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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3275 on: August 27, 2023, 04:43:01 PM »
My guess would be something you have done with women?
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3276 on: August 27, 2023, 07:04:02 PM »
never that, t'was women who taught me all I know about life
all the bad things that i've done in my life
means I don't have a guilt free soul

cuz I did do some REALLY, REALLY bad and deeply disturbing things in foreign countries
cuz it was super easy for me to get away with it
and it earned me a good life
the ends always justify the means, no matter who you are
the only way to climb up that ladder
is to kick off the ones ahead and behind you
before they try and do it to you







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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3277 on: August 28, 2023, 01:48:19 AM »
Trench, why you so worried?
your life is probably more than half over ALREADY
if I were you, I'd be far more worried about LIVING than I would be about DYING
once you're dead - you ain't got NO worries mate!

another day, another Russian official dies in a plane crash, this is how they tell time in Russia now, "I saw her 3 dead generals ago"
Putin will read their Eulogy

Trench, Ukraine's strategy HAS NOT been a failure!
they were in an ideal spot in Bakhmut to DEVASTATE russians
the terrain, plus the "not one step back" made Bakhmut a shooting gallery
and Ukraine got rid of a LOT of Russia's ability to inflict casualties on them
Ukraine HAS to fight this way, cuz they ain't quite the size of the Anglo-American Army on D-Day
Russians OUTNUMBER them in EVERY WAY
Ukraine's military strategy is called "subtraction"
once they get the total down to some "threshold"
then you'll see some action
but there's a long, long way to go


the Ukrainian offensive's goal is to encircle Crimea like it was Leningrad back in '42
the big problem with this is best explained by chess:
this move is CHECK but not CHECKMATE
and when you put Putin in CHECK
is when he will immediately CHECKMATE YOU (like Prigozhin!)


ya wanna hear America's plan to respond to a Russian nuke?
they're gonna attack the Black Sea Fleet and air bases in Crimea (Russian territory!) with conventional weapons
there will be Russian civilian casualties
Ukrainians will be gloating on Russian TV
Russian blood pressure be like a thermometer so hot mercury shoots out the top

the next day Putinuh takes out the golden key
and opens the box the devil gave him
and everybody in a big city in Ukraine dies almost instantly
including their dogs, cats, and pet birds
it's called a tactical neutron bomb
it kills by a neutron burst at detonation
a big ass flash in the sky, some windows break
and within 2 km everyone is dead
your move NATO...

and BTW, when Putin sees endless videos of the Ukrainian city he killed
he completely LOSES IT!!!

Then guess what happens NEXT, you dumb ass western phuquers?
ya shoulda just let "us" work out the details of the commonwealth with Ukraine instead of Paul Manofort
and EVERYBODY would've been 100 times better off, cuz he sold ya'll out and THEN LOOK at what happened after that!!!
pridorki to the right of me
and pridorki to the left
somehow, I must continue on...
but Jeez Louise, things have gotten way, way beyond mere bardak
compared to back in the Yeltsin/Berozovsky period

I think this analysis is spot on Krim, yes I can see Putler going for the neutron bomb or mini nuke option at if Ukraine takes the land corridor to Crimea around Melitopol. Odds are that will roughly co-inside with Russia army dwindling on its armaments stockpile so Putler will feel that is the option he must use. Like you say probably next year.

