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Sign up with GoogleRusso-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 8
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MunosMachos
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Phew, thank goodness for that, otherwise the drone wouldnever have made it back safely.
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Russian occupation of Crimea - Wikipedia
The Russian occupation of Crimea is an ongoing military occupation within Ukraine by the Russian Federation, which began on 20 February 2014 when the military-political, administrative, economic and social order of Russia was spread to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea[8][9][10] and Sevastopol.
The occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol was the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
On the night of 26–27 February, Russian special forces seized and blocked the Supreme Soviet of Crimea and the Council of Ministers of Crimea. Representatives of the so-called Crimean militia, with the support of military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, seized other administrative buildings, airports in Simferopol and Sevastopol
rambo919
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Dude, read further down the damn wiki page.... the invasion had nothing directly to do with Crimea.Russian occupation of Crimea - Wikipedia
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The Russian occupation of Crimea is an ongoing military occupation within Ukraine by the Russian Federation, which began on 20 February 2014 when the military-political, administrative, economic and social order of Russia was spread to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea[8][9][10] and Sevastopol.
The occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol was the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
On the night of 26–27 February, Russian special forces seized and blocked the Supreme Soviet of Crimea and the Council of Ministers of Crimea. Representatives of the so-called Crimean militia, with the support of military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, seized other administrative buildings, airports in Simferopol and Sevastopol
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On the first pan up of the video, one can easily tell the height of the wings and propeller from the video feed, the second drunken fuel dump didn't clear that distance.
Dave
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Your trolling is getting a bit repetitive now.
We need to go back to English 101 for you.
rambo919
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Look at the troll accusing me of trolling when anyone that can read can see I am being technically correct. The page does not call Crimea an invasion.
The Trutherizer
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I must say the cameras and tracking on that drone must be freaking spectacular to take high frame rate footage like that. And then the tech to transmit the data.
It's phenomenal.
This while Russia's pulling silicon from washing machines and using repurposed DSLR cameras for military purposes. They are out of their depth.
True, but just imagine Russian getting away with their drones doing surveillance 50km from the US's Pacific coastline.
MunosMachos
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That lonely old fart calling everybody else a troll is hilarious. The lack of self-awareness is astonishing. Comes with dementia I guess.
The NYT must be Russian agents now.
The constitution was not followed. Fact. That is not somebody's opinion. It was the most brazen, illegal coup of recent times with far-reaching consequences.
Why not just be honest and admit you don't care about the law if it is people you dislike whose legal rights are being trampled?
Seems Hitchens also knows the law wasn't followed. Just admit you only care about law and democracy when it suits your side.
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Please provide the legal judgement that backs up that statement.
**EDIT** And just for reference, I am perfectly willing to admit that what happened was illegal and unconstitutional but I need to see the legal judgements that actually show that not some randoms opinion.
Unhappy438
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They wish they had even the slightest capabilities to project that much military power.
China have been doing so for years. Only when one of their balloons veered into US territory, did they shoot it down.
Flexing military power where you don't belong is never a good thing, whether its the USA, Russians or whoever.
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Ag shem...
Lol now you sound like Cosmik Debris. Only his hand picked 'expert' can comment.
It remains a fact. Ukraine's Constitution was not followed = unlawful. No amount of denial or trying to pass that off as 'just somebody's opinion' changes that fact.
You guys try to use the same trick regarding assurances about NATO expansion. The trick being to just cover your eyes and ears and deny it ever happened.
An oversized weather balloon with a Fong-Kong GoPro camera vs. a 20 metre wide MQ Reaper drone capable of carrying laser guided missiles. Hardly comparable. The one is little bit more threatening than the other.
The Trutherizer
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On the necessity to close loopholes in the sanctions against Russia. Browder is worth listening to. Russia hates the guy, because he refused to play ball with them, and then turned around to actively oppose their criminal MO. Instrumental in getting the Magnitsky Act passed. All in all he's on a bit of a crusade against the Kremlin criminal cartel.
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A phenomenal precedent. A lot of the heat that has Russia hot and bothered in recent years originates from Browder.
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What makes Sakwa an expert on legal matters? Surely and an actual lawyer should be the one making pronouncements on the constitutionality of some thing. What makes his judgement on the matter in any way authoritative?
It's weird that you have to go to him to get an opinion, surely if this was so obviously unconstitutional there would be a throng of legal experts that you could cite?
A "fact" as decided by something with no background in law, his "expert" opinion carries about as much weight on the subject as yours does
You have my sympathies, it can't be easy to convince people that the fictions you believe in are actually true.