What are you talking about? They weren't stationed there until just this year. And they're stationed in Belarus, Moldova, Crimea along with forces in the Baltic Sea.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They weren’t stationed there until just this year.

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[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The stupid, it burns. There's ~~130k to 150k~~ possibly 190k troops there now. No previous article mentions that number of troops. This represents an escalation, which is higher than any number in the articles you are linking which means....there are new troops there that were not previously there before. Kinda weird that I have to say something like that out loud.

This also completely ignores the fact that the largest country in the world, specifically massing troops on all borders of a specific country isn't the same as having them distributed anywhere in the country.

[–] guojing@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Southern military district is headquartered in Rostov on Don since 2010, which is 100 km from the Ukrainian border. It would be very strange if there were no military units stationed before this year.

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That has nothing to do with the recent escalation of military presence, which I know that you know, so why are you wasting both my time and yours?

[–] guojing@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You must be talking about these satellite pictures of Russian tanks being parked outside their permanent barracks. Really scary!

And which recent escalation do you mean exactly?

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There is a substantial new troop presence at a scale without recent precedent and you're just trying to change the subject. It has recently been reported as 190,000 troops. Literally none of the articles cited by you or your friend have those kinds of figures.

So to recap:

The Rostov base has nothing to do with anything
a news cycle about a picture has nothing to do with anything
The timeline of previous buildups have nothing to do with anything.

You're just cycling through stupid derails, one after another. Next you're probably going to post a news article about how a reporter said something wrong about Russia in 2017 and say "what about this?!?!" And that, too, will have nothing to do with anything.

You're continuing to waste my time and yours, which I'm guessing is the goal here.

[–] guojing@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Yes a lot has been reported, but actual proof is never given. Thats probably why you didnt bother linking any sources for your claims.