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[–] anewbeginning@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are they practicing losing?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of Kung Pow

Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we have purposefully trained him wrong… as a joke.

Also

I’m bleeding, making me the victor.

[–] 108@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

Let’s see how you like your foot to my face style!

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean they're getting pretty good at it tbh.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

alwayshasbeen.jpg

[–] Uvine_Umbra@partizle.com 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

😂😂😂 Dude, who loses 200k well trained soldiers in "Practice"?!?!

[–] d33pblu3g3n3@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They don't care. Russians will send every living being they can get their hands on to the grinder if that means they "win".

It's the Russian way.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately for #Ruzzia, the US has been developing its weapon systems over the last 60 years for that exact scenario.

Shit is going to get wild in a few months when the F-16s start eradicating Russia's air defenses.

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately for everyone involved, sending Russia's undesirable minorities to kill and get killed by undesirable Ukrainians is a win-win for the Kremlin.

[–] 520@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Those were eliminated on day one when Ukraine shot down an airplane full of them because Russians forgot air defense is a thing to take out before you send in limited resources.

The rest of them? Vlad got drunk and wound up on the front line instead of the drunk tank.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

drunk tank.

Ie. a T-72

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 23 points 11 months ago

Practice is supposed to make you improve, not fail miserably, again and again.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For a superpower they sure need a lot of practice.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

The USSR was a superpower. The Russian Federation is a mafia-ran gas station with nukes.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

They are praticing keeping their population calm and supportive no matter how rediculous the losses. And they are very successful at that. So they know they can send more millions to die for the smallest gains.

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Getting BTFO by Ukraine is embarrassing...

Do they really wanna risk the same with fucking Latvia?

[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

They're practicing getting their ass kicked, next they'll get their ass kicked in the Baltics.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who is this jackass? I assume he’s just another obnoxious pundit whose job is to stir the shit, like we have in the US.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's called News™️ to you buddy.

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

/s

[–] CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I’m the Secretary of State, brought to you by Carl’s Jr.

[–] Whaler_Shaver@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago

ie NATO. Not going to happen.

[–] lemmus@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is an Elon Musk level of delusion.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Where do you think he gets his taking points?

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

"He" in this case works both ways!

[–] lemmus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Via Starlink, unless he’s on the Ukrainian frontline.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Imagine being that deluded.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

I'd have to huff a lot of solvents to be able to empathize with Russian views of the world

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

Don’t quit your day job, Russia

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who gets Kaliningrad afterwards?

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're not taking it back. We've had enough trouble with the GDR.

Czechia have already staked their claim. There was some hilarious memes floating around I think 6 months ago

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 11 months ago

Yeah, BS.

Honestly that's the word count this guy deserves.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Failing that "practice" miserably and wants to take on all of NATO.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If the subtitles are correct, lose the quotation marks in your title. That's the gist of what he's saying but you're misquoting this douche and that helps no one

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Good point, fixed. The title was from the translator's post.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Thank you. I don't think you (or the translator) were had ill intent but I do think accuracy is important when reporting on war

[–] The_one_and_only@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

In that case it is an immensely impressive amount of practice.

I never could go to the gum for two weeks in a row, they are already at it for almost two years!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Someone needs to send him a statue of a miner.