Or what would it take for coup in Minsk?

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Wali served with the Royal Canadian Infantry's 22nd Regiment in Kandahar during the Afghanistan war between 2009 and 2011, reports The Independent. He also reportedly volunteered to fight the Islamic State in Iraq in 2015 and joined hands with the Kurdish forces.

According to media reports, the sniper can deliver 40 kills in a day. On an average, a sniper makes five to six kills in a day.

Wali holds the record of the longest confirmed kill he shot down an IS's fighter in Iraq's Mosul from a distance of 3.5 kilometre using a McMillan Tac-50 rifle in June 2017.

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Concern growing that Belarus may join the fighting. SITREP

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If Belarus does invade, I bet half defect to the ukes and the other half become a liability to the Ruskies. So boys come on down !

The article embedded in the Tweet says:

The sniper, who goes by the name Wali, and who Global News is not naming to protect his family, became famous after a viral, but false, claim that he took the world's longest sniper shot in Iraq.

Kremlin spox on CNN

Putin “hasn’t achieved [his goals] yet” in Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov tells me. “It is going on strictly in accordance with the plans,” he insists, which are Ukraine’s demilitarization, neutrality, eliminating “nationalist battalions” & recognition of Crimea, Donetsk & Luhansk. pic.twitter.com/tIdiB7fD86

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) March 22, 2022

Peskov just refused to say Putin will not use nuclear weapons on @amanpour. In fact he confirmed he would under "existential threat".

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 22, 2022

Now, what's Putin's definition of an "existential threat"? THAT is the grand question.

OwnWorstEnemy said:

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Kremlin spox on CNN

Putin “hasn’t achieved [his goals] yet” in Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov tells me. “It is going on strictly in accordance with the plans,” he insists, which are Ukraine’s demilitarization, neutrality, eliminating “nationalist battalions” & recognition of Crimea, Donetsk & Luhansk. pic.twitter.com/tIdiB7fD86

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) March 22, 2022

Peskov just refused to say Putin will not use nuclear weapons on @amanpour. In fact he confirmed he would under "existential threat".

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 22, 2022

Now, what's Putin's definition of an "existential threat"? THAT is the grand question.

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If NATO and/or Ukraine invaded Russia I'd imagine that be an existential threat to Putin and the current Russian regime.

OwnWorstEnemy said:

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Oooops. Rooskies lost something important. Ukes will look after it for them.

Now this one is probably going to find its way to some very interested engineers. https://t.co/0CfuGzacwb

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 22, 2022

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I know we'd love to get our hands on that. Might be making a Ukrainian farmer rich here soon.

I can't hold off of a Three Amigos meme much longer with all this infamous talk.

But I will as not to get deleted.

To keep on topic, if the attack along the Kiev axis is blunted and halted, then the real incentive will be to reduce Mariupol ASAP so the dedicated forces there can be reallocated to drive north along the river to threaten towards Kiev from the south and to cut the nation in two and encircle Ukrainian forces in the east.

Ukraine really needs to focus some combat power along that axis to prepare for that threat, if they can't relieve the city.

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Jock 07 said:

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OwnWorstEnemy said:

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Oooops. Rooskies lost something important. Ukes will look after it for them.

Now this one is probably going to find its way to some very interested engineers. https://t.co/0CfuGzacwb

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 22, 2022

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I know we'd love to get our hands on that. Might be making a Ukrainian farmer rich here soon.

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Some more info on this thing's importance.

those command post radar planes.

If Ukraine trades for it, the captive gear also lets the US/NATO do live testing to develop tactics and technology to negate any advantage Russia hoped to get from the system

Short form: Easy air superiority vs Russia for the next 10 years
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— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) March 22, 2022

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Yup exactly would be a huge get. Also would help in determining who, (prc) if anyone, helped with the design and manufacturing. Quite useful in the strategic comms game.

OwnWorstEnemy said:

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Kremlin spox on CNN

Putin “hasn’t achieved [his goals] yet” in Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov tells me. “It is going on strictly in accordance with the plans,” he insists, which are Ukraine’s demilitarization, neutrality, eliminating “nationalist battalions” & recognition of Crimea, Donetsk & Luhansk. pic.twitter.com/tIdiB7fD86

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) March 22, 2022

Peskov just refused to say Putin will not use nuclear weapons on @amanpour. In fact he confirmed he would under "existential threat".

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 22, 2022

Now, what's Putin's definition of an "existential threat"? THAT is the grand question.

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She should have the guts to tell that guy that he is working for basically the 2nd coming of Hitler and ask how he feels about it.

