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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

SIX, you shoukd listen to Alex Christoforou of The Duran. He does great imitations and he's got Zelensky's voice down. He does these great skits of Zelensky and his ever obedient advisor, Poldolyak.

Nazis acted the same as Alex Christoforou, who is an anti-West, pro-Hamas, pro-Russia propagandist. But the Nazis targeted Churchill. https://keywiki.org/Alex_Christoforou

The Nazis made fun of Winston Churchill extensively. Nazi propaganda regularly mocked him in posters, cartoons, and speeches. However, their approach to ridiculing him shifted dramatically as the war progressed:

• Early War (1939-1940): Before and just after the outbreak of war, German propaganda mocked Churchill as a bumbling, incompetent clown. They portrayed him as a hapless fool and the victim of German military brilliance.

• Height of War (1941-1945): As the war dragged on, their mockery evolved into intense personal attacks. Hitler's leadership frequently made fun of Churchill's physical appearance, mocked his heavy drinking, and depicted him as a corrupt warmonger standing in the way of a "just peace". Later in the war, they ridiculed him as a puppet controlled by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.

Explore the Winston Churchill in Nazi Propaganda collection by Calvin University to see examples of the mocking caricatures.

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/winstonchurchill
.htm


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Sunday, July 5, 2026 11:00 PM

SIGNYM

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Originally posted by second:
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

SIX, you shoukd listen to Alex Christoforou of The Duran. He does great imitations and he's got Zelensky's voice down. He does these great skits of Zelensky and his ever obedient advisor, Poldolyak.

Nazis acted the same as Alex Christoforou, who is an anti-West, pro-Hamas, pro-Russia propagandist. But the Nazis targeted Churchill. https://keywiki.org/Alex_Christoforou

The Nazis made fun of Winston Churchill extensively. Nazi propaganda regularly mocked him in posters, cartoons, and speeches. However, their approach to ridiculing him shifted dramatically as the war progressed:

• Early War (1939-1940): Before and just after the outbreak of war, German propaganda mocked Churchill as a bumbling, incompetent clown. They portrayed him as a hapless fool and the victim of German military brilliance.

• Height of War (1941-1945): As the war dragged on, their mockery evolved into intense personal attacks. Hitler's leadership frequently made fun of Churchill's physical appearance, mocked his heavy drinking, and depicted him as a corrupt warmonger standing in the way of a "just peace". Later in the war, they ridiculed him as a puppet controlled by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.

Explore the Winston Churchill in Nazi Propaganda collection by Calvin University to see examples of the mocking caricatures.

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/winstonchurchill
.htm


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Oh, so Zelensky is Churchill now????



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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
SIX, you shoukd listen to Alex Christoforou of The Duran. He does great imitations and he's got Zelensky's voice down. He does these great skits of Zelensky and his ever obedient advisor, Poldolyak.

This would be something like...

Zelensky: I'm winning! Send money!
Zelensky: I'm losing! Send money!
Zelensky: Hey Poldolyak, where's my next script?
Poldolyak: Yes, Mr. President!



Sounds like the lyrics to a Tom Lehrer song.

I suppose as long as money keeps flowing there are a lot of powerful people who are happy.

Quote:

He also does a Clown World at the end, but, honestly, most of the Eurocrats are so stupid anything they do is Clown World worthy.

Somewhere in here is a "Hey Poldolyak" skit



I'll look for it.

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Oh, so Zelensky is Churchill now????

If so, that means Putin is Mussolini.

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For two years, Ukraine’s strikes barely scratched Russia’s war factories. Something just changed.

The warheads finally got heavy enough to leave damage that lasts—and Ukraine’s drones cleared the air defenses that used to stop the missiles short.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/01/heavier-warheads/

With its jet propulsion, the $500,000 FP-5 cruise missile combines a big warhead with long range. It took a year of misses for Fire Point to get the FP-5's self-contained inertial navigation to work properly. But now that it does, the giant missile is blowing up Russian factories at a weekly rate.

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US helping Ukraine bypass Russian air defences: strikes on refineries up elevenfold – FT

By Artur Kryzhnyi | 6 July 2026

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/07/06/8042583/

US intelligence is helping Ukraine plan routes for long-range drones and bypass Russian air defences during strikes on oil refineries.

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It is no longer an adventure; it is an everyday job. From a drab office, Ukrainian drone operators target Russian supplies

Ukrainian midrange drones reshape the battlefield by targeting Russian supply lines

By SAMYA KULLAB and DMYTRO ZHYHINAS
Updated 12:08 AM CDT, July 6, 2026

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-midrange-drones-war-c0909dbc
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By repeatedly striking the highways that carry fuel, ammunition and reinforcements, they have made logistics slower, costlier and far less predictable, helping stall Russian advances.

Until recently, much of that territory lay beyond Ukraine’s reach. Front-line drones lacked the range, while long-range drones were reserved for strategic targets hundreds of kilometers away. Between them stretched a 25- to 200-kilometer (15- to 125-mile) corridor where Russian troops and supplies moved with relative freedom. . . .

