Assuming their ICBMs are operational.
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This depends they're not all that. Quite a lot of the tires on planes are a deception technique to condition emerging AI analysis systems and their underlying data pools. Some definitely are cases of people poorly using tires for protection though.
Ukraine has quickly become a master class at blending the most tested military and government communication practices from various, well developed nations in that regard. You are correct that it is just as much perception as it is strategy. I'm not sure if you've heard it, but every military or government activity has what is called an "order of effects". Cognitive and Psychological impacts are integrated with every action you conduct, whether or not you recognize and explicitly make use of them. Some of "our" nations are increasingly recognizing and integrating this knowledge.
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so the Kyiv Post is really Russian disinformation? it's getting impossible to figure out which publications a person can trust, smh.
Article: The Trump administration last week quietly extended significant Biden-era sanctions targeting key Russian banks and the energy sector, just days before they were set to expire. A senior official insisted in an interview with Kyiv Post that the current administration has not lifted any sanctions on Moscow since taking office in January.
On June 27, the US Treasury Department issued General License No. 115B, an order that temporarily sanctions thirteen of Russia's biggest banks, including the very institutions that help fund Vladimir Putin's war machine.
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There's a hell of a lot more detail and explication in the story than just the potted summary you've decided to quote. I suggest you reread it, this time paying attention to the arguments it puts forward. There's a lot there, you seem to have skimmed it quite sloppily.
Also I'd be really careful with regards to the skew on this. It's kind of decently known most of the sanctions haven't done a whole lot functionally in re decision making (their point) but sound really good to the public due to the economic degredation (alone doesnt mean a whole lot outside, well, bad impact on civilians). Before waving around any restrictions being lifted as "bankrolling the war" or whatever, it's kind of necessitated to identify whether or not those specific restrictions were ones that had any functional conduct on the war.
This is true but only to the extent it doesn't trigger personal fears of the ultimate decision makers. If they calculate they can keep sloughing it out for years, they'll do so against what we consider to be wise to protect themselves ultimately.
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Unfortunately, it steels their nationalism, which can have the effect of spraying soapy water onto their slippery slope. For example, with the importance of national defence (as in military role-playing) being introduced in primary schools, I'm certainly not prepared to predict that there won't be meat-waves of 17-year-olds, or younger, as time progresses. At this point, it seems timely to bring out /The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics/ and tally how many of the paths available have positive vs. negative outcomes for the various parties. Much of the game theory here is well studied, it's happened before.
if my reading is sloppy then perhaps it would behoove you to quote me the sections you think i didn't pay attention too.
The one thing I would note here is a large part of this rests on the adversaries, in this case Russia's decision making. No hate but unfortunately the same analytical error is being presented here in projecting our own decision making instead of recognizing theirs.
It's a dense article with pretty much no filler, so that would be pretty much the whole article, and thus not covered by fair use.
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should have read "Opponents of sanctions against the apartheid regime..."; apologies for any confusion.
Article: Russian forces are using infiltration tactics in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast similar to those they used near Dobropillya (northwest of Pokrovsk) in early August 2025. Trehubov reported that Russian forces are operating in small groups of five servicemembers, who infiltrate behind Ukrainian lines, wait and accumulate, and then attack in different directions simultaneously.[5] Trehubov specifically noted that Russian tactics in Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka are similar to those that Russian forces employed near Dobropillya, and ISW has observed reports that Russian forces have been increasingly adopting these tactics throughout the frontline.[6] Russian forces recently infiltrated east and northeast of Dobropillya but have been unsuccessful in establishing enduring positions and exploiting the penetration thus far.[7] Such infiltration tactics also appear to be vulnerable to well-organized Ukrainian counterattacks.[8] ISW's Assessed Russian Advances map layer notably only shows the Russian Forward Line of Own Troops (FLOT) and does not differentiate between enduring Russian positions and limited infiltration missions.[9] Russian forces are likely using infiltration tactics that do not automatically result in enduring positions, and Russian actors often leverage maps that attempt to show these movements to exaggerate the presence of meaningful Russian activity on the battlefield.
Bien sûr.
If you ever want some insight into how brutally dry and dark the Finnish sense of humour is (I lived there for a decade before I moved here, and I still have a great affinity for Finland and the Finns), the etymology of that term is a perfect example:
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So Putin is as thin-skinned as Trump?
They are more alike than different in my opinion.
which is why europe should have forced Zelensky to take the [original mineral] deal, instead of celebrating zelenskys refusal. now they've got a bunch a little dogs alone to take on a rabid pitbull, when they had their own rabid pitbull on their side they decided to sideline. i mean little dogs can certainly be vicious, but... well, i guess we'll see how it all works out.
Because the Munich Agreement, AKA the Munich Betrayal - because there was already a preexisting non-agression treaty in place, worked out just fine, and brought a long-lasting peace for their time?
"The deal" was to hand over great chunks of the country to Putin because that's what he wanted when he invaded a sovereign country. He already seized Crimea a few years ago, and now he's back for more. You're saying, in effect, "Give the school bully your lunch money, because then he won't come back again tomorrow." That has never worked. That would be like the USA being attacked, then the attacker says "I'll settle for just taking New England, New York, and Pennsylvania".
i meant the original mineral deal. obviously i would have negotiated it a bit but they ended up making all the assets hypothetical/imaginary. Doesnt matter, at least once this war is over theyll have some protection from future wars maybe. edit: well i guess it will also depend on how bad the big dog we elect before the time of the next threat wants his bone (if a bone ever materializes).
How? By shooting themselves in the feet?
Do you remember how it went for, well, pretty much everybody who ever made a deal with the idiot?
Can you show us who celebrated when and where?
What does a clever, responsible person do with any rabid dog on their side?
You don't say?!
i dont know what this means
everybody? no
after the "you dont have the cards" fiasco.
youre not suggesting assassinating our president are you?
true.
Oystein was pointing out the consequences of your own ill-conceived simile that somehow didn't break our politeness policy
yea apparently i can call Trump anything i want on this forum. Ive (and others) called him some very impolite stuff since he started running all those years ago.
i'm not sure people can pat themselves on the back for being polite, if they are only polite to people they like (and yes im referring to the UFO guys too that are demeaned)
Let's change that to a more accurate statement: "...polite to people who are polite to them." I can disagree with people without disliking them, if they are polite (to me, and to others) in return, but if they are rude, it makes them a lot easier to dislike.
If you have to explain what you meant by a short simple sentence, and that explanation contains elements that aren't even hinted at in that prior sentence, then perhaps you should have put more effort into writing that short simple sentence in the first place. I can cope with the e e cummings styling, but at least show some effort.
Ukraine is Europe's best ally: They are fighting Russia for us. Forcing them to abandon the fight and give up territory means Russia can direct its resources at any time anywhere it chooses. That's a loss for Europe.
You are surely capable of parsing hyperbole and detecting the actual message. Your reply tells me you have no issue with the claim that Trump is an exceptionally untrustworthy partner known for screwing many of the people he made deals with.
That's doubling down on the claim, not a response to the question I asked: Can you show us who celebrated "zelenskys refusal" when and where?
No, silly. Using violence is very much a far-right fetish.
Trivially so.
i know that's the talking point, but sounds a bit cruel to my american ear. (it sounds cruel when Lindsay Graham et al say it too..so im not picking on europe proper only).
It is cruel.
Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea revealed two things:
