March 2, 20223 yr Just now, Toastrel said: Only you, and your ilk, would describe citizens who are defending their nation, and their leaders, who unlike many, are talking the talk, are cowards and fools. You are shameful cretins with all the bravery of a troll. If you think Molotov cocktails against armored vehicles is defending anything but the delusions of internet warriors, you're more of an idiot than I thought. Throwing civilians into the fray is a **** move.
March 2, 20223 yr Moldova is next. But this... Deputy Prime Minister Popescu also said that he does not expect to be invaded. Popescu conveyed that the biggest challenge he sees is handling an influx of refugees. https://www.ibtimes.sg/moldova-next-wider-war-europe-feared-lukashenko-gives-away-next-target-russia-putin-63108
March 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Abracadabra said: If you think Molotov cocktails against armored vehicles is defending anything but the delusions of internet warriors, you're more of an idiot than I thought. Throwing civilians into the fray is a **** move. THE RUSSIANS, INVADING THEIR HOME, IS A **** MOVE. YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE THIS, BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A RECTAL CLEANING OF PUTIN'S COLON WITH YOUR ENTIRE BODY. FFS
March 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Abracadabra said: If you think Molotov cocktails against armored vehicles is defending anything but the delusions of internet warriors, you're more of an idiot than I thought. Throwing civilians into the fray is a **** move. STFU lil’ Drago.
March 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, jsdarkstar said: The Cowards and fools are the Russian Troops who are surrendering in mass. I wouldn't call them fools. That's a good decision.
March 2, 20223 yr 26 minutes ago, Toastrel said: You are aware the USSR split up, right? Yes, hence why Putin is taking back Ukraine.
March 2, 20223 yr Just now, Bacarty2 said: uhhh... I dont think Ukraine Civilians invited russians in there front door to fight. (wild guess). Also, Depending on where you land the cocktail, yes it will stop a tank in it's tracks Another fool. Even if there's the occasional, purely lucky, damage to a tank, it will not change the outcome of this war AT ALL!
March 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, barho said: crazy video https://mobile.twitter.com/Rayyniel/status/1499050951906402307 Holy ish.
March 2, 20223 yr Ukraine’s Secret Weapon Against Russia: Turkish Drones A Bayraktar TB2 drone before a test flight at the Hmelnitski military base in Ukraine on March 20, 2019. Credit - Press Office of the President of Ukraine / Mykola Lararenko / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images In a video that went viral on Twitter Sunday night, a massive explosion rips through what appears to be a Russian convoy, scoring a direct hit on a surface-to-air missile system. The black-and-white footage, posted to the account of the Ukrainian armed forces, is one of several that have emerged on social media in recent days showing the devastating impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian hardware. As the drone’s payload explodes in the video—which appears to be a cellphone recording of a screen in a Ukrainian drone facility—people at the facility can be heard gasping in awe before breaking out in cheers and applause. The video racked up more than 3 million views on Twitter in two days. "Have fear, enemies! There will be no peace for you on our earth!” the Ukrainian armed forces wrote in the video’s caption. The star of this video and others circulating on Twitter is the Bayraktar TB2 – a type of Turkish drone that the Ukrainian military has increasingly deployed against Russian forces in recent days. