EPTOn February 23 2024 19:21 zeo wrote:
Since the Ukrainian government.....
Since the Ukrainian government.....
Hm... Seems like someone got new naming guidelines for the "regime".
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread - Page 658
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Velr
Switzerland10990 Posts
Hm... Seems like someone got new naming guidelines for the "regime". | ||
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United States41117 Posts
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Lmui
Canada6223 Posts
On February 24 2024 03:14 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: If accurate this would mean the Russians only have one such aircraft left(?), as a third one was short down over the Black Sea in January(?)... the costs hover around $300 to half a billion dollars depending on what they are equipped with. That's not counting the crew. https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1761090995137966312 https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1761086908317176126 Seems accurate, Russians are claiming it was friendly fire (again) which is an odd choice | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On February 24 2024 06:49 Lmui wrote: Seems accurate, Russians are claiming it was friendly fire (again) which is an odd choice Deemed preferable to make yourself look stupid than admit you got beat. | ||
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maybenexttime
Poland5914 Posts
An article on how Russian soldiers treat one another. A glimpse into the "russian world". A short summary in English, but the automated translation of the full article looks decent: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1761130119173988755.html | ||
zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
Very interesting piece about the intel work between Ukraine and mainly CIA in the leadup to the Russian invasion. | ||
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zeo
Serbia6344 Posts
First combat deployment of the tank to the front lines was apparently today (or yesterday depending on when the video was taken). There were some videos with a disabled Abrams a few days ago but that was 20km from the front line. Weird how they didnt put any anti-drone cages on it (also still waiting for info about what took it out) | ||
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United States41117 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8281 Posts
On February 27 2024 01:06 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I'm confused I guess Turkey already voted in favor Sweden joining... but I guess that makes it official. https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1762143595564298361 It was semi official, but now it's official official. Nothing new or surprising, now it's just down on paper | ||
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Netherlands22705 Posts
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Sent.
Poland9336 Posts
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sertas
Sweden890 Posts
On February 27 2024 01:38 Sent. wrote: To be honest I was a little worried Hungary will keep stalling to attempt to haggle something out of this. They did, they got a fighter jet gripen deal with sweden before approving | ||
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zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
On February 27 2024 01:50 sertas wrote: They did, they got a fighter jet gripen deal with sweden before approving The approval probably didn't hurt, but that deal was in the works for longer than the question of Sweden joining NATO or not. This was more Orban overplaying his hand. He thought together with Turkey he could get something out of his Yes but was left standing alone when Erdogan got his F16 deal without bothering to tell Orban. The Gripen story is Orban saving face over his months of useless obstruction. | ||
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CuddlyCuteKitten
Sweden2914 Posts
Turkey had a demand list that we agreed on. Hungary wanted nothing. The negotiations that Turkey did after that was with the US, not Sweden. Turkey had valid reason to distrust Sweden, demands that were fluid enough to argue about (so the process can be stalled) and more importantly they are a large and important member who are much more important than Sweden. Hungary had none of that. Really hard to negotiate with Sweden when you didn't do it in Madrid. And even harder to do it with the US who doesn't really give a shit about you strategically. Rumors started going around about Hungary getting kicked out of NATO last I heard. In the end Orban managed to get one win, a way to save face after Erdogan fucked him diplomatically with a diplomatic visit and a figther jet deal. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17872 Posts
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs has made a pretty strong speech after the Russian Ambassador's presentation before the UN Security Council. | ||
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iopq
United States1200 Posts
On February 23 2024 19:21 zeo wrote: Hate to interupt the soapboxing and conspiracy theories but a few thoughts on the situation on the ground. With the end of the Krynky filler arc over Let me interrupt you there, there's no evidence Russia cleaned up Krynky | ||
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United States41117 Posts
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Germany4016 Posts
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Sent.
Poland9336 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
This sounds much more like strategic ambiguity than actual deliberation. I don't see anywhere that France or any other country is seriously considering sending NATO troops to Ukraine. | ||
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