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Old 20th Jul 2023, 20:23
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Originally Posted by Sue Vêtements
Why have a mannequin dressed in camo with a bright white head to aim at?
It is a bit like your average grunt - to draw fire away from the essential organs, or in this case, the shopping trolley (harder to replace)
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Old 20th Jul 2023, 20:35
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Originally Posted by Beamr
Now Ukraine announced that shipping to occupied territories and to Russia is considered dangerous to health and safety
Except that arguably Ukraine has more to lose than Russia from the Black Sea becoming a no-go zone for mercantile shipping.
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Old 20th Jul 2023, 20:57
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Just what you want to hear on Holiday..



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Old 20th Jul 2023, 21:12
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Originally Posted by Wokkafans

Looks like a heap of were KIA/WIA prior to the CBU, just finished them and other off. Also alleged it was the strike that killed Mikhail Luchin.
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More Gepards on the way.

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Old 20th Jul 2023, 21:48
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Total and utter drivel, it simply is a desperate attempt to hold the poor Countries of the World to ransom in the hope it will force the west to lift the sanctions against Russia.

Pleading like this shows they are losing, the sanctions are crippling the Countries ability to operate and there is unrest forming…

The one Country that has the ability to change the course of the war is Russia, they need to leave Ukraine, pay reparations and put their case to the west for sanctions to be lifted, as long as they are on Ukrainian soil and killing Ukrainians there should be no change unless it is harder sanctions.


I agree with the comments

Russia has systematically targeted Ukraines farming industry. Destroying 90% of the irrigation systems in SE Ukraine, targeting food supplies. Bombing food export depots. All to engineer a famine to force the world to give Russia Ukrainian territory. Wake up.
​​​​​​​Russia has started systematically attacking and destroying food deposits in Ukraine. 120 million pounds of grain were destroyed in recent attacks, and Russia has demanded access to western banking systems in order to stop this attack on the worlds food supply. What should the world do in response? Simple. It should unite. Famine is not acceptable table stakes. The US, India, China +NATO should protect food shipments by force if necessary.


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40 more Spartans coming and Chieftains?

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A Film regarding cluster weapons in Ukraine about one team using them..

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Those who do not follow Ukraine closely, may have no idea that a huge internal conflict is brewing currently. In many regions, the Ukrainians are unhappy with how money is being spent for urbanism projects, culture etc. instead of the army.

On the national level, the same fury is unleashed too (see ‘Ingulets’ TV serie). In Zhytomyr, protestors spilled “blood” around a local administration building demanding re-route 100 millio Hryvnia (2,5 million USD) to army instead of pedestrian pavements reconstruction.

​​​​​​​As far as I understand, the protest was successful. But the fury and disappointment remain. Highly dangerous.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...358226432.html
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Old 20th Jul 2023, 23:37
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Those who do not follow Ukraine closely, may have no idea that a huge internal conflict is brewing currently. In many regions, the Ukrainians are unhappy with how money is being spent for urbanism projects, culture etc. instead of the army.

On the national level, the same fury is unleashed too (see ‘Ingulets’ TV serie). In Zhytomyr, protestors spilled “blood” around a local administration building demanding re-route 100 millio Hryvnia (2,5 million USD) to army instead of pedestrian pavements reconstruction.

​​​​​​​As far as I understand, the protest was successful. But the fury and disappointment remain. Highly dangerous.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...358226432.html
This is obviously the work of Russia supporters trying to create discord.
I'm sure the Ukrainian Army is not short on pocket change.
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Originally Posted by Sfojimbo
This is obviously the work of Russia supporters trying to create discord.
I'm sure the Ukrainian Army is not short on pocket change.

Yeah posted by a russian living in berlin. Smells like vatnik to me
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Those who do not follow Ukraine closely, may have no idea that a huge internal conflict is brewing currently. In many regions, the Ukrainians are unhappy with how money is being spent for urbanism projects, culture etc. instead of the army.

On the national level, the same fury is unleashed too (see ‘Ingulets’ TV serie). In Zhytomyr, protestors spilled “blood” around a local administration building demanding re-route 100 millio Hryvnia (2,5 million USD) to army instead of pedestrian pavements reconstruction.

As far as I understand, the protest was successful. But the fury and disappointment remain. Highly dangerous.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...358226432.html

I thought Zelensky had addressed this already?
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https://theins.ru/en/politics/263596

Exclusive: Russia’s Spies Say Putin Faces More Coups

Yevgeny Prigozhin's coup attempt in June left everyone in the world stunned - except Russian intelligence officials, some of whom tacitly supported the catering magnate's efforts. In this exclusive for The Insider, sources in the FSB, GRU and Ministry of Internal Affairs explain why Vladimir Putin's security apparatus failed to stop Wagner from seizing a key military base and charging all the way to the gates of Moscow.….

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Old 21st Jul 2023, 07:08
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Apparently Ukraine will receive F16's before end of the year.

Source: John Kirby, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications


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Girkin is done: his wife announced on his Telegram channel that Girkin was arrested this morning with the accusation of extremism.



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Hmmmm... That will only start if it comes from Belarus I would imagine and then the heavens will open up on them.


It seems to be.....



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Another total ***&^"*

One only hopes he ends up falling out of a window or better still starving to death.

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Zelensky just sacked Ukraine's UK ambassidor - apparently for the latter having criticised the "boss" about not showing enough gratitude for the help given by the UK
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Old 21st Jul 2023, 14:31
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Except that arguably Ukraine has more to lose than Russia from the Black Sea becoming a no-go zone for mercantile shipping.
True, but it’s already happened with the RU threat against shipping that transits Ukraine ports. Only sure way to resolve it is to neutralize the threat.
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Hmmm - Wagner was German….

Armin Papperger, CEO of the arms concern Rheinmetall, has responded to Russian authorities that threatened to view the concern's future plant in Ukraine a "legitimate target". He said Rheinmetall will defend the plant with their own air defense systems.

https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/...3090.bild.html

Russland will deutsche Panzer-Fabrik bombardieren
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