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qorkfiend
2023-02-07 9:37:11 PM  
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SBinRR [OhFark]
2023-02-07 9:38:54 PM  
A moment of silenceOKthat'senough.
 
ScrimBoy
2023-02-07 9:38:59 PM  
So what's the count for dead generals at?
 
New Rising Sun
2023-02-07 9:40:32 PM  
He died in a firefight

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Ragin' Asian [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 9:40:35 PM  
He is the very model of a modern ma... ooops, boom.
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 9:41:48 PM  
Another chance to use this one. Nice. Keep 'em coming.
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Chemlight Battery
2023-02-07 9:45:54 PM  
I get to use this again. I don't even have to update it. Though I should. It's been a while.

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MBooda [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 9:45:55 PM  
Sojourned here for Pirates of Penzance  reference, departing satiated.

/often. No, orphan
 
TedCruz'sCrazyDad
2023-02-07 9:46:21 PM  
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Excelsior
2023-02-07 9:46:57 PM  

ScrimBoy: So what's the count for dead generals at?


Wikipedia claims 8 as of July 11, 2022, (Ukraine claimed 11, Russia confirmed 4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_generals_killed_during_the_2022_invasion_of_Ukraine


This article claims 160 generals and colonels
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-has-lost-1-500-officers-including-160-generals-in-ukraine-war-report-3562136
 
Fano
2023-02-07 9:49:04 PM  
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Another Government Employee
2023-02-07 9:49:29 PM  
This is like being the Second in Command for Al-Qaeda.
 
Wessoman
2023-02-07 9:50:00 PM  
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NINEv2
2023-02-07 9:51:54 PM  

New Rising Sun: He died in a firefight

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Oh really? I might just be wanting a bagel with my coffee.

/onion bagel
//cream cheese
 
NephilimNexus
2023-02-07 9:53:04 PM  
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You can't convince me that wasn't one of Putin's bastard sons.  I mean, they gave us a side-by-side photo to compare with.
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2023-02-07 9:54:00 PM  
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Russian Cover by Nailskey)
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Red Shirt Blues
2023-02-07 9:55:45 PM  
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ansius
2023-02-07 9:56:16 PM  
And Putin won't care one bit that a talented man who had spent his working life in service to Russia came out of retirement only to die in a completely stupid war started for stupid reasons.

And he won't care one bit that many more lost their lives before him and that many more will lose their lives while he continues this stupid war.

I know that Putin won't answer for any of his crimes so I can only hope that he dies a painful death from a rapidly disabling but lingering disease.
 
UNC_Samurai
2023-02-07 9:56:44 PM  
We lose more generals that way...
 
MBooda [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 9:56:58 PM  
Work your way from top to bottom.

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Giant Clown Shoe [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 9:58:16 PM  
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scanman61
2023-02-07 9:58:49 PM  
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chuggernaught
2023-02-07 9:58:55 PM  
Thos makes me so happy.
 
erik-k [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:00:23 PM  

Chemlight Battery: I get to use this again. I don't even have to update it. Though I should. It's been a while.

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Peace was never an option...
 
Nonrepeating Rotating Binary
2023-02-07 10:00:33 PM  

ansius: I know that Putin won't answer for any of his crimes so I can only hope that he dies a painful death from a rapidly disabling but lingering disease.


Putin won't last long if he becomes disabled. He'll be like the wounded old lion, target of every ambitious younger lion.
 
I just lurk here
2023-02-07 10:02:05 PM  

MBooda: Sojourned here for Pirates of Penzance  reference, departing satiated.

/often. No, orphan


I, too, orphan reference this musical!
 
Mantour [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 10:04:23 PM  
in NATO, a Major is higher ranked than a lieutenant.  However, a lieutenant general (3-star general) is higher ranked than a major general.

Is it the same in Russia?
 
Do you know the way to Mordor
2023-02-07 10:07:11 PM  
XTC - Generals And Majors
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LurkerSupreme [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:08:39 PM  
"I am the very model of a Russian major general"

*BOOM*

Пиздец, are there any others left that can sing?
 
Chemlight Battery
2023-02-07 10:09:30 PM  

Mantour: in NATO, a Major is higher ranked than a lieutenant.  However, a lieutenant general (3-star general) is higher ranked than a major general.

Is it the same in Russia?


Equivalent to one star / US Brigadier General.
 
Chemlight Battery
2023-02-07 10:12:42 PM  

Chemlight Battery: Mantour: in NATO, a Major is higher ranked than a lieutenant.  However, a lieutenant general (3-star general) is higher ranked than a major general.

Is it the same in Russia?

Equivalent to one star / US Brigadier General.


And I'm using the term "equivalent" very loosely.
 
TWX
2023-02-07 10:17:00 PM  

NephilimNexus: [img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net image 690x415]

You can't convince me that wasn't one of Putin's bastard sons.  I mean, they gave us a side-by-side photo to compare with.


Certainly explains both how he could have that rank and be retired by 44.
 
