#russia's failures

[simply-ivanka]

DEMOCRATS FAILURE. Biden Failure DEMOCRATS WANTED WAR + CONFLICT

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[goddammitjosef]

the amount of like 1st or 2nd generation slavic immigant women in america promoting the "slavic bimbo" or "russian doll" sterotype makes me want to kms

[emilim12]

Roulette Failure

[tomorrowusa]

Homophobia is a reliable metric of derangement, and the Putin régime is officially homophobic. 

Putin has delusions of grandeur. He regards himself as the 21st century version of Peter the Great. And like other narcissistic authoritarians, Putin surrounds himself with advisers who only tell him what he wants to hear. So nobody was around to tell him that invading Ukraine was a dumb-ass idea.

So Putin and his clique dredge up bizarre excuses for Russia’s miserable failures in Ukraine. The three-day “special operation” is now in Day 547 (or is it 548?).

Ukrainians are tougher because they are smart and because they are fighting for their existence; Russia’s army is poorly trained, poorly equipped, and requires convicts to keep it from shrinking. Hundreds of thousands of tech savvy Russians have fled the country – leaving the dumbest and most corrupt people behind.

Ukraine’s ability at innovation is world class. You get an innovative mindset in free countries – in dictatorships you think what you are told to think. Ukraine manages to develop new weapons like sea drones while Russia relies on decaying crap left over from the decrepit USSR.

Let Putin’s lickspittles make up zany alibis for Russia’s continuing failures. They are losing the present and will lose the future. This era in Russian history will be remembered most for assassinations, gross incompetence, rampant corruption, and depraved leadership.

Markov said the U.S. and Ukraine will use “neuro-linguistic programming” and other brainwashing techniques to turn Ukrainian soldiers gay against their will. In reality, there’s no evidence that psychological methods can change a person’s sexual orientation.

“They have an artificial political science fascism created by American and British political technologists. They will turn them into zombies, into cult members. I think they will force some to become homosexuals,” Markov claimed.

“These renewed troops of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, zombified and unified through gay sex, along with cult members ready to sacrifice themselves. This is what they’re preparing for us in the spring 2025,” he added.

^^^ concept image by @ethansowls

[diablo1776]

They're distracting us all with the Trump bullshit trail. While on the backend starting a hot war with Russia having NATO/Ukraine targeting large targets inside Russia using US missles. Shit is literally about to pop off as of now. You thought the covid lockdowns were bad before an election? Hold my beer on this one.

[achrilock-aether]

[…] “Musk began quietly subsidizing right-wing political organizations two years ago and only endorsed Trump in July. As a political player with practically unlimited resources and media influence, he’s just beginning to flex his influence. He may be a relative novice in this kind of political arena, but the people he deals with are not. And Putin, an experienced practitioner, seems to be getting something for his efforts.”

[tomorrowusa]

From @Ohra_aho – a retired Finnish general.

You can’t have a Victory Day parade in Moscow these days. It might just remind Russians that Putin is far from victory on Day 422 of his three-day “special operation” in Ukraine.

Not only does Russia look bad for its poor overall military performance in Ukraine, but it also just bombed one of its own cities, Belgorod, which was never part of Ukraine.

Russia’s air force accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod

Because of tight media censorship, tens of millions of Russians don’t understand what an international embarrassment Putin and his armed forces really are.

Russia is becoming the military equivalent of the Zune, the Edsel, and New Coke.

[rickmctumbleface]

Russia tried to test its most advanced nuclear missile to show how scary they are and it blew up in its own silo. Ooooo... we're scared, Vlad. 😆 https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-missile-failed-during-test-researchers-imagery-indicate-2024-09-23/

[orangerosebush]

The tags on this post going "The date here was me being silly but I added some analyses of what I think might happen if Trump dies within the year :)" have the same tenor as this oft-invoked Tumblr classic

[commonsensecommentary]

Russia is firing hypersonic missiles in Ukraine? Feeling good about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris going eyeball to eyeball with Vladimir Putin? Who do you think will blink first?

[simply-ivanka]

.........many Ukrainians in private were prepared to accept the loss of some territories as the price of peace if Ukraine failed to win them back on the battlefield and if the alternative was years of bloody war with little prospect of success. The Biden Administration needs to get America on board too.

Yet supporters of complete Ukrainian victory have engaged in hopes that range from the overly optimistic to the magical. At the magical end of the spectrum is the notion, set out by retired U.S. Army General Ben Hodges among others, that Russia can be defeated, and even driven from Crimea, by long-range missile bombardment.

This is folly. Ukrainians have scored some notable successes against the Russian Black Sea Fleet, but to take back Crimea they would need to be able to launch a massive amphibious landing, an exceptionally difficult operation far beyond their capabilities in terms of ships and men. Attacks on Russian infrastructure are pinpricks given Russia’s size and resources. 

More realistic is the suggestion that by standing on the defensive this year, Ukrainians can inflict such losses on the Russians that—if supplied with more Western weaponry—they can counterattack successfully in 2025. However, this depends on the Russians playing the game the way Kyiv and Washington want to play it.

The Russian strategy at present appears to be different. They have drawn Ukrainians into prolonged battles for small amounts of territory like Avdiivka, where they have relied on Russian superiority in artillery and munitions to wear them down through constant bombardment. They are firing three shells to every one Ukrainian; and thanks in part to help from Iran, Russia has now been able to deploy very large numbers of drones.

For Ukrainians to stand a chance, military history suggests that they would need a 3-to-2 advantage in manpower and considerably more firepower. Ukraine enjoyed these advantages in the first year of the war, but they now lie with Russia, and it is very difficult to see how Ukraine can recover them.

[anotherescsite]

Decade of Success and Failure - Semi final edition: Russia

Russia won their semi finals in back to back years of 2015 and 2016. The 2016 entrant took the spoils with the highest score. They have succeed to qualify each year with a place higher than 6th. There is also that one blemish in 2018 where they did not see the final

[wack-ashimself]

Again: the United States of America, 2023...

>Largest prison population IN ALL OF WORLD HISTORY.

>Largest military (in size and price) IN ALL OF WORLD HISTORY.

>10 Billion dollars MORE (we already gave away other billions) just approved to give to the Ukraine to murder people (let's be honest: that's where that money is going)

BUT

BUT BUT BUT!!!!

WE CAN NOT GET EVERY CITIZEN REGULAR ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER (let alone shelter, healthcare, food, etc)?!

WE ARE AN ENTIRE FAILURE AS A SOCIETY AND THE WORST PEOPLE ON THE ENTIRE PLANET DICTATE OUR ENTIRE LIVES!!!!!!

<WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE! Whatever we are doing, whatever we are allowing is the COMPLETELY INCORRECT WAY THAT WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE MISERY!!!! Because, genuinely, it's NEVER ONCE EVER gotten better here...think about how many people are either in jail, serving as cops killing or putting people in jail, or working for the military and killing or putting people in military prison vs HOW MUCH THAT COST! Money to people alike!! How many lives could've have been saved with that money instead of DAMNED with it!?>

[usindistress]

Be cautious when using ground war. Invasion involves risk, including loss of principle.

'Criminal invasion'?

The weird guy chimes in with a whataboutism.

[renot8]

On January 14, there was a communication failure across Russia and the Internet DID NOT WORK AT ALL. NEITHER TIKTOK, YOUTUBE, GOOGLE, AND MANY OTHER APPS WERE WORKING. It was the worst 10 minutes of my life💀

Even our domestic platforms didn't work. Literally on the list of broken apps was an app for paying taxes.

How did it feel: