re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Still waiting on kiev to be taken. What happened?

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I have talked to a lot of friends that I have in Ukraine. The mood on the street in Ukraine is that the USA is doing just enough to keep Ukraine from losing and they do not believe the USA really wants Ukraine to win.

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All I can say to that is they can go frick themselves, they have been given one of the greatest aid packages in the history of mankind at great expense to the US taxpayers.

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Interesting they haven’t killed Kyiv’s electricity for instance

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We gave Russia way more. What do you say to the Russians who have actually killed our soldiers and aided our enemies?


link please for both

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From 1941 through 1945, the U.S. sent $11.3 billion, or $180 billion in 2016 dollars, in goods and services to the Soviets.

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The dispute remained unresolved until 1972, when the U.S. accepted an offer from the USSR to repay $722 million linked to grain shipments from the U.S., representing 25% of the initial debt with inflation taken into account, with the remainder being written off.

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Soviet pilots were active in Korea from November 1950. In order to hide this direct Soviet intervention, precautions were taken to disguise their involvement, open knowledge of which would have been a major diplomatic embarrassment for the USSR.

Soviet pilots wore Chinese uniforms when flying, whilst rules were prescribed to stop Soviet pilots flying near the coast or front lines (where they might be captured if shot down) and from speaking Russian on the aircraft radio. All aircraft flown carried Chinese or North Korean markings.[17] When not flying, for reasons of ethnicity, on the ground Soviet pilots 'played' the roles of Soviet commercial travellers rather than Chinese or North Korean soldiers.

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Moscow now became North Vietnam’s main benefactor. Like China, the Soviet Union increased its aid to Hanoi after the US military escalation of 1965. The true extent of this support has never been fully disclosed, though it was certainly substantial.

In 1966, there were widespread reports that North Vietnamese fighter pilots, aircrews and anti-aircraft gunners had received training in the Soviet Union. It was subsequently revealed that around 3,000 Soviet personnel served in North Vietnam in 1964-65 and that some were responsible for shooting down US planes.

By the spring of 1967, TIME Magazine was reporting that a “river of aid” was flowing from Russia into North Vietnam. According to some analysts, by the late 1960s, more than three quarters of the military and technical equipment received by North Vietnam was coming from the Soviet Union. Unlike the equipment and weapons supplied by Beijing – which demanded deferred payment – most Soviet assistance was supplied as aid rather than loans.

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American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.

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Go frick yourself you commie loving piece of shite

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just know we will be spending 10X to rebuild what we paid to blow it up and we have our own problems.

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