• @RapidcreekOP
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    9911 months ago

    Must be fun putting high explosives in a cannon and not knowing what will happen when you fire it.

    • Billiam
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      4311 months ago

      Biblically-accurate Russian roulette?

      • Skua
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        1711 months ago

        “Roulette” is French for “little wheel”, so I suppose this is Russian roue

        • @[email protected]
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          1111 months ago

          Surely it’s roule? (No I’m not gonna look it up because it’s more fun to guess.)

          • Skua
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            2611 months ago

            French cares not for your petty expectations of consistency

          • jaxxed
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            211 months ago

            Every french speaker knows that the end of the word is not. Important

  • @AdamEatsAss
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    3611 months ago

    Who though that North Korea would be on Ukraine’s side?

  • ZILtoid1991
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    3511 months ago

    Heartbreaking! The worst government you know just did something great, by accident.

  • @PauloPelle
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    3211 months ago

    With friends like these who needs enemies

  • @Candelestine
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    2811 months ago

    … S Korea should start supplying large amounts of artillery ammo to Ukraine. It could be a proxy for the Korean War.

    I imagine their shells are of much higher quality too.

    • @RapidcreekOP
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      Actually, South Korea has provided shells to Ukraine, but I doubt it is a proxy for anything.

      • @Candelestine
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        811 months ago

        True. They have a lot more though. Most countries haven’t invested heavily in their 155 mm. S Korea, with all their artillery pointed across the DMZ for decades now, is an exception.

        • @RapidcreekOP
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          2011 months ago

          I was reading that Japan is sending Patriot missiles and arty shells that they have manufactured to the US. The US can then ship them on to Ukraine. Japanese law forbids sending weapons directly into a war.

      • @[email protected]
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        011 months ago

        But a lot of people sees it that way. The war in Ukraine is proxy war between democratic countries versus authoritarian ones after all.

  • @[email protected]
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    1411 months ago

    It would be even better if these were shell that were originally sold by russia/USSR to North Korea.

  • ares35
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    1011 months ago

    russia army so stronk it can defeat itself!

  • 50gp
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    811 months ago

    pretty expected that they would get whatever deals they wanted from russians and then provide them with shit in return

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    611 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Russia is using low-quality artillery shells from North Korea that are often defective and cause problems on the front lines, Ukraine’s army said.

    It is particularly a problem in the “Dnepr” grouping of forces operating around the southern Kherson region under the command of Col. Gen. Mikhail Teplinsky, according to Ukraine’s army.

    Defense expert Trevor Taylor from the London-based Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies previously told Politico that it was unclear whether the North Korean ammunition was of a reliable quality.

    Meanwhile, fears are also growing of a Ukrainian shell famine as Western military aid shows signs of faltering.

    During its counteroffensive in the summer, Ukrainian forces were burning through artillery shells at a rate of about 7,000 rounds a day, according to figures from Estonia’s defense ministry.

    Israel’s war with Hamas could also divert tens of thousands of artillery rounds intended for Ukraine, Axios reported in October.


    The original article contains 329 words, the summary contains 152 words. Saved 54%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • @chitak166
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    511 months ago

    These comment sections are beginning to look just like /r/worldnews.

        • @Soup
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          911 months ago

          What makes it bad, for those of us unaware?

        • @Tattorack
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          -511 months ago

          Obviously you say? All I see here is a you problem.

            • @Tattorack
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              -611 months ago

              I’d counter you’d have to be someone with a very specific agenda to take issue with it. I’ve certainly seen more intellect in this comment section than you, who is merely complaining about it.