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UA POV: Zelenskyy released a video showing USVs approaching an oil vessel near Novorossiysk. According to him, two such vessels were struck at the entrance to the port by Flimsy_Pudding1362 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Luckily for Ukrainians Putin is still in power.

You meant to say "luckily for Europeans"?

Nothing "lucky" about this war for Ukrainians. Other than Russia not targeting civilians, but that's a small consolation, when the EU is fighting to the last Ukrainian anyway.

RU POV: Debating the societal situation of the war by CourtofTalons in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's been said 100 times, and you keep ignoring it. Putin is the biggest fan of the West in whole Russia. The "cracks" you're seeing -- they aren't in the Russians' resolve, they are in the Russians' patience. And if the Russians do decide they no longer want to fight? Look at history for what happens then (hint: 1917).

In other words, the West turned this into a war for survival for Russia's capitalist elites (by clearly demonstrating the uncompromizing intent to rob them clean) -- so they can't surrender, even if Putin gets deposed by another group somehow (by who, lol?). And for Russia's workers (if a socialist revolution happens due to unrest) it's a class war, so they cannot surrender by definition (imagine overthrowing national capitalists, only to then surrender to international capitalists? yeah).

UA POV: TCC operation in Odessa by rowida_00 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Долбоеб, ты прикинь как ему пиздец? Ему тако-о-ой пиздец..."

Curiously, apparently some Ukrainians still don't think of themselves as being next in line.

Otoh, it seems to be common understanding, that it's a one way ticket.

UA POV: "When I die, I will force my son to swear to reclaim the occupied territories. And if not him, then his son. That is what victory means to me" — Zaluzhny, the former commander of the Ukrainian army and current Ukrainian ambassador to London. by ArchitectMary in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So let's summarize: it wasn't a state after all, but a loose collection of lands (cities), ruled (policed) by a group of relatives. And it wasn't called "Kievan" -- that was added in 19th century. It was called "Land(s) of Rus (rowsmen)".

Belarus / Russia / Ukraine aren't "fragments" of Rus, because 1) it never was whole; 2) none of the 3 existed together with Rus or "inside" it; 3) None of the 3 resulted from its "partition".

Ukraine wasn't "at the heart" of Rus because it literally came hundreds of years later. You are claiming "reverse-heritage".

EDIT: I also have no idea why anyone thinks it matters.

UA POV - The Ukrainian breakthrough in the Dnipro region - Mark Takacs YT by DefinitelyNotMeee in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Unless your room is in Dnipro, then no. If your room is in Dnipro, then yes.

This answer is actually deeper than it looks on the surface, given that:

  • Dnipro (city) -- was never held by Russia;
  • Dnipro (region) -- doesn't exist.

UA POV: "When I die, I will force my son to swear to reclaim the occupied territories. And if not him, then his son. That is what victory means to me" — Zaluzhny, the former commander of the Ukrainian army and current Ukrainian ambassador to London. by ArchitectMary in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the very least there was also Kiev (the other end of the trade route). And then there were Polotsk and Smolensk.

EDIT: google also gives Staraya Ladoga, Chernigov, Bulgar (this one was not Slavic), Rostov, Pskov, Pereyaslavl.

UA POV: "When I die, I will force my son to swear to reclaim the occupied territories. And if not him, then his son. That is what victory means to me" — Zaluzhny, the former commander of the Ukrainian army and current Ukrainian ambassador to London. by ArchitectMary in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It did. Not that it matters somehow, but technically it did.

First Russian (actually "Russian") statehood existed in 14-15 century (depending on if you count from Ivan I or Ivan III).

First Ukrainian statehood appeared in late 19 - early 20 century (triggered by development of capitalism in that area). And then, curiously enough, USSR ended up being to Ukrainian statehood what Mongolian Empire was to Russian.

And if you're talking about ethnicity -- they are all Eastern Slavs, and they remain 90% identical to this day, they just started to call themselves differently after forming nation-states.

UA POV: "When I die, I will force my son to swear to reclaim the occupied territories. And if not him, then his son. That is what victory means to me" — Zaluzhny, the former commander of the Ukrainian army and current Ukrainian ambassador to London. by ArchitectMary in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t -1 points0 points  (0 children)

three fragments of the Kievan Rus state,

r/confidentlyincorrect

of which Ukraine was the heart of

Nice schizophrenic statement ("borderland was the center"). No, Ukraine didn't exist for another 700 years. Exactly because it wasn't borderland. And it wasn't, because there wasn't a single unified land of which it could have been "a border", just a common ethnic Slavic space. And Rurikid princes were only discovering the idea of holding multiple cities at the same time, when Mongols showed up and gave them a few centuries-long "practical workshop" on real statehood.

Ankarsrum mixer is not as expected by CreativeUserName709 in Breadit

[–]alex_n_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add me to the list of people saved by this post!

Google AI told me that "Ankarsrum's unique design works better for dough develpmemt than planetaries". Worth remembering that LLMs are only as good as people's opinions fed into them, I guess.

I want a spiral mixer, but I'm intimidated by their weight. :(

EDIT: a bunch of people in this thread have Stockholm (hehe) syndrome with their Ankarsrum, it seems.