Yeah, while I'm in no hurry to throw my life away I'm not getting any younger and trying to live a life is the main thing. So for me balancing caution, risk & potential return. Life has kind of sucked growing up in the UK with women, not just for me but many men it seems. And matters have only gotten worse for today's young guys. Young girls getting themselves obese is far more numerous today than in my day. I just think of the number of girls that takes out of the dating market for guys. Feminism the main issue though for both our generations, women seeing men not as the solution but something to be used even fight against. The over expansion of university education hasn't helped either as back in the day if you had a bit of intelligence and was willing to work hard at studies for a bit you could access jobs other guys couldn't who weren't that academic. Over the past 20 years or so exams have been made increasingly easy so that almost anyone who wanted to get to Uni could do so and get a degree. That just kind of screwed things up as people of my generation were led on at School to believe that if you be serious, diligent and work hard at studies you will get somewhere. Unfortunately that never sounded out as too many followed that path and the labour market was swamped with grads. This year the government has made exams more difficult in England and pass rates for GCSE's have fallen away quite a bit. That's a step in the right direction as it's important to separate the wheat from the chaff for the benefit of both, even those who don't do well at academia can do better by getting going in the workplace earlier. Too late for me though and it will take a number of years to unwind the situation maybe a decade or more if they continue to stay on course in that direction.

For me I've just got to try and make the best of what I can now. It's a bugger that the system was screwed up for me and many others by those at the top not understanding how things work but I guess now they know.

At least as things stand I'm not doing the worst economically as there are others in a worse situation than I am so I'm not among the poorest in society with owning their own home or sometimes even a job so should feel lucky I'm doing ok there at least. Just for me need to push on further I think to do better.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3278 on: August 28, 2023, 09:10:38 AM »
if you have this kind of sentiment about your own culture
why didn't it make you angry and anti-social instead of just "shy"
with anger, you can figure out ways to put that anger to "work" somewhere
how is shyness gonna ever work for you? it does the opposite, almost self-sabotage

the more resistance I faced in life, the more it instilled in me a strong desire and determination to succeed, but it only discouraged you
you never even left home Trench
to compare, by the time I was 18, I lived on my own outside the USA and was making your income
and I got free Pooty Tang ALL THE TIME back then, I was only using them girls for the free meals and cookies they'd make me
good times
eating cookies baked by a woman, "in the field" oichen kuzna!!
it really didn't take much to make me feel good when I was real young
i'm MUCH more discerning now

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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3279 on: August 28, 2023, 04:47:36 PM »
if you have this kind of sentiment about your own culture
why didn't it make you angry and anti-social instead of just "shy"
with anger, you can figure out ways to put that anger to "work" somewhere
how is shyness gonna ever work for you? it does the opposite, almost self-sabotage

the more resistance I faced in life, the more it instilled in me a strong desire and determination to succeed, but it only discouraged you
you never even left home Trench
to compare, by the time I was 18, I lived on my own outside the USA and was making your income
and I got free Pooty Tang ALL THE TIME back then, I was only using them girls for the free meals and cookies they'd make me
good times
eating cookies baked by a woman, "in the field" oichen kuzna!!
it really didn't take much to make me feel good when I was real young
i'm MUCH more discerning now

House prices and rent went through the roof the moment I got to leaving home age because EU let a load of Polish, etc in the country. Along with that wages went flat.

Even if I moved out of home there was precious little reason to do so in the UK. The girls here only care if you have something big going for you otherwise they just see you as competition. It's like being kneed in the balls by your own side. Welcome to life in the UK!

Anger won't get you anywhere here apart from unemployed an possibly prison if your anger is bad enough. There's not the scope in the UK like the US, etc. In the UK if you have a job you are doing well, otherwise you need serious money to get on.

For you going out to the FSU, Israel, etc was probably more natural as you had roots out there in terms of family background/history, I don't have any of that. Back in the nineties I rarely had the money to go abroad and had no knowledge of any reason to in terms of work or women. I also had no command of any foreign language to any decent extent, basic/poor German and French, that was it. So I would have been like a fish out of water out there, unable to speak the language in largely non/basic internet age in countries where English was not as prevalent as it is now. So it was a lot harder and more obscure then moreso to someone who hadn't any idea of how things were out in the FSU, etc. If I was at an older age, money behind me, bored and willing to explore for the hell of it maybe, but a young native UK guy my age doesn't want to take an off the hoof journey into god knows where just out of interest if there is anything there with the unlikelihood of discovering anything as you can't understand the lingo, etc and possibly ending up in a bad situation as in a totally alien terrain. Remember in Moscow & St. Pete's at this time there were reports of foreign guys being done in because they inadvertently had the audacity to get into a mafia taxi that they had no clue was a mafia taxi and the mafia not take too kindly to it :-\

So yeah options were generally pretty limited back then, not like how much easier stuff is now with booking flights, hotel rooms, apartments, etc online, & Google translate to get you out of difficulty when needing to communicate with the locals. So much easier these days.