Some who were driven from their hometowns by Russia’s invasion now revisit familiar streets through a drone’s lens, passing old schools and childhood haunts, searching the places where they once played for concealed Russian troops and ammunition depots.

A whiteboard tracks an ongoing competition among the unit’s 10 drone crews. The current record stands at 17 consecutive hits.

Missing a high-value target can be as memorable as hitting one. After one such miss, brigade commander Col. Kyrylo Veres called the crew and scolded: “Are you drunk?”

Some days, the screen reveals little more than a truck hauling fuel and supplies or a lone soldier on a motorcycle. Other days, it lights up with more prized targets: a loaded multiple rocket launcher or a cluster of Russian troops.

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Originally posted by second:
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Oh, so Zelensky is Churchill now????

If so, that means Putin is Mussolini.

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No, it means Putin is Stalin.

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No, it means Putin is Stalin.

Wrong. Stalin was a scary guy, extremely competent, leading a mighty country. Putin isn't scary and isn't competent, same weaknesses as big blabbermouth Mussolini, leading a country that is no mightier than Italy, which is why Russia hasn't been able to crush Ukraine like it is a bug.

Country comparison Russia vs Italy 2026
https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/russia/italy

Economy Stats: compare key data on Italy & Russia
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Italy/Russia/Economy

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. . . the war of attrition is likely to continue, potentially indefinitely, as long as Russia is being supported by China . . .

By Hans Petter Midttun | July 6, 2026

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/06/russia-now-loses-more-soldiers-
than-it-recruits-but-the-war-wont-end-because-of-that
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Attrition is survivable for both sides because both are kept in the fight by their partners—Russia by China, Ukraine by the collective West minus the United States. This is why the war will continue, and why Ukraine’s present success, as Syrskyi warns, may prove temporary.

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Quote:

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Supposedly a hacker got into Ukraine's military database and published their KIAs as 2.4 million.

Maybe true, maybe not.


"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger





Supposedly, too funny. Watch it and weep comrade.

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Ukraine AMBUSHES Russian Forces In Crimea; MAJOR Losses As Russian Ships DESTROYED



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“The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror”

By Ferdinand Knapp | July 6, 2026 9:58 am CET

https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-attack-kyiv-kills-11-injures-4
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his calls for more Patriot missiles Monday as Russia's latest missile attacks killed at least 12 people and injured more than 50 in Kyiv on Sunday night.

"It is critically important that the world — first and foremost the United States and our European partners — come out of the NATO summit in Turkey with strong decisions in support of our air defense," Zelenskyy wrote on X on Monday.

Zelenskyy had warned late Sunday that intelligence suggested Russia was preparing another massive strike on Ukraine ahead of this week's NATO summit in Ankara.

"As long as Patriot missiles remain in our allies' stockpiles, Russia is only encouraged to keep 'vanquishing' residential buildings," the Ukrainian leader said. Only Western support for Kyiv's air defense can guarantee "the protection of ordinary people’s lives," he added.

"The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror," Zelenskyy said.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Moscow's overnight strikes destroyed four districts, with Podilskyi reporting the most damage as several high-rise residential buildings were struck.

Among the injured were three children. Klitschko wrote on Telegram and declared Tuesday a day of mourning for the victims. The number of casualties might rise as emergency crews continue searching the rubble for survivors on Monday morning.

Klitschko later posted again on Telegram to say the death toll had risen from 11 to 12.

The latest attack comes just days after another wave of Russian missile and drone strikes killed 13 people and injured more than 80 last week and two days after Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, held a call with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Veronika Melkozerova contributed reporting from Kyiv. This article has been updated.

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Supposedly, too funny. Watch it and weep comrade.



Yeah. Watch my meaningless clickbait and cry.

Seriously dude... Are you still going to be at this every day when this thread turns 10 years old?


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Jailers and officials at Russia's 'torture prisons' in Ukraine exposed by BBC

By Tania Kharchenko and Samuel Horti | July 6, 2026

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkrx8jeno

This article contains accounts of torture and sexual violence

A BBC World Service investigation has identified Temerbek, and uncovered details about two other men accused of abusing detainees, shedding light on a system that operates almost completely out of reach of Ukrainian and international justice.

The men appear to now be living ordinary lives with their families in Russia and occupied Ukraine. Survivors see revealing their identities as a step towards holding them accountable.

Liudmyla says that if the men she accuses of abuse aren't found and imprisoned, "then, justice for me will be their names as criminals, and torturers, will be known to their children".

The prisons these men helped run are part of a detention system in which the UN's human rights office (OHCHR) says the torture and ill-treatment of civilians is "systematic and widespread".

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For almost four and a half years Russia has not been at war, officially. It has actually been involved in a “special military operation” against Ukraine. It has even been illegal in the Russian Federation to speak of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a “war”. This preposterous fiction was maintained for a few reasons. Internationally, the Russians wanted to pretend to the world that they were not at “war” but instead were involved in a pre-emptive defensive operation. Domestically it was a way of avoiding certain constitutional triggers that would have been activated by a formal declaration of war and, finally, it was a way of assuring the Russian people that the government had the situation in hand. No war means no problems.

