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The visit is seen as Russia's sabre-rattling, amid tensions with the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/1IgU7

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 46 points 4 months ago

Ooh, russian ships above the water with functioning engines. Well done Russia!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

~~in show of force~~ to escape Ukrainian drones.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Our freedom of navigation exercises, their thuggish displays of intimidation

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 months ago

The sheer force of will to keep those leaky bastards topside...

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Show of force"

We've been watching your show of force for few years now and it's been unremarkable to say the least. A country without a navy has sunk your Black Sea fleet with modified jet skis. Just imagine what a country with navy could do.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You mean to show how fast they can run away?

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

TIL running away means going right up in to your enemy's face

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Running away is how you capture territory in war? 🧐

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

I hope they took the opportunity to bring some supplies made scarce by the blockade

[–] CredibleBattery@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago
[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Showing support to a nation embargoed and impoverished by US aggression.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol, they literally illegally invaded a sovereign nation a year ago!

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

They joined a civil war in progress on the morally correct side

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago

How those prisoners in gitmo getting along by the way? Goin on 30 years, no habius corpus, no trial, many 'scheduled' for release?

Anyway here's to the rules based international order

[–] PahassaPaikassa@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 months ago

Wow, they actually made it, well done russkies! Next, try to get the aircraft carrier work at least a week. That will put the fear into the hearts of every westerner.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Can be sunk with an RC boat with firecrackers taped to it...scary scary.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago

Maybe they're looking for their missing sub too?

[–] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Looks like it’s time for Ukrainian Special Forces to go to work.

[–] rando895@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Work where? The war crimes division of Nazi HQ?

Relax buddy, people are allowed to work together. Even if you don't like a particular country.

[–] card797@champserver.net 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is that located inside the Kremlin?

[–] rando895@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bruh so funny. I'm not sure I could have come up with a quip so succinct, yet so useless.

Facts:

There is a worrying amount of Nazi sympathy among Ukrainian forces

The Russian economy is doing surprisingly well (signalling that the west no longer holds complete control over world trade)

Fuck Russia for invading a sovereign nation

Fuck the west for blocking peace talks

Good luck to all peoples in their fights of liberation from their oppressors. The leadership of the west and it's oligarchs, the Russian oligarchs, and all leaders sympathetic to the American empire would be better used as pig feed.

None of us are free unless we are all free.

There. Now that you know where I stand, it should be easier to construct an intelligent response.

[–] card797@champserver.net 0 points 4 months ago

It doesn't matter where you stand. We're all just cogs in the machine.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Lol they can't even protect their own ships next to Crimea. Homemade ski-do torpedos get the job done.

Meanwhile they're rocking a small flotilla geographically near the US?

"Oh but they could have nukes" the Russians already have ICBMs, like who tf cares? At this point all they can really do is threaten undersea cables or underwater gas pipelines

[–] geography082@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Picture: man showing his willie out of pants

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Boromir: One does not simply walk into Mordor

Russia: swaggers into Mordor

Hoo boy the orcs and goblins are going to be hooting and hollering.

[–] juice702@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

since this has no obvious strategic benefit, I'm starting the rumor that Putin is secretly on board and is going to Cuba for cancer treatment.

Steady hands.