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Posted: 10/27/2021 8:27:29 PM EDT
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It says it's been moved, but the link just takes me to the Community page. What gives?


This is now the active "shit (might be) is definitely happening in Ukraine" thread.

News links, thanks to BerettaGuy:
Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:
LINKS TO UKRAINIAN NEWS SOURCES IN ENGLISH

Kyiv Post

Ukrainian News

UKRInform

EUROMAIDEN PRESS

New Voice of Ukraine

Kyiv Independent

Ukraine World

InterFax Ukraine

UATV

Ukrainian Journal

Official Website of the President of Ukraine

Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

Save these links. I can't post all the headlines like I've done in the past - too much news and too often.
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Please @ me with additional stuff to be added here. I don't currently have time to properly curate this thread otherwise.

New news link c/o berettaguy:

Ukrainian Pravda
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/

Stop fake, anti - disinformation site:
https://www.stopfake.org/en/main/
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:52:48 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By outofbattery:



 To differentiate the groups, those on the Ukrainian side are perhaps better described as Ichkerians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria

The US made a massive mistake when Clinton did Yeltsin a favor and killed Dudayev,after which it turned the matter of Chechen independence  from nationalism to religion but it really doesn’t matter,Dubya would have supported anything Putin wanted to do after 9/11 anyway because “yer with us or a turrist” so it was just a matter of timing.

    What Russia is doing in Ukraine is the exact same thing as they did in Chechnya
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/27/chechnya.russia2

 One of the Ichkerian battalion leaders has said that they will burn the Kadyrovites’ beards off and that “Basiyev would have cut your heads off”  so if/when they meet I would not expect much mercy. Kadyrov’s rabble  are seen by them as  religious and ethnic traitors and nobody likes traitors,especially folks with fundamentalist leanings.

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Yup. I posted about 600 pages or so back on who Dudayev was and why he’s respected by people in Ukraine as well as the Baltics.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:53:15 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:53:49 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dracster:
"12-year-old Danilo with a cat in his ruined house near Chernihiv. After the shelling, his mother had to have her leg amputated."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_05-44-41_jpg-2349721.JPG

"Russia is preparing a new offensive, and witnesses of the occupation of cities, towns and villages by Russian troops, from which the Russians retreated, talk about life under siege.

Despite the fact that people are forced to hide in cellars and basements and go almost without food, they manage to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine, passing the coordinates and the exact number of enemies to their army."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_08-16-09_jpg-2349723.JPG

"This is how Nikolaev lives. If you didn't know, there has been no centralized water supply for the third day already.

The stocks that the townspeople have made have already either run out or are nearing the end of many. All bottled drinking water in stores was sold out - only carbonated water remained in bottles with a capacity of one to two liters. Therefore, for many residents of Nikolaev, the problem of obtaining water became a priority this morning. Lines line up near springs. Many citizens come or walk directly to the river and collect water for technical needs.

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Can you post a link to the original please? This kind of stuff needs to be shared.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:53:52 AM EDT
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When they start shooting down Bombers who will the Russians blame?  I am beginning to think Ukraine needs to take the war to Russia and let them feel the burn.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:54:03 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By cryo_tech:
So I'm seeing on telegram and some twat feeds, that Russia may "declare war" since Ukraine is fighting back , and (probably) sunk the Moscva.

What precisely changes there? Anyone with more than 2 brain cells to rub together can see this is a literal war and invasion. What does a deceleration do that a sepcial operation doesn't? Total mobilization? More forced conscription?

Sounds like the fast track to a prelude to full war in Europe to me. Which may have been what they wanted all along. They know they can't compete conventionally with NATO.
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Declaring war officially by the Kremlin will allow Putin to have a real draft, reallocate domestic manufacturing and needs…officially have WMDs in play if needed to be…

If a war is declared…be ready to see what they have been trying to cook off in Belarus…
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:54:17 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Jozsi:



And get ready for massive 1944 propaganda being played that Estonians are all Waffen SS super duper aryan master race that needs denazicfication.
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Originally Posted By Jozsi:
Originally Posted By outofbattery:
Originally Posted By AnalogKid:
Originally Posted By HIPPO:

What are they going to do...steal every kitchen sink from Moscow, stuff them into Bears then drop them on Kyiv?

