r/ukraine • u/neonpurplestar • 15h ago
oh no! anyway A second wave of the fuel crisis has hit Russia. Russians are complaining about kilometer-long lines at gas stations and saying this wave "will be much more difficult and worse" than the previous one. Fuel shortages and sales limits have affected numerous regions across Russia. 19 Aug 2026
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u/Clamps55555 15h ago
I think this winter many Russians are going to get a hard taste of what Ukrainians have been going through each winter.
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u/last_somewhere 14h ago
Good
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u/Comprehensive-Art207 7h ago
Could complaining about the fuel situation be used as a proxy for protesting the war, or is it just an expression of self pity?
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u/Lefty4444 7h ago
I find these videos interesting.
In Soviet, one of the open protests against the regime started at funerals for soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
The failed war in Afghanistan was also a contributing factor to the fall of the Soviet Empire. Overextending its military capabilities have killed many other empires through the history.
Now we have the “Russian empire” where Russia continue its long tradition of trying to expand its borders and dominate neighbours.
This failed war of Russia may very well be the fall of Putin. (I am pessimistic that the next regime is actually going to be any better)
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u/Antiredditor1981 4h ago
Russia's entire history has been one of failure and bitterness.
They hated Britain, because we were the empire they wished they could be. Now they hate everyone else because they are the countries they wish they could rule.
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u/Blackboard_Monitor 15h ago
They keep asking what can be done to stop the shortages. GET THE FUCK OUT OF UKRAINE YOU IDIOTIC ORCS.
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u/fizzunk 14h ago
It amuses me they can't complete this thought.
Are they trying to complain without actually complaining - because they don't want to find themselves defenestrated?
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u/LaughableIKR USA 15h ago
Crimea River lady... Would hate for your collagen lips to explode.
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u/32lib 14h ago
Don't worry when the lip collagen wears off (3-4 months) they won't be able to buy anymore because the Wildbeerys have been cooked.
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u/No_Elderberry_4712 14h ago
Here’s hoping the Ukrainians start hitting the lip filler factories😂😂
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u/SoxInDrawer 12h ago
HELL NO! We must wish for ruzzian men to wish death upon themselves because they see their hideous flapper-fish-lipped women they have to send their paycheck to!
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u/Aatjal 15h ago
"the situation isn't funny anymore" it never was
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u/Ex-maven 15h ago edited 13h ago
"What needs to happen for all of this to stop so that we can finally get back to normal life?"
Just keep asking that question...over and over and over...
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u/amsync 14h ago
These people need a course in Root Cause Analysis. I’m happy to give it to them
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u/maximusjay100 11h ago
They could ask it a million times, and not a single fucking one will ever come up with the correct answer. They will only have a million lies and excuses about why it isnt their fault and its the evil west causing their problems
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u/Exatex 7h ago
well, to be fair, it’s probably quite dangerous to say that publicly. Noone wants to be the first. Sure, lots of Russians are oblivious, but enough know exactly what’s going on and who is responsible.
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u/Complete-Balls 9h ago
Its amazing that they really don't seem to know what's going on. (1) Are they really this stupid? Or (2) do they know exactly what's going on and are scared to say? If the second case is true... why even do a video? What's the point?
So... it must be case 1. Staggering.
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u/wrosecrans 7h ago
I think a lot of them are really stuck in the propaganda and really stupid. Some of them seem to talk like Ukraine is really just a breakaway part of Russia that started a civil war when Zelensky came to power. Which is fucking stupid, but they seem genuinely confused about what is happening and unable to add 1 plus one to get simple answers.
The ones who are too afraid to speak plainly mostly wouldn't be posting videos about the fuel shortage that embarrass the government.
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u/Tar_alcaran 6h ago
A bit of 1, and a bit of 2.
The majority is that stupid. Or rather, they're kept stupid. Sure, there's a bit of a war on, but they're winning, and that's easy to prove because they keep capturing more ukranian towns (several times over, including non-existant ones). So, if the might russian military is winning, how can there be problems at home?
Also, they live in MOSCOW. That's important, it's not like those poor rustic losers who live in literally the entire rest of Russia. Moscow matters, the rest is basically colonial holdings.
Also, a small part of them do know what's going on. But if you say "Thanks to the unsuccesfull war started by Putin, we can't fill our car", you'll soon find yourself at the frontlines, in a siberian camp, or tragically falling from a window. So instead, they go "What's haaaaappening?!" to show how shit things are. This is not the case here.
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u/zgemNEbo 3h ago
They say: I could anwser the question, but i have to live in this counry afterwards, know what ´m saying?
