The Ukraine war thread
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@Klaus said in The Ukraine war thread:
Who or what is RSOTM?
"Reverse Side Of The Medal."
It's the face of the Wagner group.
With a number of credible reports of foreign fighters engaged in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh on behalf of Azerbaijan, a number of journalists and analysts have looked to one of the world’s most infamous private mercenary companies (PMC), Russia’s Wagner PMC, as a potential actor in the conflict. However, there has not been any firm evidence showing their arrival or involvement in the war which has rocked the South Caucasus since late September. In the search for potential evidence of Wagner’s involvement into the conflict, many have looked to Reverse Side of the Medal (RSOTM), one of the most public channels of communication used by fighters from Russia’s private military companies fighters, especially Wagner and those close to them.
This group operates a Telegram channel, along with pages on Instagram, YouTube, and VKontakte (VK). The group’s most prominent administrator is Maksim Fomin, writing under the pseudonym “Vladlen Tatarsky” (taken from a novel by popular Russian writer Viktor Pelevin). Fomin previously fought in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine for the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR). Over the past week, this channel has shared a number of photographs alluding to the arrival of Russian mercenaries — with the Wagner group being the obvious candidate — to Nagorno-Karabakh to assist Armenian forces in their ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan.
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On a lighter note:
Putin dies and goes to hell. However, since he’s used to doing deals with devils, he manages to get a day off from torment and goes home to Moscow to enjoy Vodka and see how Russia is doing in his absence.
The streets are clean, the shops are open, and people look well and relatively happy (for Russians). At the bar, he orders 3 Vodkas and sips them slowly, watching all the people nattering about sports and boasting about business, like the KGB spy he always was.
Satisfied, Putin turns to the bartender and asks “how much for the drinks?”
The bartender swiftly pulls out the cashless pay-terminal and tells him: “Five Euros”.
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After the war, I'd certainly like Ukraine to reconstitute some of its navy, particularly submarines.. Germany builds a nice, stealthy boat...
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After the war, I'd certainly like Ukraine to reconstitute some of its navy, particularly submarines.. Germany builds a nice, stealthy boat...
@Jolly said in The Ukraine war thread:
Germany builds a nice, stealthy boat...
So do we.
On Thursday I played golf with a guy who puts the stealth goop coating on the Virginia-class boats that they build just down the street from here.
These boats are not easy to find.
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A cast of thousands...
https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/russians-to-dress-ukrainians-in-uniforms-for-mariupol-parade/
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I was going to ask 'so, who's going to find negative stuff to post about her qualifications?', but I thought it was overly snarky.
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I was going to ask 'so, who's going to find negative stuff to post about her qualifications?', but I thought it was overly snarky.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Ukraine war thread:
I was going to ask 'so, who's going to find negative stuff to post about her qualifications?', but I thought it was overly snarky.
Already taken care of, my friend!
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Low risk, high visibility. Ultimately rather silly. I doubt Ukrainian troops will be much impressed that he sent his wife.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Low risk, high visibility. Ultimately rather silly. I doubt Ukrainian troops will be much impressed that he sent his wife.
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Low risk, high visibility. Ultimately rather silly. I doubt Ukrainian troops will be much impressed that he sent his wife.
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Low risk, high visibility. Ultimately rather silly. I doubt Ukrainian troops will be much impressed that he sent his wife.
Keeps the war on the front page, here and elsewhere, which is a good thing.
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I suspect this did more for the Ukrainians than Jill.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
