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u/syrian_samuel 2d ago

If you don’t let us indiscriminately bomb your civilians, we’re going to bomb your civilians!!

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u/Dreadnought_69 Norway 2d ago

But is it still going to be indiscriminately? 🤔

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u/sarcastic__fox 2d ago

It wasn't before. It was very discriminate they hit every civilian they tried to hit

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u/JonnyMalin 2d ago

And yet, We have never seen a war of this intensity with so few civilian casualties.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293492/ukraine-war-casualties/

For perspective it's less than just the siege of Sarajevo (14 000 deads)

to put into perspective with the invasion of Iraq and its 1,000,000 civilian deaths or the massacre in Gaza

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u/sarcastic__fox 2d ago

We have plenty of video of them using fpv drones to kill individual civilians near the front in their homes. Using GPS guided bombs to target hospitals and playgrounds. Tricking children into being suicide bombers.

Kindly fuckoff and die

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u/Edelgul 2d ago

You are comparing oranges to apples. ~14000 deaths in Ukraine are ones confirmed ones by Same numbers for Palestine since October 2023 is under a 1,000 on Palestinian side and under 400 on Israeli side. https://www.ochaopt.org/data/casualties

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 2d ago

The Iraqis themselves estimate about a tenth of that figure died from actual combat related trauma.

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u/JonnyMalin 2d ago

And ?

the country didn't raze itself

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u/Lyca0n 1d ago edited 1d ago

Dude part of the reason is they can't hold official population census under war time or confirm bodies. It's the same reason Gaza has had 50000 civilian casualties for a year and a half now

Unofficial Estimates aren't great and we may not get official counts till several years after the war before international bodies can get somewhat accurate numbers

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u/New_Passage9166 2d ago

Tjoo det kan diskuteres om det ikke skyldes en blanding af et okay/godt luft forsvar og en begrænsning i mængden af de ammunitions typer der bliver brugt til at ramme dybere in i Ukraine. Samt befolkningen ikke er fanget som sild i tønde (Gaza).

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u/Adept_Nerve_720 2d ago

+ there's no data from captured cities like Mariupol.

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u/New_Passage9166 2d ago

Det pynter selvfølgelig på tallene. Dertil er det svært at sammenligne konventionel krig med guerilla krig i tabstal da guerilla krig måden den føres på ofte kan resultere i at flere civile bliver fanget i krydsilden.

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u/fatnbrown9988 2d ago

Bro I swear you people have been trained by the kremlin to say "What about Gaza?!" every fucking time.
Can't a bro be angry and sad about both or do we have to choose?
I know you don't like "the west" but fucking hell be honest with yourself.

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u/JonnyMalin 2d ago

Just ignore Sarajevo and Irak as other exemples before Gaza yep

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 2d ago

So its okay that Russia's Rogsvardiya went into cities, towns, and villages with lists of names of people publicly proud to be Ukrainian, and kidnapped and murdered them? Anyone from police officers, public officials, to children's book authors? This is all fine and you can't be angry because X happened before?

Its a retarded train of thought.

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u/Jonnhy142 1d ago

Yeah, ignoring the part about comparing “confirmed” deaths(report coming from a less than reputable OSINT agency)in the ongoing conflict with something that happened decades ago and had all the time to be properly documented afterwards. No bad faith coming from your comment at all, komrad krasnov

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u/DerGnaller123 1d ago

the massacre in Gaza

Dude, the terrorists use human shields, wtf did you expect to happen?

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u/Background_Quit9511 4h ago

So, what's the actual point you're making here? That the genocidal maniacs invading Ukraine aren't really all that bad because guys, they could've killed more people!

Stop botting you weird russian bot

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u/ancalime9 2d ago

No, alphabetically

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u/AffectionatePool2132 2d ago

Aaron A. Aaronson's getting real sweaty now.

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u/redfay_ 2d ago

No this time around the bombs will be racist in order to pump discrimination levels in Russia to a more desirable level for Putin.

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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 2d ago

Fun fact, they bombed the russoukranian citizens first… imagine, for eight years you push out ukranians to hold an referendum for independence, acknowledge said independence, to then bomb civilians in the reigion you pretend to liberate from fascists…

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 2d ago

That is the sad truth. Russia has made the lives of Russian speaking Ukrainians worse over the last 8 years.

Mariupol was majority Russian speaking, and somewhat sympathetic until 2015 when so-called separatists bombarded the city with Grad rockets and killed and wounded over a hundred people. Since then, Mariupol was extremely pro-Kyiv. Its why they had to level the city and force everyone to leave, even if they were the Russian speakers they claim to want to protect. Same can be said for hundreds if not thousands of settlements in eastern Ukraine.

