Raheem
Well-Known Member
In Russia, trash throw you out of window.
Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24
- Thread starter kebabking
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Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
I did read about him referencing Peter the Great and old stuff like that. Question is whether he actually has any real emotional attachment to that stuff or it’s just jingoistic bullshit. He’s definitely on the way out. I suppose it’s really a case of how much damage he’ll do as the door hits him on the backside when he gets eventually shitcanned. My hope is he’ll get taken out by other cunts in the current Russian power structure.Yes it's very interesting.
The World Putin Wants
Distortions about the past feed delusions about the future.www.foreignaffairs.com
'Putin's People' by Catherine Belton is a great book. I got a lot out of it earlier this year. Substantial, well researched, huge timescale, but accessible journalism rather than dry academia.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
which flag out of Amenia and Azerbaijan should we have on our Twitter bios?
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
If you've got to read about the start of WW3, might as well read it in the leading free English language newspaper in Spain (covering the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Almeria, Axarquia, Mallorca and beyond)
Just be sure to liberally apply the factor 100,000 sun cream.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Yes it's very interesting.
The World Putin Wants
Distortions about the past feed delusions about the future.
'Putin's People' by Catherine Belton is a great book. I got a lot out of it earlier this year. Substantial, well researched, huge timescale, but accessible journalism rather than dry academia.
Paywall busted link - archive.ph
That's a very long read, not helped by me having the mother of all hangovers, but very interesting and well worth reading, thanks for posting that link.
mojo pixy
שיר חדש
It also reiterates the point that if you go back far enough into history, Russia 'belongs to' Ukraine far more than the other way around.
Thanks for posting the archive link.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
If you've got to read about the start of WW3, might as well read it in the leading free English language newspaper in Spain (covering the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Almeria, Axarquia, Mallorca and beyond)
teqniq
DisMembered
Well there's a thing. Looks to be primarily motivated by a territory grab. Quite possibly Putin may be regretting the decision to reject the deal now:
www.reuters.com
Exclusive: As war began, Putin rejected a Ukraine peace deal recommended by aide
Putin's chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia's demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead with his military campaign, according to three people close to the...
www.reuters.com
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Well there's a thing. Looks to be primarily motivated by a territory grab. Quite possibly Putin may be regretting the decision to reject the deal now:
Exclusive: As war began, Putin rejected a Ukraine peace deal recommended by aide
Putin's chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia's demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead with his military campaign, according to three people close to the...
It was clear it had nothing to do with NATO from the start, Ukraine could never join whilst they had disputed borders, that's the rules.
Surely only the most gullible swallowed that excuse for the invasion?
teqniq
DisMembered
Well yes, quite. It's interesting though to see this being corroborated by sources either inside or very close to the Kremlin. Rats, ship, sinking?
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
On this very thread...
bcuster
Well-Known Member
Russian "1st Guard" battered in retreat from Ukraine:
www.marketwatch.com
Unit designed to protect Moscow from NATO attack suffered heavy casualties, U.K. says
A unit designed to defend Moscow from attack in the event of a war with NATO suffered heavy casualties at the hands of Ukraine, according to the U.K.
www.marketwatch.com
bcuster
Well-Known Member
even the navy is retreating
www.navalnews.com
Russian Navy Kilo Class Submarines Retreating From Crimea - Naval News
The changing tide of the Ukraine War appear to have led the Russian Navy to ‘regroup’ its forces in the Black Sea. Early during the invasion they loitered boldly close to Odessa. Now the Black Sea Fleet barely sails out of sight of Crimea for fear of Harpoon missiles. Its submarines too have...
www.navalnews.com
bcuster
Well-Known Member
a more skeptical view of ukraine counter-offensive:
www.washingtonexaminer.com
Ukraine’s counteroffensive evinces the need for an end to ‘Westsplaining’ - Washington Examiner
Hats off to Ukrainian planners for a brilliant maneuver — feinting a counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, then launching their main effort into the Kharkiv Oblast, catching Russian ground forces off-guard. This has forced the Russians to abandon their equipment, adopt civilian clothing...
www.washingtonexaminer.com
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Is it just me or does that article just waffle on somewhat, without telling us what this "deal" actually was?Well there's a thing. Looks to be primarily motivated by a territory grab. Quite possibly Putin may be regretting the decision to reject the deal now:
Exclusive: As war began, Putin rejected a Ukraine peace deal recommended by aide
Putin's chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia's demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead with his military campaign, according to three people close to the...
Raheem
Well-Known Member
So they have the story of a potential deal, but not the precise details of the deal, which will be known only to a handful of people. That's still a story.
