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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I thought they were massively flooded? I guess both can be true when you have a huge country.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

About 11% of the Earth's land is Russia. It is bigger than three of the continents, and within a whisker of the size of the fourth (South America).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's big? /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago
[–] BlameThePeacock 13 points 10 months ago

Happened in Australia in the same location last year... They went from bush fires to flooding in a day.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-state-swings-bush-fires-flash-flooding-24-hours-2023-10-03/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

At this time of the year?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know how, but I bet Putin will spin this into some pro war argument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He'll have to be inventive. It's literally on the other side of the country from Ukraine. The closest borders are Mongolia and China

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Ukrainian infiltrators started the fires using the jewish space lasers the Americans are raving about!

(It's actually frightening, that only the reasonable part of that sentence is made up)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He’s a resourceful guy. I believe in him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If the Ukrainians and the West hadn't made us invade with all their provocations, then the firefighting services would have been fully staffed and available to fight the fire. If you lost property or loved ones in the fire, just know, it's on the Ukrainians' heads. How DARE they. And that's why we have to defeat them, which we're already doing, of course.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Hey hey, no need to make his job easier, okay? Also, no spoilers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

putin has issued a warning promising fire that this will have consequences.