How Putin’s “Special Military Operation” Became a People’s War

There is an old Italian joke that explains a lot about the nature of conformism in authoritarian and totalitarian societies: one of Mussolini’s sons asks his father what form of government he has established in the country, to which Il Duce replies irritably: “Eat up and shut up!”

This formula describes an authoritarian model in which “eating up and shutting up” is enough for the bulk of the population to appear law-abiding. Until recently, this was the model in place in Russia: in exchange for relatively decent conditions, ordinary people kept quiet, stayed out of the authorities’ affairs, and automatically voted in favor of any initiatives.

More at https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2023/03/how-puti
ns-special-military-operation-became-a-peoples-war


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Moscow’s ballistic-missile barrages are exploiting Ukraine’s Shortage of Patriot Missiles

Zelensky said there were enough interceptors for Patriot batteries in other countries’ stockpiles but that governments were reluctant to share them.

“Any delay with missiles for our air defense—missiles for Patriots—means the loss of lives, and it encourages Russia to continue the war. The world has the necessary quantity and quality of air defense,” he said. “Missiles for Patriots are needed not in warehouses right now, but in Patriot units in Ukraine.”

The Patriot missile-defense system has proven the only way for Ukraine to reliably stop ballistic missiles. The sheer speed of ballistic missiles, which travel at several miles per second in their descent, make them hard to stop.

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraines-shortage-of-patriot-missiles
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The call for accountability

By David Kirichenko
July 7, 2026, 9:24 am

https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/79276

. . . For some critics, however, the dismissal marked only the beginning of a larger question: whether accountability would follow.

“Many people see him as a symbol of military corruption in Ukraine,” said Halenko. “The problem is that he was removed from office, but he was never punished.”

Bohdan Krotevych, the former chief of staff of the Azov Brigade, wrote on X in May that Tkachuk represented “the worst remnants left in the army from the Soviet era,” pointing to questions about assets and what he described as a degrading attitude toward cadets.

If Tkachuk escaped accountability, he argued, it would send a message that senior officers could continue using their positions for personal gain while treating subordinates as servants.

“Cases like Tkachuk’s contribute to Ukraine’s inability to outperform Russia in the training and preparation of military personnel,” said Halenko. “And that is a critically important issue.”

In 2020, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced an investigation into academy officials over allegations that more than 16 million hryvnias had been embezzled through food procurement contracts between 2017 and 2020.

The Academy declined to address specific questions about allegations raised by former cadets, corruption investigations, or Tkachuk’s tenure.

Former cadets describe an institution that, in their view, changed little during Tkachuk’s tenure.

“The academy preserved many Soviet-era practices,” Halenko said. “From what I observed, there were no significant reforms.”

Oleksandra Ustinova, a Ukrainian member of parliament from the Holos party, said that the challenges facing Ukraine’s military education system extend far beyond a single academy.

“Every military academy in Ukraine needs to be led by people with real combat experience,” Ustinova said. “For too long, institutions have been run by officers who were educated in Soviet military systems and never served on the front lines.”

Analysts say that the quality of military education has become increasingly consequential as Ukraine rapidly expands and replenishes its armed forces during the war. . . .

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'Europe needs its own effective anti-ballistic system,' Zelensky tells NATO Summit

By Asami Terajima | July 7, 2026 4:56 pm

https://kyivindependent.com/europe-needs-its-own-effective-anti-ballis
tic-systems-and-missiles-zelensky-says-as-nato-summit-starts-in-ankara
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President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated Europe's need for its own "effective anti-ballistic systems and missiles" at the NATO Summit in Ankara on July 7, warning that ballistic missiles remain "Russia's last major advantage."

Zelensky's call for an anti-ballistic system comes a day after Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Kyiv, killing 26 in the second large-scale attack on the capital in four days.

Critically short on supplies of U.S.-produced Patriot PAC-3 interceptors, which are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, Ukraine's air defense is being overwhelmed by the escalation of Russian attacks on Kyiv in recent weeks.

The Ukrainian president urged European allies that their need for affordable, mass-produced anti-ballistic systems "cannot wait until 2030 or beyond," and needs to be met "as soon as possible, in fact, today."

"It's about providing the strongest possible protection. First of all protection for hundreds of millions of Europeans, and that protection is needed today, not years from now," Zelensky said in his address at the Defense Industry Forum.

Zelensky once again pleaded to Western allies for more air defense missiles to counter ballistic missiles, while adding that Ukraine is developing its own anti-ballistic ammunition and hopes "it will deliver real strong results."

The president stressed that Ukraine's current priority is securing more air defense missiles to counter ballistic missiles, which Russia has increasingly used in recent massive attacks on cities far from the front.

Zelensky said that discussions with the U.S. on a potential Patriot missile production license are underway and called on Western allies to support Kyiv in the negotiations.

"We are capable of doing everything else ourselves, but when it comes to air defense, we need our partners' determination," Zelensky said.

"Please, let more determination and more decisions for air defense be one of the key outcomes of this NATO summit in Ankara."

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:21 PM

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No, it means Putin is Stalin.

