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Russia begins Invasion of Ukraine

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Doczu

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Woah boy. This will be an unpopular take here, but i can't just leave this.

Well Dmitri isn't technically wrong. Anyone who has any historical knowledge will know that we have a... strained... history together and many polish citizens (myself included) still feel a lot of anger for the past.

But thatsaid there isno way in hell that there would be an idea of invadibg and "liberating" the west of Ukraine by Poland.

It's the same propaganda they used in 2014-2015
 

Atrus

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How come we have hundreds of pages of Ukraine winning but somehow they are still losing?

Russian territorial gains have peaked. The assaults on both Kyiv and Kharkiv have failed and the offensive along Izium and Kryvyi Rih have stalled.

With Russian attrition of men and equipment being so high, holding such a long front is nigh impossible. Ukraine is currently focussed on bringing the Russian offensive to a culminating point.

 

Kraz

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What Incredulous GIF by MOODMAN



Russia putting the retro in retrograde.

"Whatever spells Duda casts"
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When the Belgorod fires broke out that seemed inspired by the A team. When the aerospace research and chemical factory burned that was a question mark. They were so effective. There's a lack of fire codes and corruption, but still. Then Russia got mad at 007.
Doesn't even show the rail sabotage or attribute it all.

There's so much going on that different nations can probably recognize the activities of their own citizens. A few I've been like, "oh yeah...that looks familiar.", but if no one else is saying nothing I'm saying nothing.
 

nemiroff

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Well the compensation was probably like 100 euros for family, they are not losing much really...

The official RF navy decision disqualified the Shkrebets family from veterans’ survivor benefits including 12 million rubles ($135,000 USD at current exchange rates) promised by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a May 3 national address to immediate relatives of Russian soldiers and sailors killed in Ukraine-related fighting.

LOL

Fuck the father of the dead son in the story BTW, I have no sympathy for that sack of shit (he wished for as many dead Ukrainians as possible even before his son died).
 
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TwinB242

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Any chance of Russia announcing "victory" and ending this war on Victory Day 9th May?

Very unlikely. Even if Russia tries to claim that the occupied territories have been 'liberated' and are now Russian territory as their victory, Ukraine isn't just going to sit back and let that happen. They're going to continue fighting.
 
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Bitmap Frogs

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Very unlikely. Even if Russia tries to claim that the occupied territories have been 'liberated' and are now Russian territory as their victory, Ukraine isn't just going to sit back and let that happen. They're going to continue fighting.

Yeah I can't see the russians pulling out.
 

Sakura

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Any chance of Russia announcing "victory" and ending this war on Victory Day 9th May?
I don't think so, unless they launch a major offensive and it succeeds within the next couple days.
Not really sure what Russia's goals are here. If they just want Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk, then they already have most of the territory, but there is still a lot of land to take in Donetsk and they still need to take the Zaporizhia capital. It's not undoable, but will take some more time.
If they also want say Odessa and Mykolaiv oblasts, or maybe even all the Russian speaking oblasts, then it will take a lot more time and manpower as they don't really have any control there.

So even if they do announce a victory, the fighting won't stop yet, because there is still territory they need to take.
 

Bitmap Frogs

Mr. Community
So is Putin likely to declare war on Monday, or apply martial law in Russia, or both?

We don't know.

I'm sorry, I know this is not the answer you were looking for :)

We know the orcs have tried to increase their presence in the field to resupply the broken battalions and lately their efforts appear to have ramped up with more aggressive volunteering drives.
 

FunkMiller

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We know the orcs have tried to increase their presence in the field to resupply the broken battalions and lately their efforts appear to have ramped up with more aggressive volunteering drives.

Also there’s proof reservists are already in the field, despite Putin’s bullshit claiming otherwise. And further evidence that more reservists have been called into recruitment centres in Russia.

I do think Putin is going to try and monster Ukraine again after a conscription drive… which is actually a good thing. One, because it makes transparent his (extremely poor) strategy of just throwing bodies in. That’s what you do when you have no other choices. And frankly, the more Russian soldiers that get turned into paste by NATO weaponry under Ukrainian control, the better. At some point, rebellion will foment in Russia if enough people have enough male relatives sent to die on Putin’s folly.
 

FunkMiller

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Seriously, what the fuck is Germany doing?




Berlin Police have said Ukrainian flags are banned near WW2 memorials.

What kind of message does this send?

Apparently it's been done to prevent clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protestors. Why in the ever loving fuck are they being treated the same way?
 
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akimbo009

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Seriously, what the fuck is Germany doing?




Berlin Police have said Ukrainian flags are banned near WW2 memorials.

What kind of message does this send?

Apparently it's been done to prevent clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protestors. Why in the ever loving fuck are they being treated the same way?


Shitty Germany doing shitty things.

Bothsides dontcha know?!

(For peace on THEIR streets... But not Maripol. How.... Convenient..)
 

M1chl

Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Seriously, what the fuck is Germany doing?




Berlin Police have said Ukrainian flags are banned near WW2 memorials.

What kind of message does this send?

Apparently it's been done to prevent clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protestors. Why in the ever loving fuck are they being treated the same way?

This is also something to behold:

 

Tams

Member
Seriously, what the fuck is Germany doing?




Berlin Police have said Ukrainian flags are banned near WW2 memorials.

What kind of message does this send?

Apparently it's been done to prevent clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protestors. Why in the ever loving fuck are they being treated the same way?

German authorities are cucks, pure and simple.

I think the Prussians need to get on with setting up a separation movement.
 
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MidGenRefresh

*Refreshes biennially
Seriously, what the fuck is Germany doing?




Berlin Police have said Ukrainian flags are banned near WW2 memorials.

What kind of message does this send?

Apparently it's been done to prevent clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protestors. Why in the ever loving fuck are they being treated the same way?


They don't care about any of this. Invoices are more important than human life. Germany is not your friend.
 
Watch this, it's mindblowing, the end when speaking to his mother sent chills down my spine..



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Look at it that way... at least this guy will probably be treated better now as a POW than he's ever been by his own country and may yet survive this war. Now that this interview's been published I doubt he'll have much of a place to return to though...
 

zeomax

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Seriously, what the fuck is Germany doing?




Berlin Police have said Ukrainian flags are banned near WW2 memorials.

What kind of message does this send?

Apparently it's been done to prevent clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protestors. Why in the ever loving fuck are they being treated the same way?

They haven't banned Ukrainian flags! They have banned ALL flags and any kind of military signs near WW2 memorials. In any other places you can wave as many Ukrainian flags as you want.
 
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