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Russia-Ukraine War Mega Thread | June 24, 2023

Well this was unexpected...

https://twitter.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1672575672869371907?s=46&t=GOHXGZ0xA0G8kGCzzYvywQ

"For the time being, in connection with the threat of the capture of Moscow, the Wagner PMC, the state administration bodies of the Russian Federation may be transferred to St. Petersburg. A number of high-ranking officials are already there" — rosZMI

Earlier some government jets - including Putin's - were noticed leaving Moskow.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1672572380122607618?s=20

What the heck is going on? That's some pretty significant panic for an uprising of less than 25k people with little to no air- and armoured support.

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Russia-Ukraine War Mega Thread | June 24, 2023

So, apparently the Russian MoD has blown up some fuel depots in Voronesh using attack helis (tweet says ammo, but it's a fuel depot actually):
https://twitter.com/Sarim_ali197/status/1672557129167675393?t=90nF4Ro-vKHJWhWL0LMVHw&s=19

At the same time, Wagner are trying to shoot down said helicopters, here's a near miss:
https://twitter.com/gerashchenko_en/status/1672557020984033280?s=46

Things be getting spicy by the looks of it.

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The Witch from Mercury - Episode 22 spoiler thread

The breakneck pace of this season starts to remind me of F91 - everything feels like it could have used some extra time.

Guel on Earth next to a could-be-mentor character? Ain't no time for that, he's just teleported back to space.
Dawn of Fold on the run, the suffering of earthians? Sorry, can't show that too much, need to rush back to the plot!
School blown up? No time to explore the lasting effects, need to be back to action!

It's such a shame because there's so much to this setting, I feel this could have been a truly historic Gundam almost on the level of MSG or Seed. If only they had 50 eps...

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The Witch from Mercury - Episode 21 spoiler thread

Not sure how much I like the fact they keep pulling things out of thin air with zero foreshadowing. "Oh, there was a super-dangerous kind of Gundam that has been never mentioned before!" feels like the reveal of the Akatsuki in Seed Destiny, and I definitely do not consider that a good thing.

The whole thing also feels pretty rushed now. Shaddiq stages what is basically an open revolt and then the whole thing is ended by... him getting beat by Guel and put under locks, along with his harem. There really should have been more time spent on that, along with more focus dedicated to the events on Earth.