easily the lowest IQ vatnik propaganda ive seen in a while and thats saying something
I wonder if it was that lieutenant-general who conveniently retired from the Canadian military and left for Ukraine while he was being investigated for sexual misconduct?
probably restoring ukrainian sovereignty within its pre 2014 borders
of course he can. retreat troops from ukr territory and the war ends within a week. neither ukraine nor anyone else will invade russian territory.
they'll keep sanctions and economic pressure and trade embargos up, sure, that will likely stay until putin croaks and then they'll start negotiations with the next guy.
Someone's studied his "red" force recce.
Well, at least it didn't blow it's turret off. So maybe the blowout panels worked in the end.
Putin taking it from the pros.
Soon to be 4 navies as well. Korea getting in on the act by building their own baby flattop. China must be feeling a little crowded since all their neighbours are building up their own carriers, and given how shitty the Chink force is I'd take a baby flattop flying F35Bs over theirs anyday.
Probably not. Russia is far too large, and has far too many potential targets to make guarding all of them practical. Plus the fact that Ukraine (or worse disaffected Russians acting on their behalf) are able to sabotage shit in country is a bad sign in and of itself.
Not even remotely. This is precisely why
Russian callousness never disappoints. And then the propaganda and terminally online Russians claim that it's NATO's fault that almost everyone bordering Russia hates it.
Taking a ferry from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg is like a taking a time machine to Prague or East Germany of the early 90s. Driving from the port to Hermitage you have building after building with chipping facades, windows that need to be replaced, damaged bricks, and some buildings even have cracked walls. The few properly maintained buildings are usually owned by government or corporations. Everything looks nice only in the core of the city and the downtown area. Rest of the city is very neglected.
Can you blame them? Good portion of the government are former commies, they pursue the same imperialistic goals Soviets did, and keep blaming the U.S., NATO, and fascists/nazis for everything that goes wrong. Dissenters are jailed and anyone who gains too much power dies of poisoning or falls out of a window. Putin himself is nostalgic for the soviet era and sees it as something to emulate. His siloviki resemble Stalin's inner circle a bit. It's difficult not to see the current Russian government as the same thing as before but with a a new coat of paint; especially if you are an outsider.
Wholly buying into any side's narrative is a mistake. Both are waging their own info war campaigns. People on the pro-Russia/anti-American side should scrutinize Russian sources. Just look at all the wafting Russian media does after every setback that's too big to sweep under the rug. Moskva's sinking is a very clear example where narrative kept changing until it more or less matched up withe the western one.
Well yeah, that's why they engineered this proxy war to weaken Russia by getting Ukrainian fools to die for Nancy's stock portfolio and Hunter's crack money, and this is "supporting the Ukrainian people" or something, except the ones who want to leave but fuck them, because secession is racist, except when the US federal government approves.
The Russians, despite being retarded, are well aware of their dependency on railways. Guarding every stretch of railway is impossible, but really, it isn't impossible to guard most important railway bridges, and fix whatever needs fixing quickly, when you have 30,000 people dedicated to doing so. Railway sabotage has played a very tiny part in this war up to now and it will continue to do so. They will be minor setbacks and annoyances, at their worst.
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The Russians, despite being retarded, are well aware of their dependency on railways. Guarding every stretch of railway is impossible, but really, it isn't impossible to guard most important railway bridges, and fix whatever needs fixing quickly, when you have 30,000 people dedicated to doing so. Railway sabotage has played a very tiny part in this war up to now and it will continue to do so. They will be minor setbacks and annoyances, at their worst.
Russian Railway Troops - Wikipedia
I'd be willing to bet that particular stretch of railroad is going to be closely monitored for the rest of the war especially.
"Supporting the Ukrainian people" is a bullshit motive just like "protecting the ethnic Russian people of Donbass" is.
