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Quote from: paxmao on June 09, 2025, 06:46:19 PM

More of a porcupine than a mouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3VjSMJnD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasfiefSG6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXNjez4z7g

Nope, this is not a mouse... is more of a wildboar or a porcupine. The first one of this animals was frequently hunted by the nobility in the past. But it is not unknown to have killed a king from time to time. I hope Putin, so well versed in history and maps, understands the key takeaways of this metaphor.

As for the porcupine, they have teeth and you really do not want to bite them for obvious reasons.

A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

Cool

It only takes one bite - precisely in the balls.

You know that's actually a good allegory. Only, hundreds thousands of Ukrainian lives were bet on a chance that the mouse will defeat the cat by biting the cat in the balls. Of course instead now we see the mouse being slowly torn apart limb by limb, we find one organizer is loosing interest and saying just to let them fight it out for a bit longer, and the other organizers were just in it to piss off the cat, so they just continue to encourage the mouse. I can understand all of the rolls except for Ukraine, how leadership can volunteer so many souls for such unlikely outcome?

Quote from: https://kyivindependent.com/allies-wont-impose-new-sanctions-on-russia-because-of-ukraines-refusal-to-mobilize-at-age-18-zelensky-says/

Allies won't impose new sanctions on Russia because of Ukraine's refusal to mobilize at age 18, Zelensky says
Ukraine's Western allies are not imposing new sanctions on Russia in part because of Kyiv's refusal to lower the mobilization age to 18, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Valasz Online published on June 10.

With the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine updated its mobilization legislation and lowered the minimum age for compulsory military service from 27 to 25.

Yet, some partners, including the U.S., still criticize Kyiv for setting the age threshold too high.
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Personnel shortages have dogged Ukraine throughout its fight against Russia. Although Ukraine adopted a major bill reforming the draft in April, mobilization slowed down in autumn, leaving front-line units depleted.

Russian forces significantly outnumber Ukrainian units and have been able to advance at record rates in eastern Ukraine while absorbing heavy losses.

And that's from Kyiv Independent, so you can imagine what the real situation is Shocked

With such allies, who needs enemies.

Better get to work and come up (make up) better reasons against negotiations, curators are now asking you to gather younger 18yr old souls for busification (the mouse still has one tooth left so technically there's still a tiny chance that it can bite the cat in the balls, use that to sell hope)

Record rate... meaning 100 meters a week instead of 200....

You see, there are many cherries out there, let me get you some sour ones:

https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/eia-crude-oil-prices-to-fall-as-global-inventories-rise/

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The production reached a record high of 13.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025. The production is projected to fall through the end of 2026 as oil producers respond to lower prices.

I guess Ruzzia will have to sell something else to finance the war. Maybe they should be looking into Ruzzia Porn as alternative to oil?

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/

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EU's new Russia sanctions to target energy sector and banks

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-wants-to-cut-russian-oil-price-cap-to-45-in-latest-sanctions-package/

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EU wants to cut Russian oil price cap to $45 in latest sanctions package
EU officials hope to strike

And what do you think? There may be a link here with the recruiting capabilities and the oil prices. Perhaps Ruzzia will close the schools to pay for the military?

Yes, sanction package number 138,245 after three+ years will surely definitely work this time, totally! Got any more hope to sell? What about the next sanction package, I'm sure it'll work even better, and then the next one after that... Do you think there are any 18yr old Ukrainians that would believe that to willingly go to busification?