RE: Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country, Part II
09-01-2023, 01:29 AM
09-01-2023, 01:29 AM
I ended up arguing with a Putinbot on Hacker News today. Apparently in their world the US State Department had a big conspiracy to start this war to protect corrupt Ukrainians, and everyone who disagrees with them is, um, engaging in "anti-intellectualism". Which is kind of funny because he seems to have a lizard brain. Poor Putin, he had no choice but to invade because America made him, and he is so weak he couldn't choose not to do it. :'(
Back in reality:
-- Ukraine destroys two Il-76 transport aircraft, damages two more at the Pskov airfield. The anti-air fire starts a few seconds after all of the explosions, lol All planes appear to have been hit in the fuel tank.
-- Pskov is *really far* from Ukraine, on the far side of Belarus right next to Estonia.
-- Medvedev threatens nuclear war, quotes Revelation on Telegram of all places. Obvious conclusion: War must be going badly for Russia.
-- Russian defensive lines are pretty good, they are learning. But put a mobik in the line of fire, and they act like morons.
-- Mobiks ignore the fact that a bunch of dead Russian are lying around, and walk into an ambush. Video mildly disturbing; the drone footage is really high quality. The last guy decides to run away through an open field, which definitely does not save his life.
-- It turns out that training makes an army more effective.
-- Russia arrests ultranationalist Igor Girkin, saving us the trouble, I guess.
-- Russia is taking air defense missile systems off of occupied Etorofu and Kunashiri islands, according to Kyodo News
-- A reminder that technically Russia and Japan have technically been at war since the 1940s, and that going to these islands is technically self-defense for Japan.
-- The counteroffensive is moving very fast, if you compare it to the Battle of Verdun.
-- Is Prigozhin still alive? The internet wants to know!
-- China unveils a new national map, which predictably offended all of China's neighbors. Notably for this thread, they also claimed all of Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island, which China had previously split with Russia in a 2008 treaty. (My own noncredible take was that Taiwan hadn't ceded the territory, only PRC, so it still has a claim on Russian territory.) Anyway BRICS group is building a multipolar world by being bipolar.
-- Ukrainians report 90000+ sexual assaults and rapes by Russian invaders, just in case you were still wondering which side was the baddies.
Back in reality:
-- Ukraine destroys two Il-76 transport aircraft, damages two more at the Pskov airfield. The anti-air fire starts a few seconds after all of the explosions, lol All planes appear to have been hit in the fuel tank.
-- Pskov is *really far* from Ukraine, on the far side of Belarus right next to Estonia.
-- Medvedev threatens nuclear war, quotes Revelation on Telegram of all places. Obvious conclusion: War must be going badly for Russia.
-- Russian defensive lines are pretty good, they are learning. But put a mobik in the line of fire, and they act like morons.
-- Mobiks ignore the fact that a bunch of dead Russian are lying around, and walk into an ambush. Video mildly disturbing; the drone footage is really high quality. The last guy decides to run away through an open field, which definitely does not save his life.
-- It turns out that training makes an army more effective.
-- Russia arrests ultranationalist Igor Girkin, saving us the trouble, I guess.
-- Russia is taking air defense missile systems off of occupied Etorofu and Kunashiri islands, according to Kyodo News
-- A reminder that technically Russia and Japan have technically been at war since the 1940s, and that going to these islands is technically self-defense for Japan.
-- The counteroffensive is moving very fast, if you compare it to the Battle of Verdun.
-- Is Prigozhin still alive? The internet wants to know!
-- China unveils a new national map, which predictably offended all of China's neighbors. Notably for this thread, they also claimed all of Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island, which China had previously split with Russia in a 2008 treaty. (My own noncredible take was that Taiwan hadn't ceded the territory, only PRC, so it still has a claim on Russian territory.) Anyway BRICS group is building a multipolar world by being bipolar.
-- Ukrainians report 90000+ sexual assaults and rapes by Russian invaders, just in case you were still wondering which side was the baddies.
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