Rob Ray
Weight is meaningless
Mildly ironic that he incorrectly attributes the coining of "Westsplaining" to a guy he read a few days ago when the term has its own Wikipedia page, in English, noting it has been in use since at least 2019.a more skeptical view of ukraine counter-offensive:
Ukraine’s counteroffensive evinces the need for an end to ‘Westsplaining’ - Washington Examiner
Hats off to Ukrainian planners for a brilliant maneuver — feinting a counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, then launching their main effort into the Kharkiv Oblast, catching Russian ground forces off-guard. This has forced the Russians to abandon their equipment, adopt civilian clothing...
gosub
~#
According to a former UK Ambassador to St Petersburg, whom had to endure a speech of his about 20 years ago.... The answer to your question is yes.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Looks like the blame game is going to start soon.
Bonkers Kadyrov is still in complete denial.
Taken from the live Moscow Times feed.
www.themoscowtimes.com
Bonkers Kadyrov is still in complete denial.
Taken from the live Moscow Times feed.
Ukraine War: As It's Happening - The Moscow Times
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Aha that's "Ex-convict and human turd-beetle Prigozhin"Looks like the blame game is going to start soon.
Bonkers Kadyrov is still in complete denial.
Taken from the live Moscow Times feed.
Ukraine War: As It's Happening - The Moscow Times
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Looks like the Russians are targeting dams now 
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
We can surmise putin has seen dambusters then
teqniq
DisMembered
Pretty much the only thing the Russian military has show any flair for, destroying civilian infrastructure.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Don't forget massive human rights abuses.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Another Putin Ally Dead After ‘Suffocating’ on Business Trip
KP Russia TwitterAnother top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has died this week, this time of an alleged “stroke” while on a business trip in the village of Roshchino in Russia’s far east region.Vladimir Nikolayevich Sungorkin, 68, was editor-in-chief of the Russian state newspaper...
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Interestingly Chairman Xi is visiting Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week where he will also meet Putin.
The Chinese yesterday pretty much underwrote Kazakh security which read to me as a "hands off" message to Russia, where there has been some speculation in the last month or two that the Kazakhs might be next for an invasion:
Throw into the mix the bonkers Georgian referendum, Azerbaijan thumbing their nose at Russian peacekeepers & the Armenians, the waning influence in half-forgotten Transnistria, and we're seeing the consequences of Putin's enormous mistakes revealing themselves even with his genocidal aggression in Ukraine in full swing. Russia has not only been revealed to be a paper tiger in conventional terms but it will take a couple of generations for it to rebuild any kind of diplomatic credibility even if the war stops today.
Militarily I think where the front is in a month will be how it is for the "winter shutdown". Diplomatically, politically, it's impossible to tell.
The Chinese yesterday pretty much underwrote Kazakh security which read to me as a "hands off" message to Russia, where there has been some speculation in the last month or two that the Kazakhs might be next for an invasion:
Throw into the mix the bonkers Georgian referendum, Azerbaijan thumbing their nose at Russian peacekeepers & the Armenians, the waning influence in half-forgotten Transnistria, and we're seeing the consequences of Putin's enormous mistakes revealing themselves even with his genocidal aggression in Ukraine in full swing. Russia has not only been revealed to be a paper tiger in conventional terms but it will take a couple of generations for it to rebuild any kind of diplomatic credibility even if the war stops today.
Militarily I think where the front is in a month will be how it is for the "winter shutdown". Diplomatically, politically, it's impossible to tell.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
It's quite logical I'm afraid - though I don't doubt there's shere vandalism in it as well.
By causing large scale flooding you massively reduce the enemy's freedom of movement, both operationally and tactically. You force him to avoid whole areas, and where he can go he's forced to use major roads, which because you know where those roads are they're easy to target with artillery, and you're able to produce much more effective ambushes than you might otherwise - you can't go around destroyed vehicles so you get stuck in a traffic jam, which is then both easy to attack and hugely disruptive to your plan, because both removes those forces from your arsenal, and needs other forces - air and artillery mainly - to protect them while they're stuck.
It's what the Ukrainians did at the start of the war, and it was extremely effective.
Tanks and other tracked vehicles can move through flooded areas, but the trucks that carry their fuel, the trains that bring the huge weights of ammunition, not so much...
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
It can be jingoistic bullshit and he can still have an emotional attachment to it. It's that attachment that provides the glue that holds together otherwise incoherent positions - like having a close relationship with the Orthodox church while also thinking Joe Stalin was the strong leader the country needed at the time.
He'll get taken out by others, you're right - and then they'll turn on each other, and the masses will get caught in the crossfire.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Francis Scarr posts a clip of Russian state TV's Vladimir Solovyov saying his country should form an international coalition for its war in Ukraine including Venezuela, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Nicaragua. Like the International Brigade against fascist Spain, he says.
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