Because they don't have much left. If Putin resorts to whole-scale NBC attacks he's going to get his shit pushed in with a quickness.



 So far Moscow and Saint Petersburg are untouched by the “special operation”. The illusion that there have only been 1500 Russians killed is still there as city kids aren’t drafted,this has been explained a couple times. If they start press ganging Moscow and Saint Petersburg’s children to what is finally getting called a war there might be some questioning of things.

 Russians don’t give a partial fuck if some village kid or a Tuvan/Buryat/Dagestani gets killed in Ukraine. They are going to have to ask themselves if their kids getting killed are worth it. The great big issue is that if he fully mobilizes then how does he back away from some of the rhetoric used to justify this regarding NATO and so forth? The possibility of a half million untrained conscript rush across my border is not zero.



And get ready for massive 1944 propaganda being played that Estonians are all Waffen SS super duper aryan master race that needs denazicfication.
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It’s getting froggy fast.   With NATO applications by Finland and Sweden, Poland and the US wargaming, the closing of the Bosporus to warships, etc all… everyone is getting ready for shit to get worse fast.  They know it’s coming.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:54:32 AM EDT
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"Ukrainian Su-24 front line bomber shot down in the Izium area by a MANPADS. As per reports it was flying very low."

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That was a good hit, you can see the shrapnel holes in the tail from the warhead.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:58:13 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dracster:
"An abandoned field camp of the Russian military between Makarov and the village of Lipovka, Kiev region.
The Russians were forced to retreat from here in early April. The photo of what they left behind was taken by AIN.UA editor-in-chief Ilya Kabachinsky."

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Shit, those guys look relatively civilized, in comparison to the other orc hobo camps. They even have a burn pit and garbage buckets. They might have even dug a latrine! Innovative!
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 9:58:51 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Star_Scream:



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier
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Originally Posted By Star_Scream:
Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:


Fuck



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and that Putin is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":





These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.

@Ryan_Ruck (your 2 cents?)
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:00:00 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Et2ss:




China is doing it for them
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Originally Posted By Et2ss:
Originally Posted By Drakich:


Russia has stated their goal is to basically overthrow the US and put us in our place.  This is our fight whether or not we like it.




China is doing it for them


China would be more than happy if the US/EU and Russia wiped each other out, and then move in to take over the world.

If there is a WMD false flag, China would benefit the most.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:00:02 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By GTLandser:


Random comments:
1) I can't believe how shitty the video from their FLIR turret looks. Like something from 1991.

2) I can't believe how much oscillation seems to occur in their wing pylons. I have seen them shake almost as much in flight too. Can anyone(@AeroE) confirm/explain if that's on purpose? I know F-16 wings do better with some load on them, but Jesus, those pylons on the Ka-52 are just flopping around.
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Originally Posted By GTLandser:
Originally Posted By realwar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aTtXfFAVU8


Random comments:
1) I can't believe how shitty the video from their FLIR turret looks. Like something from 1991.

2) I can't believe how much oscillation seems to occur in their wing pylons. I have seen them shake almost as much in flight too. Can anyone(@AeroE) confirm/explain if that's on purpose? I know F-16 wings do better with some load on them, but Jesus, those pylons on the Ka-52 are just flopping around.


I was thinking the same thing. In flight video show it bad also.. that's crazy
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:00:08 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By 9mmstephen:


When they start shooting down Bombers who will the Russians blame?  I am beginning to think Ukraine needs to take the war to Russia and let them feel the burn.
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Originally Posted By 9mmstephen:


When they start shooting down Bombers who will the Russians blame?  I am beginning to think Ukraine needs to take the war to Russia and let them feel the burn.

