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Russia begins Invasion of Ukraine

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As you know for the past 2 months Wagner (the best infantry on the planet according to some pro Russia American “analysts”) has been trying to take over Bahkmut. In the process they’ve suffered an exceptional amount of losses, including their commander for Ukraine (that’s the reason we saw them recruiting in prisons and now are trying to recruit mercenaries in South America and Europe).

Things are getting tougher lately for the brave defenders as Wagner got access to enough artillery ammo to do the usual pummel everything routine and are even sending armored units to scout in between barrages.

What does this mean? For one that defenders need trenches so they can walk without dragging their balls. And also that they might be close to the tipping point, that is to capture the city. We’ll see.
 
nemiroff

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GymWolf said:
That looked like such a tiny explosion...
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Yeah, but it's enough to send out a lot of shrapnel, it's like 100 bullets flying.

Forsete said:
If you say you are against Putin yet talk about american biolabs in Ukraine and CIA operations going on everywhere. What are you?
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Someone who spend too much time watching Fox News




Edit: And for the record, I'm not taking sides when it comes to mainstream media, CNN sucks balls too, perhaps even more.
 
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City of St Petersburg cancels fireworks and concerts for New Year in order to be able to buy equipment for mobilized. Other cities have cancelled events too – in order to save money – including Krasnodar, Voronezh, Sovetsk, Chernyakhovsk, Rostov-on-Don, Zelenogradsk and Bryansk​


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Come on Putler, you have billions of dollars, why not share the happiness of the New Year with the poor who will be mobilized to their dead? I mean, one last celebration before they die.
 
Spaceman292

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NoLootBoxDev said:

City of St Petersburg cancels fireworks and concerts for New Year in order to be able to buy equipment for mobilized. Other cities have cancelled events too – in order to save money – including Krasnodar, Voronezh, Sovetsk, Chernyakhovsk, Rostov-on-Don, Zelenogradsk and Bryansk​

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Come on Putler, you have billions of dollars, why not share the happiness of the New Year with the poor who will be mobilized to their dead? I mean, one last celebration before they die.
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'You will each be given a firework to throw at Ukranian satanists. Aim well, comrades.'
 
Bragr

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You have to wonder what Putin expected.

The death tolls are staggering. If Russia was more connected to the outside world, Putin would have been overthrown already, the populace would not accept such hell for so little gain. It's no wonder that Russia is doing it's best to conjure up alternate storylines for what is going on. The only way Putin can continue this is if he makes Russians believe outlandish reasoning.

How one person, one grown man, can create such suffering, is hard to fathom.
 
funkygunther

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Bragr said:
You have to wonder what Putin expected.

The death tolls are staggering. If Russia was more connected to the outside world, Putin would have been overthrown already, the populace would not accept such hell for so little gain. It's no wonder that Russia is doing it's best to conjure up alternate storylines for what is going on. The only way Putin can continue this is if he makes Russians believe outlandish reasoning.

How one person, one grown man, can create such suffering, is hard to fathom.
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he expected Crimea 2
 
winjer

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Bragr said:
You have to wonder what Putin expected.

The death tolls are staggering. If Russia was more connected to the outside world, Putin would have been overthrown already, the populace would not accept such hell for so little gain. It's no wonder that Russia is doing it's best to conjure up alternate storylines for what is going on. The only way Putin can continue this is if he makes Russians believe outlandish reasoning.

How one person, one grown man, can create such suffering, is hard to fathom.
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He expected that Ukraine would be a push over. An easy target to capture in 3 days.
And that the EU would ignore all his crimes in exchange for oil and gas.
 
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winjer said:
He expected that Ukraine would be a push over. An easy target to capture in 3 days.
And that the EU would ignore all his crimes in exchange for oil and gas.
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Yeah. The Russians were about 10 miles from Kiev on about the third day of the invasion. Putin sorely underestimated the Ukraine and the army he sent in was left to rot. I think the convoy was slowly destroyed as it queued for about 40 miles.

I remember watching the live webcam feeds of Kiev during those early days with the same sense of dread I had watching the Gorbachev coup in August 1991.

Watching live as a teenager on Sky News, the BBC and CNN back then not knowing how it might escalate was tough.

The thought that Russian tanks could have popped out of a Kiev side street brought back those very same tense feelings.
 
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