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No more shaheeds from Iran, no starlink, no tanks, no oil. I suspect Russia is going to loose lots of territory this year
Also potentially no more air interceptors missiles for Ukraine however...
...which in my opinion is one of the secondary reasons Trump did it.
Im sure ukraine will find another source. Someone wants to make $Β£β¬
Yeah I am hopeful too, just frustrated at how predictable my shit president is.
people in america need to stop working and all go to the capitol. Epsteinds best friends needs to be thrown in the smallest coldest brightest cell imaginable forbthe rest of his miserable life with nothing but a bucket to shit and piss in, same with everyone involved with the coverup.
Epstein didn't kill himself, maybe we should make getting Epstein'd a verb?
There is no other source of PAC3. You can down everything but ballistics without it. SAMP/T has worse stats vs ballistics as of now, although all the data is captured and improvements are on the way.
because only an iraninan company has the ability to make these interceptor drones....
One can only hope that Putler is forced to stop somehow.
Aren't they able to produce shaed-like drones in Russia in the meantime? Of course hoping they indeed do lose lots of territory
not at the rate they use them. Ukraine is currently winning this war of attrition that the pootin bots like to say when you remind them that the OG plan was 1 day, 3 days and 1 week
For so many years, russians have been portrayed as tough in Hollywood films and video games, but it should have been Ukrainians all along. In the USSR, all but the people at the top were oppressed or restricted in some way, but at least russians were not viewed as second-class (unless they were Jewish, among other things). Meanwhile the people of Ukraine (and those of other Soviet republics) had to deal not only with the Nazis but also with the Soviets, both of whom viewed them as inherently inferior.
From what I have understood, Russia has generally stolen a lot of Ukraineβs history and culture and passed it off as theirs. The word Rus refers to the vikings who actually founded Kyiv and whom many Ukrainians descend from. Even their names are Slavic versions of Norse names, which I didnβt know until relatively recently.
Yeah, even recently, Russia has removed or minimized references to Kyivan Rus in school books.
It is absolutely crazy what goes on over there. I am not an expert on the subject, but have seen, heard and read enough to understand how absolutely unhinged that country is right now. Most reasonable Russians who could afford it have left a long time ago and those who are still there have to witness their childrenβs education being turned into a brainwashing camp that will turn their kids into canon fodder the moment they come of age. It is so fucked, man.
Yeah, a lot of Slavic names are borrowings or literal translations of Norse and Greek names (depending on the region and time period)
I think it is really cool, honestly. It does make sense, in the same way that our ancient religions and folktales are all echoes of one another. I know that our most famous poet, Hans Christian Andersen borrowed from a couple of Slavic folktales to create some of his biggest fairytales. The Wild Swans were, as far as I remember, based on a Slavic fairytale where the princes turn into ravens instead of swans, but itβs been a minute and a half since I read about it, so Im super fuzzy on the details. I just remember finding so cool that he actually borrowed from other cultures in that way to tell these stories to a - then - new audience.
Soviets did make a habit of crediting any achievements of any people within the USSR to the generalized "soviet" people, which, by default, meant russians. Not that there weren't smart scientists and resilient warriors that were actually russian (gotta acknowledge the truth), but a lot of positive things people usually associate with Soviets were achieved by what was ethnic minorities at the time.
If there's one thing I know, it's never to mess with mother nature, mother in-laws and, mother freaking Ukrainians.
- Skinny Pete
While true, we don't need to be reminded that THAT Italian Job movie exists.
This was by far the roughest winter so far.
Yes, it pisses me off endlessly my country has repeatedly refused to actually move the needle on this war, it has subjected Ukraine to a general human rights crisis this winter and yet my government still condescends Ukraine.
I want to emphasize something though, this was the hardest winter by far in large part because russia has begun to resort more and more to straight up unambiguous terrorism against the Ukrainian civilian population.
You HAVE to remember to ask why they are doing so, and the answer as it always is with those who resort to acts of terrorism is because they are too weak to fight a traditional war. Russia is using guerilla warfare tactics (in an utterly unethical way) while still trying to convince everyone it is capable of fighting a traditional war.
This isn't to minimize anything here, I am pointing out why the dynamic has changed and what that indicates, not minimizing how incredibly difficult this all is.
America survived Valley Forge, and came out of it stronger than ever, and went on to win the Revolution.
Hopefully, this was Ukraine's Valley Forge.