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I am ok with "showing". Fix it. Investigate. I am not ok with dehumanisation as part of war propaganda.

Yes, they are raping 78 year old women! Monsters! I read it. PsyOps go extremely well. Actually, such guys like you are priority target. Not own population. Not Russians. We, in Russia, are getting stupid things like dead bodies of soldiers and videos with humiliating of POWs, that actually seeds hatred instead of anti-war feelings, but that's ok for them. That PsyOps centres are targeting you. Well, nothing to do here, we are going to world war.

I didn't serve in Russian army. This narrative is irrational, hard to believe and contradicts to typical behaviour of soldiers we looked before (well, if they are so mad - they would openly beat and kick civilians all the time). People are killed just before filming, their clothes are clean, blood is still red. On this photo skin is... Like alive person's. Unfortunately I watched a lot of videos with dead people last month, they don't look like that already after few hours. So, that unit retreats from Bucha. Last rear guard. And so, they go and execute civilians to leave dead bodies for VSU? Just go to street and shoot and random people? Really? Hidden SBU agents in Russian ranks? They are retreating, their unit can be cut, they can easily become POWs. And they go and make street shooting for fun. I understand your point, ok, you got me - I "deny obvious war crime in Bucha", if you want. I sincerely can't believe in this story, not because Russian army is saint and can't do something bad (they do sometimes), but because this is completely illogical.

With "war bonus", of course.

I just know for sure that contractor's salary is 200k rubbles, 2500 USD. (Privates, NCOs) It's low for the West, but very much in Russia and Ukraine. So that soldiers get 10 times more money per month than average Ukraine worker. Ok, may be just 5 times more than average Kyiv citizen.

This is your explanation for irrationality of shooting civilian people just before leaving? (Bodies are not burried, even not stiffened) Mad soldiers who kill people because they envy to their wealth. I am not sure, should I write that this is BS and Russia is generally more wealthy than Ukraine. That I was in Ukraine, that I know statistics about their salaries and their median salary is lower (average salary also lower, obviously). Or all that is odd because all gone emotional. Well, I did it.

Well, good to know. I guess I should support that disgusting rightist Putin, or Ukrainian "moderate nationalist" will come and "de-russificate" me. Thank you for insight! Will by another 1000 of 7,62x39 ammo.

VSU has a lot of T-80. Sapienti sat.

I didn't want to interrupt your speeches (I liked story about Muslim Muscovites most of all). But, damn, you use Soviet AKs, T-64s, any weapon in VSU is Soviet with exception to some new ATGMs. Ukraine energy system is supplied by Soviet built nuclear stations invented by "incapable serfs" (thanks to moksha-yakut mudblood Kurchatov). How can you live with such contradictions in your head?

The issue is operational, not tactical. CM doesn't focus on operational level (with exception to some binary choices in campaign). For CM player it looks stupid, when that probe units just rushed forward. When you have 2x2 km map and you know that here are enemy main forces, you can push slowly, dismount infantry, move by leaps. But what if you have to pass dozen of such 2x2 "maps" in a day? You will "stupidly" rush at full speed. For those, who watched Russia's army actions in the past, here is nothing new. March to South Osetia caused roadsides, filled by broken vehicles. And Soviet vehicles didn't become newer since this. Difference is that in this campaign broken vehicles stay in hostile territory and commanders made false assumptions about level of resistance, not leaving enough forces for roadblock duties. Or they don't have enough troops, because attacking force is rather small. Considering "psyops multiplier" nothing stunning happened.

https://youtu.be/oQjUNNK4HRY

You guys ask why Putin attacked, I try to translate you reasons that were mentioned in Putin's and other officials speeches, your reaction is "emotional". Ok, I won't discomfort you.

I think that reason is simple. He is afraid that U.S. will set missile systems in Ukraine and Moscow will be under strike in 4-5 minutes after launch. He said it during his TV speech about war, I don't think that he is lying in this case. Biden refused to give guarantees that it won't happen, so he attacked... Why now? Some strategical reasons. Lukashenko is ally now (in 2014 he was neutral), weather, military readiness e.t.c.

I am afraid to say this, bringing hot political discussion. But. Did you hear about such countries as Yugoslavia, Iraq, Lybia, Syria? Syria was bombed by foreign aviation today, by the way. I couldn't help saying it. Not to justify invasion, not to advocate Putin, just saying.

Obviously not, as Euro Association provided closure of Ukrainian market for Russian goods and vice versa. That's what 2014 conflict was about. EU forced Yanukovich to sign it, he refused and was overthrown.

Cherson is taken - Ukrainian authorities

Russian MOD claims that airborne troops at Hostomel were joined by mech units, Kiev is blocked from the west. DPR and LPR forces advanced 11-12 km ahead with Russian fire support.

Yes, it happened in Obolon. So no Russian SAM in Kiev.

This is Strela-10 in Kiev. Ukrainian government sources claim that Russian saboteurs are dressed in VSU uniform and crashed into this car.

Why should he be ashamed, because he was mistaken about government plans? You assume that he knew about attack, but intentionally denied it?

Absolutely not. He hates communists, who "gave too much to non-russian republics". Russian Empire, may be.

International military help is only one particular example of internationalism, as it was understood by Soviet leaders. They helped African colonies to liberate themselves. (Though they pursued more pragmatic goals also obviously) Helped Afganistan to fight with local religious radicals, to build modern society. During Russian revolution internationalists from Germany, Hungary, China and other countries helped to overthrow bourgeoisie, Soviet help to foreign workers in Spain and other countries was "giving back". But internationalism was much more than that, it was ideology that affected education, laws, government system... Now that evil Soviet legacy is successfully destroyed in Ukraine and Russia. But it's time to stop side discussions and focus on events, so I stop here. Don't want this thread to be locked.

Internationalism is not that. Internationalism is opposite to nationalism. It is a belief that humans of all races and nations are equal and have common interests.

It's worth noting that Putin's rhetoric is radically anti-communist, just like rhetoric of Ukrainian nationalists. They are competing who suffers more from evilous totalitarian Soviet Union heritage.

**** goes on, pardon my french