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Gorth never apologize for caring about your country and doing your civic duty like military service or something similar We need more of that in all of societies

I really dont like to joke about things like this, if this invasion taught us anything its that you cant put anything past the Russians and what they may or may not do around military strategy or outcomes

Yes as Zora mentioned Sky News UK is completely different with how they discuss news, I watch some Sky News Oz and I would say Sky UK is more liberal\left but its probably centralist

https://news.sky.com/story/royal-air-force-illegally-discriminated-against-white-male-recruits-in-bid-to-boost-diversity-inquiry-finds-12911888 This is an outrageous story about senior and surreptitious discrimination around the hiring and retrenchment of white men in the UK RAF. A full report has been released about this appalling practice that occurred in 2020 and 2021 and the RAF has committed to " learn from their mistakes " The former head of the RAF hiring , a women, refused to agree to this and she resigned. To quote from the link below " The RAF's head of recruitment refused to follow an order to prioritise women and ethnic minority candidates over white men because she believed it was "unlawful", defence sources have claimed and a leaked email has revealed " https://news.sky.com/story/raf-recruitment-chief-refused-unlawful-order-to-prioritise-women-and-ethnic-minorities-over-white-men-leaked-email-reveals-12678612 @Gorth and @xzar_monty @Pidesco can you believe this type of discrimination occurred in the UK? At least its been resolved and its in the open

Lovely, purge competent generals and and senior military staff. It benefits Ukraine

And so the inevitable purge starts after the failed insurrection, quicker than I thought but completely expected

I about 90 hours into DFU and Im having an absolute blast, its one of the best RPG I have ever played because of the vastness of the game world and the myriad of choices and things to do I have completed about 10-12 dungeons and I now have a good strategy to complete quests in dungeons, I have created my own Dungeoneers Survival Guide which includes the following " must have " items to ensure success during long explorations underground recall spell cast at the entrance for quick exit and to access my wagon and go back into the dungeon extra oil for my lamp repair tools for various items like my sword and camping kit landmark journal so I can create specific teleport points healing and cure potions in case my magic runs out Locator Device : this can be used when you have explored a certain percentage of the dungeon and it creates a small dot on the HUD which shows you where your target is in a general direction. I have only used them twice and its handy when you very frustrated after seemingly exploring the whole dungeon but still cant find the target...and then it turns out you missed a secret door. Its a good last resort to help you without making it too easy I have done loads of fun quests like the Wild Hunt which was about finding a werewolf in 6 hours and then another one where I was teleported into the dungeon to kill someone and had to find my way out and then a prostitute was cursed by witches and I had to break the curse. But the quests are endless and vary from simple fetch or delivery to the complex so I never get bored I have to keep reminding myself to also go on the main quests which Im taking very slow and will focus on it once I start getting bored with the side quests Im a battlemage and I joined the Mages Guild and I love the various services like creating spells and magic items, it lets you become strategic about what effects and magic you decide to use But a fantastic game, further updates to follow

I enjoyed Bioshock Infinite, I liked the dystopian world and the overall narrative but I found parts of it confusing. When I finished it I did a narrative summary and then it made sense

Pidesco please dont encourage bigotry, just say NO to ageism

But what did these Wagner soldiers expect, that a group of war criminals, mercenaries and convicts were going to run a country? Im sure they are angry but its better than being annihilated

Yes I doubt thats true

Do you have the link?

Im not surprised the Chinese are unhappy with Prigozhin's failed insurrection, that would be unthinkable in China and it also shatters the myth of Putins indomitable control of Russia and support for his leadership. Its difficult to believe in a BRICS led world order when your key partner is involved in a protracted war with no clear end in sight and then you see what Prigozhin did ....the Chinese like stability and consistency and the reality in Russia doesnt reflect that

I am interested, are these people that support Putin and the invasion?

Good to hear, that makes me feel better

When I ask a question its to everyone and the poster. So yes your opinion is always welcome

This Tweet makes some good points about the nature of the insurrection

Do you think this is credible, after the Ruskies blew up the dam anything is possible and it worries me immensely

But he wont let it go but Putin faced a serious problem with Wagner so they reached a backdoor agreement. He cant fight a war on 2 fronts but there will be consequence for Wagner

What a strange development, I wonder what really happened to the end the insurrection? I think Prigozhin assumed he would get more support and when that failed to materialize he was provided a lifeline and some backdoor agreement from Belarus But it was legitimate, Putins "1917 " speech and the obvious tension between Prigozhin and Shoigu is real. Putin will never let this go and as I mentioned earlier Prigozhin is on borrowed time

Putin doesnt accept that kind of disloyalty and embarrassment, Prigozhin is on borrowed time He better avoid windows and food

Im not remotely concerned about that because its getting ahead of ourselves If Wagner doesnt get support from other Russian military groups I think this rebellion will be over in 7 days

Not worried at all because its almost impossible to believe either side would use Nukes within Russia and its not like Wagner has any access to them

Small steps, any additional fraction and weakening of the Russian military is a good thing and thats what this development is at the moment

I am interested in the point you raised earlier, will Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries side with Prigozhin because now he has been declared a traitor I never thought I would I say this but this is the first time I have ever sided with Russians, the Prigozhin faction, in this war