Wrong. Stalin was a scary guy, extremely competent, leading a mighty country. Putin isn't scary and isn't competent, same weaknesses as big blabbermouth Mussolini, leading a country that is no mightier than Italy, which is why Russia hasn't been able to crush Ukraine like it is a bug.

Country comparison Russia vs Italy 2026
https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/russia/italy

Economy Stats: compare key data on Italy & Russia
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Italy/Russia/Economy




If Putin is so incompetent and Russia so weak, why is Europe shitting its drawers about him?

Why are you?

And, seriously dood, even the IMF disagrees with your assessment of Russia's economy. From where do you dredge up these know- nothing fools?

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I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Supposedly a hacker got into Ukraine's military database and published their KIAs as 2.4 million.

Maybe true, maybe not.


"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger





Supposedly, too funny. Watch it and weep comrade.

T


Ukraine AMBUSHES Russian Forces In Crimea; MAJOR Losses As Russian Ships DESTROYED




THUGR, I watch Military Summary channel every day, usually twice a day. He backs up his map with geolocated videos, which Kiev readily supplies bc they need to make the most of any success that they have. I also have many other sources.

I doubt that I'm missing anything major.

Same question: From where do you dig up these know- nothing fools?

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:37 PM

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You are a pathetic loser, Second.

Fuck Ukraine. Nobody cares.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:41 PM

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I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Zelensky is at the NATO meeting in Ankara, Turkye, thumping his "war in the skies". Hes dismissing Russian advances on the ground (HINT: Russia has taken Konstantinovka and about to take Liman) as unimportant. He says the war in the skies is what counts.

So Ukraine launched about 450 drones towards Russia, most of them toward Moscow, and with three or four exceptions none of them made their targets.

At the same time, Russia launched about 70 missiles into Ukraine, many of them towards Kiev, and hit many weapons manufacturing and storage units, logistics hubs, command centers etc. One target had so many secondary explosions they had to evacuate the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, thanks to the west's active participation in attacking Russia, Putin's spox has come very close to declaring war on the west. SO FAR, Russia limits its military action to Ukraine. SO FAR, Russia has been running this invasion as an SMO, which legally limits what they can do. But if Russia openly declares war or an anti- terrorist operation, it can uncork its military, and Kiev can be turned into another Grozny and the current leadership of Ukraine targeted.



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Tuesday, July 7, 2026 3:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Supposedly a hacker got into Ukraine's military database and published their KIAs as 2.4 million.

Maybe true, maybe not.


"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger





Supposedly, too funny. Watch it and weep comrade.

T



Ukraine AMBUSHES Russian Forces In Crimea; MAJOR Losses As Russian Ships DESTROYED




THUGR, I watch Military Summary channel every day, usually twice a day. He backs up his map with geolocated videos, which Kiev readily supplies bc they need to make the most of any success that they have. I also have many other sources.

I doubt that I'm missing anything major.

Same question: From where do you dig up these know- nothing fools?

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More for you to cry about.

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Putin CALLS Emergency Meeting As Oil Refineries SHUTDOWN; Russian Economy PLUMMETS





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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Zelensky is at the NATO meeting in Ankara, Turkye, thumping his "war in the skies". Hes dismissing Russian advances on the ground (HINT: Russia has taken Konstantinovka and about to take Liman) as unimportant. He says the war in the skies is what counts.

So Ukraine launched about 450 drones towards Russia, most of them toward Moscow, and with three or four exceptions none of them made their targets.

At the same time, Russia launched about 70 missiles into Ukraine, many of them towards Kiev, and hit many weapons manufacturing and storage units, logistics hubs, command centers etc. One target had so many secondary explosions they had to evacuate the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, thanks to the west's active participation in attacking Russia, Putin's spox has come very close to declaring war on the west. SO FAR, Russia limits its military action to Ukraine. SO FAR, Russia has been running this invasion as an SMO, which legally limits what they can do. But if Russia openly declares war or an anti- terrorist operation, it can uncork its military, and Kiev can be turned into another Grozny and the current leadership of Ukraine targeted.
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No sources, no video evidence; nothing. And, Russia has a million and a half dead and wounded; for what?

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

If Putin is so incompetent and Russia so weak, why is Europe shitting its drawers about him?

Why are you?

And, seriously dood, even the IMF disagrees with your assessment of Russia's economy. From where do you dredge up these know- nothing fools?

Finnish President Alexander Stubb told CNBC Tuesday that Ukraine has already won the war against Russia — even as he warned that Kyiv still urgently needs more air defense support from NATO allies.

Stubb highlighted that Ukraine had managed to preserve its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity despite more than four years of full-scale invasion by Moscow.

“Look at things from a Moscow perspective: In the past four years, during the active war, they have advanced 60 kilometers. In World War II, they went from Moscow to Berlin, that’s 1,400 kilometers. You have to ask yourself: ‘Who has won, who has lost?’ I say Ukraine has won,” Stubb said at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/07/ukraine-won-war-russia-nato-alexander-
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Quote:

Originally posted by second:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

If Putin is so incompetent and Russia so weak, why is Europe shitting its drawers about him?

