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Tanks. But no tanks.
Probably got informed there are no tanks, or plant.. >

Liking booking a press conference at Four Seasons and finding out it is a lawn and garden store >

So the tank plant was just a Russian Petsmart that happens to sell aquarium plants and tanks. >

Funny you say that because the word “Tank” itself as an identifier for these big armored tracked vehicles with a big canon on a turret was initially named “tanks” to disguise their existence in paperwork.   “Tanks” meant “containers for liquids” so you could use the term In government paperworks without indicating that you’re talking about armored vehicles if these papers were intercepted. >

Courtesy of RPGs, the term proceeded to mutate further into a verb meaning "soak up damage", even though armored vehicles shouldn't do that deliberately. >

So all that armor is really just for show? I really wanted one 🤬 >

Dont shoot the reactive armour.  It shoots back. >

"the city has never lived so well as in these two days while awaiting Putin’s visit. The snow was removed, the city lights were turned on."
God lord, this is sad. >

So broke and lacking utility workers they can only turn the street lights on when the boss arrives lol >

Ever read about that town that only turned on the fountains when the king was passing through the town square? >

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Ironically, his popularity is tanking. >

Not if he treads carefully >

You think he can turret around? >

As long as he doesn't SABOTage his own regime >

If he does he will feel the HEAT >

People on the internet are pretty savvy.  Imagine a picture next to a T-14 and the internet figures out it the same one from months ago? 
Or even a new t-90 actually being the same tank as a few months ago. >

But this one has go-faster stripes! >

Those are speed holes, they uh, make the tank go faster. >

Honestly, after learning about Russians capturing an aircraft with a manufacturing defect and putting the defect into the reproduced aircrafts because they didn’t know its purpose, I’m not sure they’d know for sure they aren’t speed holes. >

Interesting, someone know which defect and plane ? >

If I remember correctly, we had a trio of b29s that landed with battle damage after bombing Japan, on Russian soul. When manufacturing them. There where like 3 or 4 holes drilled into a piece by accident on one of them. When the USSR copied them, they didn't know they were mistakes, so they manufactured their tu4(I think) which was a copy of the b29, with less consistent metallurgy and those holes drilled in that one piece. >

This sounds like one of those things that’s not actually true though >

I'm pretty sure it is true. My father served in the Soviet air forces and he told me the same story about stupid Russian engineers. >

Can you name a better strike target than a tank factory with the leader of the invading nation? >

The oil refinery? >

This >

This reads like Ukraine is saying "we were totally going to hit you, mister" >

He probably shouldn't be announcing any scheduled appearances at all at this point, the number of people who want him dead inside of Russia is probably in the tens of millions, Ukrainians aside. >

That’s exactly why he SHOULD be announcing his appearances publicly. >

Maybe he learned the FSB is after him for saying "war" and he's on the run to avoid jail! >

Oo what’s the context for this? Has he changed his rhetoric officially, or was it a one-off Biden style word vomit? >

Instead of special military operation he said war in an announcement breaking his own rules and thus making himself a criminal. >

He’s probably fearful of being assasinated >

Last minute tip off you think? >

I’m sure the FSB discovered a heightened threat level. There are tens of thousands that want him dead >

Probably closer to billions. >

and yet Tucker Carlson goes on Fox News Youtube, and complains, Zelenskky, wore a green shirt at the whitehouse >

They already used that one with the tan suit outrage. They need some new material. >

Why get new material when your audience doesn't even notice? >

keep it simple stupid / keep it stupid simple in full effect >

Probably going to Sochi to bunker in….some German guy did that too awhile back, right? >


Probably going to Sochi

No, he visited Tula instead (arms manufacturing center). >

I hope he doesnt carelessly smoke a cigarette there. >

I'm guessing his panzer full. >

Tanks for the mental image. >

He has certainly lost every bit of credibility >

I'm betting Putin shit his pants again,... >

Russian war pants, go shit yourself! >

Tanks? Sorry, no Tanks!