Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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UPDATED: Sunday, September 6, 2026 21:09
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Really?? Another THGR prediction??
Let me know when it happens!
*yawn*
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Originally posted by THG:
Can you Invision me laughing comrade. Cause I am.
"Invision"????
Why are you so fucking retarded?
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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How Russia’s Neighbors Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
By Vitold Jancis
Vitold Jancis is a Polish-Lithuanian journalist and political commentator.
June 30, 2026
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/30/how-russias-neighbors-learne
d-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb-a93134
Mindaugas Sinkevicius, the incoming prime minister of Lithuania, said on June 30 that he supports removing from the country’s Constitution the ban on stationing weapons of mass destruction on Lithuanian territory.
Not long ago, the very idea that Lithuania or its neighbors might host nuclear weapons aimed at Russia seemed mad and dangerous. People feared Moscow’s reaction; they feared becoming targets of a nuclear strike; they feared the unforgiving logic of the Cold War itself.
Today, it is no longer the presence of the bomb that seems dangerous, but its absence. In a world where Russia openly resorts to nuclear blackmail, countries unfortunate enough to live beside it are arriving at a simple and cynical conclusion: to preserve their independence, they need a nuclear weapon — preferably more than one.
Does what I am saying sound blasphemous? It is. It should not be this way. Nuclear weapons should never be used again. One would hope that, since weapons of mass destruction exist, their sole function would be for deterrence, never to be used in real life.
But that is precisely why the threat of using nuclear weapons works. Even a very large country like Russia would be sent back to the Stone Age after the destruction of critical infrastructure hubs. Ethical doubts and questions of conscience are an unaffordable luxury for Russia’s neighbors; the Kremlin sees all of this as a sign of weakness and grounds for pressure and blackmail.
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Finland have come to consider taking part in a common European nuclear deterrent and even hosting the weapons on their own soil, not because life has been good. The experience of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, as well as their own, does not merely suggest but scream that the Kremlin only respects those who are strong and ready to resist. The question that keeps coming up is whether Putin would have invaded Ukraine had it not given up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in 1994.
For a long time, such a discussion was considered almost indecent. After leaving the U.S.S.R. and restoring its independence, Lithuania wrote into its Constitution a ban on hosting weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases on its territory. At the time, it seemed that the country’s security could be guaranteed by international law, political alliances, democracy, the European Union and NATO. We wanted to believe that Europe’s borders had become inviolable; that Russia had become a trading empire that preferred rubles to tanks, confining nuclear weapons to films about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War.
Well, none of that happened.
The Kremlin quickly explained that the liberal international order was an illusion. Russia continued to wage wars: first in Chechnya, then in Georgia and Syria, and it has now been at war with Ukraine for 12 years. The full-scale aggression against Ukraine, which began four and a half years ago, became the largest war in Europe since the end of World War II.
Moscow revived and began actively employing nuclear blackmail — the promise to bomb European cities — in its everyday rhetoric. Russian officials, experts and propagandists discuss live on air which capital to strike first. The message is: fear us, or we will press the nuclear button. When you are constantly intimidated and blackmailed with the threat of a nuclear strike, you stop being afraid and begin to, as Stanley Kubrik would say, “love the bomb.”
You only fear your own weakness and defenselessness. Before the war in Ukraine, the main argument of opponents of firm deterrence was that Russia should not be provoked.
But the Kremlin made it clear that it needs no provocation. Moscow cannot bear the thought that its neighbors live freely, do not wish
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‘I Don’t Know When This Will End’: As Ukraine Steps Up Strikes, Crimea Grapples With Fuel Shortages and Blackouts
By Alex Talipova
June 30, 2026
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/30/i-dont-know-when-this-will-e
nd-as-ukraine-steps-up-strikes-crimea-grapples-with-fuel-shortages-and-blackouts-a93131
Olesya, a resident of the Russian-annexed port city of Sevastopol, Crimea, has resorted to desperate measures to fill up her car’s gas tank. Recently, she and a group of friends spent hours trying to obtain a QR code that would allow her to buy just 20 liters (5.3 gallons) of gasoline.
“There were 10 of us sitting there, hoping one of us would get a code,” Olesya told The Moscow Times, withholding her last name for safety reasons.
Ukraine has stepped up attacks on supply routes and energy infrastructure serving Crimea in recent weeks in what it says is an effort to isolate the annexed peninsula and disrupt military supply lines for Russia’s full-scale invasion.
For people in Crimea, the campaign is transforming daily life. Residents who spoke to The Moscow Times said fuel has become scarce, rolling blackouts and water shortages are now routine and even everyday tasks like commuting to work or buying groceries have become increasingly challenging.
Authorities in Sevastopol have repeatedly tightened fuel restrictions over the past month, initially limiting sales to cash purchases, then to prepaid fuel cards and vouchers.
Residents were later allowed to buy no more than 20 liters (5.3 gallons) per week using QR codes distributed through the state-backed messaging app Max. Fuel sales were subsequently suspended altogether before limited QR code distribution resumed last week.
While Olesya initially refused to install Max, she said she eventually relented after running out of alternatives.
