Indirectly related to the war: they've been stealing at least some of the fire/emergency service drones that would usually monitor and support wildfire suppression efforts, as they were needed to replace drone losses on the front lines in Ukraine (have seen photos of at least one taken down in Ukraine, still with the emergency services markings on it)
RnR_au
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Ukrainians restore their rail links rapidly.
Lost_in_the_HTTP
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I have no idea if this is credible or not.
NATO reconnaissance aircraft verify destruction of Admiral Makarov frigate
empr.media|11 minutes ago
Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft "cautiously peeked" into the Black Sea, and a US Air Force drone made more than one circle over the possible site of the Russian ship destruction.
....
RnR_au
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There is some 'drone' footage, but OSINT twitter folk says that its an animation, not real footage.
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feralkid
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Wow this is some hardcore reality being allowed on Russian state TV.
“ Senior military expert on Russian state TV argued that mobilization wouldn't accomplish a whole lot, since outdated weaponry can't easily compete with NATO-supplied weapons and equipment in Ukraine's hands and replenishing Russia's military arsenal will be neither fast nor easy.”
“ Senior military expert on Russian state TV argued that mobilization wouldn't accomplish a whole lot, since outdated weaponry can't easily compete with NATO-supplied weapons and equipment in Ukraine's hands and replenishing Russia's military arsenal will be neither fast nor easy.”
Jaskalas
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Meanwhile, Russia is poised to kill millions across the globe by waging war in a vital food basket.
This isn't Ukrainian deaths they speak of, but famine due to the lost crops and transport of food through the Black Sea.
UN Warns: Ukraine's Ports Must Be Reopened or Millions Face Starvation
Chances of Russia not maintaining their military blockade?
This isn't Ukrainian deaths they speak of, but famine due to the lost crops and transport of food through the Black Sea.
UN Warns: Ukraine's Ports Must Be Reopened or Millions Face Starvation
Chances of Russia not maintaining their military blockade?
blankslate
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American Politicians: "We can't possibly afford M4A
Again American Politicians: "More war Fuck Yeah!!!"
1: meh if you don't know by now...
2: It's easy enough to find out....
Doesn't matter the MIC will get its money one way or anoter.
Funny how the Pope says something consistent with being anti-war and all of a sudden he has a Steele Dossier on him....
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zinfamous
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yeah, those might also be the guys that come into the occupied city, first, I think. more mobility on narrow streets with big guns on those buggies to clear out fortified checkpoints in some shoot and scoot, and they can set up their little dumb drone and grenade bucket stashes in a more fortified, local area. The drone guys stay under concrete stairs and whatever scouting the city and making holes in fortifications with their pickle jars, just ahead of those 5-8 person assault groups clearing the rest of the position.
And like, 20% of their dumb drones doing scouting, if for no other reason than to scout for sniper positions.
They're all brilliant strategies, for the right scene haha.
zinfamous
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It's all on the parade route, right? I think it's part of Putin's stage to make his major proclamation.
Why not have the pinnacle of Russian world artistic contribution as your backdrop for declaring "moral superiority over all of proper white humanity," just as he orders a wee tactical nuke strike, to ink the deal, over live TV?
That's what he's on about. Make no mistake.
Seagal will actually be doing security at this event. I shit you not.
zinfamous
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zinfamous
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Is that the dumbass I remember watching in shitty 80s movies?
I'm not sure Russians would actually fall for that proclamation. They're not stupid, I'm sure they can work their way around a vpn and find western news and realize they've been losing since day 1.
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Haven't followed the eastern front news in a week. Had to stop because dead bodies kept being posted on twitter. So it looks like the Ruskies have done fuck all in the last few weeks (big fucking surprise there) and the Ukrainians are ready to pounce with an offensive assault on them to regain back the east, since they've been amassing weapons donated to them.
Lots of money and lives lost because a shrimp dicked emasculated and seemingly effeminate man decided to start a war over some 10th century bullshit.
It was on that osint twitter tag, I may be wrong about the track being fixed from either of those incidents, it could have been anywhere. I have zero idea how these osint pros figure stuff out from blurry images.
Lots of money and lives lost because a shrimp dicked emasculated and seemingly effeminate man decided to start a war over some 10th century bullshit.
They did, I think. There was a small section of track they claimed to have repaired. One that was destroyed by either them or a Ukrainian or pro-Ukrainian sabotage group. The track repair portion was maybe 15-20 feet and looked to be using precast rebar reinforced concrete as the structure to support the track vs the old ass bricks that used to be under it. I'm not a civil engineer so I can't comment on whether that solution or the Ukrainian's solution can last indefinitely for regular travel or if it's fine for a few exposures to train weight a day.
