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  Still part of the fight. You are correct tho, shoulve mention it.
  As the previous comment was sarcastic, he is right the t14 won't arrive.
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. >
  
  Fuck Putin >
  
  with a barbed wire pineapple >
  
  Day CCCXXIX, Part I.  Thread CDLXX. >
  
  Ahh thank you for bringing my brain back from the depths of the secret German spring invasion of Ukraine post. >
  
  It's kind of crazy how little Israel has given Ukraine. They're one of the wealthiest nations per capita and probably the most beefed up militarily per capita.
  I know they're afraid given their history of wars with neighbors, but they're currently fighting adolescents with rocks. Their iron dome takes care of the rest.
  They have one of the most advanced defense industry, yet they can't give even simple things to Ukraine. 
  How is it that the country made up of Holocaust survivors cannot see what Russia is doing? Israel is afraid to go against Russia. Let that sink in. Israel is afraid to go against the country currently committing a genocide. Russia literally bombed a Holocaust Memorial in Ukraine in the first weeks of the war. >
  
  Lots of Russian emigres in Israel >
  
  20% of Israelis speek Russian. >
  
  I wonder what strata of Israeli society that 20% occupies. Probably not under 30 worker drones?
  Most likely boomers that have a say in Israeli politics/policy >
  
  Those russians have kids I presume. >
  
  Putin has ordered his troops be clean shaven. Speculation suggests that it is preparing for chemical weapon use, facial hair prevents a tight seal on protective facewear.
  Not sure what NATOs response would be. >
  
  
  Putin has ordered his troops be clean shaven. Speculation suggests that it is preparing for chemical weapon use
  
  Source? >
  
  He is a known "making up crazy shit nutso." Disregard entirely. >
  
  
  People forget that Russia still has a lot they can throw at this war
  
  Eh, I don't think that's true anymore. Surplus store stuff maybe.
  
  newer weapons systems
  
  One thing has become evident is that the advertised brochure of Russia's weapon systems is not at all what was being produced. I doubt they have working and reliable newer weapons systems. They already threw their BMP-T's into the fray. They've thrown their T-90's. The T-15 is still in a prototype phase and likely of no use in a combat environment (I imagine one reason is the anti-missile system probably doesn't work, so it'd be fed to a Javelin so quick). The SU-57's, if they were used (rumored), do so from a standoff distance because they're about as stealthy as my uncle sneaking in from the bar.
  
  reserve soldiers stationed elsewhere
  
  Assuming they haven't rotated a lot of those soldiers through. They need a lot of those soldiers to maintain the existing bases and defense network, it's a big country. 
  
  chemical weapons, etc.
  
  This I'll give you, and I was expecting to see it at the steelworks. But the fact they haven't used them like they were used in Syria indicates that it may be a line he won't risk crossing. Plus, chemical weapons have proven time and time again in conflicts to put a lot of risk towards your own troops. >
  
  The t14 and elite forces and su 57 are arriving anytime now. Lmao >
  
  T14 you are almost certainly right 
  "Elite forces" (Specnatz, VDV etc.) are part of the invasion from the very start
  Su57 is flying combat mission in Ukraine at least since July, or so claims the UK MoD