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Image is the famous photograph Raising a Flag Over the Reichstag, taken during the Battle of Berlin.


On Friday is May 9th, which is the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, which Russia, among other places, celebrates as the day when the Soviets defeated the Nazis. Naturally, one of the current hotspots of fascism in the world today, Ukraine, is essentially threatening that they might strike Russia or even Moscow itself during that timeframe. Any such strike would almost certainly be symbolic and not aimed at anything too important, as I doubt even Zelensky and his American handlers would actually want to kill a world leader, not least somebody like Xi Jinping. But I would not be surprised if they tried something nonetheless, if only to disrupt the event in some way and not actually kill anybody.

And, as we're on this topic, @EllenKelly@hexbear.net has reminded me that Tuesday is the anniversary of the Nazis burning the Institut für Sexualwissenschaf in 1933, an early institute advocating for the rights of LGBT people, and which also provided early forms of gender-affirming surgeries, as well as hormone therapies. We are currently seeing a crackdown on LGBT rights throughout swathes of the imperial core (as well as countries in the periphery, to the extent that those rights existed there already), and this Nazi-inspired movement will be similarly defeated in the future.


Last week's thread is here. The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

Please check out the RedAtlas!

The bulletins site is here. Currently not used.
The RSS feed is here. Also currently not used.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

STEVEN SEAGAL IS AT THE V DAY PARADE LMAO

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago

Guardian reporting Netanyahu announcing plans to move "majority of gaza population" in new widescale attack

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Apparently Palantir UK is run by the eldest grandson of Oswald Mosley. I did not know this until this morning when he was live on the BBC shilling Palantir to millions of people.

It is no accident that Peter Thiel landed on Oswald Mosley's spawn as his man in the UK.

For those unaware, Mosley founded the British Union of Fascists and was the subject matter of the Battle of Cable Street

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago

linky dems can have a little bit of lawfare terrorism, as a treat

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

The bishop of Chiclayo, Robert Prevost, suggested that former president Alberto Fujimori should ask for forgiveness directly from the families that were harmed by the crimes committed during his government, as a response to the request for forgiveness expressed by the former dictator, which for the religious authority was very generic.

Shining Path Pope

[-] miz@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago
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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A new UK left party with Corbyn is very close

https://youtu.be/A4MqGJvR1D0

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[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

No Filipino pope means no Karaoke Sunday in the Vatican

kitty-birthday-sad

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[-] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

modi is such a crazed fucking looser - retaliating against a Nation state for a Seperatist Terror Act (ask Austria ) - then loosing 2 jets an hour later - now beeing lock into a war until you can present a "Win" to his crazed supporter massess ..

WE HAD A GOD THING GOING ON

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[-] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

me, coming up with examples to teach students the difference between the simple past and present perfect

[-] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago

fog of war and all of that , especially this region , but loosing 3 (5 now ? wtf ) Jets when its your own Opening Move is a real big Fucking L. - worst omen to start a war under..

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[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago
[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

Trump’s foreign policy is the equivalent of throwing a couple darts at the map on the wall and seeing what sticks

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[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 65 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] KnownUnknownKnower@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

“Two senior Hamas officials to Asharq:

– Progress has been made on allowing aid into Gaza, securing a two-phase prisoner exchange deal, and reaching a ceasefire.

– The movement’s leadership has been holding direct talks for several days with official US envoys in Doha.

– The talks have covered a 70-day renewable truce in exchange for the release of 10 living Israeli captives.

– Discussions have also addressed US guarantees to prevent Israel from resuming military operations.“

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/34834

Could be just bluster and false promises, but Trump loves a deal he can say he got done.

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[-] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago

India adds 2 million deaths to the Covid death toll by using the conflict with Pakistan as cover to avoid backlash.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedstatesofindia/comments/1kigg7f/the_covidunderrepoting_news_would_have_been_the/

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago

Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport, Yemen. Initial reports that Israel has bombed the departures and arrivals terminal, as well as several civilian airliners on the runways. Israel also targeted several power plants, including in Sanaa.

'The Israeli Air Force struck the Houthi terrorist airport of Sanaa, putting it completely out of service' – IDF Additionally, the IDF announced that several power stations and a cement factory were targeted, that played a part in Yemen's 'terror infrastructure'.

A spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah: 'No amount of Israeli or U.S. aggression can deviate us from the path of supporting Gaza – our Sea and Air blockade against the Zionists will continue' Muhammad Al-Bukhaiti, member and spokesman of Ansarallah's politcal bureau: "We will meet escalation with escalation. We have many Zionist sites ahead of us that we have not yet targeted. Our battle with the United States, the UK, and Israel will continue until the aggression against Gaza stops."

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The new United States bomber task force deployment that I was reporting on the possibility of a few days ago, is now happening. At least two B-52H Stratofortress bombers from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, are being forward deployed to Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean. There are currently six B-2A Spirit stealth bombers deployed to Diego Garcia (which have been bombing Yemen), so these B-52s will join them.

