Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.

  • @Tamei@lemm.ee
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    1061 month ago

    Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/

      • @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        441 month ago

        Ukraine asked for it. By the way she dressed. If Ukraine didn’t want to be invaded, she should have just kept an aspirin between her knees

      • @MehBlah@lemmy.world
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        51 month ago

        Accept that there are those lurking here whos only purpose is to downvote good and accurate content. So for the real lemmy users, no you don’t have to add it. For the ones who are only here to stir up trouble. Why bother.

  • @DaChrissy@reddthat.com
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    151 month ago

    Its wild to think that when this started I was not married and my now wife then girlfriend was still in college. Time flies. Aside from that, what the fuck putin?

    • @smeenz@lemmy.nz
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      Probably important to note that in American English, college refers to tertiary education (‘university’ elsewhere)

        • @TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee
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          71 month ago

          For most, “College” is the first 4 or so years getting a bachelor’s degree. Beyond that is “Grad school” where you get Graduate degrees like PhDs, Masters degrees, and whatnot.

          I only did undergrad and the degree was in acting so take what I say with a grain of salt as I am an authority on practically nothing.

  • @meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz
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    221 month ago

    Funny how Putin offers “mercy” while bombing hospitals. His dictionary must define peace as “total submission.”

    🐱🐱

  • @BatrickPateman@lemmy.world
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    Headline will probably work as well if you just switch positions of “Putin” and “Ukrainians”.

    Edit: The words in the headline, you dinguses. Switch the positions of the words and the headline will probably be true just the same way 🤦😄

    • Tuukka R
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      11 month ago

      Let’s delve a bit deeper into this: The Russia surrendering means it exists only within its borders. Ukraine is not going to kill Russians inside the Russia, nor do anything else to them either. They kill what they have to, in order to get the Russia out of Ukraine.

      Ukraine surrendering means it exists within no borders whatsoever. The Russia is killing Ukrainians inside Ukraine, and will continue doing so even if the war ends.

      So, Putin says Ukraine must surrender or all people of Ukraine in Ukraine will die. And you’re saying it could be said that Ukraine “says” the Russia must surrender or all people of the Russian Federation in Ukraine will die. I think there’s a very important difference between these two. While it would be idiotic to kill all Russians (Rossijskie) in Ukraine, it would still mean “only” killing them in one country outside their own. Killing all Ukrainians in Ukraine would mean killing them in their own country.

    • Tuukka R
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      51 month ago

      Dude, how do you suppose Ukraine would kill everyone in an area 7000 km wide?

        • Tuukka R
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          11 month ago

          Ukrainians think they must fight, or surrender and die. Almost nobody in Ukraine thinks the choice is between surrendering and dying, because people there think surrendering us what would cause the dying.

    • @cool@lemmings.world
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      -81 month ago

      They can’t win without additional troops.

      I wish I could say I don’t know why you people don’t realize it, but I get it now.

      • Tuukka R
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        111 month ago

        The Russia cannot win without additional troops either. And they cannot get those.

        Eventually the Russia’s economy will collapse, and at that point it will lose the war and has to leave Ukraine.

        Ukraine cannot win the war, but has enough support that it also will not lose it. The Russia cannot win the war, and doesn’t have enough support to avoid eventually losing it.

        Once the Russia has lost the war, it has to leave Ukraine, because then there’s nothing it can do to stop Ukrainian forces from taking its territories back.

        It is irrelevant that Ukraine cannot win the war, since the Russia is doomed to lose it.

        • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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          71 month ago

          Yeah but when has a grand empire ever actually bankrupted itself fighting some small, tenacious enemy? /s

          • @cool@lemmings.world
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            Lol. This comment was literally censored for saying Ukraine can’t win without additional troops.

            The reason given was “low-effort.” I swear, you people are just as bad if not worse than the Russians with how much you censor information you don’t like.

          • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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            Are you going to make an argument of any substance or just keep on with these “you people” attempts to sound superior? If you have something to say, fucking say it instead of just spraying insults at the room.

            • @cool@lemmings.world
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              -41 month ago

              That’s… simply not true

              I can tell you’re a victim of the propaganda mill and get visibly uncomfortable whenever someone says something that goes against your indoctrination.

          • Tuukka R
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            61 month ago

            Okay, any idea of what the propaganda mill has told me, then?

            The facts at hand tell that in the latter half of year 2024 Ukraine received zero military aid from USA. Because of that, the Russia was able to advance at a surpricingly fast pace. Because of this, they managed to conquer as much as 0.7 % of Ukraine’s total territory during that year. Under one percent. When they were fast.

            They almost never use tanks anymore, but ATV’s, because they have only the tanks they are able to produce. Which is about 30 per month. Which is a lot, to be honest, but it’s easy for Ukraine to destroy at least one Russian tank per day. And that makes 30 per month as well…

            The Russia has had a stable recruitment ability of 25 000 to 35 000 soldiers per month, and are currently losing 1000 to 1400 per day. That makes about 40 000 soldiers lost per month. By far not all of those are deaths, but all of those are permanent losses through very serious wounds or death. When you recruit 35 000 soldiers and lose 40 000, you are not gaining any additional troops. You are keeping their numbers approximately stable, but keeping them approximately stable is what Ukraine is able to do as well. Neither side is able to get additional troops.

            Please tell me. What is it that the propaganda mill has told me? I did not feel uncomfortable from what you said, because you said nothing with actual content. You said “simply not true”, and left it to that.

            Please tell me something that makes me feel uncomfortable.

              • Tuukka R
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                11 month ago

                …okay?

                Now it’s time for you to spew your talking points in turn, should you have any.

                • @cool@lemmings.world
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                  01 month ago

                  I’m not here to spread propaganda or justify my indoctrination.

                  Do you just argue with everyone on the internet that’s looking for an argument? Lol.

    • Dr. Moose
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      Can’t happen soon enough man. I wake up every morning and go to Google news front page hoping to see it. I hate that my mind is being spent on having to hate this ugly, evil person.

    • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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      11 month ago

      I heard that Duterte got his Nobel price for his hard work in the Filipines! C’mon putin, visit Cancun but why not have some touchdowns along the way. See if you can tell interpol from cute dancers or maybe food servants? The interpol has your price! Come get it!