OT: World Politics

[LeafGm]

Calling Ukraine Nazi, while in the same Tweet adapting the word the literal Nazis used for “subhumans” slated for extermination (“Untermenschen” —> “Unterukraine”) to describe Ukraine.

 

[Stinky]

Calling Ukraine Nazi, while in the same Tweet adapting the word the literal Nazis used for “subhumans” slated for extermination (“Untermenschen” —> “Unterukraine”) to describe Ukraine.

Who is the top Russian comic?
likely no one because it seems that they have no sense of humour or irony.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Who is the top Russian comic?
likely no one because it seems that they have no sense of humour or irony.

In Putin's Russia, polonium takes you.

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[zeke]

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[oscarheyman]

Guess Epypt has found alternatives to grain:

The Ukraine War, Grain Trade and Bread in Egypt - MERIP

One year on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, what does the ongoing war mean for Egypt's bread subsidy?

merip.org

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

 

[Wayward DP]

this is just additional Russian propaganda. and it works on marks like you each and every time!

funny how they link to a screengrab but not the actual article, eh

 

[Wayward DP]

just like all the media noise we heard about the vaunted 'Russian winter offensive', and all the media noise we heard about 'tactical nukes and the nuclear deterrent', etc.

 

[Wayward DP]

hey look, I can play this game too!

 

[Wayward DP]

Now spring is arriving, the lights are still on, and, according to one recent poll, 97 percent of Ukrainians still believe they will win the war. Ukraine is even exporting electricity once again.

Russia’s piecemeal offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine hasn’t gone any better than its attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. A three-week battle for control of the coal-mining town of Vuhledar ended in disaster for the Russians. Repeatedly ambushed by skillful Ukrainian defenders, the lumbering Russian columns had to pull back after losing an estimated 130 tanks and armored personnel carriers and 5,000 soldiers killed, wounded or taken prisoner.

Russia has suffered even heavier losses of personnel — mostly prisoners and mercenaries from the Wagner Group — in its suicidal, human wave attacks on the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. After more than eight months of fighting, the Russians have moved into the city center and are beginning to envelop Bakhmut on the flanks, but these advances have come at staggering cost. Western intelligence agencies estimated last month that Russia had lost 20,000 to 30,000 killed and wounded in the Bakhmut meat-grinder, making this the bloodiest battle in Europe since World War II.

For 21 days in March, a U.S. official told me, the Russian advance actually stalled altogether. Last week it resumed. The Russians eventually might force the defenders out — but to what end? Bakhmut has little strategic significance and, this official told me, Russian forces are so exhausted they cannot advance past Bakhmut. A Ukrainian military spokesman claims that Bakhmut is Wagner’s “last stand.”...

“Russia’s much-ballyhooed Winter Offensive amounted to just more Russian casualties and revealed the lack of operational capabilities, depth and imagination on the Russian side,” retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, a former commander of U.S. Army Europe, told me. “The Ukrainians certainly suffered a lot of casualties during this time, but I think they’ve managed to prevent Russia from gaining any successes while simultaneously building up their own capabilities in preparation for a coming counteroffensive.”

 

[Wayward DP]

also, keep in mind that the vaunted Russian winter offensive's crowning achievement was the capture of Soledar, a salt mining town of 10,000, pre-war. months of effort, tens of thousands of casualties, and all they have to show for it is Soledar.

last time the Ukrainians tried a counter offensive - and this was before they got any modern tanks, weapons, etc. from western militaries - they liberated the entire right bank of the Dnipro.

I'm not expecting the Ukrainians to win the war in one fell swoop with this counteroffensive, but as the old saying goes, "fool me once, shame on you", "fool me twice, shame on me", and "fool me every time, because I just cannot stop gobbling Putin's cock"

 

[LeafGm]

Has your son died in the trenches in Donbas yet, Nostradamus?

 

[MindzEye]

The Russian "Winter Offensive" ended up taking half of Bakhmut. A small city with a pre war population of 70K with no strategic value.

Russia Takes Stock After Winter Offensive Fails to Deliver Gains - The Moscow Times

Russia announced its winter offensive in Ukraine with great fanfare, but the ill-fated campaign has been another disappointment for Moscow.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Russia captured just 70 square kilometers across Ukraine in March

To put that in perspective, that's about 90% the size of Woodbridge, 1/4 the size of Brampton, etc.

for more perspective, the last Ukie offensive reclaimed over 10,000 sq km in 8 weeks.

 

[Wayward DP]

and in other news, team @TheCountofMonteCristo did this today:

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

and in other news, team @TheCountofMonteCristo did this today:

There is so much fakery on the internet that looks completely real. It's not that I think the Russians wouldn't go this low (I'm sure they would) I'm just skeptical. Besides which, I can't find the video anywhere, even with blurring, nor have I seen anything reported by the "if it bleeds, it leads" mainstream media.

 

[Wayward DP]

There is so much fakery on the internet that looks completely real. It's not that I think the Russians wouldn't go this low (I'm sure they would) I'm just skeptical. Besides which, I can't find the video anywhere, even with blurring, nor have I seen anything reported by the "if it bleeds, it leads" mainstream media.

think Zelensky got duped too?