I was unaware that they even have vapes over there. 🤔

Yes, but only yak dung flavors from Siberia. 😁

Can you get high on yak dung? 😵

Asphyxiated, maybe. Oxygen deprivation is a kind of "high"(?).Not into that.

Yeah, doesn't sound like much fun. 😵💀

Mysterious explosion in occupied Ukraine kills at least five high-ranking invaders

QuoteRussian occupation authorities were reportedly meeting in the building when the attack took place, the center wrote on its Telegram channel, citing information from local residents.

QuotePhotographs published by the center show what appears to be a damaged administrative building flying a Russian flag.

I wonder how anyone knew they were there.  🤔

Probably the same people in charge of Opsec.

Despite Republican hesitance on Ukraine aid, red states reap economic benefits

QuoteIn a recent op-ed by Marc Thiessen, a fellow at the center-right think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, argued that it is "the best-kept secret" of the entire $68 billion U.S. endeavor to support Ukraine.

Citing one analyst, he said that as much as 90% of the money allocated by the U.S. for military aid for Ukraine has been spent domestically.

QuoteIn total, 31 states are producing weapons or military equipment for Ukraine, using money earmarked by Congress.

QuoteAlthough the DoD's estimates are not as striking as the unnamed analyst cited by Thiessen, they still show that the U.S. has received more than $27 billion in investments from Washington's military aid for Ukraine.

In addition, the funds have also provided $3.3 billion in direct industrial investments to improve the capacity of the domestic defense industry across the U.S.

GoRU talking points have attempted to paint Ukrainian aid as if the US were just dumping piles of money on Ukraine or wiring funds to Zelenskyy directly, which obviously is not true, but plays surprisingly well with gullible idiots, aka the base.

The reality is that most of these funds go to the defense industry to make stuff which then gets sent to Ukraine.

Senior Russian general 'killed by one of Putin's own landmines' in Ukraine

QuoteRussia may have lost as many as six high-ranking officers in Ukraine in just one week following reports a senior general was killed by a landmine placed by his own side.

QuoteThe elite military academy where Zavadsky studied, the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School, also announced his death in a social media post, although that has now been deleted.

Moscow...combined arms??  What a strange name.

QuoteAccording to the Telegram channel VChK-OGPU, which claims to have ties to Russian security services, the general died in a blast on a landmine placed by Vladimir Putin's own forces to target Ukrainian reconnaissance groups.

Various telegram channels allege that he was killed by a landmine placed by another Russian unit, which bizarrely opted to not share that very important information with other Russian units (I guess "need to know" doesn't translate well in Russian)

Ukrainian spy chief's wife recovering from poisoning

QuoteMarianna Budanova is the wife of Kyrylo Budanov, whose military intelligence agency GUR has been deeply involved in Ukraine's efforts to oust Russia from its territory, and western officials have been immediately suspicious that Russian agents may have paid off a staff member to carry out the poisoning.

QuoteThe seriousness of Budanova's condition was not immediately apparent. According to the GUR representative, she has been hospitalized for a week and had felt poorly for some time prior to being hospitalized. A source with Defense Intelligence told CNN, on the condition of anonymity because the information has not been made public, Budanova tested positive for arsenic and mercury.

Quote"It would be premature for me to make any conclusions, but when you fight such a vicious enemy as Russia, you have to be ready for anything, and Russia has proven itself many times before as a country that uses poison as a mean to kill its opponents and its enemies," Kuleba told Burnett.

Reportedly, Russia has gone to great lengths to strike at Ukrainian military intelligence in general and Budanov in particular, so this sort of thing is not very surprising.

And sometimes, they get casualties before they even reach Ukraine:

Quote from: Hydra009 on December 01, 2023, 08:50:19 AMAnd sometimes, they get casualties before they even reach Ukraine:

u r delusional.

Quote from: SoldierofFortune on December 01, 2023, 09:15:48 AMu r delusional.

Fascinating hot take, but unlike you, I can cite my sources:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/30/12-russian-soldiers-killed-in-explosion-accident-at-training-facility-reports-a83274