Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] - page 224. (Read 73704 times)

This shit has already been nicknamed mopeds, it flies slowly and makes a lot of noise, they learned to shoot it down.
a very primitive copy of American and Israeli drones.

Biden stopped Trump from being President, Trumptards will forever attack him at all costs.  Which fits perfectly with the Putin narrative.

Yes, that extra pinch you are feeling in your bank account and checkbook at the end of the pay period is real.

Thanks to the inflationary spikes under our fake president, Joe Biden, and a Democrat-controlled Congress, Americans are paying a lot more for their basic necessities than they were a year ago — like $11,500 more, according to a new analysis.

According to a study by NerdWallet that was published in August, Americans have to spend that much more today than they did in 2020 if they want to maintain the same standard of living, The Epoch Times reported.

The firm’s analysts said that 2020 was the “last full year when inflation was relatively stable” — around 1.23 percent. Last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the inflation rate stood at 8.3 percent, down from a June high of around 9.1 percent.

Inflation has been above 5 percent for more than a year, according to BLS stats. And it’s been above 8 percent since March.



“In all of 2020, American households spent $61,300, on average,” the analysts wrote. “This number includes everything we spend our money on housing, food, entertainment, clothing, transportation, and everything else. In 2022, it stands to reach $72,900, a difference of more than $11,500 if consumers want to maintain the same standard of living.”

The analysts also said the annual cost is just an average estimate, and therefore, one that’s “exact to a very few.”

“Those who earn (and therefore spend) more will see more dramatic dollar increases. Those who earn less may see less dramatic dollar jumps, but the impact of these rising prices could be more significantly felt,” they noted.

The Epoch Times went on to note:

According to analysts, total monthly household expenditures are up by $961 from 2020, while spending on groceries is up by $101. Shelter is up by $120 and household utilities are up by $70 per household, while gasoline has risen by a whopping $209.

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The fact that people are in government, shows that they are a group of pushy people, no matter the government. You really need to look at the crooked things that Biden and the US government are doing to see that they are way worse than Putin could ever think of being.

How are you different from the Nazis?
putin is a sick maniac killer .
You are a fascist and you will suffer a well-deserved punishment, russia actually lost this war, this is agony.
russia is a fascist country and is a terrorist.
This war is a clash of two polar opposite worlds, views, ideologies.
And Carthage must be destroyed.

This shit has already been nicknamed mopeds, it flies slowly and makes a lot of noise, they learned to shoot it down.
a very primitive copy of American and Israeli drones.


How are you different from the Nazis?
putin is a sick maniac killer .
You are a fascist and you will suffer a well-deserved punishment, russia actually lost this war, this is agony.
russia is a fascist country and is a terrorist.
This war is a clash of two polar opposite worlds, views, ideologies.
And Carthage must be destroyed.

totally obliterate what is left of Ukraine... with nukes if necessary.

Then start over, with the people moving back to their lands that are no longer controlled by the US.

Meanwhile, summer rumors about deliveries of Shahid-136 kamikaze drones to Russia from Iran turned out to be true. They are called Geran-2 and have recently been actively used to strike at military infrastructure in Ukraine, in particular in Odessa. Drones are slow, loud, cheap (compared to cruise missiles), not homing (working at given coordinates), and yet they seem to be quite effective, Ukrainian air defense cannot do anything with them.

^^^ Putin doesn't want to harm Ukraine. He simply wants to kick NATO and the US out. But he wants to do it without hurting the people of Ukraine.

It's a difficult thing that Putin is trying to do. The Ukrainian people tried to do it, but couldn't. So, they appealed to Russia. So, how do you get rid of the Zelensky coup which was set in place by the US and NATO, all the while protect the average people?

What Putin really needs to do is set a date. Announce it to the Ukrainian people. They have to move out of Ukraine by this date. Then, after all the people who are going to move out have done so, totally obliterate what is left of Ukraine... with nukes if necessary.

Then start over, with the people moving back to their lands that are no longer controlled by the US.

Meanwhile, summer rumors about deliveries of Shahid-136 kamikaze drones to Russia from Iran turned out to be true. They are called Geran-2 and have recently been actively used to strike at military infrastructure in Ukraine, in particular in Odessa. Drones are slow, loud, cheap (compared to cruise missiles), not homing (working at given coordinates), and yet they seem to be quite effective, Ukrainian air defense cannot do anything with them.

