World War 3 Thread

[Dusty Chalk]

On 7/18/2022 at 5:57 PM, Knuckledragger said:

Russia Accidentally Shoots Down Their Own $36M Su-34 Bomber, Ukraine Claims.

To be fair, it looked like civilian airliner.

Asked a Ukrainian friend if they were cheering, they said, "of course we are.  It's probably fake, but we're still very happily cheering Russian stupidity and wastefulness propaganda".

[blessingx]

Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War

For 80 days, at a sprawling steelworks, a relentless Russian assault met unyielding Ukrainian resistance. This is how it was for those who fought, and for those trapped beneath the battlefield.

[swt61]

On 7/19/2022 at 10:30 PM, Augsburger said:

Well as they said in my graduate school marketing class "know your customer (scam victim)"

That trinket alone is worth the $150,000 tuition.

[blessingx]

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nyc-central-park-putin-sculpture-trnd/index.html 

[robm321]

The FBI may want to check the artists hard drive for child porn. Just in case. 

[Knuckledragger]

Steven Seagal appears in Ukraine, serving as a Russian spokesperson.  🤡

[swt61]

Maybe they'll use his ponytail to dust off the peace treaty?

[blessingx]

Sylvester Stallone is of Italian and Ukrainian descent and Arnold Schwarzenegger has already asked Putin to stop. We have enough aging action heroes. Can we ask Zelenskyy to target HIMARS on Seagal specifically, you know for a world-wide morale boost? 

[skullguise]

Christ, does Putin have videos of Russian girls peeing on his face, too?!  What a fuckwad.....

[Knuckledragger]

 

[Knuckledragger]

Russia Has Lost Two Squadrons Of Its ‘Best’ Su-35 Fighters.  Su-35s are roughtly $85M each.

[catscratch]

Here's a long but VERY eye-opening twitter thread of what's going on that details one Russian paratrooper's account of his experiences.

 

TL;DR the levels of corruption and incompetence in the Russian armed forces is simply staggering and defies any comprehension to people who are used to relative competence in western countries. And if you're wondering "how can Russia be losing with so much modern equipment, or have all of these capabilities that they don't use" etc etc... read this.

Now take a look at the 600 foot yachts Russian oligarchs sail around on and ask yourself where that money came from, and then thank your lucky fucking stars that you live here and not there.

I asked a Russian/Ukrainian friend what his take on all of this was, and he simply said "you know how some countries have a mafia? Now imagine if the mafia had a country."

P.S. If you don't have a twitter account, just replace "twitter.com" with "nitter.net" in the url. Nitter is a free open source front end for twitter and while it's buggy, at least it won't require you to sign up or collect your data without asking.

[Grahame]

 

[Knuckledragger]

Russia buying millions of rockets and shells from North Korea, US intelligence says. 🤡

[dsavitsk]

https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1567051177132494851

 

[Grahame]

 

 

 

 

 

[blessingx]

More than 40 local elected officials across Russia signed a two-sentence petition on Monday that ended with: “We demand the resignation of Vladimir Putin from the post of president of the Russian Federation!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-war.html?unlocked_article_code=e2Fzh3jCSEmePnp7JKmTYDU_V_tNsxOc2kQBOr0DUSbWqFjBh8mpSy7vaPXirOmnC-eI2LvS-JkVF-5IspgvT1atNoYsiaOcyusOOzs_0HKQaSDoF5zvgkYjeLTysuMAxFMfIVkZ6VAWxGIkOgeXoFtDr66Ju9lDizCPsG9e9oTg622feUUFPL2yLPR19o4OsHT8YlUwyTmzeYiDpaGOt0KtTEc9XNwPa5CVesLZT2ATlSgX1YAQz-pN2GNjFQdwzBu565LIj0gNxiJcQq7Rim8J6ooQUenjRRBqpVI2R2_pkBG7aoH3iFp6W4i8SBwE-t-w2uCAl5i2i2Ddc_ogf5IUitBaWg&smid=em-share

 

[robm321]

Bummer. Missed. 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-limo-attacked-assassination-27993499

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by robm321

[swt61]

On 9/12/2022 at 9:43 PM, blessingx said:

More than 40 local elected officials across Russia signed a two-sentence petition on Monday that ended with: “We demand the resignation of Vladimir Putin from the post of president of the Russian Federation!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-war.html?unlocked_article_code=e2Fzh3jCSEmePnp7JKmTYDU_V_tNsxOc2kQBOr0DUSbWqFjBh8mpSy7vaPXirOmnC-eI2LvS-JkVF-5IspgvT1atNoYsiaOcyusOOzs_0HKQaSDoF5zvgkYjeLTysuMAxFMfIVkZ6VAWxGIkOgeXoFtDr66Ju9lDizCPsG9e9oTg622feUUFPL2yLPR19o4OsHT8YlUwyTmzeYiDpaGOt0KtTEc9XNwPa5CVesLZT2ATlSgX1YAQz-pN2GNjFQdwzBu565LIj0gNxiJcQq7Rim8J6ooQUenjRRBqpVI2R2_pkBG7aoH3iFp6W4i8SBwE-t-w2uCAl5i2i2Ddc_ogf5IUitBaWg&smid=em-share

 

I expect to read in a few months...

"More than 40 elected officials across Russia have been found to have been poisoned".

[naamanf]

2 minutes ago, swt61 said:

I expect to read in a few months...

"More than 40 elected officials across Russia have been found to have been poisoned".

Suicided. 

[RudeWolf]

They're small fry. They got fined and that's all. And maybe a serious talk.

[Grahame]

"Putin Ally Dies After Falling Down Stairs on Day of Russia Mobilization"

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-dies-falling-down-stairs-day-russia-mobilization-1744944

 

 

Edited September 21, 2022 by Grahame

[Knuckledragger]

The "funny" thing is that the number of Putin underling who have ran afoul of gravity recently is sufficiently high that I had to double chekc which one you were talking about.

[Grahame]

 

 

 

 

[blessingx]

Roger Waters cancels gigs in Poland after Russian invasion comments 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/24/roger-water-cancels-gigs-in-poland-amid-row-over-ukraine-war-comments?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other