You have to remember to the 90s was a time of mass unemployment in the UK which only got better towards the end of the late 90s. By then people were jolly glad to just have a job but everyone was unsure of how long that would last - fortunately it last a good decade before the credit crunch but even that wasn't as bad as the 90s recession in the UK, much shorter unemployment issues. So most people were mostly concerned with finding employment at home, galavanting out to some foreign country with little money in the bank, little if any command of the language and few skills in high demand to offer just wasn't an idea that any person that was sound of mind in such a situation would contemplate it was just ludicrous and if any did attempt it would be highly unlikely to end well.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3280 on: August 28, 2023, 06:29:45 PM »
Trench,
the female WANTS A STRONG MALE AND NOT A WEAKER ONE
what virtues do you "signal" to a woman?

so if wimmin ain't pickin up any kinda signals from ya
why do you blame society for being at fault, and not consider it a  reflection of a quality about you

you think it's actually societies fault, and in particular female society
for COMPLETELY failing to perceive your hidden beauty Trench?

is this the position YOU are taking on this matter?
I have a simpler explanation:

you're poor
and kinda plain lookin....
and you're middle-aged

now next time you ignore an overweight unattractive middle aged woman
you'll see what I'm tellin ya

what's perceived, is what people THINK is REAL
OK...

you need one of two things Master Trench, that you do not posess
either become a successful man with a successful persona
or learn how to act like one

otherwise, just think what'd happen to "your love life" if the internet went down and you couldn't watch porn any more, then WHAT?
it'd FALL OFF due to lack of "maintenence"
oh no, IT'S TRUE!!!
i'm not trying to scare ya or anything like that...
but DON'T GOOGLE it, you don't want that in your search history
just "trust me", OK...





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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3281 on: August 29, 2023, 03:38:36 AM »
Trench,
the female WANTS A STRONG MALE AND NOT A WEAKER ONE
what virtues do you "signal" to a woman?

so if wimmin ain't pickin up any kinda signals from ya
why do you blame society for being at fault, and not consider it a  reflection of a quality about you

you think it's actually societies fault, and in particular female society
for COMPLETELY failing to perceive your hidden beauty Trench?

is this the position YOU are taking on this matter?
I have a simpler explanation:

you're poor
and kinda plain lookin....
and you're middle-aged


now next time you ignore an overweight unattractive middle aged woman
you'll see what I'm tellin ya

what's perceived, is what people THINK is REAL
OK...


you need one of two things Master Trench, that you do not posess
either become a successful man with a successful persona
or learn how to act like one

otherwise, just think what'd happen to "your love life" if the internet went down and you couldn't watch porn any more, then WHAT?
it'd FALL OFF due to lack of "maintenence"
oh no, IT'S TRUE!!!
i'm not trying to scare ya or anything like that...
but DON'T GOOGLE it, you don't want that in your search history
just "trust me", OK...

Yeah that is all kind of true. I mean none of us get to chose how we look and while photofeeler tells me I'm about everyday average looking I think I'm probably the sort of person that facially doesn't stand out much in terms of features. If you wanted an anonymous looking everyman sort of guy as a spy or secret assassin I would probably fit the bill for not being noticed among a sea of other everyday people looking very similar without facial features that stand out a lot.

