@Pluto's Republic Great assessment of the SMO and what is coming to the fanatical NATO countries that have some pathological hatred for Russia for over a century.
Why was there no real dust up here in the US when Ukraine made Russian Orthodoxy a crime to practice?
The Russian language was forbidden and using it was a crime? Why were we all outraged when we saw pictures and videos of Banderites taping up Russian speaking Ukrainians to street lamps and leaving a club nearby for anyone to beat them or sodomize them for shits and giggles while strolling through town?
Apartment buildings set ablaze killing everyone inside?
We showed the same lack of concern at the years-long siege of Leningrad by Hitler and Finland. We welcomed Finland into NATO recently.
For Russia, the fight against the Fascists has not ended and cannot end without a clear and decisive victory. Every concession or agreement or treaty with the Europeans and NATO has led to another conflict after a pause.
They have both the means and the will do bring this SMO to the finish line.
Thanks for stopping by, chica!

#3.1

Dmitry Orlov writes about this neighborhood conflict frequently, since he lives just down the highway from Ukraine. The SMO has moved very slow for the Russians because they are protective of the lives of all civilians in the western borderlands, where the the conflict has been concentrated for all these years. The Russians consider all civilians who settled in this region to be more or less Russians, going back centuries. The Russian nation does not think it is frighting a war with Ukraine. The land of Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union as recently as 1997. They Russian people firmly believes that they are fighting a co tinuation of the war they fought with the NAZI-Fascist psychopaths who coalesced into NATO, along with the US and British Fascists, at the end of World War II. They see the Ukrainians as local Russian Hillbillies and natural culture of thieves who speak a ghetto form of the Russian language. It's not unusual for Russian soldiers and contractors to hang out with Ukraine civilians in the area, and trade goods. Lots of strange bedfellows in war in a Proxy War. The enemies of Russia who are forcing that war on Ukraine are located thousands of miles away. Orlov writes:

It's a cold and drizzly day in the north of Russia today, delaying my home repairs somewhat. Not to waste time, I'll switch to doing my token best to try to salvage what little is left of Western Civilization. I don't expect any fantastic results, but it helps pass the time. And so...

In recent years there has developed a most unhealthy new sport: "baiting the Russian bear." It involves staging limited attacks on Russian territory. The goal is to cause damage to something or other strategic — a military airport, an oil refinery or, failing that, a dormitory full of sleeping children (as has just happened in Starobelsk, Lugansk region, where there were 86 children, 35 of which were hurt and crews are still clearing the debris with some children trapped underneath it). The latest report from the scene reads as follows:

"At the site of the dormitory collapse, rescuers are clearing the rubble manually and using heavy equipment. The body of one victim has been recovered, and the locations of three others have been identified."

NEWSFLASH! "Up to 18 people may be under the rubble in Starobelsk, [Lugansk governor] Miroshnik reported."

The object of the sport is to discover "Russia's red lines," to ascertain with absolute certainty what sort of damage can be caused to Russia without any repercussions. The reason this sport is most unhealthy is that once you discover "Russia's red line" you end up dead. That is not a sinister joke or an exaggeration: it is a technical fact.

First, let's clear up a small issue having to do with the misuse of language. In order to have any meaning at all "red lines" have to be known ahead of time. That is, some party that feels impinged upon draws a line on a map (in red ink, for emphasis) and declares publicly: "Cross this line and it's war!" The other party or parties then face a choice:

1. Refrain from crossing the red line
2. Cross the red line and face war

If you have to blow up dormitories full of children in order to find out where that "red line" might be hiding, that's not a red line you are looking for. You have already gone to war — this matter has already been settled — and what is yet to be determined is how much damage you will suffer as a result. Will Russia respond by bombing dormitories full of sleeping children? No, it is against Russian military regulations to commit war crimes. What will Russia's response be, then?

Clues as to the answer to this question are freely available and unequivocal: Russia is preparing for a limited tactical nuclear strike against NATO. It will be limited in the sense that Russia does not plan to turn all of Western Europe into radioactive wasteland (which it has the ability to do). The goal, rather, is to put an end to the unhealthy new sport of "baiting the Russian bear."

The logic is as follows: if Western Europe is hit with some tactical nukes, then NATO and its Ukrainian proxy will no longer be able to engage in this strange and perverse bloodsport.

Something Russia has determined is the only solution — and we should all be aware of what's coming. We are, after all, the People who are paying for this war on Russia. Without the Empire of the US in its death throes, none of this deranged bloodbath would be taking place. Next up, we will watch the US attack and destroy Cuba. The American people will be helpless to stop this evil. Russia didn't start this pointless war on its border, but they will definitely end it.