Why are you?

And, seriously dood, even the IMF disagrees with your assessment of Russia's economy. From where do you dredge up these know- nothing fools?

Finnish President Alexander Stubb told CNBC Tuesday that Ukraine has already won the war against Russia



Nobody gives one single fuck what the President of Finland has to say about anything unless he's talking about kicking out Muslims.

Shut the fuck up, retard.

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I gave you my list of sources already and posted links to military summary more than once.

What I posted is a compilation of what I've read/ heard, from sources YOU would never access. I don't care if you take it into account or not.


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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I gave you my list of sources already and posted links to military summary more than once.

What I posted is a compilation of what I've read/ heard, from sources YOU would never access. I don't care if you take it into account or not.


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Military summary is a product of Belarus. I've told you this. The city Putin and you claim the Russians have taken; Konstantinovka, they didn't. Watch the video.

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Update from Ukraine | Great! Russia Can't Hold Frontline! Putin's Summer Campaign Failed



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Military Summary backs up its map with geolocated videos, which is more than I can say for the dreck that YOU post*.

Try again, sport.

Only this time, be competent.



* I got about 7 minutes in, and it was just assertion after assertion with NOTHING to back it up.
Meanwhile, there are a dozen videos of flag-waving Russians all over Konstantinovka.


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Loser Ted's POV:

"Yeah. I agree with that. It must be true."
"No. I don't agree with that. They must be Nazis."
"Yeah. Trump sucks. Can I suck your cock for saying so, buddy?"



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US President Donald Trump has drastically changed his stance on Ukraine because he respects winners, says Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, in an exclusive interview with RBC-Ukraine.

His theory of the American President is almost aphoristic: Trump, like "everyone in the world," loves winners and has no patience for those who lose. The task in front of Ukraine, then, is not persuasion but performance — proving results on the battlefield rather than showcasing them. "Not showing it — actually having it," he says.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/zelenskyy-s-top-aide-comments-on-trump
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Ukraine’s successful intermediate- and long-range strike campaigns have forced a reckoning within the Russian ultranationalist information space, causing commentators to blame the Russian federal government for failing to create a cohesive air defense system that can adequately protect private businesses and critical infrastructure from Ukrainian long-range strikes.

A prominent Russian milblogger and propagandist published a long appeal to Telegram on July 7 calling for the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) to create a unified operational headquarters for civil drone defense to prevent Ukrainian forces from identifying and striking weak points in the Russian rear.[13] The milblogger claimed that Russian air defenses are in disarray as the Russian military and Rosgvardia (Russia’s heavily militarized internal security force) are operating air defenses in different federal subjects (regions) while private businesses are also investing in counter-drone systems, but there is no unified actor monitoring drones mid-air or establishing a multi-echeloned air defense across Russia. A Kremlin-affiliated milblogger criticized the Russian government on July 7 for pushing air defense responsibilities on Russian businesses and civilian structures, even though private entities lack the capacity and manpower to effectively defend against Ukrainian strikes.[14]

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive
-campaign-assessment-july-7-2026
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Three days, 21 ships: Russia’s Azov Sea fuel run to occupied Crimea is turning into a shooting gallery

Ukraine’s drone forces say 19 sanctioned tankers, a cargo ship, and a ferry in occupied Kerch have all been hit since the maritime operation began on 6 July. Videos confirm strikes.

by Yuri Zoria | July 8, 2026

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/08/three-days-21-ships-russias-azo
v-sea-fuel-run-to-occupied-crimea-is-turning-into-a-shooting-gallery
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The operation began on 6 July. Over its first two nights, Ukrainian drones hit 12 tankers hauling gasoline across the Azov Sea toward the occupied peninsula.

50 energy nodes cut in eight days

The same night, drone crews hit 53 military targets in the operational depth of occupied Crimea and the occupied south, Brovdi said. Six more electrical substations went dark under the "Crimean switch-off" pool — exactly 50 energy nodes hit between 1 and 8 July. Other "sensitive objects" were hit too, with a full report to follow, the commander said.

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An important blow to U.S. prestige and influence has been Trump’s failure to deliver Ukraine to Vladimir Putin. Make no mistake: everyone knows that Trump, JD Vance and company expected that their betrayal of Ukraine would lead to Russian victory. Surely, Ukraine would be unable to hold off the onslaught from its much bigger neighbor without U.S. aid. To America’s everlasting shame, Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he didn’t “have the cards.”

Yet after Trump cut U.S. aid to Ukraine by 99 percent, Ukraine not only survived but began gaining the upper hand. And Ukrainian military innovation has largely made up for the loss of American weapons. https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/europe-steps-up-ukraine-suppo
rt-after-four-years-of-war-19486
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The result has been to make the U.S. increasingly irrelevant. Ukraine has taught foreign governments that they don’t need American support.

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Military Summary backs up its map with geolocated videos, which is more than I can say for the dreck that YOU post*.

Try again, sport.

Only this time, be competent.



* I got about 7 minutes in, and it was just assertion after assertion with NOTHING to back it up.
Meanwhile, there are a dozen videos of flag-waving Russians all over Konstantinovka.


