Black Sea Fleet Remnants:



Second one from the bottom is today's catch

In fairness, this was posted when Russia had a strong naval presence in the Black Sea and Ukraine had no navy to speak of, so "common sense" can lead people towards shaky conclusions, especially when it's way too early to call.

Yeah, first few days, i was expecting a ukrainian downfall any hour.

I remember looking at my phone multiplr times a day, expecting the 'convoy of death' to move in qnd finish the job.

Glory to ukraine.

Quote from: Mr.Obvious on February 14, 2024, 06:14:42 PMYeah, first few days, i was expecting a ukrainian downfall any hour.

I remember looking at my phone multiplr times a day, expecting the 'convoy of death' to move in qnd finish the job.

Glory to ukraine.

I still get lots of that.  News of Russia marshaling some reinforcements or some new armored assault or some new batch of drones or type of missile.  Yet the actual impact on the war is far less severe.

And while things are indeed very bad in some sectors, lots of things have overall improved, though of course that could change depending on who gets the equipment and resources they need.  If Ukraine gets what they ask for, the war is pretty much over.  If they get part of what they ask for, this might take a couple more years and ultimately be decided by attrition.  If they get nothing, maybe this becomes a frozen conflict.  If they get nothing and Russia's allies feed them equipment and resources, then maybe Ukraine hemorrhages territory until eventually Kyiv is at risk.  So don't get complacent.  The world is counting on Ukraine, but likewise Ukraine is counting on the world.

66 artillery

Happy valentines, Putin.

Go love yourself.

Alexei Navalny reported dead in prison (of natural causes, probably). Somebody will get a promotion, no doubt.

Do they have high buildings with windows in Russian prisons?

Quote from: Unbeliever on February 16, 2024, 11:46:38 AMDo they have high buildings with windows in Russian prisons?

Yet there are millions of Americans that think Putin is just peachy. A "man of god", lol. How do they manage to walk upright on this planet with their shoes tied?

Quote from: Cassia on February 16, 2024, 11:07:08 AMAlexei Navalny reported dead in prison (of natural causes, probably). Somebody will get a promotion, no doubt.

Murdered in prison or just left to die, which is itself a sort of murder.  They had been moving him around without telling anyone, so not even his lawyer knew where he was for days or weeks at a time.

It's just another Tuesday for Putin and I very much doubt Russians will do or say anything, given how they've been terrorized into obsequious compliance over the years, much like North Koreans.

But for freedom-loving peoples, this is yet another example of Putin's brutality and oppression and Russia's lawlessness and cruelty towards even mild opposition against an expansionist dictatorship.

Putin's mouthpiece warned the West not to jump to conclusions regarding the suspicious death of jailed opposition leader whom Putin hated.

Meanwhile, here's Putin not jumping to conclusions

QuoteRussian media has alleged Ukraine is using "black magic" to thwart President Vladimir Putin's invasion.

Citing cult researcher Ekaterina Dyce, Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti reported that Ukraine's armed forces in the eastern Donbas region allegedly practiced black magic.

And let's not forget the villainous NATO (which absorbs new members by invitation, not conquest) and its psychic arsenal:

QuoteThe memo, published by the Insider, a Russian news outlet in exile, outlines how the Russian Federal Guard Service (FSO), which protects high-ranking officials such as Putin, would handle the invasion of Ukraine — or any other war — spilling over onto the country's own soil. It focuses on psychological preparedness, ensuring that FSO officers would have the "moral and psychological support" needed to resist what the memo calls a potential "massive ideological attack." But the Russians aren't simply worried about the usual wartime propaganda, like sneaky radio broadcasts or underground newspapers. Instead, the Kremlin is mounting preparations for what it calls the "psychological infection of personnel" by an enemy who would manipulate them through hypnosis—as well as through unknown mystical and psychic powers. The memo warns of "psi-generators" and "hypnotic abilities" used by foreign personnel.

Be One With Yuri.

I suspect that black magic isn't as effective as defenestration...

Saw film of a Russian mother. Her daughter was raped and murdered by a Russian man who won his freedom fighting in Ukraine. He is back in their small town where the mother lives. Pretty cool, huh.

When the surviving, mentally destroyed, violent soldiers finally do return home, enjoy, Ruzzia, you earned it!

Yeah, there was a slew of violent crime when some of the wagner troops returned to Russia and were granted pardons.

To mitigate this, they no longer grant pardons and Putin repeatedly raised the max age of "volunteers" with recurring tours so it's basically a death sentence and has aggressively sought foreign nationals who simply won't be Russia's problem at all regardless if they live or die.