• PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I like it when the state department announces these things right before, it seems to work to either stop it from happening or make a fool out of Putin.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m enjoying the mental image of a chess game between Putin and Zelensky with an American hovering nearby calling out Putin’s moves before he makes them… Then sneaking extra pieces onto the board.

    • redtea
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      1 year ago

      Or some of these things are made up?

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Conspiracy theorists tomorrow: “the US planned a false Russian false flag operation in the black sea”

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A shipment of Sims 3 disks is set to blow up in the middle of the sea I guess.

    • redtea
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      1 year ago

      What are the factors in the grain deal going wrong?

  • Troy@lemmy.ca
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    Light on the details. Pure speculation: My guess is that they plan to sink a russian boat with a Romanian flagged ship or something, to give them an excuse to widen the blockade to include Romanian ports.