Patrick Pickering

History, strategy, foreign policy, world affairs, video games, board games, what-ifs.

[SK Media @SpaghettiKozak]

@AlexGodofsky Nah. Russia can always agree to leave Ukraine, starting by a mass evacuation of Crimea. Ukraine would certainly agree.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Trump asking whether he (President Zelenskyy) would go to Moscow, who then responds:

„It is difficult to go to Moscow thanks to the many Ukrainian drones. (…) It is too dangerous.“

I almost fell from my chair laughing.

[Monty @MontayBayBay]

@ZelenskyyUa Thank you
https://t.co/KfdCV41iIe

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Russia is actively planning a false flag operation in Poland, Finland, or one of the Baltic states. It is expected to take place in the coming months.

The goal is to test NATO's and the EU's unity while shifting attention away from Russia's failures in Ukraine and domestic problems.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

In today’s Vatnik Soup and our “Degenerate Russia” series, we’ll discuss what kind of lowlifes sink low enough to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, lie on Russia’s behalf, promote Russian BS, and even gather in Moscow or St. Petersburg to help the Kremlin wage its war.

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[Zeonic|Scanlations @zeonicscans]

"The greatest achievement of intelligence that the human mind has ever conceived is literature. In other words, drama. No matter how much AI learns, it will never be able to understand that."
-- Yoshiyuki Tomino (2026)

[Kraut @The_Davos_Man]

In 1916 Romania sent its gold reserves to Russia, so the Germans wouldn't get them. All of it was stolen.

In 1936 the Spanish republic sent its gold reserves to Russia, so Franco wouldn't get it. All of it was stolen.

Unbelievable a country is dumb enough to do this again.

[Kyle Glen @KyleJGlen]

Whenever Ukraine carry out a successful op against Russia, the same people start crying about "causing WW3" and the "mighty" Russian military and Putin's retaliation will "flatten Kyiv."

This ridiculous lie that Russia have been holding back for the last 4 years is hilarious.

[SK Media @SpaghettiKozak]

Ukrainians showing Westerners that you dan actually do stuff to russia when it threatens you.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Trump spent years attacking Biden for sending roughly $65 billion in military aid (falsely claiming that $300 billion was sent) to Ukraine.

Then came the Iran war, costing the US around $25 billion, triggering a global economic shock, and forcing Gulf allies to burn through huge stocks of Patriot missiles and other air defense systems.

Now Trump's deal promises a $300 billion reconstruction fund, sanctions relief, and access to tens of billions in previously frozen Iranian assets.

MAGA somehow calls this a "win."

Make it make sense.

[Marshal Bohemond ⚔️⛨ | Space Crusader Vtuber @HMBohemond]

Once you understand how motivated reasoning works, you understand how tourists believe everything is the Imperium of Man's fault. Even things they logically could not have caused or known about.

The Imperium being at fault is what they want. The rest is jumping through logical hoops to 'prove it.'

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

The Pro-Russian AfD laughed when German chancellor Friedrich Merz praised the heroic fight of the Ukrainian people for independence, which he immediately used to call out the treasonous character of the AfD, and wishing them „farewell to Moscow“.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Edward Snowden has officially started producing propaganda for the Kremlin.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

The Day That Changed the War

On June 10, 2022, the world’s first successful combat use of an FPV drone took place. “Tourist,” “Schweiger,” and “Baghdad” — fighters of the SIGNUM battalion — carried out that historic mission.

We all remember the footage that has since become part of history: “Fourth house. Blue doors.” That flight became a point of no return — an event that changed the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine and transformed the rules of modern warfare.

Because of it, Ukraine now has a dedicated branch of unmanned systems forces, thousands of destroyed enemy vehicles, hundreds of thousands of eliminated occupiers, and, most importantly, countless Ukrainian lives saved.

We thank those who dared to be first — and those who continue the fight every day.

Quoting Sternenko here.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

“If anything happens to me, don’t spend money on bringing me back to New Zealand. Bury me in Ukraine.” — Kiwi, an international volunteer for Suspilne.

Kiwi is 21. His favourite poem is “Zapovit”. “It's about the desire to be with Ukraine, even after death”, he says.
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[Squiggles @heisei_ramen]

>ask for permit to build mosque
>city says no
>build it anyway
>invite Pakistani ambassador to cut the ribbon
>gloat on TV about how Japan won’t do shit
>get shut down for building an illegal building with no permit or inspection
>cry on TV that Japan is racist

lmao

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

I’m loving this sort of thing.

For years, Russia has been yelling about “Ukrainian Nazis,” the “Kyiv junta,” the “protection of the people of Donbas,” the “NATO threat,” and “we didn’t start this war, Ukraine attacked us.”

And then, as if nothing happened, Russian officials openly and publicly threaten Armenia with a “Ukrainian scenario” if its pro-Western government, which has been confidently re-elected, continues moving closer to the European Union and European countries.

[Dan the “Shadow Tanker Bonker” @realLangerDan]

Irish Tankies are just so deluded and blind to the realities of the Russian army and leadership.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Merkel was the best agent of Russian interests, not as a spy, but politically.

She made Germany and Europe dependent on Russian gas, built Nord Stream 2 after Crimea, and paralyzed efforts to build a strong coalition against Putin.

[Dan the “Shadow Tanker Bonker” @realLangerDan]

🚨According to the Irish Times, the Irish Government refused FOI requests to release 2023 briefing documents on Aughinish Alumina export destinations because of the potential damage to Ireland’s international relations.

Makes you wonder what is in these documents…

#Alumina21