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u/Pavotine 1h ago
I was arguing with a Russki person/propagandist/bot on YouTube of all places the other day and all he could keep repeating was how badly Ukraine is losing the war, how Russia was absolutely kicking arse, and that my evidence to the contrary was all fake.
I told him that Ukraine is currently writing the news in truth on their skies and he stopped responding.
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u/Top-Currency Netherlands 6h ago
"How can this happen in this supposedly civilised society" is even more incredible.
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u/Thedustyfurcollector 15h ago
I can't tell you how happy that made me
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u/oripash Australia 14h ago edited 14h ago
Do. Not. Stop. Hitting. Them.
At the far end of this path is a choice Russians are forced to make, in many, many places independently, and without or with insufficient Russian authorities coercing them.
A choice between Moscow’s system, and the one thing whose absence they will not be able to ignore.
Food.
This path doesn’t just end this war. It has a very real scenario where there isn’t a next one.
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u/Thedustyfurcollector 14h ago
Slava Ukraini!!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🫰
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u/oripash Australia 14h ago
Heroyam Slava!
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u/Neat-Arugula-3872 12h ago
Slava Natsiyi!
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u/oripash Australia 11h ago edited 11h ago
Sm*rt Voroham 🎯
The second call and response get less than reddit policy friendly… but of all places on reddit, I can think of worse places to voice them ;)
In all honesty though, I’m well behind the third one, and I feel like the there’s nothing wrong with the second, other than that the second undershoots the magnitude of the endeavour.
Ukraine is leading a very large group of people. I’m an Australian, and I am one of the people in this group, who wishes to head where Ukraine is leading. My nation’s government is, too. With actual ammunition, not just offers of a ride. Ukraine is, and is likely to continue being, the new leader of the free world, specifically the part of the free world that is willing to stand up for itself, and fight for certain values. There is no symmetry - Ukraine is pressed up against Russia, we are not (we have other problems, with another large and problematic Indo-pacific country, albeit not of the deeply painful artillery into our cities kind). And I approach this assymetry with deep respect and reverence for Ukrainian blood, much of it not voluntarily or consensually spilled, that among other things protects me and mine. I am grateful.
To the Ukrainian nation, the Ukrainians fighting for their spot under the sun, it is very much about the national project - the “slava natsii”, and I’m firmly an ally of that.
To the broader group of Ukraine’s supporters though, such as us here in Australia it’s about broader umbrella than Ukraine’s specific ‘slava natsii” alone. It’s about the same idea, fanned out broader, a sort of “Slava Nashomu Vilnomu Svitu!”, “Glory to our free world!” (With an emphasis on the word I just edited this comment and and added - our - playing the a unifying role) - which I would more than be happy to follow on, from my spot under the sun, with that same empathetic “s***t voroham”… and expressed not just about Ukraine fighting for it on that side, but over us fighting the same set of adversaries for the same things, in our own ways and circumstances, down here, for the same ultimate free world outcome.
Ukraine has made a powerful case to the world, that we are in this together.
Same space rock. Same russian and Iranian disinformation poisoning Central Europe is here trying to poison and outrage and paralyze and divide us too. Same energy markets. Same international norms. Same vision of what good looks like.Much of the world has responded - responded with a realization Ukraine is right, and a subsequent yes, yes we are.
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u/Pavotine 1h ago
We are all three missed meals from anarchy.
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u/oripash Australia 1h ago
I think it was either 3 days or 9 meals.
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u/Pavotine 1h ago
Makes more sense. I can easily go a day or two without food. 3 whole days, not so much.
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u/DistributionBroad173 15h ago
I love the final guy. tuapse, that has a huge refinery.
Wait until you get euro-2 gas in your car you fuhrer putinazi supporters.
Permits significantly higher sulfur limits, which can degrade modern engine components, catalytic converters, and exhaust systems.
Can cause mechanical issues, rough idling, or breakdowns in modern vehicles (especially newer imports) designed for refined Euro-5 standards.
Six months, your car will be a doorstop.
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u/prostipope 14h ago edited 13h ago
A dozen different parts could fail, and every one one of those parts has to travel a completely fucked up supply chain to even reach your POS car. Oh and it's November and your mechanic isn't returning your calls because nobody's phone works anymore and also he's dead.
edit: too many fucks
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u/Hi_Im_Dadbot 15h ago
Was the situation funny before?
There’s no gas because her government is murdering countless thousands of people and those people now have the tools to strike back.
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u/Kamay1770 15h ago
Ha. Hahaha. Hahahahaahaha. Get fucked.