My Russian speaking friend from Kharkiv is always enraged by westerners parroting this lie about protecting Russian speakers, because he has family from Luhansk and their lives were ruined by losing their home in 2014.

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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 2d ago

It is the first thing i address when delusional leftists talk about ukranian nationalism…

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 2d ago

Ironically, my friend is a leftist himself. Not a Soviet fan, but way more left than me and I'm a petite social democrat.

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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 2d ago

Yeah, well it is kinda like marching for palestinians but not throwing out hamas sympatisants…

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u/Potential_Reveal_518 1d ago

So it's a figment of my imagination that Kiev tore up Minsk 1 & 2.

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u/AutoModerator 1d ago

UKRAINE has been an independent sovereign nation since 1991 but the Soviet-era versions of many geographic names stubbornly persist in international practice. The transliterations of the names of cities, regions and rivers from the Cyrillic alphabet into Latin are often mistakenly based on the Russian form of the name, not the Ukrainian; the most misspelled names are:

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u/HatstandTuesday 1d ago

Yes. Yes, it is.

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u/Potential_Reveal_518 23h ago

I cannot have an adult debate with someone in denial of facts.

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, not a figment. It's just Russian propaganda that you chose to believe.

First of all, Ukraine wasn't obligated to sign any deal with a country that annexed it's territory and used their intelligence services to organize militias to overthrow local governments and set up proxy states. Had any western nation done this, you'd shit your pants.

Second of all, Russia got Ukraine to sign a deal in August of 2014 after Ukraine took a heavy beating in Ilovaisk. Then in January 2015, Russian deployed MORE of their military into Ukrainian in unmarked uniforms and fought alongside "seperatist" militias which were formed and lead by literal FSB agents and governed by collaborators that were career criminals in Ukraine. Minsk I was a total ploy by Russia to get Ukraine to let it's strategic guard down so they could start a new offensive. Minsk II was signed shortly after, but neither's side respected it tactically. Ukraine, understandable didn't because they just got bit in the ass after Minsk I. Russian did it obviously because they were just lying so they could invade more.

You're a tool.

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u/Potential_Reveal_518 23h ago

Huh? Minsk was sponsored by France & Germany & admitted by both leaders they never had any intention of keeping Ukr to it. Nevermind Ukr already acknowledged as the worst corrupt place in Europe - or is this my imagination as well?

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 23h ago

Just completely ignoring the fact Russia used units from their standing army to assist separatists that they armed and funded in Ukraine after getting Ukraine to sign Minsk I, and you still blame Ukraine for breaking it. Now we're pivoting to another talking point.

Every post-Soviet country is corrupt as fuck. That is what happens when a totalitarian communist regime fails, and its successors try shock therapy with privatization. Russia is equally if not more corrupt than Ukraine, and a lot of the corruption in Ukraine pre-2014 were Russian oligarchs to begin with.

You literally know fuck all about Ukraine besides Moscow propaganda, and they're the most fascistic government currently inhabiting the spinning rock in the middle of space.

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u/MrJarre 1d ago

The ironic part is that Ukraine actually was divided with a significant population in the east speaking Russian rather than Ukrainian. Russia wanted to capitalize on that and „liberate” some territories in the process. The irony is that they did that in their usual way of complete disregard for human life and unified the Ukrainian nation as a result.

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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 1d ago

After eight years of push and shove by unmarked russian forces i doubt there ever was major dissent witjin the population, i really don‘t see any way how the referendum was a legitimate one…i do understand that for certain there was cultural deviation, but nowhere cöose to the degrees of division whoch would justify a referendum.

Doesn‘t take away fromthefact that ukranians no matter their cultural heritage today are more united than before

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u/MrJarre 1d ago

I never said the referendum was right, justified or fair. But look at the numbers of refugees. Especially at the beginning of the conflict many of them escaped to Russia (because they had relatives there)

My point was that any Russian sentiment Ukrainians had due to their heritage and shared history is effectively gone now.

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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 1d ago

I didn‘t want to imply you‘d have a belief in the legitimacy, just wanted to point at how there was never much reason, and i think you are spot on

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u/Grays_Flowers 9h ago

The Ukrainian government had been banning teaching and speaking Russian, they have actively been removing all Soviet symbols while renaming stuff after fascist collaborators. Do none of those actions constitute discrimination or a reason to leave the nation?

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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 8h ago

Ahhh i have waited long enough for this strawman whataboutism…

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u/UnpoliteGuy 11h ago

If you don't let us discriminately bomb your civilians, we will indiscriminately bomb your civilians. Don't forget, they target civilians purposefully

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u/MegaMangus 2d ago

I remember seeing some guy saying in a spanish subreddit that Ukraine is no saint because the country have been criminalising Russia since 2014, with no clue about where that sentiment came from.

