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The Ukraine war thread

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  • MikM Away
    MikM Away
    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
        jon-nycJ Online
        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
          RenaudaR Offline
          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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          • RenaudaR Offline
            RenaudaR Offline
            Renauda
            wrote last edited by Renauda
            #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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            • W Offline
              W Offline
              Wim
              wrote last edited by
              #2860

              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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              • jon-nycJ Online
                jon-nycJ Online
                jon-nyc
                wrote last edited by
                #2861

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                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • MikM Away
                  MikM Away
                  Mik
                  wrote last edited by
                  #2862

                  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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                  • MikM Away
                    MikM Away
                    Mik
                    wrote last edited by
                    #2863

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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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                    • MikM Away
                      MikM Away
                      Mik
                      wrote last edited by
                      #2864

                      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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                      • RenaudaR Offline
                        RenaudaR Offline
                        Renauda
                        wrote last edited by Renauda
                        #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.

                          jon-nycJ Online
                          jon-nycJ Online
                          jon-nyc
                          wrote last edited by
                          #2866

                          @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.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • jon-nycJ Online
                            jon-nycJ Online
                            jon-nyc
                            wrote last edited by
                            #2867

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

                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nyc
                              wrote last edited by
                              #2868

                              My god.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • MikM Away
                                MikM Away
                                Mik
                                wrote last edited by
                                #2869

                                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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                                • RenaudaR Offline
                                  RenaudaR Offline
                                  Renauda
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #2870

                                  Alex Jones’ face begs a brick.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                  • RenaudaR Offline
                                    RenaudaR Offline
                                    Renauda
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #2871

                                    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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                                    • RenaudaR Renauda

                                      Alex Jones’ face begs a brick.

                                      jon-nycJ Online
                                      jon-nycJ Online
                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #2872

                                      @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                      Alex Jones’ face begs a brick.

                                      I was thinking howitzer.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • RenaudaR Offline
                                        RenaudaR Offline
                                        Renauda
                                        wrote last edited by Renauda
                                        #2873

                                        Actually it’s Russian colloquialism for someone acting the arsehole idiot. Goes like this

                                        рожа его просит кирпич.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                        • RenaudaR Renauda

                                          Actually it’s Russian colloquialism for someone acting the arsehole idiot. Goes like this

                                          рожа его просит кирпич.

                                          W Offline
                                          W Offline
                                          Wim
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #2874

                                          @Renauda 'Prosit' as in 'ein Prosit der Gemūtlichkeit'? 😙

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