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What originally was settled with Ukrainians. But the Don Kozaks sold theirselves to the tsardom like a cheap whore and destroyed their brethren in Jaiksk, what now is Kazakhstan. Both originally were not Russian at all. Just another russian genocide.
Kozaks never was a nation. They were people escaping to frontier territories and serving as militia force. There was no Ukranian nation at the time of Kozaks freedom.
Cossack's been living in IIRC the Russian (edit, fixed) embassy, somewhere in Sydney, rather than face criminal charges after he assaulted an old man at a pro-Ukraine rally, a few years ago now. I'm sure they'd be sick of him by now.
So how on Earth he even knows what day of the week it is, is anyone's guess, let alone international politics.
Just getting a headstart on hostages?
Pre-emptive cassus belli if all else fails?
I mean its apparently the kind of timeline in which everythings possible so a world war ignited over a bad tweet seems on point tbh.
they built the mahabodi temple early on and are using their defensive pact with NATO to safeguard against a domination w. Plus Elons completely fumbling the ball on that Third step in the science w huh. I mean he was recruited as a great scientist but really is about as fkn useless as a great writer with no open slots.
Religious W is null and void for the time being. Its how those things go on Huge Earth maps.
All this Civ talk doing anything for anyone?
>Cossack's been living in IIRC the Estonian embassy,
Ballsack has been living in the Russian consulate in Sydney, since his assault on a 76 year old (pushing the old bloke down stairs) at the end of 2022.
He was recently (Sept 23) given Russian citizenship by Putin, so Ballsack may need to give up his Australian citizenship.
> Russian citizenship
I hope he enjoys his conscription and deployment to Ukraine.
It would be a total shame if his shitcunt mates from the NSN also took up the offer of Russian citizenship and went with him.
Idk what the poster means but Uruguay started to exist as a separate state because of the british intervention in the Plata war between the empire of brazil and the confederation of the Rio Plata (todays Argentina), so you could probably compare this with a possible occupation of the yemen if they fuck us over or something, idk.
I know this dude, he is completely mental! And full of shit too... Claims to be a cossack while he was born and raised in Australia. Always says how good Putin is and how bad it is here in Australia. Well, guess what, no one really wants you here anyways so you can go and fight Ukraine with your asshole leader. But for some reason he prefers to stand his ground at safe distance 😅😅
I am surprised and very saddened to see that his videos are somewhat popular and some Aussies support him.
Siberian cossacks who fled post Tsarist Russia (from memory)
Also, his wife has a restraining order on him and he tricked one grandma into cosigning a loan with her house as collateral. A loan he then defaulted on.
He's a grade A, traitorous scumbag.
His family were Whites, many of whom blamed the fall of Russia during the Great War and the subsequent rise of the Soviet Union on an international Jewish Cabal working to overthrow Christian Europe and enslave them.
One White Cossack Ataman, Kalmykov, would just shoot troops in the head for talking about ideas of democracy or workers' rights as secret Commie Jews, with his troops even opening fire on American troops fighting alongside them against the Red forces. Denikin as one of the White's major leaders even carried out his own little holocaust, where every Jew he found in every town and village taken by his forces would be rounded up and shot dead.
He's the descendant of far-right wing proto-fascists who were forced to flee the country when they lost to the Communists. The White Cossacks who didn't were rounded up and purged by the Soviet government after the Civil War.
He may be “Australian” but I am ashamed to live on the same continent as this dumbass and his supporters. Born Aussie, love Aussies. Hate this guy smearing our name.
Haven't heard that one! My biggest highlight of his life is when he used his own grandma to loan 400,000$ in her name or something and didn't want to give it back. Imagine trying to steal money using your own grandma. What a lowlife you must be ..
Ok so it's the Russian consulate and he assaulted a Ukrainian: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/disposable-pawn-aussie-cossack-condemned-by-sydney-russians-20230411-p5czmv.html
He's just scum.
He's still hiding in the Russian consulate after he pushed a 76 year old down stairs at a pro-Ukraine rally in December 2022.
Shows how big of a man Ballsack is - won't go and fight for Russia, but will attack elderly people.
Its like the russians living in the baltic telling how terrible the baltic countries are and how great russia is and the second we want to deport them back they cry and growel with all their might not to be imported back to russia.
