Can someone help me finish my limerick?
There once was a man named Scott Ritter
They threw him in jail for being a diddler
Teenage chatrooms his vice
He got busted twice
... https://tass.com/society/1797621
The Czech company Czechoslovak Group warns that rising prices and poor quality mean half of the shells it receives cannot be sent to Ukraine promptly. CSG plans to start supplying shells in June but faces issues with shells from Africa and Asia, requiring additional processing.
@oakster@noelreports even at the beginning lots of sources were scrapped as the stuff wasnt deemed usable
RuZZians dont have the same problems because they would use absolutely anything, a few months ago they were talking about extreme wear of barrels because of that
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs warned that any unilateral attempt by Russia to alter Baltic Sea borders would provoke a reaction. This follows Russia's announcement of plans to redefine its maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland, claiming new internal waters in the Gulf of Finland and near key coastal areas. The proposed changes involve adjusting geographical coordinates in these regions.
1/ Two more incidents have been reported of Russians being fined or denounced for association with the colours of blue and yellow – Ukraine's national colours. They include a journalist who was denounced for being photographed in a yellow jacket against a blue sky. ⬇️
@VikingChieftain in telegram they give it only as ammo detonation without any other context (🥳)
however the video wasnt taken from cover, seems high enough that even if it was from an helmet mounted cam (which a tanker wouldnt have) the guy must have been kneeling at the most
Since right now the fear of drones is extremely high, if they were hit by one they wouldnt stand around that way, they would leg it
I would say they felt relatively safe while filming it, to me they were just scuttling it
With the replacement of Shoigu with Belusov that promises to pump a lot of money in the defense industry, hands are already being put out
The head of Rostec complained that defense plants are on the verge of financial collapse given the low-to-inexistent profitability and is going to ask for more coin
Russia is apparently already putting 35% of government spending into the defense industry and the war at the expense of all the other social spending and projects
Putin said that Russia has no plans to capture Kharkiv.
"What is happening in the Kharkiv region is a fault of the Ukrainian authorities and a clear response to the shelling of the border regions in Russia."
He also said that the 'Istanbul agreements' are the only basis for a possible negotiation process with Ukraine.
@ErikJonker nope, just his usual response to things, no plans means only we have plans but cannot do it yet, past agreements lets have a chat means only gimme the time do get ready to do it
Compared with "we are gonna leave Transnistria" "There are no green men in Crimea" "We have no plans to invade Ukraine, they are just regular exercises at the border"
In the past three months, #Russia has begun actively transferring military personnel and mercenaries to #Libya, according to Verstka’s findings. These forces are primarily concentrated in eastern Libya, a region under the control of Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army and a Kremlin ally.
A source within a Libyan security agency reported that at least 1,800 Russian military personnel have arrived in the country in the last two weeks alone
"I did it because I don't agree with the policy of the government of my country", Slovakian writer and activist Juraj Cintula, the man who is suspected of shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
@noelreports so he is a leftist party, ex security guard turned peace activist (wanted to start the "MovementAgainstViolence" party). And yet solved his grievances shooting his PM with a gun he legally owned... a bit of mixed messages there
According to Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi Cintula was linked to Slovenski Branci, a pro-Russian paramilitary group
@littletree It would fit with the russian way of demonstrating peace, love and understanding
I guess Fico hasnt been pro-russian enough then...
Zorban is likely breathing a lot better now if its clear which side the henchmen come from (I still think there's a small chance he already knew which side sent them...)
@littletree what fico has done? kept one foot in two shoes and didnt turn a complete pain in the ass like Zorban I guess...
I wouldnt be surprised if the ruZZians have said "...or else" while shaking hands with the various politicians leaning their way, this might be an example
If you look what organized crime does and agree that russia has acted the same way since soviet times it kind of works out
Im curious to see if some politicians in other countries are going to lean pro-Z suddenly
@aerofreak@schmaker Its the nardcore symbol, Stance socks symbol, the Harrington knot (heraldry)... as for runes its Gar (Gungnir symbol: Odin's spear) used for the letter G
Out with the old hate stuff, in with the new ruZZian symbols of putinist forces, not a fascist symbol really, would be nice if someone explained when making statements
Will come the time that we wont be able to write a grocery list or make a doodle because every letter and sign has been used by some extremist son of a B.
@vitriolix@noelreports exactly, its not the best feeling to be in a carrier in first place, knowing that you are locked in there by a cage must make it wonderful for them
However, they made their bed...
According to the US State Department, Russian forces are using chloropicrin, an asphyxiant and tear agent banned by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Medvedev on Telegram: ruZZia response to US confiscation of reserve assets may be confiscating the property of private investors
“we do not have a significant amount of American government property, including US money, rights and other assets. Therefore, the answer can only be asymmetrical" "foreclosure, for example by court decision, on the property of private individuals located in the jurisdiction of Russia (money, real estate and movable property in kind, property rights)”
@VikingChieftain they are already hitting corporations by taking control and forcing sales for pennies, my understanding is he talks about normal people. Pretty much you are american they take your house, car etc
Waiting for Seagal and Snowden stuff to be taken away 🥳 🥳 🥳
Chairwoman of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, once again called on the German government to supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles.
"The Chancellor has always assured that he is oriented towards the United States. Now that the US will now deliver long-range ATACMS to Ukraine, it is reason enough to act on the Taurus issue," she added.
@gimulnautti@noelreports thats the whole point of having nuclear weapons as deterrent, if it works for them then every country big and small will want to have at least one and we are going to be back in the 1960s (and eventually someone really really crazy in a small country is going to have a tactical one to use against some other small country)
@noelreports send the 12 airworthy ones to Ukraine and send the 10 "unknown condition" ones to an EU country that has experience with them so that they can take them apart and maybe even refurbish a good one out of all the pieces before everything viable goes as spare parts
Then get a bunch of bad airframes and give to Ukraine at zero cost to use as bait, so ruZZia can waste missiles on them
& if something that isnt up to snuff but can be converted as UAV, like its done for targets...
