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Old 20th Feb 2024, 10:54
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Ukrainian drone operators located a concentration of Russian hardware inside a large warehouse somewhere in the south of Ukraine, preparing for an assault.

The very skilled drone operators sent in several drones and eliminated several MBTs, IFVs, trucks and more. In the end, the fire set the entire warehouse ablaze and destroyed whatever was left.
Teach them not to leave the doors open!! ​​​​​​​
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 11:44
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Originally Posted by Video Mixdown
Nevertheless, Putin is going to lose - in many ways he has already lost. He has no 'international position' except as a supplicant in Pyongyang and Beijing, and his days of strutting at summits are gone for good. Russia is falling apart, he can do nothing to prevent it and the only question is whether old age, illness or his own disillusioned cronies get him first.
Agree, but problem here is not how we see it, but how Putin sees it.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 12:29
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Originally Posted by admikar
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Yes and no. Warsaw pact countries were never part of USSR. They were just a buffer, nothing more. Ukraine would be the same.
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No, Ukraine would become a second Belarus. Something that the Ukrainian people clearly refuse.
And those buffers in the Warsaw pact were filled with weapons against us.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 12:50
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It ain't much of a buffer if you can just drive through it?
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 12:58
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Originally Posted by B Fraser
Russia is the number 2 military power in Ukraine and the number 2 naval power in the Black Sea. The latter is all the more remarkable as the number 1 power does not have a navy.
As neither Mod nor Admin:
It occurs to me that Turkey is currently the Number one naval power in the Black Sea.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 13:10
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Originally Posted by admikar
Agree, but problem here is not how we see it, but how Putin sees it.
I doubt he eats anything these days without the worry it may be his last meal, Loyalty is fine unless someone offers your Chef ( The new one) or people serving you seriously large amounts of money. Same goes for sleeping, one would imagine he locks himself inside like Fort Knox.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 13:19
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Aerial drone wars

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Ok, its official, the low flying record is...... unless you know one lower. More like a rotary wheelbarrow.

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The illegal Government of the DPR appear to have a fire in their building

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Sweden provide details of their latest aid package


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Old 20th Feb 2024, 16:28
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Originally Posted by Video Mixdown
Nevertheless, Putin is going to lose - in many ways he has already lost. He has no 'international position' except as a supplicant in Pyongyang and Beijing, and his days of strutting at summits are gone for good. Russia is falling apart, he can do nothing to prevent it and the only question is whether old age, illness or his own disillusioned cronies get him first.
Sadly, Putin losing doesn’t erase the murderous deeds he committed and is still committing.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 16:48
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​​​​​​​Su-25 wheels up in the Rostov region after taking a hit from Ukrainian AD.
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Ok, its official, the low flying record is...... unless you know one lower. More like a rotary wheelbarrow.
“Too close for guns, switching to tyres:”
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 16:58
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I think that's an old piece of footage, recently reposted. I'm sure I've seen it before.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 17:42
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Just a hint, you would be more convincing if you didn't use the Russian spelling of Kuba.
Actually, this is how you spell Cuba in Ukrainian. If you see Russian in it, mabe you are {removed} mistaken.
You seem to be new here.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 18:25
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Stvarno? To ti je najbolji argument?
To ne mijenja činjenicu da je Amerika bila spremna na novi rat da spriječi projektile na Kubi.
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Really? That's your best argument?
This does not change the fact that America was ready for a new war to prevent missiles in Cuba.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 18:59
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As neither Mod nor Admin:
Aren't we all glad that cooler heads prevailed?

As Admin: (gentle reminder)
Please play the ball, not the man. Let's remember the first P in PPRuNe, please.
(This thread has generally been doing well, let's keep that trend up).
Thank you all in advance.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 19:45
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Originally Posted by MPN11
“Too close for guns, switching to tyres:”
I rarely log in anymore, I just read threads,

I thought this was bloody funny though ! Although maybe its a well know bit of humour I have never heard before
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"Extremely grim results of today's strike by Ukrainian forces against a large group of Russian soldiers who lined up on an empty field filmed from the side. The strike was reported earlier today, but surprisingly, footage emerged."





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Old 20th Feb 2024, 22:40
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Some may see this as just farmers protecting their livelihoods, but I see it different, farmers in Ukraine are risking their lives from land mines and booby traps to get this grain to where it needs to go and to feed the countries of Africa and the like. Many farmers and workers have been killed to see their efforts dumped on the side of some Polish road…. It sickens me that they are being allowed to do this.


I would bulldoze their tractors off the roads.
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