SHOIGU ASSURES NO FURTHER MOBILIZATION: 🗣 "In September alone, more than 50,000 people signed a contract with the military, and more than 335,000 have signed up for the military on a voluntary basis since the beginning of the year" - the Minister of Defense said.

Considering also 300,000 mobilized men at the end of 2022, Russia has around 600,000+ personnel in active service.

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🇺🇦 WAIT, WAS THERE NO PLAN "B"? 18 months into the Special Operation, the US Congress pulls back funding, while Europe has exhausted the supplies it was willing to part with.

In its heydey, Ukraine was an industrial giant, producing heavy machinery for the Soviet military. These factories are now damaged, but Ukrainian officials are looking to Western defense firms to build in Ukraine. Not quite "arming themselves" as the article claims.

A feeble attempt at a-sorta Plan "B" as Rheinmetall, a German arms giant, and British BAE defense firm have announced plans to open offices in Ukraine - but there are no guarantees they too won't be "demilitarized."

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🇪🇬 ANGRY MOB BURNS SHIT UP in Egypt, as protests erupt over incumbent President Al-Sisi announcing plans to run for the 3rd time.

Al-Sisi, a retired military officer, has been in power since 2014.

Has Egypt been bitten by the "democracy" bug? Countries are yet to prove that a change of leadership equals responsibility - doesn't it dilute it?

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00:34 "WHY ARE YOU OINKING?" 🐷 - Lvov, Western Ukraine girl demonstrates disgust toward "Russian pigs" in social experiment.

Young journalist, who CAN speak Ukrainian, takes to the streets of Lvov to see if there is any racism while speaking Russian. In a country where 38% identify as ethnically Russian - this is the attitude of Western Ukrainians toward their countrymen.

🇪🇺 Young man at 00:18 almost can't comprehend what muppet would speak Russian in "tolerant, European Lvov."

Do you live in a bilingual country? Comment below if anything like this would be possible there 👇

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HITLER COULDN'T, BUT APPARENTLY ZELENSKY CAN - destroy the Russian Navy in Sevastopol, Crimea harbor.

🇬🇧🇵🇱 00:57 🗣 "Ukraine has achieved functional defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet" - James Heappey, Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the UK at the Warsaw, Poland Security Forum.

💩 Imagine talking shit and actually believing your own poo breath? The Black Sea Fleet stands where it has always stood, and will continue to do so.

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🇸🇩 TOYOTA TRUCKS AND MOUNTED MACHINE GUNS, in eerie resemblance to ISIS tactics - as Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fight against Sudanese army.

RSF has captured a city in Sudan's Kordofan region, from government forces.

🗣 “This achievement is instrumental in our mission to neutralize the former regime and its extremist affiliates,” the group says.

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