Russia's War Against Ukraine

[Gusington]

From the Atlantic:

'...the Russian army today is well-nigh incapable of conducting modern combined-arms warfare at scale'

'...the Russian military is now a pre-1918 army'


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/russia-ukraine-war-wwii-comparison/673053/

[FarAway Sooner]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1626186916235481094

Investing in infrastructure is so 2008...

[al_infierno]

Putin's legs twitching and spasming in a way that resembles Parkinsons or possibly amphetamine usage?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1626628669476114432

Reminds me of that famous clip of Hitler at the Olympics...

[bobarossa]

His hands were moving too.  I wonder if this is a symptom of some drug he's taking or a medical condition.

[Sir Slash]

Probably an exercise that enables him to win in every Hockey Game he's ever played. Or else his shorts are way too tight.

[Staggerwing]

It looks like pretty severe Restless Leg Syndrome. He could have Tardive Dyskinesia from use of various psychotropic meds or it could be from any or even several of a number of diseases such as neuropathy or even advanced renal failure. With symptoms that bad he might indeed be quite ill.

[Pete Dero]

His hands were moving too.  I wonder if this is a symptom of some drug he's taking or a medical condition.

It can't be stress.  Everything is still going as planned .

[Sir Slash]

I had many patients with TD from their meds. It'd be very unusual to have only the feet and legs involved, with the hands moving less so and no facial tic. Unless he's able to control some of the involuntary movements somehow himself, I have no idea how he could do this. Poor circulation could cause leg discomfort and moving them that way may help but most likely there would be swelling of his feet and ankles at least. It could be a general sign of nerves and uneasiness being in front of cameras, self-conscious of his poor health appearance. Or it could the music was grooving and he was feeling the beat. 

[GDS_Starfury]

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1626904507132116993

[al_infierno]

Holy tinnitus, batman!

[FarAway Sooner]

He's probably just got "Oh what a beautiful morning!" playing in his hand.  I don't know anything about the source cited above, but this is the kind of stuff that feels like it'd be very easy to fake on the Internet unless you saw a lengthier clip that showed their faces, etc.

I'm not saying it is fake news.  I just don't begin to have the time to research it.  I'm familiar with the line of thinking, I just have a hard time separating fact from fiction on a lot of this stuff.

[GDS_Starfury]

why bother faking something like this?

[GDS_Starfury]

well theres this perspective.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1627048774164963330

[GDS_Starfury]

some Kofman perspective.

https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1627309427907854336

[GDS_Starfury]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1627158314286194688