Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022): Thread 1 - Ukrainian Liars vs Russian Liars with Air and Artillery Superiority

[3-2-1836]

The based Asians who run my local liquor store aren't complying with the gay sanctions. Just bought a bottle of Stoli and toasting to my nigga Vlad. May the road rise to meet you, comrade!

Stoli isn't Russian, it's based in Latvia.

Edit: To the people rating the disagree, Stoli is owned by a Russian Jew who lives in Switzerland, and is distilled in Latvia, and the Stoli we get is actually illegal to sell in Russia after Putin forcibly renationalized the brand there in 2001 and issued an warrant for the owner.

Putin targets Stoli boss in the battle for vodka billions

The ubiquitous Russian export and favourite tipple of Boris Yeltsin is at the centre of a bitter war between government and big business as President Vladimir Putin tries to wrest control of Stolichnaya vodka back to the state.

www.theguardian.com

Could be the police, but if I had to guess it's Redditor that bought the cheapest gear he could find on eBay and went over. Police are pretty retarded when it comes to tactical shit, but I don't know of many who would be using a flick, but also have mag pouches on the molly webbing on their plate carrier/vest. Granted that could be an assault pack or something he's laying on and not just a flick, but that would mean he only had two mag pouches on him which is pretty dumb too.

What about the St George ribbons on his helmet?

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

The EU still relies too much on the US for military support. At least this war is showing that maybe taking defense more seriously is a good thing. Also, I think other countries (especially Germany), should pay their fair share into NATO, because for the most part, it’s not as useful as people make it out to be, and is a money sink for the US.

No, it isn't. How is it a money sink when the children of Charlemagne and Alfred the Great rely on - of all demented things - Biden to bail them out? That's a worthwhile investment.

 

[Thiletonomics]

Why don’t they use geothermal? Even spics use it.

There is a Geothermal power plant on the Big Island, but I forgot what percentage of power it provides there. I also don't remember if environmentalists or Native Hawaiians have blocked attempts at expanding it.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Are they wearing uniforms though? I know that you don't have to be in the regular army. France has the concept of a foreign legion too.
So far I didn't read anything about uniforms etc.
Only some LARP about signing a contract, so that sounds like mercenary work (do they even get paid?) up to that point.
Nothing about uniforms so far.

International Law requires that all lawful combatants be identifiable to each other. There is no standard on "how", just that it must be done. Ukraine seems to be doing this with the yellow armbands.

 

[Chen Stirner]

In light of so many things that are Russian getting canceled, I hope this composer doesn’t. Prokofiev is one of my favorite Russian composers

He's one of the best.

 

[MrJokerRager]

International Law requires that all lawful combatants be identifiable to each other. There is no standard on "how", just that it must be done. Ukraine seems to be doing this with the yellow armbands.

What the fuck happened to flag patches?

Both sides cheap for that now?

 

[LaxerBRO]

Because this website started to document Chris Chan and those who are weird on the internet, you guys have Reddit, twatter, Facebook, discord, whatever billion other fucking websites like Ihavenevertouchedavagina.incel to politically sperg
.
Remember one thread got so heated the fbi contacted our dear feeder.
I think in order to be a member of the farms you have to demonstrate a decent knowledge of one lolcow within a month and not just typing “Julayyy!”
All this politics shit needs to get off the fucking farms.

You can just exit out of the Happening section.

Observe!

Cuck exiting out of the autism thunderdome.

P.S. Now excuse me while I bake some tendies and tater tots.

 

[Kane Lives]

What the fuck happened to flag patches?

Both sides cheap for that now?

They both also have militia units who do not have standard uniforms. Or flag patches.

 

[mindlessobserver]

What the fuck happened to flag patches?

Both sides cheap for that now?

Ukraine and Russias uniforms look to similar...scratch that they are identical because both are using Soviet surplus.

 

[Herty]

Life loves irony:

That is what you get for supporting the demonic Yanks, Ruskies!

 

[mudwogg]

Somebody might have posted it already but wtf

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False advertising at its finest.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

There is a Geothermal power plant on the Big Island, but I forgot what percentage of power it provides there. I also don't remember if environmentalists or Native Hawaiians have blocked attempts at expanding it.

