re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

I’ve heard of compium and hopium … but social media is filled with hype-ium.

Either Ukraine is attempting a massive tank push or people are running wild with rumors.

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them? Boy you should’ve been around during the early days of the Iraq war.

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Oh really were US pilots given NVGs with no training on the NVGs or night flying training and no batteries for and told to fly combat missions at night? The Russian pilots were and the only thing that kept them alive was the fact that they used not having batteries for NVGs as “mechanical issues” which got their missions scrubbed. Did the US military have those problems in Iraq?

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Throughout the Ukrainian offensive, Russia has retreated, regrouped, and counterattacked. I have learned the hard way to be careful in proclaiming Ukrainian victories until after the counter has failed.

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We’ll see but usually where there is smoke there is fire. I don’t recall seeing this much smoke on twitter and the russian TH channels during the offensive. In fact, I don’t recall seeing this much smoke since the Kharkiv offensive last fall. Also none of my Ukrainian sauces and connections are answering. That means that they are all busy. Usually I can atleast get one or two to respond saying that it’s going down or no this is not a big deal, but none are responding. That is something else that hasn’t happened since the Kharkiv offensive last fall. It could all be a nothingburger or a set back for Ukraine but all signs point to something big is going down at the moment and I am going to be optimistic.

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knew the side effects of the clot shot were bad, but I have to say I never expected it to not only kill the pilot of a plane, but also blow the wing off in the process as well.

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Explosive diarrhea is one of the diagnostic symptoms of mRNA vaccine induced myocarditis.

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Explosive diarrhea is one of the diagnostic symptoms of mRNA vaccine induced myocarditis.

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So...a sudden build of flammable gas expelled due to myocarditis which was set off by a lit cigarette?

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Russian army is stolen by everyone from Putin down to lowly purchasing officer.

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Down vote away but this statement proves you don't know anything about Putin.

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Down vote away but this statement proves you don't know anything about Putin.

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Putin has wealth likely in the Arnault/Musk area. Are you suggesting he stole from every corner of Russia and didn't bother to pilfer the military too?

The grift in the Russian military is well known to go all the way down to the squad level with an "acceptable" amount of grift at each layer.

Having the unfortunate privilege to be a security officer* for a line company I can tell you in the US Army if it ain't nailed down and it is cool looking or the surplus stores are paying for it then it will disappear. I would bet the Russian military is FAR worse and everything I have read indicates it is.

Two well-known "jokes" in the military:

Gear adrift is a gift.

There is only one thief in the Army, everyone else is trying to get their shite back.

I watched PASGT (Kevlar) helmet play musical chairs for months. The first guy borrowed one and sold his then the next guy borrowed someone else's and so on until the unlucky one that was missing his when we were scheduled to be in the field had to go and buy one (possibly the first one borrowed from the other poor SOB in the company that got sold off base). He bought it because he didn't want any part of a FLIPL report.



* at least in my day the 1st company level job when you got your platoon as a butter bar was being the security officer because nobody wanted to have to sign for and be responsible for all that crap. You better be damn sure everything is there you are signing for. You better look in that case to make sure the AN/PVS-4 (night vision sight) is actually in its case... I got lucky by being anal as the previous security officer was either unaware or trying to kick the can down the road.

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??Explosions were on the base of the russians in the temporarily occupied Crimea, - said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.

According to preliminary data, many injured soldiers of the russian federation were taken from the military base in Perevalne to the hospital in Simferopol.

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Several Russian sources are highlighting a dangerous situation that is developing on the "island(s)" of the Dnieper river, where recon companies of the Russian 205th Brigade are ordered forward without any artillery support, resulting in their destruction by Ukrainians.

First messages emerged when Russian mercenary with the call sign "13th" published on his channel an audio message attacking the commander of the 205th Brigade. This was followed up by 4-5 other channels confirming this information and also mentioning similar situations developing in a number of other units

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Wagner-associated Embraer business jet crashed near Tver, between Moscow and St Petersburg. The Russian authorities claim 10 people on board died, including Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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I have a Russian coworker who actually flies an Embraer jet in Moscow for rich Russians. A couple of months ago he was telling me how hard it was to get parts to keep the airplane airworthy because of the sanctions. It’s possible that the plane simply crashed due to poor maintenance. It’s more likely that Putin killed him but it’s not out of the real of possibly that the plane simply crashed. Also if occurs to me that I should check up on Aleskey.

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Russian army is stolen by everyone from Putin down to lowly purchasing officer.


Down vote away but this statement proves you don't know anything about Putin.

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Do I know the details of how Putin steals from the Russian government and Russian people? No. However, I do know that corruption in Russia is so rampant that Putin and his allies get a percentage of every single ruble that is spent by the Russian government on pretty much everything. So it is asinine for you to assume that Putin is not stealing from the military just like he steals from every other aspect of Russian society.