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Question. Is military summary a Russian propaganda outlet

"Short answer: Military Summary is widely assessed by independent researchers and OSINT communities as a pro-Russian, pro-Belarusian propaganda outlet, though it is not officially part of the Russian state media system.

Military Summary is generally considered a pro-Russian, pro-Belarusian source, rather than an official Russian state media outlet. While it is not directly run by the Russian government, it often amplifies narratives that align with the Kremlin's messaging. Many observers in the OSINT and independent research communities note that the channel frequently uses themes and framing consistent with Russian and Belarusian state propaganda.

In summary, *Military Summary* can be seen as part of a broader ecosystem of unofficial pro-Russian voices, even though it is not officially part of the Russian state media network."

"Russian propaganda also uses ethno-nationalist framing, dehumanization, and anti-Ukrainian tropes, which many observers note appear frequently in Military Summary’s commentary style."

OSINT Community Definition
In the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) context, the OSINT community refers to the collective of professionals, analysts, and support personnel who produce, use, and share Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) to address specific intelligence priorities, requirements, or gaps.



I am so laughing here. I'm curious how you'll handle this information. Probably like you handle zerohedge. Deny deny deny, because we both know you already know this.

Another good example of why, when you argue with me, you wind up sliding back under the rock from whence you came; comrade.

Quote signym to me,

"Try again, sport. Only this time, be competent."


How'd I do signym?

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Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Military Summary backs up its map with geolocated videos, which is more than I can say for the dreck that YOU post*.
Try again, sport.
Only this time, be competent.

* I got about 7 minutes in, and it was just assertion after assertion with NOTHING to back it up.
Meanwhile, there are a dozen videos of flag-waving Russians all over Konstantinovka.





Question. Is military summary a Russian propaganda outlet

"Short answer: Military Summary is widely assessed by independent researchers and OSINT communities as a pro-Russian, pro-Belarusian propaganda outlet, though it is not officially part of the Russian state media system.

Military Summary is generally considered a pro-Russian, pro-Belarusian source, rather than an official Russian state media outlet. While it is not directly run by the Russian government, it often amplifies narratives that align with the Kremlin's messaging. Many observers in the OSINT and independent research communities note that the channel frequently uses themes and framing consistent with Russian and Belarusian state propaganda.

In summary, *Military Summary* can be seen as part of a broader ecosystem of unofficial pro-Russian voices, even though it is not officially part of the Russian state media network."

"Russian propaganda also uses ethno-nationalist framing, dehumanization, and anti-Ukrainian tropes, which many observers note appear frequently in Military Summary’s commentary style."

OSINT Community Definition
In the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) context, the OSINT community refers to the collective of professionals, analysts, and support personnel who produce, use, and share Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) to address specific intelligence priorities, requirements, or gaps.

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I am so laughing here. I'm curious how you'll handle this information. Probably like you handle zerohedge. Deny deny deny, because we both know you already know this.

Another good example of why, when you argue with me, you wind up sliding back under the rock from whence you came; comrade.

How'd I do signym?



TERRIBLE!

You still don't "get it", do you?

OK, ONE MORE TIME:

Finding a "source" where "somebody says" what you want to hear is no good. Those "sources" are a dime a dozen, and if they're from an "authority" they're usually propaganda.

Do they have EVIDENCE to back up what they say?
Have you been able to refute the dozen or so videos of flag-waving Russians all thru Konstantinovka? Have you even looked at them?

No, OF COURSE NOT.

If you did, reality might cause cognitive dissonance


Now, I have watched Military Summary EXTENSIVELY. And I think* that Dima is actually PRO UKRAINIAN. He celebrates Ukrainian victories and agonizes over significant Ukrainian losses. Until recently, he repeated Kiev's claims WITHOUT QUESTION. It's easy to know where his heart lies.

BUT, he tries to be objective, and he follows strict rules before adjusting his map. And those rules require VIDEO EVIDENCE that one side or another has moved the frontline, and VIDEO EVIDENCE or satellite pictures about strikes. And bc Ukraine was using FPV drones extensively, there's all kinds of video from that side.

Ignore his projections about which side is going to do what. He changes that from one video to the next. Ignore his clickbait titles. Just pay attention to what he does best:

Mapping, with videos.

PS:* Stop getting your opinions from some authority figure. You ARE allowed to form your own, yanno!
And I have a lot more things to do than waste my time. So I'm gonna slide under a rock again!



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Phillips P. OBrien

It is amazing and depressing how often Trump has ridden to Putin's aid since becoming President. Just some of his actions include:

1) Cutting off all US military and economic aid for Ukraine

2) Slow walking vital military sales to Ukraine

3) Rehabilitating Putin by inviting him to the USA

4) Trying to bully Ukraine into handing over more of its territory and people to Ukraine

5) Relaxing sanctions on Belarus

6) Starving Ukraine of Patriot missiles leaving Ukraine vulnerable

7) Driving up the price of oil for months when Russia desperately needed money

It is a Russian wish list which the USA has fulfilled. The US is an enemy of freedom and democracy in Europe.