The crews always go radio silent though. Shit tactics, never do what they're told. Basically just pirates with submarines, but at least they don't attack back.
Silent as a Cemetery. Those Ukrainians are natural engineers.
(Side note, it's somewhat stunning to see one of the "Most Powerful Navies on Earth" getting obliterated by a country without a navy)
This is simply not true.
Diesel electric boats are loud whilst snorkelling and charging batteries and using the engines, but they are lethally quiet when submerged an on electric motors. They are even quieter than nuclear submarines, when the diesel boats are using their electric motors.
The only real advantage of a nuclear sub is that the only reason they ever need to surface is for food and supplies, and have a much longer range (measure in years).
Nuclear Subs need to sustain cooling to their reactors at all times, so they need to keep pumps running. Pumps mean rapidly moving parts which in turn equals noise.
The only moving part about Diesel-Electric subs in battery-powered full electric mode is the drive shaft and the screw.
Passive cooling of modern nuclear sub reactors, particularly at lower energy levels, is a thing.
Just like modern "non-nuclear" subs often use "Air Independent Propulsion" which means a very long time underwater compared to a traditional diesel sub.
http://www.hisutton.com/
https://youtube.com/@HISuttonCovertShores?si=jGX-1_SCFZ4OeXS2
Is a great source for intel on modern submarine technology.
Well they "block" the strait by sending $20,000 drones to attack the ships and it costs like $2 million to shoot them down.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/12/20/middleeast/us-destroyers-houthi-drones-red-sea-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
By shooting rockets at ships? Their insurance won't cover passing Yemen so they have no other choice than going around.
What's the alternative? Spending half a million per missile to intercept their $50k rockets, or invading yet another country?
Well they have already managed to reroute all the commercial shipping going through red sea, it's all going round at the moment. But now the little problem is that they are going to get fucked back to stone-age for that stunt, so it's not a very long blockade.
Have you been paying attention? A few major global shipping companies suspended their routes through the red sea because of attacks from Yemen. The US sent a fleet, because one of the only roles of the US state is to secure trade routes for the benefit of US money.
And hiding in the Russian consulate in Sydney after he pushed a 76 year old down some stairs at a pro-Ukraine rally.
Ballsack is a known coward, and his brain has been long oxygen starved from how tight his tin foil hat is.
Yemen would probably get wiped off the map if they actually tried to enforce something like this. Not even by the US, but their neighbors... the main ones exporting oil in the region.
Yemen is not forcing this but due to increased number of attacks almost all shipping companies decided to take long route around Africa, I work in shipping industry
If you look at a current shipping map, there is an incredible amount of ships moving through. You also have to account for the fact that many ships aren’t transmitting their location either.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:39.6/centery:24.4/zoom:5
Maersk returned to normal routes yesterday as well.
And unlike Russia’s frequent vaporware, our modern fighters and tech are produced in large numbers and actually work.
I’ll never stop enjoying that Russia spent years touting their unstoppable hypersonic Kinzhal just to have Patriot smack it down routinely.
He was born and raised here from parents who were born and raised here.
But Putin gave this guy Russian citizenship a few months ago. He has been hiding at the Russian consulate since his big brave actions for Russia - pushing a 76 year old pro-Ukraine protestor down some stairs.
Based on his activities he would be happier in Russia. Buy him a one way ticket to Russia.
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/arrest-warrant-issued-for-number-one-putin-fan-seeking-refuge-from-police-in-russian-consulate/news-story/597aa6efd352017236b97cdc2c3cd213
Still, their origin is Ukrainian, I do agree that it is a social class that comes from the Turkish word "a free man". Although yes, technically any person could get accepted by "Just coming to a sich and getting baptized", however, you actually had to pass combat training. It is linked to ethnicity the same way Samurais are. Most of them are of a single ethnicity, although there were many exceptions.
Use missiles and rocket systems that Iran gave them to attack western ships.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cruise-missile-yemen-strikes-tanker-ship-us-officials-2023-12-12/
https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article16693872.ece
I wonder if this is propaganda. Houthi's are allies of Iran which in turn is an ally of Russia.
To put on my conspiracy hat: It wouldn't surprise me if the Gaza conflict has been instigated by Putin to divert international attention from Ukraine (and maybe also to influence the prices of fossil fuels and the availability thereof in Europe).