Too bad Ukraine doesn’t have anything with the range to hit Engels Air Base.

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Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:00:32 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By JamesTKirk:


With their performance so far , do we really want to get rid of their officer core?
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Originally Posted By JamesTKirk:
Originally Posted By Chaingun:
Add another high ranking officer to the kill list


With their performance so far , do we really want to get rid of their officer core?


It is a dilemma. OTOH, I suspect underlings won't do anything without an overlord though, so...
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:00:45 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dracster:
"Rail War" continues to gain momentum in Russia: successful sabotage on Russian railways have already taken place in 4 regions

This was reported by @belzhd_live. It is known that on the Moscow Railway for the last 2 weeks rail guerrillas conducted successful actions on the unsuitability of railway tracks in the Bryansk, Orel, Smolensk and Kursk regions.
For this purpose, in particular, special devices are installed in the relay cabinets of the SCB, which work on a timer and completely burn out the internal equipment of the relay cabinet.

The horde will fall, it's a matter of time."

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To really be effective, you'd want to shunt two oncoming trains onto the same track then burn out the switch gear and block-occupancy detection circuitry at just the right time...
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:00:59 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dracster:
"Rail War" continues to gain momentum in Russia: successful sabotage on Russian railways have already taken place in 4 regions

This was reported by @belzhd_live. It is known that on the Moscow Railway for the last 2 weeks rail guerrillas conducted successful actions on the unsuitability of railway tracks in the Bryansk, Orel, Smolensk and Kursk regions.
For this purpose, in particular, special devices are installed in the relay cabinets of the SCB, which work on a timer and completely burn out the internal equipment of the relay cabinet.

The horde will fall, it's a matter of time."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_07-51-07_jpg-2349745.JPG


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Timed switch that puts HV to the relay circuits?
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Originally Posted By MiloBloom:




Are you sure that isn't Seattle ?


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Originally Posted By MiloBloom:
Originally Posted By Dracster:
"An abandoned field camp of the Russian military between Makarov and the village of Lipovka, Kiev region.
The Russians were forced to retreat from here in early April. The photo of what they left behind was taken by AIN.UA editor-in-chief Ilya Kabachinsky."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_05-44-14_jpg-2349727.JPG

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_05-44-13_jpg-2349728.JPG

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Are you sure that isn't Seattle ?



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Originally Posted By Jozsi:



And get ready for massive 1944 propaganda being played that Estonians are all Waffen SS super duper aryan master race that needs denazicfication.
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Originally Posted By Jozsi:
Originally Posted By outofbattery:
Originally Posted By AnalogKid:
Originally Posted By HIPPO:

What are they going to do...steal every kitchen sink from Moscow, stuff them into Bears then drop them on Kyiv?

Because they don't have much left. If Putin resorts to whole-scale NBC attacks he's going to get his shit pushed in with a quickness.



 So far Moscow and Saint Petersburg are untouched by the “special operation”. The illusion that there have only been 1500 Russians killed is still there as city kids aren’t drafted,this has been explained a couple times. If they start press ganging Moscow and Saint Petersburg’s children to what is finally getting called a war there might be some questioning of things.

 Russians don’t give a partial fuck if some village kid or a Tuvan/Buryat/Dagestani gets killed in Ukraine. They are going to have to ask themselves if their kids getting killed are worth it. The great big issue is that if he fully mobilizes then how does he back away from some of the rhetoric used to justify this regarding NATO and so forth? The possibility of a half million untrained conscript rush across my border is not zero.



And get ready for massive 1944 propaganda being played that Estonians are all Waffen SS super duper aryan master race that needs denazicfication.
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InfoWars no doubt will carry the first stories just like they did on Georgia and Ukraine on behalf of the Kremlin.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:03:44 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Orion_Shall_Rise:

Well, I am more unsure if the tactic will hurt or help their domestic war support.

