While Putin is filmed dreaming about going to Mars (picture 1), numerous reports show Russian soldiers are being issued donkeys for transportation of military equipment — yes, the actual donkey animals — because the Russian army is falling apart (picture 2).
@randahl I read a note that he fired the director of the Russian space agency? Maybe fElon can take over that job, too, in his spare time.
@randahl I hope they try. This was part of Reagan’s strategy with the Soviet Union: get them to,so,overextend themselves that it would crack and fall.
@randahl
Tell him he's dreamin...
(Aussies will get the reference to Darryl Kerrigan)
mechanized #warfare multiplied human death, but a silver lining is less #animalcruelty (they still suffer indirectly, less battlefield usage is the point)
a nice thing about #ukraine's messaging in this war is making a point of showing their kindness to animals
of course, cynically: "it's just #propaganda"
but the sincere choice to emphasize kindness to animals means something
and #russia?
now murdering donkeys for their #ethnofascist bullshit
@randahl Don't diss donkeys. Low carrying capacity and relatively slow, but they can still carry much more than a person can and they can move as fast as infantry can move. They are largely silent whether stopped or in motion. They cost FAR less than vehicles, and don't need heavy supplies or skilled maintenance. They can often forage for their own "fuel". You can eat them if you have to. They are instant cover, they are naturally camouflaged and they can move over all kinds of obstacles that would stop a wheeled or even tracked vehicle.
Not all low tech is bad tech.
@amayer @randahl You may be right. I just meant that donkeys are not bad just because they are donkeys.
Donkeys may also be a *bad* sign for the Ukrainians - maybe it means that there are Russians out there who can think outside the box and are coming up with ways to keep fighting and stay mobile even when mech is not available.
"History records that humanity prevails.
Or there would be no human beings at all."
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@randahl
Why don’t we fulfill his wish and shoot him to Mars?
@randahl The Russian army might be falling apart. But don’t take donkeys as a proof. On certain terrain they make perfect sense as a means for transportation.
@tokensane
Not even considering destroyed infrastructure like roads an maybe muddyness after winter? (Just guessing, I am neither familiar with the terabyte nor have I done research)
@randahl
@randahl trust me, he'll be hiding in a bunker before long.
Dagnabbit, Pascaline! God, those poor donkeys.
I don't care about the soldiers getting hurt because well, this is a human-made hell. But the donkeys, those poor things.
Okay, I am completely sick about all of this.
@randahl read below the PR report. This means the old dictator is restarting his nuclear programs. Which is not good, very very not good. THE only hope was that all that terror was uninspected, and stolen out throughout the years, now he is redirect money and the eye of the Sauron to the old arsenal…