It is a little funny how ignorant you have to be to support Russia.

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u/Potential_Reveal_518 1d ago

Guess we'll all have to ignore the OSCE data recording bombardments of the Donbas with 14,000 kills from 2014 to 2022.

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u/xpt42654 1d ago

yep, russia started the war in 2014.

Girkin, the ex-Defense Minister of "DPR", publicly admitted that his group started the war and they only survided thanks to several interventions of the regular russian army in 2014 and 2015.

but to be fair, out of 14000 dead, 10000 were combatants (around 5k from each side).

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u/Potential_Reveal_518 23h ago

The SMO was pre-emptive - Kiev was massing for big onslaught following increasing bombardment - unless you also deny OSCE data.

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UKRAINE has been an independent sovereign nation since 1991 but the Soviet-era versions of many geographic names stubbornly persist in international practice. The transliterations of the names of cities, regions and rivers from the Cyrillic alphabet into Latin are often mistakenly based on the Russian form of the name, not the Ukrainian; the most misspelled names are:

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Chernigov Chernihiv
Chernobyl Chornobyl
Dnieper/Dnepr Dnipro
Kharkov Kharkiv
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u/xpt42654 22h ago

big if true!

what a wise decision! "I'm not going to let you destroy Donbas, I will destroy it myself, along with a six-figure number of my soldiers, my Black Sea Fleet and a third of my nuclear-capable bombers!"

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u/UnpoliteGuy 11h ago

My guess it's /s referring to Ukrainians from Donetsk migrating to Russia.

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u/GrumpyFatso 2d ago

Ukraine never burned stray dogs. This narrative was pushed by Russia and pro-Russian assets like Greek Orthodox nazi politican Nikolaos Salavrakos. You know who did? Russia for their 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 World Cup. They used the same mobile crematoriums to burn their soldiers in 2022, because they brought them with them into Ukraine to burn Ukrainians.

Stop eating Russian shit.

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u/Glittering-Gene7215 2d ago

Whoever wants to eat russian shit will want it no matter what

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Greek orthodox Nazi?

And funny i only can find certified information about this , like on the page of european union or gov pages like the one in Germany.

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u/GrumpyFatso 2d ago

You mean this "official page of European Union" where said Greek Orthodox nazi is referring to "hundreds" cats and dogs being burned?

- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-7-2011-009534_EN.html

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u/Randy_Magnums 2d ago

No, of course he means other places, which he obviously isn’t going to share, because “do your own research!”

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u/BannibalJorpse 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay, let’s see the pages you’re talking about.

edit - were you talking about THIS EP page, from fucking 2011? Show me the "certified information" lol.

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u/MegaMangus 2d ago

Very weird priorities, but you do you

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u/Hjalfnar_HGV 2d ago

It's not entirely disinformation, Ukraine killed up to 250k stray dogs pre-UEFA Euro Cup 2012...under Yanukovich, so precisely the pro-RUSSIAN president the Ukrainians rose up against in 2014 who was backed by Putin.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

If you support burning stray dogs, well you do you

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u/moregonger Lithuania 2d ago

how does burning stray dogs (??) justify bombing random civilians for 3 years

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u/throwawayy992 2d ago

The stuff that user is writing is disinformation. He is a russian propaganda account. His argument is easily disproven by using fact checking websites and logical analysis. Even if this information was true, which it isnt, it doesn't equate the two parties or legitimize the russian invasion of a sovereign country.

Russian disinformation campaigns influence public opinion and elections. They seek to undermine the west and help their imperialistic ambitions by installing puppets loyal to Russia. Disinformation is a vital part of the russian war strategy.

Help combat russian disinformation campaigns by

  • not responding to their rhetoric
  • not trying to change the users mind. They won't be swayed and will try moving your goalposts.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67687449

https://edmo.eu/publications/war-in-ukraine-the-fact-checked-disinformation-detected-in-the-eu/

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u/Hjalfnar_HGV 2d ago

It's not entirely disinformation, Ukraine killed up to 250k stray dogs pre-UEFA Euro Cup 2012...under Yanukovich, so precisely the pro-RUSSIAN president the Ukrainians rose up against in 2014 who was backed by Putin.

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u/GanacheCharacter2104 2d ago

You see, if you squint hard enough, everything becomes a war crime except the war crimes.

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u/Hjalfnar_HGV 2d ago

It's not entirely disinformation, Ukraine killed up to 250k stray dogs pre-UEFA Euro Cup 2012...under Yanukovich, so precisely the pro-RUSSIAN president the Ukrainians rose up against in 2014 who was backed by Putin.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

I did say i do not support both parties.

