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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 8:13pm On Oct 02, 2025
⚡Putin:

Russia knows that "someone is preparing nuclear tests," and will do the same if they are conducted.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:13pm On Oct 02, 2025
shoodboi2:
Funny thing is that if Russia fires 10 drones and missiles into Ukraine, Ukrainians will hear 12 explosions. The additional two explosions are coming from Ukrainian patriot missiles slamming into Ukrainian buildings.

In the last Russian attack on September 28/29, there was a video of a patriot missile literally ignoring the Russian drones and missiles it was supposed to target to intercept Ukrainian buildings on the ground 😂😂😂
Don't mind the kids in here. cheesy

This has been ongoing for a very long time.

The numbers of intercepts they claim is usually at odds with the extent of damages recorded on the ground across Ukraine.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Lawag3: 8:14pm On Oct 02, 2025
FoolishBoy419:
Be careful with your words. Even Netanyahu wouldn't make that statement today. Israel spat fire before the war started and now two years in, Hamas still stands and their only solution is to create famine and bomb everything that stands. Bravo

When soldiers keep dying and rockets keep launching from territories you control, what does that mean? Make me understand.
Hamas still stands? Yeah right.


How frequent are the rocket launch you say it as if it's daily or even weekly compare that to when the war first started.


So now you're saying because rockets are launch means Israel doesn't control that area?

Soldiers die in war it's not new.


The fact on ground is that Israel is decimating hamas pushed them into Gaza City their last foothold.


In other places they are just few insurgents that can't coordinate themselves. All that's left is the periodic and scarce rocket launch rockets that won't even hit anything.


You can jerk off to that.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 8:41pm On Oct 02, 2025
⚡Russian intelligence confirms that the West is trying to orchestrate a color revolution in Serbia — Putin

"But the young Serbian protestors themselves are patriots and there needs to be a dialogue with them"

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Cancri: 8:50pm On Oct 02, 2025
WriterrNg:
No nation on earth has ever deployed it's Army, Navy and Airforce against drug cartels.

That's the job of the police. These mfers are so weak, this is all their military is good for.
Nigeria military does it!!!
They even partake in the arrest of yahoo boys
Many military in the world does it
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 8:54pm On Oct 02, 2025
Cancri:
Nigeria military does it!!!
They even partake in the arrest of yahoo boys
Many military in the world does it
Airforce and Navy against yahoo boys?

Wetin u smoke?

I have never seen or heard of Nigerian army going after yahoo boys.

No military does that.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by shoodboi2: 8:56pm On Oct 02, 2025
WriterrNg:
⚡Putin:

Everything that Russia wanted to resolve with Sweden was settled during the Battle of Poltava.
See finishing grin grin grin

The Battle of Poltava was fought in 1709, 316 years ago. Sweden was fighting against Denmark-Norway, Poland-Lithuania, and Russia. Sweden had defeated the first two and marched toward Moscow to defeat Russia. But the battle ended in a severe defeat for Sweden. It marked the end of Sweden's attempt to become a great European power and also, marked the rise of Russia as a great European power
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 8:58pm On Oct 02, 2025
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 9:00pm On Oct 02, 2025
⚡President Donald Trump is reportedly exploring a bailout package worth at least 10 billion dollar to support U.S. farmers.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Cancri: 9:00pm On Oct 02, 2025
WriterrNg:
Airforce and Navy against yahoo boys?

Wetin u smoke?

I have never seen or heard of Nigerian army going after yahoo boys.

No military does that.
in my area the Nigerian army goes after yahoo boys, but it is a rarely occurred sha
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by DystopianMuse(f): 9:02pm On Oct 02, 2025
WriterrNg:
⚡Putin:

Russia knows that "someone is preparing nuclear tests," and will do the same if they are conducted.
Nigerian military 🪖huh
I used to pray for times like this..
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 9:02pm On Oct 02, 2025
⚡Venezuela’s Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López claimed today that 5 F-35 Lightning lls, likely the U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs deployed recently to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, were detected by air defense systems operating within the Maiquetía Flight Information Region (FIR) off the coast of Venezuela.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by shoodboi2: 9:08pm On Oct 02, 2025
Appleyard:
Don't mind the kids in here. cheesy

This has been ongoing for a very long time.

The numbers of intercepts they claim is usually at odds with the extent of damages recorded on the ground across Ukraine.
How they continue to self-assure themselves despite the overwhelming evidence never gets boring. grin grin grin
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 9:09pm On Oct 02, 2025
⚡Putin:

BRICS does not attack the dollar but defends itself from it.

Accusations from the West about the threat of BRICS are a reaction to the successes of this organization, Putin responded to a question about dedollarization.