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian military said that Bayraktar drones had destroyed one tank and two surface-to-air missile systems overnight. In other videos shared on Twitter, Bayraktar drones, in use by the military since at least 2021, are shown blowing up what appears to be a Russian fuel convoy and a group of supply trucks. The drones are small and lightweight, (around seven times lighter than the U.S. military’s Reaper drone,) with a 12-meter wingspan that allows them to remain in the sky for up to 30 hours at a time. Each drone can each carry four laser-guided missiles, according to promotional material from Baykar Technologies, the company that produces them. The impact of Bayraktar drones in Ukraine Ukraine’s drone campaign has contributed to its early successes in slowing the Russian advance, and is revealing unexpected weaknesses on the part of the Russian army, U.S. and European military analysts say. Perhaps more significantly, analysts add, the videos are also becoming an increasingly prominent part of Ukraine’s information war – giving Russian invaders a reason to fear their enemy, and providing a vital boost for Ukrainian morale amid fears of a coming military onslaught. Even so, the drones are unlikely to change the long-term course of the war, analysts point out. "The footage released by the Ukraine military shows serious defects in Russian air defense cover, which is a surprise for many observers,” says Arda Mevlütoğlu, a Turkish military and aerospace analyst. "The footage is also very useful for PR and psychological warfare.” Reliable and accurate military drones were once the exclusive purview of the U.S. military. But the technology has become more commonplace in recent years, and is now a fixture of many 21st century battlefields. And Turkey is now the preeminent supplier. In the last two years, Turkish Bayraktar drones have appeared not only in Ukraine, but also Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Libya and Syria. Last year in Ethiopia, a rebel force was bearing down on the capital Addis Ababa before the government repelled them with the drones. In the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2020, Turkish drones proved decisive in the Azeri victory against Armenia – a Russian ally. "In recent years, the Bayraktars have scored some really famous successes,” says Tony Osborne, the London bureau chief of Aviation Week, a publication focused on the aerospace industry. "I would argue that it’s now the most famous drone of them all.”
March 2, 20223 yr Just now, Abracadabra said: Another fool. Even if there's the occasional, purely lucky, damage to a tank, it will not change the outcome of this war AT ALL! I bet you were Putin your hands on yoself while you typed that.
March 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Abracadabra said: Another fool. Even if there's the occasional, purely lucky, damage to a tank, it will not change the outcome of this war AT ALL! That's what the British said!
March 2, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: Another fool. Even if there's the occasional, purely lucky, damage to a tank, it will not change the outcome of this war AT ALL! Putin makes you hot and bothered, doesn't he. Do you wake up with a woody, dreaming about Putin without a shirt on.
March 2, 20223 yr 15 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: He was impeached. allegations that they are a coup are Kremlin talking points.
March 2, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: Another fool. Even if there's the occasional, purely lucky, damage to a tank, it will not change the outcome of this war AT ALL! You completely missed the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprising.
March 2, 20223 yr 23 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: This was predictable. Encouraging people to engage in suicidal behavior so that you can gain political advantage is cruel and gutless. That's the kind of "leaders" the West has these days- cowards and fools. "Shame on you for cheering on people defending their country from Russian invasion" is one of the funniest things I've read on here in a while. Your content is A+ rated, dude. Top notch.
March 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, mayanh8 said: "Shame on you for cheering on people defending their country from Russian invasion" is one of the funniest things I've read on here in a while. Your content is A+ rated, dude. Top notch. And another one. Keep telling yourself that civilians with a few ounces of gasoline are defending against a mechanized army. Your growing mythologies may give you comfort but they don't impinge on the realities of this war.