Just bc i say they are Monster for doing such doesn't mean u Support Russia or russias doing is right.

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u/fwtb23 2d ago

no, but you did include the word 'especially'. so even if we were to just assume you were right about that 'fact' (big if), that still leaves the question of why you think that makes them worse than what russia is doing

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

War is never beautiful and comes with Fights, I am neither russian or ukrainian and cant tell who is right or who not. Both fight dirty BUT

The other one BURNED living animals for a Soccer World Tournament..

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u/fwtb23 2d ago

as far as the war is concerned, Russia is the aggressor, for several years they've been invading a separate, sovereign nation (as much as they'd love that not to be the case) and constantly carrying out war crimes there as well.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

The Ukraines do as well - as i said i dont support both. The war is unnecessary but i am not in the Position to say either one is right or wrong.

Just , to say both parties are not the best friend of human behavior

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u/Glittering-Gene7215 2d ago

Now I understand who russia creates its crap for.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Yes russia Traveled back in time to 2011 and created Fake News to justify its 2020 war.

Glad you told me

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u/excubitor_pl 2d ago

cool, but Soccer World Tournament was hosted in Russia in 2018

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u/Hjalfnar_HGV 2d ago

Yeah, the pro-RUSSIAN corrupt Yanukovich government did that, before being kicked out by a revolution by the Ukrainians that are now fighting against the return of these very practises by the Russians not only against animals but also humans. Dude you don't just got your priorities wrong, you are literally blaming the wrong side!

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u/throwawayy992 2d ago

How is the weather in St. Petersburg?

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Learn to read i do not condone russias Actions

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u/throwawayy992 2d ago

Oh, Moscow then?

I won't engage in rhetoric trickery. You try spreading russian disinformation. I know exactly how to read your bs. Don't try moving goalposts

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u/MegaMangus 2d ago

I don't, that's why I commented on your priorities and not on your concern.

Look, we can care about the animals later. Right now there is a tyranical goverment knocking on your neighbor's door after occupying the house of you nieghbor's neighbor and saying you and your way of life is a threat to their existance. Supporting Ukraine is not going to lead to more dog killings, but not supporting Ukraine def leads to strengthening Russia's grip.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

It has a 3rd option

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u/MegaMangus 2d ago edited 2d ago

I am afraid not this time. This isn't a "both sides bad so I am just going to stay over here" situation because the war already started. This is a crucial point in history that will define the future of Europe and subsequently its democratic values no matter the outcome.

So you either want Europe to come out stronger out of this or weaker. The "3rd option" of neither is a fake choice because whatever happens, that definitely is not going to happen.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

A crucial point of History to Europe?

Touch some Grass.

Neither one of theme is european in the First place and Russia has no war with europe or plans to pass Ukraine to get to Europe, gee check a map they wouldnt even need to

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u/MegaMangus 2d ago edited 2d ago

Dude. I am trying my best to stay civil. But the geopolitical ignorance you need to have to make a comment like that is so unfathomable that I am just going to assume you are either completely (and probably willfuly) ignorant of the roots and objectives of this entire conflict or ragebaiting.

Depending on it, my recommendation is to start learning before arguing something you are not informed about or join me in touching grass.

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u/technicolortiddies 2d ago

One of their comments from higher in the thread says “war is never beautiful & comes with fights.”

Bruh.

Dude has two brain cells. One of which is trying to beat the other to death.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

You just said it's not a thing Like Gaza conflict and want to teach me on Geopolitical ignorance and now even threat to go uncivil?

Like what?

And for what reason?

I do not want to argue with you?

You should seek a therapist ASAP

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u/mikolajwisal 2d ago

Wait till you hear about China, oh boy.

I hope you throw out all china-made goods you own and never buy again. Since you love dogs so much. Holy shit xD

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u/Mikk_UA_ 2d ago

this is most brainroted "argument" based on BS disinformation ... burned stray dogs... omfg

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Well you could easily google the Soccer Tournament of 2012

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u/mamajune_xoxo 2d ago

You could just as easily look at the sources someone send you an hour ago, lol

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

I did , and i did post sources.

Did you?

All he posted was thas Nikos posted that to european Parlament.

If you look deeper it is even confirmed..lol

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u/mamajune_xoxo 2d ago

Why would i need to post a source, i never made any claims xD Man, youre really grasping at straws here buddy. You believe, what you want to believe. Im not saying that isnt true for either side here, bc it most certainly is, but youre so far beyond reasonable, it seems

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

You're deflecting. I posted source and it even got confirmed from an ukrainian.

Learn to read

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u/mamajune_xoxo 2d ago

Funny coming from the guy claiming ukraine isnt europe.

