesgornall5731 Russia doesn't care about international law. Which is why Putin, Shoigu and Gerasimov all are wanted by the ICC.
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@jamesgornall5731 your reply was deleted bud, want to try again?
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@augustuskelley4170 T54's were developed in 1945 and Russia has been unironically using them.
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@КошкинКошкин Do you need a source saying water is wet? They do it for literally every weapons system. Here's the Russian cycle. 1. Say there will be grave consequences if system is sent. 2. Claim the system has already been destroyed. 3. The System arrives in Ukraine. 4. Russia claims western weapons are bad so its no big deal.
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@КошкинКошкин UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia dismissed claims that modern Western weapons supplied to Ukraine can lead it to victory as “empty fantasies,” insisting Thursday that the Russian army is destroying Ukraine’s old and new weapons and will “finish” the war as President Vladimir Putin vowed.
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@КошкинКошкин Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, called Thursday’s meeting to discuss threats to peace caused by foreign governments supplying arms and military goods to Ukraine. He told the council that the consequences of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his “entourage” saying that Western weapons and “so-called wonder warfare” will change the course of the six-month conflict and bring Ukraine victory is “very lamentable for Ukraine.”
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@orkboyz9523 Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, I wont hold my breath.
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@thalentekhuluse2829 10 months and 100k casualties to take a mid sized town a few miles across the border, amazing display.
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@mrjerzheel Two Himars have been damaged in three years. There is no evidence of any Patriots being destroyed. Ukraine wants more because the handful they have isn't enough to protect a country the size of Ukraine.
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@@Hez_Goldberger Martial law is pretty normal when your much larger neighbor tries to invade.
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@davidhogg8952 Only Uralvagonzavod makes tanks, the other one makes IFV's.
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@panzerblitz2140 My mistake, it's literally impossible to distinguish parody from actual Russian comments these days.
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Bill Gates isn't running for president.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Yes, Ukraine existed geographically close to Russia and they wanted to conquer them. Thus the trap was set.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s There is zero evidence for this conspiracy theory. Losses of these systems is also in single digit.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Yes I have GPS on my phone brainwave. You can also access high quality commercial satellites for cash. No amount of personal insults is going to change reality buddy. You don't need to access American spy satellites in order to use their weapons.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Yes I have GPS on my phone brainiac. Any person can also get access to high quality commercial images.
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@pumpkin1911 As Trump famously said "Saudia Arabia and Russia repeedoo...aahhhhh."
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Russia needs to worry about defending its own border.
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@ragingmonk6080 Rapprochement with NATO wasn't put into the Ukrainian constitution until 2019, five years after Russia's invasion. Its time to rejoin reality bud.
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@ @Matt-yg8ub It was Russia who kicked Ukraine out, remember? They had a lot of practice though they had kicked the Tartars out previously.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Then apparently your reading comprehension needs improvement. He would try to justify the Ukraine invasion then turn around and deny he ever did such a thing. Like we cant just go back and read his comments. Please provide an example where I twisted his words or attributed words to him he never said.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Last I checked Russia was the successor state of the Soviet Union, so just like they like to take credit for the triumphs of the USSR they must take responsibility for its crimes. The Russians were the enforcers of the Soviet Union, without their support Stalin's crimes wouldn't have been possible.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Moreover if you want to say that Russia is only responsible for what the Russian Federation has done since its formation in 1991 this 1. erases all of Russia's claims on Ukraine and its main pretext for invasion and 2. Ignores that there is still no shortage of crimes the RF has committed.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj I'm still waiting for some examples of how I Twisted what @ragingmonk6080 wrote and attributed words to him he never said.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj No examples? I thought it would be easy considering I "twisted almost everything he wrote." Or are you just here to make idiotic comments with your fellow travelers? "Durr almost all the local population stayed put." Except for all the ones that didn't. Most people in the Sudetenland stayed put (because that's where they lived) and didn't put up a fight. Are you going to try to justify Mr. Moustache's actions next next? He was just trying to save the poor oppressed Germans after all, exact same reasoning as Putin.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Your first interaction with me was to accuse me of something I didn't do, some might consider that rude. When asked to provide an example you run away. You cant answer the question I asked because you made it up. Don't make idiotic comments if you don't want people calling you on it. I find your support of Putin and Russian aggression to be offensive. Your Facebook research has taught you a lot I'm sure. Your knowledge on the subject is surface level at best. In another thread you praised Putin for being the first one to call Bush on 911 ignoring the bounty he later placed on US forces in the region. You also said the US was so powerful they didn't need help ignoring that they are the only country in NATO who have invoked article 5, which seems to indicate that they do in fact need help. You even engage in some whataboutism for good measure, invoking Iraq and Afghanistan for some reason. One of the great lessons we learned in the previous century was that appeasement is the path to greater conflict, a world war later and most people with half a brain learned this lesson. You unfortunately have failed to learn this lesson. All of Putin's reasoning for his aggressive expansion are the exact same a certain Austrian painter in the 30's used, another fact lost on you. In this thread you tried to justify Russia's previous genocide in Crimea saying it had nothing to do with them. Sorry this is wrong, you don't get to absolve yourself of your crimes by changing the government. Stalin is revered in Russia, there are statues of him all over. How many statues of the painter are in Germany? You try to justify Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea ignoring that 1. the same justification was used by that painter and 2. there are no shortage of countries that have claims just as strong or stronger on Russian territory, including; China, Japan, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Mongolia. Among others. I hope you can get over your delicate sensibilities and do some actual research. And in the future don't accuse people of things that aren't true then run away when asked for an example. Some people may find this rude.
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Hey another pointless post that addresses nothing. Not surprising from an account created in Jun 4, 2023 that does nothing but spam Russian propaganda. What's the weather like in St. Petersburg bot? Is it fun pretending to be American?
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@SkyDiver-wd5oj Anymore pointless posts that address nothing from an account created Jun 4, 2023 that does nothing but spam Russian talking points? Is it fun pretending to be American?
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@lg2058 Is NATO in the room with you right now? Do you really think posting a quote from Zelensky from after Russia's 2014 invasion proves anything? And calling Ukraine's government extremist is silly, what are they doing, trying to invade and annex sovereign states? Come back to reality bud.
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@lg2058 Yes it's what happens when you run out of things to say, like you cleary have. As does bringing up false equivalencies. If the US had invaded and annexed Cuba your comment would make sense, instead you just look like a deranged fool. Also Cuba can ally with whomever they like, but what could Cuba have to gain these days from allying with Russia. The US, unlike Russia doesn't have recent a history if invading and annexing their neighbors. And Russia doesn't have the wherewithal to take the Donbas, never mind defend Cuba from anything. And your bizarre obsession with Ukrainian neutrality, that was still intact up until Russia's 2014 invasion. No sorry idle talk isn't a breach of neutrality, and even if it was Russia signed the Budapest memorandum, which guaranteed it would respect Ukraine's sovereignty. Maybe you should look up what the word sovereignty means, it doesn't mean a country can do what it likes, unless Russia disapproves.
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@lg2058 Yeah what changed was Ukraine was no longer willing to be Russia's client state, which Russia found unacceptable so they invaded. The US leases Guantanamo bay, the main difference is nobody is invading and trying to annex Cuba. you really don't know how to use your head, do you?
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@lg2058 Sovereignty is something that is always respected, not just as long as you do whatever we say, under threat of invasion. Russia respected Ukraine's sovereignty until it didn't. That's called not respecting their sovereignty.
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@lg2058 In your mind sovereignty is something that exists as long as a country does whatever Russia says. That isn't sovereignty little buddy.
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@lg2058 Once again you bring out your brainless false equivalency. For starters it was you who brought up Russia leasing Sevastopol harbor as if that was some clear sign of Russia respecting Ukraine's sovereignty, which is a laughable notion. If the US ever invades and annexes Cuba your example might make sense. The US confronted the Soviets, not the Cubans. Do you really think the US cares who Cuba allies with? Russia just sent over its tug-boat flotilla, nobody cares. I'm not sure what part of that you don't understand. Moreover even if your baseless assertions about Cuba were true (they aren't) the US didn't sign any treaties promising to respect their sovereignty like Russia did with Ukraine. Russia violated two treaties the Budapest memorandum and the Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty. Not including the volation of the UN charter. Furthermore the entire premise is just pointless whataboutism, even if the US was as bad as you like to pretend it has nothing to do with Russia's invasion. And despite your claims, Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was zero. That's not my opinion that's the literal rules of the alliance. Even if it wasn't it is no business of Russia's. Even Putin himself said in the Tucker interview the invasion wasn't because of NATO. Rapprochement with NATO wasn't put into Ukraine's constitution until 2019, five years after Russia's invasion. I know you have difficulty with complex concepts like context and cause and effect though.
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@lg2058 For starters it was you who brought up Russia leasing Sevastopol harbor as if that was some clear sign of Russia respecting Ukraine's sovereignty, which is a laughable notion. Once again you bring out your silly false equivalency. If the US ever annexes Cuba your example might make sense. The US confronted the Soviets, not the Cubans. Do you really think the US cares who Cuba allies with? Russia just sent over its tug-boat flotilla, nobody cares. I'm not sure what part of that you don't understand. Moreover even if your baseless assertions about Cuba were true (they aren't) the US didn't sign any treaties promising to respect their sovereignty like Russia did with Ukraine. Russia violated two treaties the Budapest memorandum and the Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty. Not including the violation of the UN charter. Furthermore the entire premise is just pointless whataboutism, even if the US was as bad as you like to pretend it has nothing to do with Russia's invasion.
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@lg2058 Russia would have included Ukrainian neutrality as part of the Budapest memorandum if they considered it a deal breaker. Please stop inventing scenario's in your head.
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@lg2058 You are the one pretending you can read Putin's mind buddy, which must be exhausting considering how often he changes his mind and lies. You are also rewriting history. Nobody cares who Cuba is allied with. The US, in the context of the Cold War, was opposed to MRBMs and IRBMs being installed in Cuba. So they confronted the Soviets, they didn't annex Cuba. I have no idea why you can't get that through your head. Prior to Russia's 2014 invasion there were no western weapons in Ukraine. Even after there were only in very limited quanitity until after 2022.
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@lg2058 This is also the ninth time that post Soviet Russia has invaded foreign states. NATO and Russia have engaged in joint military exercises little buddy, another fact you seem to be unaware of. Maybe Russia should invade themselves.
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@lg2058 Buddy you haven't had a single relevant argument yet. Your posts boil down to whataboutery and saying if Russia doesn't like something it is somehow fine for them the invade. Literally everything you've said is the same line of reasoning that Germany gave in the 1930's.
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@lg2058 " It’s officially entering into the military alliance and placing military contingent/infra (and subsequently missiles) that’s the issue." So the issue was something that didn't happen? There was nothing in Ukraine prior to 2014 and they only received minor aid that amounted to some trainers before Russia's full scale 2022 invasion. For the fiftieth time, Ukraine was neutral prior to Russia's invasion, no amount of screeching about Cuba or Ukraine's declaration of independence will change reality. Russia also used to train with NATO. This is the problem with inventing history, nobody will take you seriously.
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@lg2058 Are you incapable of reading? It was Putin that rejected the treaty, not Ukraine because Putin demanded Ukraine disarm and recognize the occupied territories as Russian. Withdrawal of Russian forces was NEVER on the table.
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@lg2058 The only time Russian withdrawal was discussed was the Minsk agreement. Guess what, Russia didn't withdraw its forces. Nor did they remove support for the rebels and return control of the Donbas to Ukraine, which they were treaty bound to do.
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@lg2058 Wrong again buddy, how about a direct quote, instead of baseless assertions. Russia did sign the Minsk agreement where it promised to withdraw its forces but failed to do so. Russia's demands at the start of the invasion included recognition of Russia's annexation of Crimea, recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic as independent states, as well as "demilitarization" and "denazification" of Ukraine but did not clearly specify meaning of these postulates. This is historical fact. It was Zelensky that demanded the withdrawal of all Russian forces as part of his ten point peace plan, which Russia refused. Russia refused to withdraw its forces at both the Minsk an Istanbul talks. You have no idea what you are talking about. And Ukraine was never in NATO, nor did they have any chance of joining, you seem to not be able to understand that.
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@lg2058 And like I already said prior to Istanbul Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion in Minsk. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory." This is another historical fact that you just handwaved away.
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@lg2058 If you knw anything you'd kow that Arakhamia said they spoke to Johnson AFTER they'd already made their decision.
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@lg2058 You still don't seem to understand that no deal with Russia can be taken seriously as they routinely violate signed treaties whenever it suites them. “They were hoping almost to the end to put pressure on us to sign such a document and accept neutrality. It was a big deal for them. They were ready to end the war if we, like Finland once did, would accept neutrality and pledge not to join NATO. In fact, that was the main point. All the rest are cosmetic and political “additions” to denazification, the Russian-speaking population, and blah blah blah…” Arakhamia said. To the journalist’s question why Ukraine did not agree to this point, Arakhamia answered that there was no trust in the Russians. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. Arakhamia also denied the fact that the Ukrainian delegation was ready to sign the document and Boris Johnson stopped them. According to his own words, the Western partners were informed about the negotiations and had seen the draft versions of the agreement, but they did not make decisions on behalf of Ukraine and could only give advice. “In fact, they advised us not to agree to Russia’s ephemeral guarantees, which were impossible to give then.” – said David Arakhamia. Accordingly, David Arakhamia did not say that Ukraine was ready to sign a document promising peace in exchange for neutrality. Arakhamia’s interview reveals that Ukraine was not going to sign the document even before receiving Boris Johnson’s advice, therefore, it is manipulative to claim that the Russia-Ukraine agreement failed because of Boris Johnson or that Ukraine made the decision because of his position.
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@lg2058 Basically as far as I can tell you believe that any country can invade any other country as long as they want them to be neutral. Which is absolutely idiotic, it also ignores that prior to 2014 Ukraine was neutral despite all your screeching.
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@lg2058 Diplomacy is impossible with a compulsive liar like Putin who changes his position every year and breaks treaties on a whim. Ask Dudayev what negotiations with Russia gets you. On 21 April 1996, while using a satellite phone, Dudayev was eliminated by two laser-guided missiles, after his location was detected by a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, which intercepted his phone call. At the time, Dudayev was talking to Konstantin Borovoy, a deputy of the State Duma in Moscow.
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@lg2058 It's impossible to engage in diplomacy with a compulsive liar like Putin, who changes his opinions monthly and breaks treaties on a whim. Ask the ex Chechen president what negotiations with Russia gets you. while using a satellite phone, Dudayev was taken out by the Russian air force, after his location was detected by a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, which intercepted his phone call. At the time, Dudayev was talking to Konstantin Borovoy, a deputy of the State Duma in Moscow.
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@celiovicenteribeirofilho9740 True.
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@lg2058 The US didn't sign a treaty promising not to use economic coercion against China, like Russia did with Ukraine. A fact that continually ignore.
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@lg2058 I was responding to your comment to the other guy. Try not to cry ok. Russia's broken treaties with the Chechens and Ukrainians is relevant no matter how many tears you shed.
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@lg2058 I never said all nine were land grabs, just four. Transnistria, Georgia, Chechnya and Ukraine. And of course you have no idea what treaty I'm talking about, you have no idea about anything.
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@lg2058 From the Budapest memorandum. (though you said Russia was justified in breaking it because of hand waving.) Note there is nothing in there about Ukrainian neutrality. I await your tantrum. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act). Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used". Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.
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@lg2058 Russia also violated the reaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The 2003 Treaty on the Russian-Ukrainian State Border, and the Minsk agreement.
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@lg2058 Some more treaties Russia violated: UN Charter; UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Corpus of conventions governing the laws and customs of war; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. CSCE Final Act 1975; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Statute of the Council of Europe.”
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@lg2058 You are just mind reading Russian leaders and pretending you know what they think. You are the one making assumption, not the signatories of the Budapest memorandum. Please provide one historic source or statement that says the Budapest memorandum was contingent on Ukrainian neutrality and I'll eat crow. Lets stick to historic facts shall we, not scenarios you've invented in your mind. If Russia was so set on Ukrainian neutrality they would have included it in the treaty, they didn't. Ukraine didn't become independent from Russia little buddy, Russia had already left the SSR when Ukraine did. The declaration of independence was voted on by Ukrainian parliament, it can be amended by Ukrainian parliament, Russia gets no say on the matter.
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@lg2058 You are just mind reading Russian leaders and pretending you know what they think. You are the one making assumption, not the signatories of the Budapest memorandum. Please provide one historic source or statement that says the Budapest memorandum was contingent on Ukrainian neutrality and I'll eat crow. Lets stick to historic facts shall we, not scenarios you've invented in your mind. If Russia was so set on Ukrainian neutrality they would have included it in the treaty, they didn't. Ukraine didn't become independent from Russia, Russia had already left the Soviet Union when Ukraine did. The declaration of independence was voted on by Ukrainian parliament, it can be amended by Ukrainian parliament, Russia gets no say on the matter.
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@lg2058 You are just mind reading Russian leaders and pretending you know what they think. You are the one making assumption, not the signatories of the Budapest memorandum. Please provide one historic source or statement that says the Budapest memorandum was contingent on Ukrainian neutrality and I'll eat my shoe. I've already provided quotes from Putin that prove the opposite. He wasn't concerned with Ukrainian neutrality when he said in 2004 they could join NATO, he certainly didn't think it was a violation of the Budapest memorandum. He wasn't concerned with it later when he said they could join the EU. Of course he went back on both positions because he's compulsive liar, but thats to be expected.
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@lg2058 You are using telepathy on Russian leaders and pretending you know what they think. You are the one making assumption, not the signatories of the Budapest memorandum. Please provide one historic source or statement that says the Budapest memorandum was contingent on Ukrainian neutrality and I'll eat my shoe.
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@lg2058 Please provide one historic source or statement that says the Budapest memorandum was contingent on Ukrainian neutrality and I'll be eating crow. You are just inventing scenarios in your mind. I've already provided quotes from Putin that prove the opposite. He wasn't concerned with Ukrainian neutrality when he said in 2004 they could join NATO, he certainly didn't think it was a violation of the Budapest memorandum. He wasn't concerned with it later when he said they could join the EU. Of course he went back on both positions because he's compulsive liar, but thats to be expected.
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@lg2058 Yes no need to call it an invasion its just security concerns, this isn't a war its just an SMO. Another absolutely idiotic statement.
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@lg2058 Yes when the Germans took the Sudetenland and invaded Poland and the SSR they claimed they had security concerns.
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@lg2058 Yes the Germans said they had security concerns as a pretext to taking Europe. Autocrats are always the victim.
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@lg2058 I'm guessing you'll disappear forever now since you can't provide any sources or statements outside of your imagination that support your claim. Nor can you provide any that refute the fact that Putin's statements prove that he certainly didn't think Ukraine was violating the Budapest memorandum.
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@lg2058 Why not just save yourself the embarrassment and say you have no source. 2002 or 2004, it makes no difference. At no point did he think Ukraine joining NATO somehow voided the Budapest memorandum. Putin being fine with Ukraine joining NATO but also being opposed to NATO expansion makes zero sense, you understand that right? It should be very easy to find a source that claims otherwise but you can't because you don't have a leg to stand on. Your Budapest memorandum fantasy you've made up in your head is much like your NATO delusions, Gorbachev himself said there was no promise not to expand NATO. "The topic of 'NATO expansion' was never discussed; it was not raised in those years. I am saying this with a full sense of responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country brought up the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact had ceased to exist in 1991,"
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@lg2058 2002 or 2004, it makes no difference. At no point did he think Ukraine joining NATO somehow voided the Budapest memorandum, please provide a source where that was claimed. Putin being fine with Ukraine joining NATO but also being opposed to NATO expansion makes zero sense, you understand that right? It should be very easy to find a source that claims Ukraine somehow voided the Budapest memorandum, but you can't because these dreams exist only in your mind. The Budapest memorandum fantasy you've made up in your head is much like your NATO delusions, Gorbachev himself said there was no promise not to expand NATO. "The topic of 'NATO expansion' was never discussed; it was not raised in those years. I am saying this with a full sense of responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country brought up the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact had ceased to exist in 1991." You should talk about your delusions with a therapist instead of making a fool of yourself on the internet.
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@lg2058 And I'm not sure how often this needs to be stated but neutrality was never the sole item on a proposal that Russia accepted. It was always that along with demilitarization and denazification, whatever that means, and recognition of the LPR and DPR as sovereign states. Among other concessions. Which is the same as handing the whole country over to Russia, considering how Russia regularly violates treaties whenever it suites them. Including; the Budapest memorandum, the Minsk agreements, the Ukraine-Russia friendship treaty, the Khasavyurt Accord and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations treaty. Among others.
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@lg2058 Why would I be eating crow, you completely failed to provide a source that says Ukraine somehow voided the Budapest memorandum, which is what I asked for. You realize Putin being fine with Ukraine joining NATO and also opposed to NATO expansion makes no sense. What do you think the word expansion means? You also don't know what the word sovereignty means, so its no surprise you don't understand other basic definitions. Now instead of twaddling about please provide a source that says that Ukraine somehow voided the Budapest memorandum that exists outside of your mind.
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@lg2058 Why not just say you have no source for the scenario's you've invented in your head instead of posting another embarrassing diatribe?
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@lg2058 So you have no source for your nonsense aside from your imagination. Got it.
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@lg2058 It should be very easy to find a source of anyone saying the Budapest memorandum was somehow voided by Ukraine's actions. You cant find that source because it's something you invented.
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@lg2058 Little buddy, all you have to do is provide a source claiming Ukraine violated the Budapest memorandum, but for some reason you can't even manage that.
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@lg2058 The source is the Budapest morandum itself which says Russia will respect Ukraines sovereignty. Not that it will respect their sovereignty until they do something they don't like.
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@lg2058 So the leader of the SSR, the Soviet Foreign minister and American diplomats in the room all agree there was never any promise regarding Nato expansion. But for some reason you feel you know better than every one else.
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@lg2058 Ok so I've provided a source, now I await your source on how Ukraine somehow voided the Budapest memorandum, please this time try something you haven't just conjured up in your dreams.
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@lg2058 Here is the actual verbage of the relevant parts of the memorandum that russia violated. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
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@lg2058 Note where it says "Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty." There are no caveats attached. You say Ukrainian neutrality is implied but that is something that comes from your imagination. You offer Russia's aggression as some sort of proof of this, which is absurd. I could just as easily say that Russia's aggression implies that Putin is a deranged megalomaniac who wants to restore the USSR. See how that works? And there is a lot more evidence for my inference than there is yours.
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@lg2058 A random comment that some guy made in passing and was never mentioned again only constitutes a promise in the mind of the most terminaly deranged. Again, the Soviets would have got it in writing if such a promise was made. Please provide the name of this phantom treaty. It also doesn't erase all the testimony of all the people in the room, including the leader of the SSR, his foreign minister and multiple diplomats who claim there was no promise. Sorry reality doesn't conform to your arbitrary world view.
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@lg2058 The Budapest memorandum explicitly states Russia will respect Ukraine's sovereignty. "So still waiting for your evidence stating that Ukraine is free to do things dangerous to Russia, and still claim that Russia must abide by the Budapest memo no matter what." I'm not sure a human being has ever written a more idiotic sentence, which is amazing considering what you've been writing so far in this thread. It's clearly stated in the treaty that Russia signed that they would, no amount of tantrums on your end will change that. Nobody was threatening Russia little buddy, there were no Nato bases or installations in Ukraine, nor were there plans to place any there, there was no path forward for Ukraine to join the alliance. Russia had just extended its lease in Sevastopol until the 2040's. You live in a fantasy world.
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@lg2058 "Using a little bit of brain will reveal that at the time these discussions were taking place, USSR was still in place and there was nowhere for Nato to expand." Exactly. The context of this quote is about Grman reunification, it has nothing to do with Nato expansion. There are still no Nato forces in East Germny as per the Reunification treaty. Thank you for proving my point for me
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@lg2058 Except Ukraine wasn't a newly adopted member. Again thanks for proving my point for me. you've decided that this isn't a war of aggression, you haven't established anything aside from your own delusions.
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@lg2058 In response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of eastern Ukraine in 2014, NATO suspended practical cooperation with Russia, while maintaining political and military dialogue. They deployed four battlegroups to the Baltic States and Poland in 2016. Before Russia's aggressive actions in 2014, there was no deployment of combat-ready NATO troops in the eastern part of the Alliance.
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@lg2058 Are there any more out of context quotes you'd like to offer up for me to dubunk? Either about Nato expansion or the Budapest memorandum? Your hilarious quote from Zelensky which was nine years after Russia's initial invasion aside.
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@lg2058 You also ignore the fact that the US alone doesn't have the authority to make any promises on Nato's behalf. Clinton said as much when Yeltsin wanted him to make that promise. It's of course irrelevant because your quote is out of context and has nothing to do with Nato expansion.
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@lg2058 So now that we've established that you have no clue what you are talking about please provide a source saying Ukraine somehow voided the Budapest memorandum. Putin certainly didn't think so when he said Ukraine could join Nato, or he would have said something like; "Sure they can join but that would violate the Budapest memorandum." But he didn't say that, neither did anyone else. This fantasy exists only in your troubled mind.
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@lg2058 They were talking about reunification, and to date there are no NATO bases in east Germny, per the reunification treaty. Or do you think Gorbachev was worried that NATO would somehow magically expand into the still existent Warsaw pact? Why do you think Yeltsin was trying to get Clinton to agree to not expand NATO if such a promise was thought to have been made already?
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@lg2058 I'm sure if Russia knew how much trouble they would have with Ukraine they would have went with Kazakhstan first, if you believed Russian rhetoric. Putin implied that Kazakhstan never existed as a state before 1991. by stating that its first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, “created a state on territory where there had never been a state” A month after the invasion, another Duma deputy, Sergei Savostyanov, offered to expand the ongoing “denazification and demilitarization operation” in Ukraine to include Kazakhstan, among other post-Soviet states. A month after this incident, Russian television host on state TV, Keosyan, accused Kazakhstan of “ungratefulness” and threatened the country, calling for it “to look at Ukraine” in response to the country’s decision to cancel the annual parade commemorating the Soviet Union’s victory in the World War II. Russia’s former president and deputy chair of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, designated Kazakhstan as an “artificial state” built on the territory gifted by Russia. Medvedev further blamed Astana for implementing policies that “could be classified as genocide of [ethnic] Russians”
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@lg2058 I'm not asking you to tell me why you think Putin was fine with Ukraine joining Nato, please try reading carefully. I'm asking why Putin didn't raise any objections regarding Ukraine violating either the Budapest Memorandum or its declaration of independence when he said it was fine for them to join. It should be very easy for you to do since you consider it so obvious.
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@lg2058 Once again, Cuba remained allied with Russia until the end of the cold war with 40k Soviet troops stationed there, including nuclear tipped anti ship missiles. This disproves your entire point. Moreover the US didn't sign a treaty to respect Cuba's sovereignty like Russia did with Ukraine. Now you'll respond with b-b-but Ukraine's declaration of independence. Provide a single quote from any Russian official that stated Ukraine was violating either their declaration of independence or the Budapest memorandum. You can't, this is something that comes from your own imagination.
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@lg2058 Once again. The quote you provide is regarding reunification. Nato expansion wasn't on the table in 1989. Are there any more out of context quotes you need more help with?
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@lg2058 This is the problem trying to debate history when you have a surface level understanding at best. You have the leader of the SSR, his foreign minister, several diplomats all saying you are wrong. But because you have an out of context quote that is talking about something else entirely you are unable to accept that you are wrong. I'm sure you know more than the leader of the Soviet union on the topic buddy.
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@lg2058 Please provide a quote.
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@lg2058 Armenia and Kazakhstan were both in CSTO and you are patting Russia on the back for not invading their supposed allies. So Russia won't invade you as long as you are their ally, how generous of them, definitely not expansionist. Don't be fooled by their past and present actions and their aggressive rhetoric. All the times they've broken off pieces of countries to be integrated into Russia was just because of security concerns, just like another country in the 30's and 40's. Putin said Russia has no borders, and there is a statue of him dressed up as Octavian in St. Petersburg, no big deal. I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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@lg2058 You are just restating the same nonsense over and over, nobody cares about your opinion of Nato in 2002, or why you think nobody cared enough to mention why Ukraine was violating the Budapest memorandum or it declaration of independence. Provide a quote of Putin saying Ukraine in any way voided the Budapest memorandum an its declaration of independence. Just saying so doesn't prove anything, that's just giving your opinion, I already know your silly opinion.
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@lg2058 Russia did have full scale military bases in Cuba buddy, including nuclear anti ship missiles, you have reading comprehension issues. The US wanted Russia to remove its MRBM's from Cuba, so they confronted the Soviets directly, they didn't invade and annex Cuba. Do you understand the difference? There are no US nuclear weapons anywhere in eastern Europe or northern Anatolia. Just like was agreed upon, Putin's baseless paranoia is not a good excuse for invasion.
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@lg2058 In the Tucker interview Putin said Nato had nothing to do with his invasion, it was all about "demilitarization" and "denazification". Whatever that means. And because Ukraine isn't a real country "beause in the year 870 Rurik crossed the sea...."
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@lg2058 "the west promised “not one inch to the east” Yes not one inch to the east in regarding the reunification treaty. The US promised there would be no bases in east Germny and there still are none there. The SSR was still intact when that Baker quote you provided was made. Do you really think the Soviets were worried about Ukraine joining Nato while it was part of the USSR? Absolutely brainless. It's like if the US was worried about Kansas joining the Warsaw pact, it makes zero sense buddy.
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@lg2058 And as has already been stated the US doesn't have the authority to make any deal for the entirety of the alliance, it takes a unanimous vote to make such promises. This is why Yeltsin was tryinig to get an actual promise from Clinton regarding Nato expansion, Clinton said the exact same thing that I did, he was unable to make a promise for the entire alliance. It also proves tat Yeltsin understood there was no such promise in place. But yeah you know more than the leader of the USSR, his foreign minister, all the diplomats in the room and the previous president's of the US and the Russian Federation. Try to get your hubris in check please.
