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'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims
Astronomers observed dozens of objects that "cannot be scientifically identified."
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I wonder what the percentage is on how many of those men don’t believe in the war, especially the ones taken from higher education.
There's a big difference between supporting a war in theory and wanting to actually go fight in it. Do you think MikeSC was going to suit up and go over to Iraq?
Russian support for the war was quite broad, even if some of it was achieved through disinfo and other things. The more bad news and the longer the war has gone the more support has dropped.
Russian support for the war was quite broad, even if some of it was achieved through disinfo and other things. The more bad news and the longer the war has gone the more support has dropped.
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Geopolitical dummy here but what the hell is Putin's endgame here? It's hard for me to imagine any scenario that ends well for him.
I don't think he has one at this point. He's just doubling down now because he can't give up
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Stalin sort of did this in Stalingrad, leaving something like 400K civilians (IIRC) to eat Nazi ammo up to slow the machine down while they got Uranus organized. They were not conscripted though, other than to dig trenches and shit.
That really isn't what is happening here though and the situation was completely different because the people had no option to surrender in WW2 because they knew the Germans would kill them.
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Yeah, Putin could do the right thing and call this whole thing off ASAP but he'd be seen as a loser and coward and I think he'd much rather prefer being the driving force behind World War III over that.
If he called it off he'd be overthrown or at least he assumes so. He has to keep it going until things turn around because his entire image is based on being a Strong Man. The fact it isn't likely to turn around just makes things worse and more dangerous.
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Is there a scenario where this goes poorly enough that China tells him to knock it off?
Why would China do that?
Russia being isolated from most of the world markets means they have to rely on China more. Also Putin isn't going to listen to anyone even if China was inclined because he thinks it's his life and legacy on the line. Unless Putin starts setting nukes off China has no real reason to want to intervene.
Russia being isolated from most of the world markets means they have to rely on China more. Also Putin isn't going to listen to anyone even if China was inclined because he thinks it's his life and legacy on the line. Unless Putin starts setting nukes off China has no real reason to want to intervene.
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Yea that's gonna be a hard no. They shouldn't be allowed in and we're already at the brink of a nuclear exchange as it is. Like if people understood how close we were, they would be freaking the fuck out right now.
We're currently in a position where Russia is a cunthair away from hitting Ukraine with tactical nukes because losing this war is not an option for them. Our leaders could at any moment be deciding whether or not it's right to do anything or to strike Russia back and end the world. And this could all happen literally at any time, any minute.
We're currently in a position where Russia is a cunthair away from hitting Ukraine with tactical nukes because losing this war is not an option for them. Our leaders could at any moment be deciding whether or not it's right to do anything or to strike Russia back and end the world. And this could all happen literally at any time, any minute.
Tbh if we knew things would escalate to this extent our governments probably just would have let Russia take Ukraine. Ukraine being able to fight back has however created an incredibly dangerous scenario.
short version Putin is probably going to push this all the way as far as it can go. There is no other way this ends. Either they win conventionally or they nuke them.
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Russia retreats from Lyman a day after Putin’s annexation
Retreat is latest setback for Moscow as Kyiv’s forces reclaim huge swathes of Russian-occupied territory in eastern Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
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Donald Dump or whatever
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EXPLAINER: How important is a Russian retreat from Kherson?
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said Friday that Ukrainian flags were appearing “en masse and all over the place,” in the wake of Russia's retreat from the southern region of Kherson, one of the four regions in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in September.
apnews.com
Russia pulling out of Kherson is a big deal basically. It's the only regional capital they've managed to take this entire time.
The US has also estimated that Russia has suffered over 100k dead or injured in the war so far. https://apnews.com/article/russia-u...efs-of-staff-688e99d37f25ac8340b6a96a79a89abf
Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.
apnews.com
2 dead in Poland after Russian missiles crossed the border. Technically speaking Poland COULD use Article 5 to bring NATO into war against Russia over this. I very much doubt it will happen unless more missiles land but it's now theoretically on the table.
Latvia is also tweeting out its full support.
This will likely result in Poland massively stepping up its aid to Ukraine.