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We talking about Russia and Ukraine?
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Black Ambrosia
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I don't think they're trying to fool anyone. I think they release the details and call it suicide to let people know they are not to be 
with. It's interesting how they're so effective one on one but not in war. Putin should've just sat on his hands. He's revealed to the world how weak Russia is and he's depleting the resources they have. We aren't hearing about it but he's got to be ticking off Russian citizens who are losing loved ones in the war or fear dying themselves.
with. It's interesting how they're so effective one on one but not in war. Putin should've just sat on his hands. He's revealed to the world how weak Russia is and he's depleting the resources they have. We aren't hearing about it but he's got to be ticking off Russian citizens who are losing loved ones in the war or fear dying themselves.
Transformer
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I don’t know why I can’t post pictures or change font styles and colors anymore.
Anyway
A top Russian defence official has been found dead after plunging 160ft from a tower block window, in the latest mysterious death of a high-ranking Kremlin figure.
Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a house on Zamshina Street in St Petersburg.
She is believed to have fallen from the 16th floor to her death.
Ms Yankina was a key figure in the funding of Vladimir Putin's illegal war in Ukraine as head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defence for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in the dictator's invasion.
The Russian Investigative Committee and the press service of the Western Military District 'Fontanka' both confirmed her death, and have launched an investigation into it.
She is the latest in a string of Russian officials to have died in mysterious circumstances since the start of Putin's invasion.
Anyway
A top Russian defence official has been found dead after plunging 160ft from a tower block window, in the latest mysterious death of a high-ranking Kremlin figure.
Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a house on Zamshina Street in St Petersburg.
She is believed to have fallen from the 16th floor to her death.
Ms Yankina was a key figure in the funding of Vladimir Putin's illegal war in Ukraine as head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defence for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in the dictator's invasion.
The Russian Investigative Committee and the press service of the Western Military District 'Fontanka' both confirmed her death, and have launched an investigation into it.
She is the latest in a string of Russian officials to have died in mysterious circumstances since the start of Putin's invasion.
lavaflow99
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this does make sense.I don't think they're trying to fool anyone. I think they release the details and call it suicide to let people know they are not to be
AVNchick
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Yep, that's gotta be it. They know these stories be too ridiculous to believe.I don't think they're trying to fool anyone. I think they release the details and call it suicide to let people know they are not to be
Ukrainian air defense shoots down Russian spy balloons over Kyiv
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Demonstrators display a heart made of balloons featuring colors from the Ukrainian flag as they march during a rally in support of Ukraine on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Boston.
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Balloons are showing up in multiple countries’ skies. In Ukraine, the military has been busy shooting down Russian spy balloons flying over Kyiv. The press service of the Kyiv city military administration reported that about six Russian balloons were spotted flying over the capital, and air defense units shot down most of them.
The balloons were apparently the cause of an air raid alert that sounded sirens in Kyiv at 1:28 PM local time on Wednesday.
The Kyiv city military administration said: “According to information that is being specified, these were balloons that move in space under the influence of the wind. Air defense systems worked on all air targets. Most of these probes were shot down."
The military administration said the balloons could be used to carry corner reflectors and certain reconnaissance equipment with the aim of identifying and depleting Ukrainian air defenses. Ukrainian forces were analyzing the remains of the balloons to make a final determination of their type and characteristics.
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The Ukrainian air force reported earlier that a Russian reconnaissance drone and balloons with angled reflectors were recorded in the sky over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Sunday.
Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat told Ukrainska Pravda on Tuesday that “The Ukrainian Air Defense uses radars to observe these air targets moving in air streams at a low speed. Fighter aircraft are constantly on duty in the Ukrainian sky. The situation is under control."
Ihnat suggested that Russia could be using balloons in order to preserve its stocks of reconnaissance drones, Reuters reported.
"Reconnaissance drones like the Orlan-10 are now being used more sparingly (by Russia), and they thought 'Why don't we use these balloons?' So they are using them," Ihnat told Ukrainian television.
Ukraine’s neighbor Moldova briefly shut down its airspace on Tuesday because of a presumed air balloon floating over its territory, The New York Times reported. Moldovan authorities said the airspace was reopened after the object was found to be harmless, but the government did not specify what happened to the balloon.
Moldova’s President Maia Sandu recently accused Russia of trying to topple her nation’s pro-Western government through protests by pro-Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy had warned her of such a plot. Tensions are high in Moldova, a former Soviet republic, because Russian troops are present in the breakaway region of Transnistria, a narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Moldovan-Ukrainian border.
Ihnat was asked about the aerial object that flew over Moldova, but said he did not have any relevant data. He said such balloons could theoretically fly into airspace over neighboring countries depending on the strength and direction of the wind.
They need to go back to their country. We have enough racism and xenophobia. We don’t need more.
Belle Du Jour
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Belle Du Jour
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God bless them.
Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline
The Ukrainian military's surrender hotline, dubbed 'I Want to Live,' is enticing some Russian soldiers to quit the battlefield as the war drags on.
Read in Los Angeles Times: https://apple.news/A1Wk2w_...
https://apple.news/A1Wk2w_XMTzad-hS5P85oFQ
07:47 PM - Mar 07, 2023
The Ukrainian military's surrender hotline, dubbed 'I Want to Live,' is enticing some Russian soldiers to quit the battlefield as the war drags on.
Read in Los Angeles Times: https://apple.news/A1Wk2w_...
Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline
The Ukrainian military's surrender hotline, dubbed 'I Want to Live,' is enticing some Russian soldiers to quit the battlefield as the war drags on.https://apple.news/A1Wk2w_XMTzad-hS5P85oFQ
07:47 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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