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IMHO this thread should be one of those protected threads where mindless, unimaginative, arse-achingly dull trolling - should be banned Who’s with me on this? Let attention-seeking incels infest the regular threads instead of a thread where one country has invaded another country. You'll notice tha...

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It's not necessary to be honest. Smoking is going to fade away in time as it gets taxed out of existence and there are far fewer new smokers over time to replace the older ones who die off. There just won't be a market for it in 30 years outside of niche higher end products like cigars and pipe toba...

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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 ...

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It appears now that 5 S-400 launchers were destroyed in Dzankhoi, not 3 as first reported.

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Saturday could be a very good day for Ukraine, support wise, fingers crossed. https://twitter.com/foxreports/status/1780615505705103833?s=61&t=5NL1Mo6jp6tPSFNmRh_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 Johnson ha...

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CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:29 pm A little bit of good news

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1 ... SFNmRh_ECg

And 15 dead and 22 injured so far.

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Just put him on ignore. Trolls feed on attention. Also please don't quote him.

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The strike on Dzhankoi last night destroyed 3 S-400 launchers and a radar installation.

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The Norwegian prime minister has stated that the F-16s that Ukraine will receive have been completely overhauled and upgraded. Meaning the avionics and radar systems are probably comparible to the Block 50/52 versions.

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The Russian army cannot make a breakthrough on the territory of Ukraine, which is why it is guided by an approach in the spirit of “maybe you’ll get lucky somewhere” without taking into account losses. This was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces, Major General E...

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He's a troll, don't engage with him.

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ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki 1/ Russia is considering a return to producing low-quality gasoline to make up for shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its oil refineries. However, this is likely to cause damage to vehicles, which owners may find difficult to repair due to a shortage of spare parts. ⬇...

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Frodder wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:11 pm
November2019 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:09 pm I've seen reports that Ukrainian troops are beginning to surrender in large numbers, even those in the more nationalistic units.
That's not good news, do you have a link?

He's lying. He's a vatnik troll.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:21 pm

https://twitter.com/jeffpearlman/status ... -kxoQ&s=19

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The Germans are going to transfer another Patriot system to Ukraine.

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Hang on, does this mean that hitting gas and fuel refineries actually damages the Russian war effort, meaning that those facilities are legitimate targets? They've always been legitimate targets. The US constantly bombed German refineries and ball bearing factories during WWII. The current bleating...

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ECONOMYGERMANY Three quarters - for Ukraine: German arms exports are growing Vitaly Kropman | Anastasia Shepelev 04/10/2024 In the first quarter of 2024, the German government approved exports of military goods worth at least 4.89 billion euros. Almost three quarters of German arms exports are dest...

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The airspace over Ukraine is closed. I highly doubt that is the actual route.

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https://twitter.com/delfoo/status/1778093800046448818?t=SptkDwKENt79_WQh-5JRiA&s=19 Russian diesel and petrol production has dropped by over 200,000 tons per week since the Ukrainian drone campaign began, and the shortfall can’t be offset by imports from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Hang on, does this m...

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https://twitter.com/delfoo/status/17780 ... 5JRiA&s=19

Russian diesel and petrol production has dropped by over 200,000 tons per week since the Ukrainian drone campaign began, and the shortfall can’t be offset by imports from Belarus and Kazakhstan.

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God, I wish Norm MacDonald was still alive.

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The US has approved $138m in emergency Hawk missile funding for Ukraine.

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Due to flooding in Orsk , the Voronezh M radar has stopped operating, there is a threat of flooding - media The resource of the Cheka-OGPU reported this with reference to its sources. The Voronezh M radar station in Orsk is located 20 km from the flooded Old Town , near the village of Kumak. Put in...

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https://youtu.be/2fssi3JuT-A?si=PZBWU2Gf0tdHVOz_

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openclashXX wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:59 pm
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.

Can't find the exact link due to feed moving on but it was either Euromaidan Press or Kyiv Independent.

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TBF, they're furiously researching, refining, and manufacturing budget drones and guidance systems that are capable of flying 800km into Russia and hitting distillation columns or hitting surface vessels 300km away in the Black Sea. Some highly skilled work involved there. Crippling that to send th...

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I remember reading an article about how the real victims of the war in Ukraine were the women who had to leave their homeland and faced sexual harassment. Not the men going to the front line of course… I read something similar about Trans/LGBTQA?!?/£$&#@% in Ukraine around March 2022 and I honestly...

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Unsurprisingly Syrskyi has announced that rotation of long-serving troops out of the line has started.

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The German government comissioned Rheinmetall to deliver 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the Ukraine. The order was placed in March 2024 and has a value in the mid double-digit million Euro range. The delivery of this new lot is scheduled within 2024. So far, Rheinmetall h...

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The Russian missile ship Serpukhov caught fire in Kaliningrad yesterday. It's reported that it's communication and automation systems were completely destroyed, so a very significant repair period will be required.

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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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The dam collapse at Orsk has shut down another Russian oil refinery.

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NATO is a combined effort. The logistics and command chains are integrated and coherent. It would be Finnish reserves, RAF typhoons & Storm Shadows, German Leo2s, US airlift, logistics, & reconnaissance, Swedish Grippens, French Rafaeles. Troops from everywhere. No one country would need to do ever...

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Also, France is one of the few countries who can sustain an expeditionary force far from home. Sure, not at the scale of Uncle Sam, but no-one can do that. France has carriers, heavy lift capacity, modern gen 4 fat jets, a radiant will equipped and sustained standing military (not territorial defen...

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Greece is looking to off-load 108 of it's older aircraft and it appears that 32 F-16C/D Block 30s have been earmarked for Ukraine. That would bring the total of F-16s to be transferred to 97.

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If Ukraine is forced to accept a loss of territory the question then is to what extent, if any, is Russia welcomed/accepted back into the international fold. I'd go with not at all, although I also wouldn't be currently pretending Russia O&G isn't being exported on a vast scale. We perhaps can't, o...

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If Ukraine is forced to accept a loss of territory the question then is to what extent, if any, is Russia welcomed/accepted back into the international fold. I'd go with not at all, although I also wouldn't be currently pretending Russia O&G isn't being exported on a vast scale. We perhaps can't, o...

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If Russia is allowed keep any Ukrainian territory WWIII will start within a decade. Any sort of Russian success will see them try again in 5 to 10 years. This is the point people keep ignoring, and what the Poles, Balts, and Czechs have been pointing out for years. At least the French have finally s...

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https://youtu.be/OJpXBF3GnpI?si=aWFeJ4nXU-hZKFfi

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It's a fairly straightforward thing to fix. Just mandate that a bench must consist of 5 forwards and 3 backs.

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