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Anonymous wrote:The 'Z' is supposed to be an identification marking for units from Russia's Western Military District. There are also 'V' markings being seen on some Russian military vehicles which identifies Russian Marines.

Z for zapadni (western)? Still makes no sense to me why they wouldn’t use the Cyrillic z instead of the Roman Z though.

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and now special military operation Easter cakes in russia in preparation for orthodox Easter next sunday. That ‘s a new one, I don’t think even nazi Germany decorated their Easter or Christmas cakes with the swastika but I could be wrong, I am not that old.

The people who've been most influential in Putin's inner circle, egging him on to invade Ukraine, are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

My admiration for the Pope who spoke out on Easter is soaring, and for the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church plummeting. It's clear they are a nationalistic arm of Putin, not an ethics based community.

Yeah, that genocidal thinking that Ukraine and Ukrainians as a people shouldn't exist is coming from the Russian Orthodox hierarchy. It's really sick.

Really good article on the schisms going on within the Orthodox church right now. The Russian Orthodox church spread influence in recent years by seeding money abroad, including in the U.S. A number of U.S. parishes are refusing to condemn the Russians, much to the dismay of their Ukrainian parishioners. Money corrupts everything.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/18/world/europe/ukraine-war-russian-orthodox-church.html

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and now special military operation Easter cakes in russia in preparation for orthodox Easter next sunday. That ‘s a new one, I don’t think even nazi Germany decorated their Easter or Christmas cakes with the swastika but I could be wrong, I am not that old.

The people who've been most influential in Putin's inner circle, egging him on to invade Ukraine, are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

My admiration for the Pope who spoke out on Easter is soaring, and for the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church plummeting. It's clear they are a nationalistic arm of Putin, not an ethics based community.

Yeah, that genocidal thinking that Ukraine and Ukrainians as a people shouldn't exist is coming from the Russian Orthodox hierarchy. It's really sick.

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and now special military operation Easter cakes in russia in preparation for orthodox Easter next sunday. That ‘s a new one, I don’t think even nazi Germany decorated their Easter or Christmas cakes with the swastika but I could be wrong, I am not that old.

The people who've been most influential in Putin's inner circle, egging him on to invade Ukraine, are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

My admiration for the Pope who spoke out on Easter is soaring, and for the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church plummeting. It's clear they are a nationalistic arm of Putin, not an ethics based community.

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and now special military operation Easter cakes in russia in preparation for orthodox Easter next sunday. That ‘s a new one, I don’t think even nazi Germany decorated their Easter or Christmas cakes with the swastika but I could be wrong, I am not that old.

The people who've been most influential in Putin's inner circle, egging him on to invade Ukraine, are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

My admiration for the Pope who spoke out on Easter is soaring, and for the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church plummeting. It's clear they are a nationalistic arm of Putin, not an ethics based community.

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and now special military operation Easter cakes in russia in preparation for orthodox Easter next sunday. That ‘s a new one, I don’t think even nazi Germany decorated their Easter or Christmas cakes with the swastika but I could be wrong, I am not that old.

The people who've been most influential in Putin's inner circle, egging him on to invade Ukraine, are leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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and now special military operation Easter cakes in russia in preparation for orthodox Easter next sunday. That ‘s a new one, I don’t think even nazi Germany decorated their Easter or Christmas cakes with the swastika but I could be wrong, I am not that old.

Anonymous wrote:The 'Z' is supposed to be an identification marking for units from Russia's Western Military District. There are also 'V' markings being seen on some Russian military vehicles which identifies Russian Marines.

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Anonymous wrote:In 1973, what did the Z stand for?

What it actually shows in the cartoon: nazi Germany Z29 destroyer
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_destroyer_Z29

Thanks. Wow, prescient.

The conversation in the cartoon, after the robot shows the “Z29” letter on the ship:
Boy 1: all clear. fascist destroyer.
Boy 2: how do you know?
Boy 1: I read about it: fascist destroyers were designated with the letter Z.

No wonder it’s getting scrubbed from all russian programming, it’s calling a spade a spade. They have been shouting how everyone in Ukraine is nazi/ fascist, to discover that they are using a nazi Germany designation on their equipment.

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Anonymous wrote:In 1973, what did the Z stand for?

What it actually shows in the cartoon: nazi Germany Z29 destroyer
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_destroyer_Z29

Thanks. Wow, prescient.

The conversation in the cartoon, after the robot shows the “Z29” letter on the ship:
Boy 1: all clear. fascist destroyer.
Boy 2: how do you know?
Boy 1: I read about it: fascist destroyers were designated with the letter Z.

No wonder it’s getting scrubbed from all russian programming, it’s calling a spade a spade. They have been shouting how everyone in Ukraine is nazi/ fascist, to discover that they are using a nazi Germany designation on their equipment.

Putin using the Z designation has been weird to me from the start. Cyrillic doesn’t have a Z like that—the z looks like a 3. I haven’t seen any real explanation for why he has been using Z. Maybe he got punked by some history geek in his own government.

For brand sustainability. To keep the brand recognition when they move next to Poland or Baltic states.

Why do you think they will be able to move to Poland or the Baltic states? It’s a nonexistent threat. Russia would be lucky to move more than km in to a nato country. It would be a slaughter.

I did not say they will do that this year. But if they do have victory in Ukraine, the war will not stop there. 3, 4, 5 years down the road, there will be another. How long do you think will russia need to power up its military, if there is victory in Ukraine, some form of peace agreement on russia’s terms, and eventual weakening of sanctions?

Also, this is what russia’s recent history seems to indicate. A war every 6 years or so.

Please. Russia is done. No one wants to do business there ever again. Would you patronize any company involved with russia? Kiss your customers good bye unless they are russian.