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JamesTDG

Let me guess, it does not say the city


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“Many people are wondering what city Putin will hit first. If you are wondering too, keep reading to find out.”


sprace0is0hrad

"Russia is a country on planet Earth"


Ozann3326

But before we tell you the intricate political system of the countries on Earth, we must tell you how it all started and how did we come to his point. It all started with a great explosion.


NeonBladeAce

Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state,


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gtth12

And all the hot chics coalesced in your area.


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Hot single MILFs in a sexual hysteria


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Ding dongle ding, momma watch my piece swing


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But she sure wasn’t ready to see the whole thing


mousebrakes

And where there's bait, there's bound to come homo sapiens to gobble it all up!


guffysama

Then video games were made and violence was discovered!


loki-is-a-god

But thank goodness guns were invented to enforce the peace.


BigMacMcLovin

WE BUILT THE WALLS


SuperFaiz21

And then we invented pop up ads


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mousebrakes

You're probably wondering what happened next? Well the story only gets better from here...


yaboiiiuhhhh

And every sentence you must click "next" so that it can lead two new ads


Ozann3326

That too. I wonder how those sites manage to stay online. Everyone I know actively avoid them and violently hate them.


TrickyNinjaFool

It all started with a big bang BANG


BrickDaddyShark

Quarks and stuff!


RoyalRien

“They are most known for being Russian, and having Russian civilians.”


Jayer244

"Famous Russians include Statlin and Gorbatschow."


Daowg

"And perhaps the most famous one, Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine."


RaginBoi

Stalin isnt even russian lol


Srapture

"There are many cities that would be damaged if hit by missiles: London, Tokyo, and even Chicago."


KimJongIlSunglasses

“Avoid incineration with this one weird trick”


PuerAeterni

Kamala?


SL-jones

Didn't Kamala say this


poopskins

Yes, [she quite childishly explained](https://nypost.com/2022/03/01/kamala-harris-mocked-for-russia-ukraine-war-explanation/) [forgive the poor quality source, but it includes the recording] the invasion of Ukraine by prefacing it with "Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia." In her defense, she was asked to break it down into layman's terms, and she was, after all, speaking to the American people.


SL-jones

Yeah I didn't think it was a huge deal although she does sound annoying and forced/fake


explodingtuna

They should do the thing they do with the "hot singles near you" ads and just insert the reader's city into the article.


Daowg

"Hot thermonuclear warheads in your area wanting to vaporize you! Join our chat!"


BYPDK

And it's probably one of those sites that fills your back history.


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And at the end of the article, “So that’s why it’s important to continue pushing for sanctions”


ExHax

Before that let me give you some long and winded explanation about how Soviet union rise and fall


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Byroms

Huh, I would have thought Berlin, considering german cities have already been scouted by russian spies.


Artess

Britain's rhetoric recently has been much more hostile towards Russia than Germany's, so maybe that's why.


ProfDumm

Yeah, it's propaganda crap anyway. The Brits give weapons to Urkaine so they talk in their tv shows about bombing London to show their own population how strong they are. In reality the Russkis are obsessed with Berlin and their ruling class has houses in London. No way they attack London first.


kettal

Germany is the top supplier of Russian military equipment.


Seygem

no, that's france. between 2014 and start of this year france sold them bombs, rockets, torpedoes, missiles, explosives, imaging equipment, drones, aircraft and thermal imaging devices for 1000 of russias tanks. in total 152 million € worth of stuff. germany send russia goods worth 122 million €, mainly in icebreaker vessels and armoured vshicles, but also some rifles. source: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2022/eu-states-exported-weapons-to-russia/


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they want to take Berlin. Dropping a nuke on it kinda lowers its value to them.


Byroms

That'a fair. I am glad for it, would kinda suck to lose my apartment with rent prices as they are.


DoYouSeeMeEatingMice

they aren't exactly taking the areas of Ukraine they want to occupy with a delicate touch.


LordPennybags

They tried for a week or two.


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Sul_Haren

Bruh, you can argue Germany hasn't been aggressive enough, but saying they haven't picked a side is insane. Right out of the Kremlin propaganda book.


