Posted on 02/04/2023 4:08:40 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Real number is top secret comrade.
My guess is “new” new tanks is @100/year.
About what it was in 2022.
Rebuild/overhaul maybe 400/year.
The process of making functional their enormous stocks of rusty ex-Soviet stuff, in other words.
Promises, promises.
“gopnik is going to gopnik”
True.
Old slang word for “sleeping on streets” was “гопать” (gopat’, literally “to gop”) related to the “mazuricks” or the criminals of Saint Petersburg. Russian gopniks come from families with poor education and income & hold strong anti-Western views and support the Putin administration.
“Gopniks are often seen squatting in groups “in court” (на кортах, na kortakh) or “doing the crab” (на крабе, na krabe) outside blocks of flats or schools with their heels on the ground. It is a learned behavior, attributed to Russian and Soviet prison culture to avoid sitting on the cold ground.”
The Gopniks stereotype is being “involved in substance and alcohol abuse, crime and vandalism.”
An idiot tries to jerk off a bear. When the west lied over and over about NATO expansion it was exactly that. The plan has failed and the idiots better get straight with God because there is a pissed of bear coming for us.
No worries...Donbas will win
Bkmk
True, once it is back in Ukrainian hands.
If the russians would just go home the fighting and dying would end. If you truly wish to save lives, perhaps you should find a russian forum and convince them to return to their side of the border. The Ukrainians lived a long time under Moscow’s thumb. They don’t want to return to that. I wish them the best, freedom, and self determination. I hope we continue to support them the best we can.
You think “first tanks” out of 17 tanks is going to defeat over a thousand Russian tanks do you?”
Where did she say or imply that?
“Who really benefits from this endless war and endless money we are sending? Certainly not Ukrainian citizens who are dying and suffering.”
They most certainly are benefitting. They are fighting for their lives, their homeland, their freedom; and whatever assistance they receive helps them in that regard.
You sound like somebody who would surrender if someone so much as farted in your general direction.
I guess some people don’t understand the idea of living free. It is a long standing American tradition.
Okay, Baghdad Bob.
“The idiocy of your bloodlust is Hitlarian. God will deal with you in the end you barbarian.”
There is something seriously wrong with you. Not a week or so ago you sent out a plea to FReepers to pray for your brother, who was suffering a major medical emergency. I, for one — no matter how we disagree — said a prayer for your brother. I think UMCRevMom@aol.com probably did, as well; as she strikes me as being that kind of person.
You recently said your brother has improved. How do you know it wasn’t my prayer, or UMCRevMom@aol.com‘s prayer, that made the difference?
All the excitement over the new tanks, as assorted and as few as they are, would lead one to believe they’re being sent to make a difference. Unfortunately, the Ukrainians are conscripting boys too young to drive and sending them to the front.
At this point, I can only conclude that what some people truly desire is to see Slavic blood spilled.
Ukraine will cease to exist before that happens...not that you neo-liberal scum give a crap.
“We get a checkbook of 100 checks, and sign each one. Then, Zelenskysky can just fill in the amounts he needs from us. That way we can probably, possibly, be sure he’ll have enough money to win this war.”
Completely false analogy.
For one thing, if he just filled in any amount he wanted to, the check would probably bounce. Secondly, there is a limit to what is budgeted, and when those funds are releases, and for what purpose.
You guys do this all the time: You come up with some wholly inappropriate analogy and try to make hay with it.
Earth to C210N: Know what you are talking about before you say something that will end up embarrassing you.
You are not strong in math or you do little research. There are a myriad more tanks in Russia and they build an extra hundred a month as of now and are ramping up. Russia is a friggen military juggernaut with an effective military industrial base and massive resources. Hell, we had to thieve lie and steal the titanium for the SR-71 from those silly commies, arguably the best plane we ever built. NATO needs to sue for peace yesterday an hang the Ukrainian crooks out to dry. The bear is downright mean. Ask Hitler. Ask Napoleon. Ask Ghengis Kahn. Ask the Poles. Ask the Ottomans. Ask the Swedes. They are not to be trifled with.
What the hell do you expect Medvedev to say? He’s desperate to save the Russian invasion so he’s trying to lay a guilt trip on the West: If you help the Ukrainians (kick our ass), they will suffer for it!
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