Russia-Ukraine war has begun

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Trumps whole posture towards Putin is one big face saving exercise according to George Friedman. Putin is in a precarious position caught between the ultra-nationalist Russian right wing wing and more liberal Russians that want to gravitate westward. The Russian kinetic army has proven to ineffectual.

Putin needs to come out of this war appearing to have won and in power because only a complete ****ing moron would want to roll the dice on Putin be deposed and having to deal with whatever creature gets belched out of the ultra-nationalist wing next.

Putin is the prototypical Russian leader. He wants to expand the Russian empire and he'll do anything to get it. He's either going to get overthrown by losing the war or continuing the meatgrinder, or take a chance on making a deal with Ukraine to keep them out of NATO.

He needs to declare victory and get his troops out of Ukraine. Make a deal to demilitarize Donbas and Crimea.

The Russians have learned a hard lesson about their military capabilities and the next guy after Putin isnt going to magically make it better.

 

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Couple of days old, someone may have already linked it and I can't see it... At any rate I found this to be pleasant news:

High-ranking Russian military general blown up in car explosion in Moscow

A senior Russian military general was killed Friday in a fiery car explosion in Moscow.

nypost.com

I bet the Ukrainians have been taking lessons from the Moussad.

 

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FAFO. He wanted to rebel against his parents, evidently, and paid the price. I think his mom was Russian or had a Russian background?

Hopefully the dad has passed some serious CIA background checks.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukrainian-european-peace-deal-counterproposals-us-talks-london-2025-04-25/

 

[Spartans9312]

FAFO. He wanted to rebel against his parents, evidently, and paid the price. I think his mom was Russian or had a Russian background?

Hopefully the dad has passed some serious CIA background checks.

Lots of questions.

How did he come to reject his parents’ values?

How did he come to embrace a radical leftism?

 

[Spartans9312]

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Chuck Grassley: Putin 'is playing America as a patsy.' Nikki Haley says 'Amen!'

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley urged President Donald Trump to "put the toughest of sanctions on Putin."

www.usatoday.com

 

[Spartans9312]

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

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LOL. An "unconditional" ceasefire...with conditions.

 

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I've seen these reports. Truly unbelievable.

 

[DANC]

Chuck Grassley: Putin 'is playing America as a patsy.' Nikki Haley says 'Amen!'

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley urged President Donald Trump to "put the toughest of sanctions on Putin."

www.usatoday.com

Good point by Grassley - at least sell them air defense systems.

I bet Trump is looking for a way to walk away from this without looking like he's failed. He can't, but I'm sure he's trying to figure out a graceful exit.

 

[Spartans9312]

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

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100 percent one-sided.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says

Viktoriia Roshchyna, 27, was captured after she traveled to the Russian-occupied region of Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine, the joint media report said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

https://www.reuters.com/world/kyiv-is-ready-sign-resources-deal-with-us-ukraine-government-source-says-2025-04-30/

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Russia, a paradigm of virtue:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/europe/ukrainian-journalist-russia-torture-intl/index.html

 

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Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says

Viktoriia Roshchyna, 27, was captured after she traveled to the Russian-occupied region of Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine, the joint media report said.

www.nbcnews.com

Sickening

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

F-16s Pulled From U.S. Boneyard Are Being Delivered To Ukraine For Spare Parts

The U.S. had not committed to giving Ukraine its F-16s, but images of the type being flown out of Arizona on a Ukrainian An-124 began circulating last week. The non-operational F-16s appear to be the first examples supplied directly to Ukraine from U.S. stocks.

www.twz.com

At least 9 dead in drone strikes after US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

Moscow-appointed officials in Ukraine's Kherson region say a Ukrainian drone attack killed seven and wounded more than 20 people.

apnews.com

JD Vance: Russia's war in Ukraine not ending 'any time soon'

The US vice-president says it is still up to Russia and Ukraine to end the "brutal" conflict.

www.bbc.com

 

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And the winner of this year's Darwin Awards is......

 

[Marvin the Martian]

And the winner of this year's Darwin Awards is......

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I think that is a sign of their lack of training. They are simply meat to TPTB.

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

And the winner of this year's Darwin Awards is......

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Hey mom, look what I found...


... fvck Jimmy, you idiot, get that out of her.......................... kaboom. hahahaha

 

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This is hilarious, if true.

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

Ukraine continuing to deliver.

First Image Of Ukraine's Sidewinder-Armed Magura V7 Surface Drone - Naval News

Here is the first image of the Sidewinder-Armed Magura V7 USV which Ukraine used to successfully shoot down two Russian jets in the Black Sea

www.navalnews.com

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-he-hopes-there-will-be-no-need-use-nuclear-weapons-ukraine-2025-05-04/

 

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-he-hopes-there-will-be-no-need-use-nuclear-weapons-ukraine-2025-05-04/

You know he's desparate when he threatens nukes.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

A theory I thought of on why Russia is Russia. Maybe it isn't original, but I have not heard of it that I cannot recall.

The Roman Legion Problem

Russia solves the problem of a victorious beloved commander returning home leading an army quite willing and able to make him the new emperor. Stalin
Putin has the army fight in a manner that guarantees no beloved commander can exist, they order so many deaths that the men hate their commanders. That is what made the Wagner leader so dangerous, he started trying to protect his men.

 

[DANC]

A theory I thought of on why Russia is Russia. Maybe it isn't original, but I have not heard of it that I cannot recall.

The Roman Legion Problem

Russia solves the problem of a victorious beloved commander returning home leading an army quite willing and able to make him the new emperor. Stalin
Putin has the army fight in a manner that guarantees no beloved commander can exist, they order so many deaths that the men hate their commanders. That is what made the Wagner leader so dangerous, he started trying to protect his men.

Russians love to suffer. It's in their soul. And I'm serious about that. They revel in their misery - that's why they have so many great writers.

They've been taught their entire lives - this Russia has - about the Great Patriotic War. Anyone who fights them is automatically a Nazi. They don't really realize Putin is more of an actual Nazi than someone like Zelensky is. And, as I've said before, they crave a strong leader - that's how they've been ruled for centuries.

As a nation, they feel inferior to Great Britain, and, by association, the US. In the back of their minds, they can never compete with us because they're convinced we're more clever, especially in war, so they use propaganda and misinformation to sow discord in the west.

Individually, the Russians I've met have been great. Great partiers and big personalities. But, because of their history, they just can't develop enough leadership to oppose whoever is in power.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-meet-czech-president-prague-sunday-2025-05-04/