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24.09.2022, 18:31
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You can always find bad stories about such a enormous process as the draft of 300K people. The question is how widespread these events are and whether they get fixed quickly. I wonder if those rusty guns are already exchanged given the public noise.
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24.09.2022, 19:09
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | You can always find bad stories about such a enormous process as the draft of 300K people. The question is how widespread these events are and whether they get fixed quickly. I wonder if those rusty guns are already exchanged given the public noise. | | | | | LOL!
No doubt the Russian version of the tooth fairy is magically changing old guns into new
If they had not-rusty guns then they would have handed them out in the first place.
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24.09.2022, 19:29
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Good news. Expert on humanitarian aid with wide experienc in Syria and Mariupol now new logistics chief for Russian army. You can address the issue of rusty rifles to him.
On a more serious note, logistics are possibly the biggest reason why that army is so shit.
----- Russia replaces top general after mobilization call The commander responsible for the army’s logistics and technical support has been relieved of his duties
Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev has been appointed Russia’s deputy defense minister in charge of “material and technical support,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Mizintsev is replacing Army General Dmitry Bulgakov, who the Defense Ministry said is moving to an unspecified position.
The reshuffle comes three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial call-up of reservists to bolster Russia’s military operation in Ukraine
The 60-year-old Mizintsev led Russia’s top military coordination agency, the National Defense Management Center, for eight years and oversaw the delivery of humanitarian aid during Moscow’s campaign against militants in Syria.
After Russia sent troops to Ukraine in February, Mizintsev began delivering briefings on humanitarian matters on the ground. He was also in charge of organizing the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol in March.
(link to RT - https://swentr.site/russia/563461-ru...try-reshuffle/ )
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24.09.2022, 19:56
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Who needs logistics when your army is so powerful can reach the North Sea in a week and thereafter live off the enormous generosity of the liberated peoples?
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24.09.2022, 20:21
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Good news. Expert on humanitarian aid with wide experienc in Syria and Mariupol now new logistics chief for Russian army. You can address the issue of rusty rifles to him.
On a more serious note, logistics are possibly the biggest reason why that army is so shit.
----- Russia replaces top general after mobilization call The commander responsible for the army’s logistics and technical support has been relieved of his duties
Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev has been appointed Russia’s deputy defense minister in charge of “material and technical support,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Mizintsev is replacing Army General Dmitry Bulgakov, who the Defense Ministry said is moving to an unspecified position.
The reshuffle comes three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial call-up of reservists to bolster Russia’s military operation in Ukraine
The 60-year-old Mizintsev led Russia’s top military coordination agency, the National Defense Management Center, for eight years and oversaw the delivery of humanitarian aid during Moscow’s campaign against militants in Syria.
After Russia sent troops to Ukraine in February, Mizintsev began delivering briefings on humanitarian matters on the ground. He was also in charge of organizing the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol in March.
(link to RT - https://swentr.site/russia/563461-ru...try-reshuffle/ ) | | | | | Should it read "Humor" ?
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25.09.2022, 15:56
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Who needs visa bans? Reports that Russian men age 18-65 will be not allowed to leave the country come Wednesday. The exception of course will be organized trips to Ukraine. https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/st...0402786918400? | This user would like to thank komsomolez for this useful post: | | 
26.09.2022, 15:54
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Winner of the 2022 trolling awards: https://m.twitch.tv/russiangas1
I only heard about him as apparently his twitter account was banned.
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26.09.2022, 16:21
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Winner of the 2022 trolling awards... | | | | | Everyone is trolling, until they got drafted into the army. | The following 7 users would like to thank nejc for this useful post: | | 
26.09.2022, 17:20
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Everyone is trolling, until they got drafted into the army.  | | | | | I really hope Putin turns the tables on the ultra-nationalists on TV who constantly called for escalation and mobilization to win the war. I would have loved it if they got delivered their call-up papers live on TV and see how hawkish they are when they are the ones who have to fight.
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26.09.2022, 18:21
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Apparently not
Tweet from Matti Pitkäniitty, Head of International Affairs Unit at Finnish Border Guard | Quote: |  | | | Matti Pitkäniitty@MPitkaniitty
Situation 26.9.2022 at 09.00 Finnish time
Yesterday 8 314 Russians entered Finland via Finnish Russian land border.
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26.09.2022, 21:45
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I saw that Snowden was finally granted a RU passport. Does anyone know whether naturalized persons are eligible/required to join the army?
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26.09.2022, 21:51
| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | I saw that Snowden was finally granted a RU passport. Does anyone know whether naturalized persons are eligible/required to join the army? | | | | | I think Putin will take good care of his latest trophy | 
26.09.2022, 22:05
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Guess who earned the privilege to defend Russia on Ukrainian territory /s | Quote: |  | | | Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden | | | | | https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...en-2022-09-26/ | 
26.09.2022, 22:13
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | I saw that Snowden was finally granted a RU passport. Does anyone know whether naturalized persons are eligible/required to join the army? | | | | | Soon to be joined at the front by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Steven Segal, and Gerard Depardieu.
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26.09.2022, 22:40
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | Soon to be joined at the front by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Steven Segal, and Gerard Depardieu. | | | | | Oh if only The Cambridge Five and George Blake had lived long enough to see their 'call up' papers in Russia !!
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26.09.2022, 22:56
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine?
This is interesting. Ukraine got invaded for not aligning to Putin's interests. Kazakhstan is basically doing today what Ukraine did some years ago. Do they have a death wish or not afraid anymore of Putin? | Quote: |  | | | Kazakhstan says it won’t recognise referendums in eastern Ukraine
Foreign ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov said on 26 September 2022 Kazakhstan will not recognise the possible annexation of Ukraine's eastern regions by Russia through referendums held there | | | | | https://www.euractiv.com/section/cen...stern-ukraine/ | This user would like to thank Axa for this useful post: | | 
26.09.2022, 23:20
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Perhaps you did not see the news reports where Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China came out strongly in favour of an independent Kazakhstan and implied they are under Chinese protection.
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26.09.2022, 23:20
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26.09.2022, 23:37
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| | Re: World War 3 or just a local spat in Ukraine? | Quote: | |  | | | ahhhhh, nope. looking for it now | | | | | Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin
The Chinese leader promised to resolutely support Kazakhstan “in protecting its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, firmly support your ongoing reforms to ensure stability and development, and categorically oppose the interference of any forces in the internal affairs” of the country “no matter how the international situation changes.”
China has long had its eye on the vast mineral wealth of Siberia and would welcome an excuse to run a proper 5-day war.
Due to the Ukraine situation, the rest of the world would not put up much fuss especially if the resumption of the gas flow will be promised. Due to the war mobilisation the Siberian locals would likely not resist too much.
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27.09.2022, 00:50
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See this. If I had to guess I'd say it was posted by Phil. https://eurasianet.org/china-warns-a...-putin-meeting | This user would like to thank Urs Max for this useful post: | |
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