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  • W Offline
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    Wim
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    Did something wrong and now I can't undo inserting the comic above...

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    • MikM Offline
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      Mik
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      #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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        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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          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
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            #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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              #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.

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

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                Renauda
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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
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                  #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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                    Wim
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                    According to Zelenski the operation had 117 pilots each steering one drone. The operation was organised near an FSB-centre.

                    This is like peeing on a bully's leg and asking if that was warm enough 😙

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

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        Mik
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                        I suspect that smuggling things into Russia is pretty easy due to rampant corruption.

                        “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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                          “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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                            This was a sobering read this morning.

                            https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-is-grinding-down-ukraine-to-victory-right-before-our-eyes/ar-AA1FVBCz

                            “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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                              #2865

                              Latham, like others in the Realist school of thought never disappoint in their pessimistic view of geopolitics. He at least never seems fixated on laying blame for conflict on the US and West. Rather he just comes across as defeatist. That being said, his assessment of the facts on ground are compelling despite offering little in the way of how to contain the Kremlin once it reaches its stated (and as yet, only assumed and/or undisclosed) objectives in this particular war. I remain firmly unconvinced that Putin does not have far more imperial objectives on his menu than Latham believes.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                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.

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                                jon-nyc
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                                @jon-nyc said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                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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                                  I agree with Reanuda that this could be a happy byproduct rather than the goal of the announcement.

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

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    My god.

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

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                                      When did NATO attack Russia? The planes? meh.

                                      “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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                                        Alex Jones’ face begs a brick.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          Renauda
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                                          Russia’s terms for a puppet Ukraine:

                                          https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/02/what-is-russia-demanding-in-its-peace-memorandum-to-ukraine-a89307

                                          Not sure what purpose Witkoff serves in this other than straight man to Trump’s loon act.

                                          Elbows up!

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