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11.03.2022, 20:19
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Judging by the level of preparedness of the whole war and the most simple explanation available, this was probably the simplest way to spray a differentiating symbol vs. the Ukrainian hardware. I personally don't think there's more to it. | | | | | Yeah, like zero.
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11.03.2022, 20:29
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Judging by the level of preparedness of the whole war and the most simple explanation available, this was probably the simplest way to spray a differentiating symbol vs. the Ukrainian hardware. I personally don't think there's more to it. | | | | | That´s all it is, or was.
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11.03.2022, 20:56
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
Reports today that a third Russian general, Major General Andriy Kolesnikov., was killed in action
Yesterday, Russia confirmed the second death.
For our Russian speakers, this is claimed to be a video of an interview with captured Russian pilots, also an English translation but I do not know if this is accurate.
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11.03.2022, 21:02
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Reports today that a third Russian general, Major General Andriy Kolesnikov., was killed in action
Yesterday, Russia confirmed the second death. | | | | | Excellent, shows that the Russians are totally inept.
Reports also today that Putin has fired several generals in the MOD command and put some high-ranking FSB chaps on house arrest.
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11.03.2022, 21:31
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Excellent, shows that the Russians are totally inept.
Reports also today that Putin has fired several generals in the MOD command and put some high-ranking FSB chaps on house arrest. | | | | | Changing the management in the middle of a war is really not recommended.
Claims are FSB Service Head Colonel-General Sergey Beseda and his deputy Anatoly Bolyukh were placed under house arrest.
Also, some strange rumours that FSB members are selling their apartments in Crimea. I have no idea what that could mean?
Other strange ideas, claims and speculation and maybe some truth here all in Russian language.
One interesting quote "There is not even a Ukrainian political force to which power could be delegated, at least for appearances [if the Ukraine Govt. was replaced].
If Yanukovych was released, then this only shows how bad things are in our country in this regard.
Not a single strategic Ukraine city has been captured.
Kherson and Kharkov were considered the most pro-Russian.
In Kherson, even with the control of our military, pro-Ukrainian rallies do not subside.
In Kharkov, everything is much worse."
Above quote is claimed to be from an existing FSB member.
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11.03.2022, 21:39
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | If Yanukovych was released, then this only shows how bad things are in our country in this regard. | | | | | Not sure I get your point. But the sheer idea to put Yanukovych back in after he was essentially ousted twice from office before is totally delusional by the Russians. I read somewhere today that Russian intelligence understands any country outside of "FSU" better than they understand Ukraine, and that seems to fit with what they are doing at the moment.
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11.03.2022, 21:59
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Not sure I get your point. But the sheer idea to put Yanukovych back in after he was essentially ousted twice from office before is totally delusional by the Russians. I read somewhere today that Russian intelligence understands any country outside of "FSU" better than they understand Ukraine, and that seems to fit with what they are doing at the moment. | | | | | Point is that although Putin claimed he wanted to replace the neoNazi leadership it is totally unclear who his idea is for a replacement that Ukrainians would accept.
Yanukovych is an example of the sort of "last resort" stupidity driving Putin.
Talking about what is driving Putin, there is an interesting analysis in the Russian link I provided.
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11.03.2022, 23:35
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12.03.2022, 00:52
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Has anyone read anything half-convincing about the origins or purpose of "Z"?
All I have seen on this was at best half-baked guessing. It seems to take off and gain popularity with Russians as well as some alt-right folk in the West. Feels like a mix of Q and the Swastika to me. Hail! | | | | | English letters written on vehicles What do these letters mean
Z Eastern Military District
Z in the box Russian army stationed in Crimea
O Russian army stationed in Belarus
V Russian Naval Infantry
X Kadyrov Chechnya
A Alpha Ground Special Forces
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12.03.2022, 01:18
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Well, maybe that's how it started. But for sure seems to have become much more. There was a video on Twittter with a bunch of state-organized youth in Russia wearing kit with the Z and essentially throwing Heil Hitler arms. | | | | | Saw that. World's worst flash mob. It was more a punch to the sky, the girl at the front was using alternate arms and the only adults present appeared to be media. All staged.
