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As awfulness is the only true constant in Russian history we are assured of only one thing - if/when Putin's regime collapses it will be replaced by something either equally shitty or something much worse. This is about the only bit of compassion I have for Russia in that they're so existentially cursed by the chains of their blood-drenched history, and by the psychological patterns their incessant cruelty to each other has imprinted on their collective mentality, that they have no hope of ever escaping the brutality of their nature. It's who they've always been and who they always will be.

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Think of it as renovations. They will be like Germany/Japan post WW2 with a new Marshall plan with the entire free world stepping up Ukraine will be a new democratic super power.

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Can't speak to how Russia will fare, that's really up to China. At best they will be a hermit kingdom like a larger North Korea. They will have burned their bridges so utterly at this point with the rest of the world even India will cast them out.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDEF_X6 ... WL&index=2

Pineapple under the sea

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Heavy fire tonight in Belgorod city

Putin's defence minister Sergei Shoigu has had a 'massive heart attack not from natural causes' and TWENTY generals 'have been arrested' over bungled invasion

Poisoned is the rumor.

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Ukrainian counter-attacks threaten to cut-off the Russian salient at Izyum in southern Kharkiv region. To the east of Izyum, the invaders have been pushed back approximately 30 km. Ukrainian defenders have advanced almost to the strategic town of Borova

This is Sasha Skochilenko. She’s facing 10 yrs in prison for replacing supermarket price labels with information on Russian attacks on civilians in Mariupol, Ukraine, accused of spreading ‘false information’. Sasha doesn’t deny leaving the tags, but insists it’s all true

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A clip from Russian State TV where one of the the announcers/commenters reacts to the news that their flagship, Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and the ship that fired on the heroes of Snake Island, was severely damaged.

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Small R18 drones of Aerorozvidka destroying Russian tanks

Putin’s Former Judo Buddy Calls Him ‘Cowardly’ After the Russian Leader Lost His Black Belt

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Footage from the Russian Ministry of Defense showing Shturm-S Self-Propelled ATGMs and Fagot Portable ATGMs in action. Ukraine, April 2022

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Day 50 and we still see Russian tanks operating ALONE without proper infantry support

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Ukrainian pilots are tired of not having enough planes to fly. They’ve launched a new campaign, asking regular people across the world to help fundraise the purchase of fighter jets for the Ukrainian Air Force. #BuyMeAfighterJet!

Ukraine appears to have launched a campaign to crowdfund replacement fighters, although it is not immediately clear whether the effort is entirely legit.

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Chornobayivka 15:0. Warehouses with combat kits of the 22nd Russian Army Corps (based in Crimea) were destroyed

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Kherson airport attack from last night

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Admiral Igor Osipov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, has been arrested by people in civilian clothes. Witnesses report that the detention was rather harsh - the admiral's adjutant was beaten very badly

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Someone projected the Ukrainian flag on the Russian Embassy in D.C. The Russians tried to drown out the projection with a spotlight- and failed.