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BlackSkimmer

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8. Yes, they lost more people in WW2 than any other country.

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 08:41 PM

Feb 2022

Acting as though these troops aren’t well-trained and patriotic is simply naive.

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Attention Russian Army [View all] EndlessWire Feb 2022 OP

This needs to be distributed Beachnutt Feb 2022 #1

It's going to be 30 deg in Belarus now and its going to be raining and snowing on Friday. uponit7771 Feb 2022 #2

Those tanks are going to I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #3

And the fuel trucks will be in the same situation. lpbk2713 Feb 2022 #9

I think we should seed the clouds. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #18

Brilliant! niyad Feb 2022 #4

TY! n/t EndlessWire Feb 2022 #16

You might want to do some research into the hardships Russian troops have faced in the past. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #5

Oh, good grief...n/t EndlessWire Feb 2022 #10

They may have felt like they were fighting for something when they fought an invading army. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #12

Yeah, these aren't those guys. Ligyron Feb 2022 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #6

Troops do what they are told to do. Chainfire Feb 2022 #7

Yes, they lost more people in WW2 than any other country. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #8

Your sense of humor is seriously impaired. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #13

Feel free to add EndlessWire Feb 2022 #11

Why, yes they do. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #14

Shit will get real when they run out of vodka Buckeyeblue Feb 2022 #15

Yes! EndlessWire Feb 2022 #17

"Shoot your officers and come over to our side!" "Bang... I got mine!" (Old Marine joke) nt albacore Feb 2022 #20

I was thinking something more like this maxrandb Feb 2022 #21

I thought you were talking about Murder Hornets. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #22

Either one would cause a bad day maxrandb Feb 2022 #25

You need to realize Traildogbob Feb 2022 #23

We will deploy trucks with loudspeakers EndlessWire Feb 2022 #32

😂 Traildogbob Feb 2022 #33

The first part made me think of inviting Trump cultists to change sides. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #24

It's a funny thing how authoritarians like Putin (and before him, Hitler) Sogo Feb 2022 #26

You don't?? EndlessWire Feb 2022 #28

Ukrainians don't LIKE Russians Ameri Canadian Feb 2022 #27

Oh, I don't think so. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #30

they tried this crap in AFGHANISTAN & got their ass kicked ! how'd that work out for them ? monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #29

When did Ukraine hand out UHAs to Afghanis? EndlessWire Feb 2022 #31