Sarah Candles
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Manager in an engineering company; degrees in accounting and engineering. A bit nerdy. Disclaimer: I assume that readers already know the completely obvious.
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Tucker Carlson, when Russia invades Ukraine: "Surrender and roll over, and be massacred. It's better for you."
Tucker Carlson, when Mexicans cross the border into the US: "It's an invasion by thugs and rapists! Send the police!! Send the army!!! Build a wall!!!!"
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@InfoAgeStrategy
There's a very, very easy way to get it: just bribe and buy it from the people there.
No need to invade, no need to fire a shot. Just pay in cash, gold, or whatever other way the armory guards prefer.
It's not like Russia can send an inspector to count the shells.
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@Mylovanov
The Russians who listen to official propaganda don't realize how hopelessly behind the Russian military is compared to NATO. And Ukraine is working towards the NATO standard.
And the Russians have absorbed years of nonstop nationalist propaganda. Reality is foreign to them.
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@Gerashchenko_en
"wasn't there a single tank...?"
Yes, there was, literally a SINGLE tank that could be available.
The T-34 from Moscow's Victory Day parade. 😂
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@IuliiaMendel
How did it take until the 10th package of sanctions to ban that stuff?
Regardless, Leica should be held responsible, as it knew exactly what that equipment would be used for. They traded Ukrainian lives for a few euros of profit.
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@nexta_tv
And now every good scientist should be fleeing Russia, if they have not done so already.
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@wartranslated
Considering that Ukrainians probably have far better thermal optics than the Russians, wouldn't it make sense for Ukraine to start it's big assault at night, rather than during daytime?
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@DylanBurns1776
Kinda cool idea, honestly, especially if the recruiters are corrupt.
Jobs for disabled veterans is a HUGE issue. They are soldiers and have the soldier's mindset - they need a mission. That is critical for their recovery, and for their life after the war.
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@DarthPutinKGB
If Russia destroyed Patriot like it claimed, it would have launched another barrage against Kyiv the next day - because of course it would, it's been launching barrages for months.
Russia didn't launch any such follow-up. Ergo, Russia knew it can't - the defenses are still up.
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@Tatarigami_UA
It means that Ukraine could launch a force directly into Russia, and go VERY far with it.
And it should do exactly that.
That's the best way to get concessions from Moscow. Imagine if Ukraine captured Rostov within a few hours, instead of Wagner. Ukraine could destroy the HQ.
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@maria_drutska
Can someone tell the Russians that they'll need to send the planes in for close bombardment, in order to stop Storm Shadow?
Preferably on a route that takes them right past Patriot.
Also, it's amazing how much better Ukraine is with it's weapons than Russia is.
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@YIMBYLAND
It's that "fuck you, I got mine" mindset. A handful of people hiding under a bridge - and preventing the countless other people behind them from getting home to their garage or covered parking elsewhere.
Would be fascinating if everyone else's insurance charged the blockers.
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@Teoyaomiquu
A LOT of work went into that decoy! It has a properly welded steel frame on a chassis, and the exterior is sheet steel. A metalworker put a lot of time and effort into that.
Still, its 1% the cost of a real one.
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@TrentTelenko
I'd love to see Ukraine make a bunch of cheap drones loaded with retroreflectors, to make them look very big on radar.
Make Russia waste a ton of expensive anti-air missiles because they think it's a huge helicopter invasion incoming.
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@Gerashchenko_en
If those conscripts got actual military training during their required year of service, that might be one thing. But most information says they receive very poor and minimal training.
It's amazing how much Russia wasted that resource.
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@bayraktar_1love
Why would they EVER do that? How does that demonstrate anything, even if it went right?
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@AKurmanaev
@smithinchile
Except it practically is. Sure you can name a few bad actors, in a nation of many millions of people - but I could name a few bad actors just within NYTimes.
@nytimes
you employ this man? This liar who is providing excuses and justification for Russian terrorism?
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@Tendar
Yessss!!!! Now, the same to the east, and to the northeast! There are one two more main rail arteries to cut! That will block the majority of Russia's supply line!