"My friends and I all gathered at my apartment and everyone tried to get a code for my car," she said.
Sergei Aksyonov and Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Kremlin-appointed heads of Crimea and Sevastopol, declared a state of emergency last week without specifying how long it would remain in place.
Crimea previously faced gasoline supply disruptions in the fall of 2025, when drivers waited for hours in lines outside gas stations across the peninsula.
This time, as of late June, there were few lines left. Residents said that was because gasoline was no longer available to most private motorists.
According to residents, gasoline is largely reserved for emergency services, police, firefighters, utility companies and businesses with existing supply contracts.
People have vented their frustration in comments on Governor Aksyonov’s social media posts.
“When will the fuel problems be resolved?” one Crimean resident named Anna wrote.
Some residents have started traveling to southern Russia to buy gasoline.
Mikhail, a resident of the city of Simferopol, told The Moscow Times that gas station employees in Russia’s Krasnodar and Rostov regions have refused to sell fuel to people driving Crimean-registered cars.
“They tell me they don’t have gasoline for Crimean residents, only for locals,” he said. “To fill up a full tank and bring 200 liters of fuel home, I stopped at every gas station along the M-4 and topped up as much as I could wherever I could.”
Mikhail said he made the nearly day-long trip because he wanted to keep enough gasoline on hand to evacuate his family from Crimea if necessary.
“There’s no gasoline here. The children constantly hear explosions, and electricity and water are rationed. I don’t know when this will end,” he said. “I don’t want to rely on trains either. They’re either canceled or rescheduled. It’s better to have a supply of gasoline. Here, unlike in Sevastopol, you can’t buy gasoline, not even in theory.”
Olesya, the Sevastopol resident, said that although she does not use her car often, she prefers to keep the tank full as she regularly drives to visit her parents, who live three hours away.
In early June, she used up the fuel vouchers she had received
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Estonia's PM says Russia is weaker than it has been in years
By Alona Sonko | July 4, 2026, 05:53 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/estonian-pm-says-russia-is-at-its-weakest
-in-years-50621669.html
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said Russia is now in its weakest position in years, urging allies to increase military support for Ukraine and maintain pressure on the Kremlin during a joint news conference in Berlin on July 4.
"Russia is weaker today than it has been in many years. That is no accident. It is the result of our actions. Our strategy is working. So let's continue putting pressure on Russia, not on Ukraine," Michal said.
The Estonian prime minister said Russia's latest large-scale strikes on civilian infrastructure demonstrate that the Kremlin's objectives remain unchanged. According to him, Moscow still seeks to occupy all of Ukraine and undermine European unity, meaning the appropriate response is increased military support for Kyiv.
Michal also said the European Union has already allocated additional funding to support Ukraine, but individual member states should step up bilateral assistance as well.
"Estonia has committed to providing annual military assistance worth at least 0.25% of GDP. And we can do even more. Last year, that figure reached 0.35% of our GDP," he said.
The prime minister also urged the European Union to open all negotiating clusters for Ukraine's EU accession without delay. He said Ukraine's path toward membership serves not only Ukraine's interests but also the European Union's strategic and economic interests, while strengthening security and peace across Europe.
On June 25, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Russia would not prevail in its war against Ukraine and called on Moscow to begin peace negotiations and end hostilities. He also said Germany would continue supporting Ukraine and that Europe and NATO stand ready to increase economic pressure on Russia.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." - Dean Wormer, *Animal House*.
Inside the Ukrainian military's fight to motivate new recruits
By Asami Terajima
July 4, 2026 1:15 PM
17 min read
https://kyivindependent.com/inside-the-ukrainian-militarys-fight-to-mo
tivate-new-recruits/
More than four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the majority of Ukraine's recruits were drafted to serve in the military, with the lack of motivation being an issue, especially if, in some cases, they were violently grabbed off the streets.
The recruits in the 66th Brigade are no different. Trying to get recruits to change their mentality and understand the importance of defending their country is difficult, particularly when working with full-grown adults, many of them well past middle age, according to the officers.
"If a person hasn't come on their own, motivated, it's very difficult to change them in such a short period of time," Ihor, the chief sergeant of a battalion in the 66th Brigade, tells the Kyiv Independent after the recruits finish their lunch.
The new soldiers arriving generally lack motivation, especially compared to 2022, when the war had just begun, and the military was full of highly driven individuals from top to bottom, always ready to head out to the front, according to Ihor, who goes by his callsign "Yeger." Trying to train soldiers who are not driven to learn is extremely difficult, commanders across multiple units told the Kyiv Independent.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Gotta kill off the remaining Ukrainian men so they're out of the way when we drop 2 Million battle-aged Muslim men on their heads.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Really?? Another THGR prediction??
Let me know when it happens!
*yawn*
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
It's happening now. You're just too thick, Slow, dense, not very smart so you can't understand it.
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1.4M casualties: Russia is 'losing at historical numbers'
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Dude. You couldn't count to 14, let alone 1.4 Million.
They're the same number to your stupid ass. What do you care?
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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.
In any case ...
Watch it and weep.
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