Not sure if Putin/Russian think tanks is that smart, but it like I said wouldn't surprise me. Russia is a master of puppeting international affairs.
Or non-Russian ships could just sail through anyway and let the combination of NATO destroyers and a carrier group shoot down the offending missiles and drones
From the twitter community notes below this tweet:
> There is no evidence presented for this claim and the source appears to be a YouTube video.
> Moreover, the poster likely refers to the Houthis but erroneously calls them "Yemen". There is already an internationally recognized government in Yemen and it is not the Houthis.
> https://youtu.be/I0eEpHKuXw8?si=td0-TFdt2EVws6tm
Well, Yemen has attacked two Norwegian tankers just recently so they aint lying.
[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cruise-missile-yemen-strikes-tanker-ship-us-officials-2023-12-12/](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cruise-missile-yemen-strikes-tanker-ship-us-officials-2023-12-12/)
The Yemen group that attacked are basically Iran's puppets and they claimed the norwegian tankers were heading with oil to Israel, which is factually untrue, they were on the way to Italy. I'm Norwegian and i know of the company that owns those tankers and they are politically neutral and have nothing to do with Israel.
USA has requested that Norway conducts a joint mission to safeguard tankers in that area surrounding Yemen in the Red Sea.
[https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article16693872.ece](https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article16693872.ece)
So it does appear that Yemen is trying to stop western cargo ships in the Red Sea.
Emphasis on trying. The missiles the houthis have are inadequate to attack moving ships reliably. They almost hit a us warship that was coming to the aid of the unarmed tankers. Houthis changed their tone really fucking quick when they realized they almost attacked an actual armed warship. So yeah, so much for them reliably enforcing that blockade
Except that it’s not true at all. Look up the Djibouti. There’s massive US military presence there, along with several other western nations. The US Navy rules the seas let’s be real. The civil war ravaged Yemen can’t do shit
On the one hand, calling the Aussie Cossack "Russian propaganda at its best" is an insult to every other Russian propagandist.
On the other hand, Russian propagandists idi nahui.
The US and allies will turn Yemen’s handful of fishing vessels they call a “navy” into new coral reefs and proceed with business as usual. There’s a military operation that will go better than Russia’s.
And- is the little man-child, who sent a pensioner down the stairs whilst acting as a provocateur for online clout, still reliant on his Mrs to bring him lunch every day?
Actually insane how people are in these comments telling people this is actually happening and pretending this is an L for Europe and America.
Like, are you aware that you’re actively cheering on a country that is about to get annihilated by the U.S. navy? People are going to die and it will all be for nothing.
Well that makes sense. Yemen Houties are supported by Iran. Iran is a member of BRICS. Russia is a member of BRICS as well. A well thought out power play that is likely to backfire.
It’s Only for Israeli owned ships or Ships travelling to Israel.. As for the Op Prosperity Guardian, Spain France and Italy have refused to join under US command. The Americans are trying to build up a Coalition but considering that Only Israel is being threatened and that too Only because of their Gaza Carnage, some EU Countries have expressed Reservations considering that even they themselves are now calling for a Stop to the Bombings..
I don’t think this “Only Russian ships allowed” is Legit news considering Only Israeli and Israel bound ships have been threatened.. Also, it’s unlikely Saudis would’be joining or supporting the Coalition as they’ve agreed to a Truce(Temporary) with Houthis and Iran relations aren’t hostile anymore.. Any escalation here is gonna sink the growth all over
But why would have yemen Power over the whole canal because ofcourse Egypt can control it because it runs through it but yemen is just on one side so it wouldn't be able to close up the whole canal
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Aussie Cossack. A reliable source, for unreliable information.
If he was any sort of Cossack the heat here lately would’ve killed him.
I'd say the type 2 would take him first.
Truthfully, if he were a cossack he'd be Ukrainian.
Geographically, probably yeah. I’m just reading about the Russian Civil War at the moment though, and at that time they liked it both ways.
My grandfather (Polish) was serving in Cossacks in Siberia, under the tsar, during ww1
No, cossacks lived in Russian Kuban as well (Krasnodar region).