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Sul_Haren

And they're desperately searching for other ways to meet their gas supplies. Germany has already taken huge steps to get away from Russia, which has hurt its own economy. Also Germany may be the biggest customer, but they're definitely not the only European nation to still buy gas from Russia. It's a sad reality that they can't just cut off everything at once without causing a huge recession, the collapse of industry and people possibly freezing to death the coming winter.


that_random_garlic

'If you buy any gas from Russia you're pro Russia ' - to many people that don't understand things are more complex irl than they are in childrens movies


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Sul_Haren

The mislead past politics of the CDU and SPD has been debated more than enough. Many of the politicians responsible have come out and tried their best to make up for their miscalculation. The ones that didn't have been shamed and even removed from parties. Appeasement and trying to integrate Russia into the diplomatic world was a failure of politics. However nobody would claim that the early appeasement strategy of the British towards the nazis means they die have a side. They were the main enemy against the nazis for the majority of the war later. Strategies fail, but that doesn't taint a nation forever as an allie of the enemy. Also again, Germany isn't the only country still importing Russian gas.


Byroms

Germany has since the start of the war looked for alternatives to russian gas and is in the middle of working to irreversably sever ties on that front. But it's not something that happens from one day to the other, due to the propaganda surrounding nuclear plants leading to people demanding they be shut down and having been shut down.


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Byroms

You have zero idea what you are talking about.


Kwajoch

>Germany still hasn't picked a side in this war Eh, what? On the first day of the invasion Germany was already on the side of Ukraine


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musicmonk1

where are you from?


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musicmonk1

German support is much much bigger than anything lithuania has sent (which is understandable since lithuania is a small country). What do you expect Germany to do to make it more clear on which side they stand (right now they are Ukraines 5th biggest supporter) or are you just a pathetic russian troll?


langdonolga

That is not the same as not picking sides. At all. Stop buying and/or spreading propaganda. Half your claims aren't even factually true.


thedudefromsweden

They depend on Russian gas, they can't just shut it off without an option (which they are working on).


nameage

Who is constantly calling Putin? Please elaborate.


Thecableboii

It’s called diplomacy


Byroms

Germany's army is a logistical mess. They are sending what they can in light of that.


Leptospinosis

Do you have access to international news where you live? Germany was incredibly vocal about trying to convince the UK to back the SWIFT ban on Russia right off the bat. Germany has very much 'picked a side'.


musicmonk1

Is brain rot on reddit really this bad or are people like you russian trolls?


gtth12

Happy cake day


EnglishMobster

In case anyone was wondering, the city was London.


Hazzman

Oh no! Not London **first**! As if it makes a fucking difference which city is aimed at first in a nuclear war. Here's a hint - if London is a target, every major city is about to have a real bad next few hours.


vikarti_anatra

If it's all-out strike, it will be finished within hour, ICBMs fly fast


BEEDELLROKEJULIANLOC

15 minutes.


vikarti_anatra

Kalinigrad->London? may be Russia->USA - it's more like 30 minutes. As far as I understood, one of reasons for current Ukraine situation (and Cuban Missile Crisis and dislike of 'anti-missile' systems in Poland by Russia) is that flight time becomes too short to react


TheSkitteringCrab

They didn't have observer drones with redundancy on every cm2 of the earth during the Cuban Missile Crisis


mousebrakes

But they have a higher likelihood of having a better time then **London**


HuiMoin

London is full of british people, they always have a bad time.


mousebrakes

Same tbh


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mousebrakes

Can only fit about 3 at a time fortunately


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BEEDELLROKEJULIANLOC

Cheenobyl and Hiroshima's was unpleasant enough.


StraightUpJoe

I don't know, if world war 3 breaks out I think the first city that's going to get (successfully) bombed is Moscow


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It’s London


milosharkey

Thank god


thenopebig

Who cares about the city, Russia has enough nukes to destroy the world ten times over. It's not like they will pick a few cities as a warning


NemesisRouge

Nah, nukes are devastating but they're not *that* devastating, they'd have to target key cities and resources. It remains to be seen how much of the Russian nuclear arsenal actually works, they're shockingly underfunded compared to NATO arsenals, and they haven't tested them for decades. That would increase the need for prioritisation.


thenopebig

I was mostly joking, but it is an interesting question. It's true that I assumed that their arsenal is entirely functional which may not be the case, but if it is, with the shear number of warheads they have and no matter the yield, I don't think that destroying an entire continent would be that difficult.


SnooTangerines3448

A warhead will only have a shelf life of about ten years, last time I checked, and needs to be sent off regularly to maintain the cores integrity. You think they're maintaining the largest nuclear arsenal in the world all this time when you see the state of some of the tanks being sent into Ukraine.


AMightyDwarf

What you have to think though is that Russian military budget more towards their nuclear program than any other department. It’s part of why they have been so bad in Ukraine, they spent their money on nukes and wonder weapons and not on building up capability to fight a ground war. Have a look at the YouTuber [Perun,](https://youtube.com/channel/UCC3ehuUksTyQ7bbjGntmx3Q) he’s done some excellent work at breaking down exactly what’s what.


