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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:42 am to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:42 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Become a vassal of China.
The Chinese have printed the maps.
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:45 am to Coeur du Tigre
China gonna take over Mongolia mane 
Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:25 pm to T1gerNate
"It's like a bridge, it's there, and at the same time it's as if it doesn't exist.” - That's the most Russian thing I've read... all day.
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In 2025, the role of the Crimean Peninsula for the Russian army changed.
“If in 2022–2024 the peninsula was seen by the Russian army and political leadership as a key logistical hub for the grouping of forces, then by 2025 the situation changed. The Crimean artery turned out to be not as reliable as the Russians would have liked,” – says military expert, head of security programs at the Center for Globalistics "Strategy-XXI" Pavel Lakichuk.
This happened after Ukrainian strikes on large landing ships, which supplied Russian military in Crimea, the expert explains. The transportation of military cargo is limited even on the Kerch Bridge.
“The Russians are afraid to transport explosive cargo, military equipment. Movement here is restricted. And even for civilians, there are a whole series of restrictions. It's like a bridge, it's there, and at the same time it's as if it doesn't exist,” says Pavel Lakichuk.
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:50 pm to Coeur du Tigre
"For us, what matters is receiving the money"
Yeah Z, we know.
Yeah Z, we know.
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:15 pm to VolSquatch
Why didn’t you quote his entire sentence?
It does make a difference when you put everything in context.
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"For us, what matters is receiving the money"
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For us, what matters is receiving the money to rebuild our state
It does make a difference when you put everything in context.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:21 pm to doubleb
Because the whole sentence wouldn't have been funny. I forgot how tight some of you are wound up. Can't even talk about Cobb Salad anymore
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:45 pm to VolSquatch
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Because the whole sentence wouldn't have been funny. I forgot how tight some of you are wound up. Can't even talk about Cobb Salad anymore
I had a regular size Turkey Po-boy, a bag of Zapp’s plain chips and a sweet tea today.
Thxs for asking.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:02 pm to doubleb
It was a Chickpea salad lunch day at Casa de la Squatch
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:04 pm to doubleb
This is how Gangster Putin keeps the oligarchs in line regarding the Ukraine war.
Fortune.com
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Former Russian banking billionaire says an Instagram post cost him $9 billion: His company was sold for 3% of its value in ‘hostage’ situation.
Former Russian banking tycoon Oleg Tinkov says a single Instagram post condemning the war in Ukraine cost him nearly $9 billion, after he was forced to sell his stake in his bank for a fraction of its real value. He described the episode as a “hostage” situation that shows how dissenting billionaires are brought to heel in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.?
Tinkov, the founder of Tinkoff Bank, was once celebrated as one of Russia’s wealthiest bankers. That status changed dramatically in April 2022, when he used Instagram to denounce the war as “insane” and to criticize Russia’s military as poorly prepared and riddled with corruption. As CNBC reported at the time, Tinkov claimed 90% of Russians opposed the war, and the remaining 10% were “morons.” He urged an immediate and “face-saving” end to the war.?
Tinkov told the BBC recently that within a day of that post, senior executives at his bank received a call from officials linked to the Kremlin, delivering a stark ultimatum. Either Tinkov’s stake would be sold and his name scrubbed from the brand, or the bank—then one of Russia’s largest lenders—would be nationalized.
Fortune.com
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:06 pm to VolSquatch
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We manipulated the values of goods, essentially making some of them worth nothing.
Damn right we did. We valued some things as nothing when they were worth less. F-16's that were going to sit on a tarmac and never see combat, Zuni misses from decades ago, Strykers that were mistakes to begin with, M113s that we stopped building in 2006, all never going to see combat but costing us money to house, maintain, repair, etc. Equipment from Vietnam and Iraq (including equipment I've worked with) that wasn't worth a damn in this age and we incorrectly valued it as worthless when it was a tax burden to you and me.
If anything was manipulated, it was overestimated by an administration that refuses to tell the truth about anything.
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In some cases it can be. I think it's both true that needing to use donkeys is a bad sign, and a donkey is a lot cheaper than a vehicle if you can do the same job with either.
You just keep believing that, big guy. Keep telling yourself that a donkey has a place in a force-on-force war in the 21st century and that it's anything other than a sign of complete desperation. Hey, the Russians are using force cavalry now, too - isn't that innovative?!
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I don't know which discussion you're referring to here
That's why you check the post, Vol. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
It's about using the ISW as a source, nothing to do with what's significant. Christ, you've changed the subject again.
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I am not a fan of sources with ties to the Ukranian government.
Great. BUT I LISTED THE SOURCE, which you said I didn't, so that's BS.
