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2023-10-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian flag raised over waste heap in Avdievka

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Posted by badanov 2023-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 Creating a waste heap and calling it peace?

Worked for the Romans.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-25 03:04|| 2023-10-25 03:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Avdievka is where a coke processing plant is. The waste heap is a by prpduct, and the Ukrainians (and now the Russians) have been using it for spotting artillery into Donetsk city, since it is at a height that enables that.

Posted by badanov 2023-10-25 07:27|| 2023-10-25 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 And it was promptly taken out by a drone

Posted by DarthVader 2023-10-25 08:56|| 2023-10-25 08:56|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the Russians planting a pair of banners on a waste heap, and the Ukrainian response, is an apt metaphor for the war in Ukraine.

Posted by badanov 2023-10-25 09:22|| 2023-10-25 09:22|| Front Page Top

#5 According to 'Kanal 13', the Ukes ran a raid into Sebastopol harbor last night.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-10-25 11:38|| 2023-10-25 11:38|| Front Page Top

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