He really does look rough here
gripping the table like youve dropped 2 pills & done a very potent bong, thinking you can handle it, then whoaaa....
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:19 am
Holding in a ripsnorter?
Srzly though what happens if he snuffs it? Wouldn't change much short term, Russia still need to secure a fair chunk of Ukraine for the war to be politically justifiable to the Russian populace. They wouldn't just pack up and roll home.
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:27 am
I don't think either side can land the killer offensive blow so I reckon it's going to grind to halt with the lines not far off where they are now in the east. Ukraine will want Mariupol back but I don't think they could mount an offensive to secure it while the Russians hold Crimea.
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:44 am
He really does look rough here
gripping the table like youve dropped 2 pills & done a very potent bong, thinking you can handle it, then whoaaa….
6 pints of Guinness and a vindaloo the night before, I thought.
The more I see it the less I think it's really him. There's a hint of House Elf or Gringotts Goblin. Has he been replaced with an animatronic?
Posted : 22/04/2022 12:07 pm
Has he been replaced with an animatronic?
That was my first thought, but I was too lazy to figure out how to spell it.
Posted : 22/04/2022 12:34 pm
I know we're trying not to speculate on Putin's health, but he does not look well here either. (Apologies if it's a repost)
Posted : 22/04/2022 12:47 pm
Right hand again…
Posted : 22/04/2022 12:50 pm
Nice trolling from Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1517398931306594306
Posted : 22/04/2022 1:34 pm
Well, if Putin does snuff it let's hope he'll lie in state long enough for mourners to be subjected to the same treat as those at William the Conqueror's funeral.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-the-conqueror
Posted : 22/04/2022 1:46 pm
Surely if Putin does die Russia will stick to tradition and blame everything on him, withdraw the troops and hope everyone forgets about it.
Posted : 22/04/2022 2:00 pm
Fascinating history of Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1517256297728688129
Posted : 22/04/2022 3:40 pm
Feel like that guy's a bit like a Russian Adam Curtis. Threads start off really interesting, then about 100 tweets in he's talking about a former head of the communist party who now runs a baked bean factory which donates to a fascist who used to go to school with an oligarch who funded a breakaway Komsomol group and you've forgotten what the original point was or where he's going with any of this. But it's all quite fun while it lasts anyway.
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:01 pm
Yes, I like how he just decided to take a break mid thread.
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:06 pm
Another mysterious fire breaks out in Russia.
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1517517859827732480
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:20 pm
Surely if Putin does die Russia will stick to tradition and blame everything on him, withdraw the troops and hope everyone forgets about it.
Or you might get someone who will be much more capable and belligerent who will not forget their "defeat".
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:21 pm
Brave!
here
https://mobile.twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1517491673546342403
What's the reason for this? Getting accurate information, being bold/provocative, or...?
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:22 pm
They've been doing that since before the invasion
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:31 pm
Ok
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:35 pm
What’s the reason for this? Getting accurate information, being bold/provocative, or…?
As I understand it, even in peacetime, NATO, Russia, China, etc. are constantly monitoring each other. They fly aircraft in international airspace and collect data on all the radars and other electronic signals they can collect, plus monitoring for missile launches, nuclear isotopes (from weapons tests or reactor accidents), and so on. Now that there are hostilities, NATO will be sucking up every scrap of info they can get from Russia and advising Ukraine on what Russia is doing, probably down to tracking individual soldiers and unit deployments. Every time a Russian soldier gets homesick and phones home to his mom, NATO will have the call tracked and use it to identify the unit and location. Russia knows NATO is doing this but there's nothing they can do about it unless they want to trigger a war with NATO. It's not a provocation, it's normal practice.
Posted : 22/04/2022 4:55 pm
Four Russian Gas Executives have supposidly committed 'murder/suicides'. Lack of fingerprints on one case in Spain on the murder weapons !
Posted : 22/04/2022 5:27 pm
Four Russian Gas Executives have supposidly committed ‘murder/suicides’. Lack of fingerprints on one case in Spain on the murder weapons !
Apparently, this is why many multi-national corporations won't quit Russia. Putin is basically holding their CEOs and families hostage to coerce the head office into opposing sanctions. The "murder-suicide" is a pretty convincing negotiating strategy when you're dealing with accountants and purchasing managers.
Posted : 22/04/2022 5:33 pm
Topic starter
Four Russian Gas Executives have supposidly committed ‘murder/suicides’. Lack of fingerprints on one case in Spain on the murder weapons !
Aren't these stories all a load of horseradish? It was mentioned earlier on the thread
Posted : 22/04/2022 6:14 pm
Topic starter
Another mysterious fire breaks out in Russia.
Interesting! This is the first I've heard of this..
Has it been corroborated? No mention of it on mainstream news
Posted : 22/04/2022 6:18 pm
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/2-russian-oligarchs-found-dead-spain-moscow-reports-2022-4
One is new I believe the Spanish one. there are rumors on Reddit about affairs ect.
Posted : 22/04/2022 6:29 pm
Right hand again…
Posted : 22/04/2022 6:41 pm
Has he been replaced with an animatronic?
Posted : 22/04/2022 6:49 pm
Topic starter
One is new I believe the Spanish one. there are rumors on Reddit about affairs ect
Thanks for posting! All very strange. Is the insinuation that they were killed by the Russian state?
