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@xc2215x@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago

Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates

www.independent.co.uk

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Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates

www.independent.co.uk

@xc2215x@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago
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The UK government confirmed that Russia had, for the first time, used a ballistic missile with a range of ‘several thousand’ kilometres
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  • Flying Squid
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    Hitting London with a ballistic missile would bring the rents down. Maybe this is a good thing.

    • @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      As a bonus, London is no more

      • @realitista@lemm.ee
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        These things aren’t accurate enough to hit much so as long as he puts conventional warheads on it like he did for Dnipro, it won’t do much.

  • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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    Please do it Putin. WE want the excuse, NATO wants the excuse, Poland’s chomping champing at the bit for the excuse and we really want to see how long it takes them to rush Moscow.

    Edit: damn it Lemmy, I’m an engineer not a dictionary.

    • @fan0m@lemmy.world
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      31•6 months ago

      Pushes glasses in It’s actually “champing.”

      • @HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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        8•6 months ago

        How do horses “champ” at their bit?

        • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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          20•6 months ago

          Exuberantly, with a shade of impetuousness

      • @reddig33@lemmy.world
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        3•6 months ago

        Language evolves.

        • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
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          11•6 months ago

          Skibidi chomp

    • @baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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      10•6 months ago

      Lukashenko: why are there troops with wings sprayed on their vehicles massing near my border?

      • Blaster M
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        3•6 months ago

        THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED

    • @enbyecho@lemmy.world
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      3•6 months ago

      WE want the excuse, NATO wants the excuse

      Are you ready to enlist?

      • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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        Sure, with my skillset I’ll be designing and building drones by the 1000s. If that is what is required to stop a tyrant from threatening Europe hand me a long brown overcoat, hat, cigarette, and FRSKY radio transmitter!

        Edit: I should emphasize, I’d rather not fight if not necessary. I’d rather be in my current job creating equipment for infrastructure that will power the green energy transition.

        However, I have studied history and there are times where conflict is unavoidable especially when dealing with power mad dictators. The countries of Europe deserve to live in peace to find their own paths without the threat to their borders and sovereignty. Russia itself deserves a government that works for everyone not just the dozen oligarchs in Moscow.

        Oh and for the record, fuck US imperialism (though they are a NATO ally) and fuck the CCP, yes you tankies can fuck off as well.

        • @enbyecho@lemmy.world
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          -9•6 months ago

          How very brave of you.

      • capital
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        5•6 months ago

        I’ll go back just to fuck Putin.

    • @GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      1•6 months ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFxS_EL2Zg

    • @zante@slrpnk.net
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      • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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        4•6 months ago

        Fighting for Ukraine against the head oligarch of Russia? Yes.

        Fighting for oil interests of oligarchs in Londongrad? No.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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    31•6 months ago

    Reminder that World War 2 had a gradual unfolding of declarations of war across several months or longer, depending on how you want to fuck that pig. I think we’re already in the onset of WWIII, in some sense.

    • @Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
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      That’s terrifying because WW3 risks the use of nuclear weapons and every model of nuclear exchange that has been run always escalates to mutual assured destruction with billions dead and the end of civilization.

      I just finished listening to the audiobook of Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen. Highly recommend it.

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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        7•6 months ago

        The real slippery slopes are graded much less steeply than you’d expect

      • @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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        7•6 months ago

        Civilization’s kinda shit anyway. We had a good run.

    • @IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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      5•6 months ago

      I’m not sure we’re on a path to WWIII if it’s Russia vs everyone else. If China decides to get involved then maybe but I don’t see any evidence they’re willing to throw in with Putin, same with Iran.

      • @PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
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        • @IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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          2•6 months ago

          No there’s not. Where are you getting this absolute certainty from?

          • @PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
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            2•6 months ago

            Trump’s relationship with Netanyahu and the relationship between Israel and Iran.

            • @IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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              5•6 months ago

              That doesn’t necessarily equate to there being a 100% certainty of boots on the ground in Iran though, does it?

              • @PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
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                The Israeli government pushed for “judicial reform” last year prior to the war with Palestine. People were saying that they were doing it in order to go into Palestine and then the big attack by Hamas happened and gave them an excuse. Tensions with Iran and Israel have escalated when Israel assassinated a Hamas leader in Iran over the summer and Iran responded with missile attacks on Israel. I believe that after Trump takes office there will be something that happens that will be “the last straw.” Maybe it will be “WMDs”, hiding Hamas leaders, or some big attack by Iran. It’s going to happen.

                • @IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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                  3•6 months ago

                  I’m still not sure why you’re so certain about this. You’re speculating that something might happen and yet you said that there’s a “100%” chance of US boots on the ground in Iran.