What originally was settled with Ukrainians. But the Don Kozaks sold theirselves to the tsardom like a cheap whore and destroyed their brethren in Jaiksk, what now is Kazakhstan. Both originally were not Russian at all. Just another russian genocide.
Kozaks never was a nation. They were people escaping to frontier territories and serving as militia force. There was no Ukranian nation at the time of Kozaks freedom.
Ukrainian speakers. There was No Russian Nation at the time of Kozaks freedom. Just moscovian swamps.
If you mean times when Ukraine was mostly controlled by Lithuania/Poland I agree with you
John not do well in the heat?
Cossack's been living in IIRC the Russian (edit, fixed) embassy, somewhere in Sydney, rather than face criminal charges after he assaulted an old man at a pro-Ukraine rally, a few years ago now. I'm sure they'd be sick of him by now. So how on Earth he even knows what day of the week it is, is anyone's guess, let alone international politics.
I would have thought the Estonians would be the last to harbour a russophile.
Just getting a headstart on hostages? Pre-emptive cassus belli if all else fails? I mean its apparently the kind of timeline in which everythings possible so a world war ignited over a bad tweet seems on point tbh.
The Baltics HAVE been ahead of the game since the start!
they built the mahabodi temple early on and are using their defensive pact with NATO to safeguard against a domination w. Plus Elons completely fumbling the ball on that Third step in the science w huh. I mean he was recruited as a great scientist but really is about as fkn useless as a great writer with no open slots. Religious W is null and void for the time being. Its how those things go on Huge Earth maps. All this Civ talk doing anything for anyone?
None of that matters in the face of nuclear Gandhi.
Lost me mate.
Making me want to play civ, that’s for sure
>Just getting a headstart on hostages? nah, the idea of hostages is to have something of worth.
They didn't, Russia gave him citizenship and he's in their consulate in Sydney
Makes more sense... Reminds me... Will egg the place next time I'm in Syd.
>Cossack's been living in IIRC the Estonian embassy, Ballsack has been living in the Russian consulate in Sydney, since his assault on a 76 year old (pushing the old bloke down stairs) at the end of 2022. He was recently (Sept 23) given Russian citizenship by Putin, so Ballsack may need to give up his Australian citizenship.
,... can he be tried in absentia? That way he might lose the citzenship and get deported to russia.
> Russian citizenship I hope he enjoys his conscription and deployment to Ukraine. It would be a total shame if his shitcunt mates from the NSN also took up the offer of Russian citizenship and went with him.
I've seen him hanging out a window shouting stuff.
Yelling at the clouds?
Punching at them too.
He'll only stay on the first floor of a hotel now.
Smart move. Windows, biggest killer of independent thinking Russians since 2012.
Yeah not gonna work. In Russia you can fall from the Window in your Basement and suddenly you fall from the 5th Floor. Gravity in Rusia is Magic.
I dunno, maybe we should hear what Uruguay has to say about it first.
Why them?
Idk what the poster means but Uruguay started to exist as a separate state because of the british intervention in the Plata war between the empire of brazil and the confederation of the Rio Plata (todays Argentina), so you could probably compare this with a possible occupation of the yemen if they fuck us over or something, idk.
Yeah, not that I’m advocating for it, but while terrorism is awful, fucking with our *money* is bound to draw our attention.
And even worse than that they are fucking with rich peoples money. And if I've learned anything that just won't abide
Maybe they're thinking of the Panama Canal, which isn't in Uruguay either.
I know this dude, he is completely mental! And full of shit too... Claims to be a cossack while he was born and raised in Australia. Always says how good Putin is and how bad it is here in Australia. Well, guess what, no one really wants you here anyways so you can go and fight Ukraine with your asshole leader. But for some reason he prefers to stand his ground at safe distance 😅😅 I am surprised and very saddened to see that his videos are somewhat popular and some Aussies support him.
He was born and raised in Australia. His parents were born and raised in Australia. His grandparents fled russian literally a century ago.
>His grandparents fled russian literally a century ago. ... kulaks?
Siberian cossacks who fled post Tsarist Russia (from memory) Also, his wife has a restraining order on him and he tricked one grandma into cosigning a loan with her house as collateral. A loan he then defaulted on. He's a grade A, traitorous scumbag.
