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submitted 7 months ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

Much of the buildup is happening in the Leningrad Military District, which borders Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. As part of a broader plan to increase the Russian army’s size to 1.5 million troops, small brigades stationed there are being expanded into full divisions of around 10,000 soldiers, the report said.

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[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 82 points 7 months ago

I'll be glad when Putin and Trump leave this planet finally. These fucks are a waste of human flesh.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 30 points 7 months ago

I have four bottles of cheap champagne, two of which are labelled "Trump" and "Putin" for this very purpose

[-] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago
[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 30 points 7 months ago
[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

I'm hoping on Orbán actually going out with the next election. Magyar has plenty of time to get an even stronger base.

[-] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

And then you exchange Orban, the right wing dipshit with another, new right wing dipshit, I know it’s the only way to get rid of the Russian spy balloon but it’s not exactly freedom Hungarians would be getting out of this.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Tisza is hardly right wing. Could be later co-opted of course, just like Orbán did with Fidesz.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago

Lukashenko and Bibi?

[-] telllos@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

They sell the cheap champagne by bottles of four

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 7 months ago

This a bad situation. Finland is only a small country. Will they have space to bury so many Russians?

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Throw them into the Baltic Sea!

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 7 months ago

That was to be expected in a way, but Putin isn't rational.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 7 months ago

He's afraid. That means he's extremely dangerous.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Isn't it time to dismantle russia?

Denuclearise them, cut up russia in 7 states.

I'm so tired of their shit.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yay! Then we can move onto the next big worrisome country run by some warlike expansionist who's threatened to annex three other allies so far.

West/central/east for that. Right?

[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

Please please somebody invade us already Reconstruction was never completed to begin with

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Theory: Putin is only doing this so sons of elites can join the military and get posted here instead of Ukraine.

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Um, I thought most of the oligarchy heirs are outside of Russia.

[-] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Elite usually means middle class and upper middle class in Moscow. That's the bulk of the politically influential people in Russia. Not the rich oligarchs but the important mass that is what Putin is trying to not piss off with a mass draft/mobilization of ethnic Russians who live in Moscow or st Petersburg.

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Ah. But wouldn't they also have enough money to hide their kids in a foreign country as well?

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No, there are always insiders who aren't maid-and-butler wealthy but have connections.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 14 points 7 months ago

Putin, thats not a war you want to start except if youre planning to turn your military into ground meat. Right now finland could probably crush your army anyways but sweden and every other european country would support them anyway.

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I'm surprised they have resources to spare, I thought all their hardware is busy in Ukraine.

Unless these are all balloons.

[-] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Russia about to get that ass whipped.

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 4 points 7 months ago

Finland can just station a few extra snipers in the area and we can all sleep better.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

They're welcome to try. I hope they don't, but Finns don't fuck around.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

A Finnish man created the book on how to be the deadliest sniper. I agree with your statement.

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