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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 15, 2022 at 8:53 pm
Those folks will never truly be done until they're physically loaded in a russian cannon and fired for lack of shells.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 16, 2022 at 3:52 am
It's possible (not proved, not certain, - just possible) that Russia, not content with getting its arse handed to it by Ukraine, has begun bombing itself.
Russian Missile Strikes Russia
Quote:The incident took place in the Turkmen district of the Stavropol region on Wednesday according to the Ukrainian military center, which said that when emergency responders tried to control the flames, an explosion took place on the ground, injuring six people.
Russian media channels said the object was a Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh reconnaissance drone, but the Ukrainian military center said that the wreckage found at the site of the explosion "does not support this version."
Quote:Images of the aftermath of the incident led Twitter users to note similarities between the wreckage of the aircraft and the Russian Kinzhal missile, in particular, the winglets and the separation mechanism of the weapon's booster, according to online publication Aerotime.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 16, 2022 at 9:49 am
(September 16, 2022 at 3:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It's possible (not proved, not certain, - just possible) that Russia, not content with getting its arse handed to it by Ukraine, has begun bombing itself.
Russian Missile Strikes Russia
Quote:The incident took place in the Turkmen district of the Stavropol region on Wednesday according to the Ukrainian military center, which said that when emergency responders tried to control the flames, an explosion took place on the ground, injuring six people.
Russian media channels said the object was a Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh reconnaissance drone, but the Ukrainian military center said that the wreckage found at the site of the explosion "does not support this version."
Quote:Images of the aftermath of the incident led Twitter users to note similarities between the wreckage of the aircraft and the Russian Kinzhal missile, in particular, the winglets and the separation mechanism of the weapon's booster, according to online publication Aerotime.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 16, 2022 at 1:17 pm
(September 16, 2022 at 9:49 am)arewethereyet Wrote: (September 16, 2022 at 3:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It's possible (not proved, not certain, - just possible) that Russia, not content with getting its arse handed to it by Ukraine, has begun bombing itself.
Russian Missile Strikes Russia
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 16, 2022 at 7:42 pm
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(September 16, 2022 at 3:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It's possible (not proved, not certain, - just possible) that Russia, not content with getting its arse handed to it by Ukraine, has begun bombing itself.
Russian Missile Strikes Russia
Quote:The incident took place in the Turkmen district of the Stavropol region on Wednesday according to the Ukrainian military center, which said that when emergency responders tried to control the flames, an explosion took place on the ground, injuring six people.
Russian media channels said the object was a Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh reconnaissance drone, but the Ukrainian military center said that the wreckage found at the site of the explosion "does not support this version."
Quote:Images of the aftermath of the incident led Twitter users to note similarities between the wreckage of the aircraft and the Russian Kinzhal missile, in particular, the winglets and the separation mechanism of the weapon's booster, according to online publication Aerotime.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 16, 2022 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2022 at 9:27 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 17, 2022 at 3:02 pm
My guess: Ukraine will take a couple of weeks to consolidate their northern gains and regroup their units, and then drive south to split Kherson and Mariupol.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 17, 2022 at 3:09 pm
(September 17, 2022 at 3:02 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: My guess: Ukraine will take a couple of weeks to consolidate their northern gains and regroup their units, and then drive south to split Kherson and Mariupol. That's a fair prediction. I doubt Russia will be able to mount much of a counter anytime soon as they got absolutely thumped over the two weeks.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 19, 2022 at 9:26 pm
This might be old news, but it's new to me. There was a Russian singer I listen to occasionally named Vladimir Vysotsky. He's kind of somewhere between Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits, but he never made the leap to the West. And I wound up on a fan site of his and I immediately got this message (cut for brevity):
Quote:All that you need to know about today’s Russia and its poet Vysotsky:
On May 9, 2022, the District Court of the Kirovsky District of St. Petersburg found citizen Irina Kustova guilty under the article “Public actions aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” [...] for an offense committed by her on the same day.
On this day, the Russian Federation celebrates the state holiday of the Russian Federation, “The Day of the Victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945”. Irina Kustova, being in her apartment with an open window, turned on a loud performance of Vladimir Vysotsky’s song “Soldiers of the Center Group”, [...]
The court recognized this phrase and the lyrics of the song as “aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces in a special military operation in Ukraine.”
[...] She fully admitted her guilt and repented of her deed.
Please note: The distribution of this message on the Internet falls under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “Inciting recognition or enmity”, which provides for imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
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