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[Liljagare]

Is it time for another round of conscriptions?

25 to 32 drones attack Moscow: 2 buildings damaged, people evacuated

According to various reports, 25 to 32 drones attacked Moscow on the night of 29-30 May, damaging at least two multi-storey residential buildings, and most of the drones were reportedly shot down near the Russian capital.

www.pravda.com.ua

Yes, yes, it is!!

 

[winjer]

Is it time for another round of conscriptions?

25 to 32 drones attack Moscow: 2 buildings damaged, people evacuated

According to various reports, 25 to 32 drones attacked Moscow on the night of 29-30 May, damaging at least two multi-storey residential buildings, and most of the drones were reportedly shot down near the Russian capital.

www.pravda.com.ua

Yes, yes, it is!!

I can already see another wave of Russians running away, like rats in a sinking ship.

 

[TwinB242]

Russia launches missiles and Iranian drones at Ukranian cities on a daily basis killing civilians and destroying their infrastructure but somehow a few small drones with less than 2kg of explosives being launched at Moscow is somehow an unacceptable escalation according to vatniks......riiiiight.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Apparently orders for Moscow police to report in early came before the strikes even happened? A lot of people are convinced this is a false flag, which would surprise no one tbh.

 

[funkygunther]

Russia launches missiles and Iranian drones at Ukranian cities on a daily basis killing civilians and destroying their infrastructure but somehow a few small drones with less than 2kg of explosives being launched at Moscow is somehow an unacceptable escalation according to vatniks......riiiiight.

Not quite. Those missiles attacking Ukraine are false flags or fake, and Ukraine is using Western weapons to attack both itself and glorious Motherland.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

I can already see another wave of Russians running away, like rats in a sinking ship.

If only they wouldn't be allowed in any other country than their "allies". Bet they'll love it in Iran or North Korea.

 

[sinnergy]

Apparently orders for Moscow police to report in early came before the strikes even happened? A lot of people are convinced this is a false flag, which would surprise no one tbh.

Another 500k for the meat grinder holy shit, Russia is so lost.

 

[rofif]

These drones got max 50km range according to google. Moscow is over 400km from ukraine border.
how ?

 

[Gp1]

These drones got max 50km range according to google. Moscow is over 400km from ukraine border.
how ?

It could be anything. False flag or even Ukrainian SF inside Ukraine given how the frontier between these 2 is very porous.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

These drones got max 50km range according to google. Moscow is over 400km from ukraine border.
how ?

FSB. Same way they bombed a few apartment blocks in Russia 25 years ago to justify invading Chechenya.

1999 Russian apartment bombings - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[funkygunther]

FSB. Same way they bombed a few apartment blocks in Russia 25 years ago to justify invading Chechenya.

1999 Russian apartment bombings - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

was Moscow ready to rise up against Putin to stop the war? theres no reason for Russia to false flag this, they’ve already made their bed and justified everything they can

 

[winjer]

Probably just a false flag attack, to justify the new wave of conscriptions.

 

[RJMacready73]

Ukraine have zero interest in attacking Moscow with drones, there is no strategic value in killing a bunch of zombies in Moscow, probably a false flag orchestrated by Wagner/FSB or hopefully some resistance movement... I wish the Ukrainians would hurry up and steam roll these fuckers

 

[John Bilbo]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

 

[Tams]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

You're fine. You're in NATO now and Russia have little to successfully invade you with left.

 

[winjer]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

The way the Russian officials talk, it would seem that it was Finland invading it's neighbors.
Only a shithole country like Russia to be constantly pretending to be the victim, while attacking everyone around them.

 

[RJMacready73]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

I honestly wouldn't worry about that in the slightest, Finland has a great professional army with modern equipment and would make mincemeat out of the orcs, not to mention you'd have the whole of NATO coming to help, all the shite talk from Russia is for their internal audience who probably comprise about 20 functioning braincells between the lot of them

 

[Paltheos]

You're fine. You're in NATO now and Russia have little to successfully invade you with left.

As it turns out, they had little to successfully invade with to begin with. *badum tish*
(I'm sorry, I have nothing of substance to add and I lurk in this thread frequently enough and couldn't resist the opportunity)

 

[FunkMiller]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

Mate, if Russia tried to invade Finland it actually would start world war 3. It’s not going to happen. The full force of NATO attacking Russia isnt what Putin wants, or can survive.

