Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

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[SpeedyInTexas]

I think this is a picture of Daria in the cafe after dropping off the statue.

https://twitter.com/siadevinci/status/1642672175864750080

[CarolinaReaganFan]

of course you’re not counting the 14,000 or so killed ethnic russians by the ukrainian nazis like the azov brigade.
They got what they deserved in Mariupol.

[ETCM]

Walking away with a mischievous smile after delivering the "gift". The guys on the stage look a little bewildered, but they went ahead and presented him the statue.

[ansel12]

This is on the National Coalition Party (NCP) party page.

“Petteri Orpo: Finland and NATO – time for the next step”
On Febru­ary 24th Europe woke up to a gloomy morn­ing. The brutal war on Ukraine launched by Russia shocked the whole world. At that same moment the Euro­pean secu­rity changed. Pres­i­dent Putin’s war is a ruth­less breach of inter­na­tional agree­ments and Ukraine’s sover­eignty.

Russia and Putin should have no illu­sions of their mistake. Ukraini­ans did not surren­der and have shown heroic deter­mi­na­tion to defend their coun­try. Attempts to install a pro-Russ­ian puppet govern­ment in Ukraine in a matter of days have failed. In fact, the conse­quences of the war for Russia have been cata­strophic. Europe and the West are more united than ever and Russia is lone­lier than ever. The EU found itself united on hard sanc­tions and is now seek­ing to cut its energy depen­dence from Russia.

Now Russia must bear the conse­quences. Russia has become isolated from the inter­na­tional commu­nity, and its econ­omy and entire finan­cial system are in near­ing a total collapse. Demon­stra­tions in Russia are on the rise. Return­ing to dialogue requires Russia to refrain from mili­tary actions and complete with­drawal from Ukraine.

Here in the North too, the devel­op­ment is moving in a direc­tion that Putin’s Russia certainly did not expect. Finland is inten­si­fy­ing its defence coop­er­a­tion with the United States, Sweden and our other Nordic part­ners. The public opin­ion in both Finland and Sweden has histor­i­cally shifted as the major­ity support NATO’s member­ship for the first time.

Now is the time for seri­ous consid­er­a­tion of what this change in the secu­rity envi­ron­ment means for us.

For Finland Russia’s prox­im­ity is a key geostrate­gic fact, and the war in Ukraine indi­cates how the prob­lems asso­ci­ated with Russia’s aggres­sive behav­iour have mate­ri­al­ized. Russia is defin­ing its inter­ests in a way that threat­ens peace in Europe and creates inse­cu­rity in others. During the past decade, there have been upris­ings in several of Russia’s neigh­bors, which the Krem­lin has sought to violently suppress. Russia seeks a new sphere of influ­ence and wants to halt the demo­c­ra­tic devel­op­ment of other coun­tries. Not NATO, but the people’s will to decide for them­selves seems to be a threat to Putin’s regime.

There is more here. https://www.kokoomus.fi/petteri-orpo-finland-and-nato-time-for-the-next-step/?lang=en

[ETCM]

14,000 was the total deaths on both sides, mostly combatants. Russian FSB Officer Igor (Strelkov) Girkin admits he instigated the war in 2014, and even that he had difficulty getting either side to actually fight.

"At first, nobody wanted to fight," he was quoted as saying. "The first two weeks went on under the auspices of the sides trying to convince each other [to engage]." "There would have been several dozen killed, burned, detained. And that would have been the end of it. But the flywheel of the war, which is continuing to this day, was spun by our unit. We mixed up all the cards on the table," he said.

Russia's Igor Strelkov: I Am Responsible for War in Eastern Ukraine

[ansel12]

From Politico and from what I keep seeing.

“A change of government is expected to have little impact on Finland’s security stance, with the NCP a firm backer of the country’s accession to NATO and military support for Ukraine.”

From the party website
What is the posi­tion of the National Coali­tion Party towards NATO?
The posi­tion of the National Coali­tion Party is clear: we are ready to make Finland a member state of NATO. We are work­ing actively towards this objec­tive. Russia’s offen­sive high­lights the current rele­vance of NATO member­ship, but for us it’s not only a ques­tion of reac­tions to the imme­di­ate situ­a­tion, but of a long-term choice. Finland is a Euro­pean state that must have a Euro­pean defence solu­tion. We’ve stood behind this posi­tion for a full 16 years.

[FtrPilot]

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin concedes election

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/europe/sanna-marin-finland-elections-concedes-intl/index.html

Here's the new PM:

[FtrPilot]

Z Russian bloggers blaming Shoigu. I think it was Prigozhin.

Feel free to share your rationale for Prigozhin by PM...I promise I won't share it.

Personally, I don't understand what the Russian bloggers are all about.

I'm not asking for an explanation, just letting you know.

[BeauBo]

“Z Russian bloggers blaming Shoigu. I think it was Prigozhin.“

The whole group at the gathering were Prigozhin supporters. It would be a very wasteful way to get rid of one guy, if that were his goal. Perhaps he wanted to stage an attack to blame someone else, to justify his retaliation (start a gang war).

Another possibility is a foreign Intelligence service (such as Ukraine). Making the bomb required some skill. It would fit a pattern of targeting pro-invasion influencers, like Dugin, whose daughter was also killed by a bomb.

Russian Intelligence services are another possibility. The Ministry of Defense has their own (GRU), which has been viewed as a/the main support for Wagner/Prigozhin’s rise. They could be burning a rogue asset, staging a provocation, or be being attacked by a competing Russian Intelligence service (like FSB)

Just speculation on my part, I don’t have a theory that I find convincing.

[PIF]

right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) claimed victory leader Petteri Orpo

your gal lost big time. Sorry.

[FtrPilot]

Oh well.

[donozark]

Glock makes very solid knives. Issued by Austrian Army. And less than $40. when I purchased. Prig chose well.

[ansel12]

I have had mine for 40 or 41 years now and it is indestructible carbon steel which I like, it sharpens to a shaving level, the catch works well enough for parachuting, the saw blade is designed to make it easy on pulling out of bone and it works like a charm as a saw, the blade is long enough to reach the internal organs, it has a small guard which also serves as a bottle opener (Europeans), the knife is sometimes called a pry bar that is a knife.

The best of all for backpackers and soldiers is that the sheath and knife only weigh about 8 ounces together.

[BeauBo]

“the (Glock) knife is sometimes called a pry bar that is a knife.”

One of the requirements was to open ammunition crates.

You really sold it - I just put one on order.

[FtrPilot]

I’m gonna get one as soon as I get back home.

[ansel12]

It is amazing how many Special Ops guys loved the low-cost knife when they handled it and wanted one.
When it was new to America many years ago, a Houston SWAT member wanted me to order some for the entire SWAT team, (I'm not a knife seller, only a fan of knives), a simple field knife is still a beautiful thing to guys.