And while `I also disagree with the ISW on some things, I know enough to know that they're an independent, unbiased source, comparatively speaking and one that proves that when someone says
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You rarely if ever back anything up with data or SOIURCES
(emphasis mine)
I know it's complete BS.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:37 pm to VolSquatch
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Russia is bleeding Ukraine of men
But that's not entirely correct,
Russia's losses are almost certainly significantly more than Ukraine's, and they sit somewhere between 3-5 to 1, (Obviously there is some disagreement over this)
But Russia's losses are also almost entirely male, and military losses, while the Ukrainians losses include a large percentage of civilian losses, including women, children, elderly, and so on. So in terns of military losses, it becomes even more disproportionate in favor of the Ukrainians.
I'd argue, and maybe this is just me, but I'd argue that the gender balance in the killing actually favors the Ukrainians long-term. The Soviets had to go through a phase where all the men were killed and as a result their demographics got all F'd up for generations to come. That's what's going on here.
So both in the immediate future and in the long run, I'd argue the Ukraine is better off. We'll see.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:52 pm to Leopold
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Russia's losses are almost certainly significantly more than Ukraine's, and they sit somewhere between 3-5 to 1,
C'mon, man. Even mentioning 5-1 is ridiculous. I would say that it's something like 3-2.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 3:25 am to GOP_Tiger
This is the preferred use of long range drones at this time. The energy infrastructure has been heavily hit to the point of being irrecoverable for months and the attacks on civilians in Ukraine must be addressed.
Still waiting for the effective long range Flamingos so Yelabuga and its logistics can be targeted effectively.
Still waiting for the effective long range Flamingos so Yelabuga and its logistics can be targeted effectively.
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On the night of Dec 30, 414th Separate Unmanned Strike Aviation System Brigade "Magyar's Birds" hit multiple Russian drone launch and logistics sites in occupied Donetsk. Targets included a Shahed/Geran logistics hub, pre-launch service point, warhead warehouse, Gerbera storage, and a personnel staging area.
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Now that they have withdrawn from the Ottawa agreements, a fat belt of mines will be added to that fence.
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Exactly. One phone call from Putin and the whole peace proposal is trashed. Another delay, another month of Ukrianian civilian casualties.
The solution is to remove Trump from the negotiation process. As Trump is a completely compromised mouthpiece of the Russians, the US is not seen as an independent party but just an extension of the Kremlin.
Any negotiations that include him or his Mafia are automatically doomed to fail. Putin does not want peace and TACO is incapable of doing anything to change that.
Epstein lives.
The solution is to remove Trump from the negotiation process. As Trump is a completely compromised mouthpiece of the Russians, the US is not seen as an independent party but just an extension of the Kremlin.
Any negotiations that include him or his Mafia are automatically doomed to fail. Putin does not want peace and TACO is incapable of doing anything to change that.
Epstein lives.
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 12/30/25 at 4:35 am to Coeur du Tigre
The squealing from Orban coming in 3, 2, 1...
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Posted on 12/30/25 at 5:32 am to GOP_Tiger
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C'mon, man. Even mentioning 5-1 is ridiculous. I would say that it's something like 3-2.
He isn't here for serious discussion, he's a cheerleader.
I don't see how you bring demographics into a discussion and don't address that Ukraine's situation is worse than Russia's (which is itself bad). Clown behavior.
This post was edited on 12/30/25 at 5:47 am
Posted on 12/30/25 at 5:39 am to Leopold
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Damn right we did.
Ok, so I'm correct..next
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You just keep believing that, big guy. Keep telling yourself that a donkey has a place in a force-on-force war in the 21st century and that it's anything other than a sign of complete desperation. Hey, the Russians are using force cavalry now, too - isn't that innovative?!
If it works and it's cheaper, I think it CAN have a place. Ukraine has HEAVILY used cheap drones similar to the ones you can find on Amazon. Essentially toys. But it works.
Youre so focused on making Ukraine look good and Russia look bad that you are incapable of bringing yourself to say "eh, maybe in specific circumstances over specific terrain" which is all I'm saying. I even said it's a bad sign for Russia in a more macro sense
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That's why you check the post, Vol. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
It's about using the ISW as a source, nothing to do with what's significant. Christ, you've changed the subject again.
I didn't change the subject, I addressed the point and you just didn't quote it because you're a child.
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Great. BUT I LISTED THE SOURCE, which you said I didn't, so that's BS.
And while `I also disagree with the ISW on some things, I know enough to know that they're an independent, unbiased source, comparatively speaking and one that proves that when someone says
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You rarely if ever back anything up with data or SOIURCES
(emphasis mine)
I know it's complete BS.
You do rarely back anything up with sources. You just pulled a 5 to 1 kill ratio out of your arse in another post
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:25 am to VolSquatch
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If it works and it's cheaper, I think it CAN have a place. Ukraine has HEAVILY used cheap drones similar to the ones you can find on Amazon. Essentially toys. But it works.
Zero possibility that donkeys can keep even a platoon supplied with sufficient ammo, food and water. They might be able to transport enough for emergency supplies for a squadron. That was the achilles heel of the German army in WWII, horses for logistics. At least their horses were pulling wagons.
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