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@chrisschmitz ...aand *poof*.

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@chrisschmitz Still tracking west of Ireland but has descended to FL280, which is unusually low for a transatlantic crossing.

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@chrisschmitz Nice one. :)

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@russianforces The question is too vague to answer in a meaningful way.

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@russianforces TBH this speech reads like a fold. Not only did they give advance warning to the US, but Putin is apparently afraid of causing collateral damage among "citizens of friendly nations" - which would complicate the whole WW3 thing he's got going...

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@ahamedaashik6 @FliegenderHirs1 @idreesali114 No; Tass never reported such a thing, and Peskov's words were *exactly* as follows: "Россия никого не должна была ставить в известность, потому что речь идет о ракете средней дальности. У России нет таких обязательств". Please pay attention to detail.

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@konrad_muzyka Przyszło mi to do głowy natychmiast po przeczytaniu wypowiedzi Pieskowa, który stwierdził "Rosja nie była w obowiązku kogokolwiek powiadamiać" (czytaj: "powiadomiliśmy".)

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@ahamedaashik6 @idreesali114 No; he said exactly "Russia did not need to notify anyone" rather than "Russia did not notify anyone" (which immediately made me think they had actually notified someone). Details like that are important.

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@konrad_muzyka Akapit mówiący o tym, że potencjalne przyszłe cele będą znajdować się "na terytorium Ukrainy" (+zostaną ostrzeżeni cywile) wygląda na dopisany w ostatniej chwili - jak gdyby ktoś zauważył, że bez niego faktycznie brzmiałoby to jak zapowiedź bezpośredniego ataku na NATO.

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@The_Lookout_N Read the original (I know enough Russian to not require a translation). This would be very ominous except he goes out of his way to remark that potential future targets are to be found "on the territory of Ukraine", which downgrades the whole thing to "meh".

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@russianforces I used to respect this profile a lot, but it seems to be going downhill. The author may be an expert in his field, but he is increasingly injecting weird political undertones into his tweets. Heh... I suppose even smart people sometimes end up drinking the kool-aid. Shame.

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@mtmalinen I'm absolutely not accusing you of being a Kremlin-aligned propaganda troll.

You sure do talk and act like one, though - based on the contents of your Twitter feed. 🤷‍♂️

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@mtmalinen This thread is a litany of historical facts which leads the author to an utterly ridiculous conclusion. Ukraine *was not* a military threat to Russia, but *was* (and, in fact, continues to be) a bitter pill. Russia invaded regardless.

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@_itmo_ @The_Lookout_N Yeah, a low-cost solution is absolutely required. Modern AD is inadequate - not because it's not effective, but because of crippling economic considerations. As things stand, the attacker wins (eventually).

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@The_Lookout_N Given that combat aircraft have effectively been relegated to the role of glorified rocket boosters for missiles (or jet engine boosters, to be more specific), I wonder why we need manned fighters at all. Seems like a job drones could do perfectly well...

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@konrad_muzyka @JacekSiewiera @BeataGWinter @TrompBK Od dłuższego czasu fascynuje mnie fenomen ISW - są traktowani jak wyrocznia przez większość światowych MSM, chociaż jakość ich analiz zasługuje na - moim zdaniem - co najwyżej tróję z plusem. Podejrzewam, że to po prostu efekt nadania sobie szacownie brzmiącej nazwy...

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@russianforces I'm honestly shocked the entire Internet seems to have overlooked the new opinion piece by our good friend Karaganov - published on RIA several days ago.

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@BrownBartosz @tomaszmarkiewka @A_Swidzinski @konrad_muzyka Rzekłbym, że kłamstwa również bywają interesujące - w kontekście rozważań typu "Kto kłamie? W jakim celu? Kto się na to nabierze? Co z tego może wyniknąć?"

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@The_Lookout_N Worth noting that putative destruction of BSF would just happen to miss all the "strategic" triggers - cf. rumors of potential US response to RU nuclear escalation in UA.