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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Renauda
    wrote last edited by
    #2839

    Yes, stay the course and up the ante. I am of the mind that so long as Putin is in the Kremlin there can be no chance of peace.

    Elbows up!

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    • MikM Offline
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      Mik
      wrote last edited by
      #2840

      Not a reliable one, anyway.

      “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 Offline
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        Renauda
        wrote last edited by Renauda
        #2841

        Putin might be locking out US diplomatic efforts towards a settlement.

        https://www.kyivpost.com/post/53548

        Personally I think the Kremlin is about to deliver a one way ultimatum for Kyiv’s unconditional surrender.

        Elbows up!

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        • jon-nycJ Online
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          jon-nyc
          wrote last edited by
          #2842

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • 89th8 Offline
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            89th
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            #2843

            Link to video

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            • RenaudaR Offline
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              Renauda
              wrote last edited by Renauda
              #2844

              Two weeks depending only if Witkoff can find a qualified interpreter not in the pay of the Kremlin…..if not, longer, or possibly not at all.

              Elbows up!

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              • bachophileB Offline
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                bachophile
                wrote last edited by
                #2845

                Getting reports here on the news of a massive drone attack on Russian stategic bombers (one near Finland) calling it Russia’s Pearl Harbor.

                Strange times.

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                • bachophileB Offline
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                  • jon-nycJ Online
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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote last edited by
                    #2847

                    Nice. But Putin will retaliate on civilians.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Mik
                      wrote last edited by
                      #2848

                      It may be just the news we're seeing, but it does look like Ukraine gets in the most powerful strikes. Putin just lashes out.

                      “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 Offline
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                        Renauda
                        wrote last edited by
                        #2849

                        What’s more is that Ukraine specifically targeted the Tu -95 Bear strategic bombers. Despite their 1950’s vintage design, they still remain crucial to the Kremlin’s nuclear deterrence capability.

                        Tactically brilliant on the part of the Ukrainians, but it will unleash a vicious strike against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in the coming nights. Maybe even tonight.

                        Should be a very frank, open and very short meeting in Istanbul tomorrow. If it even convenes.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • RenaudaR Offline
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                          Renauda
                          wrote last edited by Renauda
                          #2850

                          T. E. Lawrence’s ghost smiled again:

                          Two railway bridges collapsed just hours apart in separate regions of Russia, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens. One of the incidents is being investigated as possible sabotage, according to officials.

                          https://www.kyivpost.com/post/53734

                          Elbows up!

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                            • W Offline
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                              Wim
                              wrote last edited by
                              #2852

                              Did something wrong and now I can't undo inserting the comic above...

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                              • MikM Offline
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                                Mik
                                wrote last edited by
                                #2853

                                POSSIBLE sabotage?

                                “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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                                • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote last edited by
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                                  Another couple video of the drone attack on the airplanes. In the first one, you can see tires on the wings of the airplane to try and disguise them from drones.

                                  Link to video

                                  Link to video

                                  Also quite interesting how the raid was done.

                                  it involved more than a year and a half of planning and was "extremely complex from a logistical point of view."

                                  The SBU transported numerous small first-person-view (FPV) drones to Russia, along with what looked like wooden shipping crates. Once all the pieces were in the country, the drones were hidden in the crates, which were placed on trucks. On Sunday, the tops of the crates were remotely opened, and the drones flew out.

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    Mik
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #2855

                                    Maybe the Russian top brass needs new pagers. I hear there's a European country offering them at a great price.

                                    “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 Offline
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                                      Renauda
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #2856

                                      You can assured that there’s not a container or freight trailer in Russia that is not about to be thoroughly inspected. No telling how many more $450 drones the Ukrainians have ferreted away and hibernating on Russian territory.

                                      Elbows up!

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                                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #2857

                                        I had read about what TG posted. I wonder what the source is. It’s not obviously in Ukraine’s interest to tell the Orcs how they pulled it off. It’s possible this explanation is a plant to get them to slow their logistics to a crawl for a few weeks while they open every container.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • RenaudaR Offline
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                                          Renauda
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #2858

                                          Am sure there is a rationale behind disclosing the execution of the op. You may be right given that the Russians are massing troops along the Kharkiv front. Anything the impedes or interdicts the logistics of that build up, is tactically sound in order to prepare defensive operations against a massed attack along one or more salients.

                                          Elbows up!

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