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- Milan-10
- If you are a person with some knowledge about the world you can spot that this map was made by a Rassan.sted
- quote from the reasoning "constitutional right to freedoms of expression, association and the right to peaceful assembly, including of self-avowed Nazis"sted
- It was submitted by Rassa, while Trump was in power. This is one of those things where the subject is a bad joke, and low poly people can show it as proof.sted
- Milan is the dumbest cunt in the world.tank02
- The vote on the resolution is accurately reflected here?********
- The folks whose first instinct it to engage in ad homs are the dumbest cunts, I reckon.********
- What is wrong with this frustrated cunt?diavolu
- he has not evolved above the neanderhtal evidently...heheheneverscared
- Fax_Benson5
Different times...
Ukrainian President Zelensky's opening video presentation to the YES Ukraine Conference
Pretty funny.
- 2019Fax_Benson
- superb hafadein11
- Motion design ftw.shapesalad
- Milan-7
Experts Warned For Years That NATO Expansion Would Lead To This
"After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail."
- Go fuck yourself.tank02
- Imagine if Mexico joined the Warsaw Pact.********
- So if nato expands putin expands back. What’s the solution. NATO retract and putin expand?shapesalad
- Or less absurdly, if Cuba allowed the Soviets to build missile bases..********
- NBQ001
Turkey blocks Russian warships from passing https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/…
- Seems like this is not happening yet -- Turkey denies ityuekit
- https://twitter.com/…yuekit
- ahaha yeah the rest of the world has to stick to the international agreements...sted
- That can't happen under the terms of Montreux treaty. Breaking that will mean Turkey joined the war.Beeswax
- Beeswax0
This is pretty good brief written before the invasion.
https://behorizon.org/escalation…
If the diplomacy or deterrence fails or if one side intentionally escalates the crisis, we might face a new Russian invasion employing distinct features from the first invasion. Instead of protracted hybrid warfare as Russia launched between 2013-2016, in this last initiative Russia would highly likely conduct limited but disruptive military operations while shaping geopolitical landscape in its favor. Russia would most likely use vast cyber and electronic warfare equipment, as well as long-range hypersonic missiles, if it invaded Ukraine. The goal would be to instill “shock and awe” on Ukraine, leading its defenses or will to fight to crumble. This new Russian approach does not necessarily mean that Russians will not use non-kinetic political warfare ways and means. Russia would likely continue to export corruption, use illicit money flows and finance pro-Russian groups in Ukraine, use blackmail, launch covert activities of politically connected gangs, NGOs, conduct psychological warfare, spread disinformation and fake news.On the other hand, with the help of external support such as the US Stingers, Iron Dome, Mi-17s (which were being readied for Afghanistan by the US), counter-artillery radars, Javelin anti-tank missiles or NLAWs, or Turkish drones, better command and control, electronic warfare, and reconnaissance capabilities might help Ukraine. Moreover, a military hardened by seven years of fighting in eastern Ukraine might cause high costs than Russian leaders expected, or a prolonged Ukraine resistance. Thus, if ground troops fail, Russia may raise the stakes by carpet bombing, as it did in Chechnya and Aleppo.
The US and Europe should prepare for the worst to come. This preparation should, inter alia, include efforts to:
Create the strongest deterrence to make Russia back down from an incursion,
Provide strong support to Ukraine to define its own future in the face of a probable incursion,
Be prepared for future similar provocative actions of Russia and re-evaluate its toolbox to deter them,
Consider sanctions and their side effects on Western investors, and think innovatively on probable alternatives,
Cooperate and seek favourable pricing for EU members with alternative LNG suppliers to include US, Qatar, and Australia to alleviate dependency on Russian gas.
- Nairn3
Att. Milan et al:
- Ah, but wait - this is direct from the mouth of Western legacy media. Hrmm, perhaps instead: https://www.pravda.r… ?Nairn
- NBQ001
Russian military column destroyed https://twitter.com/WW3updated/s…
- sted5
Ministry of Defense of Latvia: I just got out of box proposal how to end the Russian aggression. West announces that every Russian soldier which surrenders to Ukrainians will receive asylum in the West. I think its victorious idea from artist Aigars Bikše. Countries which do not give weapons to UA give asylum
- yuekit1
Time for Putin to bring in the reinforcements, where's Steven Seagal when you need him?
