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The tire saying USSR is very unlikely. that was never the acronym used by the soviets, that was a western term. In Russian the term was CCCP or Союз Советских Социалистических Республик. Which means Soviet Union so why would Russian military tires use a foreign language marking. edit: I have...

They always were international norms have always been meaningless things major powers use to lord over minor powers

I mean mercenaries have never been protected under the laws of war, so they are more announcing that they will treat foreign combatants by that.... coincidentally that is also why the US has been able to hold insurgents in gitmo indefinitely

I mean the south is the parts of the country Russia wants, it is the region called novorossiya, also if Russia can cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea their economic future is incredibly bleak. Novorossiya - Wikipedia

Their utility is as corpses in an attempt to get actual western forces in.

On the black market or issued to actual units depending on who got them

Because our leaders are idiots who thought Russia wouldn’t retaliate?

I mean you should never trust anything any side tells you in a war. Question everyone, especially the side you would default support.

I mean I would assume if your unit is gone, you are assigned to a new one, rather than being allowed to leave.

The volunteers are back in poland? After a single air strike, doesn’t exactly speak wonders of them if that is all it took to break them.

Thing is apart from the media class the general reaction is the journo chose the risk, or mocking them for working for the new york slime.

I don't know has he ever said he wished he was never born.

Ah shit Trevor Noah made me laugh for once, I need a shower, I feel filthy.

Aleppo is a major city, in fact the most populated in the most populated region in fact it has more than twice as many people as kiev.

Ehh given erodgan has been squabbling with nato he warmed up to Moscow a lot recently.

Err the coldest weather in syria in the city of aleppo of Gary jouhnson fame was -17C, and that was in 2001 so not too long ago. well below your claim. in case you weren’t aware deserts can get cold, they just lack water. https://www.worlddata.info/asia/syria/climate.php

The difference was the engine although the Ukrainian upgrade wound up doing the same thing as the Russian t80u, long story short the Soviet engine sucked., so it would be rather hard for anyone to id that and the turret being welded was the other major change from the base t80, which means the...

Considering the morozov design bureau which designed the t80 and its main factory is in Ukraine, yes. In fact they even make it for export. As for the paint scheme I believe apart from markings like the z and other special marks I think it is the same. It

Nope just an inconvenient truth like how the moderate rebels in Syria we supported included al nursa an Al queda affiliate.

I mean the Soviet Union is still popular among some Russians. And a ton of westerners so why not use it.