Fara Clark [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 10:20:09 PM  

scanman61: [i.imgflip.com image 850x461]


I came in and scrolled to see just how long till this appeared.
Tally ho
 
morg
2023-02-07 10:20:55 PM  
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yakmans_dad
2023-02-07 10:21:18 PM  
Oh, nonsense. They can't hit anything at this dis ...
 
shinji3i
2023-02-07 10:21:19 PM  

NephilimNexus: [img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net image 690x415]

You can't convince me that wasn't one of Putin's bastard sons.  I mean, they gave us a side-by-side photo to compare with.


I don't know "pudgy, receding hairline, and a permanent scowl" seems to be the look for standard issue middle age russian men. Well, elderly men given their life expectancy.
 
Mabman
2023-02-07 10:32:42 PM  
Slideshow says "...Previously Ulyanov...was a top paratrooper, commander of the elite 98th Guards Airborne Division. He went to the current war commanding a regiment of mobilized motorized infantrymen from Tatarstan."

Commanding a bunch of conscripted infantrymen from the Russian hinterlands seems like a large demotion in the first place.  Wonder who he pissed off in the chain of command.  If this guy was the equivalent of a 1-star US general, either he's on someone's serious shiat list, they're desperately short of field commanders, and/or someone at home set him up to fail and come home in a box.
 
I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:35:50 PM  
I feel we should mark his death appropriately.

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RoboZombie
2023-02-07 10:35:57 PM  
Daaaaaamn!
 
Angrybrisket
2023-02-07 10:37:42 PM  
Oops, all shrapnel!!
 
EdgeRunner [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:42:01 PM  

Nonrepeating Rotating Binary: ansius: I know that Putin won't answer for any of his crimes so I can only hope that he dies a painful death from a rapidly disabling but lingering disease.

Putin won't last long if he becomes disabled. He'll be like the wounded old lion, target of every ambitious younger lion.


I really wonder how his minions privately view their options right now. A few months back, if one of them could have offed Putin and cancelled the invasion, it's possible they might have rebuilt most or all of Russia's business dealings. But in the current state of things, the only thing crazier than continuing to follow Putin would be wanting to inherit the disastrous mess he's created. Things are just going to get worse and worse for Russia, I predict, because anyone smart enough to reverse some of their self-inflicted troubles is too smart to stick their neck out and get involved.
 
DON.MAC [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:44:36 PM  

Mabman: Commanding a bunch of conscripted infantrymen from the Russian hinterlands seems like a large demotion in the first place.  Wonder who he pissed off in the chain of command.  If this guy was the equivalent of a 1-star US general, either he's on someone's serious shiat list, they're desperately short of field commanders, and/or someone at home set him up to fail and come home in a box.


During the Cold War, every country that was supported by the Soviets had a huge number of generals and had massive rank inflation which I assume came from Moscow.  I suspect that hasn't changed much.
 
Hornwrecker
2023-02-07 10:52:26 PM  

ScrimBoy: So what's the count for dead generals at?


This website keeps track of all the rus officers liquidated, so you can play along at home with a scorecard.

https://topcargo200.com/tag/cargo/

Collect them all!
 
DON.MAC [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 11:03:16 PM  

EdgeRunner: Things are just going to get worse and worse for Russia, I predict, because anyone smart enough to reverse some of their self-inflicted troubles is too smart to stick their neck out and get involved.


Reversing the damage to Russia is nearly impossible now.  Months ago the damage was in the order of a trillion dollars so for Russia to pay back Ukraine for the past damage would requiring doubling their GDP just to break even on the interest in 10 years. The stranger part of the economic issue is that even if all of Putin's wildest dreams came true, a recombined USSR couldn't afford to develop the oil fields, fix critical manufacturing infrastructure, and rebuild the destroyed areas even to rural Soviet standards without it taking decades.
 
NINEv2
2023-02-07 11:08:05 PM  

MBooda: Sojourned here for Pirates of Penzance  reference, departing satiated.

/often. No, orphan


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Nonrepeating Rotating Binary
2023-02-07 11:08:06 PM  

DON.MAC: EdgeRunner: Things are just going to get worse and worse for Russia, I predict, because anyone smart enough to reverse some of their self-inflicted troubles is too smart to stick their neck out and get involved.

Reversing the damage to Russia is nearly impossible now.  Months ago the damage was in the order of a trillion dollars so for Russia to pay back Ukraine for the past damage would requiring doubling their GDP just to break even on the interest in 10 years. The stranger part of the economic issue is that even if all of Putin's wildest dreams came true, a recombined USSR couldn't afford to develop the oil fields, fix critical manufacturing infrastructure, and rebuild the destroyed areas even to rural Soviet standards without it taking decades.


No1curr, haz EMPIRE

Next up, Kazakhstan!  Many washing machines! Much loot!
 
Mr. Shabooboo
2023-02-07 11:09:16 PM  
Buttercup inconsolable...
 
Bob Down
2023-02-07 11:10:16 PM  
Next!
Bring that large bag with the zip. Write the name of your next of kin on it.
 
Flaming Yawn
2023-02-07 11:13:18 PM  

Mantour: in NATO, a Major is higher ranked than a lieutenant.  However, a lieutenant general (3-star general) is higher ranked than a major general.

Is it the same in Russia?


Will you Be My Little General?
 
Cubansaltyballs
2023-02-07 11:18:36 PM  
Oh hey. A Russian general was killed in Ukraine?
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