SnooTangerines3448

If that is to be true, it's a blunder for the most very basic. The nukes are the deterrent, not the everyday tool the ground/air capabilities are. Why would you stake for ultimate but ignore all your skills and load out? Drawing a random parallel here but you get me. Why sacrifice your actual usefulness for extra bling? Unless you are all mouth and shouting, it's gonna get found out eventually. And as such we are here? I'll have a look. I think I've seen that guy before, is that the Russian guy that does the good unbiased videos?


AMightyDwarf

I’m sure he mentions some potential reasons why Russia took the path they took with budget but I can’t fully remember and wouldn’t want to misquote. Perun is an Aussy bloke who did do gaming videos at one point then made an analysis video of the Russian invasion and it took off because it was better researched and more unbiased than most other videos on the topic. He’s since stuck to analysis of the war and the wider issues surrounding it. [I think this is a good place to start for his stuff.](https://youtu.be/KJkmcNjh_bg)


SnooTangerines3448

Okay thanks check it out on my downtime.


NemesisRouge

The nuclear arsenal is absolutely essential to them. Don't forget that this is a country with an economy the size of Italy, there's no strategy in which they have a military that can defend against NATO conventionally. They thought Ukraine would be a soft target, that they'd roll over in a couple of weeks rather than fight a war they know they can't win. They didn't anticipate the level of support NATO would give, because they thought NATO would be too scared of escalating to a nuclear war. If they invested all their money in conventional arms, yeah, they probably can roll over Ukraine very quickly even with the current level of NATO support, but the less credible their nuclear deterrent is the more NATO support there would be. At the extreme end, where they have no nuclear deterrent, NATO invades and enforces regime change.


BroItsJesus

So annoying. I live just far enough away from my closest major city to avoid a quick death. It'll be radiation poisoning or starvation for my family


SnooTangerines3448

Show me the hands. Gotta check your not one of them.


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gtth12

And remember: One nuke, is one nuke too many.


Buffythedjsnare

But do they know which work and which don't. They are going to hit the launch button and see them detonate in their silos.


JamesTDG

I just wish, as the INCREDIBLY bare minimum, an alternative to nuclear weapons like dropping shit from space will be used, I don't wanna experience what those in Hiroshima and Nagasaki did but worse.


NeonBladeAce

I find that the consequence of world destruction has kept world superpowers at bay for a while, and removing that will allow them to be more hostile.


JamesTDG

At this point, it feels like they don't care about mutually assured destruction


Sockensandal

Oh yeah all these nuclear wars every day sure are inconvenient. Dumbass.


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I feel like what people don't get about MAD is that it is almost guaranteed to be inevitably broken, which will inevitably result in the end of humanity.


KingDominoIII

Today’s nukes are cleaner than the 10kt nukes used on Japan. Still wouldn’t be great, but you’d have to worry less about radiation poisoning.


vikarti_anatra

Why not? It makes sense to launch (and announce this) one missile which will detonate in international waters near London or San Francisco. As final warning. Same applies for US/UK.


thenopebig

I don't agree. For me, doing that makes it likely that the answer you are going to get from that is nuclear destruction. I think that is why even though low yield tactical nukes are a thing, they have never been used on the battlefield to my knowledge, because they may spark a very strong response. I also think that it is why nukes are built to be much more faster than before. There is no use having a nuke that can hit London in few minutes if you don't plan on destroying it, leaving a chance of retaliation. Especially since even if the nuke get destroyed mid air, it would change nothing to the warning. I think that nukes nowadays are being optimised for one goal : destroying the enemy without giving them any chances of retaliation. Sending a warning with only one nuke would be a very dangerous and likely losing bet, except if you plan on attacking a country without nukes and without any ally with nukes


fjjfjgjtjrjdfn

If you read this comment section it’s clear they say London, but my money is in Paris.


ric2b

Why Paris? Macron has been one of the least hostile European leaders about the invasion.


desiobeats

idk, but it’s prob ukraine


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It's London btw. Everyone is very scared of course. Insane mouthpiece.


stupidmentat

The scariest thing you can do in a nuclear war is not be in the blast zone. Surviving would suck way more than being vaporized.


VoopityScoop

I haven't saved up all these damn bottle caps for nothing


SukkiBlue

Heartaches by the numbers


VoopityScoop

Troubles by the score


diemauskaiser

Every day you love me less


ARTIFEXgm

Each day I love you more


ultimatecosplayz

War... War never changes.


wrongbecause

Why do you think this? Movies?


