Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[BeBMan]

I like how MoMoMo predicted everything, esp. how Russia had to cry for help from North Korea, surely a sign of unlimited military might.

[Dinner]

Not surprisingly Russia gets caught lying about intercepting Storm Shadow missiles which it never intercepted. All ten can be seen hitting their targets.

https://youtu.be/jkRk04CpDIE?si=DpP-kEaxEmeUdNE4

[Dinner]

Saudi Arabia is only doing one currency deal in a single commodity, in limited scale, many as a bribe to gain influence because they are looking for a protector. Details in video.

[Geronimo]

WRT Saudi Arabia.

https://youtu.be/4V2s5-lOKAA?si=4kKOW89iBaegi61k

summary? I hate sitting through videos for information

[Dinner]

WRT Saudi Arabia.

https://youtu.be/4V2s5-lOKAA?si=4kKOW89iBaegi61k

[MOBIUS]

PS an event that recently occurred in Saudi Arabia looks like China is potentially set to **** the US with its own currency.

Who needs a competing currency when you can **** the whole rotten edifice from within 👍

[MOBIUS]

No wonder you guys don't have a ****ing clue when you post misinformation and lies as if it's fact, or express surprise when the mainstream media is finally calling Kursk a catastrophe for Ukraine, when I predicted as such (on this very thread!) when they attacked.

Now they're pinned in place and being destroyed piecemeal, like I said they would be.

Actually, that's basically been happening for the majority of their occupation up until now...

[Dauphin]

Or test that they work in anger.

[Geronimo]

Doesn't make any military sense on any level to use an ICBM against any target as nearby as any part of Ukraine. If true I suppose it's a demonstration and a warning/bluff.

[Dauphin]

Unconfirmed.

[N35t0r]

Russia, who is constantly throwing a hissy fit every time the West gives Ukraine weapons to defend itself for being escalatory, just fired ICBMs at Kyiv.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-attack-ukraine-kyiv-says-2024-11-21/

[Geronimo]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0dpdx420lo

Surprised to see the BBC characterize the Ukrainian decision to invade the Kursk region as a "catastrophe". Who could have foreseen that when Ukraine first shocked us all with its bold and daring incursion?

[BeBMan]

The 3-day war has hit the 1000-day-mark

Next Feb it will be 3 years, if Donnie doesn't manage to do peace in 24hrs (I guess we need to wait for inauguration +1 on this).

Biden has authorized long-range strikes inside Russia, but it seems for now there are still some restrictions. No idea if they remain.

After much navel-gazing in the early stage of the war German support has grown substantially, and the country is the second largest supporter of Ukraine in absolute numbers.

Which politicians here like to stress when they want to show how great they're doing, but per capita lotsa smaller states do much more.

I do think Scholz is wrong to still deny offensive long-range capabilities to Ukraine.

It was even worse to see him implying France and Britain doing that months ago would mean they become participants in the war - supplying weapons to a country under outside attack does not make you a part of the war, despite what the Kremlin sez.

Scholz will probably lose the february elections, for a variety of reasons, most unrelated to Ukraine tho.

As Ukraine is losing ground, there's lots of talk in the west about support "as long as it takes", but at this point it remains to be seen how long that really is.

[BeBMan]

Putin's afraid of ballet dancers.

[giblets]

Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov dies after falling from building

Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday.

His death was confirmed by the Mariinsky Theater, a venue in the city of St. Petersburg where Shklyarov was the highest-ranking dancer.

“This is a huge loss for the entire Mariinsky Theater team,” it said.

While Russian authorities have launched an investigation into Shklyarov’s death, the “preliminary cause” has been judged an accident, Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported.

“He died a natural death. It’s not a crime,” a source in the emergency services told RIA Novosti.

. . .

In the days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Shklyarov was quoted as speaking out in support of peace.

“I am against the war in Ukraine! I am for the people, for a peaceful sky above our heads!” he was quoted as saying in a Facebook post by Alexei Ratmansky, a Russian-Ukrainian former ballet dancer.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/style/vladimir-shklyarov-ballet-death-scli-intl/index.html