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War in Ukraine

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by PITBOSS, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. G8trGr8t

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    both of them went down. major environmental disaster. wonder if other nations want to allow these dark tankers who have likely had little maintenance since the war started, traversing their waters.
     
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  2. G8tas

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    Did the right wing ever come to a consensus as for the reasons for the war? Remember when they told us it was to battle Nazis?
     
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  3. duggers_dad

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    Hysterical Russophobia is a bipartisan phenomenon, albeit more common among people still wearing masks and eagerly awaiting their next shot.
     
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  4. PITBOSS

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    “Trump used an interview with Time magazine to criticise the decision. “It’s crazy what’s taking place. It’s crazy. I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why are we doing that? We’re just escalating this war and making it worse,”

    Putin admin in response…
    “The statement fully aligns with our position, with our view on the reasons for escalation,” Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. “That impresses us. It is obvious that Trump understands exactly what is escalating the situation.”



    Russia launches huge missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure | Ukraine | The Guardian
     
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  5. G8tas

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    So the narrative of battling Nazis in Ukraine has changed is what you're saying
     
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    How does it follow ?
     
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    More evidence of North Koreans fighting for Russia, this an armored division …

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  9. G8trGr8t

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    and magats will shake their head and obediently agree with master Putin and pray that dear leader djt wisdom continues to improve with each holy day before them...c.u.l.t
     
  10. G8trGr8t

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    good stuff. no reason we shouldn't be using those surveillance drones with thermal imaging along the border. another automated flyway surveillance corridor to be built and monitored.

    russian armor losses not being replaced and men onyl suicide expeditions indicate that the armor int he reserves has been exhausted or supply lines moving aromr are limited. The desperation seems to suggest the former. That wold seem to be a big tell if Russia cannot replace aromr in their most important assualt, ie take back Russian territory, I just hope that the EU and others can keep Ukraine int he fight long enough such that it is resolved more on their terms than on djt's
     
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  12. ATLGATORFAN

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    Thanks for the link. Goes along with my thoughts that outside a nuclear exchange Putin is no threat to Western Europe. He can’t even run a supply line in his own country. How is he going to pull off a combined arms offensive in western Poland? Much less Western Europe. Drones and javelins appear to have neutralized the threat of advancing armor. So he can build tanks and APCs as fast as he wants but he’s going against $300 suicide drones with warheads literally zip tied to them. Can’t even call it a guerrilla war….what kind of advanced mechanized fighting force can’t get past dragons teeth? Hard to believe. Furthermore, I saw nothing in the video about any air support and certainly no CAS. Left to assume none exists which is another jaw dropper. Putin can’t even provide any air cover inside his own border for exposed armor and now advancing infantry ? Even a basic WWII blitzkrieg would be more tactically sound than what his forces appear capable .
     
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  13. g8orbill

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  15. ajoseph

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    Their explanations for the Russian invasion has been, well … fluid as the war rages.
     
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    Pretty sure they're still rolling with that one. Once the FSB types seize upon a narrative, they lock on like a Pitbull.
     
  17. duggers_dad

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    Especially the schools and apartment buildings Ukrainian troops have commandeered and use exclusively for military operations.
     
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    I see no change in objectives. Apparently, not all the Nazis have been killed.
     
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    Some good information in this video about the two Russian oil tankers that went down in the Sea of Azov, the first offensive operations undertaken by the North Koreans near Kursk, and a well-coordinated Ukrainian deep strike on a Russian train carrying fuel. I did not know that Putin had set a deadline of 20 December for his forces to take back the Ukrainian-occupied portions of Kursk Oblast. I hope he's feeling generous when it comes to extensions.

    North Koreans Take Insane Losses in their FIRST BATTLE in Kursk | Two Russian Oil Tankers Sank - YouTube
     
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