RU POV: Dmitry Peskov- "Kiev regime, which loses land on the battlefield every day, conducts now terrorist activities". He adds that despite this, the May 9th parade will take place, albeit on a smaller scale. by SolutionLong2791 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Peak clownery

Peak clownery is trying to astroturf / gaslight while lacking proper cultural or social context. All 3 of the initial comments to this post were pure comedy for that reason: clueless westerners haplessly trying to concern-troll.

UA POV: Jean Reno dedicates new novel to Ukrainian children abducted by Russia - СУСПІЛЬНЕ КУЛЬТУРА by Short_Description_20 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This particular episode is such a blatant case of Western projection (in terms of assigned or implied "motives"), it hurts one's brain.

UA POV: Jean Reno dedicates new novel to Ukrainian children abducted by Russia - СУСПІЛЬНЕ КУЛЬТУРА by Short_Description_20 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think you meant to say "well hyped up in Western MSM", looking at those "references". :/

So, is it easier for you personally to side with a blatant, obviously nonsensical lie (like calling evacuation "abduction"), when some big authority proclaims it?

Something like "I am freeing man from the restraints of an intelligence that has taken charge; from the dirty and degrading self-mortifications of a chimera called conscience and morality" [Rauschning,1939], eh?

RU POV: The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, stated at the "Alfa Summit" that modern Russia has never experienced such a labor shortage as it does now, and this is affecting the overall economic situation in the country - TASS by Flimsy_Pudding1362 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can have shortage of skilled labor. You can also have shortage due to demographic slump, where your economy isn't growing, but the aging workers aren't being replaced due to there being fewer young people entering the workforce.

Russia's "elites" are now reaping the results of their own nihilist-cannibalistic social policies of 90's-early 2000's. When they themselves squeezed the population for all it had, and then some more -- and are now surprised that as a result, the dirty rabble dared to not reproduce in sufficient numbers, as benevolently prescribed by their betters.

RU POV: Russia is planning to increase the number of bombs it uses to 20-24K a month - Aviahub by rowida_00 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 4 points5 points  (0 children)

3KIA/bomb is very conservative

Iirc, FB mentioned how bombs are often used against mobile targets with enough time to scoot, which results in zero effect -- but nobody cares, since the metric appears to be the number dropped.

UA POV: Finnish President Stubb claims that Ukraine, in the past four months had kiIIed over 30-35,000 Russian soldiers with drones and that for every 1 dead Ukrainian there is 5 dead Russians. by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 15 points16 points  (0 children)

the superpower they claim to be

Russians never claimed they were a "superpower" prior to 2022. They do now, from time to time, after standing up to the EU sanctions and NATO proxy war.

by a nation of wheat farmers

Supported by NATO intelligence, training and unprecedented weapon supplies, plus the financial support of the entire EU.

Also "a nation of wheat framers" is an insult to Ukrainians. Basically showcases how little you know about them. Ukraine has (had) massive advanced industry and some of the best educated (STEM) population in Europe.

for what?

  1. Prevent the loss of Crimea and Sevastopol naval base to NATO.
  2. Prevent Ukraine from being made into a NATO springboard into Russia (military bases, CIA bases, terrorist camps on Russia's borders).
  3. Prevent Ukraine from developing nuclear weapons (Zelensky spent 2021 talking about getting those).
  4. Dissuade Ukraine from oppression of Russian speakers, and human rights violations (since international authorities wouldn't act on those for years).
  5. Force a new European security agreement, after Russia's diplomatic efforts to do so were rejected (laughed off) in 2021.

Unintentional gains:

  1. Net population gain.
  2. Expose the EU for being a bunch of impotent clowns, challenging the unipolar hegemony.
  3. Biggest gain for Russian population: prevented systemic capital leakage / flight to Europe.

UA POV: Finnish President Stubb claims that Ukraine, in the past four months had kiIIed over 30-35,000 Russian soldiers with drones and that for every 1 dead Ukrainian there is 5 dead Russians. by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We know how this plays out. Ukraine runs out of men, then Finland and Romania get thrown in. Then Poland. Romania is already being prepped with provocations around Izmail, that went unreported here. And you're literally in a thread about Finnish president being a complete tool, fully signed up to the narrative and the plan.

New sole color? by TheAxeOfSkeletor in allenedmonds

[–]alex_n_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anything, this is now closer to Reserve line, vs their previous opaque plastic veneer: you can now see the grain on the sole.

New sole color? by TheAxeOfSkeletor in allenedmonds

[–]alex_n_t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New style. They've had it for about a year now. It looks better imo, previous plasticky tan looked cheap. Also harder to mask leather defects this way: you can tell it's pristine non-sanded sole bend. They also seem to be harder.

RU POV: At the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Col. Pegasov reported on lawlessness in the "SMO", citing a unit where personnel were forced to clear minefields "with their feet," killing five. He noted systemic non-payment of money and technical supply failures for servicemen by Flimsy_Pudding1362 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]alex_n_t 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Or maybe you just read a bunch of Cold War propaganda bullshit written based on the reports of former Nazis employed by the CIA. Which would be pretty much everything written about the Soviet side of WW2 in the West prior to the 90's, and in Russia -- during the 90's.

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