It could go either way.
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Originally Posted By Orion_Shall_Rise:
Originally Posted By SmilingBandit:

I'm conflicted.  The alternative is that families are not told of the loss and are lied to by the Russian government.

Well, I am more unsure if the tactic will hurt or help their domestic war support.

It could go either way.


UA also allows POWs to call home and tell their families how the war is going.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:03:47 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dracster:
"12-year-old Danilo with a cat in his ruined house near Chernihiv. After the shelling, his mother had to have her leg amputated."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_05-44-41_jpg-2349721.JPG

"Russia is preparing a new offensive, and witnesses of the occupation of cities, towns and villages by Russian troops, from which the Russians retreated, talk about life under siege.

Despite the fact that people are forced to hide in cellars and basements and go almost without food, they manage to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine, passing the coordinates and the exact number of enemies to their army."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_08-16-09_jpg-2349723.JPG

"This is how Nikolaev lives. If you didn't know, there has been no centralized water supply for the third day already.

The stocks that the townspeople have made have already either run out or are nearing the end of many. All bottled drinking water in stores was sold out - only carbonated water remained in bottles with a capacity of one to two liters. Therefore, for many residents of Nikolaev, the problem of obtaining water became a priority this morning. Lines line up near springs. Many citizens come or walk directly to the river and collect water for technical needs.

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Sawyer should be shipping thousands of filters over there for the people.
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Originally Posted By Dracster:
"In Rivna, a monument with Soviet technology was dismantled - a self-propelled gun mount

The local government promises that our Ukrainian equipment will stand in its place, protecting Ukraine from Russian occupiers.
But the old "commemorative monument" will be transported to the Hill of Glory and set at its muzzle on Moscow - the cannons and tanks that are already on the memorial will be deployed in the same direction."

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Man, they're going to be busy doing that.  There's a lot of T-34s and others on pedestals in Ukraine.
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Originally Posted By PurpleOtter:
Vlad's snit?

April 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine's defence ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday that for, the first time since the start of its invasion, Russia used long-range bombers to attack the besieged port city of Mariupol.

Motuzyanyk said Russia was concentrating its efforts on seizing the cities of Rubizhne, Popasna and Mariupol.

Ukraine says Russia used long-range bombers on Mariupol; 1st time in war

With the Moskva's air defense screen out of the picture, time to bring a few of those captured Buks and S300 systems into play around certain areas.

Bears overhead aren't outrunning a SAM, and I'd be very surprised if they pressed Blackjacks into this type of service.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:07:38 AM EDT
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I love the headline.

Ukraine conflict: Save energy and annoy Putin, Germans told
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JFC.

Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck:




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Originally Posted By AnalogKid:

With the Moskva's air defense screen out of the picture, time to bring a few of those captured Buks and S300 systems into play around certain areas.

Bears overhead aren't outrunning a SAM, and I'd be very surprised if they pressed Blackjacks into this type of service.
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Was it a Buks that the russians used on the Malaysian airliner?
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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.
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Should probably put Rs in internment camps
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:12:19 AM EDT
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Zelensky: 'Russian ships can only go to the bottom'


Russian warship 'Moskva' sinks in Black Sea: What does it mean? | DW News

Russian warship 'Moskva' sinks in Black Sea: What does it mean? | DW News
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Originally Posted By sq40:


It’s getting froggy fast.   With NATO applications by Finland and Sweden, Poland and the US wargaming, the closing of the Bosporus to warships, etc all… everyone is getting ready for shit to get worse fast.  They know it’s coming.
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Meh, the straight was closed weeks ago, The US was playing in Poland before the invasion. Finland and Sweden applying for nato is a direct result of russia's actions.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:14:47 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN:

Should probably put Rs in internment camps
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Originally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN:
Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.

Should probably put Rs in internment camps


Stupid comment.