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@lg2058 “not only for the Soviet Union but for other European countries as well it is important to have guarantees that if the United States keeps its presence in Germany within the framework of NATO, not an inch of NATO’s present military jurisdiction will spread in an eastern direction.” Yes exactly, IN GERMANY. See? This is regarding bases in east Germany. Truly amazing you still think you now more than the US and Russian Federation presidents, the leader of the USSR and all the diplomats in the room, their foreign ministers. Nobody was talking about Nato expansion in 1989. The SSR wasn't worried about itself joining Nato. Try using your brain.
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@lg2058 Russia had just signed an extension on their lease in Sevastapol until the 2040's buddy, nobody was kicking them out. Do you really think Russia's facilities in Cuba aren't known about? Aside from an entire mech battalion and supporting infantry and staff for it there was a Soviet Supply Base in the Port of Havana, a Soviet Radar and SIGINT Station at Lourdes, and they operated part of San Antonio de los Baños Airfield. These had nothing to do with the Cuban missile crisis.
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@lg2058 Yes Gorbachev, Bush, their foreign ministers, Yeltsin, Clinton and all the diplomats in the room disagree with you. but a quote you are taking out of context in 1989 talking about east Germany you think somehow proves your point. The Soviet Union was super concerned that they might accidentally join Nato at any moment. Truly big brain reasoning.
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@lg2058 Russia signed the extension right before they invaded in 2014. Russian bases in Cuba is common knowledge. Your lack of knowledge about basic historic events isn't surprising at all.
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@lg2058 It was called the Kharkiv pact. Please do some basic research before posting foolish comments.
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@lg2058 The talks started in '89 buddy. They were talking about not putting NATO bases in east Germany, which to this day there aren't. The USSR and the Warsaw pact were still intact, the Soviets weren't concerned that they themselves were suddenly and inexplicably going to join Nato. Why was Yeltsin trying get Clinton to promise to to expand Nato if such a promise already existed? Why was there never a treaty ever drawn up? (actually there was a treaty drawn up, it's called the reunification treaty and the US still abides by it, there is nothing about Nato expansion in it)
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@lg2058 Yes Russia signed a lease extension and invaded anyways because they are aggressive and expansionist. Doesn't take a genius to figure these things out.
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@lg2058 The talks started in '89 buddy. They were talking about not putting NATO bases in east Germany, which to this day there aren't. The USSR and the Warsaw pact were still intact, the Soviets weren't concerned that they themselves were suddenly and inexplicably going to join Nato.
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@lg2058 Why was Yeltsin trying get Clinton to promise not to expand Nato if such a promise already existed? Why was there never a treaty ever drawn up? Actually there was a treaty drawn up, it's called the reunification treaty and the US still abides by it, there is nothing about Nato expansion in it. There was however mention of Nato bases in East Germany, which was the entire premise of the talks.
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@lg2058 Yes Russia signed a lease extension and invaded anyways, almost like they are expansionist. They can't be though because (checks notes) you said so. You've been bleating all this time how Russia was about to lose it's base in Sevastopol, but as you can see that isn't the case.
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@lg2058 Yeah the Cuban's weren't very happy about the continued Russian military presence after the missiles were removed. Though there was a warming in relations after Cuba pivoted towards China and Russia moved a bunch of anti aircraft missiles they had previously rejected. They also aren't very happy about the American presence in Guantanamo Bay. That doesn't change the fact that they are there.
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@lg2058 The Soviet Union in '89-90 "Gee I hope Nato promises not to expand so I don't accidentally join it." Literally nobody expected the Soviet Union to collapse, it was a shock to the entire world. This is pure revisionist history. It shouldn't be hard for you to cite what treaty you are trying to refer to.
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@lg2058 Several developments in 1989 and 1990, collectively termed Die Wende and the Peaceful Revolution, led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the SED party in East Germany (GDR). In a 9 February 1990 conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev held in Moscow, US Secretary of State James Baker argued in favor of holding the Two-Plus-Four talks. According to Moscow as well as Baker's notes, the famous "not one inch eastward" promise about NATO's eastward expansion was made during this conversation. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany. Its time to rejoin reality buddy. You don't know better than all the parties involved. This is from an actual treaty "on the final settlement with respect to Germany." The part about NATO staying out of East Germany is an actual part of the treaty. The treaty you think exists is only in your mind.
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@lg2058 You understand there is an actual treaty that came out of the talks right? It was called "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany." Please at least go read the wiki article before you pretend to be an expert. Here is an excerpt. "In a 9 February 1990... Gorbachev held in Moscow, US Secretary of State James Baker argued in favor of holding the Two-Plus-Four talks. According to Moscow as well as Baker's notes, the famous "not one inch eastward" promise about NATO's eastward expansion was made during this conversation. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany. There is no treaty for whatever fantasy you've dreamed up.
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@lg2058 Here's another excerpt. I await your post regarding the phantom treaty that exits only in your mind. "The interpretation of a comment allegedly made by US Secretary of State, James Baker, to the effect that NATO would expand "not one inch eastward" in a unified Germany, as applying instead to Eastern Europe; neither has such a provision been included in the treaty, nor any of the parties has proposed or demanded its inclusion, and neither a recording nor written minutes of Baker's comment exist. In 2014, Gorbachev said that the assurance only pertained to East Germany, and that the resulting agreement was upheld by Nato. His main aide in these negotiations, Eduard Shevardnadze, likewise agreed that Nato never made any such commitment regarding other countries in Eastern Europe, and that "the question never came up" in the talks on German reunification. That is presumably because all of the countries in question were still in the Warsaw Pact at the time and hosted large Soviet garrisons."
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@lg2058 There have been widespread violent independence movements since Russia expanded beyond Muskovy buddy, this proves nothing. And despite what you think events moved very quickly, nobody expected the entire house of cards to fall. Well anyways, have you at least read the article on "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany" It should clear up many of your misconceptions.
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@lg2058 Pick apart whatever you like Buddy, you can think you know better than the leader of the SSR, his foreign secretary, the diplomats in the room, the later presidents of the US and RF, the actual treaty that came from the talks, plus all the historians who have examined the situation that's fine. Just dont' expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@lg2058 I'm going to assume you didn't read the wiki on the "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany," Please do that before posting anymore foolish comments. Your commentary is worthless, you understand that right? The only opinions that matter are the ones from the people in the room, who all disagree with you. I realize you think you know better than literally everyone, but have some self awareness.
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@lg2058 I'm going to assume you didn't read the article on the "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany" please do so before you post anymore embarrassing comments. I'm sorry but you don't know more than literally everyone who was there.
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@lg2058 Little buddy you are the one taking a position contrary to everyone involved. Your commentary is worth nothing, I'll take the word of experts and the people in the room over you, random youtube guy.
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@lg2058 The thing is we DO have a treaty, its called "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany" There is no treaty for the fantasy scenario you've invented with your imagination.
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@lg2058 "we’ve already established that judicially it’s next to impossible to provide a formal treaty, including countries which have not yet appeared on the map." Only in your mind would it have been impossible for a treaty to say "nobody east of Germany can join Nato". In reality such a clause would have been easy to implement if the parties agreed to it. But they didn't, what they agreed to was what was put in the treaty. Which included no Nato bases in East Germany. Which to this day there still aren't. But please continue to think you know better than all the parties involved (including the heads of state) and the relevant experts, its funnier that way.
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@lg2058 Little buddy it's not my reasoning skills, its literally everyone involved that disagrees with you, including the heads of state. Plus the content of the treaty that resulted from the talks. You are the one offering your own opinion based on nothing.
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@lg2058 For the fifth time, its not my interpretation, you are the one offering your own opinion based on nothing but your imagination. It is the interpretation of everyone involved in the talks, including Gorbachev and his right hand man. The context of the quote you keep bringing up was from the talks regarding the reunifications treaty buddy, you can read the treaty if you want to know what that quote and the talks led to. Or you can look up what the people in the room said, including the leader of the SSR. You are a nobody your opinion is meaningless, I'll take the the people involved over your senseless commentary.
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@lg2058 The reunification treaty is the context of the quote you keep bringing up. Feel free to study some basic history instead of offering your own opinion as fact. I'll believe the leader of the Soviet Union and his foreign minister along with the diplomats in the room who all say you are wrong.
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@lg2058 Lol my misguided facts are backed up by literally everyone in the room including Gorbachev. Come back down to earth buddy.
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@lg2058 The fictional treaty that would have included NATO non expansion would have been signed by NATO countries little buddy. "don't expand east of Germany" would have been the clause. Countries in the Warsaw pact wouldn't have to sign anything. None of your personal commentary refutes the fact that everyone there disagrees with you. Please provide the Sachs quote where he says NATO promised not to expand.
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@lg2058 "But I have proven to you the utter absurdity of interpreting the “not one inch eastward” ITS NOT MY INTERPRETATION. IT IS THE INTERPRETATION OF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, INCLUDING THE HEADS OF STATE ALONG WITH THE CONTESTS OF THE TREATY THAT WAS SIGNED AS A RESULT OF THE TALKS. I have no idea what is difficult about this for you to understand. You are the one offering your own interpretation, one that is not backed up by anyone there.
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@lg2058 I'll repost this because apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Note: this is from the wiki article on the "Treaty on the final settlement with respect to Germany." This is not my personal interpretation. "According to Moscow as well as Baker's notes, the famous "not one inch eastward" promise about NATO's eastward expansion was made during this conversation. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany"
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@natasa8266 Dont worry Russia's handlers, aka China will tell Russia what to do.
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Yeah in another decade Russia might even manage to take the Donbas. All for a few million more losses, no big deal.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Russia expected to be greeted with a parade.
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@mattcannon8467 Yes the peoples militia, with Russian heavy equipment and Wagner support, that just happened to coincide with Russia's ivasion of Crimea. I have a bridge you might be interested in. Everything you said is contradicted by Girkin and Prigozhin. There was no separatist movement until Russia sent its forces in. You can read the OSCE's report if you want an actual account of what happened. Germany took the Sudatenland without any shots fired, it was still an invasion.
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@gfys756 Do you think twitter and real life are the same?
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@gfys756 Do you have a source for that? Source: trust me bro.
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@Discodave007licencedtothrill. Take your meds.
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Countries don't collapse overnight. The USSR was showing signs for a decade before it fell apart.
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@et2709 Manchuria is Chinas historically. It's a fact.
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@Jonnaberg You an pretend cameras don't exist if you want but we've all seen what Russia is doing to the Ukrainians.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 First of all yes there is footage of Russia firing off artillery from inside cities. Second of all those are Russians fighting Russians in Belgorod, not Ukrainians.
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@themanformerlyknownascomme777 Congratulations on adding literally nothing to the conversation except spelling mistakes.
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@themanformerlyknownascomme777 You made no coherent response. Why don't you educate me on the supposed decades of historical context I've forgotten about instead of posting idiotic comments that say nothing.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 You can pretend cameras dont exist if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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I've always had a soft spot for T54/55's and they were great tanks, 60-70 years ago. They have no place on a modern battlefield.
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All 3 of them? pretty scary.
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2014 was when the invasion began. There would be no issues in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@danielpetersson120 Yeah its not really surprising Putin was forced to bend the knee to a terrorist. His position is very weak in Russia.
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@shubhammundra5034 Who told you that? The same guys who tried to pass off farm equipment as Leopards?
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Actually the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was created to protect against Islamic extremists. Its obvious these attacks are Poland's fault (somehow).
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@varvik4992 Why don't you go ahead and list 'the bunch' of settlements Russia has captured today.
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@sleezerbarb9670 Russia has multiple failed offensives.
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@TSEliot1978 So any time a country is invaded they should accept a peace deal because they care about their people? Welcome to the world of zero IQ reasoning. Putin could just start caring about his people and not invade other countries.
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@graemepeters5717 Sure bud.
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@WeAreItt What did you learn on RT? That the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill' and the Moskva sank due to high seas? Watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@spysideways7824 nobody cares.
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I bet your IQ is in the thousands.
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@johnadam2885 No you are trying to pretend that Russia is fighting all of NATO to explain why they can't even take the Donbas. If NATO was at war it really would be over in three days.
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@Cruzeoc101 What did I say that's untrue?
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yawn more idle threats. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_threats_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
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@Jole30 So when we sent the Soviets aid against the Germans that was war mongering? Should every country that's invaded just surrender so they don't support a 'narrative for more war'?
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There are many leaders who would be considered war criminals. The reason only a handful of them have ever been charged is because you need serious evidence to charge them. Not just vague accusations and hearsay, serious evidence like confessing ones crimes on television like Putin did.
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@PredatorPeyami Yeah, they only ever hire people with brain damage.
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@sashx05 Why cant Russia capture the Donbas then?
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@FedeRico-eu7zz So what's your point?
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@elbibwen3019 Yes there is corruption everywhere humans are. The corruption in the US is nothing compared to Russia.
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@gtaraya How do you think China got to be so big if not for colonizing? You realize colonization is just another word for conquering right?
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@gtaraya nope not really.
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@gtaraya Yeah one you use a boat the other you use your feet. TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
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@SuperAnatolli "Ruzzia could advance if they really wanted, and will probaby do so as thier war production picks up the pase" Is one of the dumbest sentences written in any language, spelling mistakes not withstanding. Russia has thrown everything it can into Ukraine with the exception of WMD's. Russia is currently throwing about 900 men a day into the meat grinder and failing to take ground, do you think that isn't trying? They've lost hundreds of armored vehicles and 5 figure casualties trying and failing to take a small town right on the border with a pre war population of 30k. Russia will lose more tanks in a day then they produce in a month, Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore. There is no 'increase in production' that will come even close to the catastrophic losses they are suffering in Ukraine.
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@marthas.4456 They've been on the verge of taking Avdiivka for about nine years now, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
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@k1rantbeta843 Russia is attacking, they have a nasty habit of attacking all their neighbors. they've been attacking Avdiivka for about nine years now. And two years of disastrous full scale attacks. As for Russia being the only ones able to provide security guarantees for Eastern Europe of course that is ridiculous. Most of Eastern Europe is in NATO and is perfectly safe from Russian aggression, if Ukraine was in NATO there would have been no war.
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@taniaramaki5142 So you think Ukrainians want to get annexed by Russia? I can tell you are a deep thinker.
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@DavidWalls-sr1pg Xi recently said that the US was trying to bait them into attacking Taiwan, indicating he has cooled to the idea of an invasion.
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@annaannan6840 Yes everything that doesn't agree to your narrative is corrupted. There are dozens of corruption indices and they all agree that Russia is one of the most corrupt places on Earth.
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@marktsvetanov6038 No, The irony is Zelensky was the candidate Putin supported because he speaks Russian as his first language and Putin thought he'd be easy to control because he was 'just an actor' Which turned out to be a massive miscalculation, one of many by Putin and Russia.
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@lukazupie7220 Yes I'm aware that Ukraine is corrupt but the common polemic among Kremlin trolls is that Ukraine is among the most corrupt countries on earth. Which isn't close to true, you need go no further then their neighbor Russia to find one much more corrupt. All the ex Soviet satellites have had issues with corruption. The trend seems to be the longer they are out of Russia's sphere of influence the better handle they get on things, which is also true for Ukraine. Things like this take time though, hopefully if something good can come from this war it would be an acceleration of this process.
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@ritarossi1805 That was the Soviet Union, which is long gone. They also had support of the west and would have lost the war without that support.
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@MeediaArtur Where did I say there was? Here's what I said. " The 600k figure is kia and serious casualties." They aren't counting every minor injury. The 2.4m figure would include every cut and scrape. I go on to say. " I'm not saying that's what the number actually is, I have no idea what the real number is, just that it's possible."
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@MeediaArtur They don't have to be. One person can be a casualty multiple times. Again, I'm not saying that's what the actual number is, just that it's possible.
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@Joe-u4q Oh yeah the phantom peace treaty that nobody mentioned until over a year later when it was brought up by Putin in a press conference. The initial rhetoric didn't even mention it, Russia tried to claim then that they were withdrawing from Kyiv to focus on the Donbas. The people in the room claim that there was no realistic prospect of a peace treaty.
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@Joe-u4q Oh the peace treaty conspiracy. Funny at the time nobody mentioned it, they said they were withdrawing to focus on the Donbas.
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@lw1zfog You mean the conspiracy theory that there is zero evidence for?
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@lw1zfog There is zero evidence for that conspiracy.
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@lw1zfog There is zero evidence of any torture, there is evidence of him smoking two packs a day for decades. Moreover he was already out of prison before violating his release conditions.
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@lw1zfog Wow another useless comment, good job. Lira didn't even say it was the Ukrainian authorities torturing him. He claimed that he was roughed up by other inmates. So guy ran his mouth and got in a prison fight and cried torture. He wasn't even in prison when he made the claim, he was a free man. Then he made a video saying he was going to flee the country and violate the terms of his release, because he was incapable of not running his mouth. Don't let reality get in the way of your conspiracies though.
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@lw1zfog Coping with what? Your delusions?
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@lw1zfog There there, is the PNAC proxy war in the room with you right now?
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Trump also said Harris is performing gender reassignment surgery in prison on illegal immigrants.
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@jamesjennings9907 China pretends to follow international law whenever it suits them.
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@АртёмЛепехов Do you specialize in asking stupid questions?
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@АртёмЛепехов Do you specialize in asking idiotic and pointless questions?
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@livingtribunal4110 There are multiple OSINT groups, my favorite is war spotting. They all agree Russia is taking catastrophic losses, feel free to deny photographic evidence if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. And Oryx does still update, I'm not sure why you feel compelled to make stuff up. You can also follow Andrew Perpetua who does daily recaps of photographic evidence.
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Only one is a dementia patient who smears shoe polish all over his face and fellates a mic stand.
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@niblet112 It was said on Russia 1 TV. Who own's Russia 1?
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@niblet112 No not the Russia 1 quotes, they were in 2022. Who own's Russia 1 again?
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@niblet112 The Putin quote was from 2014, all the other quotes in my initial post are from 2022. Youtube doesn't allow external linking.
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@niblet112 So do you really think years of WW1 style trench fighting was the plan all along? Why was there a mass firing at the fsb when the initial invasion failed?
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@niblet112 Do you really think that years of WW1 style attrition was the plan all along?
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@niblet112 A post on Sep 2, 2023 on Elon's website by Anne Applebaum.
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@niblet112 I'm going to speak in code because my comment keeps being deleted. On the bird website on Sep 2, 2023 a comment by anne apple baum (all one word)
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@niblet112 So you really think unending trench warfare was the plan all along? Why was there a mass firing at the intelligence agencies after the failed invasion?
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@niblet112 Sure you did buddy, dry your eyes.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas, WW3 is a bit of a stretch.
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Up until 1967 Egypt occupied Gaza, I'm sure Israel would much prefer if they never left. Palestine has been offered a 2 state solution multiple times, which included Gaza. Every time Hamas and the hardliners cause things to fall apart.
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@TheAntsh Yeah they got them from North Korea. It also changes nothing, Russia has been trying to destroy Ukraine's food and energy infrastructure to freeze and starve as many Ukrainians as possible for two years now.
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@TheAntsh Yeah they got those from North Korea. this changes nothing, Russia has been targeting Ukrainian energy and agriculture infrastructure for two years now.
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@TheAntsh Yeah you can tell things are going well when Russia starts launching extremely expensive anti-ship missiles at apartment buildings. Almost like they lack conventional missiles. Do you think before you speak?
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@TheAntsh Wow two weeks later and you're still coming back here. You must have really got your feelings hurt, try not to cry ok. I've said multiple times that Russia has been trying to take out Ukraine's infrastructure since the start of the war, this changes nothing, its still less than they were doing in the first year of the war when they had an abundance of weapons.
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@TheAntsh Ok buddy, dry your eyes.
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@Bird_McBride Oh, it looked like you were having a mental breakdown.
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 @todd1770 Why do you think Russia started the invasion with the laughably inadequate 170,000 troops? Do you really think years of ww1 style trench attrition was the plan all along?
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@todd1770 Why do you think Russia began the invasion with the laughably inadequate 175k troops?
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Most of his theatrics are to win over the mobiks to his side in the coming civil war.
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Except Russia and China aren't allies. Russia's allies are in CSTO, and its falling apart. China's only ally on paper is Pakistan, and its falling apart.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s Yes because Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea. It may amaze you to learn that invasion and annexation violated the Ukraine Russia friendship treaty. Is this just an act or are you really this clueless?
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@TrevorCrook-c1s It also may amaze you to learn that Russia saying something and doing something are completely different. Russia has stated multiple times that they are fine with Ukraine joining the EU (and Nato actually) but when the time comes to join they reverse their decision. You still haven't answered why Russia who was supposedly fine with Ukraine joining the EU embargoed them when they tried. The 2022 Istanbul agreement never made it past the negotiation phase, I have no idea why you are bringing it up.
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@jacksmith-mu3ee You need more then vague accusations to get war crimes charges. There are lots of world leaders who should probably be charged but only a handful ever have been. the reason Putin caught a charge is because he admitted Russia was kidnapping children on TV. I'm not even saying Blair and Bush aren't war criminals, they probably are, but the threshold for charges is very high when it comes to world leaders.
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@thusomaepa1852 Apply your logic for the LPR and DPR please take your time.
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@thusomaepa1852 Russia is historically a vassal of the Mongols.
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@magatism No, 90% of the Chinese navy cant sail more than 1000 miles from shore under ideal conditions. China has two carriers of dubious quality that have never seen action. The US has 20 and are battle tested. Not to mention Xi has been purging the military for the past 14 years. He's fired 12 people in the past two weeks alone. The defense minister disappeared for months before he was finally replaced. Japan, the UK and France all have better deep water navies than China.
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@mattyboy456 Russia's bombed Belgorod several times since the start of the war, it was never on purpose. Might have something to do with the sub par North Korean rounds they have. Or maybe just a regular false flag, Russia loves them. Do you have a brain?
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@mattyboy456 Are you suggesting the speed of sound is different in the Donbas? Or that Ukrainians infiltrated 6km behind enemy lines to shell a market? Sorry the truth hurts.
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Tell them to sanction the US then and stop crying.
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If Hungary made it in anyone can.
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@Man_v_Cars The US wants to buy those resources, Russia wants to steal them.
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@marksnyder8022. Taliban was hiding in caves in Pakistan, there hadn't' been an attack on coalition forces for years. Should the US invade all the Stans to win once and for all? There's a difference between losing and leaving, It was obvious that after 20 years if the ANA wasn't up to the task they never would be, why stick around? The US wasn't looking to annex Afghanistan, should they stay forever? to what end? But then I've already said all this you just aren't hearing it though. Go ahead and think whatever makes your tummy feel good though.
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@blackmantis3130 repeating the same brainless comment over and over won't help your case.
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@blackmantis3130 Your case seems to be repeating the same unconvincing nonsense over and over.
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@peterpanini96 Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Vulhedar and this winter offensive, all failed offensives. Do you understand?
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Who knows where these little green men came from, likely they are concerned locals who are tired of being bombed by Russia and want independence.
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@thehoneycamper2634 Go back to minecraft kid.
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Because the founding fathers couldn't fathom that anyone in their right mind would actually vote for a convicted felon, so they never included any provisions against one running for office.
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@Mr.Clownensky Meanwhile in reality Russia still cant even take the Donbas, are begging North Korea and Iran for ammo and are sending Chinese golf carts in frontal assaults.
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@andreaaltan3982 watch out for those Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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@svetlanakwaw-quaidoo314 That was the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. The Russian Federation cant even take the Donbas.
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@Ютубводоканал They also claimed that the Ivan Khurs wasn't hit, and that Ukraine was using war mosquitos, and that General Zaluzhnyi was severely wounded or dead, and that everything was going according to plan.
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@claus-not-santa Yep, Russia is losing at least 3.5 times more, according to photographic evidence.
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Ukraine needs to put up inflatable children hospitals.
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It expired last year.
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@@NHGEmperor The US annexed Syria, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines? Wow I must have missed that.
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The only thing Russia is ahead in is number of people without a toilet and percentage of people born with fetal alcohol syndrome.
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@semperfidelification You know "they", the guys who did the fictitious report he made up.
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@eveening7401 are you brain damaged or something? I was responding to your comment where you said "And I'm glad you are proud of the destruction and occupation of another country" I'm not sure how that was supposed to be taken but you sure sounded like you were opposed to the Afghan invasion.
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@eveening7401 I was responding to your comment where you said "And I'm glad you are proud of the destruction and occupation of another country" I'm not sure how that is supposed to be taken other than you were opposed to the Afghan invasion. What were you trying to say?
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Yep, Putin's ex bodyguard with no military experience was placed in charge of Kursk's defense.
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Russia cant even take the Donbas. Annexing Odessa is a distant fantasy.
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@carlitos2k2 Yeah and now Ukraine exports electricity to the EU. Good job spending hundreds of millions to knock out power for a couple of days.
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@OshinAttari Whats your point?
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@OshinAttari lol ok so the US should only send 2 ships to make it fair then? Does that sound smart or dumb to you? The USN is very powerful and the gap between them and Iran is even larger now then it was then.
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@syncopatedfeb4770 Yeah the Irainian navy is quite pathetic it didn't take much to sink half of it. And what do you mean rip stark and jackson, neither ship sank.
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@nickfielding5685 No there is literally nothing in the Budapest memorandum regarding Serbia or Yugoslavia or whatever fan fiction you've made up in your mind. Ukraine also has no obligations regarding the treaty aside from giving up their nuclear weapons, they can recognize whomever they like.
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@AIVin77 who's invading who here? if russia is concerned about millions of lives they can just go home. war over.
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Everyone with half a brain is long gone already.
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@Yuri-z2y Are there refineries and factories in California that get taken out daily by falling debris and careless smokers?
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@Leatherman154 Actually looking into it Ukraine was involved in more NATO operations than I thought. ATO MISSION IN KOSOVO (KFOR) The Ukrainian national contingent consists of 40 military personnel from Ukraine’s Armed Forces engineering regiments who are deployed on a rotational basis. Composition of the contingent: engineering unit, a staff officer in KFOR Headquarters (HQ) and the support element. The national contingent performs tasks as a part of Joint Logistic Support Group of KFOR. The main tasks of the contingent include: to ensure freedom of movement in the KFOR area of responsibility, organizing and conducting mine safety measures in the interests of both KFOR forces and the local population, demining and disposal of explosive devices, and other engineering tasks throughout KFOR area of responsibility. NATO MISSION IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN – “RESOLUTE SUPPORT” (RSM) In line with the decision of the Alliance to close Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, Ukrainian national personnel has been redeployed from Afghanistan in June 2021. NATO Mission in Iraq (NMI) Ukraine is a Potential Operational Partner in NMI since February 2019. Upon becoming a (full) Operational Partner, Ukraine will join the Mission contributing national personnel. Operation Sea Guardian (OSG) Ukraine is a Potential Operational Partner in OSG since July 2020. Upon becoming a (full) Operational Partner Ukraine will contribute to OSG: two Island Class Patrol Boats; the Krivak III-class Frigate “Hetman Sahaydachniy” with a helicopter and a Boarding Party. NATO RESPONSE FORCE (NRF) Ukraine is the first country among NATO’s Partners. which joined the NRF. Since 2010, the units of Ukraine’s Armed Forces are continuously on a stand-by duty in the NRF. In addition, Ukraine is the first country among NATO’s Partners to have certified a unit of Special Operations Forces in 2019 to participate in the NRF. In 2021 Ukraine has declared national assets to the Follow-on Forces Group – Multipurpose Strategic Airlifter IL-76MD and a unit of Special Operations Forces. NATO EXERCISES Preparation and participation of the Ukraine’s Armed Forces in NATO collective training events and exercises allow for an increased level of training and interoperability of military authorities and units to act within multinational task forces. Since 2015, there has been a positive trend in the number of NATO exercises, in which staff officers and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have participated as observers and participants. The Armed Forces of Ukraine participated in 5 NATO exercises in 2018 and in 6 – in 2019, 1 – in 2020 (due to the pandemic of COVID-19). In 2021, Ukraine plans to participate in 11 NATO exercises. It should be noted that in addition to NATO’s collective training events and exercises, Ukraine participates in multinational exercises with individual Allies, as well as organizes such exercises in own territory. Over the past two years, the number of such exercises with participation of the Ukraine’s Armed Forces has exceeded 30 per year.
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@worldwide8587 Wrong, there are videos of them doing exactly that.
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@worldwide8587 There are multiple videos of Russian authorities clearing out construction sites and warehouses forcably conscripting people. You haven't seen the video of the Russian parents chasing after the bus as their sons are hauled away? Is it really surprising? Russia is using penal battalions and mercenaries from third world countries. Recent recruits in Russia have an average age of 50.
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@worldwide8587 There are multiple videos of Russian authorities rounding up people. Feel free to ignore them if it helps you cope.
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@worldwide8587 There are multiple video's of Russian authorities forcibly rounding up conscripts. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@worldwide8587 You can ignore reality if it's what makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@worldwide8587 You can ignore reality or you could spend ten seconds on a search engine looking it up.
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@amitkerai4880 I hope one day you learn how to use a search engine.
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@amitkerai4880 The videos are easy to find, I'm not your babysitter to hold your hand for simple tasks. Be a big boy ok.
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emphasis on the 'special'
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@univeropa3363 Why is Russia attacking across almost the entire front, taking massive casualties and taking no ground?
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As russia said they disabled the drones with electronic warfare, those buildings weren't the intended target.
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@UYT7715Flower Maybe some, Russia has killed thousands of civilians during this war and flattened multiple cities. it'd be pretty silly to think they weren't mostly just due to Russian recklessness.
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@UYT7715Flower lmao, where do you guys get your numbers from? The same guys who tried to pass off farm equipment as Leopards? Why not just say a billion KIA. Moreover every casualty on both sides, civilian and military, is a result of Russia invading a sovereign country and no other reason.
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@dopecat15 Cool story bro Its not true though.
