Yup, I heard some first hand stories of it today.
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They've literally sent more missile attacks into Western Ukraine in the last 72 hours than they did in the first month of the war.
Chernihiv is the second Mariupol. It is utterly fecked. Everything is being destroyed.
They won’t, might withdraw the forces at best but they’ll keep bombing it.
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This is the first time I've ever heard Russian officials say something in this direction.
I think there is something serious being discussed here. But clearly not enough so far.
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Highly relevant then.
Thanks. Pretty ancient history no?
Isn't that just part of the original video? Fake or not, I'm fairly certain that's not a second video but taken from the same one
That's what I thought (with music added in the background). I know the Ukrainian defense ministry is looking into it and haven't outright said it's fake (not as of last time I checked) so Twitter will not be your most reliable source for things like this. It'll become known with certainy eventually as the people are identifiable, fake or real.
Exactly, the genuine military fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces isn't doing most of the damage here. It is the state terrorism of systematically reducing cities to rubble and using missiles to destroy key infrastructure all over the country that is what is destroying Ukraine.
I've said for weeks that I fear that Russian will just "withdraw" their wider military campaign, bed in and occupy extra parts of Ukraine, then engage in a terror campaign of missile strikes and shelling under the pretence of war. They've shown throughout this that they are willing to use excessive force to destroy whatever targets they fancy with either the most minimal justification of it being a military target, or a completely fabricated reason.
It is exactly the same thing with different audio.
Sounds like progress is being made in negotiations. I wonder what the off ramp for Putin is going to be?
But still living with the consequences today.
go live in your billion dollar palace and here is a few oligarch yachts and jets we confiscated?
…although you’ll probably be dead within the week.
sssshhhhhhuush ... dont say the quiet part out loud
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Won't surprise me if that's true. But even saying "there's a chance the Russians might have faked this" makes me laugh as I ususally presume anything that's not verifiable beyond Russian sources is dodgy as feck.
So did Anonymous fake it or did Russia fake it in anticipation of it being released by Anonymous?
Like that episode of The Americans where the US created fake submarine propeller plans and let Elizabeth and Phillip steal them.
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Revanchist 
Tell me you're a Stalinst party apparatchik without blah blah blah.
Tell me you're a Stalinst party apparatchik without blah blah blah.Don’t overestimate their cunningness.
Oh I'm not. I'm asking a serious question there, because I wouldn't put it past the Russian gov't to put out a fake document to throw folks off the trail of them making fake videos.
That's what I was talking about, don't overestimate the cunningness of Russian government
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It's difficult. I have no issues people remembering their dead but it's a bit tricky this year in the Baltics. Thankfully in Estonia the organizers decided to cancel any marches themselves. Police expected a lot of people displaying Z's this year.
The nazi thing is even more difficult. I have relatives who fought in the Red Army, those who fought for nazis, those who fought for both after switching sides and those who went partisan rejecting both sides. There are plenty of people who celebrate vets who fought for Germany as they feel they fought against Stalin and for free Estonia. It can be a very problematic view but you need a bit of a nuanced understanding of the Baltic history. Eastern Europe is a lot more accepting of far-right than the western world, sadly. I would prefer to deal with it by ourselves, though, no need for Vlad's help.
Oh!That's what I was talking about, don't overestimate the cunningness of Russian government
I just noticed you said "overestimate"Great show.
Think as always with Russia they’re just buying some time to regroup and bring in further reinforcements:
They just realized their initial plan was a total feck up. I wouldn’t believe a word that comes out from their mouthpieces.
This should be a time to significantly speed up arming of the Ukraine.
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They just realized their initial plan was a total feck up. I wouldn’t believe a word that comes out from their mouthpieces.
This should be a time to significantly speed up arming of the Ukraine.
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Those are the fairly new 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV howitzers.
Per wiki, we are seeing the vast majority of them available in that tweet.
I think all of them, assuming that the wiki is right. That video shows 12.
They will have minimal impact then overall.
They are 2S19 MSTAs
Ah you're right, they've got the two cylinders where the barrel meets the chassis. My mistake.
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Yep, looks like lilliputin is trying to win some time to regroup. Hopefully, the West are increasing their support to Ukraine.
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