How about your opinion on Americans spreading propaganda for an aggressive foreign power that supports every Marxist and communist regime in the world and that is threatening to nuke the USA?
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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.
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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:
Originally Posted By Star_Scream:
Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:


Fuck



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.


We really need to police our own on that shit.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:15:53 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Jack_Rackham:
Man, they're going to be busy doing that.  There's a lot of T-34s and others on pedestals in Ukraine.
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Originally Posted By Jack_Rackham:
Originally Posted By Dracster:
"In Rivna, a monument with Soviet technology was dismantled - a self-propelled gun mount

The local government promises that our Ukrainian equipment will stand in its place, protecting Ukraine from Russian occupiers.
But the old "commemorative monument" will be transported to the Hill of Glory and set at its muzzle on Moscow - the cannons and tanks that are already on the memorial will be deployed in the same direction."

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-15_08-49-42_jpg-2349718.JPG
Man, they're going to be busy doing that.  There's a lot of T-34s and others on pedestals in Ukraine.



Here is one I got a kick out of. It is from 2014 the Pro Russian separatists took an IS-3 off of it's display platform to use.

Ukraine. Pro-Russian activists repaired museum exhibit - tank IS-3.


Here is one from the Ukrainians,  It was before the 2014 war but it still may have been used then  ISU-152

Start up (ISU-152) heavy tank destroyer after 65 years
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:15:57 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By realwar:
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Jesus.

What a vibrating piece of shit !
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:16:06 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By gentlemanfarmer:


16. If you have some special cover which protects form Thermal vision, also 6 pieces.
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Emergency foil blanket protects from thermal vision

Can you hide from thermals with a space blanket?



Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:17:10 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:18:02 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By JamesTKirk:




With their performance so far , do we really want to get rid of their officer core?
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Originally Posted By Chaingun:
Add another high ranking officer to the kill list




With their performance so far , do we really want to get rid of their officer core?


Another officer corpse for their officer corps!
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:18:09 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By sq40:


We really need to police our own on that shit.
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Originally Posted By sq40:
Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:
Originally Posted By Star_Scream:
Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:


Fuck



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.


We really need to police our own on that shit.


Yep, these idiots are going to cost us big.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:20:14 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By 6SJ7GT:


He will hang. Russia has justice. They got the soldier doing all of the raping in Ukraine.
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Originally Posted By kncook:


Their line in the sand is raping toddlers but raping and killing everyone else doesn’t move the needle? Lol. Ok.

The soldier publicly uploaded it to Telegram and used his identifiable info. Russia had to “act” like they were doing something. They will just tell him not to upload it next time.


He will hang. Russia has justice. They got the soldier doing all of the raping in Ukraine.


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The stocks that the townspeople have made have already either run out or are nearing the end of many. All bottled drinking water in stores was sold out - only carbonated water remained in bottles with a capacity of one to two liters. Therefore, for many residents of Nikolaev, the problem of obtaining water became a priority this morning. Lines line up near springs. Many citizens come or walk directly to the river and collect water for technical needs.

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I suppose LifeStraws or something similar would be handy in that situation.  I wonder how difficult it would be to get some there...
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:21:48 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By sq40:


We really need to police our own on that shit.
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Originally Posted By sq40:
Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:
Originally Posted By Star_Scream:
Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:


Fuck



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.


We really need to police our own on that shit.


Yes you are correct as it is having an impact. That is why you have seen me post a lot of info on this. Also, it is a federal crime to work on behalf of a foreign power without approval from the Department of State. And we did have treason laws enforced at one time in this country, but the communist founded ACLU took care of that. Many conservatives (and leftists) think that treason is protected by the 1st Amendment (it is not) and say "i MaY nOT aGGrEE wITH WhaT yOU sAY Or dO bUt wiLL dIE feR YeR RIGht tO saY iT."
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:22:33 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Alaskanbred:


If they declare full war, expect to see their bombers laying waste to entire cities.
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Originally Posted By cryo_tech:
So I'm seeing on telegram and some twat feeds, that Russia may "declare war" since Ukraine is fighting back , and (probably) sunk the Moscva.