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@ChrisO_wiki
That is horrifyingly low. It would probably take several years to recover - after several years of rebuilding the dam.
And that used to be a great agriculture region, especially for wine, right?
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@thought_less_
@KryptoZeitgeist
@ArmandDoma
"Why did you think this was an interesting thing to say?" is an amazing putdown, I love it.
It's subtle and innocuous, yet we all know how much it really says.
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@AndrewPerpetua
Let's take it to the next level. What is better than a net? A web, especially sticky webs. What makes webs? Spiders.
So let's use the NATO biolabs in Ukraine to grow giant spiders, who will make a web from the balloons.
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@AndrewPerpetua
If it's a rail bridges, YES! FINALLY!!
I've been asking for months why this hasn't been done yet. Now, two more of these rail bridges. One to the east, another to the northeast - those are the main rail arteries from Russia to Ukraine.
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@noclador
@TTuberville
I will never understand how a single senator is able to block an entire process, for as long as he wants. Congress needs to remove that ability. Or, at least, require filibusters to actually filibuster (but they don't require that, because they'd all have to listen to it).
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@BadBalticTakes
Russian athletes shouldn't be allowed to compete under neutral flags - Russia will claim those victories regardless.
If they want to compete, they should be required to find some other country that wants them to join their team - so their medal tally goes to that other country.
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@sentdefender
And Ukraine is reporting that Russia did it.
Ukraine has a much better record for honesty in it's claims. Also, the assertion that the dam was destroyed by artillery is ridiculous.
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@MrKovalenko
How can we help Ukraine build more of those? They have launched so few, but should have dozens or hundreds of them. It would allow them to strike into Russia, without western weapons - which Ukraine needs the ability to do.
The war needs to reach Russia.
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@GeoffHanmer
Hell yeah! Build tall to get more use from the land, and have 1st-floor retail, restaurants, and entertainment to benefit from the street side convenience.
That's how you make hugely productive and valuable cities. Even if you refuse to admit their importance.
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@sumlenny
Name a single time in which, for something so directly connected with Putin himself, Russia chose to forego the 'show' and be willing to embarrass itself in order to benefit the lowly soldiers (when Putin wouldn't even bother to count their corpses).
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@ajtourville
@curthoser
"Escalate" to what, exactly? How would Russia get more involved?
De-escalation is Russia leaving Ukranian territory.
Anything else is Russia perpetuating the war. There is no more "escalation", Russia has used everything short of nukes in its invasion.
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@World_At_War_6
@sentdefender
The US is very effective at wargaming; and has surely wargamed and practiced these battlefield scenarios (that's what a MILES allows you to do).
But, even if those were done without air support, it's with US troops and leadership; it's very difficult for any nation to match that
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@nicksummy
@nada_lemming
@PenPaperPlanner
@medmalreviewer
"No upfront costs" is so radically different from "free".
Bro, do you even healthcare?
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@ClarityToSee
@DanLichtenstein
@MarkHertling
Yes, they were investigate. And they were told to return any classified documents - and they did return those documents (and there were usually far fewer of them)
That's the difference. Trump went out of his way to hide them, lie about them, and lie when he said he returned them
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@wartranslated
This has to happen. If Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania weren't thinking about it before, then they really need to be thinking about it now.
There's no better time to solve this problem.
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@GerardRoth1
@rynkrynk
Please show me where in any history book, Wikipedia page, or literally anywhere else that says Ukraine joined NATO.
If you can do that, I'll say you are right. If you can't, you say you're wrong. Deal?
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@REVMAXXING
Ohhh yes, the North Koreans and their great naval power. They can capture fishing boats!
And the Russians. Their one aircraft carrier is usually on fire, and a flagship was sink by a nation without a navy.
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@AbouimraneSaad
@TommyRosen5
@sentdefender
@EliasTheophany
You think Jews brought the Holocaust upon themselves?
Hamas brought this attack upon themselves; it wouldn't have happened if Hamas hadn't attacked Israel and taken hostages. There's a difference.
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@maria_drutska
The best targets within Russia are probably major power substations, and the ammo stockpiles.
If Ukraine can take out a powerplant itself, that would be amazing.
