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« Reply #100 on: April 13, 2022, 11:03:20 PM »

Malcolm is right that if Russia MOD is saying they evacuated people off the ship this sucker likely sunk
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« Reply #101 on: April 14, 2022, 06:56:37 AM »

More and more sources outside of Russia is saying the ship did sink
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« Reply #102 on: April 14, 2022, 07:41:47 AM »
Quote from: Person Man on April 14, 2022, 07:36:14 AM

He might be pro-Ukraine, but is simping for Russia in order to humiliate Biden and the West. That's my theory. The interesting part is that there is actually no way of telling at this time how our policies towards Russia were to change if Biden or his surrogate lost. If Trump gets re-elected, what would happen would be obvious. If a relatively normal neocon R wins in 2024, it might be totally the opposite of what would happen if Trump won.

I mean I understand he wants his side of the aisle to come out on top, but I don't think the outcome of this war really matters in terms of that.

At this point, the only thing that will matter in 2024 is if inflation is at 10-20% or if inflation is 2-3%.

Ah the theory that he’s a piece of sh*t. Interesting 🧐
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« Reply #103 on: April 14, 2022, 07:06:35 PM »
Reports of explosions near Kherson as Ukrainian troops near closer to the city
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« Reply #104 on: April 14, 2022, 11:32:13 PM »
Quote from: Forumlurker on April 14, 2022, 11:22:01 PM
If Ukraine attacks Belarus that will be their downfall.
I don’t see any reason to think Ukraine would preemptive strike Belarus, it’d be more beneficial on the ground to have Belarus enter without justification as it would likely lead to army mutiny and domestic upheaval
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« Reply #105 on: April 16, 2022, 07:35:54 AM »

If this is true and Ukraine has only lost 3k soldiers vs 20k for Russia then just wow
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« Reply #106 on: April 16, 2022, 10:13:08 PM »
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« Reply #107 on: April 17, 2022, 08:27:59 AM »

Holy moly is this is true and the Russian army and the separatist forces are starting to have a schism 👀
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« Reply #108 on: April 17, 2022, 02:30:03 PM »
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« Reply #109 on: April 17, 2022, 05:01:38 PM »

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« Reply #110 on: April 17, 2022, 07:44:13 PM »



Just a few examples of multiple social media outlets confirming that Ukraine has started the battle for Donbas on their terms and have launched successful counterattacks with the goal of an encirclement of Izium
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« Reply #111 on: April 18, 2022, 07:40:04 AM »

The cruelty of the orcs knows no end
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« Reply #112 on: April 18, 2022, 08:58:11 AM »
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« Reply #113 on: April 18, 2022, 12:29:10 PM »
Quote from: Person Man on April 18, 2022, 11:12:57 AM
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SirWoodbury is a Russian fetishist, he will pretend not to be but he is. He should stay on here because he provides news of Russian victories which more pro Ukraine users may ignore, but keep that in mind.

He doesn’t want Putin to win so much as for Biden, the EU, and Zelensky to lose.
That arguably makes him worse tbf
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« Reply #114 on: April 18, 2022, 03:20:39 PM »
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« Reply #115 on: April 18, 2022, 05:52:50 PM »

25k seems kinda small for a offensive of this size no?
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« Reply #116 on: April 19, 2022, 11:49:36 AM »
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« Reply #117 on: April 19, 2022, 01:14:52 PM »

Looks like we have a fog of war situation because Ukraine is saying Russia’s offensive has been pushed back to their initial boarders in direct contradiction to the reports WB and Omega posted
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« Reply #118 on: April 19, 2022, 01:36:59 PM »
Quote from: Omega21 on April 19, 2022, 01:22:37 PM
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Looks like we have a fog of war situation because Ukraine is saying Russia’s offensive has been pushed back to their initial boarders in direct contradiction to the reports WB and Omega posted

This is a different area, so no contradictions so far.


The seizing of Kreminna itself isn’t a contradiction but the other links claiming they made a deep push west and are close to encircling Ukraine around Izium is 
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« Reply #119 on: April 20, 2022, 07:06:50 PM »


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« Reply #120 on: April 20, 2022, 08:43:10 PM »

More and more on the ground it’s looking like Russia’s new offensive is going to be another dud 😁
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« Reply #121 on: April 21, 2022, 06:54:21 AM »

Russia forces are too exhausted to storm the steel plant, Mariupol might not fall after all
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« Reply #122 on: April 21, 2022, 12:20:58 PM »
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« Reply #123 on: April 21, 2022, 08:18:40 PM »
« Edited: April 21, 2022, 09:47:39 PM by Hindsight was 2020 »
So essentially Putin just did the warfare equivalent of Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy in Mariupol and is sending exhausted and shellshocked troops from there out to reinforce other areas?
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« Reply #124 on: April 22, 2022, 07:54:05 AM »

So Russia grand strategy (and other sources and Russia movements points to this being the idea) is to pull off a pincer movement via north and south. However, this is a flawed idea on Russia’s part as 1) a pincer movement relies on speed and Russia forces are not moving quickly and between the mud and urban fight that will take place there is no reason for the pace to pick up and 2) they don’t have the numerical advantages to pull such a move off
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