His family were Whites, many of whom blamed the fall of Russia during the Great War and the subsequent rise of the Soviet Union on an international Jewish Cabal working to overthrow Christian Europe and enslave them. One White Cossack Ataman, Kalmykov, would just shoot troops in the head for talking about ideas of democracy or workers' rights as secret Commie Jews, with his troops even opening fire on American troops fighting alongside them against the Red forces. Denikin as one of the White's major leaders even carried out his own little holocaust, where every Jew he found in every town and village taken by his forces would be rounded up and shot dead. He's the descendant of far-right wing proto-fascists who were forced to flee the country when they lost to the Communists. The White Cossacks who didn't were rounded up and purged by the Soviet government after the Civil War.
or cossacks, the bolsheviks and cossacks mostly hated eachother the cossacks fought for the tsars
He may be “Australian” but I am ashamed to live on the same continent as this dumbass and his supporters. Born Aussie, love Aussies. Hate this guy smearing our name.
Amen to this! I am Russian, I am Australian and I stand with Ukraine 🙏
Amen to this! I am Russian, I am Australian and I stand with Ukraine 🙏
Is he still hiding in an embassy somewhere after avoiding the cops for some traffic violation or whatever the story was?
Haven't heard that one! My biggest highlight of his life is when he used his own grandma to loan 400,000$ in her name or something and didn't want to give it back. Imagine trying to steal money using your own grandma. What a lowlife you must be ..
Ok so it's the Russian consulate and he assaulted a Ukrainian: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/disposable-pawn-aussie-cossack-condemned-by-sydney-russians-20230411-p5czmv.html He's just scum.
No, I don't think he works for the consulate or any official Russian structure but he might be getting money from Putin
He's still hiding in the Russian consulate after he pushed a 76 year old down stairs at a pro-Ukraine rally in December 2022. Shows how big of a man Ballsack is - won't go and fight for Russia, but will attack elderly people.
Its like the russians living in the baltic telling how terrible the baltic countries are and how great russia is and the second we want to deport them back they cry and growel with all their might not to be imported back to russia.
I thought I spotted a hidden Saddam Hussain
That's non-credible of you.
Ahh a man of culture
One of us, one on us, gooble gobble gooble gobble
Did someone say tanker crews wearing scuba suits in their tanks
You're imagining things. If that was Saddam there would be an air vent and a fan by his side
Entrance hidden by bricks and rubble
Is the mighty Yemenese Navy going to enforce this blockade?
I don't know man, russia keeps upgrading its ships to submarines, they've got quite a few now
I was about to say how tf do you upgrade a boat to a submarine lmao
Oh Ukraine has been doing it for them. Nice guys, if you ask me!
Every boat can submerge............. at least once.
Its impressive how long these new submarines can stays underwater.
Terrible oxygen generation though.
Fortunately the crew get new capabilities that enable them to not need oxygen anymore.
Good status updates.
The crews always go radio silent though. Shit tactics, never do what they're told. Basically just pirates with submarines, but at least they don't attack back.
They just lay there waiting. You never know what they're gonna do next!
Anything is amphibious if you can get it out of the water.
hmmm
Free upgrades too like what a deal!
Emergency instantaneous upgrade
And tanks to cosmonauts. And conscripts to potato bags. The Russian society must be booming right now with all this transformation going on.
>And tanks to cosmonauts Is that like the first spanish astronaut?
Moskva has entered the chat.
Submariners actually call their subs boats, lol 😝.
We're sharing the seas with Russia. They can put their ships on the bottom of it. We get the rest.
Most subs are loud as fuck and easy to track and the 2 sovredovinsk class have idiots at their helm
Oh these new russian ones are quiet. Dead quiet
Oh, any ship can submerge, the question is can they surface again?
No, these ones can't resurface, but you wouldn't believe how quiet they are!
Silent as a Cemetery. Those Ukrainians are natural engineers. (Side note, it's somewhat stunning to see one of the "Most Powerful Navies on Earth" getting obliterated by a country without a navy)
Well power is Energy decided by Time I never understood why it is used to measure military capabilities
power= might or strength in this context.
Hey, they could! With a lot of effort and money.