Jul 7 at 12:33 PM
https://substack.com/@phillipspobrien/note/c-290007255

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'Make them yourself': Trump gives Zelensky green light to produce Patriot missiles

by Chris Powers | July 8, 2026 4:28 pm

https://kyivindependent.com/make-them-yourself-trump-gives-zelensky-gr
een-light-to-produce-patriot-missiles
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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 8 that he will grant Ukraine its longstanding request to produce American Patriot missiles, the West's only tool capable of stopping Russian ballistic missile attacks.

While Trump later expressed confidence that Ukraine could produce the missiles quickly, he also said he had not coordinated with the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, ahead of the announcement.

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Russian joke

A Russian man is waiting in line at the gas station.

"I've had enough," he tells his wife. "Stay in line, I'm going to shoot Putin."

After two hours, he returns and gets back behind the wheel.

His wife asks him, "Did you shoot him?"

And the man replies: "No, the line to shoot Putin is even longer than the one for gas!"

https://x.com/anno1540/status/2074912124078522746

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Quote:

Originally posted by second:
'Make them yourself': Trump gives Zelensky green light to produce Patriot missiles

by Chris Powers | July 8, 2026 4:28 pm

https://kyivindependent.com/make-them-yourself-trump-gives-zelensky-gr
een-light-to-produce-patriot-missiles
/

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 8 that he will grant Ukraine its longstanding request to produce American Patriot missiles, the West's only tool capable of stopping Russian ballistic missile attacks.

While Trump later expressed confidence that Ukraine could produce the missiles quickly, he also said he had not coordinated with the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, ahead of the announcement.


Patriot missiles have proven incapable of stopping Russian (and Iranian) missiles and are too expensive to shoot down drones. (They ARE useful against planes.)

IDK why everyone wants them so badly, they're like a security blanket or something.

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Zaluzhnyi: Assuming Russia has lost the war is a 'dangerous misreading'

by Jimmy Rushton | July 8, 2026 7:34 pm

https://kyivindependent.com/zaluzhnyi-assuming-russia-has-lost-the-war
-is-a-dangerous-misreading
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"Do not assume Russia has lost the war," Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi warned in an opinion piece published in The Telegraph on July 8.

Zaluzhnyi pointed to a trend of Western analysts who assumed that "Russia has effectively lost the war," citing Ukraine's increasingly successful deep-strike campaign against the Russian oil industry and its ongoing "middle-strike" campaign to target Russian logistics.

"That is a dangerous misreading of the war," Zaluzhnyi said, arguing that analysts who focus on Ukraine's individual tactical and operational victories — battlefield gains and strikes inside Russia — instead of the broader strategic picture arrive at optimistic assessments of the state of the conflict.

Zaluzhnyi returned to a view he has advanced since 2023, describing the current conflict as a positional war of attrition shaped by drones, surveillance, and precision-strike capabilities.

"This is no longer a war of swift manuevers. It is a war of attrition," Zaluzhnyi said. "Every tactical gain now comes at an extraordinary cost. Positions can be taken, but holding them, reinforcing them and evacuating the wounded has become increasingly difficult under constant drone surveillance. Success on the battlefield is measured in meters rather than miles, and often at a price that bears little relation to its strategic value."

Zaluzhnyi's words will be viewed by many as an implicit critique of his successor as commander-in-chief, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi. Syrskyi has come under repeated criticism for launching what many consider to be poorly planned and ill-conceived offensive operations, often led by the Assault Forces, a specialized branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that answers directly to Syrskyi and has a reputation for taking high casualties during its operations.

Zaluzhnyi argues that the war's attritional logic goes beyond individual battles and operations, with neither Ukraine's nor Russia's deep-strike campaign able to deliver a knockout blow.

"Ukraine's increasingly effective strikes against Russian logistics and critical infrastructure have imposed real costs on Moscow. But these attacks are expensive, technologically demanding, and ultimately reciprocal. Russia retains the ability to strike back with equal or greater force. Neither side can rely on this form of warfare to produce a decisive strategic outcome," Zaluzhnyi writes. He also argues, however, that Ukraine's campaigns of deep-strike and middle-strike operations could strengthen the country's position in any future negotiations.

Zaluzhnyi also believes that neither side is ultimately able to claim victory, with Russia unable to achieve its original war aims but able to continue a grinding war of attrition and Ukraine able to maintain its independence but unable to forcibly remove Russian forces from Ukrainian territory.

"Wars of attrition do not produce clear winners in the conventional sense. They are decided by endurance," Zaluzhnyi writes. He adds a note of caution that Ukraine's endurance depends "heavily upon continued backing from its allies," which he believes shows signs of fraying.

"Political changes in Washington and persistent divisions within Europe raise legitimate questions about whether today's level of support can be maintained indefinitely," Zaluzhnyi writes.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/08/ukraine-ambassador-d
o-not-assume-russia-has-lost-war
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Patriot missiles have proven incapable of stopping Russian (and Iranian) missiles . . .

I asked google AI. It responded: This statement is false. While Patriot missile systems are currently facing major challenges in Ukraine due to extreme supply shortages and upgraded Russian evasion tactics, the system has repeatedly proven highly capable of intercepting Russian and Iranian missiles.