 

[Liljagare]

 

[John Bilbo]

Mate, if Russia tried to invade Finland it actually would start world war 3.

I think we have been inching towards the escalation of the war for a long while now. I hope the escalation dies out but in the back of my mind I find myself preparing for the worst.

Maybe it is because of the history of my country between Sweden and Russia. Maybe it's make believe.

 

[Spaceman292]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

Didn't you guys fuck up Russia in WW2?

 

[winjer]

Didn't you guys fuck up Russia in WW2?

Finland had 2 wars with Russia during WW2.
Basically, they lost both, resulting in loss of some territory to Russia.
But Russia had much higher losses than Finland. For a democratic country, these losses would be unsustainable. But for a dictatorship ruled by Stalin, losing so many of his own people was inconsequential.

 

[John Bilbo]

Didn't you guys fuck up Russia in WW2?

Well kind of. If I remember correctly the Soviets were fighting on multiple battlefronts and we had the advantage of winter on our side. In the peace treaty we were forced to admit defeat and surrender parts of our land to the Soviets.

And next the events depicted in the documentary Sisu took place.

 

[FunkMiller]

I think we have been inching towards the escalation of the war for a long while now. I hope the escalation dies out but in the back of my mind I find myself preparing for the worst.

Not going to happen. The one thing to understand about what's currently going on is that we live in an interdependent world, economically speaking, and another world war would seriously threaten the vast fortunes a great many people have built up - especially in Russia. And then there's China, who are the ones really pulling the strings in Russia. There's zero chance of Xi allowing Putin to start a world war that would surely cripple the Chinese economy.

Putin goes out a window long before he is allowed to threaten the fortunes of those around him. Hell, his main concern in life is his own wealth. All this posturing and saber rattling is just that. Empty threats and promises.

The geo-political system is vastly different from the way it was the last time a world war started. One of the good things you can say about global capitalism is that it acts as a fantastic bulwark against escalating warfare, almost as much as the threat of M.A.D with nuclear weapons.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

 

[FUBARx89]

Didn't you guys fuck up Russia in WW2?

The White Death alone fucked up over 500 soviet soldiers in WW2. Arguably the greatest sniper of all time.

I would imagine his reputation alone despite his death would still strike fear into Russian troops, incase Finland managed to breed another absolute unit like him.

Hell man was that hard he had his lower face obliterated by an exploding bullet, pretended to be dead, survived it and lived into the early 2000's.

Simo Häyhä - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[winjer]

Maybe Prigozhin has some Italian ancestor, so he feels the urge to switch sides.

 

[Artoris]

Maybe Prigozhin has some Italian ancestor, so he feels the urge to switch sides.

He looks like a mafia member

 

[winjer]

He looks like a mafia member

He is a Mafia member.
Even when he was young, he was committing theft and violent crimes in the streets of Russia.

It's very common for criminals and autocratic regimes to go hand in hand.
For example, plenty of Nazi and Fascist party members were known criminals, even before joining,

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

You know how it ended last time, right?

Winter War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

At that point the Russian army was a giant compared to shit they have now. FFS, you are shelling Kiev with some stupid drones? Who makes that strategy?

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Soon.

 

[MrA]

He is a Mafia member.
Even when he was young, he was committing theft and violent crimes in the streets of Russia.

It's very common for criminals and autocratic regimes to go hand in hand.
For example, plenty of Nazi and Fascist party members were known criminals, even before joining,

Stalin was a bank robber

 

[Dr.D00p]

He looks like a mafia member

He looks like my old school PE teacher, who was also a Grade A cunt.

 

[winjer]

Stalin was a bank robber

Start with robberies, end with mass genocides. Now that is a career in crime.

BTW, North Korea today tried to launch a spy satellite into space. But it crashed

 

[Facism]

I'm a bit worried come next winter my country will be at war with Russia:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today summoned Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä for an interview, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Russia has announced that it will close the office of the Russian Embassy in Finland in Lappeenranta as of 1 July. Petrozavodsk and Murmansk offices, which are part of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, will cease operations on the same day.

Russian officials say they have presented Finland with a note.