So yeah part of my hesitancy for doing the trip abroad thing is being in the right position. At the moment there would be signs that would torpedo the illusion of a successful man. My car is needing replacement soon, it's more old banger supermini than prestige Merc. My job is a good easy but low money earner but doesn't scream 'successful man' many women in fact might diss it. And my house is not yet complete, meaning I'm looking more like a down and out while I'm covered in crap from doing the work in a place while getting to looking good still has mess around. However the old granny who lives down the street passed by yesterday and commented that it was now looking good outside :D

So the look at the moment is probably totally the opposite of a look of a successful man. Once the house is done the costs of renovation go and I can spend out on a better car. The job can go in due course but I will need it for the time being, potentially I can give it a slightly different image I will talk more on that later.

All I have so far is a wardrobe with some nice Armani pieces in that while all new were cheap buys compared to some of the pricey stuff they do. That Armani stuff I only wear to special occasions so as not to wear it out.

Funny thing is yo mama's village is located in one of the most pricey areas of the UK outside of central London. She doesn't have the most expensive house in the area or the least, about Inbetween. Currently my guess is that it's worth about £600k though it means more to me as a family home. That's her house though and a lot of women won't see where I live or know of it. So unless I chose to tell them the situation doesn't tend to weigh in.

So yeah just kind of need to change things up a bit as like you point out I'm kind of missing on big positives that would help me out.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3282 on: August 29, 2023, 10:29:56 AM »
Ukrainian flag now raised on the left bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson region. ;D


Near Antonivka road bridge.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3283 on: August 29, 2023, 02:48:32 PM »
The orcs are now retreating amid a breakthrough in their defence line.It is about the offensive of the AFU in the Zaporizhzhia direction.


The head of the joint press centre of the Defence Forces of Southern Ukraine stated it.


"The enemy has no chance to consolidate the broken defence " she said.


Yeah but what about the nukes scream Krim and Trench.....and the propagandists on Russian tv,


Meanwhile those same propagandists are claiming it was the Brits who shot down Prigozhin's plane.


"I have no doubt it was the British who did it .They're cynical and brazen ".


Nice to know the Ruskies are terrified of us Brits. >:D
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3284 on: August 29, 2023, 03:54:59 PM »
wellllll...
weren't you the people who said "NEE!!"

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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3285 on: August 30, 2023, 01:57:16 AM »
Sounds like Russia took a battering last night.


A drone attack at the Pskov airport has left 4 IL-76 and a TU-22 aircraft damaged,with a fueling complex also destroyed.


Another drone hit the "Kremny EL" factory in Bryansk .This is/was one of the largest Russian microelectronics manufacturers.


The Cherekhinsky military base was also hit.


UAV strikes were carried out in Moscow,Oryol,Bryansk ( three times),Ryazan,Kaluga and Pskov regions.


In addition Sevastopol and it's bay were attacked by naval drones.


All very alarming for the orcs,and i suspect the west /NATO is watching with keen interest on how ineffective the orcs AD is proving to be.


The Commanders of our Trident Submarines,each carrying up to 40 nuclear warheads, will be smirking as we speak. >:D
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3286 on: August 30, 2023, 03:00:43 AM »
Meanwhile in Ukraine.


Two strong explosions are reported in Dzhankoy,Crimea ..there is a military airfield here.


The headquarters of political party "United Russia" was blown up in occupied Nova Kakhovka.



Just saying it like it is.

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« Reply #3287 on: August 30, 2023, 03:55:55 AM »
Russia attempted to retaliate to their horrendous night by firing yet more missiles and drones at Ukraine.


All cruise missiles ( 28/28) and 15/16 Shaheed drones were shot down,the Ukrainian Air Force reports.


The orc military in retreat ..again...in Ukraine.Russia being blitzed,Russians being mobilized to ward of perceived ground attacks from,living in their heads, Brit Special Forces,Russian missiles and drones being shot down with contempt by Ukrainian AD's ...can it get any worse for Putler and his regime ? >:D
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3288 on: September 01, 2023, 09:29:58 AM »
From a televised interview with the head of GUR Budanov.


"There will be no nuclear strike,even when we enter Crimea ".


" Nuclear bombs for SU-27M  planes were brought to Belarus " .


