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I understand your point, but going back to Haiduk's post, I think most folks have taken a harder position either for or against and these items do not have the impact they might once have had. They really aren't going to move the needle much. Russia has been way too blatant and the folks who are on the fence will always have an excuse for not opposing Russia that have nothing to do with Ukrainian actions.

in years to come he will become the Star Trek guy that has to die.

heh. I have no problem figuring out who the real fascists are in this war. Someone points out a unit badge in UA. Then I see Wagner taking a sledgehammer to people, the butchery in Bucha and so many other places, keeping recruits who don't want to be a stupid human wave being kept in pits, deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure etc etc.

outstanding CMSF still stands as my favorite.

THIS! This link is to a scene from an email game I played with a good friend. The battle lasted well over an hour, but this post was for one small action occurring between like 3 pixeltruppen on each side. If not in Wego I'd have missed it. Hit the arrow in top right corner or it will take you to the first page of thread. The post itself is from page 5. This action was just over 11 years ago (yikes) but i still very much remember this moment.

Nope, folks have just misunderstood. It really stands for Putin's Military Criminals.

saw a post of a woman who got nose surgery because she wants her children to have smaller noses.

Been trying to catch up on this thread, but been too busy writing George Soros to have the space lasers repointed at Russia. With all the water in CA I think they won't be able to create so many forest fires this year. Hoping MTG will help introduce a bill for congress to include this in the next round of military support for Ukraine.

putin the master strategist! The collapse of Russian influence is widening (yahoo.com)

buried in an article about the latest missile attacks.

nah, Russians will have either pulled out or been pocketed. Considering how much Bakhmut will need to be rebuilt, the bridges are just one more item.

there ya go. fixed

and Monday was the first public announcement of the arrest of Zvengintsev. Whatever the reasons for their original arrests, they are looking to be scape goats now.

If you are gonna lie, might as well go big! Russia stated that its Kinzhal destroyed 5 Patriot missile system launchers with one attack (yahoo.com) And yet they still arrested the scientists who helped develop it? Yep that is typically what you do for a wildly successful military weapon...

So essentially, they operate on about the same level as my cat. It knows when my wife goes in the kitchen it sometimes gets a treat. So every time she heads to the kitchen the cat perks up, even if she was in the kitchen just 5 minutes ago and already gave her the treat. Keep in mind she only gives the cat a treat once a day and usually in the evening. Doesn't matter to the cat. Could be 11am, she's headed to the kitchen ergo maybe a treat! To give my cat some credit, she just turned 20.

Russia says hypersonic missile scientists face 'very serious' treason accusations (yahoo.com) 3 scientists behind Putin's 'unstoppable' missiles were jailed for treason. Russian researchers say they are now living in fear. (yahoo.com)

Putin: "Victory!"

The CIA launched a Telegram channel to get Russians to spy for them, with one former spook saying now is 'probably the best period of recruiting Russians that we've had' (yahoo.com)

1. probably cheap. A small object at high velocity.. 2. really bad. Be best if we weren't using kinetic energy 3. Easier for us than China 4 Cheaper and faster for us.

Is it time to talk satellite warfare?

well they weren't TOTALLY wrong. "US manufactured Patriot Surface to air missile system has been struck by Krinzhal hypersonic glide vehicle in Kiev."

They already do that. hell they hit the hometown of the Ukrainian Eurovision entry just before they were to perform. So no they can't switch to an alternate strategy that is already part of their strategy. The attempt to hit Kiev in force was simply a failure. No other way to present that one. Russia only has a limited capability to keep producing these weapons and they just flushed a significant portion of them.

Nah I think we already know. and as to Russia hitting Ukrainian supply lines.. well we are 14+ months in with no sign that Russia is remotely capable of that.

sort of. Not sure how they expect that to help deal with the coming counter offensive. As it is, it turns out to have been ineffective and places Russia with another dilemma in terms of having another military capability neutered.

Geez Russia really doesn't have any military strategy. That is a lot of expenditure for what exactly?