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    Mik
    wrote 25 days ago last edited by
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    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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      Renauda
      wrote 25 days ago 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-nyc
        wrote 25 days ago last edited by
        #2842

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          89th
          wrote 25 days ago last edited by
          #2843

          Link to video

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            Renauda
            wrote 25 days ago 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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              bachophile
              wrote 22 days ago last edited by
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              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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                bachophile
                wrote 22 days ago last edited by
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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote 22 days ago last edited by
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                  Nice. But Putin will retaliate on civilians.

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    Mik
                    wrote 22 days ago 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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                      Renauda
                      wrote 22 days ago last edited by
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                      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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                        Renauda
                        wrote 21 days ago last edited by Renauda 6 Jan 2025, 17:47
                        #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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                          Wim
                          wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                            Wim
                            wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                            Did something wrong and now I can't undo inserting the comic above...

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                              Mik
                              wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                              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_girl
                                wrote 21 days ago 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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                                  Mik
                                  wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                                  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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                                    Renauda
                                    wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                                    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-nyc
                                      wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                                      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.

                                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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                                        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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                                          Renauda
                                          wrote 21 days ago last edited by Renauda 6 Jan 2025, 19:40
                                          #2859

                                          As a local Ukrainian patriot and friend going back many years, told me this morning: “Thanks to Ukraine overnight, NORAD’s job today just got a bit easier.”

                                          Elbows up!

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