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@dopecat15 Go read about the 3.5% rule if you want to learn how laughably idiotic your comment is. “Numbers really matter for building power in ways that can really pose a serious challenge or threat to entrenched authorities or occupations,” Chenoweth says – and nonviolent protest seems to be the best way to get that widespread support. Once around 3.5% of the whole population has begun to participate actively, success appears to be inevitable. Besides the People Power movement, the Singing Revolution in Estonia and the Rose Revolution in Georgia all reached the 3.5% threshold “There weren’t any campaigns that had failed after they had achieved 3.5% participation during a peak event,” says Chenoweth – a phenomenon she has called the “3.5% rule”. Besides the People Power movement, that included the Singing Revolution in Estonia in the late 1980s and the Rose Revolution in Georgia in the early 2003.
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@dopecat15 How do you feel about Lukashenko losing the last election in a landslide leading to the largest protests in human history when he tried to hang onto power? Then he called in the Russian goon squad to help crush any resistance. There are far more Belarussians fighting for Ukraine than for Russia. When polled at least 74% of Belarusians, regardless of their political stances, had a negative attitude towards any Belarusian involvement in the war. Hopefully one day the Belarussian government in exile can return to their rightful place as leaders of Belarus.
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@dopecat15 What delusional nonsense. The west has bent over backwards to accommodate Russia since the USSR collapsed. Even after they invaded Chechnya and Georgia and the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014 we still tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. It was Russia that withdrew from the EU and NATO talks. At one point it looked like they would join, there were even western officials in Russia to help with the corruption, and it was working. But in Putin's words he 'didn't want to be on a list with irrelevant countries.' This coincided right around the time he cut a deal with the oil/gas oligarchs and became one of the richest men in human history, funny how that works out. Didn't the EU prove that Russian natural resources aren't their primary concern when they cut off Russian hydrocarbon companies and by sanctioning Russia to oblivion? They should've had the same response after they invaded Georgia as we've seen in Ukraine then we likely wouldn't be in this mess. Moreover part of the reason western aid has been drip fed to Ukraine is because they DON'T want to see a Russian state collapse. Thats why during the early war there was so much talk of 'giving Putin an off ramp.' So Putin could proclaim mission accomplished and treat it as a win, he threw that out the window with his sham referendums and annexations though. It was very stressful when the SSR fell apart, worrying about rogue nuclear weapons and they don't want to go through that again. Furthermore a united Russia makes up a good deterrent to China in the region, the last thing the US wants is China retaking outer Manchuria and conquering Siberia giving them a presence in the Arctic. You have no idea how geopolitics work, or what you are talking about.
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Ukraine didn't join NATO. Nobody at any point suggested putting nukes in Ukraine. The US didn't attempt to annex Cuba and claim they were never a real country.
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@ What a goofy comment. If Ukraine joined NATO why did they not invoke article 5 when they were invaded? And no the embargo is nowhere close to being as bad as losing your entire country. Cuba's current economic woes have almost nothing to do with the embargo. Do you specialize in silly comments or something?
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@ The US annexed Cuba after the Bay of Pigs? I must have missed that. Or did they reconsider their invasion? If Russia almost invaded Ukraine nobody would care. The US missiles are where they are as agreed to after the Cuban missile crisis. Both countries strategic arms remained unmoved until Russia moved theirs into Belarus.
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@ Cuban sovereignty was respected. The US confronted the Soviet Union for placing weapons there, not Cuba. The US also removed its missiles from northern Anatolia as a part of the negotiations. Moreover there was no discussion about moving missiles into Ukraine. There was also a zero percent chance of Ukraine actually joining NATO. Prior to 2014 only around 10% of the population even wanted to, the government was unwilling to go through the required reforms and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to them joining.
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If WW3 does start it will be because of Russian aggression. Get a grip.
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@jamesgreen1116 Do people like you not know how to read? He said 2023. Go ask a grownup for help.
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You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside.
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@oceanwave4502 The US left Afghanistan on its own accord, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years. the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves.
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@oceanwave4502 I also don't remember the US every using old civilian vehicles to attack the front lines, which is what my comment was about.
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@diversity1015 He's already bought and paid for by Russia. Trump used to rail agains electric cars, now he loves them because in his words “I'm for electric cars, I have to be because Elon endorsed me very strongly.” You live in a fantasy world.
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@diversity1015 I just can't tell when i'm reading satire anymore. He used to hate electric cars now, “I'm for electric cars, I have to be because Elon endorsed me very strongly." Come back to reality buddy.
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He's taller than Putin laying down.
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@aldoconciso there is nothing in the Minsk agreement about NATO expansion, that's just Putin's fantasy. Even Gorbachev said there was no promise. What rule did Maidan break?
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@aldoconciso What's your point?
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@aldoconciso I'll answer my own question. so there is speculation that the west was happy about the collapse of the Soviet Union (no duh) So therefore Russia has cassis belli to brutally invade all its neighbors. That about the gist?
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@shd94 123 countries are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Out of them 33 are African States, 19 are Asia-Pacific States, 18 are from Eastern Europe, 28 are from Latin American and Caribbean States, and 25 are from Western European and other States. All of these countries will arrest Putin if he shows up. He won't leave his bunker though so don't worry.
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Putin's been pissy every since his invasion failed.
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@chetbuxton764 Putin compared himself to Mr. Moustache, you know that Austrian painter who's name I cant say on this platform. So I guess there was some truth in the interview.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Russia hasn't captured any of those places yet. Thanks for proving my point for me. Ukraine has captured over 100 settlements in Kursk, Russia is winning by losing territory.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Are there any more make believe scenarios you've invented in your mind? In this thread alone you've named four settlements that Russia hasn't captured as evidence for their success.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Oh you think partially occupied means captured, that's actually hilarious. According to deepstate Russia controls about 1/3rd of Selydove, same with Nirnyk and Katerynivka. They control even less of Bohoiavlenka. Are you using the Russian metric where they'll enter a house in a settlement and declare it captured, like how they "captured" Krinky six months before it was actually captured, or are you just deliberately trying to make a fool of yourself?
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@ailinofaolin8897 Oh you think partially occupied means captured, that's actually hilarious. According to DeepState Russia controls about 1/3rd of Selydove, same with Nirnyk and Katerynivka. They control even less of Bohoiavlenka. Are you using the Russian metric where they'll enter a house in a settlement and declare it captured, like how they "captured" Krinky six months before it was actually captured?
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@ailinofaolin8897 Oh you think partially occupied means captured, that's actually funny. According to DeepState Russia controls about 1/3rd of Selydove, same with Nirnyk and Katerynivka. They control even less of Bohoiavlenka. Russia has a habit of announcing settlements captured months before they actually take it, please keep that in mind before making more silly posts.
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@televisionzt1396 He is a literal war criminal wanted by the ICC.
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Yes, to snatch up any territory they could. China in particular wants outer Manchuria back.
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@sergeikhripun Cool story bro, the Tartars boycotted the sham referendum. Russia holds a sham referendum and then moves thousands of Russians into illegally occupied territory. Sure bud.
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@tikusharma4879 To date there is photographic evidence of 5 destroyed leopards... meanwhile there is photographic evidence of a minimum 2300 Russian tanks destroyed.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Russia is the #1 provider of weapons to Ukraine. They've given over 550 tanks.
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Still waiting for an answer to this, because this is the situation Russia is in right now. "Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then after a year and a half of WW1 style trench warfare. And 6 figure casualties, after losing over 50% of the territory they once occupied they were only a few miles across the border. Then they said "well their counteroffensive hasn't driven us out of the country yet." Would you consider that a successful invasion, or would you consider that a humiliating disaster?"
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@ozwiz935 Ah so they aren't winning because they dont want to. You sound like a military genius, you should apply at the Russian MOD.
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@carolyoung8945 As ugly as begging Iran and North Korea?
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Is NATO in the room with you right now?
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@patkearney9320 So Russia planned on trench warfare that never ends a few miles across the border? Wow, Putin remains a master strategist.
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@Cryosxify Hamas attacked because its a terrorist organization and that's what they do. There would have been a two state solution decades ago if not for them.
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@Cryosxify Hamas are terrorists, thats why they attacked. If not for them a two state solution would have been worked out decades ago.
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@Cryosxify Hamas is a trrorist organization that's why they attacked, there would have been a two state solution worked out decades ago if not for them.
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@MrGionnimagia There is no BRICS currency buddy.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Are you on bath salts? You're acting like something they did once they can never do again.
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jacksmith6015 Even China knows its reported GDP is skewed. The whole system is weighted towards dishonesty. Regional governments are rewarded for things like GDP growth and population thus they report higher numbers, play this out for 20-30 years and China's actual GDP is 20-50% smaller then reported. These issues with official Chinese government statistics have fostered attempts to obtain better estimates of Chinese GDP, using methods that vary widely. Some methods are simply corrections to the official Chinese GDP numbers, while others use alternative variables like energy imports that are correlated with output. Alternative data series are particularly useful if they are not compiled by the Chinese government. There are a million different sources out there that discuss China cooking the books, feel free to look them up for yourself.
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@jacksmith-mu3ee Im not your babysitter you can figure out how to use the internet. This isnt' top secret information. You also understand that youtube typically doesn't allow external linking right?
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@DynoGreen313 In what way is this relevant to anything I said?
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@lovyrituraj The US has no peers.
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@julioduan7130 Yeah I read one that's not full of make believe information.
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@jayhowell2218 You can't prove a negative genius. Should I show unexploded Leopards and say look not destroyed. It's Russia making crazy claims, they need to provide the evidence. As for Russia losing thousands, there is plenty of evidence from open sources, do you think Russia is resurrecting T54's because they have an abundance of tanks?
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@SYN022 Russia can't even take the Donbas, they are the ones making excuses.
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@Manwendlil Sure, they've lost around 500. They've also captured about 500 from Russia.
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@Interglacial_optimist "Russia is fighting all of NATO" "The west hasn't been able to help Ukraine in any way." Welcome to the world of Russian propaganda.
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@MuhammadRidwan-pe7ny Russia has nukes. They are unlikely to use them but no leader wants to be the one responsible for armageddon. There is also a profound distaste for going to war in the west after 20 years in the mid east. What they are doing now is the same thing they did to the USSR, taking them down without firing a shot.
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@Loveandotherchaos1438 Type 'Putin's doubles' in the search bar.
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Why has Russia sent 50,000 soldiers to attempt to retake Kursk?
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@redvirusexe You said they weren't in a rush to retake Kursk, I demonstrated that that isn't the case. Putin himself has given an October deadline to retake it. If you don't have the mental capacity to follow along why bother.
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@redvirusexe Ukraine doesn't have anywhere close to 50k personnel in Kursk. Obviously Russia is in a rush to get Kursk back because 1. they sent 50k men there and 2. It's humiliating for Putin to have his territory occupied and undermines his authority. Putin also ordered Chasiv Yar to be taken by May 9th, we're still waiting. It's funny that in the beginning Ukraine's objective was to draw Russian forces to Kursk and now that they are doing exactly what Ukraine wanted Russia's online cheerleaders like to pretend it was the plan all along. Come back to reality bud.
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@redvirusexe Ukraine doesn't have anywhere close to 50k men in Kursk. Russia's frantic redeployment shows that obviously they are in a hurry to retake it, despite your baseless claims. Putin also ordered Chasiv Yar to be taken by May 9th, we're still waiting. It's funny that in the beginning Ukraine's objective was to draw Russian forces to Kursk and now that they are doing exactly what Ukraine wanted Russia's online cheerleaders like to pretend it was the plan all along. Come back to reality bud.
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@redvirusexe Those estimates are Russian troop numbers you absolute turnip. Ukraine only invaded with around a dozen battalions, a Ukrainian battalion has around 400 soldiers. The estimates for total Ukrainian forces in Kursk in mid September was around 10k. Russia's advances at Pokvrosk have been marginal at best lately, and at the cost of catastrophic losses. The mud season is going to start soon. If Russia ever does manage to take it it will be a year or more in the future. That's if they have enough equipment to take it. Most of their stocks will run out in the next 12-18 months. Russia is doing all it can to retake Kursk, they have almost nothing in the way of operational reserves and it takes a long time for mass redeployments. That hasn't stopped them from conducting multiple failed offensives to try to oust the Ukrainians in the region. Why do you feel compelled to comment on a topic you are clearly clueless on? In the past two years the percentage of Russian controlled territory has surged from 18% all the way to 18%. What does your objective mind have to say about that?
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@elrodrigo4102 All those countries are buying russian fossil fuel at or below the EU price cap, which all things considered is below break even for Russia. They like to pretend it has no effect but Russia is quickly burning through its reserves.
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@ashokagarwal78 Russia had a chance to not invade in 2014 and again in 2022. Instead Putin had delusions of empire.
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This is a double.
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This comes from counting equipment numbers in Russian depots with satellite images. Russia has 12-18 months before it burns through the last of it's Soviet stockpile.
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@zenkai_energy Per russian state statistics agency Rosstat More than one-fifth of Russian households, or about 20%, do not have access to indoor plumbing.
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@tommydashed4205 Once the stock market crash happened, there was bound to be a depression. But many criticize the tariffs for greatly worsening the Depression, the absolute worst years of the depression could have been avoided or greatly reduced if the law was never signed. 8 months after the stock market crash we had not hit double digit unemployment, In June 1930 the government instituted the tariffs. Every leading economist across the country signed an appeal to the president NOT to pass the legislation citing that it would cause international retaliation and other countries would stop buying US products and make it harder for us to sell. It was ignored & the bill was passed. Within 5 months we had double digit unemployment for the first time and remained above double digits for the entire duration of his administration.
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@dadStinks I guess if you want a dementia patient and felon filling his diaper in the white house that's your business.
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Terrorist Girkin-Strelkov called Putin a "spineless wood louse" for not punishing Prigozhin. "Putin demonstrates his total powerlessness and shows that it's okay to act that way. Try, guys, try again. And if you fail, nothing will happen to you,"
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Trump didn't even know they didn't have airports during the revolutionary war.
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If Russia fought half as hard in battle as they did in the comments they might stand a chance at actually taking the Donbas.
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Rubio said both sides wil have to make concessions.
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@thedeal86 Russian state media was pretty deep in the 3 day hype also.
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@thedeal86 Your complete lack of self awareness is amazing. So Ukraine has been bombing The Donbas for a year now and somehow people now want to be part of it? 😂 Way to make fairytales for the poor Russian audience. Let me guess you think the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of good will' and the Moskva sank because of high seas.we
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The USSR lost the cold war, and it was much more powerful than the Russian Federation.
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China invaded Vietnam after the US left, got their mouth kicked in then declared victory and went home.
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@marijanstankovic8036 Zoom the map out.
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@rockmusic175 have you seen mass air and cruise missile attacks? That's how NATO fights. So far there's a grand total of 0 NATO casualties. Pretending they are involved is just raw cope so Russia doesn't feel embarrassed from the fact that they cant even take the Donbas from Ukraine.
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@Daniel-f1m2e No it was Russian aggression that put an end to that, anyone with half a brain can work that out.
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@hiufgterde The worlds #2 army cant even take the donbas.
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@lilidezman624 Oh and in 2014 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. The 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media. Or do you think trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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Meanwhile Russia gang pressing foreign workers into the army and using penal battalions like its 40k.
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@myselfandeye3884 Russia has MTLB with ancient naval gun bolted on. Checkmate decadent west.
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@pnduarte4696 Over 80% of Chinese live in dire poverty so yeah. China's managed to do what no country has done before thanks to 1 child, which is grow old before they get rich. Nobody knows what the result will be but probably not good. China also forced millions of abortions on their women and killed off up to 100 million of its own citizens in Mao's 'great leap forward'. If you think China is an example of a well run country you are delusional.
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@Frostchris4121 Yes its all Europe's fault. Nothing to do with the corrupt and inept regimes running those places. Typically the places in Africa that were the most colonized were the most successful, like SA. Though a couple decades of ANC incompetence and corruption has taken its toll on SA. I'll bet you'll blame that on Europe too though, no need to take responsibility or even address the actual problems when there is the dreaded west to blame. I wonder who you'll blame when this military junta eventually gets around to ethnic cleansing (and they will) Let me guess it was the west again. whatever helps you sleep at night. Criticize Europe by day, try to cross the Mediterranean to live in Europe by night.
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@rtdcproject8075 Learn English before you start tossing around insults please.
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@rtdcproject8075 huh?
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@attilamarics3374 The ISW never said anyone was fighting with just shovels. They said some units had been equipped with only rifles and shovels, which was true. You can go read the report if you want, its not top secret.
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@attilamarics3374 Another brainless comment that addresses nothing. Good job.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 What sort of nonsense are you spouting now? Hey just wondering do you think its a coincidence that the countries Russia once occupied are the ones that hate Russia the most?
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@operator9858 Luckily you have no idea what you are talking about and nobody who matters agrees with you.
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@operator9858 I'm not running.
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@operator9858 Good luck, though considering you are crying about the US being "literal cartoon characters" because they broke a treaty that exists only in your mind I won't get my hopes up.
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@operator9858 What does that have to do with anything I said? Are you ok?
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Russia has been trying and failing to take the Donbas for 9 years, it's time to face reality.
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@springbloom5940 Uh no, they sent an empty vehicle ahead to see if it was fired upon or of there were any mines.
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This is Xi trying to deal with the war hawks in his own country. Nobody in their right minds think the US was trying to trick China into attacking Taiwan.
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That was the Soviet Union.
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So when Germany invaded the USSR and the US was sending them mountains of material that was a proxy war for US interests also?
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@gregkillam Sure bud, you guys said that last year.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 The 3 days narrative was all over Russian state media prior to the invasion. And in 2014 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks.
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@Bismillah-hu3or lmao, NATO took a grand total of 0 casualties, must have been rough. Who's Pakistan blame for the Taliban blowing up their Mosques these days? Probably shouldn't have been funding them.
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@АлександрСемион-и1о Unless you are posting from the trenches comments like this just make you look like a fool.
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@moskimoski393 Do you not understand how search engines work?
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@josee8224 Sure they were buddy.
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@derrickbrann2373 Thanks for your smooth brain input little buddy. Go play some Roblox.
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@jozefmalik8443 Are you talking about Rusich group?
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@albback8176 Even though you're completely wrong I find it funny you backed off quickly from "It was a civil war." to "Yeah Russia invaded but Obama made them do it." Hopefully one day you rejoin reality bud.
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Their English gets worse and worse. Its difficult to parse out what they are even trying to say these days.
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@KJ-wf1xz Look up 'strategic patenting' These aren't legit patents. China couldn't even make ball point pens until 2017.
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@KJ-wf1xz Look up "strategic patenting" Very few patents there are legitimate. They couldn't even make ball point pens until 2017.
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@yapsiauwsoengie6507 What did the westerners do, did they kill 100 million Chinese citizens? No wait that was the CCP.
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@ Nixon was a crook but at least he loved his country. The only thing Trump loves is himself.
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@simontalbot1198 Yes the 'triumph' of Bakhmut, 10 months and 100k casualties to take a mid sized town a few miles across the border, how glorious. Just ignore the fact that Ukraine gained fire control over it and are currently in the process of surrounding it. Russia can't even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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@Decoy0527 Half of Russia's army destroyed and they cant even take Avdiivka.
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@straightreject2947 He doesn't know what he's saying, he's just reading from the script of brainless talking points. He's never had an original thought.
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@Alien_isolationist He's talking about in Kharkiv brain wave. Also Bakhmut and Avdiivka are mid sized towns right on the border, that took enormous losses for Russia to take. You can tell your invasion is going well when when after three years they are the high water mark.
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@jararank8813 Yeah I know, and?
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Yeah they Syrians will be real receptive after Russia bombed their families for the past decade. Russia's gains continue to be marginal at best, in exchange for horrifying losses.
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@israelnavarro7182 These were cheaply made drones manufactured in Ukraine, the targeting was done with commercially available satellites.
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@davidfuchs7404 Yes there was.
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@michaelotieno6524 During the 1990 summit, Zoellick says President Gorbachev accepted the idea of German unification within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, based on the principle that every country should freely choose its own alliances. Zoellick Robert “I was in those meetings, and Gorbachev has also said there was no promise not to enlarge NATO,” Zoellick recalls. Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, later president of Georgia, concurred, he says. Nor does the treaty on Germany’s unification include a limit on NATO enlargement. Zoellick vividly recalls the White House meeting he attended nearly three decades ago in which Bush asked Gorbachev if he agreed with the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe principle that nations are free to ally with others as they see fit. When Gorbachev said yes, he says, the Soviet leader’s “own colleagues at the table visibly separated themselves.” Sensing the import of the possible breakthrough, he says a colleague at the meeting, Robert Blackwill, sent him a note checking what they had heard and asking if they should ask Bush to repeat the question. “Gorbachev agreed again,” Zoellick recalls, to the principle that Germany could choose to enter NATO. “The reality was that, in 1989-90, most people, and certainly the Soviets, weren’t focusing on whether the Eastern European countries would become part of NATO,” Zoellick says. Knowing Soviet and Russian diplomacy, he believes Moscow would have demanded assurances in writing if it believed the U.S. had made such a promise. And even in 1996, when President Bill Clinton welcomed former Warsaw Pact nations to join NATO, he says that, “[o]ne of the German diplomats involved told me that as they discussed the enlargement with the Russians, no Russian raised the argument that there had been a promise not to enlarge.”
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@elenadunn15 Yes at Russia's current pace Russia should be able to take the Donbas in another century or so. Truly an unstoppable force. Sources like "væringer". Store norske leksikon. Or "When Viking Kings and Queens Ruled Medieval Russia". Or "Rus | people | Britannica". Or "Пушкинский Дом (ИРЛИ РАН) > Новости". Or Duczko, Wladyslaw (2004). Viking Rus. Or "Rurik Dynasty". This is the tip of the iceberg, no serious historian says they are anything but Norse. you can play historical revisionist all you like, just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@chesterburnett6999 What documents are you refering to?
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@chesterburnett6999 The documents that appeared in your fever dream?
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@bonnie7898 Prepare for a long diatribe as @elenadunn15 misrepresents sources and handwaves away the fact that Scandinavians founded Russia and instead insists the Varangians sprung out of the ground fully formed as primordial Russians.
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@africarenaissance7607 Ukraine has taken more in 3 weeks then Russia has in the past 10 months. How's the 3 day SMO going?
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@truth4004 Hamas was voted in as leaders of Gaza.
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@moiseshuerta3984 According to a survey, 72.1 percent of responders in the Kaliningrad oblast want to break away from the Russian Federation.
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@user-mt5sr6kh7e Just search 'US army rebukes trump after Arlington.'
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@@kc5qdxpr To anyone with half a brain.
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@@kc5qdxpr 1950's? isn't that when Mao started killing tens (hundreds?) of millions of his own citizens? don't bother responding with your 50 IQ comebacks anymore.
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@attilamarics3374 Ah yes, the only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. Maidan started because Yanukovych tried to hold onto power after being voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Then there were protests and he fled the country. Not some conspiracy theory.
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@Dude0000 The primary cause of the invasion was Ukraine discovered large gas deposits and it threatened Russia's energy monopoly in Europe. That and Putin's delusions of empire.
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@vervetech9395 That's what they said about Milošević and Khadhafi. In the end their own people turned on them. Keep the sanctions on until his people would rather give him up then endure them anymore.
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@vervetech9395 I don't remember anyone suggesting that the Iran government might fall.There's always mass protests going on in Iran. The Ayatollah is happy to kill and arrest tens of thousands of his own people to stay in power. They like to pretend that sanctions have no effect but of course that's not true. Sanctions on Russia are much more severe then even Iran, they are due to run out of their strategic reserve before the end of the year, I'd wait to see how the Russians react when they aren't getting paid. (many already aren't') Russia Isn't the Soviet Union all that expertise is gone, Russia can't even make ball bearings any more, they are completely dependent on the west. They may be able to buy some components from a friend of a friend at inflated prices. That's not exactly ideal to an already failing economy. Also Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, three times if you count 1905. Its not exactly a rare event, if anything they are past due for a meltdown.
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Are they going to sleep in ATACMS? The money gets spent in the US, old weapons are sent to Ukraine and the US military replaces them with new weapons.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg The currencies Russia accepts are the ones it's trade partners force it to accept, because it has no leverage and no other option. Right now its Rupees and Yuan, which aren't particularly useful to Russia. Nobody is paying anything in the fantasy Brics currency that doesn't and will never exist.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Russia accepts whatever currencies it is forced to. Right now it's rupees and yuan, which it doesn't want. And nobody is paying any amount in make believe BRICS currency that will never exist.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg Nobody is accepting the make believe Brics currency that doesn't and will never exist.
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Russia can go home and deescalate entirely.
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@robertscott961 Russia killed as many as 2 million Afghan civilians and in the end they got smoked so hard the entire USSR collapsed.
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This was another right wing loon, just like the last one.
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@boink800 Probably because they had already broke it nine years earlier when they embargoed Ukraine. And because an agreement with Russia isn't worth the paper its written on.
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@allonzo10586 The US is currently undergoing the fastest industrialization in its history, including WW2.
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@allonzo10586 Record private sector investment into industry, adjusted for inflation and over a trillion from the state. The primary issue holding things back is the labor crunch, though automation has helped with that somewhat.
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@dpelpal The best part is it's not even Russia's first failed offensive at Kharkiv.
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@Omega0850 T64's, do you think Russia is rich? they're pulling T54's out of the bonyard.
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@viviorko If Putin wants to protect his soldiers he should stop invading other countries.
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@shubhammundra5034 No you need around a million men to take a city the size of Kyiv, any military commander with half a brain would know that. For some reason Russia thought they would be greeted with a parade so they went in with a fracion of the forces needed. instead they were greeted with artillery and Ukrainians who were ready to fight and completely slaughtered.
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@shubhammundra5034 Its not a secret that you're afflicted with brain damage.
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@wilbur948ie Russia isn't defending though, they are the invaders.
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Shoigu (who's a reindeer herder by trade) failed upwards from corrupt Minister of Defense to corrupt Secretary of Security. What happened to (former?) Putin ally Patrushev is a mystery, though he's expected to avoid open windows for the foreseeable future. Shoigu is hated in Russia and thought of as completely incompetent, I have no idea why you guys are trying to defend him.
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He's covered in makeup.
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You realize America isn't fighting in this war right?
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@Monster-- careful you might get debanked.
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@tonikoscho9595 Macgregor is a Russian Shill and he's been saying Ukraine collapse was imminent since the start of the war. He's been wrong on literally every prediction he's made so far.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Typically when you invade a country the objective isn't to get bogged down in trench warfare that never ends a couple miles across the border. Imagine if the US invaded Mexico then 50 miles in they started digging trenches and resurrected the M26 Pershing and said 'don't worry its only for indirect fire support, everything is goin according to plan.' Then a year and a half later after no significant progress and photographic evidence of over ten thousand vehicle losses and a montage of Mexican farmers hauling off their tanks they STILL tried to pretend everything was going well. Sorry, nobody is buying it. Maybe a year ago you could convince people of this BS, but this has been the most humiliating military event since at least the Chechen war.
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@Memovox Oh is Wall Street out to get you too? It's funny how you consider basic economic principles to be drivel, that would explain why you are so delusional. Croesus decided to invade Cappadocia after a vision of the Delphi Oracle and he lost the war. Do you think Putin was having visions? That would explain why he started this idiotic war, at the very least he was having delusions of empire and grandeur.
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UK already delivered DU rounds and all Russia did was cry and seethe. Were you aware China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear aggression? I bet not.
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@Rocket_scientist_88 Yep, Russia had so much trouble in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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@crushnevnikita8575 Just like how Kherson was Russia's forever right? Why don't you go ahead and list all the countries that recognize the referendums as valid.
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@SkankHunt-iz1nl There was never any deal with NATO even Gorbachev said as much. Prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO and most NATO states were opposed to Ukraine joining. Russia attacked in spite of Ukrainian neutrality, if they had been in NATO there would have been no attack.
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@calion7643 *senile than Biden. Though I bet if you asked Biden who started WW2 he wouldn't say something completely idiotic like Poland.
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@Broodplank86 inform youtube that there is a bot spamming.
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@Broodplank86 accounts get banned all the time for spamming, especially when its obvious like this. try to hold it together.
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@rafomic4210 Mostly I've just seen lancets attacking wooden decoys and Ukrainians on the ground mocking Russia saying they'll count them as leopards, which Russia predictably did.
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@scuba36fun Sure buddy, that's why Russians on the front are releasing videos of their comrades being returned to action on crutches. And why signing bonuses are unsustainably high.
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@Mr.Clownensky Ah yes the only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government in charge when the coup ended. The Maidan uprising started because Yanukovych refused to give up power after being voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Nothing to do with the west, or do yo think 'the west' went door to door asking people to protest? Russia invaded Ukraine because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its monopoly on European energy. Of course this has backfired and Russia hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the war.
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@ Or did you mean the golf cart thing? In which case I was being facetious, though Russia has used Chinese golf carts extensively there aren't full battalions dedicated to them.
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@ Why are you posting the same goofy comment over and over?
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@ Good job finding a typo little buddy. Ukraine makes closer to 20 a month, and were doing that long before Denmark began financing them. The engine for Neptune was mate at Motor Sich, which was partially damaged, it had nothing do do with Russia's silly Oreshnik publicity stunt, that did no damage to any ground targets. Ukraine is making more Neptune's now and in more variants then at any point in its history.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Ivan Popov, the commander of the 58th army in the Zaporizhzhia region. All the info I can find out about the 58th and Popov all state they were/are in Zaporizhia, would you mind sharing where you did your studying? "Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, the commander of the 58th army in the Zaporizhzhia region, which is a focal point in Ukraine's counteroffensive, said in an audio statement to his troops released Wednesday night that he was dismissed after a meeting with the military brass in what he described as a “treacherous” stab in the back to Russian forces in Ukraine." Or is this just more 'Russia has no colonies' nonsense?
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@billy2807 Sarmat is the one that blew up in the silo, four out of five tests have been a failure. Avanguard is the fictional one with no evidence that it functions at all.
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@herculesas8025 Luckily we don't have to guess what countries are the most corrupt, we can just check the corruption index. It doesn't look good for Russia.
