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https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/finland-sweden-nato-membership/index.html A European official noted that Finland and Sweden, should they join, would both be "net contributors" to NATO, given their supply of advanced fighter jets. Finland already operates Boeing F/A-18s and has ordered...

Another Russian colonel dead as a doornail. By my count, that's 22 dead colonels so far.

No, a "draw" is not ok. When you brutally invade a neighbor without any attack on you, a loss is the only thing that should be allowed. Russia not just will be the loser, it has to understand that it is a loser. So that this will not be repeated. Anyone who claims that Russia in any way feared...

It is not a "chain of events". It is a brutal military invasion of a neighbor. That cannot possibly be rewarded with a "win".

That's a silly statement. We entered that on Feb 24th. It has always been thus. And Russia will be the loser. In 21st Century Europe it cannot be allowed to invade a neighboring country and "win".

Good news. Poland and Czechs are now supplying Ukraine with modernized T-72 tanks. And, Slovakia is sending its only S-300 AA system to Ukraine as well.

By blockading it. Did the US invade? No, I don't. I remember a bunch of Cuban expats trying to land in Bay of Pigs and take over Cuba. With US ships standing off in the distance and doing nothing while they were slaughtered. Is that what you're referring to?

ROTFLMAO. "Promises" between countries definitely do. Otherwise they are worth the paper they're written on.

Waters, of course, didn't take part. He previously expressed support for Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. One week before the invasion, in his interview with Russia Today he stated that the possibility of the invasion was "“bullshit.... anybody with an IQ above room temperature knows [an...

From Washington Post: Ukraine has about 7,000 unclaimed Russian corpses in morgues and refrigerated rail cars, according to Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of Ukraine’s presidential administration. He said his government’s figure of 18,600 Russian dead was based on Ukrainian reports...

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-considers-restrictions-coal-imports-russia-jiji-2022-04-07/ Japan bans Russian coal imports, expels eight diplomats

Japan also kicked out 8 Russian diplomats today.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/04/f9f653e2a375-breaking-news-japan-to-freeze-assets-held-by-russias-sberbank-alfa-bank.html

Aliexpress again today: the ruble rate is 120. See, that's the *real* rate. The same item costs 771 rubles or $6.39 As opposed to the rate that exists in Russian Central Bank's imagination.

LOL Frog, Peskov does not say a word that is not approved by Putin. If Putin told him to hold it in, his bladder would blow up and he'd die, but not disobey. Whatever Peskov says is ALWAYS something coordinated with Putin. I see this as an admission that Russia is screwed. And starting to...

My update of Russian losses (using oryx web site) Note that every piece of equipment listed is documented, with photographs. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html Their latest is, as of Apr 5, for Russian equipment destroyed (note: separately they...

"Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he does not consider the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO an existential threat to Russia." So there goes the "NATO expansion" "reason" for Russia's invasion.

In other good news, British Harpoon missiles have been delivered to Odessa. Pretty bad news for the Russian ships that have been shelling the city.

Russia's 247th Air Assault Regiment just had a funeral for 55 troops. Russian regiments are usually around 800 troops. So - a nice loss rate. This is just the latest funeral. Its commander Konstantin Zizevsky and many troops were killed earlier during the war. Many happy returns.

"Roller bearings are designed to last the life of the wheelset without additional lubrication or maintenance. On average, freight car wheelset service life is estimated at approximately 220 000 miles" So - a couple of years. Definitely not 80.