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OwnWorstEnemy said:

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Kremlin spox on CNN

Putin “hasn’t achieved [his goals] yet” in Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov tells me. “It is going on strictly in accordance with the plans,” he insists, which are Ukraine’s demilitarization, neutrality, eliminating “nationalist battalions” & recognition of Crimea, Donetsk & Luhansk. pic.twitter.com/tIdiB7fD86

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) March 22, 2022

Peskov just refused to say Putin will not use nuclear weapons on @amanpour. In fact he confirmed he would under "existential threat".

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 22, 2022

Now, what's Putin's definition of an "existential threat"? THAT is the grand question.

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If NATO and/or Ukraine invaded Russia I'd imagine that be an existential threat to Putin and the current Russian regime.

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That's what a rational person would consider an existential threat. The question was Putin, 'cause in his world, Ukraine is a Nazi state staged to simultaneously attack with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons with pigeons as a delivery platform.

Captain Positivity said:

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Really want to post a Three Amigos meme right now but don't want to get the ban hammer.

I'll keep it on topic and mention that Lukashenko might be in a world of hurt right now, regardless of what his actions are. No matter what he does, he's screwed.

He can't keep pushing Russia aside. Can't risk sending troops as it might leave his backside exposed.

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Speaking of memes, if he sends his troops into Ukraine he risk recreating the scene from Braveheart where the Irish and Scottish hug it out instead of fighting.

He can't send them because he knows once they cross the border he can't control them and they might even turn around and come back at him.

Post it here
https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3248046/

pic.twitter.com/EzKAe7SHTN

— Michel Roncon Santos (@Cibereporter) March 22, 2022

So on one hand you stop shipments, on another hand you miss and now you are at war with NATO. Could not get better positioning for an airbase unless it was practically an enclave.

— Woofers (@NotWoofers) March 22, 2022

Mr. Business said:

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According to Putin on multiple occasions, the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign country allied either economically, politically, or militarily with the west is an existential threat to Russia. Remember this.

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Oh good, we're already there. I was worried we were going to have to track down which tin foil he uses and which radio frequency causes him to hear blue.

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Captain Positivity said:

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Really want to post a Three Amigos meme right now but don't want to get the ban hammer.

I'll keep it on topic and mention that Lukashenko might be in a world of hurt right now, regardless of what his actions are. No matter what he does, he's screwed.

He can't keep pushing Russia aside. Can't risk sending troops as it might leave his backside exposed.

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Speaking of memes, if he sends his troops into Ukraine he risk recreating the scene from Braveheart where the Irish and Scottish hug it out instead of fighting.

He can't send them because he knows once they cross the border he can't control them and they might even turn around and come back at him.

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They may not even cross the border before turning around.

https://instagr.am/p/CbayW-9O5Vs

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https://instagr.am/p/CbayW-9O5Vs

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Is that a maxim gun in the back?

That machine gun looks like it just stepped out of 1917.

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https://instagr.am/p/CbayW-9O5Vs

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BLAST (PUN INTENDED) FROM THE PAST...

The PM M1910 is a medium machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during Russian Civil War and World War II. Later the gun saw service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

The Soviet Union manufactured more PM1910 Maxim guns and would keep them in service until the end of World War II, manufacturing more than 600,000 units.

Russia and Ukraine are neighbors. They are going to have to eventually find a way to get along. They need to be careful as people to remember the true causes of their disagreements and suffering, and though it will be challenging, remember there are a lot of people on both sides pushed into this that really did not want what has happened.

Captain Positivity said:

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Really want to post a Three Amigos meme right now but don't want to get the ban hammer.

I'll keep it on topic and mention that Lukashenko might be in a world of hurt right now, regardless of what his actions are. No matter what he does, he's screwed.

He can't keep pushing Russia aside. Can't risk sending troops as it might leave his backside exposed.

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He's at risk of A) being assassinated and Russia finding another prop. B) Russia invading Belarus C) Being assassinated by his own military who then refuses to enter and risks a direct conflict with Russia, prompting B.

Belarussian's best play here might just be internal sabotage of Russian efforts. There's no way they'd get the same protection and western tech transfer that Ukraine is getting.

Mr. Business said:

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According to Putin on multiple occasions, the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign country allied either economically, politically, or militarily with the west is an existential threat to Russia. Remember this.

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Yes - the ethnic Russians in Ukraine, a successful and western Ukraine, pose the threat to "Russia". The problem Putin has is in his mind. He defines Russia and believes he is the only one who can save the Rus. Problem is, he will die and Russia will live on. Governments will change, but Russia will survive in a recognizable form. At this point in history, people groups across Europe have their own nation states. This wasn't the case for a thousand years. Now will Russia keep the Far East, tbd. But central and European Russia will remain.