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@NatalkaKyiv
I hate those kind of responses. They are "if you are not the literally ONE person who is the most extreme example of dedication, then you shouldn't complain".
There's a reason that one person is remembered as extraordinary. 99.999999% of us are ordinary - that's all of us.
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@maria_drutska
Mariupol.
Liberate that theater. Don't let Russia hide the atrocity it committed there.
Build a world-class Children's Memorial Theater there or nearby, so the entire world is reminded.
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@maria_drutska
And God damn, I love hearing that Russia is doing everything it can to go after the American-supplied weapons.
I hope we send more of them; and a whole range of AD systems.
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@fedtanyl
3% gay? 3% atheist?
That surprises me.
And far more people count themselves as agnostic than atheist, but those are effectively the same thing in the US because the religious groups portrayed atheism as an extreme - when it absolutely isn't.
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@EuromaidanPR
If Russia tries this - and we know Russia already has plundered museums in the occupied territories - then Ukraine is completely justified in robbing Russian museums.
And many Russian museums have a lot of valuable works. And museums are easy to steal from.
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@victoriaslog
The only solution is to forever pursue and punish those captors - all of them.
Even after the war ends. If they live in Russia, it should be in total fear - until agents find them, capture them, and bring them to the ICC or a Ukranian court for justice.
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@IuliiaMendel
@JosepBorrellF
Im optimistic. It won't be easy, and there will be tragic losses, but it is necessary.
The worst part is that Ukraine shouldn't 'just' push Russian troops out - that would let Russia keep a fighting force. Russia's army must be destroyed, and quickly, so it can't destroy cities
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@KyivIndependent
It's astonishing and true that you must say "one of the most consequential events", because Ukraine has been through so much more in addition to that.
That revolution should have been enough on its own. Hopefully this war will be the final chapter before Ukrainian freedom.
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@sentdefender
Reporter: "how many Special Forces were there? And what happened to them?"
Soldier: "We decked 'em. They fell like a house of cards."
Reporter: "So.... How many...?"
Soldier: "I said, LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS"
Reporter: "Ohhhhhhh. 52."
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@maria_drutska
Everything that went right, was due to the outright heroism and bravery of the Ukrainian people.
It is by Ukraine's courage, and not an accident or twist of fate, that it has survived as a nation.
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@maria_drutska
Moscow knows that those drones won't get through. And that they won't have enough of them to get through, unless they launch hundreds at once.
They're just trying to exhaust the west's AA ammunition.
Fortunately, we've recently made anti-drone lasers.....
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@wartranslated
Beating the one guy who's honest and competent.
It's astounding that Russia has lasted this long at all.
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@EliotHiggins
It's insane how much content is generated as a RESULT OF his work.
When you stop to think about it, it's insane how much disorganized junk we all write, while a small number of people make great, organized resources.
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@wartranslated
Those decoy missiles are an excellent strategy to cause this. Send cruise missiles at a target, and use decoys to pretend that it's a Russian jet doing it.
Then, Russian AA will think there's an incoming attack every time they see one of their own jets on radar.
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PLOT TWIST / HOT TAKE: Prigozhin is going to Belarus..... to be Lukashenko's successor.
That would make the most sense in the current situation: Lukashenko is sick, Prigo gets a promotion, Prigo doesn't his private military anymore, and explains why Lukashenko made the deal.
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@Tendar
That is 500km - if they are in the corner of the oblast closest to Moscow. So probably more like 700-800km.
They'll need to stop for gas, bathroom breaks, etc.
We will see how possible it is for a military to go from Ukraine to Moscow.
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@jurgen_nauditt
It's not a US ship, so please stop lying.
The US seized it a few months ago for violating oil embargos, but allowed it's owners (Empire Navigation, a Greek company) to retain ownership after fines and cargo confiscation. No US crew; no US cargo; not US registered.
Not a US ship
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@WarClandestine
@ItsBorys
@AdamKinzinger
Russia has a historic - and current - Nazi problem. The USSR did ally with the Nazis at the start of WW2, remember? And the top commander of Wagner had Nazi tattoos - as did many others.
