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  1. Takao

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    Is this the same Russia that claimed the Moskva sank in a "storm"?

    Fixed that for you.
     
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    USMCPrice Idiot at Large

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    I guess then the Ukrainians will have to make do with all the "gifts" the Russians are giving them.

     
  3. CAC

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    Another crusade…you should join your Arab friends living 1000 years ago…I think you both flatter yourselves…We in the west spend exactly zero time thinking about you…We don’t actually care about you. We have our own great lives to live, while some are happy to blame their shit on others…
     
  4. Ricky

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    Is that the 3rd distinct conspiracy theory you've proposed over the start of this war?
     
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  5. Kai-Petri

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    Is the western border closed? I read the russians are frustrated that they don't know the routes used.
    Small 1-2 car convoys during the night are used, no Russian air power in numbers, so would suspect even this is used. And like said just turn the tank and paint our colours on it.
    Two more Russian generals dead and One wounded.
     
  6. the_diego

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    I always thought the Monitor was sunk by gunfire and not in a storm.
     
  7. Kai-Petri

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    And Putin is a chorus boy...


    ...yes,sir.
     
  8. Kai-Petri

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    Macron continues as the French president.

    In Brjansk, Russia, 150 kms from the Ukraine border, big oil storage area is on fire. Russian cigarette or Ukrainian drone? Less fuel for the army for a while. It also works as a main soviet logistics center.
     
  9. Takao

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    Neither...Another "storm" sprung up...Lightning strike
     
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    I'm wondering how long before Russia claims that the whole northern thrust was just a diversion to divert defending forces away from the Black Sea coast
     
  11. Kai-Petri

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    According to the Guardian and British Defence Ministry the Russian losses as KIA so far are 15,000. Consider the usual number as wounded losses is 3×KIA on top, Russia has lost practically all the men they had when the operation started...quite an enormous figure of losses.
     
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  12. CAC

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    Is that deaths or injuries?
     
  13. Kai-Petri

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    15,000 dead, 45,000 wounded.
     
  14. Kai-Petri

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    Interesting politics.

    Croatian President threatens to block Finland, Sweden joining Nato unless Bosnian electoral law is reformed

    Croatian President threatens to block Finland, Sweden joining Nato unless Bosnian electoral law is reformed

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    Oops Putin!

    March 30 (Reuters) - Global restrictions on exports to Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine have shut down a car maker, halted work on tanks and cut a Russian computer maker's access to circuits used in communications equipment, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

    U.S. official says export curbs on Russia hit car production and tank building
     
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  15. Domobran7

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    1. Not sure what it has to do with Ukraine, but whatever.
    2. I don't think he has such power...
    3. Croats in BiH are basically a punching bag for Bosniaks and Serbs alike. The moment they disappear, Bosniaks and Serbs will start punching each other and you will have a civil war ripping BiH in half.
     
  16. Kai-Petri

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    As we are sending arms to Ukraine and follow the EU regulations against Russia, we are supporting Ukraine and continue economic warfare towards Russia. To create better coalition we probably ask for place in Nato. As well we can ask what Bosnia situation has to do with Ukraine and our common support to and strengthening of EU and Nato which should be our main common goal now.
     
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  17. CAC

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    OK, thanks.

    Bosnia has nothing to do with Ukraine directly, but the question is important for Croatia. We share nearly half of our land border with Bosnia, and the damn country is a ticking time bomb - Deyton solution was a ducttape solution made by a bunch of drunk apes, and it shows. So what Milanović is doing is basically putting pressure onto West to finally get their asses in the gear and do something about it.

    That being said, it does have a lot to do with Russia. Serbia is the last ally Russia has in the Balkans, and the existence of Republika Srpska means that it has a very powerful fifth column within Bosnia.
     
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  19. Carronade

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    The North Atlantic Treaty requires unanimous consent to admit new members to NATO. I assume this is because any member, say Croatia, is obligated to help defend the new member should it come under attack.

    That said, having the legal power to do something does not make it morally correct. I am not aware of anything in NATO which allows members or the alliance collectively to interfere in the internal affairs of member states.
     
  20. Domobran7

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    Not what I was talking about. Milanović is president of the country, whereas any such decision will likely be made by a Parliament.

    In Croatia, President of the Republic is more of a decorative plant than an actual political power. So I'm not entirely sure he can do anything about it.

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    The heck? Bosnia is not a member state. And if NATO could bomb Libya to effect a regime change, then what Milanović is suggesting shouldn't even register on the radar as something preposterous.
     
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