"This Russian decision is due to Finland's opposite course against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Finland announced already in January that the operations of the Murmansk office would be temporarily discontinued. In April, Finland announced that operations would temporarily cease in Petrozavodsk as well. -Finnish Broadcasting Company

mate, Finland would have smashed the shit out of any invading Russian force before NATO found the time to get there.

 

[Nico_D]

mate, Finland would have smashed the shit out of any invading Russian force before NATO found the time to get there.

Yeah, we mythological Finns. We need only 10 men and a pitchfork. Or axe if it's Winter.

A Russian opposition politician had demanded a new president in 2024. On Russian national TV. Dominoes falling?

 

[GymWolf]

How is this guy still alive?

 

[FUBARx89]

Yeah, we mythological Finns. We need only 10 men and a pitchfork. Or axe if it's Winter.

A Russian opposition politician had demanded a new president in 2024. On Russian national TV. Dominoes falling?

Pffft. Nothing will change. His inner circle/FSB or whatever should of turned on him by now realistically, but they haven't

All that will happen is Putin will just switch with one of his pals again, go "I'm not President!" Then switch back again after a term or so.

 

[winjer]

Yeah, we mythological Finns. We need only 10 men and a pitchfork. Or axe if it's Winter.

A Russian opposition politician had demanded a new president in 2024. On Russian national TV. Dominoes falling?

All that Finland needs is to start cloning Simo Häyhä.
This guy alone, gave Russians nightmares to last decades.

 

[Liljagare]

Belgorod again? I thought the RuSSkies would have reinforced the area after the last trip.

 

[Kenpachii]

How is this guy still alive?

Yea i was wondering the same thing.

 

[Lasha]

How is this guy still alive?

He travels everywhere flanked by heavily armed thugs and is usually ensconced within his own personal army. A personal army that likely has instructions to go rogue if he is executed.

 

[funkygunther]

Prigozhin does his job: recruits cannon fodder into his militia to terrorise and kill Ukrainians. His actions speak louder than his words and he's useful to keep around.

 

[Artoris]

How long will his usefulness last though

 

[Gp1]

How is this guy still alive?

By having his own personal army and by doing Kremlin's dirt work around the entire world.
Wagner's footprint bury the ideia that Russia isn't a imperialistic country that can't project power.

He's more useful alive than dead.

 

[RJMacready73]

Can somebody smarter than me please tell me what the fuck is going on with Prigozhin and how people are being thrown out of windows for lesser insults... The man just posted his latest video and I've a hard time believing it's not some deep fake cause he's mouthing off yet again but this time he's deliberately used Ukraines colours as his place mats...

How is he getting away with this, what purpose does it serve to be actively and publicly berating the Russian Armed Services, the Elites and heads of the military and indirectly Putin himself seeing as he appointed these incompetent cunts, it can't be "mind games" because all it serves to do is demoralise the regular Russian army and he knows by now that Ukraine is getting all the help it needs from NATO in planning and surveillance so it's not like they're paying him any attention whatsoever or making plans around what he's spouting...

I'm at a loss to see the angle here other than he's genuinely mouthing off building a reputation as a strong man of the people and as a potential successor to Putin but one where he's endorsed by Putin and then throws everyone else under the bus and Putin lives out the rest of his life in his big palace

 

[Tams]

Can somebody smarter than me please tell me what the fuck is going on with Prigozhin and how people are being thrown out of windows for lesser insults... The man just posted his latest video and I've a hard time believing it's not some deep fake cause he's mouthing off yet again but this time he's deliberately used Ukraines colours as his place mats...

How is he getting away with this, what purpose does it serve to be actively and publicly berating the Russian Armed Services, the Elites and heads of the military and indirectly Putin himself seeing as he appointed these incompetent cunts, it can't be "mind games" because all it serves to do is demoralise the regular Russian army and he knows by now that Ukraine is getting all the help it needs from NATO in planning and surveillance so it's not like they're paying him any attention whatsoever or making plans around what he's spouting...

I'm at a loss to see the angle here other than he's genuinely mouthing off building a reputation as a strong man of the people and as a potential successor to Putin but one where he's endorsed by Putin and then throws everyone else under the bus and Putin lives out the rest of his life in his big palace

As has already been said, he's still useful to Putin, both in Ukraine and globally.

And he's just as dangerous to Putin, if not more if he dies.

 

[winjer]

It might also be that Putin's reach is not as long as it used to be.