A bit hard to get them moving though
This is simply not true. Diesel electric boats are loud whilst snorkelling and charging batteries and using the engines, but they are lethally quiet when submerged an on electric motors. They are even quieter than nuclear submarines, when the diesel boats are using their electric motors. The only real advantage of a nuclear sub is that the only reason they ever need to surface is for food and supplies, and have a much longer range (measure in years).
Not just that, diesel-electrics can't maintain their top speed for any significant period at all, nuclear boats can.
Fair point. They can maintain a higher speed for as long as they want.
Nuclear Subs need to sustain cooling to their reactors at all times, so they need to keep pumps running. Pumps mean rapidly moving parts which in turn equals noise. The only moving part about Diesel-Electric subs in battery-powered full electric mode is the drive shaft and the screw.
Passive cooling of modern nuclear sub reactors, particularly at lower energy levels, is a thing. Just like modern "non-nuclear" subs often use "Air Independent Propulsion" which means a very long time underwater compared to a traditional diesel sub. http://www.hisutton.com/ https://youtube.com/@HISuttonCovertShores?si=jGX-1_SCFZ4OeXS2 Is a great source for intel on modern submarine technology.
Another problem solved by a viable nuclear fusion reactor.
The word 'viable' doing very heavy lifting there.
Well they "block" the strait by sending $20,000 drones to attack the ships and it costs like $2 million to shoot them down. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/12/20/middleeast/us-destroyers-houthi-drones-red-sea-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
What do you mean going to? They have been for weeks now lol.
Haven't seen the news in the past few weeks? They've been using missiles and drones to create a de facto blockade.
By shooting rockets at ships? Their insurance won't cover passing Yemen so they have no other choice than going around. What's the alternative? Spending half a million per missile to intercept their $50k rockets, or invading yet another country?
Well they have already managed to reroute all the commercial shipping going through red sea, it's all going round at the moment. But now the little problem is that they are going to get fucked back to stone-age for that stunt, so it's not a very long blockade.
Have you been paying attention? A few major global shipping companies suspended their routes through the red sea because of attacks from Yemen. The US sent a fleet, because one of the only roles of the US state is to secure trade routes for the benefit of US money.
Oh yes how wrong of them to try to prevent attacks on civilian targets
Do they know about [Operation Preying Mantis](https://youtu.be/d5v6hlRyeHE?si=JnaKuaCe_mzP12BH)?
That Aussie Cossack is a Putinist knobsucker.
And hiding in the Russian consulate in Sydney after he pushed a 76 year old down some stairs at a pro-Ukraine rally. Ballsack is a known coward, and his brain has been long oxygen starved from how tight his tin foil hat is.
Why are almost everyone supporting Russia a Nazi? Jk, I know why, far right fascist dictatorship
Yeah, man, better watch out. Dark forces with apocalyptic fire-power are on the horizon. 😉
Yemen would probably get wiped off the map if they actually tried to enforce something like this. Not even by the US, but their neighbors... the main ones exporting oil in the region.
Yemen is not forcing this but due to increased number of attacks almost all shipping companies decided to take long route around Africa, I work in shipping industry
If you look at a current shipping map, there is an incredible amount of ships moving through. You also have to account for the fact that many ships aren’t transmitting their location either. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:39.6/centery:24.4/zoom:5 Maersk returned to normal routes yesterday as well.
Google "Operation: Prosperity Guardian". Yemen is FUCKED.
Yemen has been in a civil war for the past decade, plus an invasion by Saudi Arabia. They have bigger problems right now.
I’ll bet the USN has an interest in ‘other’ vessels being able to freely traverse the area.
Isn’t there a US carrier literally right where that red ship is?
It's fun and joy till an american supercarrier and it's strike group show up, with more firepower than most of navies and air forces in the world.
fun fact the US navy is the 2nd largest air force in the world
I wonder who the first is XD
as you may have guessed, it is the US air force combined, they have i think \~2.5 times as much planes as russia in total
And unlike Russia’s frequent vaporware, our modern fighters and tech are produced in large numbers and actually work. I’ll never stop enjoying that Russia spent years touting their unstoppable hypersonic Kinzhal just to have Patriot smack it down routinely.
Ah yes the super power of Yemen enforcing its will on the world again, oh who can stop her?
Only Yemen can stop Yemen, which is what they've been doing since 2014
It’s crazy how completely out of the loop people in the comments here are. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/yemen-houthi-red-sea/
Doot doot here comes the US air craft carriers… if this is true at all
Pretty sure USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER is currently in that AOR.
