And nothing of value was lost

I remember when XX60 cards were entry level

Guess you don’t know then

It wasn’t actually to target her but lgbt+ people that were there.

The only news here are the ukrainians using them. Russia has had them for years by this point.

ICC are for virtue signalling, not to actually punish crimes against humanity.

It’s not really about changing it for cold hard power, but changing how their soft power will be projected. I’ve seen some theories that the rethoric is going to change from being about freedom of expression and LGBT rights and similar to ideas about traditional family values or something, and I think it’s very plausible.

This isn’t fundamentally changing anything. It’s about using different tools for the same goal.

Yes, it’s one of the US’s propaganda presses

Just look at Kursk, Velyka Novosilka and Chasiv Yar and ponder for a bit if they are winning or losing.

.world is run terribly, and is already very bloated, so no.

The leverage is whatever they expect to happen if they are left to Russian interests

Second this. I expected just more crazy ukrainian claims but it was actually a very grounded analysis of the situation.

Military bases and soldiers are the opposite of soft power

Funny that when Georgia does it, it’s anti-democratic.

Gotta pump those numbers up.

Very much not the case, poverty increased considerably last year

What does Russia have to do with anything? It’s the US military itself that has been having problems with it

The problem with the F-35 is their high maintenance cost and low reliability.

I bet the price of that console was going to break their bank.