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12.03.2022, 01:35
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
God forbid Russia bombs one of the U.S funded biochemical weapons research labs and releases another biochemical weapon causing yet another pandemic. Just what Klaus Schwab would want. Wasn't Putin a WEF young global leader? Did he go rouge or is this part of the plan?
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12.03.2022, 06:12
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
Well, at least something good will come out of this war: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...russia-ukraine | Quote: |  | | | EU leaders have announced their intention to collectively rearm and become autonomous in food, energy and military hardware in a Versailles declaration that described Russia’s war as “a tectonic shift in European history”.
At a summit in the former royal palace, the 27 heads of state and government said on Friday that the invasion of Ukraine had shown the urgent need for the EU to take responsibility for its own security and to rid itself of dependencies on others. | | | | | I am happy that the EU will lose its collective naivety and be more self-sufficient as this will lead to better ethical decisions when you are not reliant on corrupt and tyrranical regimes energy supplies. | Quote: | |  | | | God forbid Russia bombs one of the U.S funded biochemical weapons research labs and releases another biochemical weapon causing yet another pandemic. Just what Klaus Schwab would want. Wasn't Putin a WEF young global leader? Did he go rouge or is this part of the plan? | | | | | Oh. My. God. Even Fox News reporters know this is BS.
Your posts are the very generic stereotype of a wild conspiracy theorist who is unable to separate fantasy from reality.
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12.03.2022, 06:22
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | God forbid Russia bombs one of the U.S funded biochemical weapons research labs and releases another biochemical weapon causing yet another pandemic. Just what Klaus Schwab would want. Wasn't Putin a WEF young global leader? Did he go rouge or is this part of the plan? | | | | | Sorry......why do you write this BS here? Haven't you got a better place on Truth Social or whatever?
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12.03.2022, 06:48
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Turkey blocked the Dardanelles last weekend, thereby cutting of their supply line from Syria, so Russia tried to make Greece hostile to Ukraine. | | | | | Divide et impera. He is doing that for quite a while now but we will see that this propaganda machine will soon collapse like a castle of sand... OK, it will resist in Russia, but the free world will see him and his apparatus for what they really are.
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12.03.2022, 08:09
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | With all due respect, groaning someone for asking for a link is pretty childish. | | | | | Are we in kindergarten? Because it certainly feels like it the way some of you behave.
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12.03.2022, 08:14
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | English letters written on vehicles What do these letters mean
Z Eastern Military District
Z in the box Russian army stationed in Crimea
O Russian army stationed in Belarus
V Russian Naval Infantry
X Kadyrov Chechnya
A Alpha Ground Special Forces | | | | | All signs to be eventually replaced by
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12.03.2022, 08:22
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Your posts are the very generic stereotype of a wild conspiracy theorist who is unable to separate fantasy from reality. | | | | | Read his early posts on chemtrails.
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12.03.2022, 08:23
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | God forbid Russia bombs one of the U.S funded biochemical weapons research labs | | | | | Bombing hospitals, schools and murdering innocent civilian population is OK, but bombing imaginary biochemical research labs is what worries you?
Sleep tight, these labs exist only in the lala land of Putin and Lavrov.
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12.03.2022, 08:42
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Sorry......why do you write this BS here? Haven't you got a better place on Truth Social or whatever? | | | | | Had him on ignore for the longest time. Saw the quote and unignored him to red-blob that post. Shame that we have people like that in here, who add nothing to the community and spread mindless conspiracy theories.
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12.03.2022, 08:54
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
Another take on the situation from a notoriously misunderstood political scientist. I am not so sure about the China conclusion, but generally this sounds reasonable. Ot maybe I just want this to be right.
Preparing for Defeat
By Francis Fukuyama https://www.americanpurpose.com/arti...ng-for-defeat/
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