This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Lego won’t make sets with modern weapons. I would love just the tractor with a Ukrainian flag as a compromise. Lego is willing to skip the Ideas process on really good ideas.
Who said they were modern?
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hawkeyetraveler
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It seems unlikely that there are very many Nazis in Kazakhstan.
Right? Not like they almost overturned a 2nd election on us or anything... 👀
No way they step foot into a NATO country. We’ve forward deployed troops into multiple countries, as have other signatories of the alliance. We have moved forward air assets and could move in more from the US rapidly. It would be suicidal to cross into a NATO nation.
I commented on it.
And had a dozen posters on here telling me I didn't know what I was talking about...
What if a poorly-maintained rocket should accidentally land in a NATO country?
We will likely be able to recognize it as such, assuming it lands in some seemingly random location.
It's crazy that we're tolerating this. I know it's best that Ukraine beats the Russian bear on their own for geopolitical reasons, but this is an absolutely horrible situation.
Iran has twice now bombarded a US airbase in Iraq with ballistic missiles, wounding almost 100, including brain damage. And we didn't respond militarily either time.
It is, but we certainly don't want it to be exponentially worse.
Take heart. Ukraine is more than holding their own. Russia is not going to take them over. Yes, the civilian casualties suck, but this is not going to end well for Russia.
One Russian kid survived amongst what looks like many who didn't.
I’m shocked that one hasn’t already dropped on Poland or Romania.
If it’s a wayward missile the response will be measured. If a bunch come over the Russians will get a taste of missiles that work.
This is troubling. The Turkish Navy detonated one mine today, and spotted another one floating in the Bosporus. This could be a Russian attempt to close off the Bosporus, or old junk that came free. Russia will of course say its Ukrainian. Which, maybe it is? If I were them I’d drop some mines off of Odessa.
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/i...ines-in-bosporus-after-black-sea-warnings/amp
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/i...ines-in-bosporus-after-black-sea-warnings/amp
Ahh. I guess I was referring to the 2nd one then. I didn't recall the January 2020 attack.
Perhaps not totally, but they do have a strong instinct for self-preservation.
This. They may act or threaten irrational acts, but they want to preserve their power and control.
I don't understand the desire to "walk back" Biden's comments?
Putin already has his people brainwashed and I doubt this is going to influence someone like Belarus to engage on Russia's behalf.
Let Putin think and worry about what JB said.
I see no negative side to this to anyone besides Russia.
Putin already has his people brainwashed and I doubt this is going to influence someone like Belarus to engage on Russia's behalf.
Let Putin think and worry about what JB said.
I see no negative side to this to anyone besides Russia.
I read that it's thermite, not WP. Legal against military targets.
And murdering women and children. Don’t forget those instincts.
MT-LBVM after probably mortar shell direct hit. Or UAV strike
Russia isn’t differentiating between military and civilian targets at this point. Just saying.
I’m trying to figure out this mine situation. I think I read once that the Bosporus has a current that is about 3 mph in the main channel. The whole Black Sea doesn’t dump out that fast. I’ve read stuff about the Great Lakes, and it takes years for the water to flush through each lake?
It’s 300-400 miles from Ukraine to the Bosporus, even if a mine broke free at the beginning of the Russian invasion it wouldn’t have drifted that far, right? If the Russians are dropping mines, to what end? The Turks have been trying to broker a truce. Is this simply a Russian response to sanctions? To intimidate the Turks?
It’s 300-400 miles from Ukraine to the Bosporus, even if a mine broke free at the beginning of the Russian invasion it wouldn’t have drifted that far, right? If the Russians are dropping mines, to what end? The Turks have been trying to broker a truce. Is this simply a Russian response to sanctions? To intimidate the Turks?
They made comments earlier that mines might drift towards Turkey. It was a threat that I assumed they followed through with.
Russians would be trying to cut Ukrainian trade for resupply and economic effect. I thought I read 70% of their trade was seaborne. Overseas customers for grains, etc.
Roughly 800km from Odessa to Bosporus, 30 days is 720 hours, so I think it's plausible it could float that way as the Black Sea is currently high relative to the Med. I haven't read that Ukraine has said they mined their own coast.
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UKR forces continuing the fighting around occupied Trostianets in Sumy oblast.
They destroyed two 2S19 and captured one, also one BMP-2 and two trucks destroyed
They destroyed two 2S19 and captured one, also one BMP-2 and two trucks destroyed
