christ even the bottle is so bland
I'll get some tomorrow in your honour.
Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
This guy is reminiscent of an 80s actor playing a drunken Soviet premier.
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That summary is spot on. I swear he was an actor in the Peculiarities of the National.Fishing series of movies.
True, the video was filmed yesterday. We get the info one day later. Today they could be further south already. Staromaiorsk is pretty vulnerable from three sides right now. It should be next.
So much for Russia's unity
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All it took was 18 months of war, over 100,000 Russians dead, their economy in the toilet and their country a terrorist state for her to start asking herself what the feck they're doing in Ukraine.
The Kim-method.
Just like his personality
Lime Pepsi Max - my man of good taste
I'll get some tomorrow in your honour.
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I haven't seen any evidence he's in Belarus at all. The fact that he's gone silent is equally as ominous.
Yeh its a completely unconfirmed rumour, just funny.
Lime is the best one indeed. Mango is not as good, but ok for a change.
I'll get some tomorrow in your honour.
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Huge if true. It seems as the UA is slowly but surely increasing the heat in multiple fronts without specifically targeting one, which (if done right) could make the RA retreat from multiple fronts at the same time without giving them much options to reinforce one or the other. Let's hope good news keep coming.
PS: Maybe the thread title should go back yo focus on Ukraine, as Prigozhin sack/window watch feels like a sideshow now.
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I don't think we even get the mango one up here. Maybe I just haven't looked for it, I'm nothing of not conservative when it comes to choice in soda.
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I am not sure Lukashenko would look fondly on that decision
Feels more like a Psy-Op against Ukraine so that they consider removing some southern and eastern front line troops to protect the north, which would of course diminish the counteroffensive.
I am sure Ukraine has plenty of reserve in that area already.
I'm sure they have troops in the north, but not to deal with a Wagner offensive on Kiev. They would need some reinforcements to offset the fact that they're not fighting conventional Russian army units, but rather hardened fighters who are better equipped. What these guys are up to in Belarus will no doubt be monitored.
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They failed with much larger force last years Feb. Sure they are better trained, but not invisible to shrapnel. I am sure if they attempted something like saturday, they'll get obliterated without the necessity to deploy a larger force for it.
Is he trying to say, this was a peaceful march?
If this is legit then Prigozhin is still messaging that he was correct in what he did, which may further annoy Putin and his inner circle goons. More ominously, it would suggest Prigozhin hasn't in any way been muzzled and can continue fomenting whatever he wants.
Prigozhin positions himself clearly as Putin's successor. His Wagners showed strength and the MoD's weakness, many Russian people love strength, so they sided with him and that gave him the certainty that he has definetly a chance in the future to take the power in Russia. This will continue to be interesting because Putin will definetly try to kill him and Lukashenko will be in the middle of it. Both men will force pressure on him and it will be interesting to see who he'll sell out. A mafia power struggle awaits Russia in the forseeable future.
And Prigozhin's threat could be the reason why Putin decides to keep Shoigu and Gerasimov. They are both weak and would never try to overthrow him and secondly, if he gets rid of them, he only strengthens Prigozhin's position by accepting his demands.
And Prigozhin's threat could be the reason why Putin decides to keep Shoigu and Gerasimov. They are both weak and would never try to overthrow him and secondly, if he gets rid of them, he only strengthens Prigozhin's position by accepting his demands.
"most promising politician"
Agreed. If Putin is planning on killing him, he may want to first gradually disassemble Wagner as they would surely revolt if something happened to Prigozhin. Plus Putin desperately needs Wagner to keep fighting in Ukraine to avoid further loses, so it may be more complicated than previously thought.
Prigozhin might be Lukashenko's best ever chance to finally get rid of Putin. I really wonder if he will try to make Wagner his useful army to be able to withstand Putin.
Why do you think he wants rid of Putin? If it wasn't for him he would have been an ex dictator by now, probably drinking vodka with Yanukovich.
Are they, though? I thought their force had mostly been augmented by prisoners. They rely pretty much entirely on the Russian MoD for equipment, why would they be getting first dibs over other units?
Augmented by yes, but their core fighters are still largely in place. The people who rolled into Rostov to an amicable reception by the locals were definitely not prisoners.
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Assuming that translation is correct it seems tenuous to say he's directly saying that. Sounds more like him saying the US are a bunch of hypocrites.
Putin to make a ‘number’ of statements tonight according to Sky News.
It was a giant misunderstanding
Something about making friends along the way?
Should be an interesting set of statements. If they're not convincing, they will probably make Putin look even weaker.