So, would you say it's fine for Ukraine to invade Russia to purge Russia of its Nazis?
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@russophileLs
"Then Russia started killing people, as promised" is not the moral superiority that he thinks it is.
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@ItsArtoir
I'm not an expert on holes, but I think there's a big hole where the middle of that building used to be.
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@IuliiaMendel
This is the time for Ukraine to attack. Specifically, attack the places that Wagner isn't attacking.
Russia is now hugely distracted, and watching its back more than it's front.
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@maria_drutska
I wish we could get our next-generation system to you; the lasers to shoot stuff down.
But we don't even have it working on our own stuff yet. It's still in testing phases.
It would be amazing if that testing could be in Ukraine.
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@NOELreports
They won't allow weapons to be used for defence. But they're happily laundering Russian money today.
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@Gerashchenko_en
Absolutely believable. Kadyrov's forces were there, and they ran at the first sign of a fight.
If Kadyrov's troops do fight, I expect them to hide behind the civilian population.
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@noclador
When the system works again in Russia's next attack, they'll claim that Ukraine just got a replacement for the one that was 'destroyed'.
Just like they say every time they lie about hitting HIMARs.
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@Tr0llyTr0llFace
I just imagine if we had given HIMARs earlier, especially before the war. Russia probably would have dismissed it, and assumed they could destroy the launchers in the opening attack.
But imagine them taking out the column that got stuck on the way to Kyiv. 20k+ enemies, removed
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@NewsParticipant
@curious_founder
A van is usually better for hauling than a truck, because it's more protected from the weather. And it can hold much more.
Van sales in the US are nowhere near the level of truck sales. And, delivery companies don't use pickup trucks, for a reason.
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@ChrisO_wiki
This is why I wonder how Russia has been fighting at all.
A Russian's best chance of survival is to surrender the first moment they can.
So, the Ukrainians could win if they use megaphones.
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@Military_VA
@sentdefender
@SecBlinken
@SecMayorkas
Liar.
Not a single penny of that has been disbursed. None of it is America's. And all of it will be tracked and traced.
If you lie about this, you lie about everything else. You must hate everyone who sees your posts, to lie to them like that.
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@ianbremmer
The US publicly posted warnings, and specifically identified concerts in Moscow as the target.
The US doesn't abide by terrorists, even in an opponent nation. It's a huge Russian intel failure.
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@LeonSimons8
I don't like the protestors, but that guy deserves life in prison for attempting to run over them. And he absolutely attempted to run over them. He drove more than far enough to crush and kill someone.
Anyone who claims otherwise is a lair, and they know it.
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@OAlexanderDK
Elon had plenty of time to rename "verified accounts" to "premium accounts", but he didn't. They should be distinctly different things - and Twitter had real verified accounts before Elon messed that up.
That alone is worth the legal action.
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@bbgimblessed
@SpencrGreenberg
And yet they did no better than chance at all (or less than 1% better). Even Wisdom Of The Crowds will do better with a group this size.
And "huge amount of information", no, that's just fishing for information to try to make obvious links. Astrology is BS, this demonstrates it
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@ruinwanderer
@JamesLLandis
She had family there. Visiting them is a pretty legit reason, especially if she hoped to help get them out of the Russian hellhole.
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@Crimson_Crest
@IAPonomarenko
Why would that even matter?
What major construction project has Iowa finished in the last 30 years?
- So whatever you're implying about Ukraine, you can imply the same about Iowa too.
Why are you simping for Russia?
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@noclador
The amount of cope from them is astounding.
Not only do they claim Patriot was destroyed, they claim it fired 30 times at a single incoming missile - even though we know that Russia launches in barrages, and thus the system was firing at a bunch of incoming missiles.
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@SaltyCracker9
@visegrad24
They didn't get your money. The US military did, and the US military spent it on new weapons to replace the old weapons they sent to Ukraine.
That's how it works.
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@handsandtools
@AlunParsons
@pati_marins64
It's factual thinking.
Russian manufacturing is horribly inefficient compared to western manufacturing - it's why there is not much Russian manufacturing except in state-sponsored industries.
