Will Putin Invade Ukraine?

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Crimean bridge currently:

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Old Russian soldier gives up and is treated well. One comment:
Thank you, Ukrainians, for treating Russians so humanely. You will never regret it. 💛💙💜💙💛
Heroes are humans who do the right things no matter what.

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Anti-Putin Russians launch second border incursion

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Drone hits critical portion of one of Russia's largest oil refineries, sparking large fire

Reuters link

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Zelensky visited Moldova today (a country with a similar problem as Ukraine)

Following the meeting in Moldova, several more countries agree to buy additional Patriot AA systems for Ukraine

The Netherlands is planning to buy dozens of Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine

US DoD to buy Starlink terminals for Ukraine (ending various "issues" with their use)

US to buy more than $118 million worth of Gepard AA systems for Ukraine from Jordan

Putin's assumption that Ukraine's allies will soon abandon Ukraine appears to be yet another blunder on his part.

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Speaking of Mad Vlad: 




https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/putin-terrified-being-assassinated-refusing-123800360.html

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Nevermind, the Kerch bridge is totally fine, you guys.  It's like securing a Christmas tree to the roof of the car.  No way that bad boy is going anywhere!

*seawater erodes the center of the pillar*

*cars noticeably dip as they drive over the bridge*

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15 tanks!

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Russia dusts off museum T-72s as tank stocks dwindle

According to confirmed losses, Russia has lost an average of 5 tanks every single day of the war.  And that's just the ones we can verify, so the actual number is definitely higher, probably not far from Ukrainian estimates.

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Disinfo: Ukraine weapons winding up elsewhere (Russian attempts to FUD western support for Ukraine)

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Russian commanders have tried to retain what's left of the VDV as (comparatively) capable reserves, but Putin wants them in Bakhmut so not only are their lives being wasted in a meatgrinder, the Russian lines are being deprived of their best troops on the eve of a major counterattack.

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Huge artillery and AA losses.  Completely unsustainable.

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Mouthpiece of Putin

Le Pen's far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics. But a draft report on the committee's findings, which was leaked to the press this week, shows the move backfired spectacularly, finding instead that Le Pen's policy stances sometimes echo the "official language of Putin's regime".

"All [Le Pen's] comments on Crimea, reiterated during her inquiry hearing, repeat word for word the official language of Putin's regime," Le Grip wrote, noting that the National Rally had fiercely opposed then-president François Hollande's decision to scrap the sale of two Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia over its takeover of Crimea.

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Dictator-Puppet Luka: only regret is that Putin wasn't more aggressive and ruthless in 2014

if the war had not begun last year, "it would have started tomorrow, but with worse conditions for Russia and Belarus."

Started by whom?  🤔

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Not quite as high as yesterday, but 8 tanks and 22 artillery is still very good.