How would geothermal replace oil anyways? Are they plugging their cars/trucks/ships/planes into volcanoes or something?

 

[LaxerBRO]

WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR!?

Raytheon Stock Performance 2021 to 2022

 

[Maurice Caine]

Because this website started to document Chris Chan and those who are weird on the internet, you guys have Reddit, twatter, Facebook, discord, whatever billion other fucking websites like Ihavenevertouchedavagina.incel to politically sperg
.
Remember one thread got so heated the fbi contacted our dear feeder.
I think in order to be a member of the farms you have to demonstrate a decent knowledge of one lolcow within a month and not just typing “Julayyy!”
All this politics shit needs to get off the fucking farms.

I like it here. No rules like in the A&N thread.

 

[Jump]

Shell continues to buy oil and gas from Russia. They even got a discount to.
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"the deep discounts Russia is going to have to sell" is just cope. 28 off is a discount but the Brent price is $118/bl right now.
Ha Ha they are ONLY getting $90 a barrel for oil now! RUSSIA BTFO!

Lets totally ignore the fact that oil was $70 a barrel just 3 months ago.
As a guy who spends lots of money with SHELL every year this makes me happy.

 

[Gehenna]

I don't think the hyper positive "were totally winning" propaganda is as good an idea as they think. True you don't want your military and civilians thinking they're screwed but the super positivity has two major problems

1. The army and civilians think twice before taking super risky/suicidal actions, after all you're winning why would you throw your life away?

2. A lot of the boots on the ground know it's not going anywhere near that good so lose all faith in what they are being told. Ever been in a failing company where everyone knows it's failing but they keep trotting out the CEO to give big motivational speeches about how well the company is doing? Yeah, that's when you start updating your CV.

The messaging needs to be positive but realistic.

The problem with this idea is that Ukraine is lost. While it is putting up a hell of a fight, without outside aid it cannot possibly win.


Any realistic take has to acknowledge this, and ask its men to die for nothing.

 

[MrJokerRager]

The issue the US ran into in the Afghan war was that nobody Recognized the Taliban as a government and certainly not AL Qaeda. They also didn't really wear uniforms. Just the local civilian dress. That was the justification for GITMO and enhanced interrogations. Russia does not even have that fig leaf here though. Ukrain and Russia have exchanged ambassadors after all.

Looks like the Talichads learned a valuable lesson from that.

They decided to wear the skin of their defeated enemies and dress up like us.

 

[Hüftpriester]

Which country are you from and what sanctions are they not complying with exactly ?

Even if their in a place that has banned Russian food/drink imports it's not like they can't sell what they've already got in stock.

I'm in burgerland. A lot of white boomers are voluntarily taking Russian products off their shelves but fortunately for me, Asians only care about the bottom line.

 

[mindlessobserver]

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Raytheon Stock Performance 2021 to 2022

Raytheon makes the FGM-148 Javelin. Before Putin decided to start a conventional war in Europe this squad use, light infantry Anti-Tank missile fell under the heading of "cool shit bro".

It's now destroying BMPs, T-72, and even shooting down attack helicopters. It's gone from "cool shit bro" to "holy SHIT bro!".

I've been banging on the drum for YEARS that the Javelin ATM was a paradigm shift in modern warfare and have been called a retard for YEARS for it. Including by Russian shills in this very thread.

Hurr Durr, Mindlessobserver, you have a cow as your avatar. There is no way a man portable rocket has made the tank obsolete.

 

[Smity Werbenjagermanjensen]

The problem with this idea is that Ukraine is lost. While it is putting up a hell of a fight, without outside aid it cannot possibly win.


Any realistic take has to acknowledge this, and ask its men to die for nothing.

IMO Ukraine is gonna lose, but it's not lost. The odds of Russia managing to keep a hold of a very recently acquired puppet, that they got through a war that caused tens of thousands of deaths, while going through a massive economic crisis from the result of the sanctions is pretty low.

I'll be shocked if Ukraine is still a Russian puppet state in 5 years.