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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Renauda
    wrote on last edited by
    #1329

    Why am I not surprised?

    "We fight with our brains. They fight with numbers. Because their resources --we're not revealing some secret here -- are much greater than ours," he said.

    In some locations, including in Bakhmut, photographs and videos posted by military bloggers and even the soldiers themselves point to outdated battlefield tactics that are reminiscent of World War-I trench warfare, in which waves of infantrymen advance across open fields and try to storm enemy trenches, only to be mowed down by gunfire.

    "They just push and shove their way through. And a lot of them die. Because they have no tactics, nothing of the sort," another soldier said. "They just go like meat. There were some cases when the infantry said that they went in without any [armed vehicles], or without machine guns."

    Full story:

    https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kreminna-battle-recapture-russia-supply-lines/32197165.html

    Elbows up!

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
      wrote on last edited by
      #1330

      Darth Putin posts another W.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
        wrote on last edited by
        #1331

        Meanwhile Catherine II goes away - again.

        Thread:

        https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1608367805170339842.html

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • RenaudaR Offline
          RenaudaR Offline
          Renauda
          wrote on last edited by
          #1332

          Maybe the Russians should consider painting invasion stripes on their aircraft:

          Elbows up!

          George KG 1 Reply Last reply
          • MikM Offline
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            Mik
            wrote on last edited by
            #1333

            Rest in pieces.

            “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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            • RenaudaR Renauda

              Maybe the Russians should consider painting invasion stripes on their aircraft:

              George KG Offline
              George KG Offline
              George K
              wrote on last edited by
              #1334

              @Renauda they need to hone their IFF software.

              Maybe some new chips will fix that.

              Oh...wait...

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • jon-nycJ Online
                jon-nycJ Online
                jon-nyc
                wrote on last edited by
                #1335

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  George KG Offline
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                  George K
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #1336

                  @jon-nyc

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by George K
                    #1337

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                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1338

                      She's everywhere...

                      She's a soldier, a sailor, a devout Christian, a flight attendant,

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        George K
                        wrote on last edited by George K
                        #1339

                        Santa delivers some gifts in Ukraine.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • RenaudaR Offline
                          RenaudaR Offline
                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #1340

                          See in particular the embedded video from the BBC’s Moscow correspondent:

                          https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64138731

                          Elbows up!

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                          • George KG Offline
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                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by George K
                            #1341

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • George KG Offline
                              George KG Offline
                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #1342

                              George Friedman: The State of Play in Ukraine

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG Offline
                                George KG Offline
                                George K
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #1343

                                Putin orders weekend truce in Ukraine

                                Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war. Kyiv indicated it wouldn’t follow suit.

                                Putin did not appear to condition his cease-fire order on Ukraine’s acceptance, and it wasn’t clear whether hostilities would actually pause on the 1,100-kilometer (684-mile) front line or elsewhere. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the Russian move as playing for time to regroup its invasion forces and prepare additional attacks.

                                At various points during the war that began Feb. 24, Russian authorities have ordered limited, local truces to allow civilian evacuations or other humanitarian purposes. Thursday’s order was the first time Putin has directed his troops to observe a cease-fire throughout Ukraine.

                                “Based on the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat areas, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and give them the opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on the Day of the Nativity of Christ,” Putin’s order said.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • George KG Offline
                                  George KG Offline
                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #1344

                                  The Wagner "Doctor" captured.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • JollyJ Offline
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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #1345

                                    In case y'all didn't see:

                                    https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/21393/amx-10

                                    BTW, the 105 gun is not compatible with NATO 105mm.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • RenaudaR Offline
                                      RenaudaR Offline
                                      Renauda
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1346

                                      Fair weather friendship or mortgage holder?

                                      https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/01/10/beijing-fears-russia-becoming-minor-power-under-crazy-putin-ft-a79911

                                      Elbows up!

                                      LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                                      • RenaudaR Renauda

                                        Fair weather friendship or mortgage holder?

                                        https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/01/10/beijing-fears-russia-becoming-minor-power-under-crazy-putin-ft-a79911

                                        LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins Dad
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #1347

                                        @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                        Fair weather friendship or mortgage holder?

                                        https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/01/10/beijing-fears-russia-becoming-minor-power-under-crazy-putin-ft-a79911

                                        So where does this debacle place Russia in terms of influence and power?

                                        The Brad

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                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                          Fair weather friendship or mortgage holder?

                                          https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/01/10/beijing-fears-russia-becoming-minor-power-under-crazy-putin-ft-a79911

                                          So where does this debacle place Russia in terms of influence and power?

                                          RenaudaR Offline
                                          RenaudaR Offline
                                          Renauda
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #1348

                                          @LuFins-Dad

                                          Right where it is. A permanent member of the UN Security Council with a severe inferiority complex.

                                          Other than that, not much else.

                                          Elbows up!

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