Wikipedia disagrees with you, and seems to confirm what Zoidberg is saying.
Ukrainian language - Wikipedia
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During the 13th century, when German settlers were invited to Ukraine by the princes of the Kingdom of Ruthenia, German words began to appear in the language spoken in Ukraine. Their influence would continue under Poland not only through German colonists but also through the Yiddish-speaking Jews. Often such words involve trade or handicrafts. Examples of words of German or Yiddish origin spoken in Ukraine include dakh (roof), rura (pipe), rynok (market), kushnir (furrier), and majster (master or craftsman).
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Due to heavy borrowings from Polish, German, Czech and Latin, early modern vernacular Ukrainian (prosta mova, "simple speech") had more lexical similarity with West Slavic languages than with Russian or Church Slavonic. By the mid-17th century, the linguistic divergence between the Ukrainian and Russian languages had become so significant that there was a need for translators during negotiations for the Treaty of Pereyaslav, between Bohdan Khmelnytsky, head of the Zaporozhian Host, and the Russian state.
Wikipedia disagrees with you, and seems to confirm what Zoidberg is saying.
Ukrainian language - Wikipedia
During the 13th century, when German settlers were invited to Ukraine by the princes of the Kingdom of Ruthenia, German words began to appear in the language spoken in Ukraine. Their influence would continue under Poland not only through German colonists but also through the Yiddish-speaking Jews. Often such words involve trade or handicrafts. Examples of words of German or Yiddish origin spoken in Ukraine include dakh (roof), rura (pipe), rynok (market), kushnir (furrier), and majster (master or craftsman).
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Due to heavy borrowings from Polish, German, Czech and Latin, early modern vernacular Ukrainian (prosta mova, "simple speech") had more lexical similarity with West Slavic languages than with Russian or Church Slavonic. By the mid-17th century, the linguistic divergence between the Ukrainian and Russian languages had become so significant that there was a need for translators during negotiations for the Treaty of Pereyaslav, between Bohdan Khmelnytsky, head of the Zaporozhian Host, and the Russian state.
Interesting.
Showing definitively that Barbos is talking out of his ass again, priceless.
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What the hell did the Swedish army think they were training for before?
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You sound almost as if Ukraine is a part of Sweden.
I understand that the Ukrainians joke that the reason the Russians use the 'Z' is that the other half of their swastika got stolen in the warehouse...
They were worried that Norway was looking at them funny.What the hell did the Swedish army think they were training for before?
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So they're kicking your arses with sub-standard weapons?
You've gotta admire the fascist dictators who respect the nuances of constitutional law. Having said that, considering conscripts in Ukraine are currently using Mosin Nagants what are the reserves going to be equipped with? Martini Henrys? Krnkas?
I understand that there are several thousand 'Brown Bess' muskets still in storage at the Tower of London. Perhaps the UK government could donate them to Germany, who could swap them for gas and avoid the embarrassment of sending hard currency to Moscow.
They might as well:I understand that there are several thousand 'Brown Bess' muskets still in storage at the Tower of London. Perhaps the UK government could donate them to Germany, who could swap them for gas and avoid the embarrassment of sending hard currency to Moscow.
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I heard an interview a few weeks ago with a US military advisor who spent a couple years in Ukraine training their armed forces. It was pretty interesting. First off to realize that the US military was training the Ukrainians, but also what they were helping with. Simply put, the old Soviet command structure that Ukraine was operating under was very, very "top-down." If a colonel saw a vulnerable target in his area and wanted to move against it, he'd have to send his idea all the way up the chain to a general before he would be approved to do something about it. Of course, by the time it went up the food chain and all the way back down, the opportunity would be lost. That's out the window.Yeah. Hardly surprising. Pentagon denies sharing intel on general officers. But I really wonder.
US provided intelligence that helped Ukraine target Russian warship
When Ukraine successfully targeted Russia's prized warship last month with anti-ship cruise missiles, it had some help from the United States.
Yes, will be interesting to see what happens on May 9. However, Russia has absolutely zero credibility. Putin's word is absolute dogshit.So today Russia denied that it would declare war on May 9th. We will see.
Ukraine war: Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May
The Kremlin has so far only referred to the war in Ukraine as a "special military operation".www.bbc.com
The fact is, while they can jam the drone's remote control, they can't jam a "held target solution". The idea would be get close enough and then put it on "do the thing mode" where it then goes radio silence and does the thing, exits the radio blackout zone, and then the controller gets it back and it fucks off back home.
Well, think what you wish about what is "fiction" and what is "foretelling", I'm merely talking about ballistics solutions, and canned controls like "swoop in on visual structure marked, drop the grenade, pick random direction, Up Up and Away!"
Which is how all current torpedoes and anti-ship missiles work. They have some ability to take commands after launch but will make their own choices other than as directed by their command link (and there isn't always a command link--rocket and aircraft deployed torpedoes have initial orders and that's it.) Likewise the Javelin and Sidewinder missiles--they're shown the target but make their own decisions about what's actually happening as they fly. And the AMRAAM is akin to the anti-ship missiles--it can be told what to do but otherwise does it's own target decisions.
I am unconvinced that a weapon, which by design leads the survivors of the enemy that you just attacked back to your position, is going to be popular with front line soldiers.
Maybe you could program it to emit an endearing barking sound when it comes back?
Maybe some of us have just become complacent. Nations and societies just like businesses can become complacent and fail. Personally I'm big on scientific literacy and I think it and democracy are inseparable. The Greeks were a scientifically literate society that invented democracy. Sure, they venerated gods and could be as superstitious as us but they valued knowledge. They knew that freedom and knowledge were linked. They also knew that ignorance and subjugation were linked.
It wouldn't have to come back to the guys who fired it, just to some location it could be recovered from. Direct them to return to an empty field.
Actually there could be value in that--reducing the range the missile needs. Typically a long range missile uses some form of jet engine. Jet engines are expensive even if they are only going to be used once. Thus you could very well have a system where you replace that with a drone and a solid rocket motor to make the final sprint through the defenses. In many cases speed is of only very minor importance until you get close to your target.
Or direct it back through an ambush zone, and ambush the counter-attackers or trackers
Pulse jets are dirt cheap.
The logic is that Putin can spout of any bullshit he wants, and he'll be proven right after he wins. Might makes right.
The entire free world may benefit from the USA's policy of maintaining a military juggernaut rather than using the money to healthcare of the poor is not motivated by defending the free world against the threats of evil powers. It is motivated by defending economic interests, specifically the economic interests of the elite.
