I wouldn’t mind harsher crimes for littering in the US if it would clean it up. We don’t tend to do much of anything, and many areas (urban, rural, suburban) look like shitholes. I detest litterers.
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This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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12-14 years ago I got a 100 ruble ticket ($8) in the Moscow subway for taking pictures of the station. It was illegal then and I didn't know it. I think it is legal now. But if I was there doing that now, I could totally see getting thrown in jail for political reasons. Ridiculous that people would think I deserved it.
Russia ally Armenia says Putin would be arrested if he visited country
Gagik Melkonyan, the deputy of the Armenian National Assembly, said this week that if Putin were to travel there, "he should be arrested."
www.businessinsider.com
Well, their desperation to get out of a war zone should work in my favor....
The comments to the video I posted showed a command/observation tower/building in the background, so it is likely training footage.
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Hertling has been insightful, and I don’t want to seem too rosy in my non military analysis, but when have we seen Russia get better at anything? I am sure they are learning some things, but if anything their soldiers are less well trained, and even more poorly equipped in the last few months.
Putin’s new Russian empire is falling apart.
Russia ally Armenia says Putin would be arrested if he visited country
Gagik Melkonyan, the deputy of the Armenian National Assembly, said this week that if Putin were to travel there, "he should be arrested."www.businessinsider.com
I was coming here to post this. Lots of videos of armor being massed. Has to be propaganda. But, I love it. Again, I’m no military theorist, but I hope the Ukrainians aren’t massing armor in an open field anywhere close to where the Russians can hit them.
The three takeaways that are being worrisome are:
1. Russia getting better at EW
2. Russians being able to dig in and create in depth defenses the last 4 months
3. The uncertainty about how much punishment Ukraines experienced units have taken. He voiced concerns over Ukraine relying on “green” units for what will be complex offensive operations
He’s been a pretty positive dude so hearing that from him was a little startling
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I pretty much take what hertling says as gospel.
Quote on #1? Perhaps I missed it but I thought he said Russia is getting better at EW, not that they are winning the EW battle.
You’re right, I misread it. Makes me feel better 😄
TGIF
In the interest of fair play
In the interest of fair play
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"100 mm MT-12 anti-tank guns (Russia) ... according to comments with destination (Ukraine).....
Introduced in 1961.
Introduced in 1961.
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Is there really just a whole bunch of vehicles in the middle of a wide open field?
Given that we've seen pics and vids of this kind of gathering for several days, my hope is that they aren't sitting for days like the Russian convoy did, and the videos are just trickling out.
As noted above this was certainly a training exercise. You can see the observation building in the background.
