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Germany's going through one of its "we support Ukraine" phases again Germany has written to dozens of countries including Gulf Arab states to plead for more air defence systems for Ukraine, saying Kyiv needed urgent help to protect its cities, troops and critical infrastructure from the “murderous o...

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The question is more what he'll table at this point I think. If the Dems will be prepared to swallow a loan type aid deal and if there's any unacceptable riders on it. Content has been published: The content of the Ukraine aid bill has been published on the House of Representatives website. Similar...

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The BBC's independent verification of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, through sources like funeral postings, newspapers, social media and graveyard satellite photos, has now climbed above 50,000 confirmed killed

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68819853

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towny wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:14 pm So the US would loan Ukraine to buy obsolete/expired equipment and ammunition that’s in US inventory instead of the US throwing it out?

That’s a good deal, right?

Yes, and the money the Ukrainians "pay" would go towards restocking. It's effectively a subsidy for American weapons manufacturers

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Russian "peacekeepers" officially withdrawing from Karabakh - that's around 2,000 troops. Full control of the territory now with Azerbaijan Russia has begun withdrawing its "peacekeeping" contingent from Nagorno-Karabakh, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on April 17, according to Russian...

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CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:31 pm Saturday could be a very good day for Ukraine, support wise, fingers crossed.

https://twitter.com/foxreports/status/1 ... SFNmRh_ECg

He's likely signed his own political death warrant by finally moving ahead with a vote on this bill, but it's long overdue

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Last night's strike on Dzhankoy in Crimea looks more and more curious Early indications that the Ukrainians used ATACMS missiles ($1m each) to strike the base. Russian milbloggers claiming it was as many as 11 missiles, likely a massive exaggeration but certainly multiple were used as more than one ...

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The UK already has one of the lowest smoking rates in the developed world, under 15% of people smoke, down from around 35% in 2000. That's considerably below the 20-40% range across most of the EU. The anti-smoking legislation passed during that time clearly had some effect. I would've preferred hav...

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Completely forget there was Champions League on tonight

These scores

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So it looks like the US house vote on Ukraine aid will be voted on, potentially as early as this Friday - but not as part of a combined bill with Israel + Taiwan + border funding, but instead as a standalone funding bill for Ukraine Would be keen to know whether that improves or harms its chances of...

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Reports emerging that morale among Russian troops is so low that many are now committing ritual seppuku instead of running head-first into the next meat wave assault source: trust me bro LOL. Keep swallowing whatt America, the UK, Western MSM, Facebook and youtube allow. You're being completely not...

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Reports emerging that morale among Russian troops is so low that many are now committing ritual seppuku instead of running head-first into the next meat wave assault

source: trust me bro

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According to The Standard, the FA recently released data on the Chelsea stars as part of their annual agent payments report last week. The data suggests that the Blues have extended the contracts of Fernandez and Mudryk until 2032 and 2031 respectively. If both the players stay at Stamford Bridge u...

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Suggestions that they've exhausted the combat capabilities over several areas of the frontline at this point based on the expenditure of men and materiel over their winter offensive(s). Surely it'll take them a good while to reconstitute and resupply before they can throw people into the grinder ag...

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While all the focus is on Israel: Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Head Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov stated that Ukrainian forces are preparing to repel a future Russian major offensive expected in late May or the beginning of June but noted that this will be “catastrophi...

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If you believe it’s over, explain how? The City run-in is how. Hard to make a case for them getting anything other than the full 18 points available. Spurs away is the only fixture you could conceivably see them dropping points at, which looks less and less likely with their form in the last few ga...

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300 drones and missiles fired, only 7 actually hit anything. No casualties, no major damage Great Iranian success :thumbup: If you want to appear like a tough guy who lashes out indiscriminately at the first provocation, ie Israel, it isn't, but if what you're doing is playing a longer game, it is....

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300 drones and missiles fired, only 7 actually hit anything. No casualties, no major damage

Great Iranian success

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The latest Battlegrounds episode is worth a listen. The section with journalist Julius Strauss on his field visit to Kharkiv and Eastern Ukraine, interactions with soldiers and locals, the reactions he gets when speaking in Russian now vs 1 year ago. Insightful https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Cbiw...

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/4p4cb4gsuR4dpInygeYMbT?si=NiVE1Un3SV6WSOHfBM-wSQ&nd=1&utm_medium=organic&product=open&%24full_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fepisode%2F4p4cb4gsuR4dpInygeYMbT%3Fsi%3DNiVE1Un3SV6WSOHfBM-wSQ&feature=organic&_branch_match_id=1249975132369160527&_branch_referrer=H4...