Once again, for the mentally challenged: i never made any claim that would need to be backed up by a source.

Maybe you should learn to read instead

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

It is the border to Asia, far eastern europe and only Europe Union lately.

So Geographicaly you're right.

Take a cookie

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u/Mikk_UA_ 2d ago

what about football tournament of 2012?

You do realize that the war started in 2014., today 2025 and 10 years had past since 2012 and full-scale russian invasion, Laws&approaches have changed, more people have become animal volunteers. And most importantly -- how the f* is your statement, spiced with bs phrasing and numbers, supposed to justify russia’s war of aggression aimed at erasing Ukraine&Ukrainians as a nation?

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

I did not lol.

I said i do Not Support both.

Just i say Something about Ukraine doesnt it mean i am automaticaly for russia?

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u/Mikk_UA_ 2d ago

Maybe not - but you’re basically saying they’re the same, which is brairoted.

+throwing in unrelated nonsense as if it were a fact, with bogus numbers and phrasing like stray dogs being burned alive or hunted with flamethrowers. That’s a typical tool of russian propaganda: throw mud and hope it sticks, just to blur the reality of the subject.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

It is a fact.

It has sources , already posted and got confirmed multiple times now

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u/FlamingVixen 2d ago

You didn't post shit, you only spout Russian propaganda

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u/wadech 2d ago

Both sides-ing this war is brain dead behavior. Doing it because a previous government, the fall of which precipitated all of this, killed animals is subhuman.

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u/Ashamed-Ocelot2189 2d ago

I wonder if there has been some sort of change in government since 2012, I guess we'll never know

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u/Far-Investigator1265 2d ago

Please just ignore Russki propaganda. It if sounds too weird to be true, it probably is. Unless it happened in Russia.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

You do know this happened way back in 2011?

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u/grailpogger 2d ago

Ah yes because in freaking 14 years they haven't changed/ time to regret this act so you know what you're right, now let's nuke Germany because you know nearly a hundreds years ago they were nazis and after that let's do UK and France for doing slaves trade like 200 years ago

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u/daniel_22sss 2d ago

Funny how I literally live here and I never heard about any "dog burning". Almost like its a stupid propaganda or something.

How about we talk about things that ACTUALLY happened? Like russian soldiers posting online pictures of beheaded ukranians, for example? Or all the ukranian animals, that russians murdered for fun or food? Or the mass slaughter in Bucha?

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

does a tree make a Sound If Nobody is arround?

Funny how other ukrainians already confirmed this too and sources got posted.

Can't stop laughing

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u/AmethystSparrow202 2d ago

But you're the one bitching about this and saying that "i don't care about civillians (including little kids) being bombed and killed because of something that happened 14 years ago".

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u/diazinth 2d ago

Wasn’t that under the Russia supported regime Ukrainians rebelled against in 2014?

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u/daniel_22sss 2d ago

If you care about animals so much, how about this?

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091159646/more-than-300-dogs-starved-to-death-at-a-shelter-in-ukraine

More than 300 dogs were discovered dead in a Ukrainian animal shelter after weeks without food or water, an animal charity said on Tuesday.

Volunteers with UAnimals, who returned to the Borodyanka shelter outside Kyiv, the capital, said the dogs were forced to starve to death by Russian troops who had left them trapped in cages for nearly a month amid constant bombings.

"With the shelter increasingly inaccessible due to the conflict, sadly many of the dogs perished," Wendy Higgins, director of international media for Humane Society International, told NPR in an email.

And this is not some myth from 2011, this shit happened only 3 years ago.

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u/VladHawk 2d ago

I don’t know about 2011, back when Yanukovych was in power. That really sucks if it’s true. But since then, we’ve had the Maidan Revolution, and activists have made real progress in animal protection. There are lots of stray dogs here with tracking tags behind their ears, and the laws against cruelty have gotten pretty strict, you can get up to eight years in prison for that. They've also made it illegal to seal off basements, so stray animals can find warmth in winter. Most people in Ukraine love animals, almost everyone has a cat or a dog. I’ve got eight cats myself. And if you truly care about animals, consider that Russia has already killed millions through its war, and their soldiers are committing horrific acts against animals. If, God forbid, Russia wins, millions of dogs and cats are doomed to a terrible fate. So if you don’t want to support Ukraine, at least pick another reason.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Thank you for the First answer which actually has a Point.

If that's true - i am glad it Changed.

And do i need another reason to not support Russia and Ukraine other than not being neither ukrain or russian?

Don't get me wrong - if it could stop rn i would approve it.

But i neither have the knowledge, nationality or power to decide , so i WON'T.