"Russia is considering the option of announcing mobilization this fall to conscript about 450,000 people.This should not be feared,as Russia conscripts about 20,000 people every month ".


"China supplies Russia with drones and chips,but these are dual-use goods.They won't dare to supply weapons ".


"Ukraine is obliged to intervene in all political processes in Russia.Our task is to strengthen  the influence of GUR on everything that happens in the decision-making rooms." .




Just saying it like it is.

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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3289 on: September 01, 2023, 01:13:13 PM »
Looks like Trench was totally wrong,as he often is, in his story of Ukraine's failed summer counter-offensive,no doubt from dubious sources.


"Over the past 72 hours we've seen significant progress of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the southern frontline .They've had some success against the Russian second line of defence " said US National Security Council communications coordinator John Kirby.


Also it was reported by Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defence Hanna Malyar that during the summer period ,it was possible to free 248.8 Square km of Ukrainian land.


The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 55,000 invaders and 655 tanks over the summer-mass media.


The destruction of Russia's military continues apace, >:D
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3290 on: September 03, 2023, 02:29:27 AM »
Is Krim ok? Been a few days since he's posted on here, unusual for him. Hope all's ok.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3291 on: September 04, 2023, 04:37:03 PM »
The British Challenger 2 tank impressing in Ukraine:

http://www.forces.net/ukraine/sniper-rifle-among-tanks-ukrainian-soldier-praises-uks-challenger-2

They're after more of course as they only have 14 so few in number. We've got about a couple of hundred though the UK gov seems to want to hold onto them. I can understand not wanting to give away too many but they're just sat there anyway and we're getting the new Challenger 3 tanks though not as many as the Challenger 2 tanks as I understand it.

It looks like Ukraine will also start taking delivery of some Abrams tanks this month.

The window for Ukraine to push in with a big Counter-offensive is getting narrower. There still is time and if it sounds out that the preparation work has been done to properly get at the Russians then it could work. I am dubious at the moment though. Seems progress is talked about but I'm not so sure if it's all that significant.

A big Counter-offensive soon could make the Russians break and run and if that happens a lot of ground could be taken quickly. If Ukraine can't break through this Autumn then Russia will doubtless reinforce it's lines again with mines & fortifications for next year. That could be dangerous for Ukraine if matters start to move against it.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3292 on: September 05, 2023, 03:20:47 AM »
Russia's lost one of its Tos thermobaric launchers:

http://www.eurasiantimes.com/russias-fully-loaded-tos-1a-flamethrower-gutted-by-ukraines-450-first-person-view-drone/

Always wondered if the operators of these Tos weapons would be called Tossers :D
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3293 on: September 06, 2023, 01:37:25 AM »
Apparently Ukraine has lost its first Challenger tank, so down to 13 now:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/05/ukraine-has-lost-its-first-challenger-2-tank/

Shows that Russia are putting up a fair bit of a fight this year. Still Ukraine's military trudging on at a slow pace, too slow really so unless a breakthrough comes soon it doesn't look like they are going to cut off the land corridor this year.

If I had been commanding either side I would have gained them a victory by now ;D
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3294 on: September 08, 2023, 12:37:01 AM »
An interesting article:

Via Euronews: Up to €3,400 per month: Meet the Spanish company recruiting fighters for Ukraine
http://www.euronews.com/2023/09/08/up-to-3400-per-month-meet-the-spanish-company-recruiting-fighters-for-ukraine

Apparently US Intelligence estimates Ukraine's forces dead & wounded at around 190,000. They may just be intelligent enough to be about right. I've read elsewhere that Ukraine has had many casualties in its Counter-offensive particularly around Bakhmut, first defending against attack then trying to retake it, not that there is anything much there to retake.

So an average of about 100,000 troop losses per year roughly. Wounded as in too wounded to return to the front in most cases.