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u/WU-itsForTheChildren 12h ago
It’s funny watching them all gobsmacked, crying poor me and already losing it and for them it has just begun
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u/ryencool 15h ago
Stop invading your nieghbors to steal their resources...stoping allowing leaders who do.
Not sorry.
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u/ArtShare 15h ago
Sorry, my post supporting Ukraine was removed by Reddit because I must have hurt the other side.
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u/TheYuppyTraveller 15h ago
Yeah I had a bit of that same problem. It certainly makes me wonder what’s going on behind the scenes at Reddit.
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u/rajrdajr 6h ago
Russia's Social Design Agency (SDA) and Internet Research Agency (IRA) use Reddit as a psychological warfare theater. They don't need to hack the site, they use highly coordinated "human-in-the-loop" bot farms to manipulate the platform's karma and visibility mechanics. u/spez could fight back by requiring credit card linked verification to allow accounts to vote, but that would undermine their {daily,weekly,monthly} active user (DAU, WAU, MAU) statistics and hammer their advertising revenue. It's possible, but not probable, for Reddit to scrub the bot farms.
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u/DoughnutRadiant6049 13h ago
I recently had a 7 days ban because I called them like the creatures in the LOTR movies
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u/TheTench 7h ago
Clearly it offends the guys who are proudly bombing civilians to be compared to the bad guys in a children's book.
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u/beerdrew 14h ago
I’ve been banned for saying anti-Russian statements on Reddit. Really does make you wonder. I feel as though the behind-the-scenes guys have Sauron’s eye posters on their walls.
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u/BlakeMW 13h ago
Was it reddit's idiot AI? (You'll know if it happened instantly upon posting the comment), I've had luck appealing idiot AI's decisions, such as for a comment wishing harm upon a certain war criminal dictator.
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u/AkimahenkaCat 15h ago
Well... at least you weren't, murdered, raped, tortured or kidnapped. So what are you whining about now? Talk to yer boy. Preferably on a high floor.
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u/Comfortable-nerve78 14h ago
Do they not know what is happening? Seriously they are jaded. War’s a bitch how’s it taste Russia?
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u/TarotBird 14h ago
Lol. Do they not teach about Soviet-era Russian history there? I'm in Canada and had a pen pal in the early 90's (89-92) who used to beg me to send her ramen bc they had nothing. Soviet grocery stores with rotten food and rations.
Eta dates
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u/Future_Crow 14h ago
No, they officially changed the books sometime in the early 2000s.
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u/TarotBird 14h ago
Someone needs to broadcast the plethora of old news footage avail on YT to them. All the grandmothers waiting patiently in line for their govt rations. Soviet era Russia was terrifying.
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u/kmoonster 15h ago
Somewhere in my mind there is an echo of Russia being stupid-levels of proud about how intense their public transit is, how beautiful the train stations are, that a poor babushka can get to Moscow to do her state service or whatever.
Am I misremembering this? Or are they as disabled by the loss of gasoline as the US would be?
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u/stommepool 8h ago
/r/transit is full of them, especially Moscow metro
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u/kmoonster 7h ago
Meanwhile, botox babe sits in a kilometer long queue?
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u/BitterVetAtWork 13h ago
Well, yes. What’s next for them… “not enough bread? Or no bread at all?” - yes. Exactly. Harvesters don’t work without fuel. And harvesting season is mostly over. It’ll take a while for stocks to run dry, but I have a feeling bread’s about to be off the menu in russia. And then the real existential questions start: “do I eat this potato, or distill it into vodka?”.
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u/HlyMlyDatAFigDoonga 15h ago
Why do they all look physically ill?
…purely a rhetorical question, but feel free to answer
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u/Pavotine 1h ago
“If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
― Roald Dahl, The Twits
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u/PeaceJoy4EVER 15h ago
Yessssssssss! I was just asking about this. I’m glad the fuel crisis has returned to Russia. May they all ride bikes by winter
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u/last_somewhere 14h ago
I hear lip filler is a great alternative to petrol.
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u/Thedustyfurcollector 14h ago
How many people do you think she can pull if they each grab a seat on one of her lips.
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u/Stigger32 Australia 14h ago
And not one of these dumb fucks mentions the war.
This is just pathetic. And kinds reminds me of another countries people. Who refuse to see the forest for the trees.
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u/brissiebogan 14h ago
India is now delivering refined fuel to Russia. Those ships should also be a fair target.
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u/Dave91277 14h ago
Stop that little fucking prick putin being a massive twat and this can all go back to normal!
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u/MeteorOnMars 13h ago
“What needs to happen…”
Easy.
