According to the preliminary reports, 🇷🇺 air defence shot down two of their own helicopters and a fighter jet (tbc)
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One helicopter and one fighter jet as of now
Feb 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Transnistria, a thread.
Transnistria is THE patient zero of 🇷🇺 imperialism of the modern era. It's also home to one of the largest munitions depots of the Soviet era and a 🇷🇺 "peacekeeping" force to boot...
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Poo-tin's original plan of the invasion in 2022 included a landbridge to Transnistria by capturing Mykolaiv and Odesa regions of Ukraine and effectively cutting Ukraine's access to the Black Sea... (and potentially capturing Moldova as well)
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Jan 10, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
In case you haven't noticed: the Carrot or the Stick approach doesn’t work, when dealing with 🇷🇺:
They take your carrots for granted and they threaten some serious escalation, when faced with the proverbial stick.
What needs to be done?
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Here's an idea:
Why don’t we use behavioral science against 🇷🇺?
Have you ever heard about the “pain of paying”?
It is a concept from Behavioral Economics. Basically, the more a purchase hurts, the less people are willing to make this purchase.
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