Ceaze
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- Jun 4, 2000
- 67,824
They're only ordering 14 F-16s, I'm surprised some can't just be leased to them. But maybe they haven't started training.
Ceaze
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- Jun 4, 2000
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whatever
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- Feb 18, 2004
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Achmiel
Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshi
Scoob_13
Hello Nice FBI Lady
Guessing arms export laws in the various countries are a factor in that.
Can't just hand over current USAF F-16's and say goodluck.
Ceaze
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- Jun 4, 2000
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Russians demolishing another city
I really don't get the point of this strategy. So they grab land but are they going to rebuild any of the cities considering that they don't spend on existing infrastructure (outside of Moscow, St. Petersburg and maybe a few more big cities) and most of their country lives in poverty. Ok, so their empire grows, but the newly added territories are going to be just as poor, corrupted and oppressed as most of Russia. What's the point of all this?
I really don't get the point of this strategy. So they grab land but are they going to rebuild any of the cities considering that they don't spend on existing infrastructure (outside of Moscow, St. Petersburg and maybe a few more big cities) and most of their country lives in poverty. Ok, so their empire grows, but the newly added territories are going to be just as poor, corrupted and oppressed as most of Russia. What's the point of all this?
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PanzerAce
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- Feb 25, 2006
- 8,289
No, they don't want there to be a concept of Ukraine. So they're going to plow under any trace that the country existed if they can, and that includes destroying the towns. Destroy the town, ship the residents out to the far east, ban mention of where they're from. Two generations down the line and they aren't Ukrainian anymore.
whatever
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- Feb 18, 2004
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Vanilla Tarantino
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1) Gain access to the resources in that area (oil/gas).
2) Move front lines.
3) Claim some sort of victory.
4) Eliminate the idea of Ukraine and the Ukrainian identity.
garbagemanlb
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Dr. Charisma
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ludewig
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Institute for the Study of War
The Kremlin recently replaced the commander of the Russian Airborne (VDV) forces and may be in the process of radically reshuffling the command structure of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, indicating a possible purge of senior officers blamed for
Key Takeaways
- The Kremlin recently replaced the commander of the Russian Airborne (VDV) forces and may have fired the commander of the Southern Military District and appointed a new overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, indicating ongoing dysfunction in the Kremlin’s conduct of the war.
- Russian forces conducted several successful advances in settlements southeast of Severodonetsk on June 21 and may be able to threaten Lysychansk in the coming days while avoiding a difficult opposed crossing of the Siverskyi Donets River.
- Russian forces continued to launch assaults on settlements along the T1302 Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway to interdict Ukrainian ground lines of communications (GLOCs).
- Russian operations along the Izyum-Slovyansk axis are increasingly stalled as Russian forces prioritize operations around Severodonetsk.
- Russian forces likely recaptured the eastern bank of the Inhulets River from the Ukrainian bridgehead situated near the Kherson-Mykolaiv Oblast border.
- Ukrainian forces reportedly struck Russian positions on Snake Island in the Black Sea, likely to destroy Russian fortifications and equipment on the island, but ISW cannot confirm competing Ukrainian and Russian claims of the results of the attack.
- Russian occupation authorities are continuing to face challenges recruiting local collaborators and are likely relying on Russian government personnel to consolidate their societal control of occupied Ukrainian territories.
Dr. Charisma
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From the interview with a Russian billionaire Konstantin Malofeev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Malofeev
For a Russian president to turn into an emperor and for Russia to turn into an empire is the logical conclusion from all the research that I and a group of scientists have conducted over four years. Russia can only be an empire - this is its real and only possible form of existence. Without a great mission, we, Russians, are no different from Ukrainians - the same as they are: by genotype, by blood. We are united by all but one thing: we have an imperial idea, but they do not.
Right now we are an authoritarian state, thank God. We are controlled by one center of power: that is why Russia has not yet disintegrated, defying constant attempts to destroy us through hybrid, digital, economic, any other war waged against us. We have survived because we rule as the empire rules.
moskvichmag.ru
For a Russian president to turn into an emperor and for Russia to turn into an empire is the logical conclusion from all the research that I and a group of scientists have conducted over four years. Russia can only be an empire - this is its real and only possible form of existence. Without a great mission, we, Russians, are no different from Ukrainians - the same as they are: by genotype, by blood. We are united by all but one thing: we have an imperial idea, but they do not.
Right now we are an authoritarian state, thank God. We are controlled by one center of power: that is why Russia has not yet disintegrated, defying constant attempts to destroy us through hybrid, digital, economic, any other war waged against us. We have survived because we rule as the empire rules.
«Мы авторитарное государство, слава Богу» — основатель «Царьграда» Константин Малофеев - Москвич Mag
Инвестиционный банкир и бизнесмен Константин Малофеев рассказывает, как «умыл» Google, отправив деньги, выигранные в суде за блокировку ютуб-канала «Царьград», на поддержку спецоперации, и называет свою самую большую потерю из-за попадания под санкции в 2014 году. Как вы относитесь к тому, что...
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Dr. Charisma
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Maybe it's because I'm high but this is the craziest god damn thing I've seen so far
And give that cameraman a huge promotion holy shit
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Finally something the Germans promised is moving towards Ukraine (filmed in Poland)