"BRICS makes up 40 percent of the world economy and is growing. Russia wants to continue working within this system. Part of BRICS's actions is establishing new investment platforms and modern payment systems," explained the Russian president.

It is possible to create a system that operates with minimal risk and, essentially, without inflation, Putin added. This is not an attack on the dollar, because BRICS's policy is directed at its members, not against anyone.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 9:18pm On Oct 02, 2025
⚡🇷🇺 VLADIMIR PUTIN:

"The power of the United States and its allies reached its peak at the end of the 20th century.

But there has never been, nor will there ever be, a force capable of ruling the world, dictating everyone how to act, how to live, even how to breathe.

Such attempts have been made, but every one of them has failed.

However, we must recognise that many found that so-called liberal world order acceptable and even convenient.

True, a hierarchy severely limits opportunities for those not perched at the top of the pyramid, or, if you prefer, the top of the food chain.

But those at the bottom were relieved of responsibility.

The rules were simple: accept the terms, fit into the system, receive your share, however modest, and be content. Others would think and decide for you.


And no matter what anyone says now, no matter how some try to disguise the reality – that is how it was.

The experts gathered here remember and understand this perfectly well.

Some, in their arrogance, saw themselves entitled to lecture the rest of the world.

Others were content to play along with the powerful as obedient bargaining chips, eager to avoid unnecessary trouble in exchange for a modest but guaranteed bonus.


There are still many such politicians in the old part of the world, in Europe.

Those who dared object and tried to defend their own interests, rights, and views, were at best dismissed as eccentrics.

They were told, in effect: "You will not succeed, so give up and accept that compared to our power, you are a nonentity."

As for the truly stubborn, they were "educated" by the self-proclaimed global leaders, who no longer even bothered to hide their intent.

The message was clear: resistance was pointless.

But this did not bring anything good.

Not a single global problem was resolved.

On the contrary, new ones are constantly multiplying.

Institutions of global governance created in an earlier era either ceased to function or lost much of their effectiveness.


And no matter how much strength or resources one state, or even a group of states, may accumulate, power always has its limits.

As the Russian audience knows, there is a saying in Russia: "There’s no counter to a crowbar, except another crowbar," meaning you don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, but another gun.

And indeed, that "other gun" can always be found.

This is the very essence of world affairs: a counterforce always emerges.

And attempts to control everything inevitably generate tension, undermining stability at home and prompting ordinary people to ask a very fair question of their governments: "Why do we need all this?"

I once heard something similar from our American colleagues, who said: "We gained the whole world, but lost America."

I can only ask: Was it worth it? And did you truly gain anything at all?"

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by shoodboi2: 9:20pm On Oct 02, 2025
LordAdam16:
The Trump administration has done a remarkable job of destroying its credibility.

Everyone relates with them now with the foreknowledge that they engage in bad faith.

That is how they told the Chinese that they would allow Nvidia to sell chips in China, then clandestinely started pressuring Nvidia to add backdoors to the China-bound chips. China sha no waste time, they banned the use of Nvidia chips.

The biggest mistake of the Resistance is that they did not insist on the inclusion of the Axis in negotiations from the get go.
Thank heavens that Pakistan and Indonesia joined this round. Otherwise, the Gulf id**ts would have been bullying the Resistance to accept that stupid plan without amendments.

-Lord
That right there is their future. I have read through American history and negotiating in bad faith has always been their hallmark. A few centuries ago, they would reach peace agreements with Native American tribes and even neighboring countries like Mexico, only to throw that treaty away and start a war again. It is really odd.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 10:19pm On Oct 02, 2025
The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council today announced that the Gulf are not on the side of US action against Iran.

Talk is cheap.
We shall see if their actions match the rhetoric when the shooting starts.
Regardless, any base in a Gulf country that supports American attacks on Iranian soil will be abruptly decommissioned.

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 10:59pm On Oct 02, 2025
obedience4:
The Iraqi war is classified into two distinct parts: the invasion phase and the post invasion phase


When the US led muti-national coalition invaded Iraq which is the main invasion phase of the war during which the "dictator" Saddam Hussain was removed the US fought against Iraqi forces in a conventional war?, the war to removed Saddam hussein was conventional and the casualty rate was minimal.

[i]In the invasion phase of the war (19 March – 30 April), an estimated 9,200 Iraqi combatants were killed by coalition forces along with an estimated 3,750 non-combatants, i.e. civilians who did not bear arms[/i]

The casualties rate sky rocketed when multiple terrorist organisations linked up and started an insurgency style warfare in Iraq.