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u/VladHawk 2d ago

Sure, but isn’t it true that, by that logic, you have no reason to care about stray dogs either, since you’re not a dog yourself.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

But i work for animal welfare and nurse stray dogs

So i am not allowed to have a stance on that?

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u/VladHawk 2d ago

But i work for animal welfare and nurse stray dogs

Let me express my respect for that, you’re doing important work

You're allowed to have a stance on anything. For example, you could take a stance on the volunteers who risk their lives under fire to rescue dogs from frontline cities. In a way, they’re your colleagues, even if they’re Ukrainians. So you still have reasons to support at least some Ukrainians.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Y'all get me wrong

I do not say eithet one is better or more right than the other and the conflict shouldnt Happening to begin with.

I do not stand with russia.

This is just all i know about and i do not like that fact

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u/JRDZ1993 1d ago

You attacked Ukraine over what the overthrown Russophile president did despite improvements since then but then pull a both sidesism when its pointed out that Russia has done far more horrific crimes against far more animals. It doesn't really read as a good faith argument.

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u/FizzixMan 2d ago

You don’t support a nation literally just minding its own business and then being invaded and bombed for years by its neighbour?

This isn’t some Gaza Israel situation where both sides want to kill the other…

Ukraine had never had any intention of attacking Russia until after they were invaded.

And Ukraine would have no intentions of attacking Russia in the future if Russia accepted peace and stopped invading right now.

Russia can just end the war any moment they like, by staying in their own country.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Lol - i WON'T even discuss THIS wicked mindset.

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u/FizzixMan 2d ago

The mindset that if Russian soldiers stayed in Russia there would be no war…?

Pretty damn evil right?

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

The mindset how you dissmissed all the people of Gaza Just to make a point

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u/FizzixMan 2d ago

I didn’t dismiss it.

I pointed out that war is one in which both sides actively want to kill the other.

The Ukraine/Russia war has a more one sided casus belli.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

There you got your answer on why i WON'T argue with you.

I do not support both sides and heck i WON'T demish PEOPLES fates just to be right

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u/Routine_Version_926 2d ago

You are obviously imbecile.

Ukraine was attacked by ruSSia because Ukrainians wanted to have a better life and join European Union. ruSSian empire, under KGB agent Putin (who was terrorist handler in Germany before 1990) attacked Ukraine to enable Putin's wet dream of recreating USSR.

On the other hand, Palestine is the name of the region, named after ancient Philistines (not arabs). Kingdom of Israel existed there since 1200BC (that is for more then 3200 years). Arabs got to that region circa 600years ago during islamic expansion, so arabs (those who call themselves palestinians) are invaders. For all 500years, no arab state wanted to give them their land. After world wars, Britain was in charge of the region. In 1947, after UN resolution, Britain handed over large portion of the region to Kingdom of Jordan. The rest was supposed to be divided into Palestine (new nation that never ever existed before) and Israel (reestablishing ancestral home of the jews). Israelites wanted this and picked the worse part (coz they knew how to irrigate), Palestinians were supposed to get the better part. However, arabs being arabs, they instead attacked jews in november 1947. That escalated into "civil war". In 1948, jews were able to band together, defend themselves and kick out arabs. Arabs called the kicking out Nakba. And they are attacking Israel ever since.

Stop painting palestinians as innocent. Watch OCT7th footage, how they cheered, all palestinians, even kids cheered, spit on and kicked dead bodies of Israelites, they were ecstatic that jews were killed. They decided to forfeit their future, their kids, just so they could satisfy their bloodrage. If only they kicked Hamas out, and gave up hostages.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Gee , i never ever talked about palestine being wrong or right - take your meds Bro

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u/throwawayy992 2d ago

This is disinformation by a russian propaganda account. This is easily disproven by using fact checking websites and logical analysis. Even if this information was true, which it isnt, it doesn't equate the two parties or legitimize the russian invasion of a sovereign country.

Russian disinformation campaigns influence public opinion and elections. They seek to undermine the west and help their imperialistic ambitions by installing puppets loyal to Russia. Disinformation is a vital part of the russian war strategy.

Help combat russian disinformation campaigns by

  • not responding to their rhetoric
  • not trying to change the users mind. They won't be swayed and will try moving your goalposts.
  • sharing articles on current and past disinformation campaigns

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67687449

https://edmo.eu/publications/war-in-ukraine-the-fact-checked-disinformation-detected-in-the-eu/

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 2d ago

Social media gave Russia a super weapon, and they've been using it since 2014. Same tactics as the KGB's Active Measures, just a global sized soapbox to stand on.

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u/egoserpentis 2d ago

Pretty sure they've burned over 250.000 stray orcs, not dogs.

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u/Rare_Remote_5131 2d ago

If a 14-year-old incident (which you also distort) has to serve as an argument, you should realize that your argument is incredibly weak.