What precisely changes there? Anyone with more than 2 brain cells to rub together can see this is a literal war and invasion. What does a deceleration do that a sepcial operation doesn't? Total mobilization? More forced conscription?

Sounds like the fast track to a prelude to full war in Europe to me. Which may have been what they wanted all along. They know they can't compete conventionally with NATO.


If they declare full war, expect to see their bombers laying waste to entire cities.


Lol. Their bombers are afraid to enter UKR airspace. They fired stand-off cruise missiles until they basically ran out of them.

It would be raining Tu95/Fullback parts from the sky if Russia sent their bombers into Ukraine.

They don’t train pilots either, the bomber pilots are their most valuable trained asset, old Muscovite Russians from Upper class families in Moscow and St Pete. I welcome them to start flying bombers into UA airspace.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:26:05 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Beltfed308:

Was it a Buks that the russians used on the Malaysian airliner?
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Originally Posted By Beltfed308:
Originally Posted By AnalogKid:

With the Moskva's air defense screen out of the picture, time to bring a few of those captured Buks and S300 systems into play around certain areas.

Bears overhead aren't outrunning a SAM, and I'd be very surprised if they pressed Blackjacks into this type of service.

Was it a Buks that the russians used on the Malaysian airliner?


Supposedly, yes.
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:26:56 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By GTLandser:


Random comments:
1) I can't believe how shitty the video from their FLIR turret looks. Like something from 1991.

2) I can't believe how much oscillation seems to occur in their wing pylons. I have seen them shake almost as much in flight too. Can anyone(@AeroE) confirm/explain if that's on purpose? I know F-16 wings do better with some load on them, but Jesus, those pylons on the Ka-52 are just flopping around.
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Originally Posted By GTLandser:
Originally Posted By realwar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aTtXfFAVU8


Random comments:
1) I can't believe how shitty the video from their FLIR turret looks. Like something from 1991.

2) I can't believe how much oscillation seems to occur in their wing pylons. I have seen them shake almost as much in flight too. Can anyone(@AeroE) confirm/explain if that's on purpose? I know F-16 wings do better with some load on them, but Jesus, those pylons on the Ka-52 are just flopping around.



I do know that it's an international and intentional motive that their FLIR and image intensification systems suck.  They've been having a helluva time trying to manufacture  the materials needed for good thermal imaging systems.  It's one of those fields where precision is needed in manufacturing, they just can't do precision very well.   This is why they mainly left it to the French to give them intentionally gimped export versions of their Thermal systems for their tanks and such.  The thermal sensitivity is deliberately lowered, and the system is lacking a lot of features like good automatic gain and interpolation and other things that allow you to keep your target in view while a nearby burning tank is the in the field of view for example.   In other systems, the frame rate is intentionally lowered, so you have way more lag time and jitter in your image.

Also look for their cameras to vibrate, they don't have the stabilization systems we and other NATO countries have developed for the sensor systems.

This was the system I worked on a few years ago.  Can you delete haze and rain?  Yes, yes you can.

L3 WESCAM's MX Targeting Family


L3 WESCAM's MX™-20 Product Video


L3Harris | WESCAM MX™-20 Best of


Compared to:

Mi-28 helicopter attacks ISIS / Daesh terrorists


Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:27:13 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.
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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:
Originally Posted By Star_Scream:
Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:


Fuck



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.






Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:29:43 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By gatetraveller:


Another officer corpse for their officer corps!
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Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:33:58 AM EDT
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That was a good hit, you can see the shrapnel holes in the tail from the warhead.
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That, and the fact that it's a burned out shell on the ground......
Link Posted: 4/15/2022 10:34:55 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:


Yes you are correct as it is having an impact. That is why you have seen me post a lot of info on this. Also, it is a federal crime to work on behalf of a foreign power without approval from the Department of State. And we did have treason laws enforced at one time in this country, but the communist founded ACLU took care of that. Many conservatives (and leftists) think that treason is protected by the 1st Amendment (it is not) and say "i MaY nOT aGGrEE wITH WhaT yOU sAY Or dO bUt wiLL dIE feR YeR RIGht tO saY iT."
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Who exactly are you accusing of treason?
Like specific people and the acts they committed that qualify as treason.
Having an unpopular opinion does not qualify.

Far more on the left flat out in bed with China and other shitholes. Some on the right liking putins christian values (lol) and continuing their anti leftist globalist rhetoric isn't even in the same ballpark as the crimes of the bidens or clintons.

Anyway it'd be super cool if you went and made an alex jones is the devil thread or whatever instead of continuing to spew that same tired shit in this thread over and over again.
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https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/16/20/55441489-10620367-On_Tuesday_night_Greene_engaged_in_a_tirade_on_Twitter_where_she-a-21_1647460862365.jpg



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Originally Posted By BerettaGuy:
Originally Posted By Star_Scream:
Originally Posted By RolandofGilead:


Fuck



But Putin is a strong Christian who is working on saving the souls of the barbarian Ukrainians

It had to be true. I watched a video on YouTube by a guy who wears a plate carrier



I had a Q-Tard who is also a Charismatic Christian and medical doctor tell me that two days ago - he said Putin is doing us a favor by invading corrupt Ukraine and is on "our" side. He follows Pro-Putin talk show host Stew Peters and Pro-Putin Republican candidate/"researcher"/documentary film producer Lauren Witzke who have huge followings on Rumble and other internet sites. He said that all will know soon when God reveals the truth. (One could just imagine my response...)

Here are six search results for Lauren Witzke when her name is searched with "Putin":

https://i.ibb.co/NK0hbzV/Screenshot-20220414-142935-Samsung-Internet.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/sKDygGn/Screenshot-20220414-142909-Samsung-Internet.jpg

These people are influencing millions with their crap along with Alex Jones (who just ran a story yesterday that AZOV Battalion are shooting Ukrainian citizens), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Craig Roberts, BeforeItsNews.com, Hal Turner, WhatReallyHappened.com, The Burning Platform, SteveQuayle.com, etc., etc.. Most of the so-called Patriot Right is nothing but a mouth price for Kremlin propaganda these days. Gotta give 'em credit, only took like 15 years for communists to control a large hard core segment of the American conservative right wing.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/16/20/55441489-10620367-On_Tuesday_night_Greene_engaged_in_a_tirade_on_Twitter_where_she-a-21_1647460862365.jpg



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BUCHAREST, April 15 (Reuters) - NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their "considerably high accident rate", and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said.

The move was unrelated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which shares a 650-kilometre (400 mile) border with Romania.

Romania will continue to fly its small fleet of F-16 fighter jets acquired from Portugal, the ministry said, while allied states also have jets deployed to the country for enhanced air policing missions as part of NATO efforts to boost its eastern flank, especially after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Romania bought its first F-16 jets from Portugal in 2016 as it works to phase out its communist-era MiGs. The ministry said it would speed up the process to buy an additional 32 F-16 jets from Norway, which will give it an additional two air squadrons.

"The available resources of the aircrafts from the three squadrons ensure ... their operation for a minimum of 10 years and will form an air capability of transition to fifth-generation F-35 jets," the ministry said.

The last accident involving a MiG 21 took place in early March when a jet on air patrol crashed, killing the pilot. Seven soldiers sent to find him on a search-and-rescue helicopter mission also died in a separate crash.

Romania, a NATO member since 2004, plans to raise defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product next year from 2% at present, President Klaus Iohannis said in March.

The country currently hosts over 3,000 NATO troops and will have a permanent alliance battlegroup stationed on its territory.

More than 714,000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed the border into Romania since Russia began what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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