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@herculesas8025 "To maintain or to produce you need qualified able people who want do that." Russia has been experiencing extreme brain drain ever since the 90's. With the recent invasion most of the remaining people with the wits and capacity to do so have also fled.
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@herculesas8025 This is something that is well documented.
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@herculesas8025 "by the way - biggest corruption is in countries with a lot of money" Luckily we don't have to guess, we can check the corruption index. Russia is far more corrupt than the UK or US, it isn't even close.
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@herculesas8025 "by the way - biggest corruption is in countries with a lot of money." Luckily we don't have to guess, we can just check the corruption index.
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@herculesas8025 There are multiple corruption indexes, they all roughly agree, you can check their methodology if you have a problem. You think that a country being wealthy somehow makes it more corrupt, which is laughably untrue.
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@herculesas8025 Why don't you google Russian brain drain instead of posting silly comments?
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@herculesas8025 I didn't create anything, there are multiple indexes, they all roughly agree. Feel free to look up their methodology if you disagree.
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@herculesas8025 Though you seem to think the richer a country is the more corrupt it is, which is not even close to how that works.
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@herculesas8025 What a pointless comment that addresses nothing.
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@herculesas8025 No that's not how corruption works at all. Do you think that a corrupt country is more likely or less likely to become wealthy? How do you think Putin became one of the richest people in human history? His Presidents salary? Corruption is rampant in Russia, the value of the currency has literally nothing to do with it. I've honestly never heard such a foolish theory before in my life.
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@harleyquinn8202 So what's your source then? Your imagination?
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@harleyquinn8202 The 10-30% isn't from any study though its just anecdotal. and even if true its still less then the 40% you were claiming.
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@livingtribunal4110 Is this you back peddling?
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2014 is when Russia began its invasion. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@FunLewis Yeah he's 'liberated' them by destroying every city n the Donbas they encounter and conscripting them for a one way trip towards Ukrainian lines. Also the far right party in Ukraine got less than one percent of the vote in the previous election, it's time to rejoin reality bud.
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@FunLewis It's time to learn how to read little buddy, here's some of the red lines. No weapons to Ukraine, crossed. No “Interference” in Ukraine by outside powers, crossed. NATO troops and missiles to be withdrawn from Russia's western border, crossed. NATO to stop eastward expansion and reverses back to position in 1997, crossed. No more western arms to Ukraine, crossed. No MiG-29 fighter jets, No long-range missiles, No Western made missiles to be fired into Russia, No supplying old Soviet tanks to Ukraine, Germany's supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine crosses a red line, Russian setbacks on battlefield will result in nuclear war, Not to threaten the territorial integrity of Russia, Not to supply longer range battlefield missiles (greater than HIMARS's current 80 kilometres), Not to supply Patriot Missile system, No modern western tanks to be supplied to Ukraine, No F-16's, No HIMARS or Storm Shadow missiles to attack Russian territory,
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@FunLewis These are all public statements made by Putin and other Russian officials little buddy. You can pretend they aren't real because they are on Wikipedia if that makes you feel fuzzy inside though.
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@FunLewis These are public statements made by Putin and other Kremlin officials. You can pretend they aren't real though if that's what makes you feel fuzziest insde.
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@FunLewis These were public statements made by Putin and other Kremlin officials. You can pretend they aren't real though if it helps you cope.
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@FunLewis These were public statements made by Russian officials and Vladdy himself. You can pretend they aren't real though if it helps you sleep at night.
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@FunLewis These are public statements by the Kremlin administration. All the claims are sourced, feel free to check the sources, let me know what problems you have with them. Do you really think statements made in public on TV are some sort of conjecture? I'm sorry but you are being absolutely idiotic.
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@FunLewis What US war? The US took Iraq and Afghanistan in a few weeks and then occupied them for decades. I think the main issue is you don't understand the difference between invasion and occupation. If the US invaded Mexico the war would be over in a few days little buddy, long before any aid could arrive. Of course the US doesn't go around trying to invade and annex their neighbors. That of course has nothing do do with the fact that it would be a humiliating disaster. The US also wasn't in Ukraine when Russia invaded, you understand that right? What lie do you think I'm bringing up to 'help my argument'?
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@FunLewis Why don't you go ahead and list the countries the US has tried to annex. That simple point seems to be lost on you. Try using your head. The US isn't fighting in Ukraine little buddy. They didn't invade Yemen either, or Niger or Syria, Somalia was an Ethiopian operation with only minor US support. They didn't invade Cambodia, aside from some cross border raids that weren't intended to hold ground. By the invasion of Lebanon are you talking about Operation Blue Bat, in which the US suffered one combat kia and Lebanon had transitioned to an era of peace and prosperity that would nearly last another two decades? That invasion? Tell me more about your alternate history fan fiction. Of course this is all just pointless whataboutism. It's Russia getting humiliated in Ukraine little buddy, I know that can be difficult to deal with though so you can believe in any fantasy you want.
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@FunLewis And the US took Afghanistan in a few weeks, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces and years. The Taliban spent twenty years hiding in caves until the US left, it was the Afghan government that lost to them. Meanwhile Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their entire empire collapsed.
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@FunLewis You pointed out a bunch of countries the US didn't invade in a brainless non sequitur. Where did I say the US never loses? What does that have to do with Russia getting humiliated in Ukraine?
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@FunLewis Are you denying Russia genocided Ukrainians in the Donbas and the Tartars in Crimea and moved in millions of Russians? Also yes a majority of the people in the Donbas weren't Russian. You could spend ten seconds looking that up instead of making another foolish comment. I don't even know what point you are trying to make.
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@FunLewis You pointed out a bunch of countries the US hasn't invaded in a pointless non sequitur. Where did I say the US never loses wars? You sure do love building strawmen. You could have pointed out Vietnam instead of the other silly examples that either weren't wars, or the US won. Revisionist history is loved by Russians though.
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@babylonian5 It's in the Ukrainian constitution that they won't hold elections while at war. Also Russia isn't a democracy, every political rival finds their way out a window.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Let me know that you support Times Radio by giving them a view and supporting them with the algorithm by commenting?
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Let me know how much you support TR by leaving a comment and giving them a view?
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@Carnabwth I'm not sure how you jumped to such an idiotic conclusion. You just seemed to like autocracy more than democracy. You're clearly easily triggered after listening to too much Russian propaganda. Lol
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@solidfoelife The equipment in garages are accounted for in that figure. Watch Covert Cabals series of videos on the topic.
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@solidfoelife Watch covert cabals series of videos on the topic.
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What nonsense. Russia can't even protect its refineries from drones made in a garage.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 According to Russia there's NATO agents lurking in every shadow. Most of the casualties were civilian including Fourteen-year-olds Anna and Yuliia Aksenchenko were among 12 people who were killed.
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You think the US is out of weapons? That's actually hilarious.
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Russian soldiers releasing a video on Russian channels is NATO propaganda? Ok buddy.
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@FreedomStrike76 Where did I say that? Dont put words in my mouth. You just said Ukraine is defeated, meanwhile in reality Russia cant even take the Donbas. Try not to cry.
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@attilamarics3374 Well except for the Budapest memorandum, the Minsk agreement, The Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership with Ukraine, the Nuclear Test ban Treaty, the INF Treaty, the UN Charter; UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Corpus of conventions governing the laws and customs of war; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. CSCE Final Act 1975; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Statute of the Council of Europe. Among many others, the Russians have violated around 400 international treaties since 2014.
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@DARKSTAR-mn8ee wow another 300 IQ comment. Cant wait for you to copy paste this a few more times. Also its shameful to like your own comment you should stop that.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 And NATO has taken a grand total of zero casualties. Any more unhinged conspiracy theories?
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@jabbadabbajew6035 No amount of childish insults is going to change reality.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Meanwhile, in reality, Russia still can't even take the Donbas and are using golf carts and dirt bikes after taking horrific losses.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Wow I can see I really triggered you with that comment.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Lets review how this thread has gone for you, just for a laugh. first you tried to say MacGregor didn't claim that Ukraine would collapse right away. I then made you look foolish with a pair of quotes, you then reply with a conspiracy theory with no basis in reality, I once again made you look silly. After that you resort to insults and propaganda polemics. Neither of which had anything to do with MacGregor being a joke, which he is.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Why would I be salty about you repeatedly embarrassing yourself in this thread? I think its funny.
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Yes, Ukraine lost two years ago but for some reason Russia can't even take Vovchansk, which is five miles across the border. How many golf carts and dirt bikes do you think it will take to capture it?
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Yeah, you already said that. It was completely unhinged nonsense with no basis in reality the first time you said it. Is NATO in the room with you right now?
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@jabbadabbajew6035 Yes the 'truth' that exists only in your mid. Like how you thought MacGregor hadn't been saying that Ukraine's collapse was imminent since day one. It must be exhausting being wrong about everything, I can see why you act so foolish.
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@armanicharles5336 Russia's been mobilizing between 20-40k Russians a month, mobilization never ended. And last I heard Russia had more or less stripped the Finish border of all force to send to Ukraine. They've also been emptying out Kaliningrad and the Baltic border. this is because Russia doesn't actually think NATO is a threat to them they just like using them as an excuse. They also need everythign they can get in Ukraine. And no Ukrainian goon squads aren't roaming the streets kidnapping women and children. Watch something other than RT.
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@gen.aladeenhandsome3101 You live in an absolute fantasy world bud.
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@privateer9181 How much more population did Russia have than afghanistan when they lost there? Chechnya had a population of like 3 million and they bet the Russians.
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@WaqasAfzali-ls5yi Russia is a conscription based army bud...
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@WaqasAfzali-ls5yi Conscription is stated in their constitution. Do you really have no idea what you are talking about?
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@WaqasAfzali-ls5yi As of 2021, all male citizens in Russia aged 18–27 are subject to conscription for 1 year of active duty military service in the armed forces, but the precise number of conscripts for each of the recruitment campaigns, which are usually held twice annually, is prescribed by particular Presidential Decree. In July 2023, the Russian State Duma has passed legislation to raise the maximum age for military conscription to 30. Get a clue bud.
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@АртемАртем-л4э Is that why Russian generals Popov and Selivyorstov were both fired after complaining about lack of troop rotation? Why are several new videos released every week by Russians on the front complaining about no troop rotation? Why is there a new protest movement of Russian wives and mothers starting in Russia complaining their husbands and sons aren't being rotated? You guys live in an absolute fantasy world.
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@fahadahaf There were two Chechen wars genius.
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Not in over a century. You see back in the olden days everyone was trying to conquer everyone else, that's just the way things were. After WW2 the rules of the world changed, now if you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Do you understand?
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@LiberalismcelebratesDeath lol my country is doing fine thanks. isn't it annoying trying to get your brainless message across on the internet which was invented by the US military?
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@АнтонАнтонов-к3й Yeah the Ukrainians sold all their weapons, but for some reason Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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@ottobaym01488 You aren't making any sense, are you having a stroke?
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Like when Ukraine said they would attack Kherson and attacked Kharkiv instead. And took them both.
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@lovyrituraj I wonder if they'll care when China decides it wants Manchuria back more than it wants an inept vassal.
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@happymelon7129 So? What's your point? And what do any of those pointless whatboutisms have to do with you being wrong about Ukraine's government being overthrown? The UN voted that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw" from Ukraine as it is violating its territorial integrity and sovereignty. The resolution was passed with an overwhelming vote of 143 in favor.
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@leonardsunjo The US just left Afghanistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years, it was the Afghan government that lost to the Taliban. If after 20 years the ANA wasn't able to fight for themselves they never would be able to, the US should have left after they got Bin Laden imo. Vietnam is a good example that you can win every battle and still lose the war. Russia has lost multiple times more men in Ukraine then the US did in both wars combined.
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@mysticnovelbro Ok lets review, because you seem to have trouble with basic concepts, like context. The topic was the three days narrative being a 'western fable', which I disproved with quotes, both from Putin and state media, the state media quotes were from the opening days of the invasion in 2022 by the way. The date Putin said it is irrelevant, he obviously thought taking Kyiv was going to be a cakewalk, both in 2014 and 2022. We know this because of how unprepared for resistance they were during their idiotic drive on Kyiv, he wouldn't have invaded otherwise. Most of what you've said has been non sequitur nonsense that makes you sound schizophrenic. Who cares what Poroshenko said because for one, it has no relevence to the three days narrative not being in Russia (which was the topic of the conversation remember?) and two, he was voted out for his perceived failings.
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@mysticnovelbro And then you start bleating about how I claimed Putin said the SMO started in 2014. But I didn't, I'm not sure where that came from. Either your inability to read or from the dark corners of your troubled mind
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@mysticnovelbro Are you actually brain damaged bud, or is this really how you are? If Putin said he could take Mars in three days it wouldn't have to correspond with anything, its called boasting.
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@mysticnovelbro No it wouldn't have to correspond with anything. If Putin said he could take Mars in three days it doesn't mean he's invading, it's called boasting little buddy. Do you understand?
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@mysticnovelbro Another pointless post that addresses nothing, good job.
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@mysticnovelbro I don't care what "pro-NATO folks" say. Are they in the room with you right now? Russia 1 TV said they would take it in three days in 2022. Who owns Russia 1? Why not search "Putin says he can take Ukraine in two weeks." Instead of posting foolish comments.
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@mysticnovelbro The only narrative I'm trying to support is the claim that Kyiv would fall in three days was not just in the west, but also Russia, which it was. I'm not sure what part of this is difficult to understand.
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@mysticnovelbro Youtube deletes comments bud. What I said was I dont care what any 'pro-nato' person says, I then asked if they were in the room with you right now. After I suggested it would be easy enough for you to look up Putin's claims about taking Kyiv in two weeks.
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@mysticnovelbro First answer this, who owns Russia 1 TV? Like I said earlier (I guess you missed it, reading comprehension problems and all that) It doesn't matter when Putin boasted he could take it, because he obviously hadn't changed his opinion by the time he invaded. Which is why he sent a hilariously inadequate force to take it, not only did he think he'd walk right in, he thought he'd be greeted with a parade. Why do you think there was a mass firing at the FSB after the failed invasion? Do you really think years of ww1 style attrition was the plan all along?
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@mysticnovelbro Who owns Russia 1? Why are you asking a question that's been answered multiple times already, is your memory going too?
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@mysticnovelbro Avoided? It's been asked and answered six times. Do you actually have mental issues? Now I feel bad.
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@mysticnovelbro I hope you get the help you need bud.
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@mysticnovelbro You can scroll up and see the multiple times I said it was in 2014? You should do that instead of asking idiotic questions. You could also scroll up to see the multiple times I said the year he said it is completely irrelevant. Putin, afaik only said it once, which is also completely irrelevant. His employees at Russia 1 however have said it multiple times in 2022. Are there any more irrelevant points you'd like to quibble over? Or are you ready to admit the 'three days' narrative also existed in Russia?
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@mysticnovelbro Also you seem to be out of step with Russian propaganda. The Kremlin does not even deny that Putin made the statement, but insisted it was taken out of context. I'm not sure what context could make "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." any better.
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@mysticnovelbro I just answered this little buddy. Try scrolling up like you said you can do, you're a big boy, I believe in you.
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@mysticnovelbro I did clarify how many times he said it, try reading again, don't worry you'll get the hang of this reading thing.
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@mysticnovelbro Yeah you said the same thing higher up, you are repeating yourself. It was also completely idiotic the first time you said it.
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@mysticnovelbro But how what? What are you even responding to? Who cares about Poroshenko? He has nothing to do with the narrative that Kyiv would quickly fall being in Russia. He was also voted out, he's not dictator for life like Putin.
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@mrsupremegascon Thanks General. So Russia makes marginal gains taking horrific losses in the process and it's good for Russia. Ukraine walks into Russia and takes hundreds of prisoners, captures loads of equipment and takes more ground than Russia has in a year. Not to mention undermine Putin's authority and embarrass Russia and Its bad for Ukraine, got it.
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@thequackashow619 So why is Russia attacking in multiple vectors across the front if they don't want more land?
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@miteshghadi3146 That wasn't Russia, that was the Soviet Union, and they would have lost without the allies help.
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@miteshghadi3146 That wasn't Russia, it was the Soviet union. They also would not have won without western help.
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@williamalexander9485 And by 'ran to China' do you mean imposing harsh tarrifs on them? Pretty much everyone has done that, including their brics buddies.
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@williamalexander9485 And by 'ran to China' did you mean to say imposed harsh sanctions on? Including their no limit friends Russia.
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@williamalexander9485 "Russia has already stated their goals which doesn’t include all of Ukraine." Russia's stated goals are 'denazification' (aka regime change) despite the current Ukrainian government not fitting that description by any metric. It's also something that will never happen. And demilitarization, which can only be described as a failure conidering Ukraine is more heavily armed now than at any point in its history
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@williamalexander9485 Here is the first google result. "Yes, China's debt-to-GDP ratio is approaching 300%, which is higher than the United States. China's debt has increased dramatically in the last decade, largely due to credit given to state-owned enterprises after the global financial crisis. Some experts are concerned that China's debt could lead to a financial crisis and economic slump." You are hilariously wrong, but whatever helps you sleep at night.
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@williamalexander9485 Here is literally the first google result. "Yes, China's debt-to-GDP ratio is approaching 300%, which is higher than the United States: China's debt has increased dramatically in the last decade, largely due to credit given to state-owned enterprises after the global financial crisis. Some experts are concerned that China's debt could lead to a financial crisis and economic slump."
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@williamalexander9485 Here is the first search result. "Yes, China's debt to GDP ratio is approaching 300%, which is higher than the United States."
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@williamalexander9485 Here is the top search results regarding China's debt. "China's debt to GDP ratio is approaching 300%, which is higher than the US."
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@williamalexander9485 First result from google. "Yes, China's debt-to-GDP ratio is approaching 300%, which is higher than the United States: China: China's debt-to-GDP ratio is over 300%. This includes corporate debt, household debt, and local government financing vehicles (LGFVs)."
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@cooldad7297 China's only ally on paper is Pakistan.
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@sidahagarwal742 huh?
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@ikaustralia There's a difference between volume of fire and effectiveness of fire. Ukraine has more accurate/effective artillery.
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@ikaustralia The Donbas? you mean that area that after 9 years Russia still can't capture.
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@ikaustralia Why lie about something thats so easy to google? The Donbas or Donbass Ukrainian: Донба́с [donˈbɑs]; Russian: Донба́сс is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The word Donbas is a portmanteau formed from "Donets Basin", an abbreviation of "Donets Coal Basin" The name of the coal basin is a reference to the Donets Ridge; the latter is associated with the Donets river. There are numerous definitions of the region's extent. It is now most commonly defined as the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.The historical coal mining region excluded parts of these oblasts, and included areas in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Southern Russia. A Euroregion of the same name is composed of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine and Rostov Oblast in Russia.
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@ikaustralia You can try to twist any sort of pretzel you like it doesn't mean you are correct though. I've already proved you wrong, any more you say just makes you look dumber.
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@ikaustralia LMAO! Ok now I know you really are trolling. That's actually hilarious.
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You mean the pointless shipping containers that are a case study in Russian corruption?
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@raphael3620 Apparently Russians want to surrender but the Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian.
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@rizz1042 Yeah Russia is so good at destroying Leopards that they've been doing it for months before the even arrived in Ukraine. Even farm equipment counts as Leopards. I bet you believe that the retreat from Kyiv really was a gesture of good will. and that the Moskva sank due to high seas. Watch out for the Ukrainian war mosquitos.
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Vranyo, eveyrbody is aware of the lies but nobody acknowledges it.
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@lesterbeedell9725 There is a sham election. When you eliminate your politcal rivals and the outcome is predetermined it isn't a true election.
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@samcook159 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@Тёмный_Механик Here's russia using them on civilian targets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyY__UU-K00&ab_channel=CNN
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@gunnarMyTube Shoigu, was not even allowed on the doorstep because of he had the wrong ID. "We don't know such secretaries, we didn't order them". And Shoigu had to prove for ten minutes that he was not a buffoon from a Tuvan circus, but a "whole" Secretary of the Security Council, a member of the delegation and a participant in the negotiations. All members of the delegation, including the person appointed as the Russian President, were marked with special badges. The access to the rooms, including the restrooms, was granted depending on the colour of the badge. The Chinese comrades did everything to show that the Russian delegation was "poor relatives" who were tolerated but were not welcomed and would be shown their place whenever possible.
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@gunnarMyTube You can look up Shoigu being denied entry yourself if you want.
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@jannmutube Russia has also certainly used DU also. It comes standard on T80's and its Russian doctrine to use them.
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@bigdarshan Ukraine has taken more in the last 3 weeks then Russia has in the past 10 months.
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@jamesgreen1116 No they didn't. Only jet they were shooting down in those days was Flight MH17.
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@riversidegardenradio9070 Russia has been getting absolutely stuffed bud.
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@niburu1508 Are there any facts that indicate that Russia has managed to take the Donbas? Try not to cry.
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user-wj6dt5bq3w The only coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with. what really happened was Yanukovich tried to hang onto power after being voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Which resulted in predictable protests and he then fled back to his puppet masters in Russia. That's not what a coup is.
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user-wj6dt5bq3w A fantasy with no basis in reality. What actually happened was Yanukovych was voted out by all of parliament, including his own party. When he tried to retain power the predictable protests started. This would be the only successful coup in human history that ended with the same government it started with.
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@Jimmy-ye3wg The one who you said 'well put' to. @mirekslechta7161
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Youtube has misinformation guidelines, probably you violated that. And What about Vietnam and Afghanistan? Just pointless whataboutism? I'm not American so say whatever you want it wont hurt my feelings.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Hey did you see Putin's long rambling speech today? "boo hoo please stop sending Ukraine weapons." Lmao no.
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@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 haha cry some more. Russia is so amazing at destroying Leopards that they managed to destroy a bunch months before they even were in Ukraine. Even farm equipment counts as Leopards. As of today there is still only evidence of 2 leopards being destroyed. All from that ambush a week ago, though one of them was just a mobility kill and has already been recovered. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@brownpleasure9320 Yeah according to Russia they've destroyed Ukraine's army 6 times over, yet for some reason they still cant even manage to take the Donbas.
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@Paraiso001 yep, brand new account, repeatedly makes unprompted claims to be Australian and does nothing but post Russian rhetoric.
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@attilamarics3374 Sure buddy, I've been botting for the past 13 years. Nice to know I'm living rent free in your head.
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@attilamarics3374 And how many bots does Times buy per year? Or is this just a scenario you've invented in your head with no evidence?
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@attilamarics3374 Wow Times Radio stole my account? How many accounts do they steal a year? Or is this just a fantasy you've made up in your mind with zero evidence?
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@attilamarics3374 Wow they stole my account too? Is there any evidence for your ramblings?
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@attilamarics3374 "Russia is gaining ground every day. Why does the % matter." This comment is hilariously idiotic bud. Unless you really think context really doesn't matter. What really happened was I posted something that hurt you and you've had a total meltdown. Was it this thread or the other one where I pointed out you were wrong about comments helping with the algorithm? Either way watching you become completely unglued has been fun.
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@attilamarics3374 66.45% of Donetsk, 58.42% at the start of last year. And 98.84% of Luhansk. They controlled 98.30% at the start of last year. So just another decade or so of horrific losses at their current pace and they might manage to take the Donbas. Any more silly questions?
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@attilamarics3374 Wow who's your source in the Ukrainian MoD? Or are you just parroting Russian rhetoric on the status of Ukrainian forces and defenses? The mayor of Moscow said there were 600k wounded Russians a few months ago. That doesn't include KIA. And we have photographic evidence of Russian equipment losses, we can also see their equipment depots from space. This is the year Russia runs through the last of its Soviet legacy.
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@attilamarics3374 How many golf carts and ladas do you think it will take to capture the Donbas?
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@attilamarics3374 No the mayor of Moscow said that about 600,000 Russian soldiers have passed through the rehabilitation center, not total injured. Nice try though. "we can see that they are just building new defenses even around pokrovsk." So? I'd be shocked and amazed if they weren't building new defenses all the time, you realize they are being invaded right? And if you want to pretend photographic evidence isn't real that's fine, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@attilamarics3374 "600,000 Russian Soldiers Treated in Moscow Facility, Mayor of Moscow Says. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the Covid-era hospital in Moscow has been converted into a military rehabilitation center due to the lack of available resources. He explained that 600,000 Russian soldiers who participated in the war in Ukraine are being treated for various reasons in these rehabilitation centers and that prosthetics for soldiers who have lost limbs are also produced here."
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@attilamarics3374 "Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the Covid-era hospital in Moscow has been converted into a military rehabilitation center due to the lack of available resources. He explained that 600,000 Russian soldiers who participated in the war in Ukraine are being treated for various reasons in these rehabilitation centers and that prosthetics for soldiers who have lost limbs are also produced here." You can deny reality if you like, but that's what he said.
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@attilamarics3374 "Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the Cvd-era hospital in Moscow has been converted into a military rehabilitation center due to the lack of available resources. He explained that 600,000 Russian soldiers who participated in the war in Ukraine are being treated for various reasons in these rehabilitation centers and that prosthetics for soldiers who have lost limbs are also produced here." No he's not talking about total injured in Moscow, he's talking about wounded soldiers who used the rehabilitation centers. Feel free to believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though. It's not surprising you don't believe what he unambiguously said, you don't even believe photographic evidence.
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@attilamarics3374 That is exactly what he said. "Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the hospital in Moscow has been converted into a military rehabilitation center due to the lack of available resources. He explained that 600,000 Russian soldiers who participated in the war in Ukraine are being treated for various reasons in these rehabilitation centers and that prosthetics for soldiers who have lost limbs are also produced here." Come back to reality bud.
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@attilamarics3374 And Russia's deputy Minister of Defense said Russia had 50k MIA. Which is insane, to put that number in perspective the US only had around 2500 for the entire Vietnam war. Though I expect you to handwave this away too because it doesn't suit your narrative, just like you do with photographic evidence and the mayor of Moscow's statement.
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@attilamarics3374 Buddy he's on camera saying it, feel free to check yourself instead of posting silly comments here.
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@attilamarics3374 Here is the exact quote. "The MoD has set up a modern hospital in the Voronivsky sector....We have created a new complex that provides all surgical and therapeutic diagnosis capabilities etc. We have decided to re-proliferate this center for the rehabilitation of the participants of the special military operation. Today over six hundred thousand members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there." etc etc.
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@attilamarics3374 Here is the exact quote. "...We have decided to reproliferate this center for the rehabilitation of the participants of the special military operation. Today over six hundred thousand members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there."
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@attilamarics3374 "We have decided to re-proliferate this center for the rehabilitation of the participants of the special military operation. Today over 600,000 members of the SMO are being rehabilitated there."
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@attilamarics3374 "Today over six hundred thousand members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there." Is the exact quote. Denial of reality seems to be your strong suit.
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@attilamarics3374 Here is the exact quote. "The MoD has set up a modern hospital in the Voronivsky sector....We have created a new complex that provides all surgical and therapeutic diagnosis capabilities etc. We have decided to re-proliferate this center for the rehab of the participants of the smo. Today over six hundred thousand members of the smo are being rehabbed there."
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@attilamarics3374 Here is the exact quote. "The MoD has set up a modern hospital in the Voronivsky sector..We have decided to reproliferate this center for the rehabilitation of the participants of the special military operation. Today over 600k members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there."
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@attilamarics3374 Here is the exact quote. "Today over 600k members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there." Feel free to look it up yourself instead of embarrassing yourself further.
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@attilamarics3374 Nope, he says "600k members of the SMO are being rehabilitated there." Take a break from embarrassing yourself to look it up yourself.
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@attilamarics3374 Nobody even denies he says that, with good reason, its recorded on camera unambiguously for all to see. You are the first person I've seen try to pretend he didn't.
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@attilamarics3374 That was a direct quote of what he said. You can deny reality if that makes you feel fuzzy inside though.
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@attilamarics3374 Here is the exact quote. "The MoD has set up a modern hospital in the Voronivsky sector....We have created a new complex that provides all surgical and therapeutic diagnosis capabilities etc. We have decided to re-proliferate this center for the rehabilitation of the participants of the special military operation. Today over six hundred thousand members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there." Try not to cry ok.
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@attilamarics3374 "Today over six hundred thousand members of the special military operation are being rehabilitated there." This is exactly what he said, dry your eyes.
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@attilamarics3374 Russia has been recruiting between 20-40k people every month. Do you really not think before you post?
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@attilamarics3374 Also I'm not claiming anything, the mayor of Moscow is claiming 600k wounded. I'm not the mayor of Moscow.
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@attilamarics3374 Sure 'they' are. That is what's called top shelf cope. It's funny how you went from 'he didn't say that' to 'actually he misspoke.' The 20k-40k estimates were based off of available data on federal payments to volunteers, suggested that Russia was recruiting about 30,000 people a month. Russia's army recruited more than 430000 new troops last year. You are welcome to look up these figures yourself if you are tired of making a fool of yourself here.
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@attilamarics3374 Why do you think they are begging North Korea for help?
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@attilamarics3374 By 'they' you mean people on twitter right? 600,000: "shestisot tysach" 60,000: "shestidesati tysach" 600-1000: "ot shestisot do tysachi" In the video, you can clearly hear him saying "shestisot tysach". 600,000. You can believe whatever makes you feel the fuzziest inside though.
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@attilamarics3374 Russian mil bloggers claim NK forces are there, not sure what they would have to gain by making that up.
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@attilamarics3374 If you want to pretend Russia isn't taking mass casualties that's fine, you can deny reality all you want.
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@attilamarics3374 Russian mil bloggers say NK is there.
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@attilamarics3374 Russian sources say NK is there.
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@attilamarics3374 There is photographic evidence of over 20k destroyed Russia vehicles. That is the absolue minimum for destroyed equipment. Russian mil blogger Murz said Russia took a minimum of 16k KIA in four months to take Avdiivka. That was one town.
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@attilamarics3374 I have the mayor of Moscow saying there are 600k wounded. Plus photographic evidence of 20k destroyed pieces of equipment. Russia's deputy minister of defense said there were 50k MIA. You live in a world of make believe. Murz said 16k KIA over 4 months to take one town.
