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texastough

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  1. Holy shit, yesterday sounds like a good day for AFU. 400 troops is nice, but *69* "vehicles & fuel tanks" is a huge day. Maybe a bunch of trucks etc were at the base in Belgorod that blew up?
  2. I'm kind of surprised nobody has posted this yet: https://kyivindependent.com/investigations/suicide-missions-abuse-physical-threats-international-legion-fighters-speak-out-against-leaderships-misconduct "Top findings: The leadership of the intelligence-run wing of the International Legion is allegedly implicated in various violations, including abuse, theft, and sending soldiers unprepared on reckless missions. One of the unit’s commanders and a frequent subject of the soldiers’ complaints is an alleged former member of a criminal organization from Poland, wanted at home for fraud. In the Legion’s unit, he is involved in coordinating military operations and logistics. The legion’s fighters accuse him of abusing power by ordering soldiers to loot shops, threatening soldiers with a gun, and sexually harassing the legion’s female medics." After reading the article, I see it as a situation where there were a few bad apples in the foreign legion, and the Ukrainian gov't was too busy trying to save its country to do something about it right away. Hopefully this article spurs the gov to get the Polish mobsters out of the foreign legion. My layman perspective/belief is that UKR should want every foreign SOF volunteer it can get, and should do everything it can to set these guys up to destroy Russians. Disappointing but I don't think a systemic problem.
  3. Good call! http://wartranslated.com/ukrainian-informational-operations-cause-panic-in-crimea/
  4. RF don't have any counter battery that can hit HIMARS at the distances they are being fired from, even if RF knew where, do they?
  5. Finland is waiting on 16 countries to sign and "deposit" their NATO accession protocol.
  6. Because they already joined?
  7. Posts no source for the claim that US would withhold aid if Ukraine participated in talks, instead claims that arms are escaping Ukraine but posts no source for that either
  8. Which is . . . exactly what we’re doing? Seriously, go sniff farts with immaculate vibes
  9. That would feel good but they are needed to trade for pows
  10. Did Lavrov really admit that more than 50% RU troops have been killed???
  11. No. It is apparently all about having trained dudes to maintain the launchers, and having lots of ammo. One launcher can fire a stupid number of times per day and have a big range. They don’t need many more launchers, they need a steady supply of missiles and logistical support
  12. Don't tell me their Army knife isn't a great innovation
  13. Here's my fan fiction re: Snake Island. Ukraine controlling this island does not give them control of all of the Black Sea shipping lanes, but it does give Ukraine control of Ukrainian waters. Putin has bluffed that as a gesture of goodwill, Russia vacated the island and will allow grain shipments. So, call the bluff. Have some NATO member send cargo ships to Odessa to pick up grain, or send a NATO escort. If/when Russia fires on the ships in Romanian or Bulgarian waters, it triggers article V. Then, NATO imposes a no-fly zone, cripples the Russian Black Sea fleet, etc.
  14. It seems thats where we're headed. The arms announced the last couple days have been massive.
  15. If putting missiles & air defense out there can open the shipping lanes it would totally be worth it
  16. Put some Harpoons and Exocets out there along with one of the fancy NATO air defense systems and voila
  17. I'm no math expert, but that might tip the balance a bit
  18. Statements to him by Trump in furtherance of a crime would fall under the exception, isn't that the real point anyway? They're not trying to nail Pasquale. In other words, Trump kept saying he wanted to commit sedition and Cipollone kept telling him no
  19. sorry how do you embed a tweet?
  20. wtf https://twitter.com/ItsArtoir/status/1541807381469974531?s=20&t=na_R1OG_aYIw4J8KEx2xmQ
  21. With those kind of negotiation skills, Lithuania may end up paying Russia to take back the suwalki gap
  22. For the umpteenth time, they’re not trying to convert Trump worshippers
  23. I have a slightly different take. If Ukraine immediately goes into Crimea, then it is vulnerable to naval/air power. Also, my understanding is Crimea is not as valuable economically, has fewer people etc. I think the outcome in the Donbas is where the war is won/lost. I think when it takes Kherson, Ukraine stops where the peninsula starts, to stop all Russian resupply from that route. If Ukraine could also push to Mariupol, it would then cut off all the Russians in between (with the Sea of Azov hemming them in the south) and achieve victory without risking their own soldiers' lives. Only after Ukraine takes back the southern coast and Russia is in total retreat/defeat/surrender does Ukraine take the rest of Crimea. My .02.
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