Mat Germain

Not at all, I just pointed out that personality clashes have been something he's had to fight through in the past.
Nobody knows what the Yandy / Randy beef was about to this day (as far as I know).

And just like that, it seems #Ukraine are proving they can manage such an attack.
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I would completely support #Canada backing out of #WorldCup
It doesn't seem like the time to have this event.
Don't make it political, just offer the games that were supposed to be played in #Canada to the #UnitedStates venues and let other nations make up their minds.

To be more specific, #Ukraine would benefit from destroying Sevastopol, which is Crimea's largest port. With that location ~ 300 km away from Odesa, it wouldn't be easy to accomplish, but drones (100s) built with stealth & armed with grenade launchers set on autonomous course could accomplish it.

If #Ukraine is going to regain control of #Crimea, and force panic within #Russia 's ranks all over #Ukraine, they need to attack Russian troops in Crimea itself. Send a seemingly endless parade of waterborne drones from Odesa to blow up any shipping/docks around the island - blockade access to it.

Not sure why they would want to waste their efforts...
Sure, fire your ammunition against the country best prepared to shoot them down...
Dumb.

Watched the #Canada - #Germany - #Norway leaders speak and answer questions over-and-over again about how their views a counter to those of the #UnitedStates. It's getting more obvious every day that G7 is now a G6, and that #UnitedStates are no longer trusted. New layers of defence are being built.

Any leader in #Europe that works against re-arming should be removed from any leadership role immediately and they should be investigated for ties to #Russia. That includes those in #Poland, #Slovakia, and #Hungary in particular. Tolerating treason should not be allowed.

#Brazil is next on #UnitedStates radar
If #Canada is going to lead binding of middle powers together, #Brazil should be PM Mark Carney next visit
Trade = $15 billion (USD) in 2024
#Brazil could ⬆️ fertilizer imports
#Canada could ⬆️ agriculture imports
Embraer (Brazil) Bombardier (Canada) complement

Calamity is a great word for it.
But just in case some need it in plainer English, it's a complete clusterfuck.

If accurate, #Ukraine are hitting key locations within ~ 100 to 150 km of the front lines.

Ukraine's SIGNUM battalion destroyed a Russian tank camouflaged with trees and netting using an FPV drone strike, the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine confirmed. #Ukraine

Providing context to Black Sea & distance from #Turkey coast to #Crimea, #Ukraine.

#Ukraine has pushed its drone operations to ~ 40 km range
Current distances of front lines to major targets:
~ 40 km to #Lysychansk
~ 62 km to #Donetsk
~ 77 km to #Melitopol
~ 89 km to #Stavky (major rail line hub from Crimea region)

This is the ~ 400 km2 area that #Ukraine has taken back from #Russia most recently. How much further can they take that momentum? I'm not sure, but they won't want to act too quickly. Each ~ 400 km2 area retaken means new front lines, supply chain extension, and clean up activities.

Just waiting for players to have 6 inch thick mitts...
Imo, mitts shouldn't be allowed.
Skin or you're not touching it.

Further South, #Ukraine are having a tough time holding back a resurgent #Russia.

Context for area nearest to Kyiv #Ukraine where territory needs to be regained from #Russia. It is just over 300 km away from the capital, and #Russia has fortified the lines as much as you could expect. You can see that once the work to regain ground is complete, maintaining it is no easy task.

I'm not sure, really.
1. Russia relies on Iranian drones
2. Russia will be asked to provide more intel to Iran
3. Lack of goods/oil flowing to China (& North Korea) harms one of its regional allies
4. Hungarian election outcome might make it easier for EU to fund Ukraine & Iran war is motivation

THIS

An artist’s depiction showing the FIFA World Cup with a hole blown in the top of it with red flames visible inside and black smoke billowing out of the top. US fighter jets and stealth bombers are drawn flying near the top of the trophy as if they have just blown the trophy up

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The other consideration is being more audacious by landing drone equipped troops in #Crimea. Only the North & South East regions have been fortified by #Russia. Those landing wouldn't be expected to move forward, but simply there to force #Russia to shift focus South, destroying supplies for others

Another angle, showing #Crimea in the distance and what stands between #Ukrainian troops and regaining it. Driving through and right to the coast on the left hand side offers path of least resistance and cuts off region to left from their supply chain. That has to be a consideration for #Ukraine.

Orange - White checkered area = retaken by #Ukraine
Transparent Red = Russian held #Ukrainian territory
Solid red = #Russia fortifications
This helps indicate where #Ukraine might concentrate efforts in future. Because as you shift gaze South West, you see how much #Russia needs to defend that area.

Randy had face-to-face altercations with Yandy Diaz on numerous occasions while with #Rays. He's not unfamiliar with this kind of controversy.

Context for what #Ukraine faces
1 Red areas = stolen by #Russia
2 Blue areas = stolen by #Russia, then retaken by #Ukraine
3 #Hungary & #Slovakia (left) constantly block assistance to #Ukraine in #EuropeanUnion (sellouts)
4 #Belarus (north) = #Russian puppets
5 Part of #Moldova controlled by #Russia

This is the ~ 400 km2 area that #Ukraine has taken back from #Russia most recently. How much further can they take that momentum? I'm not sure, but they won't want to act too quickly. Each ~ 400 km2 area retaken means new front lines, supply chain extension, and clean up activities.

#Ukraine has pushed its drone operations to ~ 40 km range
Current distances of front lines to major targets:
~ 40 km to #Lysychansk
~ 62 km to #Donetsk
~ 77 km to #Melitopol
~ 89 km to #Stavky (major rail line hub from Crimea region)

It seems likely that #Ukraine will attempt to push through the peninsula that acts as a buffer to #Crimea for #Russia. Recent fighting shows shorelines and islands being retaken. With #Russia 's focus now on holding #Ukraine in other regions, it makes this a possibility.