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    Renauda
    wrote on 14 May 2024, 13:04 last edited by
    #2174

    So Patrushev is appointed Putin’s Special Aid. Not sure what it means but I am confident the secret police and security services will benefit at everyone’s expense.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69007468

    Elbows up!

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      George K
      wrote on 14 May 2024, 16:28 last edited by
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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 K
        wrote on 20 May 2024, 18:39 last edited by
        #2176

        The Ukrainian Black Sea Submarine fleet got bigger recently.

        "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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          Mik
          wrote on 20 May 2024, 22:55 last edited by
          #2177

          What, no video? I suspect a missile cruiser would make a pretty big fireball.

          “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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            Wim
            wrote on 22 May 2024, 19:52 last edited by
            #2178

            Putin always tells the truth. Oh wait, maybe not: https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/33098

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              Jolly
              wrote on 28 May 2024, 13:17 last edited by
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              The wrong training...

              https://www.businessinsider.com/western-fighters-die-in-ukraine-assume-be-easy-us-veteran-2024-5

              “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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                Mik
                wrote on 28 May 2024, 13:27 last edited by
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                It is beyond me how any veteran could assume any war would be easy.

                “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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                  George K
                  wrote on 31 May 2024, 11:16 last edited by
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                  image.jpeg

                  "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 K
                    wrote on 31 May 2024, 11:22 last edited by
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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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                      Renauda
                      wrote on 31 May 2024, 13:46 last edited by Renauda
                      #2183

                      Kremlin tells West told to stop “provoking Ukraine to continue this senseless war”:

                      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqq2zn3zw6o

                      You can be assured that Berlin would have said similar if not the same, had Czechoslovakia fought back against the Nazi invasion and annexation in 1938. That it didn’t fight back, paved the way to the rape of Poland the following year.

                      Elbows up!

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                        31 May 2024, 11:16

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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on 1 Jun 2024, 08:49 last edited by
                        #2184

                        @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

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                        50 years from now, Russia will be on its way to disappearing. They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out. And it is the most important generation for the economy.

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                        • T taiwan_girl
                          1 Jun 2024, 08:49

                          @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

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                          50 years from now, Russia will be on its way to disappearing. They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out. And it is the most important generation for the economy.

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                          George K
                          wrote on 1 Jun 2024, 11:48 last edited by
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                          @taiwan_girl said in The Ukraine war thread:

                          They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out.

                          Link to video

                          The number of military-aged men is quite small.

                          "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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                            taiwan_girl
                            wrote on 1 Jun 2024, 23:08 last edited by
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                            Wow! Seeing that movie shows that. I guess if you are guy who is looking to date, you are in a good position, but other than that........... not so good.

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                              Jolly
                              wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 13:40 last edited by
                              #2187

                              Mirage to Ukraine...

                              https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-to-get-fighter-jets-from-france/

                              That's not as promising as it sounds. Ukraine is getting over 100 F-16 fighters, but only has 22 pilots trained to fly them and is begging for training slots at any nation that will take them. I suppose the same problem will exist with the Mirage fighters...

                              “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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                                Wim
                                wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 14:47 last edited by
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                                Training us supposed to take 6 to 7 months, starting this summer...
                                Go figure ☹️

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 15:33 last edited by
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                                  Should have supplied them in 22.

                                  “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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                                    8 Jun 2024, 15:33

                                    Should have supplied them in 22.

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 18:17 last edited by
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                                    @Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                    Should have supplied them in 22.

                                    You are right.

                                    I'm not big on foreign wars, but if Ukraine needed the tools to stop Mr. Putin, they need the tools. Not in dribs and drabs, but in sufficient quantity to achieve the mission.

                                    The Biden Administration has been very careful to never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time, to make a distinctive difference.

                                    “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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                                    • J Jolly
                                      8 Jun 2024, 18:17

                                      @Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                      Should have supplied them in 22.

                                      You are right.

                                      I'm not big on foreign wars, but if Ukraine needed the tools to stop Mr. Putin, they need the tools. Not in dribs and drabs, but in sufficient quantity to achieve the mission.

                                      The Biden Administration has been very careful to never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time, to make a distinctive difference.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 18:50 last edited by
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                                      @Jolly said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                      never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time,

                                      Yeah, it's almost like he's a Russian agent. I wonder what dirt Putin has on him.

                                      Wait, once again, that's from the wrong year.

                                      Sorry.

                                      "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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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 9 Jun 2024, 12:36 last edited by
                                        #2192

                                        The ambiguity and emptiness of Putin’s red lines in Ukraine:

                                        https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/fuzzy-red-lines-in-ukraine?r=17wfy3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          Axtremus
                                          wrote on 13 Jun 2024, 14:34 last edited by Axtremus
                                          #2193

                                          https://wapo.st/3Vll45U

                                          https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/biden-zelenskyy-sign-us-ukraine-security-agreement-g7/story?id=111061390

                                          Biden, Zelensky to sign 10-year U.S.-Ukraine security deal at G-7 summit

                                          Supposedly the agreement "will commit Washington to supply Kyiv with a wide range of military assistance." But unlike NATO, it does not require the U.S. to respond if Ukraine is attacked.

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