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Much of the buildup is happening in the Leningrad Military District, which borders Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. As part of a broader plan to increase the Russian army’s size to 1.5 million troops, small brigades stationed there are being expanded into full divisions of around 10,000 soldiers, the report said.

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[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 4 points 14 hours ago

Finland can just station a few extra snipers in the area and we can all sleep better.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This a bad situation. Finland is only a small country. Will they have space to bury so many Russians?

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Throw them into the Baltic Sea!

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

Putin, thats not a war you want to start except if youre planning to turn your military into ground meat. Right now finland could probably crush your army anyways but sweden and every other european country would support them anyway.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Theory: Putin is only doing this so sons of elites can join the military and get posted here instead of Ukraine.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Um, I thought most of the oligarchy heirs are outside of Russia.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

No, there are always insiders who aren't maid-and-butler wealthy but have connections.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elite usually means middle class and upper middle class in Moscow. That's the bulk of the politically influential people in Russia. Not the rich oligarchs but the important mass that is what Putin is trying to not piss off with a mass draft/mobilization of ethnic Russians who live in Moscow or st Petersburg.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah. But wouldn't they also have enough money to hide their kids in a foreign country as well?

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll be glad when Putin and Trump leave this planet finally. These fucks are a waste of human flesh.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have four bottles of cheap champagne, two of which are labelled "Trump" and "Putin" for this very purpose

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm hoping on Orbán actually going out with the next election. Magyar has plenty of time to get an even stronger base.

[–] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And then you exchange Orban, the right wing dipshit with another, new right wing dipshit, I know it’s the only way to get rid of the Russian spy balloon but it’s not exactly freedom Hungarians would be getting out of this.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Tisza is hardly right wing. Could be later co-opted of course, just like Orbán did with Fidesz.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Lukashenko and Bibi?

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

They sell the cheap champagne by bottles of four

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't it time to dismantle russia?

Denuclearise them, cut up russia in 7 states.

I'm so tired of their shit.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yay! Then we can move onto the next big worrisome country run by some warlike expansionist who's threatened to annex three other allies so far.

West/central/east for that. Right?

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

Please please somebody invade us already Reconstruction was never completed to begin with

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're welcome to try. I hope they don't, but Finns don't fuck around.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

A Finnish man created the book on how to be the deadliest sniper. I agree with your statement.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I'm surprised they have resources to spare, I thought all their hardware is busy in Ukraine.

Unless these are all balloons.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That was to be expected in a way, but Putin isn't rational.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 2 days ago

He's afraid. That means he's extremely dangerous.

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Russia about to get that ass whipped.