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Do refinery attacks matter for the Russian state budget? They mostly don't - this sounds counterintuitive, but let me explain how it works Russian state collects all petroleum taxes at the wellhead. There are two different regimes for different fields, one is called Mineral Extraction Tax (NDPI), o...

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Ukrainian soldiers have criticised the country’s new conscription law after provisions were removed to send soldiers home from the front lines after 3 years. It had been hoped that the bill, which has been the subject of heated debate, would have paved the way for the demobilisation of soldiers aft...

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Germany's anti-nuclear energy stance coming back to haunt it - gas-intensive German industries no longer competitive enough globally German industry is unlikely to recover to pre-Ukraine war levels as elevated prices from imported liquefied natural gas have put Europe’s largest economy at a “disadva...

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 5:30 pm Unsurprisingly Syrskyi has announced that rotation of long-serving troops out of the line has started.

Source? Great news if true.

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Seems you are determined to pick a fight on the basis that any criticism of the actions of Ukrainian political and military leadership is heresy. Vatnik mentality. Suit yourself.

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My understanding is that their shell shortage is the hugely significant factor in this. It's lack of shells, not men, that's causing them to slowly conceed slivers of land to attackers. In the short-term and in the context of individual battles, yes I agree. But over the medium-term, there's a grow...

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Speaking of Kazakhstan... As per Reuters sources, Russian officials have unofficially requested Kazakhstan to prepare gasoline for possible export to Russia. Officially, Shyngys Ilyasov, an advisor to Kazakhstan’s energy minister, said the energy ministry has not received such a request from its Rus...

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To be clear, you general narrative, as I see it, is that a negotiated settlement can be achieved and maintained with Russia. That is dangerous in the extreme. Absolutely not. My point is that Ukraine has a stated political objective - to reclaim its 1991 borders - that is massively disconnected fro...

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Are you being deliberately argumentative? The USA was the sponsor of those wars. They did the heavy lifting. Everyone else supplied a few thousand troops. As it stands, Britain could not now replicate even that effort. By various reports, Britain would run out of artillery shells in 6 weeks. Ukrain...

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shanky wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:29 pm All these countries (inc France) are geared towards limited conflicts, not grinding ground wars

Afghanistan and Iraq never happened, huh?

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Why is it stupid? Britain has like a handful of regiments and 3 working ships, but they’re going to sail into the Baltic to defend a place your average person couldn’t find on a map? What's the British airforce like these days? Could NATO not expect to win air superiority given how Russia have stru...

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Why is it stupid? Britain has like a handful of regiments and 3 working ships, but they’re going to sail into the Baltic to defend a place your average person couldn’t find on a map? Britain has done far more outlandish things in the past. They deployed troops to Iraq - twice. The average Brit is f...

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Why is it stupid? Britain has like a handful of regiments and 3 working ships, but they’re going to sail into the Baltic to defend a place your average person couldn’t find on a map? Britain has done far more outlandish things in the past. They deployed troops to Iraq - twice. The average Brit is f...

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I don’t think Putin will have a go at an active NATO member. He is in no position to do that. Belarus if it tries to be non-puppet is another story. Article 5 would ensure that an attack on a NATO county would be the last thing Putin would ever do. This. A discussion on the likelihood of Russia inv...

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Now the question is what gain for Russia in going at war again? Is it worth it? Assuming that Putin's only motivation is expansionism and land-grabbing, then a more appropriate question would be: how many countries could seriously fit the bill of potential targets where Russia can justify another o...

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For pity's sake. No and no. The single biggest issues is weapons and ammunition for those weapons. In particular long range weapons and sufficient ammunition to make them counite and give the Russians pause. The alternative would be to expend people, which the Russians would eagerly accept and reli...

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Now the question is what gain for Russia in going at war again? Is it worth it? Assuming that Putin's only motivation is expansionism and land-grabbing, then a more appropriate question would be: how many countries could seriously fit the bill of potential targets where Russia can justify another o...

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It's also a loss which emboldens Putin. It does get him what he wants out of the war at this stage - which is unpalatable to say the least. And opens the door for a repeat down the track. Everyone is massively overestimating the odds of this happening. The Russians are done, this war has shattered ...

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It might be controversial to point this out, but Trump's (supposed) intention of freezing the conflict and ceding Crimea + Donbas to Russia is not inconsistent with the reality of the current manpower situation in Ukraine Ukraine's political objectives of restoring its 1991 borders are increasingly ...

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A Ukrainian investigative journalism outlet Slidstvo.Info said on April 6 that their journalist, Yevhenii Shulhat, appeared to be targeted for military draft as retaliation for his work investigating authorities. Earlier in the week, Shulhat was approached by uniformed men who said they represented...

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