Personally I don't regard the money Ukraine pays as good money for risking your life, it's probably taxed as well, so I probably earn as much pro rata for working my present job. I know some aren't in it for the money so much but it's not great money should things go south. If a loss of limb etc occurs my guess is that person is then cast adrift and pretty much in their own.

The true troop loss numbers are kept quiet by the Ukrainian government both to avoid losing support abroad and also to avoid putting the shits up those being called up and risk them doing a runner. I can see why they do it but if I was a Ukrainian guy I wouldn't blame them for thinking the worst and doing a runner upon call up.

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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3295 on: September 08, 2023, 08:42:58 AM »
From another article that I saw apparently a lot of the foreigner fighters in the International Legion that were fighting for Ukraine had returned home. Initially there were about 20,000 foreigners that had traveled to Ukraine to fight, sone of those were oddballs who had never had any military experience, fought anywhere, etc and mostly weren't of much value to Ukraine. A large number had some military experience to plentiful experience, while some were just TA weekend soldier type guys who had only ever done a bit of training. Even some old dudes turned up at the Ukrainian Embassy in London willing to fight but passed their best though probably with little to lose.

So apparently now the Legion is down to around 2,000 men mostly tough heavily experience guys with many military skills. So very useful to Ukraine but low in numbers being the main problem. A lot of soldiers have returned home after spending a few months out there, some plan on returning (if there's a victory parade ;D ) others are not. A few of the inexperienced guys that went there apparently buggered off after hearing a few artillery shells land around them lol.

At its worst some ex Legionnaires complain off being ill equipped, badly treated - abuse, long hours without rest/washing and being treated as cannon fodder some of being given missions that were suicidal. So on that front perhaps not a lot different to the Russians.

So now it looks like Ukraine is man hungry once again and not just the women. A lot of the euphoria has gone out of the initial stages of the war and it's now less of a buzz about it in the west so it's unlikely Ukraine will get the numbers of foreign fighters back it once had but it seems to be looking to get some more foreign fighters but of better quality.

The plus side for Ukraine is that Wagner is currently not what it was if it will ever be again so for the time being they aren't up against Wagner mercenaries at least so it's pretty much even stevens on that front. The other issue Ukraine faces is how many men are left in its society that will willingly go and fight for Ukraine. At the start when euphoria is high and particularly when Ukraine was doing well against Russia it would have been pretty easy to get men up. Increasingly as Ukraine get bogged down along with Russia in a war that is looking that it is stagnanting at a stalemate with much euphoria gone far fewer Ukrainian men may be willing to step forward. A meat grinder situation on both sides where neither side gains much is going to be a turn off to men on both sides. While Ukraine conscripts in reality it likely relies on those men turning up. Ukraine is a large country in which to hide or cross over the lengthy land border with decent odds of getting out. Even if they are picked up there is little that can be done apart from punishment for those that don't wish to fight and many may prefer punishment to being in the front line. Some of course we already know have paid off officials to avoid conscription or purposely injured themselves to avoid it.

So I think increasingly as time goes on the it could well be a changing picture on both sides but specifically for Ukrainians on how they deal with the war situation they are seemingly stuck in. My guess is that Ukraine will likely find it increasingly difficult to get men willing to be conscripted to the front lines.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3296 on: September 08, 2023, 09:13:40 AM »
 CNN on Thursday quoted an excerpt from the biography Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, which described how armed submarine drones were approaching a Russian fleet near the Crimean coast when they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly”.

“By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian fleet via Starlink interference, @elonmusk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities. As a result, civilians, and children are being killed,” Podolyak wrote.

“Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.

The EU has also accused Musk’s X of allowing Russian propaganda about Ukraine to spread on its website.

A study released last week by the European Commission, the governing body of the European Union, found that “the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023.”

