Zelenskyy doing a very bad job at containing his laughter while saying "special military operation" made it for me. Those guys do have a sense of humor.
I worry that they might take a bit much and Putin feels like he has to do a terrible thing to show he's still strong to all the oligarchs sharpening their knives
Can we please just give Ukraine the overwhelming firepower it needs to repel Russia? I'm so sick of the West half supplying this Ukrainian super soldiers who are ready to die to protect to their homes while we're barely sort of a little bit kind of willing to maybe be a bit discourteous to Russia in political solidarity. Not the last generation weapons we've got a surplus of, the "WTF WAS THAT?!" next gen super rockets that will make Putin fill his diaper. If you waggle your finger sternly at a
I think the long-term fear is that it will be like arming the Mujahadin (sp?) back in the 80's. That later something will happen, some unsympathetic leader will take over, and we'll find those weapons turned back on us.
This isn't some group of extremists, it's a sovereign nation protecting it's own country. It didn't start this shit, and already lost crimea a decade ago
bully and make tut-tut sounds he rolls his eyes at you and just ignores you. If you break a baseball bat against the bully's knee, sure he won't be friends with you, but he's going to have some difficulty causing trouble for a while with that limp.
Take notes, Russia, Ukraine show you how invasion is done. And doing it without torture chambers or killing townspeople and deporting their children or blowing up their hospitals.
It's still not necessarily misinformation, though I will admit it paints a somewhat rosy picture. The quote is "Ukraine has taken more territory in a week, than Russia has all year". We are halfway through 2024. The russian offensive has stalled pretty goddamned hard. I can def see that blip in the north being of a bigger square mileage than what russia has gained in the last 6 months.
I agree. I can’t stand any kind of propaganda. It’s all lies. I could be wrong but the only reason they went on the offensive side is to take pressure off the southern part of Ukrainian territory that Russia has been occupying and will force Russian forces to withdraw from the south to reinforce the northern frontier.
Pretty much all of that was taken in the first month of the war. Russia has since withdrawn from Kyiv, lost Kharkiv, lost Kherson, and Ukraine has taken a similar amount of territory in Kursk in a couple of weeks to what Russia has taken all year.
The other other operation: Putin was tricked into imagining he would successfully take Ukraine, so that Ukraine could counter invade, and end up victorious.
No, this is Xi Jingping getting him to move first to see what the rest of the world would do if he shit all over Taiwan (they invaded Hong Kong too rather than wait for the contract and no one did shit).
I was listening to an american defense official on c-span, I forget who, talking about the likelihood of china invading taiwan and he said it's a particularly difficult invasion just from a logistical perspective, something about how it's situated and some of the topographic features, and he also said china never does anything unless they're like 300% certain it will succeed. For what it's worth.
Yeah, if there's a silver lining to Russia's attempt to invade Ukraine, China's quietly backed off its Taiwanese rhetoric (They're still seriously trying, but they aren't being so open about it) because it realized numbers don't equal success.
Idk if there was much ambiguity over whether we'd defend Taiwan. They make almost all the state of the art semiconductors. They are critical for defense. And you'd see the landing ships amassing from space. We might even strike first cuz uk wtf else were they gonna send a million+ troops on landing craft... China I'm sure understands all this.
NeverEnoughFoxes
"zerg rush ke ke ke" ~ Ukraine, probably
Redshadow09
I see the development of 'Hearts of Iron 5' looking pretty dope. New graphics and now Live videos. Thats a step up Paradox.
Nalianna
"Nice restaurant, plenty of parking for my tank"
Kingstad
russia deserves to lose territory, permanently
GuggelPlayer
Get fucked Putin you piece of shit
Burke616
"If you do not stop sending special military operations to Ukraine, then Ukraine will send a special military operation to Moscow."
bexxMaker
Ekaris9
I am amazed he cold say it with a straight face. Good man!
funmaster2024
Guys, let's march on Moscow already!
horseman05
Slava Ukrani!
Bigemedic
I love these crazy fuckers. "You take Ukraine territory? Fine. I take Kursk oblast. Now what Vladimir? NOW WHAT?"
ThailandExpress
This is awesome but, beware of overconfidence
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
Agreed, but even choirs need preaching to on occasion :)
nasukkin
The BBC this morning ran a news story about how Russian citizens are 'worried and angry' at Ukraine's recent land grabs.
lol
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cgedgzx7xqno
Ilikestyx
LOL, fuck you Putin!
ExileonDaytonStreet
With a cactus
cousteau
Zelenskyy doing a very bad job at containing his laughter while saying "special military operation" made it for me. Those guys do have a sense of humor.
Theslipofashipcansinkalip
He's a comedian, after all, with not much to laugh about in the last couple of years.
sadurdaynight
"We're just getting in extra training in case Russia decides to invade us again."