Funny that you would add the Vietnam War, that's the worst-case you could have come up with mate. the Vietnam War is the perfect example of what an asymmetric warfare is all about. There's a huge difference between the regular North Vietnamese Army, the NVA, and the viet Cong. While the NVA had formal uniforms, ranks, and operational structure, the latter the Viet Cong was a South Vietnamese based coalition of anti-government forces who supported the communist cause. they were more loosely organized, lacked formal uniform, and were mostly used as cannon fodders, blending with civilians while carrying out insurgency style attacks on civilians and government forces

That being said, i won't fail to acknowledge that the US Air Force also contributed to some portion of civilian casualties through her the massive bombing runs in North Vietnam

The bottom line is this Russia has no intention of keeping civilians causalities at the minimum, you can't be sending waves of drones and missiles into ubarn areas far from the fontlines if you want to keep mitigate against civilians deaths
@bolded I have my reservations about the figures you mentioned, but let's work with it. Does that ratio look nearly comparable with what we have in Ukraine? This is why I told you that it's ultra-humane.

As for the Vietcong, a great portion of them wore distinct black pajamas and fought in jungles but you have a point here. How about Serbia?

How do you think Russia should fight Ukraine? This is what Urban warfare is. You can't expect Russia to fire missiles at empty forests and lakes bro. Russia avoids civilians and the figures prove it. Civilians unfortunately get caught at times sometimes by Russian missiles and sometimes by Ukrainian air defense
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 11:24pm On Oct 02, 2025
LordAdam16:
The Axis is preparing for a months-long war and American participation in the attack.

I think the Emperor, Tsar, and Shahanshah now realize the Axis-Allied global war is here.
And they probably regret not preparing better for it.
They thought the Allieds were going to be too busy with the proxy war in Ukraine to open new fronts.
Now, they're rushing weapon systems to shore up all the Axis flanks.

The good thing is that economically, the Chinese lifeline is 100% okay, so financing is not an issue, the problem is getting materiel to the fronts on time and maintaining delivery.
Iran will have to pull off a major feat.
Venezuela needs a miracle.

Ultimately, this is the consequence of Xi's aversion to foreign militarism.
He has sent more cargo planes to Iran in the last two months than he did in multiple years combined.
There's not much he can even send to Venezuela besides small arms because it is too late. Only Russia can help there.
The Iranians and Hezbollah are busy.

Putin's slow-mo SMO and Khamenei's no nuke BS are secondary contributors to this quagmire.
Venezuela will pay the steepest price and that opens the door to Cuba and Nicaragua getting shafted.

-Lord
Well said, especially concerning Xi although I do not blame him. He too had followed the inital path Russia and Iran had taken in trusting and trying to establish friendly relations with the West. He must have thought their antagonism would be limited to media slander and subtle economic attacks.

It's better late than never sha. Maduro might still pull off a surprise because Taco would be relying on a sweep decapitation strike and Venezuelan traitors. Americans are not buying his drug war BS
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by FoolishBoy419: 11:31pm On Oct 02, 2025
Lawag3:
Hamas still stands? Yeah right.


How frequent are the rocket launch you say it as if it's daily or even weekly compare that to when the war first started.


So now you're saying because rockets are launch means Israel doesn't control that area?

Soldiers die in war it's not new.


The fact on ground is that Israel is decimating hamas pushed them into Gaza City their last foothold.


In other places they are just few insurgents that can't coordinate themselves. All that's left is the periodic and scarce rocket launch rockets that won't even hit anything.


You can jerk off to that.
If soldiers are frequently dying at a particular territory, it means they do not control it. Simple
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Righteousness2(m): 12:19am On Oct 03, 2025
FLOTILLA

The ISRAELI police just searched every hole on the flotilla boats - ALL IS EMPTY.
Not a grain, not a bandage.


These clowns floated in for propaganda, to defame Israel. Mission accomplished for the cameras. Failed for humanity.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 12:37am On Oct 03, 2025
After Egypt last year, Morocco is dealing with fierce protests.
They've turned violent with a few fatalities.
Armed forces have been deployed outside the royal palace out of an abundance of caution.

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Righteousness2(m): 12:38am On Oct 03, 2025
INTRESTING FACTS

How many Arabs lived in “Palestine” before the establishment of the State of Israel 🇮🇱?

A timeline with historical sources:

🔸In 1785, Constantine Francois Volney describes the "ruined" and "desolate" state of the country: "We with difficulty recognized Jerusalem... The population is supposed to amount to twelve to fourteen thousands..."


🔸In 1843, Alexander Keith wrote that "in this [Volney's] day the land had not fully reached its last prophetic degree of desolation and depopulation."