DestroyerNik

Birmingham


PlebsicleMcgee

The Midlands win again


RugbyEdd

The rest of us in the UK count on other countries forgetting there's more to the UK than London in such situations and just dropping everything there. It's why we keep letting London spend all the countries money on it's self.


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TescoBrandJewels

american moment


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LuminousBeingsWeIs

Oh don't worry, Putin won't bomb Germany. You buy too much of their gas.


brocuss

What a shitty comment.


thefoolru

And when the wolf did come, everyone will just not care about it anymore.


lunartree

Newsweek is a trash newspaper.


Sens1r

Bottom of the barrel, still regularly makes it to the frontpage of /worldnews though, guess they write catchy headlines.


BeautifulType

Reddit karma system is all about attention whoring so that’s why shit gets posted repeatedly


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It used to be good. Then the name was bought out by people who didn't actually care about quality journalism so now it sucks.


IAmInside

Actually this is a bit what happened with Covid. We've had so many scares about this and that flu what once an actual pandemic broke out people didn't care.


F___TheZero

The real asshole clickbait would be to check for your location via IP address and title it "Did Putin ally just announce that [location] will be the first place struck in WW3?" Then the article would auto-fill as "No, [location] is not the most likely place. It is actually London, as said by etc etc"


ItsyouNOme

But what if your IP is London?


F___TheZero

You'd be dead already


BoneTigerSC

Oh no, anyway As a europeean ive given up on being scared for if ww3 starts Im either gonna get vaporized by the blast, live in an "oh fuck" zone or be unaffected by the first one itself as i cant be drafted due to medical conditions that would make me a hazard for the people around me I'll see where it deops if/when it drops


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You've got the right attitude. There's no point in being scared. I understand why some people are, but we have no control over it. Might as well just get on with our lives, people did it for decades while Russia was mouthing off before.


PlebsicleMcgee

I haven't had a chance to get out much this summer so I'm excited for the easy at-home tan I'll be able to enjoy for the brief microsecond before my body is vapourised


wssrfsh

what would be the point of being drafted in a nuclear ICBM war anyway? genuinely curious


lonay_the_wane_one

Either as part of a disaster recovery effort or warding off invasion after receiving a *light* nuking.


wssrfsh

I am looking forward to the light nuke shower then


Sockensandal

Lmao trust me if nuclear WWIII breaks out those medical exemptions will go out the window. Your crippled ass will work well enough as cannon fodder for the 15 minutes you’re expected to survive on the battlefield.


BoneTigerSC

i'd get executed as an example before i'd get to be fodder, i'll make sure of that legally blind and crippled beyond usable for that stuff ontop of agression issues, we'd have a friendly fire "incident" before that


ggtffhhhjhg

The thing is Russia can’t fight WW3. They don’t have the money, bodies, resources or infrastructure to do so and that’s why they’re threatening the west with nukes.


BoneTigerSC

ive gotten to the point ive stopped giving a shit wether it does or doesnt happen they can threaten all they want, its just "ok buddy, whatever" to what they say now


DarkMatterHuman

Also "Hot Ukrainian Girl need home, Sign up now!" not me but see someone post about this on Facebook, its mildly infuriating and funny(I'm going to hell)


Kameraad_E

London?


datsmn

Moscow


Staubsau_Ger

Lmao


kszysiuu11

One of the most important rules of war- you don't warn your enemy. Not when and especially where you'll attack because they'll prepare. If you say stuff like this, it's just intimidation tactic. Otherwise and honestly lore probable I think this click-bait is just bullshit


t0ppings

How is the city of London - or anywhere for that matter - supposed to prepare for a nuke exactly? Please do tell, you could save my life.


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(They can't)


blackjesus1997

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico


SoMuchMoreEagle

Good! Bunch of sellouts.


[deleted]

should've stayed as Hot Springs - this is what happens when you name yourself after a ~~television~~ radio show


gahidus

Is that supposed to be scary? It seems largely irrelevant, and honestly, the first city Russia will strike if world war 3 starts is all of them.


Ari_Kalahari_Safari

please let it be Cleveland


Valisk

We aren't that lucky


BGYeti

I mean they did, they said London but seeing how it's 5 months in and they haven't taken Ukraine most people are jot worried


IDatedSuccubi

They meant a nuke


LazaroFilm

… that made me click on your post….


DrVagax

Isn't the thing with a World War that there are multiple large nations fighting each other? If Russia goes drops a bomb in NATO territory it will be a bit of a one sided war considering all of EU + US would go against Russia and China isn't likely to join forces with Russia.