                  As awful as Trump is, his first term wasn’t nearly as hawkish at that of other republican presidents.

    • @Gork@lemm.ee
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      4•6 months ago

      Are we in the Spanish Civil War type pre-phase of WWII?

    • @M600@lemmy.world
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      1•6 months ago

      This is what I have been saying too. I think we will look back on this time and refer to it as the start of ww3.

      Also technology is completely different than it ever has been. Like there was not a big tome or tech difference between ww1 and ww2. So a modern world war would look completely different making it difficult to identify.

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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        1•6 months ago

        So far it’s been lots more grenade drones and cyber warfare than you got in the 20th century. Asymmetry is the name of the game, aside from urban positional fighting and more traditional focus on logistics and supply lines.

  • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    Blowing up the Brits is a nice olive branch, but I think we’ll need more commitment if we want a lasting peace deal

    • @Weslee@lemmy.world
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      14•6 months ago

      Please end our suffering (as a Brit)

    • @dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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      12•6 months ago

      As a Brit, I approve of this message.

  • @vga@sopuli.xyz
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    Russia started the Ukraine war in 2014 by attacking Crimea. Then they escalated the war in 2022 by attacking all of Ukraine.

    No other escalations have happened. Claiming that it has is typical russotroll bullshit.

    • @zeca@lemmy.eco.br
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      -12•6 months ago

      escalations are escalations, justifiable or not.

    • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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      Removed by mod

      • @RightEdofer@lemmy.ca
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        deleted by creator

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          • @youstolemyname@lemmy.world
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      • @el_bhm@lemm.ee
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        5•6 months ago

        russia is an actual nazi state.

        Oh wait. I forgot you said we werent bla bla bla.

        • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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          -6•6 months ago

          By what measure? If we’re including the Soviet Union’s efforts during WW2, along with the fight in Ukraine, Russia has literally killed more Nazis than any country in history.

          • @Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world
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            By the Soviet Union’s efforts you mean Ukraine’s efforts under the soviet banner right?

            T-34 Designed by a Ukrainian.

            Major eastern offensive performed by over a million ukrainian conscripts.

            Soviet forces being composed of over 4.5 Million Ukrainians with nearly 1 Million additional Ukrainian partisans against the Nazis? Largely outnumbering the pitiful 250,000 Ukrainian supporters of the Nazis.

            I’d also remind you that these are the accomplishments of a United Soviet Union held together by the suffering of satellite states like Ukraine. Not the efforts of the withering shadow of a cumstain that remains known as Russia.

            • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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              • @Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world
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                I think Ukrainians are erecting statues of people who fought for their liberation. We can villainise them from the outside and one day a more progressive Ukraine will be able to speak to that more.

                As of right now, Russian aggression prevents Ukraine from being able to move forward and discuss their bloody history because their present is still bloody thanks to Russia.

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          • @el_bhm@lemm.ee
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            1•6 months ago

            Which proves what?

  • @Prandom_returns@lemm.ee
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    21•6 months ago

    I cannot wait for the old fart to fart his last fart.

    • @ouch@lemmy.world
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      11•6 months ago

      Fun fact, gut bacteria continue living for a while after the host is dead. So the last fart will be posthumous.

      • @Agent641@lemmy.world
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        3•6 months ago

        Do you think they mourn our passing?

        • @PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world
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          3•6 months ago

          They mourn by passing

        • @CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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          They mourn our passing with gas passing

  • theprogressivist
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    • @DrownedRats@lemmy.world
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      Because Russia has been so good at only hitting military facilities in Ukraine so far.

  • fox2263
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    5•6 months ago

    Come on then if you think you’re hard enough

  • @njm1314@lemmy.world
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    3•6 months ago

    Bring it.

  • @NastyNative@mander.xyz
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    Let’s keep escalating until WW3 breaks out…yeah!

    • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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      9•6 months ago

      Yeah tell putin to get the hell out of Ukraine and there is no more “escalation”.

      • @NastyNative@mander.xyz
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        Sure let me call him and tell him that.

    • capital
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      Conflict is over as soon as Putin leaves Ukraine.

      • @NastyNative@mander.xyz
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        -9•6 months ago

        Nukes are going to be flying soon and WW3 will start with this thinking! Diplomacy failed in 2022 now its Russian territory. We treat this war as a reactionary spasm instead of taking precautionary steps to stop these wars before they start.

        • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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          3•6 months ago

          Yes Ivan.

    • @enbyecho@lemmy.world
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      1•6 months ago

      Well “that’ll fix the economy”

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    • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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      Nah, they’re already in the Brexit corner of shame for the next 15 years.

  • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    So the UK thought they could support western provided missiles launched into Russia, and there wouldn’t be any consequences for that?

    Western leaders really have the attitude of children who think war is something that happens on tv.

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