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May 13
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For a long time, I have had a secret desire for a initial lookup on DU. This would save my time in having to ask for an
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Prairie Gates
(8,678 posts)1. WG's gonna have a sad
Expect incoming RT propaganda.
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No idea what that means, sorry!
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Blumancru
(390 posts)6. Whalelike Guy? Witless Grifter?
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karynnj
(61,235 posts)11. I think Wagner Group
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efhmc
(17,303 posts)9. For a long time, I have had a secret desire for a initial lookup on DU. This would save my time in having to ask for an
explanation or having to google it.
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irisblue
(38,165 posts)2. 1killed, 36 injured as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-rock-kyiv-as-russias-mass-daytime-drone-strike-becomes-large-scale-missile-attack/
snip-"Shortly before 1 a.m., Ukraine's Air Force issued a nationwide aerial alert, warning that Russia had launched MiG-31 bombers and that every region in the country was now at risk of ballistic missile strikes.
Tkachenko later warned that many Russian drones were headed toward the capital and that missile strikes were also a possible threat.
Explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital, a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground reported at 3:08 a.m. local time, as many air defense systems worked to knock down Russian drones"
snip-"Shortly before 1 a.m., Ukraine's Air Force issued a nationwide aerial alert, warning that Russia had launched MiG-31 bombers and that every region in the country was now at risk of ballistic missile strikes.
Tkachenko later warned that many Russian drones were headed toward the capital and that missile strikes were also a possible threat.
Explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital, a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground reported at 3:08 a.m. local time, as many air defense systems worked to knock down Russian drones"
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Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)4. Them crack Russian soldiers receive, like, ten days of training
Can you say cannon fodder?
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Happy Hoosier
(9,728 posts)7. We need Ukraine in NATO
They now understand modern infantry warfare better than anyone on the planet.
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