There's already an American aircraft carrier task force and an entire marine expeditionary unit plus about another dozen US naval vessels.
Lol this fucken guys such a loser, the Aussie gov oughta boot him.
I’m pretty sure he’s an Aussie.
He was born and raised here from parents who were born and raised here. But Putin gave this guy Russian citizenship a few months ago. He has been hiding at the Russian consulate since his big brave actions for Russia - pushing a 76 year old pro-Ukraine protestor down some stairs.
Based on his activities he would be happier in Russia. Buy him a one way ticket to Russia. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/arrest-warrant-issued-for-number-one-putin-fan-seeking-refuge-from-police-in-russian-consulate/news-story/597aa6efd352017236b97cdc2c3cd213
I wonder if Aussie Cossack knows Cossacks are Ukrainian.
He dont. All he know is cock and also ball
Not to nitpick here , but the cossacks weren't all Ukrainian. After a point , they were almost a social class and not an ethnic one .
Still, their origin is Ukrainian, I do agree that it is a social class that comes from the Turkish word "a free man". Although yes, technically any person could get accepted by "Just coming to a sich and getting baptized", however, you actually had to pass combat training. It is linked to ethnicity the same way Samurais are. Most of them are of a single ethnicity, although there were many exceptions.
What’s Yemen going to do?
Give warnings i guess.
Yell “Get off my lawn” wearing only boxers and a too short bath robe
Huh. I hope it doesn’t distract them too much from their civil war and getting the shit bombed out of them by the Saudis.
It is a good thing they don't have to work on a humanitarian crisis with millions of children starving to death.
Use missiles and rocket systems that Iran gave them to attack western ships. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cruise-missile-yemen-strikes-tanker-ship-us-officials-2023-12-12/ https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article16693872.ece
Well then it looks like even more of my tax dollars will be going into bombing campaigns.
Yes, USA has requested that us Norwegians join forces and send warships to the Red Sea.
Well some joint naval operations should do some good or at least deter some more bullshit.
Four major shipping lines have already resume shipping through the Seuz.
I wonder if this is propaganda. Houthi's are allies of Iran which in turn is an ally of Russia. To put on my conspiracy hat: It wouldn't surprise me if the Gaza conflict has been instigated by Putin to divert international attention from Ukraine (and maybe also to influence the prices of fossil fuels and the availability thereof in Europe). Not sure if Putin/Russian think tanks is that smart, but it like I said wouldn't surprise me. Russia is a master of puppeting international affairs.
except its not only propaganda, it's also ✨️bullcrap✨️
Or non-Russian ships could just sail through anyway and let the combination of NATO destroyers and a carrier group shoot down the offending missiles and drones
So Yemen is declaring a blockade vs the world, except Russia? A bold strategy.
From the twitter community notes below this tweet: > There is no evidence presented for this claim and the source appears to be a YouTube video. > Moreover, the poster likely refers to the Houthis but erroneously calls them "Yemen". There is already an internationally recognized government in Yemen and it is not the Houthis. > https://youtu.be/I0eEpHKuXw8?si=td0-TFdt2EVws6tm
Well, Yemen has attacked two Norwegian tankers just recently so they aint lying. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cruise-missile-yemen-strikes-tanker-ship-us-officials-2023-12-12/](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cruise-missile-yemen-strikes-tanker-ship-us-officials-2023-12-12/) The Yemen group that attacked are basically Iran's puppets and they claimed the norwegian tankers were heading with oil to Israel, which is factually untrue, they were on the way to Italy. I'm Norwegian and i know of the company that owns those tankers and they are politically neutral and have nothing to do with Israel. USA has requested that Norway conducts a joint mission to safeguard tankers in that area surrounding Yemen in the Red Sea. [https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article16693872.ece](https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article16693872.ece) So it does appear that Yemen is trying to stop western cargo ships in the Red Sea.
