RE: Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country, Part II
08-20-2022, 04:45 AM
08-20-2022, 04:45 AM
I've watched a video of a Russian squad just leaving people behind, flailing about on the ground, after a drone strike. A quick look behind, and they decide, "welp, not my problem," and scurry off to avoid the next drone.
The thing making me maddest today is this: Forced conscription: how Russia wipes out the male population of occupied Donbas. In the occupied territories, under the guise of the client states, they have drafted nearly every able-bodied adult male under age 65 into the army. It is now "legal" there for press gangs to go into private homes at night in search of men, which they have been doing quite regularly. How can you avoid service?
1. Have a Russian passport (guaranteed safe)
2. Be a complete collaborator (most of the time)
3. Work on critical infrastructure (some of the time)
4. Get a medical exemption medical issues are no longer a reason to avoid army service
5. Bribe the press gangs (every time they come by)
Of course these are not Russian soldiers, they are filthy Ukranian "allies" so they are sent to the front first. Given only a rifle and a WWII-vintage helmet, they are sent forward to test the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as the vanguard "Novorussia divisions". If it is safe enough, trained Russian soldiers will follow behind. If it is not safe enough, you will be shot by either Ukrainians in front, or by Russians preventing your retreat from behind. I mean, it's obviously genocide. Still waiting to hear from Amnesty International, but they only care about war crimes committed by Ukraine.
Could this be exaggerated for propaganda purposes? Possibly. Possibly it's only this bad in certain areas. I also saw an item suggesting that the Luhansk People's Republic refuses to fight for the Donetsk People's Republic. But honestly, it all feels very likely. What else would you expect from a country so stuck in the past?
-- Russian ambassador in Vienna tweets, in response to a Zelensky tweet about sending military aid to Ukraine, "No mercy to the Ukrainian population!" He later deleted it, because he accidentally told the truth, which is not allowed for Russian officials.
-- You all laughed at me when I said Ukraine had mutant supersoldiers. But how else can you explain this waterspout over Crimea, huh?
-- After a large "mysterious explosion" in Belgorod ammo dump, another traffic jam develops as people start to leave the Russian mainland city en masse.
-- Poland may have donated less arms to Ukraine than the US, but Polandball is more enthusiastic about it
-- Just a picture of a man breaking down in front of his broken house
-- Pro Russian propaganda icon "Babushka Z" is actually just an anti-war nitwit, who thought that her use of the Soviet flag would remind Russia and Ukraine of the good times they had together. -- Ukrainian Army general staff says about their counterparts that about a third of Russian generals are under investigation and suspended from duty
-- Russian army appears to be focusing its planning efforts on who gets the blame for all of this
-- Just a reminder that Mariupol still has no drinking water and electricity, but at least the city name signs have been fully denazified
-- The front itself is near-stagnant, though there are lots of reports of fires and explosions behind the lines. Russian supply lines are being weakened.
-- Some level of fires are normal, but this is more than normal, and with all the propaganda it's impossible to tell what is really enemy action, since neither side wants to publicly claim that Ukraine attacked inside Russia.
-- Russia Has Lost Two Squadrons of Its ‘Best’ Su-35 Fighters. That's 24 fighter jets. Rumor has it that they're trying to trade Su-35s to Iran in exchange for (more effective) drones.
-- Russia Has Run Out of Long-Range Missiles to Terrorize Ukraine. Remember back when they were launching them everywhere? They can only manufacture 19 long range missiles a month.
-- Apparently there was an actual aerial dogfight yesterday?
The thing making me maddest today is this: Forced conscription: how Russia wipes out the male population of occupied Donbas. In the occupied territories, under the guise of the client states, they have drafted nearly every able-bodied adult male under age 65 into the army. It is now "legal" there for press gangs to go into private homes at night in search of men, which they have been doing quite regularly. How can you avoid service?
1. Have a Russian passport (guaranteed safe)
2. Be a complete collaborator (most of the time)
3. Work on critical infrastructure (some of the time)
4. Get a medical exemption medical issues are no longer a reason to avoid army service
5. Bribe the press gangs (every time they come by)
Of course these are not Russian soldiers, they are filthy Ukranian "allies" so they are sent to the front first. Given only a rifle and a WWII-vintage helmet, they are sent forward to test the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as the vanguard "Novorussia divisions". If it is safe enough, trained Russian soldiers will follow behind. If it is not safe enough, you will be shot by either Ukrainians in front, or by Russians preventing your retreat from behind. I mean, it's obviously genocide. Still waiting to hear from Amnesty International, but they only care about war crimes committed by Ukraine.
Could this be exaggerated for propaganda purposes? Possibly. Possibly it's only this bad in certain areas. I also saw an item suggesting that the Luhansk People's Republic refuses to fight for the Donetsk People's Republic. But honestly, it all feels very likely. What else would you expect from a country so stuck in the past?
-- Russian ambassador in Vienna tweets, in response to a Zelensky tweet about sending military aid to Ukraine, "No mercy to the Ukrainian population!" He later deleted it, because he accidentally told the truth, which is not allowed for Russian officials.
-- You all laughed at me when I said Ukraine had mutant supersoldiers. But how else can you explain this waterspout over Crimea, huh?
-- After a large "mysterious explosion" in Belgorod ammo dump, another traffic jam develops as people start to leave the Russian mainland city en masse.
-- Poland may have donated less arms to Ukraine than the US, but Polandball is more enthusiastic about it
-- Just a picture of a man breaking down in front of his broken house
-- Pro Russian propaganda icon "Babushka Z" is actually just an anti-war nitwit, who thought that her use of the Soviet flag would remind Russia and Ukraine of the good times they had together. -- Ukrainian Army general staff says about their counterparts that about a third of Russian generals are under investigation and suspended from duty
-- Russian army appears to be focusing its planning efforts on who gets the blame for all of this
-- Just a reminder that Mariupol still has no drinking water and electricity, but at least the city name signs have been fully denazified
-- The front itself is near-stagnant, though there are lots of reports of fires and explosions behind the lines. Russian supply lines are being weakened.
-- Some level of fires are normal, but this is more than normal, and with all the propaganda it's impossible to tell what is really enemy action, since neither side wants to publicly claim that Ukraine attacked inside Russia.
-- Russia Has Lost Two Squadrons of Its ‘Best’ Su-35 Fighters. That's 24 fighter jets. Rumor has it that they're trying to trade Su-35s to Iran in exchange for (more effective) drones.
-- Russia Has Run Out of Long-Range Missiles to Terrorize Ukraine. Remember back when they were launching them everywhere? They can only manufacture 19 long range missiles a month.
-- Apparently there was an actual aerial dogfight yesterday?
robkelk Wrote:Are you telling me that Girls und Panzer is unrealistic?I can point out with one hand all of the places Girls und Panzer is actually realistic... if I stretch my fingers a bit too much. Still a great show.
Maybe somebody should tell the Russians that cartoons are unrealistic...
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