I do. I was given them by a mysterious figure called 'Sore Throat' in the Arnotts car park one dark evening.
But Im sure it wont come as a big surprise to you either when you hear that the US will spend $142 billion over the 2021–2030 period to maintain their Nuclear arsenal - So just imaging what they've spent on their upkeep since the 70s
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I would not say Putin is a moderate at all myself. the question is very much about Russia and not really who takes over after him. Putin's time in charge has done so much damage that it's almost impossible to predict what comes next. the real issue is if Russia falls apart which is a possibility, what becomes of its stockpile of WMD's? Putin mark 2 or a more west-leaning President who would have a hard time keeping the doors locked in certain WMD bunkers. Putin's legacy is Russia now has something like 100 very very rich old guys with no moral compass. Wagner, I would take an educated guess is not the only private army operating in Russia. The great irony in all this is... the international community may well have to consider going into Russia in the event of a total breakdown in law and order to stop WMDs from falling into the hands of every mad mullar and his dog. All this is on account of Putin's crazy notions of his own greatness.
Putin's gift to the world is he is halfway to creating 100 Osama Bin Ladens. That's what is worrying a lot of us.
We know what state the bear is in. Its quite telling when they have to resort to begging Iran and NK for 2nd rate weaponry or they have to start taking Nuclear war heads off their cruise missiles only to replace them with ballast and a small conventional war head to keep their attack on civilians going for another while....
Wagnerites making gains south of bakhmut
Who could have seen this coming...
Been reading about the front lines at Bakhmut. Seems like both sides are well dug in
Its First World War sh1t. Soldiers in muddy trenches, only tree stumps between them, and people hiding out in flooded basements of destroyed buildings.
its astonishing to me that with all the modern machines, and remote capabilities, there are thousands of guys fighting like it was 100 years ago
And in an hour they are all dead ,and bakhmut is still under the full control of Ukrainian forces.
No victories today comrades
So your suggesting that Ukraine should retaliate in kind? Apart from losing the moral high ground it currently has, what do you think will happen to Western support for Ukraine as a consequence?
Well those tweets confirming russian gains were posted this morning - no news on a counter attack yet.
Also even liveuamap have updated the frontline to show the russian gain south of bakhmut - and they have a very pro-ua slant so its clearly not looking good there.
Just because you dont like something, doesnt make it not true
russia should well remember what happens to an army that splits and fights on multiple different fronts.
exactly,so lets hope it doesnt turn into a civil war in Russia
NASMs 🚀.
They move forward over a few hours and then Ukrainian artillery and drones hit them during the night and the orcs are back to square one ,this has been happening for months another poster previously claimed the Ukrainans were in full retreat before taking bakhmut and Kherson
Unfortunately it does look like Russia could take Bakhmut.
They have thrown the kitchen sink at it.
The Russians have thrown thousands at it but they won't be taking it ,
I don't think this is the case, at least not anytime soon.
The Russians have made gains in the south, but there are still 4-5 roads open into the city. At the current rate of progress it's going to take several months until Ukraine are cut off and forced to abandon the city.
Remember when a Russian spy who was recently caught using a fake Brazilian identity by the dutch authorities as he was about to start a Job in the International Criminal Courts,he was sent back to Brazil to face charges ,only now the Russians had asked he be extradited to Russia to face drugs charges .....
We would like out spy back oh sorry drug dealer
ISW suggesting that the Russians may have made potential gains near the city.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden are in Kyiv today
love bombing Kiev
Hasnt this happened at least four or five times already or am I going crazy. Russians storm an area around Bakhmut, hold it, then get blasted back again??
I doubt that. I am guessing the Russians have finally realised that frontal assaults on the city itself are achieving nothing, hence the attempt to try and take villages around the city itself. There's a long way for them to go before Bakhmut is in real danger.
Yes, of course they would personally like to wreak havoc on the bastards who murdered their family members, and in some of the most inhumane ways that could only be devised by the pure evil devil's that they are. And rightly so! But that does not even remotely translate into Ukrainian military behavior, which has been exemplary, and in strict accordance with IHL.
Villages are for hiding holes and warmth. They are fast running out of weather and will be freezing very soon some already have been.
Certain posters on here love reporting that there's bad news at Bakhmut. I suspect they are hoping that they can follow it up by saying "oh Russia is winning now and Ukraine should surrender"
They have only only broken trough the 1 defence line in the south trying to encircle Bakhmut
That's the guy educated in Ireland and possibly maybe even had a boards account (who knows).
Hopefully the Brazilian authorities hold firm and don't give in to the Das Reich (ers).
The harsh reality from the frontline in the east
Many dead russian bodies being found,some in Ukrainian uniforms
Grim scene.
“It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it.”
Robert E. Lee
It happens a couple of times a week, but for some reason it suddenly becomes oh look the Ukrainans are failing from certain types
This is happening for months
Cracking report from Lindsey Hilsum on C4 news
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