Employment numbers in those industries are a misleading comparison.
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@Mylovanov
@tashecon
For decades after the war ends, sanctions and tariffs should continue on Russian oil exports, with all the tariff money going to Ukraine's reconstruction.
Because it will take that long, and that much money, to rebuild.
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@Osinttechnical
THANK YOU for having a single map that shows all three bridge locations, relative to the incursion area.
So many just name the town, and have a uselessly vague zoomed-in map. As though everyone on Twitter has lived in that area and recognizes every town of 1000 people.
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@NatalkaKyiv
This is good for the rest of the world. It means fewer Russians entering our countries and attempting to ruin things for us.
Also, I know one or two people whom this applies to, and I can happily say: good, this is what they earned.
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@IAPonomarenko
They didn't say anything when Wagner shot down Russian aircraft either.
But they did shoot down a Wagner aircraft a few months later. After they made the peace deal.
The lesson: don't trust the Russians with peace. The only safe option is to completely disarm Russia.
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@DanielR33187703
As someone who does hardware: practically everything you say is exactly right.
It's not NECESSARILY bad that they use lots of sealant in some (not all!) of those places. But even where it's OK to use, they do it wrong.
I won't tell them how to fix it :)
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@wartranslated
George Washington won the first battle of the American Revolution because his enemies were completely hung over.
Alcohol is a weapon of war. Is there a way to actively use that against Russia's troops? Whether it is plain alcohol or poisoned alcohol, it will help.
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@NOELreports
Though honestly, the most impactful thing Ukraine could do within Russia is damage the rail linkages between Russia and China.
In particular, destroy some of the rail bridges. Those will take months or years to rebuild. It will cut Russia off from its biggest supplier.
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@sentdefender
An armory has been raided, but only 7 guns stolen?
In Texas, some people have 7 guns just in their bathroom.
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@McFaul
In the speech with Tucker Carlson, Putin blamed Poland for "overplaying it's hand" and being invaded by Germany (and the USSR).
So it wasn't just the people of the time who did that.
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@Mylovanov
100% agree with everything you say.
I want to point out the extra dishonesty of portraying Zelensky as being alone, when in fact Putin is one of the most lonely, isolated (and self-isolated) national leaders.
Any photo of Putin at a table makes that abundantly clear.
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@wartranslated
Imagine growing up, spending all those years in school and learning how to be a productive adult in our hugely complicated modern world, with everything ahead of you...
And then being thrown into a field to die uselessly within an hour.
18+ years of growing up, for nothing.
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@maria_drutska
Excellent. I hope to see more, and larger. If the military headquarters in Rostov can be destroyed, that is a huge help to Ukraine.
And if the supply and transport depots, and even rail links, can be destroyed too - that is even better.
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@banderafella
Why are the police there? Are police protecting a small handful of roadblockers?
That doesn't make any sense to me. A person blocking the road is blocking the road, the police's job is to remove them.
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@Mylovanov
100% of the blame is on Russia (of course), and another 100% is on US Republicans who deprived Ukraine of air defenses necessary to stop the attacks on the electrical grid.
And it's all because Trump is angry that Zelensky wouldn't lie for him.
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@JayThales
@sentdefender
Forte10 is a workhorse. And it makes you wonder what the US has that isn't squawking the transponder.
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@nexta_tv
Muratov is clearly against the Putin regime, and he opposes the war. And he's made clear that Ukraine will never forgive Russia for the crimes Russia is committing.
This interruption really doesn't help Ukraine's cause. Don't hate someone just because they're Russian.
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@bradyafr
Aren't those aircraft extremely rare and important for Russia? I don't think it has many, and its a huge loss if it losses them.
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@TempleOSUser02
@Roger_Moorhouse
The US military is all volunteer, and we aren't mobilizing.
And we don't have conscription like Russia does.
It's a world of difference.
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@randymot4
@aClassicLiberal
@perhagwall
I'd like to think that Vivek is a flash in the pan, but we thought that about Trump too.
It turns out that GOP voters are easily swayed by belligerent populism and bullying. Never forget that Trump's popularity solidified after he mocked a reporter for being disabled.
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