Россия invades Україна | UPDATE (14 May 2024) - Russia launches new invasion from the north into Kharkiv, soon to launch second corridor into Sumy. Situation is dire

[LazyPiranha]

32 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

Seeing on Twitter that Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube have all been blocked in Russia.

Good.  Now do us.

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CitizenVectron]

An incredible new age. The President of a country speaking live to huge numbers of Europe live, telling them he is defending Europe, defending their freedom, and to keep up the protests and pressure on their own governments:

 

 

[Ominous]

52 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

Seeing on Twitter that Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube have all been blocked in Russia.

Can't let in any of that fake news I guess. 

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CitizenVectron]

 

[Jason]

20 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

 

How long until this starts popping up in rightwing memes as "Joe Biden's economy"?

[Brian]

 

[PaladinSolo]

5 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

 

That looks like the saddest group of soldiers i've ever seen.

[PaladinSolo]

[PaladinSolo]

This is apparently the Russian troops in Gostomele before they were massacred, Ukraine probably has these camera set ups everywhere.  That dude with the AA guns life must have been hell lugging that around.

[Jason]

14 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

This is apparently the Russian troops in Gostomele before they were massacred, Ukraine probably has these camera set ups everywhere.

 

It's Ukrainians sure are making a valiant effort to denazify their country. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Sky News team recounts their experience running into an ambush:

 

Sky News team's harrowing account of their violent ambush in Ukraine this week

NEWS.SKY.COM

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On Monday, near Kyiv, chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his team were attacked. Camera operator Richie Mockler took two rounds to his body armour, Stuart was wounded. Their experience illustrates the scale of the mayhem and violence as Russia's invasion enters a new and deadlier phase.

 

[PaladinSolo]

Probably just to beef up some NATO air patrols.

[Jason]

 

[Jason]

12 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

Probably just to beef up some NATO air patrols.

 

I wonder if the first biggest air force in the world is jealous that the second biggest air force in the world gets to play with its toys. 

[PaladinSolo]

 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, PaladinSolo said:

 

 

So one of the million dollar questions at the end of this is going to be where the fissile material in Russia's nuclear warheads got spirited off to, right?

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

9 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

So one of the million dollar questions at the end of this is going to be where the fissile material in Russia's nuclear warheads got spirited off to, right?

Hell at this point I’m not convinced enough work to kill us all (but enough to kill enough of us for it not to matter)

[PaladinSolo]

So i mean, this kinda answers how Russia has such a large military with a comparatively small budget, everything is old and barely works, and they can't afford enough of their new stuff to matter.

[PaladinSolo]

 

[LazyPiranha]

So…

 

Have people been lying to Putin about the shape of the military for years and this is a surprise or was this a known problem and he just doesn’t care because he feels it will be won through attrition?

[SuperSpreader]

32 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

 

Hope this MFer is right

 

It does seem like a great opportunity for s separatist movement though, Russia is distracted, can they fight multiple front wars on  "their" turf?

[Air_Delivery]

Just now, LazyPiranha said:

So…

 

Have people been lying to Putin about the shape of the military for years and this is a surprise or was this a known problem and he just doesn’t care because he feels it will be won through attrition?

Yes.

And I think his generals thought if they displayed enough force and giant tank columns the Ukrainians would give up. 

[PaladinSolo]

1 minute ago, LazyPiranha said:

So…

 

Have people been lying to Putin about the shape of the military for years and this is a surprise or was this a known problem and he just doesn’t care because he feels it will be won through attrition?

Authoritarians have a way of killing people that give them bad news, or at least not promoting them to their inner circle.

[SuperSpreader]

13 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

Authoritarians have a way of killing people that give them bad news, or at least not promoting them to their inner circle.

 

Corporations are the same way 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

 

[outsida]

So the objectives have changed? Putin is no longer looking to de-Nazify Ukraine and now wants them to recognize disputed territories as Russian?

[PaladinSolo]

Just now, outsida said:

So the objectives have changed? Putin is no longer looking to de-Nazify Ukraine and now wants them to recognize disputed territories as Russian?

No, just didn't fit in the tweet i guess, lol.

 

Putin reiterated demands that Ukraine recognize the sovereignty of areas controlled by Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and acknowledge that Crimea, which Russia invaded and annexed in 2014, is Russian territory, the Interfax news agency said. The Kremlin continued to call for the “denazification” and “demilitarization” of Ukraine as requirements for Russia to cease its attacks.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

BBC News - BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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In a bid to thwart censorship attempts, the BBC News website is now available via Tor.

 

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Interesting article on the potential impacts of the freezing of Russia's central bank currency reserves.  That act could accelerate the shift away from the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.

 

If Russian Currency Reserves Aren’t Really Money, the World Is in for a Shock

WWW.WSJ.COM

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Sanctions have shown that currency reserves accumulated by central banks can be taken away. With China taking note, this may reshape geopolitics, economic management and even...

 

 

[Comet]

18 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Interesting article on the potential impacts of the freezing of Russia's central bank currency reserves.  That act could accelerate the shift away from the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.

 

If Russian Currency Reserves Aren’t Really Money, the World Is in for a Shock

WWW.WSJ.COM

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Sanctions have shown that currency reserves accumulated by central banks can be taken away. With China taking note, this may reshape geopolitics, economic management and even...

 

 

Crypto bros everywhere are going to get excited reading this 

[Massdriver]

28 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Interesting article on the potential impacts of the freezing of Russia's central bank currency reserves.  That act could accelerate the shift away from the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.

 

If Russian Currency Reserves Aren’t Really Money, the World Is in for a Shock

WWW.WSJ.COM

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Sanctions have shown that currency reserves accumulated by central banks can be taken away. With China taking note, this may reshape geopolitics, economic management and even...

 

 

It would have been nice to have the financial leverage we have now for China, a much more serious rival. But China will be taking notes and adapting.

[CitizenVectron]