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  Fuck Putin
context: I've never seen a ceiling do that!  Normally,  it just collapses from the water build up, and continues to drip down. >
  
  Yeah I don't quite understand what was going on in that shot. The material must be some sort of rubber or something to flex that severely and not tear. >
  
  Damn it, I was too slow to respond to that "Germany could be planning to invade Ukraine" guy. >
  
  It's scorched into my absurd community memories list.
  Up there with the guy asking for links to live streams from Ukranian troop helmet cams during the first few days of the war. >
  
  That's pretty crazy.  They just left their comrades bodies a few feet from where they are,  and are just sitting around in the trenches. >
  
  It might also be the fact they don’t want to die, and just needed a reason to stop the train. >
  
  One day, this war will be over, and Ukrainians and other welcome free peoples will be able to freely travel with safety and confidence across the full body of their country.
  I look forward to visiting that day. >
  
  It will be awesome to visit a free and thriving Ukraine,  the tourism industry will go through the roof. >
  
  I like him, he sounds smart. >
  
  One of the latest RU propaganda points that keeps making the rounds now.  Some usually vague and muddied version of:
  Russia has more people / tanks / new equipment / chemical / newks / will to escalate so "we" should all just negotiate or give up now cause it makes sense right??
  Realize that the reasons provided do not matter in the slightest - the entire goal is to try to sway public opinion to believe that it makes sense to appease. 
  Don't fall for the bluff, it's all hot air with an agenda. 
  And don't forget: Russia is a Terrorist State. >
  
  It doesn't make sense though. It's not WW1 or WW2 where guns, tanks and artillery were, well, not that great.
  Russia has shown their modernized equipment, tactics and stratagem is still 60 years behind. >
  
  Estimated Russian losses from 24.02.2022 to 18.01.2023 (Day 329):
  |Category              |Change*|Total     |
  |:---|:---|:---|
  |Personnel             |+820      |117770    |
  |Tanks                 |+9      |3130      |
  |APVs                  |+10     |6225      |
  |Artillery             |+4     |2108      |
  |MLRS                  |+1      |442       |
  |Anti-aircraft Systems |-      |220       |
  |Aircraft              |+1      |287       |
  |Helicopters           |-      |276       |
  |UAVs                  |+4     |1876      |
  |Missiles              |-      |749       |
  |Warships / Boats      |-      |17        |
  |Other Vehicles        |+12      |4889      |
  |Special Equipment     |-      |190       |
  *Change since the previous day.
  Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine >
  
  These numbers are insane... like almost a year into the war and a +820? >
  
  And they've been pretty consitant too the last few months. >
  
  Exactly how I feel about this.
  Imagine Wagner infrantry-rushing it!😍 >
  
  Holy f'ing shit. Yeah, send that also!! >
  
  I like her, she sounds smart. >
  
  Basically committing their entire society to full militarization? Russia seems hellbent on doing a North Korea speedrun. >
  
  It's going to be hilarious when in a few years Ukraine will be more powerful than Putins shithole he created. >
  
  In a few years?
  (sorry, couldn't resist, unlike Ukraine)
   
  ^^I ^^also ^^couldn't ^^resist ^^the ^^cheesiness ^^in ^^the ^^brackets. ^^I ^^regret ^^nothing. >
  
  Slava Ukraini!!! >
  
  Heroyam Slava!!! >
  
  “Pre-conflict, it was pretty rare for Indian refiners to process Russian crude,” says Alan Gelder, refining expert at Wood Mackenzie. “Now, about one in five barrels of the crude oil that they process is Russian. That is war profiteering or so-called blood oil. Thanks, India! >
  
  The US has encouraged India to buy Russian oil under the agreed upon price cap, acknowledging that it’s not fair to ask a large developing country to make the same economic sacrifices as much wealthier economies. While Russia is better off selling oil to India compared to selling nothing at all, it’s still probably at a big loss compared to selling on the open global market. >
  
  Can someone explain to me how Putin declaring war changes things? other than turning the country into a war economy and the ability to mobilize more people. Although I've read technically the decree of the last mobilization never actually ended, so does that mean he doesn't have to announce another round of mobilization?
  Lastly in theory if Putin doesn't want domestic backlash, could he declare war without stating it publicly? 
  I can't wait for this fucking predicted speech to pass, every goddamn time Putin might speak. Everyone goes full on crazy speculation that this is the speech that changes everything!! It reminds me of May 9th (Victory Day) all over again.. >
  
  I don't think he's gonna announce anything significant. Just gonna rant about Anglo-Saxons, fighting NATO, maybe gonna hint at nukes. >
  
  Yeah honestly, I think it'll be that too. People hype up his "announcements" every single time, and it always just ends up being some alternative history lesson. >
  
  I'm remembering now how tense things were getting geopolitically in 2020 before COVID. Part of me thinks COVID is the reason Russia didn't move sooner while they had a more favourable US president.
  But Putin must have also been influenced by the withdrawal from Afghanistan, thinking that America wouldn't have the appetite for more foreign intervention. So maybe it was always going to happen in early 2022.
  All I know for sure is fuck Putin and Slava Ukraini.