The study said that the increased reach of Russian propaganda online was “largely driven by Twitter, where engagement grew by 36% after CEO Elon Musk decided to lift mitigation measures on Kremlin-backed accounts”.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/08/elon-musk-committed-evil-starlink-order-ukraine

 Also a related opinion piece:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/elon-musk-satellite-war-starlink-system-ukraine
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3297 on: September 09, 2023, 04:19:18 AM »
Orc defensive lines are cracking...looks like their whole front line is in trouble. Not surprising with their killed around the 600 a day mark now. >:D






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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3298 on: September 09, 2023, 06:19:59 AM »
Orc defensive lines are cracking...looks like their whole front line is in trouble. Not surprising with their killed around the 600 a day mark now. >:D






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I don't read that into the report. Ukrainians have been stuck around Robotyne for some time now, similarly with Bakhmut also. Their Counter-offensive has only retaken very small areas and they've been at it for months now.

It's not that I don't support Ukraine, I do but I just think they didn't get the strategy right here this year. They've only got a few weeks left now before winter starts to set in. If they happen to crack the Russian lines they might then make rapid progress but I am doubtful. Most of their time seems to have been dealing with minefields and to some extent fortifications. That means that they couldn't put the pressure on the Russian Army that they needed to. Meanwhile in the north where they could have five that, then swung around behind orc lines they've ignored that to concentrate on the harder way through. This year's fighting is looking like a stalemate to me.
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Re: The Struggle For Ukraine
« Reply #3299 on: September 11, 2023, 09:57:44 PM »
rumours of me being cut-off from Russian Nootropics
have been GREATLY exaggerated

I'm retired now, and don't need 'em for work anymore
Russians showed me the kinda advantage THEY give
and I ain't talkin 'bout LAME western versions, like Adderall or Modafinil

I WUZ overseas and got back earlier this evening, and had my first post travel nap
moy gullivar is really confused and unhappy now
Geezers should stick to flying short distances, like Costa Rica
after I get a certain letter from Kazakhstan due REAL SOON NOW
I'll show ya

as far as "other" farmaceuticals are concerned
even after a nuclear apocalypse
I will still have weed dropped off at the compound

the rest of ya'll can chug Hillbilly Beer
that's not for me
you go to Uraguay, if you choose to
and i'll go mining

ain't NOTHIN major gonna happen in Ukraine the rest of this year
cuz the weather's gonna run out

Ukraine is a prey animal that latched on to the lion's leg
and it ain't gonna let go, cuz it knows it'll be eaten the moment it does
but the lion has a big wound that's hemmoraging blood from the prey's struggle

all the mistakes Putinauh makes is due to weakness
he waited until North Stream II was done to steal turf from ukraine
cuz he thought it would give him money and leverage over NATO
instead he handed over the whole damn Russia-Europa gas business to the USA
he shouda pulled off his highway robbery under Trump (the sherriff who can be bought)
instead the one he couldn't bribe (AKA Sherriff Sleepy Joe)
potential for cinematic magic here
GOOD V EVIL
with sleepy Sherriff Joe against Alski Coponensky
Hitler made the same mistake with Russia, and delayed operation Barborosa to take Yugoslavia so his flank wasn't wide open
that delay pushed the schedule to June 22, instead of March 22
that delay cost him seizing Moscow due to weather
Putinuh has the same issue


putin has to "secure his flank" before such moves
that simple mistake, pushed his robbery
past Trump and into Biden

when next spring comes, it'll only be 8 months until he and Trump have their moment in the sun together once more
his CURRENT disinformatze plan, is actually working
support for Ukraine in a recent poll, showed a sharp decine in support
most Americans now believe it's not vital to America's interest to support Ukraine
Trump wins, Ukraine will not be getting a dime from the USA
but you better believe Trump will make out, real good...
meanwhile look at what happened at the recent G20 conference
where BRICS oligarchs who have financial ties to Russia
issued a condemnation, of Ukraine defending it's people and territory

well, now that I'm briefly awake
got other stuff to catch up on

so cash ya'll leter

oops...
almost forgot one thing
Putin is sending a huge amount of Russians to the USA ALREADY!!!
but listen to me...

they're all named Lee Harvey Oswaldski





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