🔸In 1816, J.S. Buckingham had described Jaffa as "a poor village", and Ramleh as a place "where, as throughout the greater portion of Palestine, the ruined portion seemed more extensive than that which was inhabited."


🔸In 1835, Alphonse de Lamartine gave this description: "Outside gates of Jerusalem, we saw indeed no living object, heard no living sound. We found the same void, the same silence as we should have found in the enrombed gates of Pompeii and Herculaneum... a complete, eternal silence resigns in the town, in the highways, in the country... The tomb of a whole people."

🔸In 1857, the British consul in Palestine, James Finn, reported back to England: "The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population."


🔸In 1867, Mark Twain wrote in The Innocents Abroad: "Stirring senses... occur in this valley no more. There is not a solitary village throughout its whole extent – not for thirty miles in either direction." He goes on to describe Galilee, Judea, and around Jerusalem as deserts devoid of population. And for the country as a whole: "Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies... Palestine is desolate and unlovely... It is hopeless, dreary, heartbroken land."

🔸In 1881 (the year designated by Arafat as the beginning of the Zionist "invasion" and "displacement" of the local population), English cartographer Arthur Penrhyn Stanley wrote: "In Judea it is hardly an exaggeration to say that for miles and miles there was no appearance of life or habitation."

🔸By the third quarter of the 19th century, the total population of the entire country, Arabs and Jews, was only 400,000. Less than 3% of today's figure.

So where were all those "Palestinians" before the Israeli "occupation"? When they scream Palestine, know it’s all a lie.

(Shiri Sabra on X)

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 4:08am On Oct 03, 2025
WriterrNg:
⚡Putin:

BRICS does not attack the dollar but defends itself from it.

Accusations from the West about the threat of BRICS are a reaction to the successes of this organization, Putin responded to a question about dedollarization.

"BRICS makes up 40 percent of the world economy and is growing. Russia wants to continue working within this system. Part of BRICS's actions is establishing new investment platforms and modern payment systems," explained the Russian president.

It is possible to create a system that operates with minimal risk and, essentially, without inflation, Putin added. This is not an attack on the dollar, because BRICS's policy is directed at its members, not against anyone.
Once you can buy oil with your national currency the dollar will be dead

No one actually needs the USD again

grin grin

Trade effectively with your currency God gave you through your system inflation will keeee USA within itself they will print USD and no one will buy them grin

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Lawag3: 5:10am On Oct 03, 2025
FoolishBoy419:
If soldiers are frequently dying at a particular territory, it means they do not control it. Simple
You don't mean this do you?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 6:25am On Oct 03, 2025
⚡Munich International Airport in Germany was closed earlier tonight, with dozens of flights being grounded and canceled while at least 15 incoming flights were diverted to airports in the German cities of Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Frankfurt, as well as Vienna, Austria, following the sighting of unidentified drones in the airspace around Munich.

The sighting, which was originally made by air traffic control and later confirmed by police helicopters, appears to be similar to drone sightings throughout the last few weeks over airports and other critical sites in Denmark and Northern Europe.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 6:25am On Oct 03, 2025
⚡Washington Examiner report claims the U.S. military buildup near Venezuela, including warships, F-35s, Marines, and a submarine based in Puerto Rico, goes far beyond anti-drug patrols and could support seizing ports or airfields.

While officially framed as counter-narcotics, analysts argue the scale matches invasion-style planning,

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 6:27am On Oct 03, 2025
⚡Putin on Europe’s decline:

“Even Russia’s most liberal intellectuals, the ones who spend half their lives in Europe, tell me: ‘The Europe we so loved, the Europe we cherished, no longer exists.’

He argues the crisis is deeper than Germany’s stagnation or France’s debt.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 6:29am On Oct 03, 2025
⚡Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla:

'We denounce the illegal incursion of U.S. combat aircraft into the flight information region of Venezuela.

We alert that these actions constitute a threat to peace, security, and regional stability.

Latin America and the Caribbean is a Zona De Paz (Zone of Peace).'
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 6:50am On Oct 03, 2025
⚡Germany:

Munich Airport shut down overnight after multiple unidentified drones were spotted in its airspace.

Closure lasted ~7 hours.

17 departures canceled, ~3,000 passengers stranded.

Passengers were given camp beds, blankets, snacks.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 7:58am On Oct 03, 2025
WriterrNg:
⚡Germany:

Munich Airport shut down overnight after multiple unidentified drones were spotted in its airspace.

Closure lasted ~7 hours.

17 departures canceled, ~3,000 passengers stranded.

Passengers were given camp beds, blankets, snacks.
Continue to pepper them Russia... Disrupt their system
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