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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 years ago (3 children)

crickets

I'm not surprised there are no comments yet. The Putin apologists don't like it when factual numbers are posted. It's hard to ignore or argue against math.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More like their checks are bouncing and they don't have updated talking points yet.

[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago

More like they're training mental gymnastics but exercises are really hard.

[–] Aikawa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

Oh, give them a break. Don't you realize that they're busy deciding if they should keep repeating the gospel about the sanctions' lack of effect, or blame DaWest™ for the actual state of the ruble??

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

they're busy trying to find a convoluted way to present this as actually being a win for Russia that they'll copy paste over and over, while telling anyone who calls them out that they should go back to reddit lol

[–] li10@feddit.uk 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In and out, 3 day special military operation.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Russia knows how to sink things

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it hasn't sunk sooner

[–] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

They have done their best to keep it artificially inflated.