Is Abra still pretending he wishes he was Russian because he thinks it make him look cool?

More of Putin's shills pretending to be fed-up Ukrainians.

11 hours ago, Toastrel said:

It would appear that you are drunk and drooling . . . .again.

What up Truck Stop Glory Hole?

Nah I'm pretty sure he's a second generation Russian immigrant.

12 hours ago, lynched1 said:

What up Truck Stop Glory Hole?

One of us fantasizes about other men in glory holes, the same one that is an admitted drunk driving toolbag.

Have a nice day, toolbag!

 

 

You can F off too, Iran

 

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Iran on Thursday took a swing at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over comments he made to Congress this week and denied accusations that Tehran has supplied Russia with drones.  "Mr. Zelenskyy had better know that Iran’s strategic patience over such unfounded accusations is not endless," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a threatening message posted to the ministry’s website.  Kanaani also advised Zelenskyy "to draw a lesson from the fate of some other political leaders who contented themselves with the U.S. support."

The spokesman's comments came one day after Zelenskky addressed the U.S. Congress in an appeal for additional aid — a plea aimed at GOP lawmakers who are divided on whether providing support to Kyiv is a matter of national security.  "When Russia cannot reach our cities by its artillery, it tries to destroy them with missile attacks," he said. "More than that, Russia found an ally in its genocidal policy — Iran."  "Iranian deadly drones, sent to Russia in hundreds, became a threat to our critical infrastructure," he continued. "That is how one terrorist has found the other. It is just a matter of time — when they will strike against your other allies, if we do not stop them now."

The White House first disclosed Tehran’s plans to "gift" Russia hundreds of Shahed-136 drones earlier this year, and by August 1,000 Iranian-supplied drones had been shipped to Russia.  Iranian drones have since been heavily used against civilian targets in Ukraine as Russia looks to starve the nation of its energy resources.  Kyiv, the U.S. and international allies have accused and sanctioned Tehran over its arms support for Moscow.  But Iran has denied providing Russia with drones, despite claims from the U.S. State Department that there is "abundant evidence" Russia is using Iranian drones in Ukraine.  Iran has repeatedly denied these claims.

Reports and comments made by top defense officials suggest Iran and Russia are also expanding their "defense partnership" by helping the Kremlin produce Iranian drones within Russian borders.  The White House further accused Iran of being "directly engaged on the ground" in Crimea.   Iran calls these accusations media manipulation and said it has "always respected the territorial integrity of all countries, including Ukraine."  In July, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, backed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and suggested NATO would have started a war over Russia’s occupation of Crimea anyway, referring to it as a "dangerous entity."  "If you had not taken the initiative, the other side would have done so and initiated a war," he said, according to a statement from the Iranian leader's office.

 

What could possibly go wrong Vlad?  And I wouldn't call the Wagner Group "super elite".  A better way to think of them is "super willing to engage in war crimes".

 

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Putin Should Be Scared: Wagner Group is Using North Korean Arms in Ukraine

Story by Peter Suciu • Yesterday 3:46 PM

It was reported on Thursday that Russia’s Wagner Group – Vladimir Putin‘s super "elite” mercenary force – had to rely on weapons from North Korea. "Wagner is searching around the world for arms suppliers to support its military operations in Ukraine,” John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, told reporters. The private military company took delivery of the arms shipment to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.  It is a sign of the group’s expanding role in the conflict.  "In certain instances, Russian military officials are actually subordinate to Wagner’s command,” Kirby added. "It’s pretty apparent to us that Wagner is emerging as a rival power center to the Russian military and other Russian ministries.”

Kirby said the U.S. has confirmed that North Korea has completed an initial arms delivery, including infantry rockets and missiles to Ukraine, which will be used by Wagner personnel.  The group – which is often described as Putin’s off-the-book troops – has emerged as a key player in the conflict in Ukraine. Approximately 50,000 Wagner personnel are now deployed to Ukraine – including 10,000 actual contractors, and some 40,000 convicts who were recruited from Russian prisons. Ukrainian forces have also taken great efforts to target the Wagner Group.  The mercenary unit had previously expanded its global footprint since it was first raised in 2014. It has also been accused of war crimes in Africa, Syria, and Ukraine.

The revelations about the Wagner Group came just a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy’s historic visit to Washington – his first foreign trip since Russia launched its unprovoked invasion in February. The fact that the Wagner Group has had to turn to North Korea also highlights that Russia is unable to meet the demands of the war effort. It increasingly relies on fellow pariah states for ordnance and other hardware. This certainly explains the Kremlin’s ire over U.S. and other Western aid to Kyiv. Moscow is becoming increasingly outgunned as Ukraine is being supplied by the arsenals of democracy while Russia is relying on whatever it can get from the armories of terror. U.S. assessment is that the amount of material being provided by North Korea would not greatly change the battlefield dynamics. The Russian and North Korean missions to the United Nations in New York have not commented on the news.

The United States accused Pyongyang and Moscow of violating U.N. sanctions on North Korea and will share its information with the U.N. Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said in a statement on Thursday.  The European Union has also imposed sanctions on the Wagner Group, accusing it of clandestine operations on the Kremlin’s behalf.  Putin has previously said the group does not represent the Russian state but suggested that any private military contractors have the right to work anywhere in the world as long as they do not break Russian law. Of course, many of Putin’s actions could also be considered war crimes.

 

21 hours ago, Bill said:

Yeah, like remember the time the Russian beat the greatest army of

*checks notes*

a bunch of caribou hunters in Finland?

They didn't exactly win a convincing victory in that one either

16 hours ago, Mlodj said:

What could possibly go wrong Vlad?  And I wouldn't call the Wagner Group "super elite".  A better way to think of them is "super willing to engage in war crimes".

 

 

Wagner has been giving people two weeks of training and then sending them off. And from what I've seen of the training it's not exactly, you know, good. Like in Belarus the special cool guys were breaking boards across each other's backs. Not sure how that's going to help when you get ambushed, but ok. I'm finding a lot of the special units from authoritarian countries put more emphasis on machismo than they do actually being combat effective.

From being over here and interacting with all the other westerners, pretty much each western army does the same basic thing, they just add their own flavors to it. The hardest thing is finding out what they call their things. Ack ack is Commonwealth speak for staggered column, for example. Some countries do things better than others, but it's all basically the same.

16 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

They didn't exactly win a convincing victory in that one either

My use of the word beat was more tongue in cheek.

Russia media on Christmas in EU.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11571617/Putins-state-media-warns-Europeans-eating-PETS-Christmas-bizarre-video.html#v-5465369839247405617

 

 

 

50 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

 

Horseshoe theory.

The further on the fringe you are, the more of a nutcase you are.

Like watching two squads compete to pick 1st in next year's draft.

 

7 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

 

I don't believe any of them are required to make the point that funding yet another proxy war isn't universally supported. 

It's like treating cancer. Put out enough money to make money for those running the show. 

This one is over we'll move on to Taiwan, if it gets slow there is always something stirring in the middle east.

 

 

 

10 hours ago, lynched1 said:

I don't believe any of them are required to make the point that funding yet another proxy war isn't universally supported. 

It's like treating cancer. Put out enough money to make money for those running the show. 

This one is over we'll move on to Taiwan, if it gets slow there is always something stirring in the middle east.

Russia claiming their air defense shot down a drone but the debris killed three

 

Not only that, but all the dead Russians were pilots.

31 minutes ago, Bill said:

Not only that, but all the dead Russians were pilots.

Easily replaceable. 2 week training program.