The reality on the ground is more nuanced:

• Proven Success: The Patriot system remains one of the premier air defense shields. It has a well-documented track record of shooting down advanced Russian weapons, including the Kinzhal (a hypersonic ballistic missile), and successfully intercepting waves of Iranian missiles.

• The Problem of Shortages: The primary reason Russian ballistic missiles are currently bypassing defenses is a severe global shortage of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors. Prolonged conflicts in both Ukraine and the Middle East have rapidly depleted stockpiles, forcing Ukrainian defenders to conserve ammunition and leaving major areas completely undefended.

• Tactical Adaptation: The effectiveness of the system has fluctuated because Russian forces have heavily modified their Iskander-M missiles. Upgraded software allows these missiles to perform mid-air evasive maneuvers and deploy decoys specifically designed to confuse radar and bypass interceptors.

Would you like to know more about the ongoing production efforts to build more interceptors, or how the Patriot's capabilities compare to other Western air defense systems?

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Quote:

Originally posted by second:
Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Patriot missiles have proven incapable of stopping Russian (and Iranian) missiles . . .

I asked google AI.



Well, shit, SECOND, that was your first mistake!

I know that Kiev CLAIMS to have shot down hypersonic missiles, but up until three days ago they ALWAYS claim great success shooting down pretty much everything! (Big holes in targets say otherwise!)

And Raytheon OF COURSE claims 90% interception.


But here's the thing:

Video analysis of waves of Iranian missile strikes on Israel show Patriot PAC3 repeatedly missing missile after missile, with an estimated interception rate of about 3%. The analysis was done by Ted Postol (MIT, Stanford, Argonne). Of course, I don't take anyone's word and I don't appeal to authority. But I DID watch a video of Iranian missiles raining down on Israel and the notable lack of interceptions despite interceptor launches.

One more thing: The PAC-2 version has an explosive warhead that sends out a cloud of shrapnel. (The PAC-3 doesn't) A video that you may have seen of Patriots "intercepting“ incoming over Doha AREN'T. Those are PAC-2 warheads exploding. A real interception is much brighter and hangs in the sky a lot longer as burning MISSILE particles expand outward.

Just saying.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Video analysis of waves of Iranian missile strikes on Israel show Patriot PAC3 repeatedly missing missile after missile, with an estimated interception rate of about 3%. The analysis was done by Ted Postol (MIT, Stanford, Argonne).

It just so happens that Ted Postol is full of shit:

Dr. Postol has published video analyses of various conflicts, including conflicts in the Middle East. He has argued that video evidence shows interceptor missiles frequently failing to hit incoming ballistic missiles, resulting in very low interception rates.

The Counter-Argument: Postol's methodologies, specifically his use of ground-level television and social media footage to gauge interception success, have been widely criticized by military analysts, industry experts, and government agencies. Critics, such as defense analyst Fabian Hoffmann, point out that ground videos lack spatial depth, image quality, and complete spatial awareness required to judge whether an interceptor destroyed a warhead in mid-air.

No, the claim that Patriot PAC-3 systems have a 3% interception rate against Iranian missiles is factually unsupported and heavily contradicted by military assessments.

• Overall Success Rates: Analyses from independent agencies and military assessments consistently place the interception rate of the broader, multi-layered air defense network—which includes Patriot, Arrow 3, and David's Sling—at roughly 86% to 90%.

• Viral Video Context: The video analysis in question likely refers to highly specific, isolated engagements where dense Iranian ballistic barrages temporarily saturated local defenses, forcing multiple interceptors to be launched sequentially at single, maneuvering targets.

• System Limitations: The MIM-104 Patriot systems deployed by the U.S. and regional allies are designed for rapid, "body-to-body“ kinetic intercept. While there have been documented instances where a Patriot battery fired multiple missiles to shoot down a single incoming threat—resulting in temporary misses or footage of spent missiles impacting the ground—these do not represent the overall success average.

If you are interested in this topic, I can:

• Provide details on the cost and production delays of PAC-3 interceptors

• Explain how the multi-layered air defense system actually operates

• Share statistics on interceptor usage across different countries in the Middle East

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Thursday, July 9, 2026 12:49 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Video analysis of waves of Iranian missile strikes on Israel show Patriot PAC3 repeatedly missing missile after missile, with an estimated interception rate of about 3%. The analysis was done by Ted Postol (MIT, Stanford, Argonne).

It just so happens that Ted Postol is full of shit:

Dr. Postol has published video analyses of various conflicts, including conflicts in the Middle East. He has argued that video evidence shows interceptor missiles frequently failing to hit incoming ballistic missiles, resulting in very low interception rates.550

The Counter-Argument: Postol's methodologies, specifically his use of ground-level television and social media footage to gauge interception success, have been widely criticized by military analysts, industry experts, and government agencies. [/wuote}

Of course!
Do you think Raytheon and the Pentagon would agree thst their system is full
of shit?

I looked at the videos myself. I saw a crapton of missile warheads/ submunitions falling and only one interception.

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