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@attilamarics3374 Where did I say there were 30k NK's? You sure love building strawmen.
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@attilamarics3374 This place was for rehab. So wounded from all over would be sent here for treatment, physiotherapy and prosthetics. They don't live there. I'm not sure what part of this you are having difficulty understanding.
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@attilamarics3374 Another lie. Ukraine has not disclosed the number of soldiers missing in action. Liking your own comments isn't going to help your argument bud.
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@attilamarics3374 Ukraine has not disclosed the number of soldiers missing in action.
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@attilamarics3374 "That doesnt explain the problems with these numbers." Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean there is a problem with it bud. I imagine there are many simple concepts you don't understand.
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@attilamarics3374 Your inability to understand something doesn't mean there is a problem with it. No amount of liking your own comments is going to change reality.
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@attilamarics3374 The only info I can find on Ukraine MIA is "Feb 26, 2024 — Up to 7000-8000 Ukrainian soldiers are missing in action" I have no idea why you feel compelled to make things up.
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@attilamarics3374 so just to review, I am citing Russian sources and photographic evidence regarding Russian losses. You are citing things that exist only in your mind. You are doing a great job proving you aren't obsessed with me btw.
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@attilamarics3374 The only info I can find regarding Ukrainian MIA is from over a year ago from an MP that said between 6k-8k. Not the number you made up out of nowhere.
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@attilamarics3374 You are doing a great job proving you aren't obsessed with me btw.
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@attilamarics3374 So just to review I bring Russian sources and photographic evidence to talk about Russian losses. You bring whatever make believe data that exists only in your mind.
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@attilamarics3374 Everything I wrote is from Russian sources or photographic evidence. Your reply is "no way bud."
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@attilamarics3374 Here's what google says about Ukrainian MIA Ukraine has not disclosed the number of soldiers missing in action (MIA), but here's some information about the topic: Missing persons As of July 2024, Ukraine's Interior Ministry reported that 42,000 people are listed as missing in the country. This is a significant increase from April, when the Chief Ombudsman reported that 37,000 Ukrainians were considered missing. Russian soldiers MIA In December 2024, a Russian deputy defense minister, Anna Tsivileva, revealed that up to 50,000 Russian soldiers could be MIA in Ukraine. However, the head of the parliamentary defense committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said that these figures were classified and should not be made public. Ukraine's "I Want to Find" project This project was created by Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) to handle inquiries from Russian families about missing soldiers. As of January 2025, over 50,000 Russians had submitted inquiries through the project. Russia's lack of effort A representative of Ukraine's project criticized Russia's lack of effort in recovering or identifying the missing.
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@attilamarics3374 Google is where I got the 6-8k figure. Please feel free to cite your source for 60k MIA instead of making more silly comments.
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@attilamarics3374 Your inability to understand basic concepts is on your end bud. I'm still waiting on a source for 60k MIA.
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@attilamarics3374 Here is what google says. Ukraine has not disclosed the number of soldiers missing in action (MIA). It should take you ten seconds to cite your source. I'll wait. You don't like Russian sources and photographic evidence because they don't reinforce your arbitrary world view. That isn't my problem.
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@attilamarics3374 Google says Ukraine hasn't discloses its MIA. It should take you ten seconds to cite your source. I'll wait.
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@attilamarics3374 You don't like Russian sources and photographic evidence because they don't reinforce your worldview. Sorry that isn't my problem.
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@attilamarics3374 Google says Ukraine hasn't disclosed its MIA, same as the first time I checked. So that was a lie.
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@attilamarics3374 I gave multiple Russian sources, the mayor of Moscow, Rusia's deputy minister of defense, Murz. And Photographic evidence does give a fairly good indication of how things are going. What do you think 20k vehicle losses says? You can hand wave them away if they donn't fit your narrative, but I at least provided sources. I'm still waiting on your source for Ukrainian MIA. I won't respond to anything else until you do.
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@attilamarics3374 So provide the source, it should take you ten seconds to shut me up.
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@attilamarics3374 Well don't leave me in suspense bud, what is the name of this mythical newspaper?
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@attilamarics3374 All I want is a source for 60k MIA Ukrainians. But you can't even do that because like everything else out of your mouth it's completely made up. I'm done responding until you provide that source.
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@attilamarics3374 All I want is a source for 60k MIA. But you can't even do that because you made it up like everything else you say.
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@attilamarics3374 Nope, because the MIA numbers don't exist outside of your imagination. Just like everything else you post.
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@attilamarics3374 "Explain to me how can 4 times more soldiers die than the size of the Russian army." Nobody is making that claim but you buddy. If all you are going to do is build strawmen and dodge the MIA question this conversation has run its course.
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@attilamarics3374 "Bud, they do exist. they even put it out basically yearly." Ok it should be super easy for you to point me in the right direction then instead of continuing to twaddle on about nothing.
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@attilamarics3374 "Bud, they do exist. they even put it out basically yearly." good it should be super easy for you to point me in the right direction. But for some reason you refuse to do that.
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@attilamarics3374 You really are bad at math, now I know why you are having so many problems with this. 35000 times 12 to get 420000. Which is exactly the number I gave up above. Now bout the MIA source...
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@attilamarics3374 So we've established you can't do basic math and you made up Ukraine's MIA numbers. I'm going to head out bud, I have grown ups to talk to.
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@attilamarics3374 "the problem here is that what you claimed is impossible" Are you being deliberately obtuse, or are you just low key illiterate? For about the fourth time I am not making any claims, I am telling you what Russian sources say. Direct your hysterics towards the mayor of Moscow or something. You on the other hand did make a claim, that Ukraine had 60k MIA, which i see you still are unable to provide a source for.
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@attilamarics3374 "the problem here is that what you claimed is impossible" Are you being deliberately obtuse, or can you just low key not read? For about the fourth time I am not making any claims, I am telling you what Russian sources say. Direct your hysterics towards the mayor of Moscow or something. You on the other hand did make a claim, that Ukraine had 60k MIA, which I see you still are unable to provide a source for.
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@tomomalley-df3bq If it makes you feel better Trump is also a felon and can't vote in Florida.
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@robertcreighton4635 Convicted felon and dementia patient Trump has my vote, Hulk Hogan ripped his shirt and told me he's best.
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@robertcreighton4635 The convicted felon and dementia patient has my vote. Hulk Hogan ripped his shirt and told me he's best.
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@seanlander9321 That's not true, most Russian's are just left where they fell to be food for foxes.
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He's having a top secret meeting with Sokolov, 6' under.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 And they propped Sokolov up like a meat puppet, he isn't alive either.
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@wolfswinkel8906 If T54's weren't obsolete garbage Russia might have a chance at taking the Donbas.
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled um no its literally some wall street guys investment portfolio there are no signed treaties and it's not a real organization and not any one of those countries would piss on another if they were on fire please learn some basic information before you embarrass yourself further
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@missesCarmenB General Popov was just fired for pointing out Russia was taking dreadful losses, they arent' even rotating troops. They are low on ammo and are lacking in artillery, particularly counter battery.
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Who can say how many Russians have starved in pits that aren't counted.
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@Врум-Врум Let me guess you think the Moskva sank because of high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill.' Watch out for the Ukrainian war mosquitos!
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@Врум-Врум You haven't been watching that closely then because the first line has been breached in several locations.
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@Врум-Врум I think I got a second hand copium high from this post. cry some more.
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@Врум-Врум So far 2 leopards and a handful of Bradley's 4 days ago. Good job, wars won. Unless you are counting the farm equipment Russia destroyed and tried to pass of as leopards. or the photoshopped destroyed Russian T80
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Oh I figured it out, you must be counting all the leopards Russia said they destroyed months before they even arrived in Ukraine. Bless your heart, you know those weren't real right?
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Yes a three year stalemate in the Donbas with horrific losses is a failure for Russia. And yes Ukraine being able to hold back Russia is a disaster for Putin.
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@stephenglover1818 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around ten percent of Ukrainians wanted to join, the state was unwilling to enact the required reforms and multiple members of the alliance were opposed to them joining. After 2014 Russia occupied parts of Ukraine and no country with territorial disputes can join. So no, NATO had nothing to do with it. Even if none of that was true, Russia signed the NATO-Russia founding act, which stated both alliances could expand as they saw fit.
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@stephenglover1818 Medvedev already announced the reason for the war. Large mineral and hydrocarbon deposits were discovered in Ukraine and Russian wanted to maintain its European monopoly.
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@alice_agogo This is off topic but how do you feel about Scooby Doo vans being used as serious machines of war? Imagine the terror one must feel when the see the Mystery Machine closing in on them.
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@alice_agogo There's lots of footage of Russians shooting at Ukrainian drones with rifles, usually before they get a grenade dropped on them. And Russia lost me when it got its flagship sunk by a country with no navy.
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@alice_agogo Well i'm not American but yeah those guys need to get it together. The thing you've got to remember though is the US is a big country. If the US was a country in Europe its mass shootings per capita would be around the middle of the pack.
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@alice_agogo Ukraine's Navy consists of some coastal patrol ships, they had nothing to do with the Moskva sinking though it was a couple Neptune missiles. If you ask Russia though they stil say it was due to high seas. Ukraine is dropping grenades on their own men are they? now who's making stuff up? Speaking of friendly fire though I heard Russia had a mishap today and destroyed 2 of their own helo's and 2 jets over Bryansk. Unlucky.
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@SAapproves Those news outlets disagree with me about what? Do you have a link? There has been no reduction in western support, this is just a Russian talking point.the fact that Russia has to beg North Korea and Iran for ammo doesn't make them look good, you understand that right? Russia cant even take the Donbas, its a few hours drive from Moscow. They aren't a Superpower, they are hardly a regional power anymore. Where did I say that it wasn't a stalemate? don't put words in my mouth. Zaluzhny is going to say whatever he thinks will get them the most aid. Russia has more men but according to photographic evidence they are losing far more equipment and taking more casualties. edit: oops, looks like your comment got deleted, not sure if you did that or if you ran afoul of youtubes misinformation policy.
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@AlexWolfM Oh I see you're over here spreading the same lie. As of May 2023 the United States alone had given Ukraine more than 2 million 155 mm artillery rounds. This doesn't include the millions of DPICM the US has sent/is sending.
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@AlexWolfM E.U. countries have provided Ukraine with about 350,000 155-millimeter shells in total as of Mar 16, 2023. That number is likely higher now. (according to time magazine and politico) I'm also not sure what point you are trying to make. NATO is primarily air first militaries and rely on overwhelming air power to win wars. The US and EU are both also working on a 6 fold increase of 155 production.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Puerto Rico could vote for independence any time they want as several US territories have in the past.
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@christopherjavens3438 Did Hamas visit Biden immediately prior to their October 6th attack like they did Putin?
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@johnsnow9840 Prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, they weren't going to join. Even if they wanted to France and Germany wouldn't allow them. NATO is a red herring, this is just a regular old land grab.
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There is zero evidence for this. Speaking of unsustainable losses regarding AWACS though, Ukraine has shot down two Russian A-50's, and Russia no longer even uses their few remaining A-50's.
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@ailinofaolin8897 You have no idea what was on those aircraft, whether they were bringing something to or from Ukraine, never mind that they were there specifically for evacuating your imagined wounded. You can jump to any conclusion you like just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@ailinofaolin8897 And I can't find anything about these flights outside of Russian telegram. Maybe you should post all the details.
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@ailinofaolin8897 And yeah, while you're at it maybe you should post all the details of those flights. There are roughly round 20-25 aircraft landed or launched every day at NATO's Ukraine logistics hub.
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@ailinofaolin8897 There is nothing on C-295M, PLF042, registration 016 flight log about going to Ukraine. Ditto for A321-251NX, GAF712, registration 15+11. I'm not going to bother checking the rest. What point do you think you are making by inventing scenarios in your mind? Even if they were flying there it proves literally nothing, like I already said there are two dozen flights daily into the Ukraine logistics hub.
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@ailinofaolin8897 There is nothing on the flight logs on the first two aircraft regarding anything about Ukraine. I'm not going to bother checking the rest. What point do you think you are making by inventing scenarios in your mind? Even if they were flying there it proves literally nothing, like I already said there are two dozen flights daily into the Ukraine logistics hub.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Radarbox, which also tracks flights. The A321 for example did not once enter Ukraine, It entered Poland several times, as it's a general purpose transport for the Luftwaffe not a dedicated medevac which you mistakenly think. There are two dozen flights a day bringing supplies for Ukraine, a point you seem unable to comprehend.
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@ailinofaolin8897 As you can see it is making regular flights into the same Polish city, both before and after the strike, nothing about Ukraine. Almost like its some some of scheduled flight. But that can't be because that doesn't fit with the fan fiction you've written about it. Rzeszów (RZE/EPRZ) Cologne (CGN/EDDK) 2024 5 Sep Berlin (BER/EDDB) Rzeszów (RZE/EPRZ) 2024 4 Sep Rzeszów (RZE/EPRZ) Berlin (BER/EDDB) 2024 4 Sep Berlin (BER/EDDB) Rzeszów (RZE/EPRZ) 2024 3 Sep Cologne (CGN/EDDK) Berlin (BER/EDDB) 2024 2 Sep Berlin (BER/EDDB) Cologne (CGN/EDDK) 2024 2 Sep Rzeszów (RZE/EPRZ) Berlin (BER/EDDB) 2024 2 Sep Cologne (CGN/EDDK) Rzeszów (RZE/EPRZ) 2024 2 Sep
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@ailinofaolin8897 It had been flying back and forth between Berlin and Rzeszów both before and after the strike, it's a transport aircraft, thats what it does. You can write any head cannon you like, don't expect anyone to take you seriously little buddy.
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@ailinofaolin8897 Just to give you the benefit of the doubt I decided to check the Beech and it didn't go to Ukraine either. The closest it got was a flight from Poland to Romania. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@Marshall--L lmao, the US spent 2 trillion on the Afghan campaign, what do you think they looted, goats?
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@formerlyfromthefuton8171 Is the collective West in the room with you right now?
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@markotoshich7676 All Putin's political rivals end up in the gulag or eating a polonium salad. You can pretend its a democracy if you want just don't expect anyone to take you serious.
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@livingtribunal4110 Russian basic equipment is golf carts and tanks with houses built around them. Ok buddy, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the horrific losses they've suffered.
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Sometimes Russians tell the truth, like general Popov and Seliverstov. They were of course both fired for telling the truth.
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@cryptofan8625 Sure bud, I can tell from your response that you lack the brain power for serious discussion. Remember don't run with scissors. Also i'm not American so i'm not sure what you mean by 'you lost'
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Who's Russia a proxy of, North Korea or Iran?
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@florincroitoru1502 "The Russians fire 10 times more shells, and they are not guided! There is no geographical advantage in this case." This is a incoherent comment that makes zero sense, geography and and the accuracy of munitions don't matter in your opinion? Ok buddy.
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@florincroitoru1502 "Maybe you want to chat in another language. I see that you hardly understand what I write. I don't talk to naive people who call me naive." At no point do I call you naive, it was you that called me naive, remember? If you don't have the mental capacity to follow along this conversation serves little purpose.
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@florincroitoru1502 "There is NO geographical advantage in this case, the Russians are at home in Ukraine!" What an absolutely idiotic comment, you seem to not even understand what geographical advantage means. I'll restate, Ukraine occupied the high ground on the right bank of the Dnieper which is the much higher tha the left bank. It is universally advantageous to fight from the high ground. This is called a geographical advantage, do you understand?
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@florincroitoru1502 "Ukraine has no gun advantage." When did I say they did? I said Ukraine had an accuracy advantage because of the advanced western munitions they were given, this is objectively true. I said Russia's previous 10-1 advantage is volume of fire is now closer to 3-1. The same source that says Russia had the 10-1 advantage says they now have a 3-1 advantage. I'm not sure what part you are having difficulty understanding. You are the one pretending defenders advantage, accuracy and geography don't matter.
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@florincroitoru1502 "You Desperately looking for naive reasons for Ukraine to win. Ukraine will surely lose." When did I say anything about anyone winning or losing? We are talkin about losses around Krinky. Do you have some sort of brain injury?
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@florincroitoru1502 Sure thing little buddy. I remember Russia used to boast about how mighty they were back in the 20th century, not long after that they were begging us for food.
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@florincroitoru1502 *bye No answer to what? You haven't made a coherent post yet. Hey have you learned what geographic and defenders advantage are yet? Or do you still think they imaginary?
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@florincroitoru1502 Yeah you keep saying goodbye but then you keep coming back to post more foolish comments.
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@florincroitoru1502 See, there you are back again to post another foolish comment.
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Yeah and he was arrested, meanwhile corrupt Shoigu and Gerasimov are still running the Russian military.
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@Mortablunt all companies in china are run by the state, and yeah China has dumped a colossal amount of money into micro chips and its been a total failure.
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Most of those 14k have been decommissioned and no longer exist. We can see Russian equipment depots from space, Russia will run out of tanks in 2025.
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@yaqob3275 The Russian's killed 30-50 million of their own people. The only ones who are in the same body count league are the Chinese.
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Navalny is no saint but he's miles better then most Russian leadership. Which I guess might not be saying much.
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@olgabelarus Russian Mil bloggers say NK soldiers are there, Russian medical personnel say they are treating NK wounded. There are videos of reported NK soldiers using tactics that are completely different from the ones Russia uses, and there is a video of NK prisoners being interviewed. As for Russia's marginal gains that is self evident.
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@ As of the end of January 2025, Russia occupied 18.21% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of this was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022, Russia has taken almost nothing since.
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@rodpanhard If China takes anything it will be outer Manchuria.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia lacks the force projection to do much of anything in the Sahel, even under the best of circumstances. Never mind when they are spending so many resources in Ukraine. Sorry their new "Afrika Corp" (A little on the nose with the name) Isn't sufficient to do much aside from protect their mineral extraction operation. Sooner or later though the extremists will take over.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia's been in Syria for a decade and half the country is still controlled by insurgents. France left when asked, good luck getting rid of Russia.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia can't even prevent IS-K from attacking their own country despite the whole world warning them. They've been in Syria for a decade and half the country is still controlled by insurgents.
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@williamalexander9485 They can't even prevent IS from striking their own capital despite the whole world warning them.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia can't even prevent IS from striking their own capital despite the whole world giving them a heads up.
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@williamalexander9485 Russia can't even prevent terrorism in their own capital despite everyone warning them.
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@williamalexander9485 Meanwhile Russia can't even prevent IS from burning down a theater in their capital despite everyone warning them.
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@williamalexander9485 Not to mention they've been in Syria for a decade and half the country is still controlled by insurrectionists.
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@williamalexander9485 Not to mention they've been trying to help their buddy Assad out for a decade and rebels still control half the country.
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@raydeemed Are you really incapable of doing a google search? Let me know if you need your hand held for any other simple tasks. It was from a report released by a UN panel of experts that circulated on Aug. 25. It said Islamic State in the Greater Sahara has almost doubled the Malian territory it controls since Wagner took over.
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@RyzenShanks Yeah I did genius, I said 'Why dont you go ahead and list the countries the 'western alliance' have annexed?' then you responded with a random list of countries. There is a difference between stopping ethnic cleansing and taking down a dictator vs trying to annex the territory of a sovereign state in a cynical land grab. do you understand?
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@RyzenShanks Its my fault you cant read? If you're looking for genocide you can look at Russia, they commit one after another, they're in the middle of one right now. They took out at least 30 million of their own. Likely far more then that. Also its kinda strange to get upset the west didn't invade countries in a thread where your complaining about them invading countries.
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@Andreas-gh6is It was an Iskandar, not a glide bomb. The jets had been sitting in the same spot for at least six months, according to google maps, so inactive. Russia hasn't been able to eliminate Ukraine's small air force in two and a half years, which is pathetic. The F16's will be a huge boost.
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@Random_Dude42 Some of Putin's doubles have more Mongolian blood than others.
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Satellite photos show a couple craters in fields close to nothing important.
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@BojanPeric-kq9et Dude, are you brain damaged?
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umbrellastudio7481 Who said they would sanction Russia if they invaded Ukraine? Nobody that I remember, who announces something like that ahead of time? Of course China would be sanctioned if they invaded Taiwan. The US said they'd go to war with China if they invaded, whether that was true or just Biden being confused I don't know, but they would at the very least sanction China. Say what you want about Russian ineptitude but at least they are energy and food independent. The same sanctions on China and they would deindustrialize and starve within six months.
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@jamiebrooks3864 BRICS nations don't trust each other, do you think China and India trust each other? Or Iran and Saudi Arabia?
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@adkest9914 It was Trump who sank the republican border bill buddy.
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It took Russia 10 years in Afghanistan to collapse their whole empire.
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@martyn4501 Wrong. The reason they were buying time is because they know Russia never lives up to its obligations, and a treaty with Russia isn't worth the paper its written on. There are two Minsk Agreements, not just one. The first “Minsk Protocol” was signed on September 5, 2014. It mainly consists of a commitment to a ceasefire along the existing line of contact, which Russia never respected. By February 2015, fighting had intensified to a level that led to renewed calls for a ceasefire, and ultimately led to the second Minsk Agreement, signed on February 12, 2015. Even after this agreement, Russian-led forces kept fighting and took the town of Debaltseve six days later. The two agreements are cumulative, building on each other, rather than the second replacing the first. This is important in understanding the importance, reflected in the first agreement, of an immediate ceasefire and full monitoring by the OSCE, including on the Ukraine-Russia border, as fundamental to the subsequent package of agreements. Russia is in violation of the Minsk Agreements. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time.
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@martyn4501 Russian-led forces prevent the OSCE from accomplishing its mission in Donbas as spelled out in the Minsk Agreements. It is an unstated irony in Vienna — understood by every single diplomatic mission and member of the international staff — that Russia approves the mandate of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine when it votes in Vienna, but then blocks implementation of that same mission on the ground in Ukraine. Because Russia is a member of the OSCE, and the SMM wants to preserve what little access it has to the occupied territories, the mission is guarded in what it says about ceasefire violations and restrictions on its freedom of movement. Privately, however, they acknowledge that some 80% of such violations and restrictions come from the Russian-controlled side of the border, and those that occur on the Ukrainian side are largely for safety reasons (e.g., avoiding mined approaches to bridges.)
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@delanofernandes6471 Please. If Putin ever gave the order he'd be escorted to the nearest 7th story window by the FSB. He knows this though, which is why he will never give that order.
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@Sunset3725 I'm not sure what this is, just pointless whataboutism? Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed.
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@kureed79 There are homeless in every country.
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@Faiez-rh1gm 'tell me who controls American Military industry' Is this a trick question? The US does, remember there was a big scandal when it came to light tht one component in the F35s ejection chair was made in China bringing the whole production line to a halt? They also get lots from their European allies.
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Run by the mafia.
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@robertatkins9419 Here's what was actually said about the phantom peace agreement. By a person in the room. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." There were peace talks but they were never close to a peace agreement . You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@atkins9419 Here's what was actually said by a person in the room. There were peace talks but never was there any peace agreement, its time to rejoin reality bud. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this intrusion would never happen again. However, there is no such belief."
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@robertatkins9419 Here's what was actually said by a person in the room. There were peace talks but never was there any peace agreement. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards Nato is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this intrusion would never happen again. However, there is no such belief."
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@atkins9419 No you just made the baseless claim that "they withdrew from Kiev as a sign of goodwill, after they had been requested to do so by the Ukraine negotiators in Istanbul." there is no evidence for this, despite what you may claim. Maybe your are thinking about when Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak said in 2022 that he had negotiated an agreement with Ukraine within a few days of the invasion. This settlement would have ended hostilities in exchange for guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO. The agreement was however blocked by Putin, who "expanded his objectives to include annexing swathes of Ukrainian territory" Defending themselves from Russian invasion has nothing to do with western ambitions. Satisfy western ambitions? What is that nonsense even supposed to mean? The west is losing a lot of money sanctioning Russia, missing out on cheap commodities. They are sanctioning them on principle not for whatever insane agenda you may be implying. Considering we are two years into the invasion (Ten if you count the first phase of the war) and Russia is celebrating the capture of a small town right on the border after taking more casualties than they did after ten years in Afghanistan, I'd say at the very least this war has been a disaster for everyone.
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@robertatkins9419 Defending themselves from Russian invasion has nothing to do with western ambitions. Satisfy western ambitions? What is that nonsense even supposed to mean? Russia are the ones invading here, its Putin's delusions of empire that lead to this war. The west is losing a lot of money sanctioning Russia, missing out on cheap commodities. They are sanctioning them on principle not for whatever insane agenda you cooked up in your mind. Considering we are two years into the invasion (Ten if you count the first phase of it) and Russia is celebrating the capture of a small town right on the border after taking more losses than they did after ten years in Afghanistan (another conflict they should have won and lost btw) I'd say at the very least this invasion isn't going how Russia hoped it would.
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@robertatkins9419 The fantasy Istanbul account that exists only in your mind that's refuted by Arakhamia's claims, which I already quoted here but you refuse to accept because it doesn't fit your narrative. It wasn't me who said Ukraine agreed to neutrality it was Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak. Considering it came from the Kremlin I think chances are very high that it is a lie, like everything else that comes from there, including the Istanbul delusion that you continue to assert with no evidence.
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@robertatkins9419 It wasn't me who said Ukraine agreed to neutrality it was Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak. Considering it came from the Kremlin I think chances are very high that it is a lie. Like everything else that comes from there, including the Istanbul delusion that you continue to assert with no evidence. Just saying that 'there is an account' isn't evidence. Its just baseless assertions.
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@platinum2905 Biden is ahead in the polls and Zelensky still has broad support. Neither of those guys kill off their political rivals like Putin.
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yanksbiglywvil Russia's 3 day smo has been completely humiliating. Russia could use some game changers, maybe then they'd have a chance at taking the Donbas.
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@Percival5 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks in 2014. The 3 day narrative was all over Russian state media. Or do you think years of WW1 style attrition warfare was the plan all along?
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@The_Ballo Whats your point? You mean buying Russian oil at the EU price cap? They also trade with the US.
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@The_Ballo So why vote to condemn Russia if it doesn't mean anything?
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@ Another silly comment that addresses nothing, good job. Maybe some more childish emoji spam will help get your point across. That and the fact that you don't understand how to use commas are a good indication that you are Russian btw.
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@ Another pointless comment that addresses nothing, good job. By the way the emoji spam and the fact that you don't understand how to use commas are a clear indication you are Russian, if you want to pretend to be Australian you might want to clean that up.
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@ Oh and just a heads up the childish emoji spam and the fact that you don't understand how commas work is a clear indication you're Russian and not Australian, as you pretend to be.
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@louger-tp5pl Yeah its been rough on NATO taking 0 casualties so far.
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@illomens2766 No, nobody says Russia's economy is the third largest. They are the eleventh largest. Also there aren't IMF and World Bank detectives, Russia self reports their cooked numbers and the IMF/WB take them at face value. Russia increased taxes and is mass spending on its military, this will increase GDP, but it isn't real growth. Ukraine's GDP is increasing around the same as Russia's if you want to know how useless that metric is.
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@amahsu1821 Chinese leaders have killed 60-100 million Chinese people.
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@TheKkpop1 Sure, as soon as China stops meddeling in the South China Sea and threatening our allies in the region.
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@MarkoToljaM Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@MarkoToljaM Putin: "In just two weeks time Russian troops could gain control of Kyiv and do it easily." Russia 1 TV: "And Kyiv will be taken so quickly, in a day and a half or three days." "Two days and the fall of the city." "It is understood that in a hot wr we would defeat Ukraine in two days, what's there to defeat, Jesus its Ukraine. We suppressed those firing points we were talking about in the commercial and that's it" "We'll raise an eyebrow and Ukraine will understand everything, no need for any preludes, we'll take Kyiv."
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@chinysukainepyobytt4506 The government of Yemen isn't, Houthi rebels are.
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@internetcensure5849 Iraq had the 5th largest military on earth and that was a conventional war. the US took the country over in about 500 hours.
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@milibibi2152 Ditto with Russia and its sponsors.
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@shsh-he5qg 2 leopards and about a dozen bradleys in that convoy. Did you see at Vulhedar where Russia drove into the same minefield over and over losing over 130 vehicle for no good reason?
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@donofon1014 He probably doesn't love that the Russian Orthodox church has been infiltrated by the KGB. Including its Patriarch Kirill.
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@M4DD4WG Weird how the leadership of the Russian Orthodox church are all ex kgb. I also wonder how many churches Putin has bombed.
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@M4DD4WG Putin has demolished over 660 churches since the start of the smo.
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@Memovox Two years taking enormous casualties to capture part of a small town right on the border. This is your grand Russian victory? Russia lost 10% of its deployed tanks trying to take this town. That's from photographic evidence. Putin was bragging about capturing 19 houses. You can tell the invasion is going well.
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Russia already using t-62's, what they going to use against NATO t-55's? super scary. you know part of the reason the Moskva sank, aside from incompentence is because they had to keep they fire extinguishers locked up because people kept stealing them, thats the sort of country Russia is, a complete joke. nobody takes them seriously in the west, except you apparently
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@sandmantk4901 lol, ok buddy. You're right day drunk Medvedev with his nine hundredth threat is super scary.
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@WeejimmySnazberry Yes, the alcoholic Medvedev spouting his insane weekly nonsense is certainly foolish.
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usernh24 Drink as much as Medvedev and see how many of your brain cells remain.
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usernh24 Live in the bottle like Medvedev and see how many of your brain cells remain.
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@garymccormick7551 Russia killed around 2 million Afghani civilians in 10 years. 46,319 civilians were killed in Afghanistan over 20 years of US occupation, though less than 2k were a result of dirtect military action.
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Kerorhavbc777 There are 50k Russian troops there trying to take it back, far more than there are Ukrainian.
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@AK-qe3pz If the Ukrainian army is decimated then why cant Russia even manage to take the Donbas?
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It will likely be a total purge in typical Russian fashion.
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Yes, this bill should hae been passed in October. better late than never though.
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@Yuri-z2y And ithas been a complete disaster for Russia. Though to be fair as disastrous as the Kharkiv offensive has been its still gone far better than their first offensive there.
