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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
    wrote on last edited by George K
    #963

    Translation: "The Russians are emptying banks: the outflow into cash since the beginning of mobilization has exceeded 600 billion rubles

    People take out "cash" from their accounts at a rate of 2.6 billion rubles per hour."

    "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 KG George K

      Translation: "The Russians are emptying banks: the outflow into cash since the beginning of mobilization has exceeded 600 billion rubles

      People take out "cash" from their accounts at a rate of 2.6 billion rubles per hour."

      RenaudaR Offline
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      Renauda
      wrote on last edited by Renauda
      #964

      @George-K

      The latest Russian version of the old tune, The Bug Out Boogie.

      Elbows up!

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
        wrote on last edited by
        #965

        Hay @Renauda !

        You still have contacts "over there," right?

        What's the sense of the "regular people?"

        When this started, you said it was divided in threes: supportive, indifferent and opposed.

        Has that changed?

        "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 KG George K

          Elon Musk's poll...

          jon-nycJ Online
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          jon-nyc
          wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
          #966

          @George-K

          Regarding the Elon poll, No is currently winning, 2 to 1

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • George KG George K

            Hay @Renauda !

            You still have contacts "over there," right?

            What's the sense of the "regular people?"

            When this started, you said it was divided in threes: supportive, indifferent and opposed.

            Has that changed?

            RenaudaR Offline
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            Renauda
            wrote on last edited by
            #967

            @George-K

            Hay @Renauda !

            You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats. But not too much of the latter - Arabian through and through.

            To answer your question. All my Russian contacts are against the special operation and have therefore gone to ground so to speak on discussing it openly. They are however worried as to what is next - they fear Stalin’s ghost in the wings for them.

            Ukrainian contacts on the other hand are cautiously optimistic but recklessly vengeful.

            Elbows up!

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            • RenaudaR Renauda

              @George-K

              Hay @Renauda !

              You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats. But not too much of the latter - Arabian through and through.

              To answer your question. All my Russian contacts are against the special operation and have therefore gone to ground so to speak on discussing it openly. They are however worried as to what is next - they fear Stalin’s ghost in the wings for them.

              Ukrainian contacts on the other hand are cautiously optimistic but recklessly vengeful.

              George KG Offline
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              George K
              wrote on last edited by George K
              #968

              @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

              You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats.

              No way I'd make that mistake. She's a lot prettier than you.

              Probably a bit more even-tempered too.

              recklessly vengeful

              What a wonderful and scary description.

              "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 KG George K

                @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

                You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats.

                No way I'd make that mistake. She's a lot prettier than you.

                Probably a bit more even-tempered too.

                recklessly vengeful

                What a wonderful and scary description.

                RenaudaR Offline
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                Renauda
                wrote on last edited by Renauda
                #969

                @George-K

                It is my now former Russian friends who have been living here for 25 or more years that concern me. Am afraid they have all drunk the Putin Kool-aide. FWIW, they can all get back to where they once belonged.

                Elbows up!

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                • George KG George K

                  Elon Musk's poll...

                  taiwan_girlT Offline
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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #970

                  @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

                  Elon Musk's poll...

                  Ukraine ambassador does not think much of the pol. LOL

                  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/ukrainian-diplomat-elon-musk-f-off-peace-deal-proposal

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                  • RenaudaR Offline
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                    Renauda
                    wrote on last edited by Renauda
                    #971

                    France, a fence picket up the ass since 1938….

                    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644

                    Am sure France will surrender before Ukraine Russia.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • RenaudaR Renauda

                      France, a fence picket up the ass since 1938….

                      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644

                      Am sure France will surrender before Ukraine Russia.

                      kluursK Offline
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                      kluurs
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #972

                      HIMARS in action

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                      • bachophileB Offline
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                        bachophile
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #973

                        Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

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                        • bachophileB bachophile

                          Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

                          George KG Offline
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                          George K
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #974

                          @bachophile interesting indeed. One common theme throughout this entire war has been the utter incompetence of the Russian military. Everything from strategy, tactics to supplies has been a boondoggle.

                          Is the Russian army really that incompetent?

                          Reading these threads makes it sound like the Ukrainians are master strategists, but I wonder if these recent successes are simply because the Russians are so bad.

                          If they are so bad, how did that happen?

                          "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 KG Offline
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                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #975

                            Well...Iran will not recognize annexation.

                            The Spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nasser Kanaani, in response to journalists’ question regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s position on holding a referandum in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine and the annexation of the regions to Russia, emphasized, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, as always and based on its principled positions, emphasizes the necessity of fully observing the principle of territorial integrity of countries as a fundamental rule of international law and respecting the principles and goals of the United Nations Charter.”

                            "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 KG Offline
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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #976

                              Thread on how warfare has changed. It must've been @jolly who, years ago, posted about how an overwhelming number of semi-autonomous drones can disable just about anything.

                              Game of Drones:

                              "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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                              • JollyJ Offline
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                                Jolly
                                wrote on last edited by Jolly
                                #977

                                Posted the other day about an autonomous robotic armored vehicle the U.S. Army is currently testing. It's a tracked vehicle designed to keep up with and protect armored columns from drones.

                                Measure/Counter-measure.

                                “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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                                • jon-nycJ Online
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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #978

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on last edited by Mik
                                    #979

                                    If this is their beefed-up professional army under Putin, it is difficult to imagine their nukes being much better. 31 years after the USSR collapsed.

                                    I guess the question Putin has to ask himself is 'Do I feel lucky?'.

                                    Well do ya, punk?

                                    “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 Offline
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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #980

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-new-offensive-is-fueled-by-captured-russian-weapons/ar-AA12CIDc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=366af961d0cd4346841e111bd9e067fa

                                      “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 Mik

                                        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-new-offensive-is-fueled-by-captured-russian-weapons/ar-AA12CIDc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=366af961d0cd4346841e111bd9e067fa

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #981

                                        @Mik Interesting article

                                        A while ago, I posted that Ukraine supposedly has more tanks now than it did at the beginning of the conflict, because of captured Russian material.

                                        "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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                                          bachophile
                                          wrote on last edited by bachophile
                                          #982

                                          Surrender

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