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applegrove

(133,693 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 11:08 PM 10 hrs ago

Russia better negotiate with Ukraine. Ukraine is not kidding anymore.

Ukraine has reportedly destroyed a factory in Voronezh, Russia. The Semiconductor Devices Plant produces components used in air-defense systems and ballistic and cruise missiles, which are basically the only weapons Russia is currently manufacturing.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-06-22T17:33:49.073Z
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Deuxcents

(28,170 posts)
1. Ukraine hitting legitimate targets hard both in Russia and Crimea. They are showing us how it's done
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 11:35 PM
9 hrs ago

With grit, determination and passion. Time to close this chapter out even if other countries can help with the wrapping. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

Ponietz

(4,586 posts)
2. He's in strategic zugzwang
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 11:39 PM
9 hrs ago

15-20% of Russia’s refining capacity has been knocked out. There is a real danger Putin will escalate and attack Europe.
https://www.pbs.org/video/some-russians-break-with-putin-as-ukraine-war-drags-on-wmqxgf

(Seems Netanyahu and Drumpf are in zugzwang too. Wankers)

niyad

(135,252 posts)
4. Unlike chess, whatever move he chooses will have real-life consequences.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:32 AM
8 hrs ago

Same for the other two monsters.

applegrove

(133,693 posts)
5. I just mean that they have excelled at targetting
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:38 AM
8 hrs ago

Russia in the last week. No doubt they have help from Russians themselves telling them where the most important assets are. Giving them GPS coordinates. Or spies. Or something like that.

niyad

(135,252 posts)
7. They have been doing an excellent job since at least Operation
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:50 AM
8 hrs ago

Spiderweb last June, I would say. They make good use of every resource and piece of information they get, including from ruzzians who talk freely on their cellphones.

It makes me sick to think of all the lives and time lost when Ukraine's allies demanded that Ukraine seek permission before carrying out military operations.

GenThePerservering

(4,048 posts)
6. For every Putin...there is a window.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:39 AM
8 hrs ago

Push him out of the first floor and let him fall 20 storeys.

DFW

(60,761 posts)
9. At the current stand of things, it will be a short negotiation.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:19 AM
7 hrs ago

Putin: what would it take to get you to stop precision attacks on Russian installations and warships?

Zelenskyy: Stop bombing my country and give us back the Ukrainian territory you are currently occupying, and the children you abducted.

Putin: Nyet.

Zelenskyy: So long. Watch your bodyguards and stay away from tenth floor windows.


The tea wouldn’t even have time to get cold.

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