Twitter source, with audio recording thanks to open source signals intelligence (SIGINT)

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There are now a total of at least 12 United States Air Force Strategic Bombers forward deployed (all photos are of said bombers at the respective locations, however only the B-1 photo is from the current deployment):

Stationed at Diego Garcia:

  • 6x B-2A Spirit stealth bombers.
  • 2x B-52H Stratofortress bombers at minimum.

Stationed in Japan:

  • 4x B-1B Lancer supersonic swing wing bombers.
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[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago
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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 63 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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[-] ComradeSpahija@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire

Article text

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a "full and immediate ceasefire" after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other's military installations.

Pakistan's foreign minister also said both countries had agreed to a ceasefire "with immediate effect".

"After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both Countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence," he said in a post on Truth Social.

The announcement came on a day when fears that the countries' nuclear arsenals might come into play spiked as the Pakistan military said a top military and civil body overseeing its nuclear weapons would meet.

But the Pakistani defence minister later said no such meeting was scheduled.

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[-] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago
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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago

President Trump claims that Yemen's Ansarallah movement (i.e. the Houthis) have capitulated, announcing that they 'don't want to fight anymore'. In return, Trump says the United States will no longer continue its bombing campaign against Yemen, and the decision to stop the attacks in Yemen is 'effective immediately'.

A reporter asks President Trump about his deal with the Houthis, to which Trump replies 'we haven't made a deal with the Houthis' The reporter then asks where Trump heard that the Houthis will stop attacking U.S. vessels, to which Trump replies 'It doesn't matter where, I heard it somewhere – a very very good source, don't you agree JD?' JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio laugh awkwardly as Trump seems to have no clue what he's talking about.

'Trump announces the end of the U.S. bombing campaign on Yemen, likely due to disappointing results and high costs' – Politico. Hebrew media reports that Israeli leaders are 'shocked' by Trump's announcement to halt U.S. operations against Yemen They were not notified beforehand and are confused about why no plan has been announced to protect Israel from Yemen.

  • Telegram
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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago

can genocide keir achieve hollandevana

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

alright time to disconnect from the internet, hope I can wake up in one piece. hope things don’t get any worse

(and one more thing before I truly go, it was my fault asking last week if anything became of the attack threat from India)

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pakistan has started it's retaliation against India, they have named it Operation Bunyan Al Marsoos.

Goverment of Pakistan statement

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India and Pakistan are at war.

Pakistan has fired Fatah-1 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket systems (GMLRS) and Fatah-2 Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs) at military bases in India. All conventional missiles at this time. India is responding with air operations against Pakistan.

Pakistan is responding with air operations of its own, reporting that their fighter jets have crossed into Indian airspace to carry out strikes inside India.

Unconfirmed reports of both sides shooting down each other's fighter jets. Remember all 4th generation of 4.5 generation aircraft, no fifth generation stealth aircraft for both sides, and both sides have poor suppression of enemy air defence capabilities. In an all out war like this, there will be a lot of losses until a zone of control is established. Pakistan had the advantage in the initial engagement, but that doesn't mean it'll hold all the way through.

Srinagar being attacked by Pakistani fighter aircraft according to NDTV, Indian media.

Both sides reporting within visual range engagements, known as dogfights, between the Pakistani and Indian Air Forces.

Indian media reports that two Pakistani Air Force fighter jets have been shot down.

Pakistan Prime Minister Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif calls urgent National Command Authority meeting, the government body overseeing nuclear weapons.

Pakistani sources say that their JF-17 aircraft targeted India's S-400 air defence system using "hypersonic missiles". That would explain the reports of Pakistani aircraft entering Indian airspace, none of their anti radiation missiles have the rage to hit Adampur from within Pakistan, so they would have to perform some kind of Wild Weasel mission within Indian airspace. As for the hypersonic claims, I guess the closest thing is the LD-10 anti radiation missile, a PL-12 missile converted to an air to ground anti radiation role with a top speed of Mach 4+. Anti radiation here means homing in on the electromagnetic radiation produced by radars, nothing to do with nuclear weapons.

Again, everything unconfirmed at this time.

There are a lot of questions about the potential nuclear aspects of such a war, the article I'll link below covers that quite well, despite the title it's not just about missile defeat strategy, and yes I'll repost it for a third or fourth time, if anyone has a better source describing it feel free to share:

Decker Eveleth, 26 April 2025 - Pakistan and Missile Defense Defeat Strategies

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago

US President Donald Trump called Indian strikes in Pakistani territory "a shame". - Reuters

[-] KnownUnknownKnower@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago

WATCH | As part of the 'Gates of Hell' series of operations, Qassam Brigades fighters carried out a complex ambush targeting Israeli soldiers and vehicles east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

https://streamable.com/8ypdkc

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/34613

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[-] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sweden is giving 20 million SEK (€1.83 million) to Radio Free Europe, hoping that other countries will donate as well.

k-pain I fucking knew somebody would come along and help keep the bad parts of USAID afloat

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[-] UnitedNations@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

Israel has presented a plan to take over humanitarian aid in gaza.

