re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Nazi Bio Birds came from the actual Russian government

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Do you remember when some Russian lawmakers said part of the reason the Russians weren't doing as well as intended was biolab super soldiers

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Two Russian lawmakers this week pushed the absurd conspiracy theory that Ukrainians were being turned into "cruel and deadly monsters" in the country's bio labs.

The two politicians — Konstantin Kosachev, the deputy speaker of Russia's Federation Council, and Irina Yarovaya, deputy chair of the State Duma — are currently spearheading an investigation into the alleged laboratories in Ukraine, per Russian news outlet Kommersant.

This claim appeared to have been taken one step further by the Russian politicians this week, who said they had tested the blood of captured Ukrainian soldiers and found what they claimed was evidence of experiments "for military purposes," per Kommersant.

There is no evidence of Ukraine deploying genetically modified super soldiers.

Kosachev, for one, claimed without substantiation that there were "extremely dangerous diseases" and "substances" found in the soldiers' blood, per the outlet.

Kommersant also reported on Yarovaya's comments to reporters in which she claimed without evidence that "performance-enhancing drugs" were being given to Ukrainian soldiers to "completely neutralize the last traces of human consciousness" and turn them into "cruel and deadly monsters."

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CNN:

Pentagon considering tapping last source of Ukraine military funding as Congress stalls on additional aid

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The Pentagon is weighing whether to tap into the last remaining source of funding it has for military aid to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia even without guarantees that those funds will be replenished by Congress, multiple defense officials told CNN.

The Defense Department still has around $4 billion in presidential drawdown authority funds available for Ukraine, which allows the Pentagon to draw from its own stockpiles to send military equipment to Kyiv.

But the Pentagon had previously been reluctant to spend any of that remaining money without assurances it would be reimbursed by Congress through the administration’s $60 billion supplemental funding request, because taking from DoD stockpiles with no plan to replenish that equipment could impact US military readiness.

But with Ukraine growing increasingly desperate for US military aid and Republican leadership in the House refusing to hold a vote on providing more funding, senior defense officials are discussing whether there is any financial cushion internally that would allow the department to spend at least part of that remaining $4 billion to help Ukraine fight Russia.

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Reminder that Biden could have done this two months ago. It's understandable why the DoD might want replacement funds to buy new weapons, but the Pentagon has a huge budget and always had the ability to move a billion or two around.

Im constantly amazed at the casualty reports. They know exactly how many, and who it was from a weapon fired from miles and miles away

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They know exactly how many, and who it was from a weapon fired from miles and miles away

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With a university account you can get imagery so good you can see something as small as a pencil sitting on the dash of a car. Imagine what the military has

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Where Putin, to his credit, stepped on the oligarchs and brought some order to Russia,

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He got them in line, more or less, by forcing them to pay his tax and then letting them do what they liked. On any given Sunday Putin has Arnault/Bezos/Musk money. He did this all on a yearly salary that is less than I make in two months and oddly I am still working on my first billion and will die trying without ever getting close. Using Putin as a positive example in a post about corruption is downright silly, the man is the Michael Jordon of corruption resulting in men like Bernie Madoff jerking off to him before going to bed.

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Ukraine’s problems are internal. They’ve been run by gangsters and kleptocrats since independence.

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The mental gymnastics here are pretty much beyond belief.

Russia is run by the chief gangster and kleptocrat of them all. The guys who work FOR the people who work FOR Putin are gangsters and kleptocrats. He perfected it.

Ukraine is run by a comedian and actor who played the president in a TV drama and then thought it would be funny to actually run for president. This is after he got famous for playing the piano with his dick.

And you are saying that Ukraine is run by professional thieves and Russia has its shite together?

Bruh.

Why not both?

Yes, both countries are ranked high in corruption.

But only one had repeatedly attacked its neighbors. Only one has actively opposed the US whenever they could. Only one had had their military kill Americans. Only one has hundreds of nukes pointed at us.

So which one do you want to win this war?

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Why not both?

Yes, both countries are ranked high in corruption.

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Which was my point.

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But only one had repeatedly attacked its neighbors. Only one has actively opposed the US whenever they could. Only one had had their military kill Americans. Only one has hundreds of nukes pointed at us.

So which one do you want to win this war?

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And there you go grandstanding

What I want to happen is irrelevant to the reality that Russia will win. The extent of which, the timing, and the cost (both in lives and resources) are what is up in the air at this point.

I don't think Ukraine gets a deal even as good as they were offered in early 2022 whenever the war does end either. And that wasn't even a great one, or even a good one according to some. The US appetite for this conflict is waning. A 2nd Trump term looms.

I've been assured that the fall of Ukraine spells doom for America. When I point out (repeatedly) that Ukraine was part of the USSR for 75 years without it affecting the US - in fact, we achieved unprecedented levels of prosperity - all I get (repeatedly) are crickets.