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Unfortunately for you and Russia camera's exist. Earlier today the 110th OMBR Posted Video Evidence Showing 122 Pieces of Destroyed and Abandoned Russian Equipment. And they only operate in a small area around Krasnohorivka by Avdiivka.
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@Kavala76 There's also footage of wave after wave of mobiks sent towards Ukrainian lines. You are acting like cameras dont exist, there's almost nothing in this war that isn't being documented.
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100k casualties to take a mid sized town a few miles over the border in just under a year that they are in the process of losing. Good job.
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@ericp1139 The only one of those that was a full NATO operation was Afghanistan, and it was because of 9/11. So a defensive war.
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@justint7460 And you guys will still be claiming Ukraine is collapsing when in a year Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm Funny how you clearly have no idea what happened but still feel qualified to discuss it. That says a lot. (a lot is two words by the way.)
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@OnyedikaGabriel-un3gm Did you read the sentence after that little buddy?
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How long are you going to be spamming the same braindead comment for?
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@lw1zfog Unless you are posting from the trenches you just look like a fool every time you post this comment. Which is multiple times in this video already.
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@sayuritsopz1673 No most do consider Ukraine a country, including Russia since 1991.
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JOSEPH_STOLEN-ELECTION how many times are you going to copy paste the same unsourced twaddle?
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@therealistOba Russia can't even keep Kursk little buddy.
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you can get that stuff at any army surplus store.
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@mayhem4899 Putins decisions have been so disasterous for Russia if it turned out he was a CIA plant sent to destroy Russia I wouldn't be surprised.
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It only exists on paper so probably not.
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@DarkRoomAmbience Pretty compelling evidence right? Watch out for Ukrainian war mosquitos. Also RIP General Zaluzhnyi and the Ivan Khurs is fine. (i'm being sarcastic if you cant tell.)
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@aniksamiurrahman6365 Bangladesh and China are in a "strategic partnership of cooperation". China is committing genocide, so yes you are supporting it. Bangladesh GDP 139th (nominal, 2024) 126th (PPP, 2024) come back to reality.
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@lovehateemo2183 According to Minsk it was Russia that was supposed to withdraw its soldiers. They were supposed to withdraw form the Donbas, disband any rebel groups and return control of the occupied territories to the OSCE. Russia violated Minsk on day one. According to Ukraines head negotiator there was no meeting with Johnson until after Ukraine had already rejected Russia's "peace" offering. They rejected it because it called for Ukraine's disarmament, Russia having a veto on security guarantees, and recognition of the occupied territories. Gee I wonder why they didn't agree to that.
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@WuFu-ku8si You didn't know that Russians are always the victim? Just ask them.
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@michaeljennings3207 Yes that was after Ukraine had already rejected the deal. Here's What Arakhamia actually said. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this [intrusion] would never happen again. However, there is no such belief. Also, when we returned from Istanbul, Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them and would just fight." This was after the negotiations little buddy.
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@ЕкатеринаАнатольевна-л8у "Only Russia knows how many it's lost.. The same for Ukraine." Proceeds to make baseless assertions regarding casualties. All we can go by is photographic evidence, which seems to indicate Russia is taking around 3.5-4 times the losses as Ukraine.
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There has been two full years of war, we are now in the third. Understand?
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@livingtribunal4110 He's wanted at the ICJ for kidnapping children, a crime he confessed to on TV.
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@Bird_McBride What's your point? It doesn't change the fact that Putin is a wanted war criminal. It also means the list of countries he can go to are quite limited, he couldn't even go to SA for the BRICS summit. Not that he would have left his bunker anyways.
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@livingtribunal4110 There is also testimonials of children who have escaped Russia who were taken from living parents that were told their parents didn't want them anymore. Russian birth rates have collapsed and they want to steal some children.
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@livingtribunal4110 There is also testimonials of children who have escaped Russia who were taken from living parents that were told their parents didn't want them anymore. Russian birth rates have collapsed and they want to steal some.
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@mohamoudjama2351 Many aren't taken from a warzone but far behind the lines. Others are taken from their family. If they need to be removed for safety reasons they should be reunited with their family in Ukraine, not sent to random locations in Russia where they are told they are no longer wanted. This isn't difficult to figure out.
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@Bird_McBride Russia has all manner of justifications for their war crimes, that doesn't make them valid, or mean they aren't committing war crimes.
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@Bird_McBride Russia has all manner of excuses to justify their war crimes, that doesn't make them valid.
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@Yuri-z2y Rusich group, or any of the other many ultra nationalist groups fighting for Russia.
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@DarkXcb It was Putin that stopped efforts to join.
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@maciejnowak666 Ukraine is defending their country.
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What a silly comment. The UK came to terms with not being an empire a long time ago, the only country with delusions of empire is Russia.
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@masonbauer4007 Russia did run through its stockpile of missiles though, they stopped firing missiles for about 7 months to rebuild their stockpile/beg Iran and North Korea for more. The FAB's are a problem though.
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Do you have a good source besides Russia's fantasy numbers?
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Putin himself said the Russian state was funding Wagner.
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@yusufkamil6135 Who the government of your country is going to be is a pretty basic question to answer if you want to be regarded as a legitimate country. Try not to be so emotional.
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@genconsensus4205 Zaluzhny had a heart attack and was reassigned.
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@michaelpetrovich5353 If there was one word to describe Russians it would be apathetic. They don't care about Putin or much else as long as they are fed, housed and have vodka to drink.
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@elbibwen3019 The coup conspiracy, you need to look up what a coup actually is. The only successful 'coup' in human history that ended with the same government it started with. What actually happened was Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. Then when he tried to hang onto power the predictable protests started. Rather than call an election he decided to flee to his puppet masters in Russia.
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@AsterWA google the Holodomor when millions of eastern Ukrainians were starved and millions of Russians moved in to replace them.
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@Изольда-з5м Is there a point to this whataboutism? Hundreds of years ago everyone was annexing everyone else, including Russia, the main difference is the US stopped annexing countries over a century ago while Russia still continues. Do you think comparing something that happened hundreds of years ago to something happening now is smart?
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@DarrelX-im2hb Arbuzov fled because he was wanted in the theft of ₴120 million. If he is innocent he should return to Ukraine to face judgement.
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@DarrelX-im2hb Yazenuk resigned as Pm. he didn't flee and still resides in Ukraine. What on earth are you talking about?
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@X-im2hb Yanukovich wasn't removed, he abandoned his office and resigned. Do you understand? Moreover according to the terms of an EU-brokered peace deal finalized on February 21, Yanukovych was due to sign a measure returning Ukraine to its 2004 constitution. (In 2010, Yanukovych restored the country's 1996 constitution, which hands greater power to the presidency.) Yanukovych, however, failed to sign the measure. The omission left Kyiv in a kind of legal limbo. The 1996 and the 2004 constitutions are uniform when it comes to the reasons for removing a president, with Article 111 stating the parliament has the right to initiate a procedure of impeachment "if he commits treason or other crime."
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@DarrelX-im2hb That's not how it works bud. Literally only you interpret it this way this way. Ukraine's sovereignty is guaranteed in the Budapest memorandum, including joining any economic or military alliance. Russia had a bilateral free trade agreement with Ukraine prior to 2013. In your small mind this was somehow a violation of the Budapest memorandum. There isn't a single lawyer that specializes in international law that would think either is true. This is literally one of the dumbest arguments I've ever heard in my life. I'm not sure why you are bringing up Poland other than to change the subject, they aren't signatories of the memorandum and are completely irrelevant.
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@Darrelx-im2hb Ukraine could join an economic union with anyone they want and it wouldn't violate the Budapest memorandum. Because its literally impossible for them to violate it. this is about the fifth time I've said that and you still don't understand. Ukraine could appoint a horse as president and join the galactic federation, they could enter into a sub/dom relationship with Russia and it wouldn't violate the Budapest memorandum. Ukraine could dig a moat around the entire country fill it with hot dogs they got from the US on the cheap because they entered into an exclusive trade union with them and it wouldn't violate the Budapest memorandum. Ukraine could decide its tired of life on Earth and relocate to the moon and enter into a military alliance with China and Pakistan and the aliens that live inside the moon and it wouldn't violate the Budapest memorandum. There is nothing Ukraine can do to violate the Budapest memorandum, its not possible for Ukraine to violate it. Are you being deliberately obtuse, or is this just how you are?
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@DarrelX-im2hb Now if Ukraine was somehow forced against their will to join the EU it would be a violation of their sovereignty and be a violation of the Budapest memorandum. If Ukraine joined the EU and the UK (if they were still in the EU) somehow forced Ukraine to do their bidding on threat of economic sanctions that would be a violation of the Budapest memorandum. If Poland tried to do the same it wouldn't be a violation of the Budapest memorandum because Poland never signed the Budapest memorandum. If Ukraine joined CSTO that wouldn't be a violation of the budapest memorandum, unless they were forced to do so. If the US sanctioned them for joining CSTO that would be a violation of the Budapest memorandum. Just like how it was a violation of the Budapest memorandum for Russia to embargo and sanction Ukraine for trying to join the association agreement with the European Union, that would be a violation of the Budapest memorandum.
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@DarrelX-im2hb Lie? You are hilarious bud, don't throw a tantrum now. I never said there wasn't a coup attempt. There was an attempted coup in August 1991 by hardliners but it failed, it had nothing to do with Ukraine and the other members of the SSR leaving though they didn't leave because of the coup, they left because they could. Ukraine voted for independence on December 1st 1991 and less than a month later the USSR was gone forever (fun fact Kazakhstan was the last member of the USSR). By then the collapse was already a foregone conclusion in part because of Sinatra doctrine which allowed the Warsaw pact to 'have it their way' and the rest of the union quickly dissolved.
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How come Russia can't take the Donbas?
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@tonylombi9320 That was one of his conditions to stop throwing his Odessa tantrum.
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@tonylombi9320 Wrong again, he came out with a whole list of demands including dropping sanctions and being allowed to use swift.
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@williamalexander9485 You understand cameras exist right? We have pictures of tens of thousands of Russian wrecks. We can see Russian vehicle depots are almost empty. Please think before you type.
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@williamalexander9485 One of Russia's advantages is mass. They can absorb horrific losses an still advance, though advances to date are still just marginal. You understand cameras exist right? We have photographic evidence of tens of thousands of destroyed Russian armored vehicles. We can see their equipment depots with satellites, they will be empty sometime in 2025. Please think before you post.
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@williamalexander9485 One of Russia's advantages is mass. They can absorb horrific losses an still advance, though advances to date are still just marginal. You also do understand cameras exist right? We have photographic evidence of tens of thousands of destroyed Russian armored vehicles. We can see their equipment depots with satellites, they will be empty sometime in 2025. Please try using your head.
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@williamalexander9485 We can see their equipment depots with satellites, they will be empty sometime in 2025. Please think before you talk.
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@williamalexander9485 We can see their equipment depots with satellites, they will be empty sometime in 2025. Try using your brain before posting.
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@williamalexander9485 You also seem to be unaware that we can see Russian equipment depots empty in real time with satellites. If you want to pretend they aren't taking terrible losses that's fine, but that's not what all the evidence indicates.
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@williamalexander9485 We can also watch Russian depots empty in real time with satellites. If you want to pretend they aren't taking terrible losses that's fine, but that isn't what the evidence indicates. It was Russian mil blogger Murz who claimed they took more casualties in four months in Avdivka than they did in ten years in Afghanistan.
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Please, the US knew about Putin's invasion before his inner circle did. There is nothing that guy does that the west doesn't know about.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Yes and the way I worded it implies I don't think it did either, if English was your first language you would realize that.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 I would have just said it collapsed 3 times. Not surprising you don't know what's going on, last time I interacted with you you claimed 'Asia had united against the west because of the sanctions.' Because Iran had been selling weapons to Russia, in one of the most hyperbolic and moronic statements i've ever read.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 There you go again spreading misinformation. I'm not mad though I know its your favorite past time. I'm just establishing that you often lie/misrepresent statements in order to push your arbitrary world view.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 You say all of Asia is united against the west here, would you like to lie some more? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUDWp2Temg&lc=Ugz4eKk1ZKmKwjgNENZ4AaABAg.9qtN_oyTj2q9quRROYcSpn&ab_channel=CRUX @againstviralmisinformation510 7 days ago You did a good job uniting Asia against the west with those sanctions rememberrrrrrrr?
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@Epaminondas371 I responded to the wrong person.
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@Epaminondas371 No, my bad.
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@zeffy._440 Russia has the 11th largest economy, behind Canada and Italy. Invoking PPP just highlights your lack of understanding. In simple terms it means your currency is garbage. If the US artificially crashed the USD do you think that would make it better off economically? Russia has lower labor costs, leading to lower wages. Unfortunately for them having high purchasing power means you can only buy the things you have on hand for cheap, which in Russia's case is hydrocarbons and potato's. If they want to buy anything else (which is almost everything) they must convert their currency into a form that people actually want, which means USD or maybe gold, because nobody wants Rubles.
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@beba5865 Like Poroshenko? He's spending his time and fortune trying to defend Ukraine.
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@dilipshah5882 We believe that whataboutism is not a good argument.
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@dilipshah5882 Feel free to do some basic reading, if you do you'll learn that the two conflicts have nothing in common. For starters Ukraine and Israel are both defenders. If you are worried about Gaza go find a video about it instead of posting irrelevant comments here.
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@kevChess Year three of the invasion and you are bragging about some villiage a couple miles from the border. I can tell things are going according to plan.
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@A1488Christian Putting a mesh cage around a dirt bike won't protect the operator. All it does is remove the only advantage it has, which is speed and maneuverability.
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@A1488Christian It's a cage, like a chicken coop, they will still detonate and kill the driver. Grenades won't be effective against one anyways because they are difficult to use against a moving target. If anything they are more effective against the caged ones because they are moving so slowly. You an believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@A1488Christian No the only ones who said Wagner was reduced to using shovels was people who can't read. What the ISW report said was that certain units were sent with only shovels and rifles. A fact confirmed by Russians themselves.
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@A1488Christian They are using dirt bikes to storm trenches. There are multiple videos of them doing exactly that.
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@A1488Christian Yeah you're right, you can't make an armored dirt bike. Which is what makes Russia's attempts so laughable.
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@geraldhina7619 There's biochemical inside Russian territory that means other countries are free to invade them right?
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@max_out_your_cc Yes Russia's top secret underground depots of doom. There is photographic evidence of 20k destroyed Russian armored vehicles. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@max_out_your_cc Yeah, Russia's secret underground depots of doom. There is photographic evidence of over 20,000 destroyed pieces of equipment. The real number is much higher than that though.
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@max_out_your_cc Ah yes Russia's secret and vast underground depots. There is photographic evidence for over 20k destroyed pieces of Russian equipment. The real figure is much higher though.
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@max_out_your_cc There is photographic evidence of over 20k pieces of destroyed Russian equipment. And no there aren't vast underground depots or something.
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@max_out_your_cc Outdoor depots are all they have. The interior portions make up a tiny percentage of overal storage. That also would have been where the vehicles in the best condition were stored, which would have been the first ones sent because they required less work.
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Russia can't even take the Donbas bud.
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Auto translate is working fine.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Russian authorities will now be able to send deaf, oligophrenic and schizophrenic people to the front line Yesterday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu approved a list of diseases with which citizens will not be able to serve under contract during mobilization, martial law and wartime. The list consists of 26 points, including HIV, hepatitis B and C, diabetes mellitus, all forms of active tuberculosis, drug addiction, lack of limbs or a kidney. However, many serious diseases were not on the list. Now people with heart defects, hearing loss, schizophrenia and oligophrenia will be sent to the front to die for the tsar.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 Yes you can strive for a grade school education.
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@alexanderlazarev3570 No, Russia became their vassal, they didn't stop them. I know you guys love to rewrite history though.
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What a strange comment
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@felixmejica9638 Drones fulfil the same role as missiles bud. And that doesn't change the fact that Russian attacks have been decreasing the entire war. You can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside though.
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@dalecrocker3213 That's primarily why Russia is invading, they didn't want Ukraine ruining their energy and mineral monopoly in Europe. Largest country on earth and they can't help but be a global parasite.
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What happened to 3 days to Kyiv?
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@yaqob3275 That was already under Russian control from the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Russia has lost much more then its gained. Did you see those Russians fleeing from Urozhaine get absolutely dumped on? They fell faster then the Ruble. I'm not sure why Russia kept sending reserves into the salient just to be blown apart. Some serious 'not one step back' vibes. someone should tell Russian MoD that it didn't work for their hero Mr. Moustache when he tried it, it wont work for them.
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@tombrazy12hunnit Russia did invade Ukraine from Belarus in the North, remember? They were forced to retreat from Kyiv, If Russia had the capability to capture Kyiv they would try again. If Russia have already captured what they want then why are they currently attacking in ill conceived and ill planned assaults across almost the entire front taking terrible losses? You make no sense, someone tell the Russians being fed into the meatgrinder at Avdiivka that Russia has already taken all it wants.
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@Djamonja No just the US, Canada Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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WLADIMIR0809 Most of those are babushkas or guys with TB or HIV.
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WLADIMIR0809 lmao, Russia has the highest rate of fetal alcohol syndrome on earth. Sounds like you might be a victim yourself.
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Xi an Biden had a face to face meeting not that long ago. China has also been playing wolf warrior for the past decade or more, they can be difficult to deal with. This hopefully is changing as China has to refocus on it's many domestic problems.
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@blackmantis3130 They weren't near the beach, they were on it, right next to a military base for some reason. There were videos prior to Russia's 2022 attack where Russia would park its mlrs in residential areas, and complain when counter battery fire predictably targeted them.
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@user-sk6qj9yf6w 2.4km from a very large military base.
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@user-sk6qj9yf6w Yes, Russia intercepted the missile and infuenced it to strike the beach instead of its intended target.
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@user-sk6qj9yf6w 2014 is when Russia began it's attack. There would be no casualties in the Donbas if they hadn't.
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@user-sk6qj9yf6w Down to pointless whataboutism I see. You have TV brain buddy, I hope one day you can break the spell.
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@ariaspes3842 lol no, the Taliban is back in Iran doing cross border raids. The Taliban regards the Iranian regime as decadent infidels, and the feeling is mutual. Come back to reality.
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@boota1979 Whatever helps you sleep at night bud. Keep in mind that Russia has lost more in Avdiivka this week than the US lost in both wars combined.
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@ariaspes3842 You are completely incoherent.
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@boota1979 If you dont know why the US was in Afghanistan you are probably beyond helping. The US told the Taliban to hand over Bin Laden, they refused and got invaded. Pretty reasonable if you ask me. Russia must have agreed because all the coalitions logistics traveled through their territory. The second Iraq war was a foolish war brought on mostly because the coalition refused to finish the first one properly. Now why is Russia in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine etc etc?
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@boota1979 What a brainless response.
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@boota1979 Still waiting for a response as to why Russia keeps invading and annexing countries.
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@ariaspes3842 Take your meds.
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@boota1979 Why is Russia in Afghanistan, Georgia, Chechnya, Moldova, Ukraine in the first place? If you don't know just say so and stop deflecting from the simple question I asked you.
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@boota1979 Sure bud, you can believe whatever makes you feel fuzziest inside. I can see you aren't smart enough to formulate a coherent response. How about answering the question now? Or are you going to deflect some more?
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@Viktor-bb Another lie. Russia is a Party to the Minsk Agreements. The original Minsk signatories are Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE. Russia is a beligerant in the war in Ukraine and is fully obliged to follow the deal’s terms. Despite that, however, Russia untruthfully claims not to be a party and only a facilitator — and that the real agreements are between Ukraine and the so-called “separatists,” who call themselves the Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples’ Republics (LPR and DPR), but are in fact Russian supplied and directed. The LPR and DPR are not recognized as legitimate entities under the Minsk Agreements. The signatures of the leaders of the so-called Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples’ Republics were added after they had already been signed by Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE. They were not among the original signatories, and indeed Ukraine would not have signed had their signatures been part of the deal. There is nothing in the content or format of the Agreement that legitimizes these entities and they should not be treated as negotiating partners in any sense. Russia alone controls the forces occupying parts of eastern Ukraine.
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@Percival5 Ukrainians have decades of experience with old soviet tanks. Its also completely irrelevant to my comment above.
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@yuglesstube Ukraine has also began production on its own Shaheed analog.
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@Tailor series I never said Mariupol Melitopol weren't important, just small. And Ukraine recaptured Kherson. Do you know how invasions work? When the Germans invaded Russia they drove the Russians almost back to Moscow before lines stabilized and the Russians were able to get organized. Ukraine wasn't even mobalized or in position at the start of the war of course russia is going to take a large amount of territory. However since the lines have stabalized Ukraine has taken far more land then its lost.
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@Ren-tq1hs Old variants of Leopard do, newer ones dont.
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Ukraine didn't invade themselves, all the destruction is thanks to Russia.
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@_armoredglasscannon2520 Russian's will just eat the horses.
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb Strelkov himself said there was no fighting in the Donbas until he crossed the border.
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@TaitLawrence-xl2xb No, there was no fighting at all until Russia crossed the border.
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I can only conclude that you need to take your meds.
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@ What on earth are you talking about?
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@ Just to review, Ukraine picks up a wounded NK soldier and are unable to save him, and you think that is a war crime? If that's the case please try thinking before you post in the future.
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@micaiahm1 How about Russia stops invading and trying to annex sovereign states.
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As of the end of January 2025, Russia occupied 18.21% (+0.07%) of Ukraine. Almost all of that was taken in 2014 and the opening days of 2022. They've taken almost nothing since. Come back down to earth.
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@eddastrohmayer251 Do you have any actual evidence or just conspiracy theories? Are the CIA bases in the room with you right now?
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@eddastrohmayer251 Why did you post the same comment 6 times? Are you getting a potato per comment? Do you have anything aside from baseless conspiracy theories? Are the CIA bases in the room with you now?
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@DENACYFIKATOR Do you specialize in silly comments, or is this just a one off?
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@stevenwilliams3015 Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. The three day narrative was also all over Russian state media. Or do you really think that years of unending WW1 style attrition warfare was the plan all along?
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@OwenAllen-z9b Yes they boasted about how tough they were right up until the 90's, shortly after that they were begging us for food.
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@OwenAllen-z9b Yes the hypersonic missiles there is still no evidence have had a successful test ever, and the Sarmat which has had one successful test out of five. Russia's nuclear program could be a case study on Russian corruption. Russia has spent the past three years posturing and bloviating that nuclear armageddon was imminent, its nothing but empty sabre rattling. His overlords in China have warned him that under no circumstances are nuclear weapons acceptable. Any order would also have to travel down the chain of command and he would be immediately escorted to the nearest 8th story window by his own intelligence agencies who actually want to live if he ever gave the order.
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@OwenAllen-z9b Putin isn't sitting in his office with a red button, any order would have to travel down the chain of command and of he ever gave such an order he would immediately be escorted to the nearest 9th story window by his own intelligence agencies.
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@papitoenza2675 The Ukrainians aren't interested in being Russian slaves. Ten years is how long it took Afghanistan to defeat Russia. Then their whole empire collapsed.
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@araara4746 No Poland didnt', they banned Ukrainian grain from being imported, they still allow it to be transported through.
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@PavolFilek So why has Russia spent the past two years dicking around in the Donbas if they can take territory 'very quicky'?
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The west wants to buy Ukrainian resources, Russia wants to steal them.
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The west wanted to purchase them, not invade and try to annex Ukraine as Russia has done.
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@UkraineNeeds Why dont you go ahead and list the countries that accept the results of the referendum.
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@goenzoy712 You really think being at war doesn't put your infrastructure at higher risk? Ok bud.
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@yaqob3275 maybe if you say it enough times you can make it true. Just click your heels together 3 times and say 'you lost the counter offensive.'
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@J-Hump94 Though I guess Ukraine captured a dirt pile by Horlivka, maybe thats how the war will go from now on, trading dirt piles back and forth.
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@julianf9235 Ah yes, renowned US vassal China who has received billions in aid over the years. Do you think before you speak?
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@julianf9235 China has received billions in aid from the US, do you think they are their vassals?
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@julianf9235 Yes, famous US vassal China.
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@julianf9235 Yes Brics member South Africa who has supported Russia at every opportunity is all of those. Its time to rejoin reality bud. The US provides over $600 million annually annually to Palestine and gets nothing in return. You live in a fantasy world buddy.
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@julianf9235 The US provides over $600 million annually annually to Palestine and gets literally nothing in return. It's time to rejoin reality.
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@julianf9235 The US provides over six hundred million annually to Palestine and get literally nothing in return. It's time to rejoin reality.
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@alexeilebedev7462 I already address that conspiracy that is your first point in this thread, try reading before you comment. Russia was supposed to withdraw its support for the rebels and withdraw its forces from Ukraine, they did neither. Russia violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum. Ukraine had already decided not to make peace with the Russians before they spoke to any country because 1. They know an agreement with Russia isn't worth the paper its written on and 2. They saw what Russia did at Bucha and Irpin. You can read what Arakhamia said yourself if you want. “First of all, in order to agree to this point, you have to change the constitution. Our aspiration towards NATO is written in the constitution. Also, there is no trust in the Russians that they will do this. This would only be possible if there were security guarantees. We couldn’t sign something, go away, everybody there would breathe a sigh of relief, and then they would come more prepared, because in fact, when they invaded, they were unprepared for such resistance. We could only work on this when we were 100% sure that this would never happen again. However, there is no such belief." So you are wrong about everything.
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@alexeilebedev7462 You can pretend cameras don't exist if you want, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously. The world is not falling for the Russian Federation’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem’s false claims about Bucha. International fact checkers and media outlets, have produced detailed analyses of the Kremlin’s false claims. It's also hilarious to have a Russian talk about propaganda with a straight face. Of course I don't blame you, you could get a long prison sentence if you do anything other than tow the Russian line.
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@DdiafwlL Russia's more 'interesting proposal' was; remain our puppet or we will invade and annex you. This of course contradicts Putins earlier statement when he said he had "nothing against" Ukraine joining the EU. But then he's said he has no problem with them being in NATO before. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” It can be difficult to find out what a compulsive liar's true opinion is.
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@DdiafwlL So now that we've established that all your 'facts' are make believe fantasies that exist only in your head I hope you are prepared to stop spreading your misinformation.
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@briancarno8837 So never?
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@briancarno8837 I'm sorry but if you think Russia has any shot at Odessa you are delusional.
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@briancarno8837 Sure lets hold referendums all across Russia and watch the whole place fall apart.
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@briancarno8837 Russia can't even take the Donbas bud, if you think they are in a position to dictate anything you are even more deluded than I thought.
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@briancarno8837 Russia isn't a democracy. You can get any results you want if you rig the election.
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@briancarno8837 Russia isn't a democracy, try using your brain.
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@briancarno8837 You don't work for the Russian MoD by chance? Because you are completely clueless.
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@azmanhamid4569 Yes over a million Russians have fled the country.
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Good to see you're still around spamming the same braindead comment in every thread.
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@BernardLinehan Scott Ritter, the convicted child predator? He's your go to guy is he?
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@syryder3236 So if I call it a war i'll get arrested?
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@kronos7110 What on earth are you talking about?
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@kronos7110 I'm clearly advocating for Ukraine, which you also appear to be. Are you sure you are responding to the right person?
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@wolfswinkel8906 Where did I say you were Russian? Who's building strawmen? There are no shortage of useful idiots all over the world. Look in the mirror if you want to find one.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Where did I say you were Russian? Who's building Strawmen? Useful-idiots come from all over the word, check the mirror if you want to find one.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Where did I say you were Russian? Who's the one building strawmen now? Obviously not all of Moscow's trolls are Russian. Credulous fools exist all over the world.
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@wolfswinkel8906 Where did I say you were Russian? Who's the one bulding strawmen?
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@wolfswinkel8906 Are you a mind reader? By 'you guys' I meant people who stroke Russia off in the comments.
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@Gerrard_Pike2008 Thanks tips. Did Lithuania leave NATO while I wasn't looking? Because that's completely irrelevant.
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The world order started post WW2. Are you simple or something?
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@K2-2478 I haven't seen any evidence of Russian captives being tortured. On the contrary all the Russian prisoners returned to Russia appear to be well fed and in good health. The images of all the Ukrainian's who leave Russian captivity looking like the just left Auschwitz speaks volumes.
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@K2-2478 You are talking like a child. We've all seen the images of retured Russians looking fine while the retuned Ukrainains are on the verge of starvation. These aren't one off events, its systemic. You can deny reality all you like, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@K2-2478 I'm not talking about one off events. We've all seen the images of Russians being returned looking in good health and the returned Ukrainians on the verge of starvation. " if you draw any global conclusions based on one case, it only shows that you are not particularly smart." Remember when you said that? Now take a look in the mirror and say it. The occasional abuse conducted by rogue Ukrainians in small numbers isn't the same as the crimes conducted by the Russian state. Do you understand?
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@K2-2478 I'm not talking about one off events. We've all seen the images of Russians being returned looking in good health and the returned Ukrainians on the verge of death. "If you draw any global conclusions based on one case, it only shows that you are not particularly smart." Remember when you said that? Now take a look in the mirror and say it. The occasional abuse conducted by rogue Ukrainians in small numbers isn't the same as the crimes conducted by the Russian state. Do you understand?
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@K2-2478 "If you draw any global conclusions based on one case, it only shows that you are not particularly smart." Remember when you said that? Now take a look in the mirror and say it. A one off event conducted by rogue Ukrainians in small numbers isn't the same as the systemic torture conducted by the Russian state. Do you understand? We've all seen the pictures of Ukrainian prisoners compared to Russian ones.
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@K2-2478 "If you draw any global conclusions based on one case, it only shows that you are not particularly smart." Remember when you said that? Now take a look in the mirror and say it. A one off event conducted by individual Ukrainians in small numbers isn't the same as the systemic abuses conducted by the Russian state. Do you understand? We've all seen the pictures of Ukrainian POW's compared to Russian ones.
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@K2-2478 You offer no evidence if it happening systematically. Feel free to review the photographs of released Ukrainians and compare them with released Russians.
