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It's been this bad before? That's funny too.
This literally happens every years, and people don't seem to notice a pattern apparently. Russian government gets more revenue domestically from doing exports with a weak currency.
It’s been worse before, but news of its impending demise was greatly exaggerated: Biden turned the ruble into rubble. Then it quickly came back. If anything’s been funny, it’s been the US’s/NATO’s overconfidence.
What about the US/NATO response do you find so amusing?
I didn’t say amusing, I said funny, as in weird. And the answer is their hubris.
What hubris? They did what they needed to in supporting Ukraine and it's been incredibly successful, given popular sentiment was Ukraine would fall within days of the invasion. Are you just going to ignore Russian hubris here, invading a giant sovereign nation and exposing the weaknesses in your military along the way? Lmao
Given that Russia could always go scorched earth on Ukraine with heavy bombing campaigns like NATO countries do on their targets, they could have made Ukraine "fall" within days if destruction was their aim. We should all be thankful that their approach has been less brutal and barbaric than those of the EU, UK, and US.
We are now seeing small-scale examples of what was always on the table re: the Ukrainian power grid. It could have been gone literally overnight at any point in the last 2+ years.
It has been clear for some time that the RF is resigned to a slow meat grinder for Ukrainian troops, as any real negotiations were taken off the table by Ukraine's real masters in the US and Europe.
Ah yes, such incredible success on display here lmfao https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0dpdx420lo
Maybe making progress during year three of your three day special military operation isn't really something to celebrate.
The whole 3 day narrative came from the west. It's pretty hilarious that people keep parroting it today. Show me a single official Russian source ever saying anything of the sort. Meanwhile, here's an analysis from the Royal United Services Institute written by a person who actually has a clue. Happy coping https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine
I swear the more propagandized someone is the more confident. Do you still believe in the Ghost of Kyiv and that Putin is at death’s door as well? Or the Nayirah testimony or Hussein’s WMDs or Gaddafi’s Viagra army or Hamas’ raping spree?
I implore you to consider developing better media literacy.
I’m as American as McDonald’s deep fried apple pie.
Very American post, he linked a thing about McDonald's
Are you doubling down on Russiagate conspiracy theories? Are the Russian bots in the room with us now?
That sign can't stop them because libs don't read
You know how Trump wants to revoke citizenship for migrants? If you don't shill for the state department you're gonna get your citizenship revoked next time libs are in power lmao.
What brought you to Lemmy and are you on other social media platforms?
I came here for the same reason that other Redditors did last year, including probably you.