Posted : 22/04/2022 6:56 pm
Dunno if this has been posted before. I stumbled across this Russian Vlogger on YouTube. This is the only video of hers I've watched, but it's prompted me to watch more - she has 300K+ subscribers. In this video she is Vlogging from what I think is her home town in 'the far East' (Siberia). She is mainly answering questions from subscribers on life in Russia which touches on all sorts. The accuracy of polls in Russia, and what people really think, how much access Russians have to outside media, the prevalence of the 'Z' symbol, the exodus of young Russians and her own plans to leave, etc. and loads more. An interesting insight into life in Russia for ordinary people. She is really open, articulate and savvy. If there are more like her, then there is a glimmer of hope for the future. If they don't all leg it!
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Posted : 22/04/2022 9:31 pm
So, it's a fair bet to say Putin is likely to invade Moldova, no doubt to "liberate" Transnistria... if he can create the land bridge of course?
Let's hope that land bridge is a bridge too far.
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:13 pm
Topic starter
The Guardian reporting those mysterious Russian fires
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:24 pm
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/03/15/expired-arms-tepid-fighters-russian-ally-transnistria-may-have-little-to-offer-for-putins-war/
Transnistria a tiny strip of land with a ammo dump on it what could go wrong.
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:30 pm
Chemical plant fire may be a problem for Putin
https://twitter.com/Spoonamore/status/1517510440598843394?t=qP21-AKVbgfGuqybKngWHQ&s=19
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:31 pm
https://mobile.twitter.com/OSINT88/status/1517523880331681794
Flood gates blown open on a damn?
And a fire in the space city complex both unconfirmed.
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:44 pm
I'd love to see how Putin reacts in private to the pretty much daily setbacks he's having.
I bet it's not pretty and knowing your life is likely to be on the line if you have responsibility in that area, scary as hell to tell him.
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:46 pm
This is the apparent Roskosmos fire
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1517538587151159297?t=6zkqOSSkNp2CJfyPDAQpWA&s=19
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:55 pm
And a fire in the space city complex both unconfirmed.
Some of those incidents do seem suspiciously like someone is playing what does this button do with industrial control systems. Be a rather worrying escalation though.
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:56 pm
Posted : 22/04/2022 10:57 pm
I guess thats the question. How often did these happen when people werent really paying attention to Russia?
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:04 pm
I guess thats the question. How often did these happen when people werent really paying attention to Russia?
Yeah we need a baseline!
I suppose the possibility of cyber attacks isn't that improbable
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:10 pm
Mafia.
Fed up locals not getting paid.
Opposition to the war.
Spys.
Oligarchy who is suddenly skint.
It could be anything causing all the incidents.
It's clear Russia has been absolutely rinced for any cash or materials that could be sold or nicked maybe some of that is coming home to roost?
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:12 pm
I suspect the fire service isn't that great over there either which wont help.
It turns out a mafia state is shit at so many things other than killing people.
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:14 pm
Topic starter
It turns out a mafia state is shit at so many things other than killing people
Quite
Posted : 22/04/2022 11:37 pm
Some newspapers are reporting that we're ready to send in tanks to Ukraine. Presumably just hardware being given to the Ukrainians as sending in our tanks would be far too close to us having troops on the ground and risk dragging us into it fully.
Posted : 23/04/2022 5:56 am
I think that's likely not entirely accurate beyond are they big green metal things with a pointy thing on top.
We dont really have that many actual tanks, and they are not the sort of thing you just hop into. Not even convinced we have the manufacturing capacity to meet Ukrainian defence needs long term post war considering who they have as a neighbour.
What I read was some sort of armour being sent to Ukraine (crewed by Ukr) and a forward deployment of tanks to somewhere like Poland (crewed by British Army) who may then send T72 like machines to Ukrained (crewed by Ukr).
Maybe this?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV107_Scimitar
Which is due out of service 2023 according to Wikipedia.
Admittedly I dont really know anything beyond the odd article read yesterday.
Posted : 23/04/2022 6:16 am
It turns out a mafia state is shit at so many things other than killing people.
I do find myself wondering where Russia would be if it wasnt for the legacy of technology and military capacity from the previous round of authoritarian governance. And the influence that a population that's never really known anything different.
Going from the Tsars to Stalin, what does that do to the collective will to change leadership.
Posted : 23/04/2022 6:35 am
I do find myself wondering where Russia would be if it wasnt for the legacy of technology and military capacity from the previous round of authoritarian governance.
Kamil Galeev seems to think that Russia has never really been able to develop without outside assistance.
Posted : 23/04/2022 7:12 am
I think that’s likely not entirely accurate beyond are they big green metal things with a pointy thing on top.
Sod it I give up, just do a search for "journalists guide to tank identification".
Posted : 23/04/2022 7:37 am
Thanks @blokeuptheroad, that wee vlog was genuinely interesting. Thanks for posting
Posted : 23/04/2022 9:33 am
@nickc👍 It's an example of how despite the dross, sometimes social media can be genuinely useful and help break down barriers. She has only done one other video since the war started, posted before the one above. It's only 10 minutes long and also worth a look.
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Posted : 23/04/2022 9:58 am