March 2, 20223 yr Quote Critics Call Out ‘Racist’ Western Coverage of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine "This isn’t Iraq or Afghanistan… This is a relatively civilized, relatively European city,” one foreign correspondent in Kyiv said. Western mainstream media outlets have come under fire for what critics call "racist” and "white supremacist” coverage that paints Ukrainians as being more worthy of the world’s sympathy—than citizens in similarly strife-torn Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen—because they are "white.” Reporting from the front lines in Kyiv, foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata, who has two decades of war reporting experience, said, "This isn’t a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen conflict raging for decades. This is a relatively civilised, relatively European city where you wouldn’t expect that or hope that it’s going to happen.” "I have to choose those words carefully too,” he added as a disclaimer. D’Agata later apologised, but it was too late. The news clip featuring D’Agata’s live exchange racked up more than 1.5 million views on social media and attracted thousands of angry comments. "It’s as if he’s saying that those countries are raising people that deserve the destruction,” wrote a CBS viewer on its YouTube channel. On Twitter, the outrage was palpable as users were quick to point out the problematic nature of D’Agata’s comparisons of countries in conflict. "I wonder what would lead someone like Charlie D’Agata to think it is [OK] to compare the value of peoples' lives and who qualifies as ‘civilised,’” Cornell history professor Mostafa Minawi wrote. "As someone who has lived through wars and invasions with the world watching, I deeply empathize with the Ukrainian people. The deeply racist coverage has been very telling as well.” But CBS wasn’t the only news network airing questionable views. NBC News correspondent Kelly Cobiella also came under fire for stating the following on air: "These are not refugees from Syria, these are refugees from Ukraine... They’re Christian, they’re white, they’re very similar [to us].” "The unthinkable has happened,” exclaimed a female correspondent reporting from Poland for Britain’s ITV. "This is not a developing, third-world nation—this is Europe!" And on BBC, Ukrainian politician and prosecutor David Sakvarelidze told the presenter, "It’s really emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed, children being killed everyday with Putin’s missiles and his helicopters and rockets.” The British broadcaster’s press office has yet to issue an official statement or comment about the views expressed on air. Speaking anonymously because they are not authorised to speak on the matter, a London-based TV producer working at the BBC’s Broadcasting House headquarters told VICE World News that the situation was "conveyed well” given the nature of live interviews. "Our pundits and guests go through strict screening procedures but this was an unfortunate incident,” the producer said. Media watchdogs said the coverage of the Ukraine crisis revealed long-held biases by Western societies. "This type of commentary reflects the pervasive mentality in Western journalism of normalizing tragedy in parts of the world such as the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Latin America,” wrote the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association in a statement. "It dehumanizes and renders their experience with war as somehow normal and expected.” "Newsrooms must not make comparisons that weigh the significance or imply justification of one conflict over another—civilian casualties and displacement in other countries are equally as abhorrent as they are in Ukraine,” the group added. Political scientist Ian Chong from the National University of Singapore told VICE World News that these views showed a disparity in the sympathy Western societies have for Ukrainians on the ground, as compared to war refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. They also reflect several problematic attitudes. "The first is a certain ahistoricism. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is clearly terrible. However, it forgets the horrible ethnic cleansing that happened in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. That is Europe too,” Chong said. "The second is a normalization of a view that Europe ought to be peaceful and prosperous.” "Thirdly is a view that wars happen in far-off places that are poor and affect people who do not look like Europeans or the majority of people in North America,” he said. "This discounts the fact that a number of conflicts in these distant parts of the world were exacerbated, supported by or even involved states in Europe and North America.” Follow Heather Chen on Twitter. https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvy84/racist-western-coverage-ukraine-russia?utm_source=vice_facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3VJehbIp-k8INlKUadeOlp-FvztXUxpsmG404AfsZ7jT3n8Ic4vUHaM8c The only comment that I can see as legitimately prejudiced is the BBC woman talking about being moved by the scenes of "blonde-haired, blue-eyed people" suffering from the conflict. Otherwise, these wokester diabtribes are ignorant and off-base. I have long considered myself an ally to the cause, and I still do unequivocally support true social justice, which includes calling out both sides for their ignorance and indiscretion. Some of these people are becoming the racists that they claim to detest. Basically...
March 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: And another one. Keep telling yourself that civilians with a few ounces of gasoline are defending against a mechanized army. Your growing mythologies may give you comfort but they don't impinge on the realities of this war. That's "special operation," comrade.
March 2, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, Lloyd said: That's "special operation," comrade. A Lloyd sighting! How ya been?
March 2, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, Lloyd said: That's "special operation," comrade. Yeah, I can't even believe what I'm reading in this thread the last few days from a few people...
March 2, 20223 yr US intel weighs in. Appears that this is very likely indeed a giant Russian ish show. EDIT: If you believe Twitter, there is this: 10k seems absurd.
March 2, 20223 yr Meanwhile, while Team Biden is talking tough on Russia, in Vienna, the U.S. and Russia are sitting at a table negotiating terms for the capitulation to Iran - a Iran regime renown for its spotless record on human rights. Anyone else see the irony in that? https://twitter.com/GLNoronha/status/1499018795926626305
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