It was on that osint twitter tag, I may be wrong about the track being fixed from either of those incidents, it could have been anywhere. I have zero idea how these osint pros figure stuff out from blurry images.
I hadn't realized just how much Ukraine fed the world in those parts all the way down the various African nations. I'm not sure if Russia would maintain a blockade. I'm sure there's some people who'll quietly let their guard down and let ships pass or they're all insane fuckers like Putin who don't give a shit about those poor nations let alone their own people.
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while there is an inevitability to russia's defeat, try to remember everyone is playing a hefty price on the ground.
interview with canadian volunteer who is fighting with the UA. this sort of 1st hand account isnt really making out into the media as much as you would hope this far into the war, even if keeping up morale is the reason for the filtering.
the hoover institute podcast had ret us army gen Ben Hodges on to provide some insight on what may 9 can look like.
interview with canadian volunteer who is fighting with the UA. this sort of 1st hand account isnt really making out into the media as much as you would hope this far into the war, even if keeping up morale is the reason for the filtering.
the hoover institute podcast had ret us army gen Ben Hodges on to provide some insight on what may 9 can look like.
It's one of those star shaped butt plugs you'll see on Amazon when Amazon recommends weird shit to you. This is to fill Putin's giant asshole because he's a giant asshole, it even twinkles like his coke ridden eyes.
Of course. It's easy to get into the sway of it and wish the deaths of Russians but it's not like those kids want to be there. It hit home for us here where I am. We've had people just in a 30 mile radius gone to Ukraine to fight for them in the last few years. There was news of a local guy having gone and dying in action but there's no confirmation on that. Didn't have anyone else here and frankly most of us barely knew the guy.
I briefly considered going myself a few years ago and helping with technical matters but I figured there were much smarter people than me helping the Ukrainians.
Some background info on what that podcast is would be nice.
zinfamous
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yes, he's a big public hard-on for putin these days.
where you been, the last 25 years, my dude? Man, I grew up worshiping Sir Steve's hilarious quest to break all the arms of people in western media, simply to entertain us....back in those halcyon days of Hard to Kill (oh man, if some bastards did that to my wife, Kelly LeBrock! YES!!!! lol, that's the entire point of the movie. and all of his life. literally), and Marked for Death!
oh yeah, here's the thing he's doing now. like. for years. Let's get with it, my dude.
But this was always the case, no? Are you sure you're not thinking of the allies march into Berlin near the end of the war in the European theater? In the last days Berliners were taught how to use guns, RPGs or w/e the Nazis called theirs and use potato masher grenades.
I only knew about this after seeing a netflix special and then reading into the shit the Nazis had civvies doing, including kids.
yes, he's a big public hard-on for putin these days.
where you been, the last 25 years, my dude? Man, I grew up worshiping Sir Steve's hilarious quest to break all the arms of people in western media, simply to entertain us....back in those halcyon days of Hard to Kill (oh man, if some bastards did that to my wife, Kelly LeBrock! YES!!!! lol, that's the entire point of the movie. and all of his life. literally), and Marked for Death!
oh yeah, here's the thing he's doing now. like. for years. Let's get with it, my dude.
Under Siege was the high point of his life.
I had no idea it was that bad. I knew he was a Trump tard but nothing more. I grew into watching Arnie's movies and then spent about 10 years really into Texas Walker Ranger thinking it was the best TV, which technically given the utter shit airing during the 90s it was excellent television.yes, he's a big public hard-on for putin these days.
where you been, the last 25 years, my dude? Man, I grew up worshiping Sir Steve's hilarious quest to break all the arms of people in western media, simply to entertain us....back in those halcyon days of Hard to Kill (oh man, if some bastards did that to my wife, Kelly LeBrock! YES!!!! lol, that's the entire point of the movie. and all of his life. literally), and Marked for Death!
oh yeah, here's the thing he's doing now. like. for years. Let's get with it, my dude.
About once a year I'll hear news about Stallone and have to look him up thinking he's been dead for years. When Poitier died last year I was very convinced he'd died sometime in the 1990s. Just last week I was surprised to see Travolta was still alive. I had it in my mind he'd packed it up and gone to high heaven a la Michael 10 years back.
CAS wasn't really a thing, but most were dropping bombs and strafing Germans.
Don't think we need to? Aren't all the new age drone companies offering Ukraine free equipment that goes boom once it closes in on a target? Loitering munitions or whatever they're called. Aren't those launch and forget for the most part? Ship over 10K of those and it'd fix your Russian disease fast.
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