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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have held on for more than seven months in one of the most important battles of the war.

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[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Putin really meant, "Surrender AND die".

[–] faberyayo@lemm.ee 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the peace talks...

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Piss negotiations.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 18 points 10 hours ago

Funny how Putin offers "mercy" while bombing hospitals. His dictionary must define peace as "total submission."

🐱🐱

[–] DaChrissy@reddthat.com 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Its wild to think that when this started I was not married and my now wife then girlfriend was still in college. Time flies. Aside from that, what the fuck putin?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Probably important to note that in American English, college refers to tertiary education ('university' elsewhere)

[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How far does college go? PhD?

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

For most, "College" is the first 4 or so years getting a bachelor's degree. Beyond that is "Grad school" where you get Graduate degrees like PhDs, Masters degrees, and whatnot.

I only did undergrad and the degree was in acting so take what I say with a grain of salt as I am an authority on practically nothing.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 13 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I'm amazed he's offering "Surrender or die", I figured he'd pull an Israel and go "Surrender AND die"

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

That is definitely what will happen if they surrender though.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 hours ago

They say 'or', then they act out 'and'.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Putin must surrender or die

I'd love to fly that drone that does the job

😁

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Can't happen soon enough man. I wake up every morning and go to Google news front page hoping to see it. I hate that my mind is being spent on having to hate this ugly, evil person.

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 28 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Can someone please take Putin out on a balcony

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Some some glowing tea?

[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

or a window in top floor of a skyscraper. Dude needs some fresh air.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago

He should fall for so long that he has time to regret his life choices. They should need to to a dna test to confirm it was him with from the shit stain in the crater.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 40 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

For anyone not reading the article he is specifically talking about any troops Ukraine has left in the Kursk region as there has been a general pullback into Ukraine from Kursk in the last few days. This is not about the wider peace negotiations.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Strange because the actual title of the article mentions that fact. it appears the link seeks to make it as clickbaity as possible.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah. I didn't like that. I don't like Putin but misinfo isn't going to help.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 2 points 11 hours ago

Surprises me even more because it is VOA.

[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

"but misinfo isn’t going to help"

tell that to literally all of politics

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 16 points 20 hours ago

For anyone not reading the article

ie. everybody in the thread

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 16 hours ago

Hey Putin, wanna hear a funny story?

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Trump was supposed to end this war in a day. Has it been a day yet?

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Yes a very weird one... Albeit a long one.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

TBF he never specified which day.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

One of his goons said he WILL end it in a day. How far away that day is... who knows.

[–] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Check again tomorrow

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

He actually said, " Ukrainians must surrender or I die" but the media being what they are....

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 97 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Europe, I hope y'all are doing the whole "speak quietly and carry a big stick."

Because if Putin steam rolls Ukraine, he's not stopping there, and now he has the US government under his control too.

[–] alkbch@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago

Europe is doing the opposite of “speak quietly and carry a big stick”

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Bet.

We ready bruv

Taistelukenttä 2020 | Slagfält 2020 | Battlefield 2020

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Russia had experience in trying to invade Finland. Hasn't gone well for them since... well, since the idea of nations to begin with.

Edit fixes link url

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Finland isn't what I'm quite so worried about yet.

Its more Estonia. And Latvia. And Moldova, Romania, Poland, Chezchia, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc.

Hungary and Belarus I think we can say are pretty much already Russia.

Also I didn't know about the Kaliningrad Oblast, anyone know what the fuck happened there?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Kaliningrad was German before (Königsberg) but was annexed by the Soviets after WW2 and Russified. At the time there was a land border through the Baltics. When these former Soviet states broke free, Kaliningrad remained Russian.

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (5 children)

Yeah kaliningrad oblast came like as a surprise to me as well some years back. Like what the fuck is a piece of Russia doing there?!

Estonia is a EU and NATO country. It's not part of NORDEFCO but we still have exercised with them extensively I believe especially after joining NATO.

Finland is the backbone of the Nordic defense.

And that's my favourite role. In the army we won the rope-pulling contest with me as anchor. The other teams wore fucking boots while we had sneakers on (because dress code says no boots with exercise gear) so they broke military dress code and accused us of cheating.

I know I wasn't the strongest member of our group (we had one EU judo champion who could toss a 10-20kg exercise ball to the ceiling of a sports hall like 10m high), but I was the most unyielding one with the most spirit and anger and that's infectious.

I like to think I channeled the spirit of Óðinn:

As mentioned above, Odin’s name can be translated as “Master of Ecstasy.” His Old Norse name, Óðinn, is formed from two parts: first, the noun óðr, “ecstasy, fury, inspiration,” and the suffix -inn, the masculine definite article, which, when added to the end of another word like this, means something like “the master of” or “a perfect example of.” The eleventh-century historian Adam of Bremen confirms this when he translates “Odin” as “The Furious.”[1] Óðr can take countless different forms. As one saga describes Odin, “when he sat with his friends, he gladdened the spirits of all of them, but when he was at war, his demeanor was terrifyingly grim.”

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/odin/

(as a side note odin was way gayer than ppl think and slightly genderfluid and I respect all lgtb and im not a racist, it's just something you have to mention when talking about norse myths)

And thats wholly tangential but it's what I bring to the table.. Let Vanja fucking try opening up another front.

“Silmien Välliin” - Finnish Anti-Russian Song

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[–] Tamei@lemm.ee 101 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Man, what a peace-loving guy! Damn Ukraine for not stopping the war! >:/

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[–] withabeard@lemmy.world 138 points 1 day ago (7 children)

So... Let me check I get this right on the timeline.

America Europe Ukraine meet, agree to a 30 day ceasefire. Agree this tests if Russia is serious about ending the war. Putin gobbs off, surrender or die.

Categorical that Russia is not serious about ending the war.

Next steps boys

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