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Lol....

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Xyls wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 3:19 pm Lol....

Now this is insane. :shock: Cannabalizing their own stock of ICBMs just to use them as decoys? The CIA must be having an orgasm.
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The empty nuclear cruise missiles Russia fired into Ukraine were decoys meant to draw Ukrainian antiaircraft fire from other incoming missiles and/or to trick the Ukrainian AA weapons into revealing their locations. The nuclear warheads were due for retirement anyway as Russia has newer models. It was actually an intelligent use of resources.

The Ukraine War more generally is a place where everyone is sending their older weapons to die.
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Ukraine war: Russia demands annexations recognised before talks


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63832151
The Kremlin said it was open to negotiations, but not on the West's demand to pull out of Ukraine.

Russia illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions at the end of September, without controlling any of them.

Nine months into its invasion, it has lost more than half the land it seized.
And this is why negotiations are completely useless. Putin can negotiate with Western bombs if he likes. Weapons deliveries to Ukraine need to be accelerated and Russia needs to bleed.
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I have a bad feeling this war is going to last a LONG time. Going to be like a high-intensity version of the War in Donbas, occasionally flaring up into fears of nuclear and chemical war every now and again while ultimately providing a baseline version of the rise of major drone warfare. Heck, in a couple years, I wouldn't be surprised if Russia and Ukraine field the world's largest drone/robotic armies (for now).
And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future
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Russia will run out of funds by the end of 2023 at the rate it is depleting it's reserves. Russia cannot afford a war past the end of 2023. However, Ukraine and the West most certainly can.

Ukraine has the time and Russia does not. Russia has already been defeated it's just a matter of how long Russia wants to draw this out and how likely they want to make revolution at home at this point. Losers do not dictate terms.
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Russia Cracks Down On Military Reporting
by Dan Parsons
December 1, 2022

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(The Drive) The discussion of a host of military topics is now banned from public debate within Russia. The decree comes as the Russian military's battlefield defeats in Ukraine have mounted.

“Russian authorities have banned public discussions of a wide range of non-classified military subjects that activists say will effectively prevent the public from learning crucial information about the Armed Forces,” the Moscow Times reported. The “Federal Security Service (FSB) order, which enters into force Dec. 1, lists information that is not classified as a state secret, but which ‘can be used by foreign states, organizations, and citizens against Russia’s security.’”

Both the structure and size of the Russian Armed Forces are topics of discussion now legally forbidden, according to the Moscow Times. Other punishable topics of conversation are weapons, troop deployments and training, troop morale, and crimes committed by military personnel.

In addition to outright opponents of Russia's war on Ukraine, some of even the most ardent supporters of Vladimir Putin in the media have been outspoken in their critiques of certain aspects of the war effort. There have been reports that some Russian military bloggers have also raised the ire of the government for some of the content they produce and how it reflects on the Kremlin. It will be interesting to see how this is enforced going forward.
Read more here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ ... reporting
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