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Kyesha

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8. It's getting worse

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2022, 04:59 PM

Sep 2022

Radio Svoboda claims that some Russian men are being detained at the Georgian border and made to sign draft papers. This is horrifying for everyone involved. Imagine a Russian commander leading a company full of untrained, pissed-off conscripts who now have guns and would gladly shoot anyone except a Ukrainian. I'd say Russia has been here before, like during World War 1, except this time they're not fighting invaders.

Really scary stuff now.

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'Putin Has Effectively Crossed the Rubicon': Putin Critic Bill Browder on Backlash in Russia [View all] ruet Sep 2022 OP

Putin has exposed the weakness of his military LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #1

Yikes - 78% lost rate for the tanks in the theater !! nt. Pluvious Sep 2022 #5

Just one FYI: N Korea says they have not and have no intention of selling armaments to russia PortTack Sep 2022 #2

Hmmm... Bucky Sep 2022 #7

Those numbers are appalling Warpy Sep 2022 #3

Three times 3x what Russians lost in Afghanistan in ten years. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2022 #9

I know, and the Kremlin knew they were at the breaking point then Warpy Sep 2022 #10

Putin needs to cross the Jordan. Chainfire Sep 2022 #4

The Rubicon is in Italy, btw Bucky Sep 2022 #6

It's getting worse Kyesha Sep 2022 #8