The Russia is getting more evil thread

[Destarius]

Good grief. They’ve made an enemy for life. If I were him, I’d avoid windows.

[alekseivolchok]

It is indeed a little strange how he didn’t have any accidents during combat training.

[Woolen_Horde]

@Destarius

Good grief. They’ve made an enemy for life. If I were him, I’d avoid windows.

The problem is Apple has stopped doing business in Russia!

[Janster]

I’m kinda rooting for him to be embedded into a Ukranian bullet…but hey…that’s just mean of me…

[Aleck]

@alekseivolchok

It is indeed a little strange how he didn’t have any accidents during combat training.

If the Russians were giving their recruits any significant training, I’m sure they’d have found a window or three for this gentleman. What a weird story.

[JonRowe]

@CraigM

On an A-10 that would be considered flight ready.

Did someone summon me?

:)

In all seriousness though, what is the feeling of the recent attacks on Russian soil. I would have assumed there would be immediate Russian backlash with strong language about using tactical nukes?

Or is it that Putin is still soiled at the bottom of the stairs and not yet ready to get in front of a camera?

[alekseivolchok]

If you’re talking about the official response then it was a successful AA against the mass attack of drones. Sadly some debris fell on the military base, killed 2 people and slightly damaged the planes.

I’m serious, that’s the official Russian MO report.

Russian unofficial patriots though shout about how this gives Russia an internationally recognized right to nuke Lviv.

[JonRowe]

So, it is deny, deny, deny then.

[alekseivolchok]

Well it’s consistent, if nothing else. All those strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure are actually debris from Ukrainian AA preventing Russian hits on legitimate military targets.

[KevinC]

Posted this in another thread, but looks like Orban has derailed (for the time being) the EU aid package to Ukraine.

Hungary vetoes Ukraine aid, EU seeks alternative solution

[Mark_Weston]

I don’t think they ever created a mechanism for expelling a member.

[Mark_Weston]

In other news, this account maintaining consistent quality for months:

Darth Putin

[Timex]

@KevinC

Posted this in another thread, but looks like Orban has derailed (for the time being) the EU aid package to Ukraine.

Maybe the EU shouldn’t be letting Hungary have any say in this.

[spiffy]

@Timex

shouldn’t be letting Hungary have any say in this.

Hungary is the Joe Manchin of Europe!

[Juan_Raigada]

@Mark_Weston

I don’t think they ever created a mechanism for expelling a member.

There’s a mechanism for stripping a country of vote, afaik (but don’t quote me on it, I might be wrong), but it does need unanimity from all the other countries (and a protracted legal procedure).

[KevinC]

More on the Iranian “drones” Russia has been using, from the WaPo:

Russia appears to have run out of Iranian drones, and there is no sign that fresh supplies are on the way, a Western official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said Tuesday. Russia has not used Iranian drones in its attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure since mid-November, and there is also no indication that a proposed deal to manufacture the drones in Russia is near completion, the official said. The slow-moving, noisy drones have in any case proved increasingly ineffective as Ukrainian air defenses have adapted, Western and Ukrainian officials say.

[dtolman]

Ukrainian sources are also claiming that the drone can not operate below the freezing mark as some materials in it will not work properly - so they are literally on ice until the Spring.

[Grifman]

New Ukrainian mobile AAA guns being built - probably for anti/drone defense.

Dan

[ShivaX]

Hey, I was right.

Basically some ZSU’s on a pick up.

[scottagibson]

@Grifman

New Ukrainian mobile AAA guns being built - probably for anti/drone defense.

That seems like a really good, cheap idea, even if it does smack of a higher class of ‘technical’.