The Israeli aid distribution blueprint presented to UN humanitarians envisages only 60 aid trucks per day entering Gaza - “one-tenth of what was being delivered during the ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas which held from 19 January to 18 March.

“It's not nearly enough to meet the needs of 1.1 million children, 2.1 million people,” Mr. Elder insisted. “There is a simple alternative: lift the blockade, let humanitarian aid in, save lives.”

Of course, besides not getting enough aid in, it continues Israels use of humanitarian aid as a weapon, pressuring people to go south.

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder insisted that the Israeli proposal to create a handful of aid hubs exclusively in the south of the Strip would create an “impossible choice between displacement and death”.

The plan “contravenes basic humanitarian principles” and appears designed to “reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic”, he told journalists in Geneva. “It’s dangerous to ask civilians to go into militarized zones to collect rations…humanitarian aid should never be used as a bargaining chip”.

If the Israeli plan were to happen, Gaza’s most vulnerable individuals - the elderly, children with disabilities, the sick and the wounded who cannot travel to designated distribution zones – would face “horrendous challenges” retrieving aid, the UNICEF spokesperson maintained.

Quotes from UN News, 2025-05-09
This is about the Geneva Press Briefing held today, a video of it is available on UN Web TV

More about this from UN NewsGaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’, 2025-05-06
UN warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, 2025-05-04

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[-] CDommunist@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower will be at its peak for the next two days. It is visible worldwide, with better visibility in the southern hemisphere

[-] Moss@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

Is anyone else really really scared by the world at the moment? It feels like everything is spiralling so quickly

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[-] RobnHood@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

Pakistan has shot down five Indian planes and has taken some Indian soldiers prisoner, the country's defense minister said. -Bloomberg

Wild if true. Source

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[-] LoveYourself@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

President Maduro and President Putin sign "Treaty on Strategic Partnership and Cooperation" between Russia and Venezuela. Not sure details.

https://t.me/news_kremlin_eng/5424

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[-] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

BBC reporting on preparations for the Victory Day parade was mostly predictable (no mention of Zelensky threatening to do terrorism, a bunch of snark about how Russia has been 'unable to secure victory in Ukraine', criticising Russia for militarism right before a news segment about how awesome Churchill was and how we won WW2 single-handedly etc etc blah blah blah) but strangely they were quite positive about the WW2 Red Army - I presume to try and build a narrative of "Russia fought the Nazis before but now they are the freaking Nazis we live in a society" - but I expect it's still going to make a lot of terminally Reform UK brained gammons who think the BBC is leftist and hack pop historians mad. Feels strange to see a BBC journalist interviewing Red Army veterans and their relatives and not constantly doing Office Jim asides to the camera, which shows how low the bar really is.

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[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The US de-escalation with Ansar Allah appears to be at the behest of the Saudis, who were saying it would be embarrassing for Trump to visit while bombing Yemen, and could lead to "complications":

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-saudi-arabia-pressed-trump-stop-attacks-yemen-ahead-visit

Ansar Allah has reportedly, in not so many words, threatened to expand the engagement regionally, especially while Trump is in the region, if the bombings by the US (and possibly it's allies?) don't not stop.

Trump will be visiting KSA next week to meet with GCC leaders, his first official overseas trip of this term.

Bonus tweet, for giggles:

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[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago

Could we please finish one major war before starting another?!?!

[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 62 points 2 months ago

Wars don’t really start or stop anymore. They just kind of drag on indefinitely

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[-] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) claims to have uncovered what it calls a Hungarian military spy network in western Ukraine and arrested two Hungarian citizens. The Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post and the Swedish TV channel Svt Nyheter, citing the SBU, reported that the two arrested individuals were recruited by the Hungarian secret service to carry out the operations. They were previously employed by the Ukrainian army and are now charged with treason, they wrote.

"The task was to gather information on the military security of Transcarpathia, to find vulnerable points in the region's land and air defense, and to study the socio-political views of the local population: in particular, scenarios for their behavior if Hungarian troops enter the region," the SBU wrote.

We contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to find out if they confirm the information and how they comment on it, and we will report it as soon as we receive an answer.

According to SBU information, the recruiter of the two arrested agents is a member of the Hungarian counterintelligence, whose exact identity is also known, but the public report does not mention it.

About one of the arrested agents, it is revealed that he is 40 years old, once served as a soldier in the Beregszász district, and was a sleeper agent who was recruited in 2021 and activated last September, Unian wrote.

update:

Hungary has expelled two Ukrainian diplomats who were operating as spies at the embassy in Budapest. This action comes in response to what Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called Kyiv's persistent smear campaigns against Hungary.

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[-] cinnaa42@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago

Pakistani artillery has responded according to the BBC

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