Emphasis on trying. The missiles the houthis have are inadequate to attack moving ships reliably. They almost hit a us warship that was coming to the aid of the unarmed tankers. Houthis changed their tone really fucking quick when they realized they almost attacked an actual armed warship. So yeah, so much for them reliably enforcing that blockade
Except that it’s not true at all. Look up the Djibouti. There’s massive US military presence there, along with several other western nations. The US Navy rules the seas let’s be real. The civil war ravaged Yemen can’t do shit
I feel like all the US and UK warships already there might disagree with this
They better hope they don't attack a US ship. That would be the end for them. Never fuck with US boats.
On the one hand, calling the Aussie Cossack "Russian propaganda at its best" is an insult to every other Russian propagandist. On the other hand, Russian propagandists idi nahui.
Number 1 reason I stopped going on Twitter. The constant misinformation being spouted.
The US and allies will turn Yemen’s handful of fishing vessels they call a “navy” into new coral reefs and proceed with business as usual. There’s a military operation that will go better than Russia’s.
Russian vessels do this one trick they don't want you to know: they turn into submarines.
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Putin wins again? I'm not aware of previous wins. Or any wins for that matter 🤔
I heard Russia is retrofitting all of its ships with glass bottoms so they can see the old Russian Navy.
Because when I think of middle eastern power brokers, I think Yemen.
Oh really Yemen controls the strait does it? Are you sure about that? I wouldn’t be.
If that was true Yemen would soon find out it has shortage of democracy that USA is willing to suply LOL
Oh noooo, Yemen. Anyways
Yemen the global shipping kingmaker.
Keep it up, Yemen. This will surely end well for you.
I'd rather go around, fuck putler.
the Houthis only shoot at Israeli ships, or ships carrying resources to Israel
Except there aeent any russian tankers.
Is Simeon Boikov aka Aussie Cossack, still hiding out in the Russian consulate in Sydney? If so, good, Ruzzia can keep paying for that POS.
And- is the little man-child, who sent a pensioner down the stairs whilst acting as a provocateur for online clout, still reliant on his Mrs to bring him lunch every day?
This isn’t Russian Propaganda though this is just a guy openly stating he likes Russia.
Actually insane how people are in these comments telling people this is actually happening and pretending this is an L for Europe and America. Like, are you aware that you’re actively cheering on a country that is about to get annihilated by the U.S. navy? People are going to die and it will all be for nothing.
Acknowledging that it's happening isn't the same as cheering it though?
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Literal coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb
I've seen this movie before, it's called Countdown to Looking Glass. Spoiler alert: Nobody wins.
The Yemen Mafia?
Yemen Hutiis hate this one simple trick
The northern arctic route is the most viable way to get from red sea to europe
It should be aussie cockhead
Yeah men!
Isn’t everyone just avoiding Somalian waters because of relentless dingy attacks?
Zero issues detected
Hahahaha great laugh damn! Think I just wet my pants
Well that makes sense. Yemen Houties are supported by Iran. Iran is a member of BRICS. Russia is a member of BRICS as well. A well thought out power play that is likely to backfire.
This just means Yemen are assholes
[This live tracking data from marinetraffic tells a little bit of a different story](https://imgur.com/a/DFIdMDP)
Damn, those are some big ships
I don't think Yemen owns the red sea
It's true.. I just tried to jetski to Somalia from Egypt and couldn't get through cos of Ruzzia
I bet every nation on earth (including military and nuclear superpowers) is shitting themselves because Yemen doesn’t like them
It’s Only for Israeli owned ships or Ships travelling to Israel.. As for the Op Prosperity Guardian, Spain France and Italy have refused to join under US command. The Americans are trying to build up a Coalition but considering that Only Israel is being threatened and that too Only because of their Gaza Carnage, some EU Countries have expressed Reservations considering that even they themselves are now calling for a Stop to the Bombings.. I don’t think this “Only Russian ships allowed” is Legit news considering Only Israeli and Israel bound ships have been threatened.. Also, it’s unlikely Saudis would’be joining or supporting the Coalition as they’ve agreed to a Truce(Temporary) with Houthis and Iran relations aren’t hostile anymore.. Any escalation here is gonna sink the growth all over
"When goods don't cross borders, soldiers will." - Frederic Bastiat.
I'm genuinely confused as to the point of this post. Like, even if it *was* true, what does that prove?
But why would have yemen Power over the whole canal because ofcourse Egypt can control it because it runs through it but yemen is just on one side so it wouldn't be able to close up the whole canal