Apparently, Ukrainian drones pushed through and started a chain reaction.

Explosions reportedly continued for hours, and authorities evacuated nearby settlements. Initial reports indicate that the site, previously protected by one of Russia’s densest air defense networks, suffered catastrophic damage.

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      As an American, it is utterly insane to me that there’s a good number of Americans that are just like “huh yeah I guess we’re gonna bomb Canada to make them do what we want”.

      Then again, there’s a lot of utterly insane things happening these days.

      A lot of my countrymen are gonna be finding out about Type II “sorry” if we try any military adventurism. And I’m sure Greenlanders would welcome an expeditionary force of Finns, considering their rich and storied experience (5-6.5:1 KD ratio; ~5:1 overall casualty ratio, without even considering the Continuation War).

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        Type II “sorry”

        Love this, and now that I see your username I find this quote has a Banksian quality to it.

        Type I: I’m sorry
        Type II: You’ll be sorry

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          It is absolutely an Iain M Banks reference (and thank you for noticing <3). I identify as a GSV.

          Type II (alternate): said cheekily, immediately after finding a loophole in the Geneva Convention

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      The American government has already shown they’re happy to round up people who look like "foreign enemies"whether they are or not. If your enemy has almost the exact same demographics, all of a sudden there’s probable cause to detain anyone (I know, it’s not like they care about any due process but everything else feels like we’re in make believe land anyways).