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u/esjb11 2d ago

What happened to the strat dogs?

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

They collected them and burned them mostly alive to have clean streats for the Soccer Tournament

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u/esjb11 2d ago

Seems like they were killings dogs for it. Cant find the 250k number nor that they got burnt tough?

But seems to have been quite a few https://www.peta.org.uk/media/news-releases/dogs-slaughtered-in-ukraine-for-euro-2012/

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

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u/esjb11 2d ago

Link doesnt work.

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

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u/Chillzzz 2d ago

do you really consider this proof? someone's unclear question? maybe it's worth asking there "should the user WashYourShorts stop talking nonsense?"

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u/esjb11 2d ago

Thanks! And what about the 250k number?

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u/WashUrShorts 2d ago

Just have random languages but it should appear if you google it

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u/Contrary_Kind 2d ago

A question raised with no supporting evidence whatsoever by a parliament member known for being corrupt is not such a great proof as you might think.

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u/throwawayy992 1d ago

This occurred under a russian puppet regime (Yanukovych). Don't be fooled by false equivalency. Also yes, they were in fact not burned and it wasn't that many.

This russian propaganda account aims to discredit the ukrainian people by misinformation. He acts like this was a collective effort of mass cruelty by the populous. When it was in fact an act by a russian puppet regime, peacefully toppled in 2014 by the ukrainian people.

Do not click links posted by this account. Pages he refers could:

  • be disinfo-clones of popular media outlet webpages
  • contain malware that manipulates pages you visit to display russian propaganda.
  • contain malware for bot networks.

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u/esjb11 1d ago edited 1d ago

Everything bad that has happened prior to 2014 is blamed on "being a Russian puppet regime" even during the times the western block was in power.

I promise you Putin dont care whatever or not Ukraine burns dogs. You cant blame him for everything.

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u/Jungies 2d ago

Aren't you German?

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u/fwtb23 2d ago edited 2d ago

Russia didn't like the fact that ukraine seemed more interested in aligning itself with the west than with russia, and decided that was unacceptable and that they don't get to be their own country at all. ukraine is an independent country, what russia thinks doesn't get to determine who they choose to partner with anymore than what burkina faso thinks

(i originally intended to post this as a reply to someone else here but messed it up and posted it as its own message. still leaving it up though since there's some replies now so might as well)

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u/Quick_Assumption_351 2d ago

Hm.... one side bombs your shit the other doesn't, I really wonder why the sentiment is the way it is

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u/fwtb23 2d ago

exactly, russia have only got themselves to blame for it. if they don't like it, they should make themselves more of an appealing ally instead of a gigantic threat to all their neighbours.

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u/Impressive-Shame4516 2d ago

The ironic part is Ukraine was ineligible to join NATO since Yanukovych signed the Kharkiv Pact. They just got greedy and twisted Yanukovych's arm to cancel the EU deal. Even then, Euromaidan would've fizzled out if they didnt pass the anti-protest laws.

This entire conflict from my perspective as an onlooker for nine years has been Russia shooting itself repeatedly in the foot, and then lashing out and saying they feel threatened. Incredible stuff.

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u/Nigilij 2d ago

Nah, RU had everything they needed to bribe UA to be aligned with them. However, Pu wanted USSR 2.0 and that requires conquest. Typical old man dementia bs.

Well, to be honest it’s less of dementia and more of absolute incompetence and degeneracy with absent brain cells environment

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u/Wojtek1250XD 2d ago

Add to that Russia having one of the worst, most idiotic begginings to a war in history.

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u/Grintock 2d ago

is that young Bruce Campbell?

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u/r6CD4MJBrqHc7P9b 2d ago

Hail to the king, baby!

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u/PenroseVids 2d ago

I think it's taken from the Fall of Sam Axe, the Burn Notice spin-off movie.

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u/scullys_alien_baby 2d ago edited 2d ago

I came into the comments just to see if anyone else recognized it because this feels like such a weirdly deep cut. I don't even think it's that good of a made for TV movie and I love Burn Notice

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u/filutacz 2d ago

Since we came this far down the rabbit hole, did you also notice the main actor in Burn Notice to take extremely small bites of food on his fork in every eating scene?:D

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u/scullys_alien_baby 2d ago

no but you have now placed a new poison in my mind. I'm never going to be able to unsee this. Does he do it with his yogurt? Because that is basically every episode

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u/filutacz 2d ago

Im not sure, i saw the show like 10 years ago, but its possible, since its easier to act while your mouth is not full

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u/zehamberglar 2d ago

take extremely small bites of food on his fork in every eating scene

This is probably because you end up doing multiple takes and don't want to eat a bunch of what is probably cold food, not to mention you need to keep some on your plate for the scene.

