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maxsolomon

(39,276 posts)
1. Tuapse is a major Black Sea oil exporting port
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:16 PM
Apr 29

A trip to Google Earth is quite enlightening.

Ukraine should keep hitting those facilities.

86 Tuapse!

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republianmushroom

(22,850 posts)
2. Suck it up, puppet master Putin.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:33 PM
Apr 29

LiberalLovinLug

(14,775 posts)
7. "How can I be losing?.....I have the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth backing me"
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:23 PM
Apr 29

republianmushroom

(22,850 posts)
8. True, he's but not the brightest bulb in the string.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:28 PM
Apr 29

Wonder Why

(7,297 posts)
9. But TACO changes direction every day so nobody trusts him.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:36 PM
Apr 29

orangecrush

(31,593 posts)
3. K&R
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:40 PM
Apr 29

ananda

(35,661 posts)
4. The real leader of the free world knows what to do and when.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:05 PM
Apr 29

Slava Ukraine!

Mysterian

(6,690 posts)
5. Well done, Ukranian fighters!
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:07 PM
Apr 29

Burn it to the ground.

Torchlight

(7,128 posts)
6. All Putin has to do is withdraw and it's over
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:17 PM
Apr 29

But I've got a sneaking suspicion he's abandoned reason, and relies on the political idiots in his staff telling him "it's still winnable!"

What Putin is doing to Russia's to military what trump is doing to our government-- trying to slowly choke the life out of it while simultaneously jib-jabbering on about being the only one who can save it.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,775 posts)
11. Failure is not an option for Putin.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 04:10 PM
Apr 29

He will push for more war spending, from any source possible. More recruiting.
If that doesn't work I think he'll even think about the nuclear option. With those smaller n bombs first.
He will take the world to the brink....and only stop when he is stopped by other oligarchs who see their fortunes at stake and the planet as well.

If some folks would 86 both Trump and Putin, the world would be so much better off

Queso Delicioso

(209 posts)
12. Nope. It comes standard.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 04:17 PM
Apr 29

He's got nothing left in the tank, and I suspect his nukes wouldn't fly even if he wanted them to. His only remaining choice is whether he goes out like Hitler, or like Mussolini.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,775 posts)
13. My point is that he literally has to keep going. Its victory or assasination.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 04:25 PM
Apr 29

It is only when Ukraine, with Europe, finally piss off his wealthy elite peers enough, because they are losing money, that he will be forced out......kicking and screaming

somsai

(264 posts)
14. Russia has mostly been hitting civilians with it's drones. Ukraine is hitting military and economic infrastructure
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 08:21 PM
Apr 29

I'd guess much of Ukraines infrastructure is in Poland except things that can't be imported like electricity. Russia has no place to hide it's stuff, and needs tremendous amounts of money to fund it's war fighting. Eventually Russia is going to have problems supplying itself.

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