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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.

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[–] faberyayo@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the peace talks...

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Piss negotiations.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 days ago

Funny how Putin offers "mercy" while bombing hospitals. His dictionary must define peace as "total submission."

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 97 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Europe, I hope y'all are doing the whole "speak quietly and carry a big stick."

Because if Putin steam rolls Ukraine, he's not stopping there, and now he has the US government under his control too.

[–] cool@lemmings.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If Europe really wanted to stop Russia, they would've sent armies into Ukraine.

"We don't want to escalate because it might start WW3!"

But Putin is going to attack you guys anyways when he's done with Ukraine.

"Yes, but this is the rhetoric dumbasses have been told to peddle so that's what we're doing!"

I still remember when people said Ukraine shouldn't mine its border because it would be seen as "escalation." Funny how the wrong-crowd always scatters like roaches after the damage is done.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

They have scheduled a committee meeting to decide where to plant the tree from which they might someday get big sticks.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Bet.

We ready bruv

Taistelukenttä 2020 | Slagfält 2020 | Battlefield 2020

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Russia had experience in trying to invade Finland. Hasn't gone well for them since... well, since the idea of nations to begin with.

Edit fixes link url

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Finland isn't what I'm quite so worried about yet.

Its more Estonia. And Latvia. And Moldova, Romania, Poland, Chezchia, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc.

Hungary and Belarus I think we can say are pretty much already Russia.

Also I didn't know about the Kaliningrad Oblast, anyone know what the fuck happened there?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Kaliningrad was German before (Königsberg) but was annexed by the Soviets after WW2 and Russified. At the time there was a land border through the Baltics. When these former Soviet states broke free, Kaliningrad remained Russian.

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Yeah kaliningrad oblast came like as a surprise to me as well some years back. Like what the fuck is a piece of Russia doing there?!

Estonia is a EU and NATO country. It's not part of NORDEFCO but we still have exercised with them extensively I believe especially after joining NATO.

Finland is the backbone of the Nordic defense.

And that's my favourite role. In the army we won the rope-pulling contest with me as anchor. The other teams wore fucking boots while we had sneakers on (because dress code says no boots with exercise gear) so they broke military dress code and accused us of cheating.

I know I wasn't the strongest member of our group (we had one EU judo champion who could toss a 10-20kg exercise ball to the ceiling of a sports hall like 10m high), but I was the most unyielding one with the most spirit and anger and that's infectious.

I like to think I channeled the spirit of Óðinn:

As mentioned above, Odin’s name can be translated as “Master of Ecstasy.” His Old Norse name, Óðinn, is formed from two parts: first, the noun óðr, “ecstasy, fury, inspiration,” and the suffix -inn, the masculine definite article, which, when added to the end of another word like this, means something like “the master of” or “a perfect example of.” The eleventh-century historian Adam of Bremen confirms this when he translates “Odin” as “The Furious.”[1] Óðr can take countless different forms. As one saga describes Odin, “when he sat with his friends, he gladdened the spirits of all of them, but when he was at war, his demeanor was terrifyingly grim.”

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/odin/

(as a side note odin was way gayer than ppl think and slightly genderfluid and I respect all lgtb and im not a racist, it's just something you have to mention when talking about norse myths)

And thats wholly tangential but it's what I bring to the table.. Let Vanja fucking try opening up another front.

“Silmien Välliin” - Finnish Anti-Russian Song

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[–] withabeard@lemmy.world 137 points 3 days ago (7 children)

So... Let me check I get this right on the timeline.

America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.

Categorical that Russia is not serious about ending the war.

Next steps boys

[–] Sirus@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

The next step is to get Putin to a table and poison or radiate him and end it that way.

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[–] Tamei@lemm.ee 101 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Ukraine shouldn't have started it by wanting to be independent of Russia.

Edit: do I really need to add /s?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 3 days ago

Ukraine asked for it. By the way she dressed. If Ukraine didn't want to be invaded, she should have just kept an aspirin between her knees

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

For anyone not reading the article he is specifically talking about any troops Ukraine has left in the Kursk region as there has been a general pullback into Ukraine from Kursk in the last few days. This is not about the wider peace negotiations.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Strange because the actual title of the article mentions that fact. it appears the link seeks to make it as clickbaity as possible.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah. I didn't like that. I don't like Putin but misinfo isn't going to help.

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[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago

For anyone not reading the article

ie. everybody in the thread

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can someone please take Putin out on a balcony

[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

or a window in top floor of a skyscraper. Dude needs some fresh air.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

He should fall for so long that he has time to regret his life choices. They should need to to a dna test to confirm it was him with from the shit stain in the crater.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Some some glowing tea?

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Putin really meant, "Surrender AND die".

[–] DaChrissy@reddthat.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its wild to think that when this started I was not married and my now wife then girlfriend was still in college. Time flies. Aside from that, what the fuck putin?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Probably important to note that in American English, college refers to tertiary education ('university' elsewhere)

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm amazed he's offering "Surrender or die", I figured he'd pull an Israel and go "Surrender AND die"

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 days ago

They say 'or', then they act out 'and'.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That is definitely what will happen if they surrender though.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Trump was supposed to end this war in a day. Has it been a day yet?

TBF he never specified which day.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yes a very weird one... Albeit a long one.

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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 58 points 3 days ago

Bro, you don't even have the strongest army inside of Russia.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago

Fucking war criminal.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hm this is going to be a real speedbump on the way to Trump's Nobel

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 2 days ago

Hey Putin, wanna hear a funny story?

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Putin must surrender or die

I'd love to fly that drone that does the job

😁

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can't happen soon enough man. I wake up every morning and go to Google news front page hoping to see it. I hate that my mind is being spent on having to hate this ugly, evil person.

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (13 children)

So more weapons and aid to Ukraine it is then.

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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There will be peace when there's nobody left to fight.

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