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2021-04-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
RUSSIA: Military equipment seen on train near the train station of Yesk, opposite side of Mariupol on the Azov Sea
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Posted by Fred 2021-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ]  Top

#1 It should be noted that Crimea has a rather large volunteer contingent and that these vehicles could be intended for them.

Also to be noted, that the Pacific Russian naval infantry contingent in Primorasky just received the latest iteration of the BMP-3 IFV.

It is apparent Russian defense factories continually are delivering new combat vehicles, and they are being delivered by rail.
Posted by badanov 2021-04-02 06:08||   2021-04-02 06:08|| Front Page Top

#2 It is much easier to leave Russia alone when Russia is not trying to take control of Ukraine or Georgia or Belarus or ...
Posted by Guillibaldo Platypus5892 2021-04-02 07:53||   2021-04-02 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't someone post an article about the US Army going to an Alert Status regarding Ukraine?
Posted by Spoter B 2021-04-02 08:13||   2021-04-02 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Yesterday
Posted by badanov 2021-04-02 08:30||   2021-04-02 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5  It is much easier to leave Russia alone when Russia is not trying to take control of Ukraine or Georgia or Belarus or ...

Well, the problem is the Russians are so terrified of the world they feel they need to be surrounded by hostages friendly powers or they feel "threatened".

(Plus, they seeded all their subject territories with ethnic Russians during the Soviet period, nicely setting themselves up with Sudetenlands to "liberate" when they feel strong enough.)
Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-04-02 10:33||   2021-04-02 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Poland: sure, worth defending.
But why do we care about Ukraine? It's half-Russian and has been for over a century. Why do we care about Crimea? What possible business is it of ours?
Posted by Caesar Omailing8518 2021-04-02 11:29||   2021-04-02 11:29|| Front Page Top

#7 But why do we care about Ukraine?

It's part of the Biden's and Deep State cash flow apparatus.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-04-02 11:32||   2021-04-02 11:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, the problem is the Russians are so terrified of the world they feel they need to be surrounded by hostages friendly powers or they feel "threatened".

If your country had been invaded once every 60 years or so, you'd be paranoid, too.
Posted by badanov 2021-04-02 11:52||   2021-04-02 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 1237–1242: Mongols invade Kievan Rus'
1382–1383: Golden Horde invades Russia
1390: Timur invades southern Russia
1407-1502: Turkoman invasions of Georgia / southern Russia
(1453: Ottoman invasion of Constantinople)
1571: Crimean Khanate invades Russia
1609: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth invades Russia
1707: Sweden invades Russia
1812: France, Austria, Prussia invade Russia
1854: Britain and France invade Russia
1904: Japan invades Russia
1915: Germany and Austria-Hungary invade Russia
1918: UK, France, US invade Russia
1938-39: Japan invades Russia
1941: Germany invades Russia







Posted by Lampedusa Gleaper1807 2021-04-02 12:33||   2021-04-02 12:33|| Front Page Top

#10 But why do we care about Ukraine?

You (USA) don't. But Chinese, who appear to give your rulers their orders, care deeply about weakening Russia. All that real estate in Russian Far East.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-04-02 12:50||   2021-04-02 12:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Glamorous Thai transgender women pose with certificates that exempt them from national service as they're forced to attend annual draft day
Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-02 14:59||   2021-04-02 14:59|| Front Page Top

#12 West Point! We need a plan here! Now!

Well, its a guy marrying a guy so blue would be a theme, but we don't want to assume a gender so pink is out too, so we went with mauve. And it is stunning! We put the Best Friends, not best man or best woman unless you are a hater, in Patton's Pew because tankerz ahmygawd ammirite girlfriends!

Now, we thought about a cake, but there are too many of Those People, ugh, who do THAT, so we went with...ta dah!...chocolate Easter Eggs! Squiiii!
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-04-02 15:13||   2021-04-02 15:13|| Front Page Top

#13  Liberating Ukraine from these crazies would probably enable real democracy by finally having a real election that includes the Donbass.

Not if it’s held at the point of a Russian gun, sweetie.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-02 20:42||   2021-04-02 20:42|| Front Page Top

#14 TransDniester > TransGender
Posted by Chuckles Cresh2773 2021-04-02 20:50||   2021-04-02 20:50|| Front Page Top

#15 Kuindzhi's paintings bring спокоиность
Posted by Vortigern Grans5581 2021-04-02 20:53||   2021-04-02 20:53|| Front Page Top

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