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@K2-2478 Yan Taksyur was released from prison bud, and showed no signs of torture. Also we are talking about prisoners of war, you seem to have trouble following basic concepts. Meanwhile, in Russia "UN commission says Russia systematically tortures Ukraine POWs."
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@K2-2478 It's clear your brain has been lost to propaganda. I feel sorry for you.
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@K2-2478 It's like you really don't understand what evidence is. I feel sorry for you, you should try watching something other than Russian TV.
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@ИванКаргапольцев-ч9з Yes, and then they are sent back to the front as cripple battalions. I think the most telling thing about his video is the fact that the guy is wearing adidas.
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@altview5390 You know that Russian that finished off his comrade after he was wounded? Russian media has been trying to portray that as Ukrainian's. They have a long history of that. Find a source that isn't Russian TV.
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@altview5390 You know that video of a Russian finishing off his friend mentioned higher up? Russian media has been trying to portray taht as Ukrainians. you're being lied to bud.
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@altview5390 That video from a while back of a Russian finishing off his wounded comrade is being passed around by Russian media claiming its a Ukrainian. They aren't being honest with you bud.
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@altview5390 Like the video of a Russian finishing off his fellow soldier that is being presented on Russian media as Ukrainians? They aren't being honest with you.
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@altview5390 Russian State TV airs video of Russian soldier executing comrade, falsely labels them Ukrainian.
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@altview5390 Ukraine released drone footage of what is obviously a Russian soldier finishing off his comrade and a week later Russia tries to claim it was Ukrainians. Do you decide anything for yourself, or do you just let Russia 1 TV tell you what to think?
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@TheDrAstrov Wow a childish insult, how surprising.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 You dont understand how burdern of proof works. YOU are the one making wild claims (Ukraine has lost 600k soldiers, that you derived from 'simple math') You claim this is from Ukrainian sources, which is not true. YOU are the one that needs to provide a source, not me. Understand?
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@jeffmaxwell7391 Russia has gained little ground at the cost of thousands of infantry. Russia has also lost at a minimum 12k armored vehicles.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 Yeah Russia loves to show the same footage from multiple angles and try to pass it off as multiple events. Even farm equipment counts as leopards. To date there is photographic evidence of 5 destroyed leopards.
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@user-sg1zd5db4h He doesn't care, that's why he's been here trying to argue his unsourced nonsensical twaddle for such a long time.
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@jeffmaxwell7391 Source: Russian media outlet Vyorstka I read about it on a Pravda article though.
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@thereeceforbes Want to try that again in English?
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@babanagrahim5439 Russia ran out/low (it makes no difference) and had to stop firing missiles to rebuild their stockpile, with the help of North Korea. Is this difficult to understand?
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@cordellmohawk8408 So are Russians. they've been attacking around Kupiansk and getting absolutely stuffed.
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@cordellmohawk8408 General Popov was fired for telling the truth that Russia was suffering dreadful casualties, they don't even rotate their troops. They are low on ammo and artillery, particularly counter battery.
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@solomonike1709 Popov complaining about casualties and lack of ammo/equipment is CNN propaganda? He released the statement on his telegram, CNN hacked his telegram did they?
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@MrGatzby Any engagement on a video results in the algorithm boosting it more, resulting in more views. So thanks for all your support.
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@attilamarics3374 Wrong, comments are a key part of a video's engagement metrics. Videos with more comments rank better in search and suggestions.
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Yes, moreover Japan didn't have to deal with the large amount of capital flight ilike China does and were able to offshore much of their industry. China has been trying that to some degree but most of that money will never return to China. And as you already said Japan was rich by the time they hit stagnation. China is still a developing country.
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@ellkabylia7241 A couple lend lease tic tacs would end this war right quick.
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Yeah the tugboat is super scary bud.
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@jacksonleris8953 Meanwhile in reality Russia still can't even take the Donbas.
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Putin has more red lines than a candy cane. A Russian nuclear threat has become about as credible as a final warning from China.
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@alphaalpha7591 Congratulations, that's the dumbest thing I've read on the internet in a long time, and that's saying a lot. Hamas literally released videos of them parading desecrated bodies through the streets while bystanders cheered and spit on the bodies. Its time to join reality.
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@alphaalpha7591 go read the Hamas mission statement.
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@graemes52 BRICS is an organization with no economic or military treaties, no trade agreement or purpose who's member attitude of each other ranges from indifference to hatred. Its easy to want to join an organization with no obligations or direction.
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@Tiasung What steps did he take to give that perception?
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@attilamarics3374 You aren't triggered again are you?
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This is a one way trip. The Russians have no regard for their own forces, they aren't exactly going to be looking out for the North Koreans.
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@commanderiosifstalin4938 This is the most insane post I've ever read. Russia rigs its elections, Peskov said the next election was already decided and Putin would win with 90% of the vote. Syria is an autocracy and doesn't have elections. Lukashenko lost in a landslide and his attempt to hold onto power resulted in the largest protests in human history. It took calling in the Russian goon squad to crack down to keep him in power. And Venezuela is ranked 151 on the democracy index, there is an entire wikipedia page dedicated to election controversies there. Please get a grip on reality.
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@Tamarlane389 You realize that Israel has defeated all their neighbors combined in multiple wars right? They defeated them so soundly that they don't even consider Israel their enemy, its just Iranian terrorist proxies still engaged in futile attacks.
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@Tamarlane389 You realize Israel has defeated all its neighbors combined in multiple wars right?
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@Tamarlane389 Yes it is entirely true, look it up. Israel today is much stronger than any point in its history, Israel has the capability to completely dominate Iranian airspace if they wanted to. What exactly do you think Iran is going to do, invade Iraq and then Syria first? Maybe they'll go through the Suez canal for a naval landing. You live in a fantasy world.
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@Tamarlane389 Yes it is entirely true, look it up. Israel today is stronger than any point in its history, they could completely shut down Iranian airspace if they so desired. What exactly do you expect Iran to do, go through Iraq and Syria? Or a naval landing through the Suez canal?
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@Rick-zw9kp Yes i'm sure they paid a hefty price when they went with cup in hand to beg for ammo.
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@PropagandaBurnerV Its what North Korea producd decades ago. If you think bending the Knee to North Korea is a wise move that speaks volumes about about you.
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@mathish1477 No, it's around 100.
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@kevinjenner9502 China's genocide in Tibet and Xinjiang are concerns.
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@anandb3514 The reason Putin has a warrant and not other potential war criminals is because he confessed his crimes on TV. If Bush or Blair confessed to their crimes they would be wanted too.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Why would Zelensky need a ride? Russia has already proven they aren't capbable of taking Kyiv.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Iran just finished saying that the Kuril islands belong to Japan. the 'friendship' between Iran and Russia is one of convenience and aligned interests, they aren't close though.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Which is the same as supporting Japans claim on them, or they would have just kept their mouth shut and not said anything. You're really splitting hairs here bud. Not surprising the way you constantly shifted the goalposts and played semantic shell games and use language in a way nobody else does trying to pretend Russia doesn't have any colonies. Basically this was Iran getting payback for Russian support for the UAE’s efforts to resolve the dispute over the three islands, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa, including a prospective referral to the International Court of Justice for arbitration between Tehran and Abu Dhabi.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 The Kuril islands are a good example of a Russian colony. Islands taken by force then colonized by ethnic Russians, pretty cut and dry unless you're hopelessly obtuse. I'm sure you'll do some hand waving and mental gymnastics though to try to avoid admitting you are wrong. Brazil, China, India, and Mexico all voted to condemn Russia's invasion at the UN and none of them recognize Russian claims on Ukrainian territory. Iran had no opinion on the Kuril islands until Russia chimed in on the disputed islands in the Persian Gulf. As I said this is Irans way of getting revenge on Russia for not supporting them. Amazing that Russia couldn't keep their mouth shut to appease one of the only countries supporting them, but Russia isn't exaclty known for making smart decisions.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Here we go with the semantic shell games. These aren't convincing and just make you look desperate and brainless. Conquering and colonizing are synonymous, pretending otherwise is dumb. Russia is currently in the process of colonizing Eastern Ukraine. Brazil and China voted to condemn Russia at the UN resolution that everyone else did. They abstained at first but later on they voted to condemn them. "On April 26, China unexpectedly voted in favor of a UN resolution that acknowledges Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and emphasizes the need to respect the independence and territorial integrity of all states." "n February 2022, Brazil voted in favour of a draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Later, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has denounced the “violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity” I was mistaken regarding India, I thought they voted at the UN when Brazil and China did. (See that's what admitting you're wrong looks like, you should try it for your inane position regarding Russian colonies)
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Saying the territories of Russia are 'self governing' is a misnomer because Russia isn't a democracy. They would likely separate if given an opportunity. The Chechens tried to and the Russians killed around 20% of the population of Chechnya and flattned Grozny in response. "Five regions demonstrating secessionist tendencies are Ingria, Ural, Syberia, Kuban, and the Kaliningrad oblasts. The data proving such tendencies were collected via the “National Online Referendum on the Self-Governance of the Russian Federation’s Republics” carried out between February 16 and 28. It was organised by activists living in the concerned territories. According to the survey, 72.1 percent of responders in the Kaliningrad oblast want to break away from the Russian Federation. In Ingria, 66.2 percent of responders wanted their oblast to gain independence. In Ural, the percentage amounted to 68.2 percent, in Siberia to 63.9 percent, and in the Kuban oblast to 55.7 percent."
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Holding up a blank sheet of paper is banned in Russia.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 And your thoughts on democracy are delusional. It certainly doesn't exist in Russia though. Here's Peskov saying the quite part out loud. "Our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy. Mr. Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90 percent of the vote."
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Anything to excuse a massacre hey? I guess thats necessary when you try to defend Russia. Russia invaded Chechnya a second time by blowing up several of their own apartment buildings to give them cassis belli to invade. When they went to blow up the third the guy was captured using the same explosives and set up as the previous two. Turned out he was an FSB agent who Russia claimed was sent to 'test the preparedness of the building.' Yeah ok, if you believe that I have 3 copies of The Sims 3 for you.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 In Russia all Putins political rivals who become a threat to Putins power end up in the gulag, poisoned or taking a swan dive out a 5th story window. This doesn't happen in normal countries. We actually rank democracies, this isn't guess work. The top is Norway with a score of 9.8, The US ranks 26 with a score of 7.9 (they lose points for being a 2 party system) Russia ranks 124th with a score of 3.2 down with Rwanda and Estwatini.
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@lilgustav5065 At no point did Nato, or anyone else even suggest putting nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
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@pauldean8638 No Russian? The three day narrative was all over Russian state media. Putin himself said in 2014 that he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks. Or do you really think years of WW1 style trench warfare was the plan all along?
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@johnadam2885 Do you not know how the internet works? Why not spend ten seconds doing a search instead of asking foolish questions.
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@222tg_ 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@livingtribunal4110 You can look up Vyacheslav Volodin statement for yourself instead of asking inane questions. You do know how the internet works right? Here I'll help you out, if in the future you have more problems go ask an adult. "if Washington and NATO countries supply weapons that will be used to strike civilian cities and attempt to seize our territories...this will lead to retaliatory measures using more powerful weapons." "Members of [U.S] Congress, deputies of the Bundestag, the National Assembly of France, and other European parliaments must realize their responsibility to humanity," Volodin wrote. "With their decisions, Washington and Brussels are leading the world to a terrible war: to a completely different military action than today." Volodin also described purported arguments by nuclear powers that they have not used weapons of mass destruction in local conflicts as "untenable," saying "these states did not face a situation where there was a threat to the security of their citizens and the territorial integrity of the country." Or you could look up what Medvedev says. "A nuclear power losing in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war. Nuclear powers have not lost major conflicts on which their fate depends."
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@robertatkins9419 The Black Sea Fleet is operating just fine if you ignore the fact that a quarter of it has been sunk and they've retreated to the farthest corners of the Black Sea.
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@leebrinkley9739 Putin isn't sitting in his office with a red button, that isn't how Russian nuclear doctrine works. Any command would have to work it's way down the chain of command. If he ever gave such an order he would be quickly escorted out the nearest seventh story window by his own security service.
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@Paul1510WB Likely he'd be escorted out the nearest 9th story window by his own security service.
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@Alien_isolationist Another pointless comment that addresses nothing, good job.
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@Writeous0ne At its current pace by 2030 Russia wont have even managed to take the Donbas.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ Chechens are being used as blocking troops, they arent in battle.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ If you want to see something really hilarious check out Russia's GDP per capita. Its amazing that a country with so few toilets would rather invade neighboring countries rather than improve the situation at home.
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@ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ 250 days? It took Russia ten years to take Avdiivka, which is a mid sized town. You aren't defending this war, you are attacking and it isn't going well for you.
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@mv69969 I have no idea what you are trying to say, would you like to try again in English?
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@Deadbeat-k1l are you the childish insult bot?
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@Deadbeat-k1l Why are you spamming the same childish insult in every thread?
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Which part do you think isn't true?
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@paulpaisley5291 Black males voted overwhelmingly in favor of Clinton, they will vote for Harris. Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Harris. 7 in 10 Black voters have a  favorable view of Harris. Black voters opinions of Trump, by contrast, were overwhelmingly negative. You can try to spin it anyway you like but nobody wants to see a dementia patient filling his diaper try to be president.
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Are you getting a potato per comment or something, pace yourself man.
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@Bird_McBride What on earth are you talking about?
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@Bird_McBride you're delusional bud.
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@s0ycapitan Is it ghosts that scare the Russian air force away from Ukrainian airspace? Because the VKS doesn't even go close to it. The Russian MoD were the guys who destroyed some farm equipment and tried to pretend it was Leopards, I'm not surprised you believe their absurd claims. Russia also has multiple failed offensives so far. Do you really think the number of Ukraine's air force is top secret? Go look it up for yourself instead of looking idiotic.
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@s0ycapitan Is it ghosts that scare the Russian air force away from Ukrainian airspace? Because the VKS doesn't even go close to it. The Russian MoD were the guys who destroyed some farm equipment and tried to pretend it was Leopards, I'm not surprised you believe their absurd claims. Moreover Russia also has multiple failed offensives so far. Do you really think the number of Ukraine's air force is top secret? Go look it up for yourself instead of looking silly.
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@s0ycapitan Is it ghosts that scare the Russian air force away from Ukrainian airspace? Because the VKS doesn't even go close to it. The Russian MoD were the guys who destroyed some farm equipment and tried to pretend it was Leopards, I'm not surprised you believe their absurd claims.
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@s0ycapitan The Russian MoD took out farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards. They are far from reliable. Do you really think Ukraine had almost six hundred top secret aircraft hidden away? You are being ridiculous.
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@s0ycapitan The Russian MoD took out farm equipment and tried to pass it off as leopards, they are far from reliable. Do you really think Ukraine had almost six hundred secret aircraft hidden away?
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@annmariedeignan2596 Putin confessed to his crimes on television buddy. That's why he currently has a warrant out for his arrest.
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@annmariedeignan2596 Putin literally confessed to this on TV. That's why there is a warrant out for his arrest.
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@leet3207 Technically it was a Chinese mercenary fighting for the Russian military that claimed that eight North Koreans were taken out, it was a claim initially published by Russian sources. I'm not sure why you couldn't spend ten seconds looking that up instead of making a silly comment.
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Should he study from the same insane books Putin did that said Poland started ww2? Anyone who's studied history knows Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century from being soundly defeated in wars. Almost a third time in 1905.
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@glintongordon6811 You don't understand how YT works do you?
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@YUDNSAY anneapplebaum on Sep 2, 2023 uploaded a montage of some claims. You can see putins two weeks claim with a search, it isn't top secret.
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@YUDNSAY Why that comment worked but none of the others is a mystery that may never be solved.
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@CGplay186 I still posted where you can find the info. Dry your eyes and take a look.
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@mickser101 China has a treaty to protect Ukraine from nuclear attacks. They also have a policy condemning any first use of nuclear weapons.
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@Alien_isolationist It's Russia who stuck their nose where it doesn't belong when they stole 20% of Georgia's territory.
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@Alien_isolationist Russia constantly claims to be a “peacemaker” who strives for peace. Since the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine in 2014, there has been a constant narrative about “saving” those whom this country seems to come to protect. This has been happening for decades. Go ahead and explain your side little buddy. Keep in mind its the exact same story as Crimea, the Donbas, Moldova, Abkhazian in '92, North Ossetia and Abkhazia in '08, Chechnya (twice). The same thing over and over, if the Baltics weren't in NATO they would have done the same nonsense there already.
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@Alien_isolationist Russia constantly claims to be a “peacemaker” who strives for peace. Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, there has been a constant narrative about “saving” those whom this country seems to come to protect. This has been happening for decades. Go ahead and explain your side little buddy. Keep in mind its the exact same story as Crimea, the Donbas, Moldova, Abkhazian in '92, North Ossetia and Abkhazia in '08, Chechnya (twice). The same thing over and over, if the Baltics weren't in NATO they would have done the same nonsense there already.
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@Alien_isolationist Is that your canned response when you are unable to think of something intelligent to say? If you want to know what modern day fascism looks like look up Ruscim.
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@УкропДурнопахнущий And the Russians have been eating shit in the Donbas for ten years. Are you really trying to act tough after one of the most embarrassing invasions in human history?
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@УкропДурнопахнущий And the Russians have been eating shite in the Donbas for ten years. Are you really trying to act tough after one of the most embarrassing invasions in human history?
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@jamesgreen1116 Its true that its brainless whataboutism. this is what every Russian 'argument' boils down to. Some other country (probably the US or UK) did something wrong therefore Russia's crimes are somehow justified. Its moronic.
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@jamesgreen1116 Go ask the families of the 30 million or so Soviet citizens killed by the regime. See how ridiculous that is? Here's what every Russian argument boils down to. Some other country, probably the US or UK did something wrong in the past and somehow this justifies all of Russia's current crimes. Its a disingenuous and foolish argument.
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@JABelms Well unless the next one is a wizard Trumps going to be spending a long time in prison, maybe he can get his cell mate to change his diaper.
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@Percival5 Ballistic missiles by definition are hypersonic.
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@stu281 Russia is the aggressor genius, obviously.
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@stu281 Russia are the aggressor's, obviously.
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@anaeusrex2014 The Germans are supplying weapons to Russia's enemy. By your logic the Russian's withdrew and lost ww2.
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It would take an at of congress for the US to leave NATO and there are still more then enough republican hawks to prevent that.
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@tonyrusso7302 Nope, it isn't the US and UK who are invading Ukraine, that would be Russia.
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@tonyrusso7302 It's Russia that's invading Ukraine, not the US or UK.
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@yaqob3275 I have no idea what you're talking about, any comment in particular?
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@МногоХочешьНаглыйГугл see at the top of the screen where it says 'search'? just type in 'Putin says he can take all of Ukraine 2014' instead of asking idiotic questions.
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It's not difficult to be opposed to democrats policy when you hallucinate what it actually is.
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@libertarianbydefault "Right, right, right. So, a country on the 43rd place is outperforming the collective West." By what metric? The collective west isn't at war with Russia, you understand that right? And no, nobody uses PPP except for countries with struggling economies and weak currencies and their online cheerleaders. PPP goes out the window when nobody wants your currency, and nobody wants the Ruble. Which is part of the reason Russia is being forced to barter in livestock and vegetables like its the middle ages. Russia is an importing nation as much as it is an exporting one and when nobody wants your junk currency it causes price hikes. They can get what they produce themselves fairly cheap, which is mostly hydrocarbons. That can help but it certainly isn't enough to offset import price increses. That along with massive government military spending, is the reason why Russia has some of the highest inflation of any developed country. That is with an already extremely high 21% interest rate.
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@livingtribunal4110 Yes, I'm sure years of trench warfare was the plan all along. The Russian's aren't using turtle tanks and golf carts because of catastrophic losses, they just want to play the back nine.
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Take your meds.
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Imagine not defending the border of the country you are at war with. Russia is a joke.
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@Srbazo You should keep going to see a mental health professional.
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@monum2398 What's your mother tongue, emoji?
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@Noconstitutionfordemocrats1 They've managed to build only a few in over a decade.
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@vitoriaguimaraes6241 Lmao, Soviet tactics are to park a jet in Tunguska for thirty years and hope it sill works. Underground hangars, that's actually hilarious.
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lmao, your source is google? Congratulations on the dumbest post in youtube history.
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The US wants to buy it, Russia wants to steal it.
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Zoom the map out bud. Russia controls around 18% of Ukraine, just like they did two years ago, almost all of that taken in 2014 or in the opening days of the 2022 invasion prior to Ukraine mobilizing. The last time there was any movement on the line it was Ukraine retaking around 50% of the territory Russia occupied.
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@MrAckers75 what do you think they should be doing? firing wildly?
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@hyhhy Is that stolen children?
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@АртемАртем-л4э The far right party got less than 1% of the vote in the last Ukrainian election. Get a grip.
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@LiberalismcelebratesDeath You can get Humvee's at any army surplus store.
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@s0ycapitan Are they smart enough to know how to spell compliment?
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@johnadam2885 Yeah nothing says 'we're winning' more than idle nuclear threats.
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@sunnyboner676 Nobody was bringing nukes to Ukraine, moreover the US didn't invade and attempt to annex Cuba and claim they weren't a country. In fact Ukraine gave up its nukes on the assurance from Russia that they would never invade and respect their borders. Another lie from Russia.
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@sunnyboner676 Russia has a long history of attacking and invading and annexing its neighbors so European countries want American weapons there. There was idle talk of Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO just like there was about Russia joining. There was however no political or societal will in those countries to join. Only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join prior to Russia's invasion in 2014. The chances of either joining was effectively zero. The US leases Guantanamo Bay from the Cuban government. There were zero plans to bring nukes to Ukraine, this is just paranoid delusions. American nukes have been in Turkey since before the Cuban missile crisis, they were removed from northern Anatolia as part of the deal. Any more questions?
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@sunnyboner676 Russia has a long history of invading and annexing its neighbors so European countries want American weapons there. There was idle talk of Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO just like there was about Russia joining. There was however no political or societal will in those countries to join. Only around 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join prior to Russia's invasion in 2014. The chances of either joining was effectively zero. The US leases Guantanamo Bay from the Cuban government. There were zero plans to bring nukes to Ukraine, why would they? This is just paranoid delusions. American nukes have been in Turkey since before the Cuban missile crisis, they were removed from northern Anatolia as part of the deal, they still aren't in northern Anatolia. Any more questions? The real question is what way does any of this pointless whataboutism justify Russia's invasion of a sovereign state?
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@wolfswinkel8906 You should ask a grown up to show you how to use the internet, you can search for all that stuff yourself. Or do you think trench warfare that never ends with terrible casualties was the plan all along?
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@managerofthebotfarm7111 I can tell, you're following him around everywhere. Dont you have anything better to do? Or is this the best way to earn potato's?
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@tankenjoyer9175 Newest models like the T14? which they cant even build. Photographic evidence says otherwise, Russia has lost mountains of their best tanks T90's and the most modern T72 variants. What sort of military would send in their worst equipment first? Even the Soviets didn't do that. Russia is now sending in T54's, which were only supposed to be used for fire suppport but have been observed multiple times in a MBT role.
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@alexpoetov3213 Mighty naval power? Like Russia who has lost the battle of the Black Sea to a country with no navy. With a flagship aircraft carrier that spends more time in dry dock on fire than it does at sea. A naval power like that? Sokolov sends his regards, he was kia earlier this war somehow. Its also hilarious how you act like losing of thousands of tanks to a third rate military is somehow a virtue.
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@alexpoetov3213 Yes Ukraine's mighty pre-war navy consisting of some coastal patrol boats. Better for an admiral to be sitting in Kyiv than six feet under like the Russian commander of the Black Sea fleet. Russia is the first country in history to lose a submarine to a country with no navy. It must have been all those ghosts that scared away the Russian navy from Sevastopol when they retreated. Well to be fair its probably Russia's best naval performance since the Russo-Japanese war.
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@alexpoetov3213 Losses in Avdiivka are at least 10-1 in favor of Ukraine. Which is likely why Russia is bringing in third world mercenaries and using penal battalions, including giving full pardons to cnnibals. Life has never been better for cnnibals in Russia, they went from feeding on fodder in Ukraine to roaming the streets in Russia feasting to their hearts content. Russia has lost around 10% of its deployed tanks trying to take just Avdiivka, a small town right on the border. And that's according to photographic evidence.
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@alexpoetov3213 Oh and there's a difference between refugees and draft dodgers. We've all see what Russia does to civilians, I don't blame anyone wanting to avoid that. Everyone that has fled from Russia is a draft dodger. 700k in 2022 and 500k in 2023. Of course that's just recently. Everyone with half a brain has been leaving Russia since the 90's.
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@fredblogs Its Abrams. And the US didn't lose any tanks to enemy fire in Iraq. Nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness. Russia will lose more tanks in a day then the US did in 20 years. Amazing isn't it?
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@stu281 Russia is attacking across large parts of the front. What a moronic comment.
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@ImmuneToTrollHate Where did I say attacking meant winning? Do you have brain cancer?
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@paulurban2472 Your comment is inaccurate but thanks for proving my point for me.
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@calistusfrancis1340 The only comments I ever see from you are either calling someone a bot or telling them to cope more.
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@jebjeb1498 According to the Russian MoD they've destroyed the Ukrainian air force around five times over, just to give you an idea of how made up their numbers are.
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@jebjeb1498 Defenders typically have a 3-1 advantage when it comes to losses, I'd expect numbers close to that. Though considering Russia's tactics I wouldn't be surprised if the ratio more heavily favored Ukraine. Ukraine still isn't conscripting anyone under the age of 25, which is the highest in the world, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. And Russia's gains remain marginal at best, if Russia still wants to exchange massive casualties for tactical gains that's fine. I don't expect that strategy will do them any favors in the long run.
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@jebjeb1498 Defenders typically have a 3-1 advantage in losses, I'd expect the numbers to be somewhere around there. Though with Russia's tactics I wouldn't be surprised to see the ratio more in favor of Ukraine.
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@GodwinGodfather Yes that's KIA, I was referring to MIA, of which the US had roughly 2,500 MIA in Vietnam, compared to Russia's 50k in Ukraine.
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Its from Putin announcing on TV that he was taking children. That's why he's now a wanted criminal in most of the world.
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 @Alex_cho Alexey Russian tanks can't even pass through Bakhmut, you're living in a dream world.
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@rafomic4210 lol ok well Russia still can't manage to capture the Donbas a year later so that was a total failure.
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@ Maybe fist you should ask a grown up how to use google.
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@ramfan010 Apparently the Russians want to surrender but Iran wont let them. The Ayatollah said he'd fight Ukraine until the last Russian. However with the Taliban invading Iran they might not be able to support their proxy Russia for much longer.
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@magmegmigmogmug1476 The US alrleady passed lend lease. Biden can send anything he wants without anyones approval.
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@esfirkolesnitchenko2651 No from Gazprom's own releases. The state of the Ruble and Russia's demographic troubles aren't top secret either, its public information.
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@sergeikhripun Read all the charges liar: Blogger Gonzalo Lira is in custody for violating Article 436-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — justifying Russian aggression against Ukraine. In particular, Lira publicly justified Russia’s attack on Ukraine, denied Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and mass killings of civilians in Bucha and other cities, revealed the location and identities of Western journalists and the Ukrainian military. Lira first 'discredited' the Ukrainian military over a year before his arrest and nobody cared. It was only after he revealed the location of the Ukrainian military that he was arrested. Additionally, there is no evidence that any torture was used against Gonzalo Lira. And he died from pneumonia from his own words. One of us is lying but it isn't me.
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Nope it was Russian imperial delusions that started the war. And NATO isn't at war so I'm not sure how you think they can lose a war they aren't even in.
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yanksbiglywvil Let me know when you get a brain.
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yanksbiglywvil I'm not American, I can see you are obsessed with them though. Seek help.
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Medvedev, Solovyov and Lavrov. The three Russian stooges.
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@flmnk3456 Everything I said is true. Feel free to look it up instead of posting idiotic comments on youtube.
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@user1qaz2wsx3edc Most of the damage has been in the east where the supposed ethnic Russians that Russia is supposedly trying to protect live. Makes sense right?
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@Sweet-Rat-Milk The OP did first if you didn't notice.
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@thf1933 Its common knowledge, I'm not your babysitter look it up for yourself.
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@theman2223 Quote from Vasily Nebenzya, the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN: "According to the description, such a drone transports a container with a large number of mosquitoes, the carriers of infections, to a targeted area and releases them. While biting, mosquitoes infect people with pathogens of particularly dangerous diseases. The explanation directly emphasises that an infected serviceman will be unable to perform the tasks assigned to him, to conclude "the disease can be a more valuable military tool than the most modern weapons and military equipment." It is noted that "such an infection among enemy servicemen would have a significant military effect". Details: Nebenzya also stated that the Russian Federation had received some documents regarding "the spread of dangerous infections through migration birds, in particular highly pathogenic influenza and Newcastle disease, and bats, in particular capable of infecting humans with the causative agents of plague, leptospirosis, brucellosis, as well as coronaviruses and filoviruses." Andrii Yermak, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has reacted to the nonsense voiced out by the Russian Representative to the UN.
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@Bruvva_Wu Trudeau has zero chance in the next election, the Conservatives are polling way ahead, it's not even close. I would have preferred if that would have happened in the previous election so we could have the moderate O'Toole rather than the rhetoric machine Poilievre, but it is what it is.
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@nitenight2ent So you're trying to learn english?
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@Innokentiii The Ainu that all live in Japan? So Russia will give it back to them then right? Who does Manchuria belong to? How about Karelia, or what Russia took from Georgia?
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@Innokentiii Russia can't even take the Donbas in 15 months, despite it being a few hours from Moscow, they aren't in the position to be protecting anyone.