Symmetrical does not mean synchronous.

Even now I do not consider mobilization in Russia necessary. I think Putin had a choice in response to the mobilization in Ukraine - start mass bombing or increase the size of his group. Personally, I would prefer to raze Kyiv to the ground, but fortunately for you, I do not make decisions on this issue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to overcome fundamental structural challenges in attempting to mobilize large numbers of Russians to continue his war in Ukraine. The “partial mobilization” he ordered on September 21 will generate additional forces but inefficiently and with high domestic social and political costs. The forces generated by this “partial mobilization,” critically, are very unlikely to add substantially to the Russian military’s net combat power in 2022. Putin will have to fix basic flaws in the Russian military personnel and equipment systems if mobilization is to have any significant impact even in the longer term. His actions thus far suggest that he is far more concerned with rushing bodies to the battlefield than with addressing these fundamental flaws.

Because he [Putin] fucks up everything he touches.  ...

Ukraine has been mobilizing since February.

At what point do you realize that you're being fed lies?

I can't stop laughing every time I read news reports of lines of Russians trying to leave at Kazakhstan border. How the mighty have fallen, berating and discriminating migrants from Central Asia for decades, now running there themselves. The only thing more cringy than that is some of the new migrants asking if they should remove "Z" stickers from their cars before crossing the border... I mean WTF is wrong with these people, literally running from a fascist regime but still not sure if carrying the symbol of the regime is a good idea or not.

I don't however quite understand why Putin (or whoever is in charge now LOL) hasn't closed the borders. Rumor has it that's coming soon but they already let thousands of good cannon fodder out for no good reason.

I am reading quite a bit about compulsory conscriptions, protests and people flying to avoid going to the war. It is clear that RF has become a military dictatorship. Adolf Putin is not much in charge any longer, the army has decided to take matters into their hands, starting by forcing civils to go to their war.

^^^ I was even looking at going for Crimea. They have some nice beaches.

Keep on listening to US propaganda news. Anybody can get a couple of buddies together and talk about going for Crimea.

A "yes UA's goal is still to take back Crimea" would suffice, so do you personally agree with the "even though we lived fine up to 2014, we're now going to suicide everyone in order to prove a point to the world of just how bad Putin is" strategy? After RU escalates with mobilization and US backs off and doesn't make any new significant military aid commitments to the UA, what exactly is the point of sending UA military to the front lines? Is it to become a bigger victim?

Have you considered that people who can remember and compare Donetsk before and after the coup came to town and replaced their duly elected president (who they overwhelmingly voted for) might care too? But i guess that's where you say if they didn't resist and accepted the coup they'd be totally fine?

So you agree that Soviet leadership was fully diversified and represented with different nationalities all the way to the top. So Soviet famine that killed millions of Russians under non ethnically Russian leader is not that leader's nation fault, yet famine that killed millions of Ukrainians under non Russian leaders i still somehow Russia's fault?

Ukraine didn't try to "take" anything. If Putin hadn't invaded Ukraine in February, likely eventually some sort of solution could have been reached that did not involve Crimea going back to Ukraine. But now that's less likely as it was proven quite comprehensively that any kind of territorial (or any other kind really) compromise with Putin is impossible. Just like Finland/Sweden staying neutral is no longer an option, great geopolitical victory.


Meanwhile in the real world, Ukraine is more militarized than it was in February, and nazis are fighting on Russian side. Another goal of "special operation"... achieved?


People who can remember and compare Mariupol before and after "RU" came to town - they might care.

Stalin was from Georgia, doesn't mean Georgia wasn't/isn't oppressed, attacked, or otherwise negatively affected by Russia. I'm sure there were soviet leaders on many levels from many nations that suffered from the soviet regime. This proves nothing and surely doesn't mean that those nations now would want Russia to impose another regime on them, whether they call it soviet, "novorussia", or whatever.


730 million people in Ukraine... that explains why Putin's invasion is failing. How did he miscalculate so badly.

Georgians display alarmingly high levels of admiration for Stalin—45 percent of them express a positive attitude toward the former Soviet leader.