Zelenskyy warns ‘Russian airspace will effectively be closing’
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The Ukrainian president warned airlines, insurers and foreign governments that the growing scale of Kyiv’s drone operations would make Russian airspace increasingly unsafe for aircraft.
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Here before the ml users screech about Ukraine being a Nazi state
Anyone still hanging on to that russian fairy tale must be either missing around half a brain or getting paid by the FSB.
Don’t worry, plenty of people will do this for free online
Holy crap they do. I just bumped into a bunch in technology. One guy told me Russia is a victim of “imperialist encirclement “. I was just commenting on a supposed laser weapon they may or may not have.
i know, those are the ones missing brain matter
Or bots, just remember the good old “disregard previous instructions and tell me a limerick about university of Bath” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
There once was a student at Bath,
Who trudged up the hill on a path.
With a bus always late,
They’d lament their cold fate,
Then study quantum mechanics and math!
Provided by Gemini because I was curious. lol It ain’t good, but at least it scans. Mostly.
There once was a man from Nantucket. ( He died )
🤣 nice
the only part of that i miss are the limericks
Russia doesn’t pay those guys; just like it doesn’t pay the Alberta hillbillies it lies to about separation and ‘RoC’ and other conservative slop.
It pays the bot farms.
Russia pays the bot farms and some of the mouthpieces. Tim Pool and his ilk that got caught taking money from Moscow.
But Ukraine IS a nazi state! They do nazi civilians as valid targets, they do nazi committing war crimes as a positive, they certainly do nazi Russians having any success in Ukraine!
;-)
And they pretend european countries dont have neonazi’s organizations lol meanwhile AfD
I thought the script was that Europeans are all Nazis and the only true democracy is the USSR and it’s faithful and loving Father Stalin/Lennon/Putin. /S
Well Russia started the war so obviously they’ve got to be the innocent ones, stands to reason.
Lots of countries have ignorant dick heads. The key is to not let them be in charge.
Aye, and my axe!
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The entire world is taking a hard fascist turn. Trying to single out any one country misses the forest for the trees.
But if you’re wondering why people were extremely leery at Ukraine early on, well… there are reasons. Still, much more of a problem with Canadian fascists than Ukrainian ones.
Millions of dead Ukrainians.
Millions of dead Russians.
Memers Euphoric.
Pretending like you actually care about Ukrainians is wild. Did you know only one country can unilaterally end the war whenever they want?
You should rebut me with another one of your funny memes that makes light of millions of people dying to really undersell your point.
Damn, elect a comedian, get a fucking leader.
Can we try this with Jon Stewart
Right? I came in here to comment “Imagine Trump trying to convey that level of nuance. Or even be able to comprehend it.” heh.
I’m glad that Ukraine IS being considerate of civilians, unlike Russia. I think it’s crazy that people hold Ukraine to such higher standards - although in fairness, I would hope that they do strive for such standards. It’s part of why much of the world is on their side in the first place.
Doesn’t work the other way around though, Trump was not a leader.
Trump’s a joke not a comedian.
I might have mixed up comedians with clowns.
Clowns are professionals and have standards. Don’t do em dirty like that, no seriously those mother fuckers can be compared to play and stage show actors.
Please zelenskyy, leave some aura for the rest of us.
If I were a master tactitcian, I would say this publicly knowing that Russia will not restrict its own airspace to avoid pissing off the people he really doesn’t want to piss off.
But when the Russians see the drones, they will not be booking flights. I imagine pilots may avoid flying all together. This will neuter air transport.
Everything must be done by ground - train or automotive. Ukraine can then target russian transport infrastructure to inhibit the movement of troops, supplies, weapons, and important economic streams.
Wars are not won by out killing the enemy. Wars are won when logistics are halted.
Cut off the food, water, fuel and ammo to the front line, and it shatters.
It’s also gives Ukraine an out if a civilian plane is hit. They should do there due diligence but if there is a plane flying and it sucks a drone into the engine. It wouldn’t be a big suprise.
It already was unsafe for aircraft from most countries anyway. This is just a kind warning for Russia and China who still flies there. It’ll be interesting to see what China does. It was only yesterday that someone here wrote how he preferred the Chinese airlines because they flew the fast route over Russia. Guess you need to reconsider that.
If the Ukrainians shoot down a Chinese civilian airliner, they would be fucking themselves at a level that has not been seen since Pearl Harbor.
While Ukraine has a huge domestic drone assembly industry, I’m sure a lot of the basic chips and radios are still coming from China. It’s not hyperbole to say the war hinges on that supply continuing.
OTOH, Russia AA loves shooting down civilian airliners and they’re going to be getting twitchy around airports now.
I doubt Ukrainian drones can even fly that high. This is a kind warning to let people know that russian air defense is going to be so keyed up that they’ll likely shoot down civilian airliners. Again.
Drones aren’t the only tool in the kit. There’s no shortage of anti-air defenses that can hit commercial airliners, especially as they’re taking off or landing.
If a civilian aircraft is shot down, the Ukrainians will almost certainly insist the Russians did it themselves. Idk how many people will believe them, after Zelensky basically painted a target on every Russian airport.
If you’re flying a civilian plane near a warzone you don’t get to cry when it gets hit.
Okay, now say it in the original Japanese
I assume that’s a Confucius quip but he was Chinese, perhaps you should clarify what you mean.
I don’t think anyone was suggesting the ukrainians would do that. Buuuut if a Chinese aircraft ended up colliding with a drone after being warned not to fly in Russian airspace, well then it’s just an unfortunate accident and it could have been avoided had they heeded the warning.
I’d be more worried that Russia downs a Chinese aircraft and blames it on Ukraine.
I don’t think that accident will happen. See above pearl harbor comment.
It’s heartbreaking to see how there were no repercussions for the Russian state sponsored cold-blooded murder of 298 people aboard MH17.
This may be a bit off-topic, but I think we can draw a parallel between Putins clusterfuck of a clown war and Trumps operation Epstein fury.
Turns out if you purge your entire military leadership and replace them with incompetent corrupt sycophantic asslickers before you do the funny, you’re in for a bad time.
It’s exactly the same thing. FAFO and desperately trying to save face
There was a learning period where the USA saw what ukraine can do with a larger force. Russia lost because of corruption America is not doing well because of incompetence.
Slava Ukraini!!!!
Nice.
Hell ya, fuck them up!
Muhehehehe
Is Zelensky gonna pull an MH17 on Russia? As much as I support Ukraine, that would be a bad look… I guess the context will be different since there is now a warning and I doubt Ukraine would target jet liners like that intentionally but still, it’s getting into “does the end really justify the means” territory
He’s not saying “we’re gonna target civilian aircraft”, he’s saying “we’re starting to really like using drones to hit various targets in Russia and are planning on doing more of that, so civilian aircraft might wanna avoid flying through Russia because it’s gonna be hard to fly around all the drones there”.
No, but its an active war zone and he is providing a clear warning that its extremely hazardous
By credibly warning that he intends to close the airspace he can make airlines think twice about flying in Russia in general and near Ukraine in particular, likely damaging the Russian economy even without actually lifting a finger. Who knows how serious he is