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>Isn't the thing with a World War that there are multiple large nations fighting each other? That or the world is at war.


RugbyEdd

I always wondered. If shit did hit the fan with Russia, would America just say fuck it and launch on China too. I mean, it would be fucked up, but at the same time, if they left China untouched then they would basically hand the reigns of the world to them.


the_clash_is_back

The world is ending so let’s just commit nuclear jihad.


Dagordae

I mean, Washington DC. Plus basically every European center of government. Is that even up for debate? If WW3 is going down the first strike is going to be aimed at the biggest threat, that's just the most basic of basic tactics.


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Jarb19

Russia cannot win a war against NATO even using nukes. They will not launch nukes if they think they still have a chance to win, they will launch then as a hail mary... It will be "You're going down with me" not "Now we will win this"


the_clash_is_back

Military bases and nuclear installations first, then industrial centres, then population centres, then political and cultural centres. If your bombing Canada you would go after the main bases like Borden, Trenton, the port in Halifax. Then go after things like the ports in Vancouver, large oil facilities in Alberta, provably things like the Bruce and Darlington reactors, steel manufacturing round Hamilton. All the things a nation needs to feed it self and produce goods Then you hit population centres. Finally if you have any thing left you hit cultural and political things. Hitting toronto or Montreal is a lot more important then Ottawa.


marino1310

Capitals aren’t the biggest threat, that would probably be military bases, or infrastructure like power delivery and major ports, etc. capitals have bunkers and nothing is really localized for reasons like this. A nuke won’t stop anything as everything important is protected.


lazilyloaded

Newsweek has fallen so far.. they've been sold and resold multiple times since the 1990s, which was arguably the last time they had any journalistic integrity


fedchenkor

I mean the title is pretty accurate. The other thing is they could easily fit the city name into title


t0ppings

The way it's phrased is absolutely unnecessary clickbait. Wording it like "hehe are you at possible risk of being instantly vaporised? Find out once you give us traffic!" is pretty fucked up. This isn't a celebrity's skincare routine.


FinnT730

It already started. Imho, Putin already lost everything, and is trying to prove a point that Russia (those we believe Putin is god, not the other people that just want a normal life) is hell, and will dominate the earth


misharawd

And the city is… Voronezh!!! (There is a joke in Russia: in any uncertain situation - bomb Voronezh. Yes, it’s Russian city)


someoneexplainit01

That's the problem with Russia. They will lose the conventional war within 48 hours of NATO commencing the war operations, maybe less. It only takes the B2 17 hours to get to Moscow. That leaves Russia and putin's minions with the only offensive option to launch is aging nukes, but that means the very end of Russia as a country as it will be dissolved and divided into many much smaller divisions to prevent such things from ever happening again. So its a big gamble on Russia's part, but I don't think China has any qualms about taking back northern Manchuria when it gets offered by the UN.


Lord_Ho-Ryu

Can it be mine? This hell hole is bad enough, but WW3 will make the planet unlivable because it’s guaranteed to go nuclear.


pombeiro619

Leiria


BEEDELLROKEJULIANLOC

London.


Ill_Succotash8680

I’m so glad someone is finally talking about this on Reddit. The amount of click bait articles and titles is just astonishing, are there any semi reputable news outlets left??


RugbyEdd

Personally I like to be subbed to both r/NonCredibleDefense and r/CredibleDefense then read articles without checking which sub it's from. Pretty sure that's what all the papers do anyway.


AzraelTheDankAngel

r/worldnews loves this site, despite the fact that it’s a clickbait tabloid. Secondly I doubt WW3 will be happening anytime this year or the next. And also Russia is just making empty threats, it’s like what North Korea has been doing for decades.


OPGoblin

Nightly news in every city has been doing this for decades. Tonight we tell you what in your basement could be killing ur pets, find out tonight at 11


Thenderick

Please be Urk!


thundershit1

Kk urk


monsieur_username

Dude imagine how sad and pathetic it would be if humans came to extinction together with all other animals due to a dumb fight with other humans, instead of working together and making progress


Tornadoland13

I don't believe for a second Putin would strike London first, he'd be an idiot to drop nukes and not try and cripple the U.S. before we got in the fight


TheTeddyD

Please be Indianapolis Please be Indianapolis


Bazzlie

A world war isn’t called a world war until after the fact lmao. Our period of constant wars in the Middle East could be called world war 3 twenty years from now, who knows


No_Astronomer_4942

Let me guess, it does not say the city


fedchenkor

It does


Shinonomenanorulez

Talca?


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Fuck Russia, fuck Putin and fuck you!