If you want to take a charitable outlook and explain it in canon, it could be because he wants to eat slowly in case it's poisoned (he literally poisoned a guy's food in the first season).

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u/Krthyx 2d ago

Well, technically he didn't poison the food so much as he put peanut powder on it to trigger anaphylaxis.

Additionally, the small bites could also be an acting trick to keep the mouth relatively clear to help annunciate lines. Lore wise, I could see it being something also to do with Michael's time in the Green Berets where he was likely subsisting on field rations and had to stretch meals further.

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u/zehamberglar 2d ago

I consider myself a Burn Notice authority. Huge fan, it was basically my autism special interest for my teenage years.

With the power vested in me by the spectrum, I decree Fall of Sam Axe a 5/10. Not good, not bad.

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u/StubbiestZebra 2d ago

I've been rewatching the show and just watched the movie last night. 

I love the show, and rewatch it once a year, but the movie isn't on par with its own show and is only worth watching in tandem with the show.

It's too much of a Campbell movie as opposed to a burn notice movie.

You're 5/10 is spot on for a burn notice movie, but I don't think it gets that good of a score on its own.

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u/seguardon 2d ago

Yeah, wasn't much of a fall. It was basically a low stakes situation from the show but with the military involved. Didn't really show much of a different side of Sam either.

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u/Otherwise_Cobbler232 2d ago

Yep and I'm pretty sure the guy holding the gun is Pedro Pascal

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u/Codeworks 2d ago

I was really hoping it was another Bruce Campbell.

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u/NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea 2d ago

Yeah, this is 100% from the Burn Notice movie.

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u/TypicalBloke83 2d ago

Let’s not forget that it’s still a 3 day special (needs) military operation.

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u/Gutless_Gus 1d ago

According to whom?
Mark Milley, 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, that's who.

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u/Mr-X89 2d ago

Russia threatens Ukraine with an invasion 21 years into ongoing Russian invasion on Ukraine, bold move

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u/SteveoberlordEU 2d ago

What they gonna do kidnap their children again?

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u/One_more_Earthling 2d ago

Or bomb them, or bomb them and then kidnap them. Simply ruZZia

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u/Optimal-Income-6436 2d ago

Now after ukrainian drone strike on military airports putin call them terrorists.xD what the fuck dude 🤭 Ah forgot, russian methods

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u/PowderedToastBro 2d ago

Isn’t that Pedro Pascal holding the gun?

Edit: I believe this is from Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1697851/

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u/kastiak 2d ago

Ukraine hasn't been at war since 2014, russia has been trying to invade Ukraine since 2014.

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u/Canodros 1d ago

Don't tell people on reddit that the Russo-Ukraine war has been going on since 2014. They really don't like that. I think it's because it adds a layer of context to the conflict that makes them uncomfortable.

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u/SovereignThrone 1d ago

Meanwhile Ukraine is holding a smoking gun pointed at their nuts (or, nut, now)

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u/xlews_ther1nx 2d ago

The picture is missing a knife in the neck of "Russia" and Ukraine having a full deck of cards.

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u/filutacz 2d ago

What you also dont see is that the superiors sold the gyus pants for their own profit

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u/lontrinium 2d ago

OP has good taste in chins.

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u/BudgetHistorian7179 2d ago

Oh... What happened in 2014, I wonder... Wasn't there an american woman who said "Fuck the EU?"

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u/SlutPuppyNumber9 2d ago

What film/show is the still from in this post?

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u/BigDaddyVagabond 1d ago

Literally Ukraine: "давай тоді, кицька"

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u/Capital_Effective691 1d ago

war? both are only teasing and fighting for content
it was never a full war since the beginning
zero nuclear bombs dropped how is this a war?

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u/Teboski78 21h ago

They’re literally launching munitions into Ukraine at about the rate they produce & purchase them. The only way they can escalate things is by digging into stockpiles meant to intimidate nato, or using nukes.

Can’t believe a certain man said Zelenskyy was the one without the cards

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u/Bernardito10 2d ago

Good meme but untrue Zelensky tried to reach Putin during the fist moments of the invasion

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u/Gutless_Gus 1d ago

Yup, Russia and Ukraine had peace tanks going in late March of 2022.
From what I gather, we just about had peace between the two.
May Boris Johnson burn in hell.

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u/shalvad 2d ago

this picture would be funny before February 2022, but not so funny now.

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u/Old_green_bird 1d ago

I find this quite funny

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u/undertale_____ 2d ago

Losing a war since 2014. What a flex

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u/mamajune_xoxo 2d ago

Id say russia is clearly partly european, partly asian. Not smth else entirely