Elinamitskeva
Such strength
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Larnoc
I worry that they might take a bit much and Putin feels like he has to do a terrible thing to show he's still strong to all the oligarchs sharpening their knives
ChiefRunningFridge
If he trots out a WMD NATO has promised overwhelming conventional retaliation. It's if you use one you won't have a military anymore.
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HandoB4Javert
Bunnies007
In an address to the nation, Putin described this as an illegal invasion. Oh the irony!
funmaster2024
If he can do it, then others can too.
nasukkin
The BBC this morning ran a news story about how Russian citizens are 'worried and angry' at Ukraine's recent land grabs.
cousteau
How dare they carry out such an unprovoked attack. /s
RooGryphon
I say, welcome to the finding out
CaptainKipup
Can we please just give Ukraine the overwhelming firepower it needs to repel Russia? I'm so sick of the West half supplying this Ukrainian super soldiers who are ready to die to protect to their homes while we're barely sort of a little bit kind of willing to maybe be a bit discourteous to Russia in political solidarity. Not the last generation weapons we've got a surplus of, the "WTF WAS THAT?!" next gen super rockets that will make Putin fill his diaper. If you waggle your finger sternly at a
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JayEnfield
Write your rep and tell them to send your tax dollars to Ukraine 155 millimeters at a time. I certainly do.
NotThisGuyAgain
I think the long-term fear is that it will be like arming the Mujahadin (sp?) back in the 80's. That later something will happen, some unsympathetic leader will take over, and we'll find those weapons turned back on us.
ministryofpeace
This isn't some group of extremists, it's a sovereign nation protecting it's own country. It didn't start this shit, and already lost crimea a decade ago
CaptainKipup
bully and make tut-tut sounds he rolls his eyes at you and just ignores you. If you break a baseball bat against the bully's knee, sure he won't be friends with you, but he's going to have some difficulty causing trouble for a while with that limp.
DarkSock
They used to joke that Russia had the second most powerful army in Ukraine…
Now Russia has the second most powerful army in Russia.
dontrike
They were the third strongest in Ukraine, next to Ukraine and then the farmers in Ukraine.
DVSBSTrD
We started making that joke when Prigozhin munitied.
YeastInfectedWhiskerBiscuit
Take notes, Russia, Ukraine show you how invasion is done. And doing it without torture chambers or killing townspeople and deporting their children or blowing up their hospitals.
captainfakeypants
The IDF could learn how to not blow up townspeople, churches, and hospitals from the Ukrainians too.
thatlamer
Look, I'm 100% in favor of ukraine driving russia to the eastern seas, but cmon man.
BDD85
It's still not necessarily misinformation, though I will admit it paints a somewhat rosy picture. The quote is "Ukraine has taken more territory in a week, than Russia has all year". We are halfway through 2024. The russian offensive has stalled pretty goddamned hard. I can def see that blip in the north being of a bigger square mileage than what russia has gained in the last 6 months.
Itsasnowconemaker
I agree. I can’t stand any kind of propaganda. It’s all lies. I could be wrong but the only reason they went on the offensive side is to take pressure off the southern part of Ukrainian territory that Russia has been occupying and will force Russian forces to withdraw from the south to reinforce the northern frontier.
captainfakeypants
You missed Crimea; Putin's invasion of Crimea in 2014 was no less illegal than than the invasion of the Donbas region in 2022.
BaddeJimme
Pretty much all of that was taken in the first month of the war. Russia has since withdrawn from Kyiv, lost Kharkiv, lost Kherson, and Ukraine has taken a similar amount of territory in Kursk in a couple of weeks to what Russia has taken all year.
trinxter
The other other operation: Putin was tricked into imagining he would successfully take Ukraine, so that Ukraine could counter invade, and end up victorious.
FckleberryFarms
No, this is Xi Jingping getting him to move first to see what the rest of the world would do if he shit all over Taiwan (they invaded Hong Kong too rather than wait for the contract and no one did shit).
andydicktracymorganfairchild
I was listening to an american defense official on c-span, I forget who, talking about the likelihood of china invading taiwan and he said it's a particularly difficult invasion just from a logistical perspective, something about how it's situated and some of the topographic features, and he also said china never does anything unless they're like 300% certain it will succeed. For what it's worth.
GCRust
Yeah, if there's a silver lining to Russia's attempt to invade Ukraine, China's quietly backed off its Taiwanese rhetoric (They're still seriously trying, but they aren't being so open about it) because it realized numbers don't equal success.
PiccPicceringtonVonChesterburgElderberryTheThirdEsquire
Taiwan number one China number seven!
ChiefRunningFridge
Idk if there was much ambiguity over whether we'd defend Taiwan. They make almost all the state of the art semiconductors. They are critical for defense. And you'd see the landing ships amassing from space. We might even strike first cuz uk wtf else were they gonna send a million+ troops on landing craft... China I'm sure understands all this.
ToSisPoS
Depends who is in the White House I wager.
OhIfIMust
There it is.