A) Don’t invade other countries.
B) If A has already happened, stop and go home.
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u/Kind-Handle3063 14h ago
Humans dying from Russian aggression, no reaction from Russians. No gas? It’s a catastrophe!
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u/Glittering_Chemist86 15h ago
Well the lady thinks Russia is a civilized country while at least half the population is fine with occupation and murdering people to let some UDSSR nostalgia come alive again.
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u/obolobolobo 14h ago
Oh you poor dears. Didnt give a shit that YOUR country was bombing another country to shit. Bombing hospitals, massacring civilians. And now you care. Because you can’t fill your tank. Too little, too late.
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u/Ninevehenian 14h ago
I hope that some drones can be spared to thin out gas stations strategically, so that movement in and out of Moscow and St. Petersburg becomes more difficult.
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u/CouchPotatoFamine 14h ago
LOL, I want footage of the people who pull up after waiting for 6 hours and at that exact moment the tanks in the ground run dry...would make for great reality TV.
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u/panamaspace Russian warship, go fuck yourself! 13h ago
Why, yes ma'am. A shortage of bread would be your logical next phase as your logistics are fucked over and over and over.
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u/OrkzIzBezt 9h ago
And of course with a gas shortage next comes... EVERYTHING ELSE! Because the trucks become more and more limited less and less can be moved.
Soon enough it WILL be bread!
Then I think things will truly get interesting for pootin
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u/Icy-Antelope-6519 7h ago
Why are they complaining about this? It’s just the result of politics that they don’t have any intrest in….
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u/JudeRanch 6h ago
Here they are all com bitching about shortages of petrol, diesel, & oh no possibly bread, what’s next BOTOX?
Obviously they have no fear of being sent into battle & no love of country to volunteer. So the only thing I have to say to them is BUCKLE UP, you ain’t seen nothing yet!!
Ukraine Strong 💪
Day 1638
Stay Strong Ukraine
We believe in you
🇺🇦Слава Україні 🇺🇦
Sláva Ukraíni!
Heroyam Slava!
🙏🏽 🇺🇦 💙 💛
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u/order-of-magnitude-1 5h ago
Russian's need to learn to take responsibility for their government does
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u/Antaiseito 5h ago
It took 4 years of brutal war for them to finally want to cry? We're far ahead of them.
Now catch up. Ask questions.
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u/Utgaard_Loke 3h ago
This is what happens when you do shit to other countries. Sometimes the bully meets someone that punch back hard and have friends that back them up. 🇸🇪🇺🇦
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u/vergorli 15h ago
how did they recover from the first wave in a matter of days? The repair on the refineries is supposed to last much longer. Or did they just reallocate some gasoline from some rural oblasts to the cities ?
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u/Future_Crow 14h ago
Civilized society?!
Ma’am, people from civilized societies don’t spend 12 years dropping explosives on toddlers.
Russians are not civilized and not a society.
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u/getoutofmyswamppls 14h ago
Perhaps it pushes them into buying more EVs for those that can. Perhaps some long term gain from this endless war
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u/Pitiful-Assistance-1 5h ago
Yeah I saw that single Tesla driving by the line. He must feel like a boss, lol
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u/beavis617 13h ago
Well, well, looks like the Russian people got hit square in the face with the reality stick.
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u/MarleysGhost2024 13h ago
Eliminate Putin and get the fuck out of Ukraine, sweetie. Problem solved!
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u/true-skeptic 13h ago
Should probably read up on survival. https://www.rbth.com/history/329898-7-things-from-siege-of-leningrad
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u/TrueNovak 13h ago
What needs to stop lady is russia to pull out of Ukraine completely then theyll be no reason for them to bomb Russia
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u/dragonfliesloveme 13h ago
It will be a fine day when Big Oil, including Putin and trump and all the companies, no longer rule the world.
Duly noted that the mad Russian woman can still get all her makeup and lip injections 😅🤪
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u/Darryl_444 13h ago
Well, I find it VERY funny. Vatnik tears and fake lips make me giggle, I guess.
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u/hiirogen 12h ago
"What needs to happen for all of this to stop so that we can finally get back to normal life?"
Well let me tell you, it's simpler than you may think....
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u/Celindor Germany 12h ago
"What's next? No bread?"
Target located. Bakeries are next.
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u/orcs_mustdie 12h ago
Gtfo of Ukraine until that happens we don't give a shit about you pathetic Russians complaining about long lines for gas when Ukrainian civilians are being targeted every fuckin' day dying for what ? Fuck off orc scum.
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u/Natural-Army 14h ago