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@НиколайВ-п9н Of course it's non binding, it would have to go through the Security Council for that and Russia vetoed it, obviously. Resolution ES‑11/4 of the UN general assembly declared that the sham referendums held in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, which were conducted under disputed circumstances and unrecognized by the international community, as well as their subsequent annexation by Russia, are invalid and illegal under international law. It calls upon all states to not recognize these territories as part of Russia. Furthermore, it demands that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw" from Ukraine as it is violating its territorial integrity and sovereignty. The resolution was passed with an overwhelming vote of 143 in favor, 5 against
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@НиколайВ-п9н You think 143 countries voted to condemn you because the US told them to? that's hilarious. The general assembly routinely votes against American interests. There were no problems with Russians in Ukraine until Russia invaded in 2014. All the problems there have been cause by Russia.
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@НиколайВ-п9н The general assembly routinely and gleefully votes against American interests, what on earth are you talking about?
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@НиколайВ-п9н And prior to Russia's invasion in 2014 there were no problems in the Donbas.
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@НиколайВ-п9н Russia is the one sticking its nose into other people's business little buddy. There would be no shelling in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded. Wagner was in the Donbas in 2014, and as Putin admitted it was a branch of the Russian military. “I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state. From the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group.”
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@НиколайВ-п9н Strelkov admitted the same. "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv, like in Odesa"
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@НиколайВ-п9н According to Minsk Russia was supposed to withdraw it support for the rebels, withdraw its forces form the Donbas and return control to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. Of course there would be no need for Minsk if Russia hadn't violated the Budapest memorandum. You should try getting your news from a source that isn't Russian propaganda.
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@НиколайВ-п9н More pointess points that address nothing I've said. Go hold up a blank sheet of paper in red square and let me know what happens.
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@НиколайВ-п9н Notice how I provide evidence and quotes to back up my claim, and you provide nothing? The address that you should go is to the nearest mental health professional.
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@НиколайВ-п9н Again, another baseless statement divorced from reality that refutes nothing I've said.
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@НиколайВ-п9н In one where people haven't been brainwashed by endless propaganda. I feel sorry for you.
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@Bird_McBride Sure "stealth" Is that like the "stealth' Su57 which has a radar cross section as large as an F18? Also stealth is useless for AWACS type planes as the can be tracked by their strong radar emissions.
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@nuke_Godjira It was the now fired Shoigu who lied. this is very easy to look up.
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@amunra5330 China hasn't had terminal demographics until recently.
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And once they take out both SU57's they have none left.
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@livingtribunal4110 Free fair elections to don't see every political rival exiled, jailed or executed. Nor do you see armed goons standing behind the voters ensuring they are voting for the right candidate. Or ballot stuffing and all the other irregularities with this election. Luckily we don't have to guess, you can check out one of the democracy indexes, Russia doesn't do very well.
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@Хобби-р9ю The US is doing the same thing to Russia that they did the the USSR, taking them out without firing a shot.
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@Rick-zw9kp Russian mil bloggers are in full panic mode, Ukraine just trapped 700 paratroopers and several thousand conscripts by taking out some bridges. Russia is sending its aerospace forces to help defend Kursk. Lot's of people care, it's only Russia's internet cheerleaders pretending this isn't a complete disaster for Russia.
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@Rick-zw9kp Ukraine just took out the final bridge trapping several thousand Russian soldiers in the process, Russia is sending it's aerospace forces to Kursk because to try to stop Ukraine because they lack reserves. But yeah, nobody cares. Don't worry though, Putin just put his bodyguard, who has no military experience in charge in Kursk. And made his niece Deputy Minister of Defense.
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@chrisdelaplante5515 Its Putin that goes around licking little boys tummy's. Yuck.
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Russia has been using thermite, white phosphorus and other burning agents for years buddy.
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@rasheedh7043 It was Russian sources who were talking about Ukrainians breaching the line at Robotyne.
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@rasheedh7043 Ukraine has taken more in the past 2 months then Russia has in the previous 10.
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@againstviralmisinformation510 Here let me quote you from higher up this thread. "According to WAPO Ukraine has lost 30% of the forces dedicated to this offensive 1 week ago." There is nothing in that article that mentions losses aside from quoting Putin. “The enemy has had no success in any of the areas,” Putin said, adding: “During this time, Ukraine has lost over 160 tanks and over 360 armored vehicles. … Our losses are 10 times less.” His assertions could not be confirmed. Or do you think Putin is a reliable source for what sort of losses Ukraine has taken? Leave it to you to misrepresent sources to spread misinformation.
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The Baltics are in Nato, if Russia tried anything it would be the most one sided beatdown since Desert Storm.
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Russia retreated from the north to focus on capturing the Donbas. A year and a half later Russia has capured the Donbas in their hearts.
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@seindeph Which was only true because Russia was kept afloat with lend lease. It's also kind of irrelevant to the point.
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@SubvertTheState Yep, and now its the 'invincible' Russians invading, bragging about how much territory they occupy. all while the defenders get lend lease from the democracies of the west. Very similar situations.
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@Notafantbhm8 What does OP's comment have to do with the video?
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@kommutron2443 What is? Or is this just more pointless whataboutism?
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@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Whats life like basing your whole personality around some guy?
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@wrapupthestory Even the Russian mil bloggers are coming unglued over Kursk, It's only the keyboard crusaders who pretend everything is fine.
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This is what a concept of a plan looks like.
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@gagibakija4825 Have you given up on reasonable use of punctuation?
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well there was that video form the other day of those Cuban guys saying they haven't been paid what promised and weren't allowed to leave. Also it was the Cuban government that said they broke up a Russian human trafficking ring.
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@luccamdr_xd2202 No Russia began its invasion in 2014, even Putin said as much. Russia has managed to take a couple empty fields at the cost of hundreds of armored vehicles and tens of thousands of casualties. Russia has lost more in the past month then Ukraine has for its entire offensive. Thats going by photographic evidence, not Putins personal webpage. Ukraine is also taking territory, you minimize that, while celebrating marginal gains. You can tell the invasion is going really well when Russia was celebrating capturing some dirt pile outside Avdiivka. They didn't actually capture it though, they cant go there or else they get hammered, they just forced the Ukrainians off.
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@chirpywiggins5796 Will they nuke the Belgorod peoples republic?
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@Bird_McBride Targets on Mars on high alert.
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@ernestinebass4371 RIP top Russian rocket scientist Mikhail Marov who mysteriously died shortly after the failed mission.
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@timminh468 2014 is when Russia began its invasion.
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@Andygb78 I can't tell if you are being deliberately obtuse or if you just dont understand sarcasm.
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@Andygb78 Right now Russia is being repaid with its own coin and its wonderful. Stop being a pair of wet socks.
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@Andygb78 I'm sorry also, sarcasm doesn't go over well in text I should have been more direct.
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Ukraine has proven all Putin's red lines are a bluff. Expect all weapons restrictions to be lifted over time.
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@Red-Check-Mark Why is there a new Russian submarine then? The S400, or as China calls it an S300 with a coat of paint.
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@donzell1945 Because nobody plays around when it comes to national defense. What a silly question.
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It was Russian sources that said it was perforated by shrapnel. Dry your eyes ok.
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@PerceivedREALITY999 The pro-Russian Fighterbomber Telegram channel, which often writes about aviation losses and has deep connections to Russian Aerospace Forces, confirmed one SU57 was hit. “The Su-57 was damaged by shrapnel; it is now being determined whether it can be restored or not.”
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@adamrandall5163 Leaders in the US aren't dictators that are leaders for life. If either are elected they have at most 4 more years left to govern. The US also typically see's a peaceful transition of power, there are procedures in place if the president passes away while in office. who knows what sort of power vacuum will form when Xi dies.
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@ЕвгенийНовак-в7ю German leaders aren't chosen for ilfe. Nor do political opponents get arrested, exiled or murdered.
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@WarrenCromartie2 Neither of those guys is anything close to credible. They are Russian shills who have been predicting the downfall of Ukraine since day one of the war. Literally none of their predictions have come true. How you consider them credible is beyond me. Russia has been parked outside of Avdiivka for nine years, the Russian army just got through its worst month of the war and still cant even take the Donbas, the Russian navy just lost the battle of the black sea to a country with no navy and the Russian air force has been a no show since taking terrible losses int he early war.
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@HarwardMbonxa What's funny about video evidence?
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@ The last time Republicans controlled the presidency, Senate and Congress was in 1928, and the US enacted the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and sunk into the Great Depression within a year.
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@Donsam55 pardon?
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@stu281 And Russia 1 TV. Putin himself said it would take two weeks.
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@Lexa1s Poroshenko was voted out. Meanwhile Putin is dictator for life.
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@Lexa1s Poroshenko was voted out of power, while Putin is leader for life.
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Trump is focusing on crypto scams right now.
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@chriswalker484 Let me know when Russia takes the Donbas, only been trying for 15 months. Maybe the next wave with T54's and Scooby Doo vans will have some success.
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@polarxta2833 Zoom the map out. Two mid sized towns in the past year and a half, they aren't exactly setting any speed records. Photographic evidence is propaganda now? Or are you pretending cameras dont exist.
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casualties. NATO:0 Russia:200k+
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@D-E-S_8559 In Operation Desert Storm, 249 USAF F-16s flew 13,340 sorties in strikes against Iraq, the most of any Coalition aircraft. The F16 has 210 confirmed kills with two combat losses and four lost to friendly fire.
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True. The harder you hit the Russians the more polite they get, they see anything else as weakness.
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@attilamarics3374 Oh look its the guy that gets triggered every time I post. What did I make up bud?
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@stu281 Setting aside Russian state media claimed Ukraine would fold in three days, Putin himself said in 2014 that he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. Or do you really think unending trench warfare was the plan all along?
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@AlexWolfM The US is more concerned with destroying Russia's ability to ever wage war again then they are with Ukraine winning the war. They wont allow Ukraine to lose though. I don't agree with this sentiment but thats the way it is.
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@dazjackson1972 She conceded defeat little buddy. Trump sent his cult to rush the Capitol building, and still pretends he won in 2020.
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@dazjackson1972 She conceded defeat bud, Trump to this day whines about winning in 2020 when he sent is fans to rush the Capitol building. It's also funny when you talk about TDS when Clinton is clearly living rent free in your head.
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@-pauI- Does that include you 'paul'?
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Don't worry, Putin just put his bodyguard, with no military experience, in charge of the Kursk defense. And made his niece the deputy Minister of Defense. I'm sure Russia will turn things around any day now.
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@ЕвгенийАвтушко-ч1п Well that's completely irrelevent to my point but. Moldova, Chechnya, Georgia, Ukrainian Crimea and the Donbas, full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia and Putin have been invading countries since forever. Why do you think all the countries Russia occupied for decades couldn't wait to join NATO? At one point Russia wanted to join NATO but in Putin's words he 'didn't want to be on a list with bunch of countries that don't matter.'
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@ЕвгенийАвтушко-ч1п Your ramblings are in no way relevant to what I said.
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@I_Fight_Instacart There aren't enough braincells in your head to understand simple concepts.
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@I_Fight_Instacart Not enough to understand what a typo is though.
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Like Russia dreaming they could take the Donbas
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What do you mean? They had a sham referendum at gun point that's recognized by nobody. How much more legitimate can you get?
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@Luiz-w5s Russia still launches attacks on Lviv, it's almost impossible to stop all attacks. You can prevent shorter range ordinance, which is the primary problem in the region.
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@mojokanjani6123 He asked you for evidence and you went off on some strange diatribe.
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@mellotim nobody defends the Iraq war is the difference, Russia still acts like they're the victims of history like the reason everyone hates russia is due to russophobia and not their own actions. and i'm not sure what you mean by nothing makes international news, yeah it does all the time. all america's mistakes and unjust actions, the bad stuff they've done are there for all the world and it's own population to see, and discussed openly by everyone inside America and out. What great crimes do you think haven't been discussed? yeah the media does have some serious problems, mostly due to the 24 hr news cycle, but at least there is freedom of the press. you don't tow the party line in Russia and you end up in a Siberian basement. No country has been convinced to join NATO they did on their own volition because they've been occupied by Russia before and they know what hell is gee i wonder why they would want to join. If the Baltics weren't in NATO then all the nonsense we see in Ukraine 'oh poor Russians are in danger we better go liberate them' would have already happened there. If you had a belligerent neighbor that has invaded your country before and shipped most of your family to the gulag do you think you might want to join an alliance to ensure your safety? Also 'feeling secure' isn't a right of any country, tell it to Poland or Estonia. Should Poland be permitted to invade Belarus because it would make them feel safe from Russia? (Lukashenko being an illigitamate dictator aside) I bet Lithuania would feel a whole lot better if Kaliningrad didn't exist. There were talks about bringing Russia into the fold and we tried, it was Putin that expelled everyone trying to make that happen because he was benefitting from the corruption. Putin wanted us to beg him to join but that's not how NATO works, countries apply for membership. the idea that BAE or lockheed martin or something the US did caused Russia to invade its neighbour is inane. You say that the US has killed more civilians then Russia since 1991, are you sure about that? I know people from Mariupol and the estimates i've heard are at least 100k dead civilians and that's just one city, one city and it's the same everywhere they go. When that theatre there with the 'Children inside' sign was bombed the Syrians immidiately spoke up and said 'yeah you cant let Russia know where your women and children are hiding because they will target them'. they also killed 10-20% of the Chechen population and flattened Grozny. invaded Georgia a couple times. The war in Iraq was a disaster for sure but toppling Saddam, one of the most hated men in all of history and trying to annex Ukraine and the democratically elected Zelensky isn't even in the same ballpark. i'm not saying the US is some saintly nation that can do no wrong but they at least try to avoid civilian casualties. Did the CIA have anything to do with the coup, maybe but you dont get 90% of your population to participate in a rebellion because of outside influence. If you were givin a choice between joining the free and prosperous west and being a Russian slave it's not a difficult choice to make.
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@WhatsupDoc-01 uh, it was Russia that was convinced this would be a short war, they are the ones invading. Or do you think WW1 style trench warfare was the plan all along?
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@Mic-uc2sm Unfortunately for Russia they can no longer have it, McDonald's left Russia.
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@aleksaskela25 And ethnic cleansing is? And what does your statement actually even mean?
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@Worselol A war between the US and China wouldn't be an artillery fight.
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@ailinofaolin8897 They belonged to the Soviet Union, which no longer exists. What part of that do you not understand?
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@lesigh1749 "Russia gave guarantees contingent on no further expansion of NATO towards its borders. Did we keep that agreement?" Wrong, there was never any deal regarding NATO expansion. Please state the name of this phantom treaty.
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@ailinofaolin8897 That has nothing to do with anything. Ukraine didn't give up their weapons because they thought they belonged to Russia, they gave them up because they wanted US foreign aid and were given security guarantees, which Russia violated.
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@lesigh1749 No agreement with Russia is worth the paper it's written on. I asked you to name what treaty referred to Nato expansion, not your meaningless opinion on Minsk.
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@lesigh1749 And as far as Minsk goes Russia was supposed to withdraw it's forces from the Donbas, remove it support for the rebels and return control of occupied territories to Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE. Russia did none of these and violated Minsk on day one. But that isn't the topic, you said "Russia gave guarantees contingent on no further expansion of NATO towards its borders" What were you referring to with this statement?
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@lesigh1749 Yeah remember when the US invaded and annexed Cuba and said they were never a real country. Moreover there were no missiles in Ukraine nor were there any plans to put them there. Please try using your head. You made an untrue statement about some nonexistent treaty and are now attempting to deflect.
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@lesigh1749 You still haven't named any agreements that you think were ignored. Just pointlessly bloviate about unrelated topics.
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@lesigh1749 And I demonstrated that it was Russia tht violated the Minsk agreement in a previous post. The deals require a ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign military forces, disbanding of illegal armed groups, and returning control of the Ukrainian side of the international border with Russia to Ukraine, all of this under OSCE supervision. Russia has done none of this. It has regular military officers as well as intelligence operatives and unmarked “little green men” woven into the military forces in Eastern Ukraine. The LPR and DPR forces are by any definition “illegal armed groups,” that have not been disbanded. The ceasefire has barely been respected by the Russian side for more than a few days at a time. And of course there would be no Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't previously violated the Budapest Memorandum.
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@lesigh1749 Ukraine had implemented as much of Minsk as can reasonably be done while Russia still occupied its territory. The agreements require political measures on Ukraine’s side, including a special status for the region, an amnesty for those who committed crimes as part of the conflict, local elections, and some form of decentralization under the Ukrainian constitution. Ukraine has already passed legislation addressing every point. It has passed and extended with renewals legislation on special status and amnesty, and already has legislation on the books governing local elections. It has passed constitutional amendments. The Minsk Agreements do not require Ukraine to grant autonomy to Donbas, or to become a federalized state. All that remained was for the territory to be returned to Ukraine, which Russia itself prevented by continuing to occupy the territory.
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@lesigh1749 You said "Russia gave guarantees contingent on no further expansion of NATO towards its borders. Did we keep that agreement?" Remember? No amount of brainless and irrelevent whataboutery is going to answer that question. Instead of dodging the question feel free to answer it. I guess I'll save you the time and say that no such agreement exists outside of your imagination.
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@lesigh1749 "YOU meanwhile cant follow your own standard, you wont name a treaty that Russia was violating by trying to put missiles on Cuba." I never made any claims about Cuba or anything else, it's you that's engaged in pointless whataboutism. I'm just trying to figure out what mythical treaty you think was violated regarding Nato expansion.
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@lesigh1749 Yeah you named Minsk and I've shown in multiple posts that it was Russia that violated the treaty. Don't blame me for your reading comprehension problems. I'll let Putin spell it to, here's what he has previously said. “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
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@lesigh1749 Do you seriously lack the mental capacity to follow along? For the fourth time you made a claim that some sort of agreement was being violated reagarding NATO expansion. Please name the agreement in question instead of continuing your weird tantrum.
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@lesigh1749 Moreover there is nothing in the Minsk agreement about Nato expansion. There is nothing in the Budapest memorandum about it, or any other treaty in human history. Come back to reality little buddy.
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@lesigh1749 No he didn't even Gorbachev says he didn't. "The topic of 'NATO expansion' was never discussed; it was not raised in those years. I am saying this with a full sense of responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country brought up the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact had ceased to exist in 1991,"
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@lesigh1749 The famous "not one inch eastward" promise about NATO's eastward expansion was made during the negotiations around German reunification, and was referring to NATO troops in East Germany, which to this day there still aren't. If you spent more than ten seconds researching this you'd know. The concession essentially meant that the western half of the unified Germany would be part of NATO but the eastern half would not. The US National Security Council pointed out that it would be unworkable, and the concession was later amended to state that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany
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@lesigh1749 Moreover In 1997, NATO and Russia signed the Russia–NATO Founding Act, which stated that each country had a sovereign right to seek alliances.
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@lesigh1749 I've already shown how everyone in the room, including the head of state of the SSR, his top aide and all the diplomats involved disagree with you. If you want to pretend you know more than them go ahead, just don't expect anyone to take you seriously.
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@lesigh1749 Little buddy if a treaty was signed in 97 that said both alliances could expand it supersedes any agreement made in 91. Of course there was never any agreement in '91 outside of your imagination. Do you understand? Take your time.
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@lesigh1749 Little buddy, the leader of the USSR, his foreign minister, everybody else in the room say that you were wrong and that there was no promise. But you, random internet nobody knows better than all of them. I can't even imagine the level of hubris required to think like that.
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@lesigh1749 There was an agreement regarding NATO forces in East Germany yes, to this day there still are none there. There was never any agreement regarding NATO expansion. This is confirmed by literally everybody there. I've already been through this, please try reading.
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@lesigh1749 Little buddy, you called me a bot long before I started "talking down" to you. Try not to cry ok.
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@lesigh1749 "Did I imagine the Sec gen of NATO saying there was an agreement on May 17 1990?" Yes you imagined it. What was agreed to in 1990 was that there would be no deployment of non-German NATO forces on the territory of the former GDR. Obviously Germany can place troops within its own border, please use your head. This isn't some obscure unknowable history, we to this day have the treaty. The agreement on not deploying foreign troops on the territory of the former GDR was incorporated in Article 5 of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany.
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@lesigh1749 I've already posted Gorbachev's quote denying there was an agreement. Are you really incapable of reading? "The topic of 'NATO expansion' was never discussed; it was not raised in those years. I am saying this with a full sense of responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country brought up the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact had ceased to exist in 1991."
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@lesigh1749 "So which is it bot boy? There was no agreement and Gorbachev confirmed it to not have been agreed, or there was an agreement and it was held to?" I can't tell if you are deliberately obtuse or if you've been kicked in the head by a donkey or something. For about the fifth time the agreement was regarding non German NATO forces being stationed in East Germany, which to this day there still isn't. There was never any agreement at any point in human history regarding NATO expanding to other countries. In fact it was the opposite, the 97 treaty guaranteed that Russia and NATO could expand their alliances as they please. I really don't understand what part of this you aren't getting.
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@lesigh1749 "Oh look.." at what? You proving my point for me. Thanks I guess.
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@lesigh1749 "So there was no agreement, but then you said that yes there was an agreement to not station NATO forces beyond the GDR. Even someone as conditioned as you has to know the two statements cant be true. You really are bad at thinking." No, please try working on your reading comprehension. There was an agreement to not station non German forces WITHIN the GDR, there is nothing at any point ever talking about beyond it. Actually there was, the 1997 treaty signed by both NATO and Russia that stated they could expand their alliances however they wished. "Are there currently NATO assets stations east of the former GDR?" No, there are still to this day no NATO assets in the former GDR. Which I've stated several times already.
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@lesigh1749 "Are there now no German military assets in eastern Germany?" Nope I already answered that little buddy, multiple times, good job demonstrating you really can't read. For the third time the treaty refers to non-German NATO forces. Obviously Germany is allowed to station it's own forces within it's own borders. Do you understand?
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@lesigh1749 "This will meet Soviet concerns about not changing the overall East-West strategic balance." Here I'll highlight the part of the paragraph that apparently didn't read. "The very fact that we are ready not to deploy NATO troops beyond the territory of the Federal Republic gives the Soviet Union firm security guarantees." The Federal Republic he's referring to is West Germany, and by "beyond the territory." He is referring to East Germany. Not some other country.
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@lesigh1749 "Has NATO expansion even beyond east Germany changed the East-West strategic balance?" That's not what's being discussed little buddy. We are talking about if there was any sort of treaty or agreement preventing NATO expansion, which everyone including Gorbachev says there wasn't. The strategic balance was upset when the USSR collapsed and Russia went from superpower to barely a regional power. I guess if it was something Russia was really worried about they shouldn't have signed In 1997, the NATO Founding Act, which stated that each country had a sovereign right to seek alliances.
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@lesigh1749 "What treaty would that be "little buddy"? You assured me no treaty of any kind existed." Are you being serious right now or can you really not read? For the second time it's called the "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany" Or sometimes called the "reunification treaty" You know the treaty that we've been talking about this whole time, the one that prevents non German NATO forces from being in East Germany. An actual treaty that exists, not the mythical one you've invented in your mind regarding NATO expansion.
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@lesigh1749 "Your evident confusion is that the USA has not operated bases in Eastern German states but the German army (a NATO force) quite obviously has and does." Somebody is confused bud, but it isn't me. There is to this day are no US bases in East Germany. Germany is allowed to operate bases in East Germany per the reunification treaty.
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@lesigh1749 "Clearly the USSR was given reason to feel assured that not only would there be no NATO assets deployed beyond the former West German republic." Yes because the Warsaw pact existed and nobody, including Russia thought that WP members would suddenly and magically join NATO with large Soviet garrisons stationed there. Which was part of the reason why there was no promise not to expand to those countries.
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@lesigh1749 "Both of these assurances have long since ceased to be maintained by our side." There were never any assurances buddy, none that expanded beyond East Germany. Here I'll restate what Gorbachev said. The topic of 'NATO expansion' was never discussed; it was not raised in those years. I am saying this with a full sense of responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country brought up the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact had ceased to exist in 1991," I know you think you know more than him, which is laughable.
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@lesigh1749 Gorbachev's foreign minister said the same thing, NATO's expansion into Eastern Europe "was not discussed at all in those years and did not arise." Please keep pretending you now better than everyone there though it's hilarious.
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@lesigh1749 "And NATO was forced at gunpoint to just snaffle all those nations up and enroll them right?" NATO has an open door policy, any country in Europe can join, including Russia, which at one point they were on track to do. I guess they didn't have much of a problem with it then. The only reason they didn't join is because Putin wanted to be asked to join not ask. Because in his words he "didn't want to be on a list with countries that don't matter." But that's not how NATO works, countries apply, if Russia had applied they would probably be in the alliance. Who knows what you'd be crying about then. If Russia had a problem with it why did they sign the '97 treaty stating that both parties can expand as they please? Why did Putin say about Ukraine joining; “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision on Ukraine joining NATO is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” Sure sounds like something someone who was worried about NATO expansion would say.
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@lesigh1749 Discredited gossip? Go read the reunification treaty for yourself, this isn't some long forgotten history. We know exactly what was being discussed because it's all in there.
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@lesigh1749 "And NATO was forced at gunpoint to just snaffle all those nations up and enroll them right?" NATO has an open door policy, any country in Europe can join, including Russia, which at one point they were on track to do. I guess they didn't have much of a problem with it then. The only reason they didn't join is because Putin wanted to be asked to join not ask. Because in his words he "didn't want to be on a list with countries that don't matter." But that's not how NATO works, countries apply, if Russia had applied they would probably be in the alliance.
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@lesigh1749 Furthermore If Russia had a problem with NATO expansion why did they sign the '97 treaty that both parties can expand as they please? Why did Putin say about Ukraine joining; “I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.” Sure sounds like something someone who was worried about NATO expansion would say.
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@lesigh1749 Yes I know exactly what the NATO secretary general said, no he wasn't lying, the problem is you don't understand what he was talking about. Luckily we don't have to guess, It's known exactly what he was talking about because it's all included in the German reunification treaty. He was talking about East Germany. How do we know this? There is a literal treaty that exists. I've posted Gorbachev's statement denying there was any promise regarding NATO expansion multiple times, if you really can't read it you are probably beyond help.
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@lesigh1749 No what's in doubt is you, random internet nobody thinking he knows better than Gorbachev. He wasn't the only one who said there was no promise, his foreign Minister said the same as did the West German Chancellor, along with every diplomat in the room, I've quoted them higher up, please try reading. Literally everybody involved refutes your claims. Even if they hadn't (they did) Russia signed the '97 treaty which guaranteed each alliance could expand however they like. Which would supersede the fictional promise you've invented. The NATO secretary generals speech proves that NATO wasn't going to set up bases in East Germany, which they haven't. We know this because there is a treaty that says exactly that. There is also the fact that literally everyone involved, including the heads of state say that there was never any promise regarding NATO expansion, if there was the Soviets would have got it in writing and it would exist as something other than hearsay on the internet. If you wish to continue believing you know more than everyone there that's fine, just don't expect me or anyone else to take you seriously.
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@lesigh1749 Zoellick would go on to say the White House meeting he attended nearly three decades ago in which Bush asked Gorbachev if he agreed with the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe principle that nations are free to ally with others as they see fit. When Gorbachev said yes, he says, the Soviet leader’s “own colleagues at the table visibly separated themselves.” Sensing the import of the possible breakthrough, he says a colleague at the meeting, Robert Blackwill, sent him a note checking what they had heard and asking if they should ask Bush to repeat the question. “Gorbachev agreed again,” Zoellick recalls, to the principle that Germany could choose to enter NATO.
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@lesigh1749 But why listen to what all the people there said, when we have you a random guy on the internet who doesn't understand context to tell us what happened.
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@lesigh1749 It's already been explained to you what that speech is referring to, If you want to pretend that an offhand comment referring to the reunification treaty has anything to do with the point you are trying to make despite the mountain of evidence that proves you wrong, that's fine. if you want to live in a fantasy world that is your business.
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@lesigh1749 You're into conspiracy theories now little buddy, not surprising . You can pretend you know more than everyone there but you don't. All that you've demonstrated in this thread is that you have severe reading comprehension issues, you don't understand context, you pretend to know more than all the relevant experts and seem to have a tenuous grasp on reality.
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@lesigh1749 Yes the Soviets were extremely worried about countries in the Warsaw pact spontaneously Joining NATO despite the large Soviet garrisons there. Makes sense.
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13ased_American And what, send those HIMARS to Hawaii and declared war on the fire?
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What on earth are you twaddling on about? Russia goes home and the war's over. Its that simple.
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@tomwhite5827 Russia is a vassal state of North Korea.
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@Blacknife98 Putin has been so disastrous for Russia I honestly wouldn't be surprised to learn he was a CIA plant.
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@OggyGTA How much of your time are you wasting posting idiotic comments?
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Nobody knows how fast China's economy is growing because their figures are made up. Even their own officials call their official GDP numbers 'just a guideline.'
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@faouzielmir9894 I'm not defending the Iraq war, I'm not sure that anyone does, nor am I American. Mostly I was commenting on the braindead whataboutism from the previous poster. Which is what every Russian argument boils down to. "well America did something bad so its ok if Russia commits Genocide in Ukraine." it's completely idiotic. Afghanistan is back to literally the exact same state it was 20 years ago, and 40 years ago and 40 years from now. Sadly due to geography and history Afghanistan will always be a backwater run by warlords. The past 20 years were Afghanistan's big chance to change its fate, but nobody was interested in fighting for it. Not sure if you remember 9/11 but what was the US supposed to do? Scold the Taliban and tell them not to let it happen again? They demanded Bin Laden be handed over and they refused, so they invaded. Not unreasonable imo. And how long should the US occupy them, if after 20 years the ANA cant fight for itself they never will be abe to. Should the US occupy them until the end of time? Iraq got rid of a brutal dictator and one of the most hated men in history, both internationally and by his own people.The total number of deaths and disappearances Caused by Sadam is estimated to be between 250,000 to 290,000. (not including the Iraq Iran war) The estimated casuaties from Iraq are between 280,771-315,190 Iraqi civilians killed by direct violence since the U.S. invasion. A Vast majority of them were not directly caused by the US but the various militias. Again I'm not defending the Iraq war, I think it was a mistake and things should have been handled differently, but the 'US bad so Russia can do bad ' mentality is completely moronic.
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Russia can't even make ball bearings.
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