- steven segal gets the short table. This idiot also visited Maduro and presented him with a gift 'samurai sword'hotroddy
- i hope he gets banned from US
https://pbs.twimg.co…hotroddy - Rocking the pedo look: tinted orange/yellow glasses + dyed hair + goatee.shapesalad
- What a weebscarabin
- shapesalad2
Ukraine deputy minister asks for Elon Musks help:
https://mobile.twitter.com/nexta…
Meaningful. He perhaps was given the suggestion to ask for help. Approved it. Someone broadcasts it.
- starlink can operate in europe?sted
- it does...in some countries north of italy. depending on liscences needed from govs. started late 2021.uan
- Given they're orbital, so going around the entire planet, all that's needed is a local groundstation and then however many dishes for further afield.Nairn
- basestation for main uplink, dishes for downlink, etc.Nairn
- Shit. I just checked. I forget how far south the US is! Starlink might not be great here - Kyiv is at the upmost latitude of Starlink orbit...Nairn
- https://circleid.com…Nairn
- Or, if that graphic is accurate (projection vs. latitude looks a little weird), Starlink might be great. Accessible in Kyiv, not blockable from further north?Nairn
- Ah. Another problem:
https://i.imgur.com/…Nairn - the problem is rassa has capabilities to jam those signals and also to take those satelites down.uan
- Jamming has locality problems, but yes. Taking down US property satellites would be a HUGE escalation. Also, these are fast low orbit ones. Hard to hit.Nairn
- Well, harder to hit. Also, it's a constellation, so redundancy's built-in. They'd have to hit multiple satellites. Often.Nairn
- you make explode something bigger and watch the debris cross the sats‘ orbit.uan
- Still, low orbit, higher speeds, quicker fix. Anything THAT bad would likely fuck over Russian assets too, so Gots To Be A Bit Careful.Nairn
- @Nairn eh u know these things need gov. approvals, and the backcom infrastructure.
So it isn't just like setting up a dish and go.sted - yeah, officially. Otherwise it's just a case of available bandwidth.Nairn
- Beeswax1
- Fucking pigs. I hope they get destroyed.NBQ00
- Ooh, capable of firing thermobaric weapons. Nasty.Nairn
- Doesn't UK/ EU/ USA have the tech/weaponary to strike that seemingly out of nowhere? If yes, we should.shapesalad
- It made me question how I want to die in a war. Blown into pieces, get vaporized, or get shot and bleed to death?Beeswax
- @ss:
No, we don't.
Or, if we do, not at this level of conflict.Nairn - a thermobaric strike's a quick way to go if you're hit directly. quite a horrid way to go if you're on the periphery.Nairn
- Beeswax, depends on how religious you are and if being vaporized vs buried is taboo. Personally I don’t give a shit as long as it’s painless._niko
- Where are the robot dogs? The Killer drones? It’s 2022 and we’re still using fire?scarabin
- Where are our alien observers in their tic tac and cigar-shaped physics-defying aircraft?PonyBoy
- _niko0
Given that the Chechens and Belorussians are fighting with the Russians, I wonder how many volunteers or mercenaries are helping Ukraine?
I’d imagine it’s a no go for Israelis/mossad even if the PM is Jewish, I’d also imagine Americans won’t go as it’s bad optics, imagine Russia capturing IS soldiers.
- IS?Nairn
- US? Typo?Nairn
- I memba reading of a handful of Brits going over in recent months, so I imagine there's been a similar smattering from other countries too.Nairn
- lol yeah US_niko
- would never happen but imagine Afghan mujahadeen lending Ukraine a hand to fight Russia_niko
- Already happened! Let me try and find the link..Nairn
- shapesalad0
- pray these don't land near metro entrances. if so, please just drop a nuke on putin...shapesalad
- thermobaric weapon?
you should see the stuff the US was doing on grenade launchers a decade ago.Nairn - they're kind of like the happy local sphere face of high gamma ray nukes - destroy life, leave buildings sorta intact. Yaay!Nairn