current events

[halcyon bolt]

theres a kid in my class saying that russia had reason to invade ukraine

and that they dont feel sorry for ukraine

[candid laurel]

⚡️@volvocars has suspended the production and sale of cars in #Russia.

@safe marten look

[safe marten]

helly eah

[candid laurel]

Russians destroy the Berdyansk port at the Azov Sea.

⚡️The EU's satellite centre in Madrid will provide intelligence to Ukraine about Russian troop movements

EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell told sanctions will have a cost for Europe, "but we have to be ready to pay the price, or we'll have to pay a much higher price in the future"

[grim obsidian]

from my 1 hour look into flight radar

a international mission is soon

to be done

[candid laurel]

Smerch MLRS rocket booster sections in Kharkiv.

Ukraine appealed to the ECHR to "immediately stop military attacks on civilian objects, including residential buildings, private cars, ambulances, other specially protected civilian objects, such as schools and hospitals in Ukraine," said the Minister of Justice, Denys Maliuska

[vagrant solar]

best boi 2022

[lavish flare]

punch him in the face idk

[halcyon bolt]

its a girl

but im all bout equality

equal rights equal fights

[lavish flare]

i dont care

[halcyon bolt]

finna rock her shit

• im gon be honest

[candid laurel]

NASA satellite photos show massive fires on E-40 highway west of #Kyiv (considered under control of Russian invading force), corresponding with reports of massive Russian armor columns and supply convoys eliminated/destroyed in that area.

[halcyon bolt]

im looking at some twitter shit to help out

[sharp flare]

trust me u might get beaten back

my friend has experience

[simple cave]

Unfortunately I have to break a lot of my moral beliefs in non violence for this but I’m currently emailing NATO with documents that may be crucial for them

[sharp flare]

"Honest"

[halcyon bolt]

im like 6 foot bruh

[vagrant solar]

that one might be a bit much ngl pls dont joke about that

[halcyon bolt]

i would rock her shit so fast

[halcyon bolt]

👍

[safe marten]

go on ukraine

[halcyon bolt]

sorry

[safe marten]

lets fucking go

[halcyon bolt]

W bro

[candid laurel]

We're seeing a lot of images of cluster munitions being used in Ukraine,

[simple cave]

These documents contain a plan my discord buddy drew up for the invasion of Russia

[halcyon bolt]

🗿

LMFAOOO

[candid laurel]

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy has signed an official letter requesting 🇪🇺 EU membership for Ukraine under a quick procedure.

[simple cave]

These are absolutely useless documents

I’m sending them anyways

[sharp flare]

show us also

[halcyon bolt]

on some real shit

NATO knows way more

than we will ever know

your front lines are merely reserves to them

[simple cave]

The idea involves a lot of mass munitions that are probably gonna result in civilian casualties in the thousands so maybe I shouldn’t

[halcyon bolt]

yes you absolutely fucking shouldn't

[simple cave]

What, do you think NATO is gonna use them?

[candid laurel]

Ukrainian railway workers seize Russian APC and two Russian invaders

[sharp flare]

ok ye fine

pls don;t

[candid laurel]

In the last two days, $12.7 million in cryptocurrency was donated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine — Ministry of Digital Transformation

[compact flower]

hell yeah

[candid laurel]

final update for the day:
⚡️70% believe in Ukraine’s victory, 91% support Zelensky, according to a Feb. 26-27 survey by the group Rating.

Across Ukraine, pessimistic sentiment is low and the level of faith in Ukraine’s armed forces has grown significantly, Rating says.

im going to bed

[simple cave]

Goodnight

[vagrant solar]

goodnight 🌙

[candid laurel]

gdnight

everyone

[vagrant solar]

thank you for the updates and dont forget to go look at sth cute before you go to sleep to take your mind off all of this ok

[compact flower]

gn

[sharp flare]

gn ve

[candid laurel]

I know haha

https://tenor.com/view/minecraft-fox-gif-18116922

[granite palm]

tf this lad doin

[frail tide]

honestly expected another afghanistan bravo ukraine

[granite palm]

FOX

[wanton coral]

what will happen if Ukraine joins EU?

[candid laurel]

Good question

Idk actually

More protection i guess

From future conflicts

[sharp flare]

err were supposed to sleep ve

[wanton coral]

idk if EU will go to war with Russia

[candid laurel]

Ok ok gonna go

[granite palm]

EU membership approval takes a stupid long time so dont expect Ukraine in the EU tomorrow lol

Like this is the current status

Yellow is countries that have applicated, Ukraine would be in that boat
Green is negotiating

(Turkish negotiations have frozen)

[wooden raven]

serbia in EU??? pffffft

[granite palm]

Yeah theyre unlikely

[wooden raven]

more like impossible lmao

[granite palm]

Most likely currently are Montenegro and Albania iirc

[wanton coral]

isn't Serbia like a pro-russian country lmao?

[fleet ocean]

I just found out that Russian troops are at the polish border. Still haven't heard from my friends

I think they might've diverted to a different area

[granite palm]

Yeah but that is more of a recent thing and negotiations have kinda died down since 2015 or so

[fleet ocean]

I heard that Ukrainian citizens are being told to head to the Romanian border

[humble trellis]

and it takes a long time to cancel it too, as was shown in 2020

the Ukrainians need their membership immediately though, the president urged the EU to induct Ukraine into the organisation by Monday

[granite palm]

not to be pessimistic but im highly doubting itll happen that quickly

[humble trellis]

also, what became of that meeting that was scheduled to take place at the Belarusian border? has it happened yet?

[granite palm]

we shall see

[granite palm]

dunno

didnt hear about anything

[humble trellis]

me too...it's too soon to induct a country at such short notice

[humble trellis]

oh

[granite palm]

its also a giant fuck you to literally everyone else who wants to join

and people who went through long application processes and had to go through large scale checks and had to change laws and everything

to align with EU

[humble trellis]

well, i suppose countries at war facing implications of complete annexation should be granted special privileges

[quaint wren]

Russian newspaper accidently pubished it's Russian Victory piece. Use Google Translate for an insight in what Putin sees as his goal.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html

[humble trellis]

👀

RIA Novosti...that's a state-owned paper, isn't it?

[halcyon bolt]

...

[frail tide]

putin is a madman

[humble trellis]

i doubt anybody else in Russia takes such prejudiced views apart from those in the government...the populace shouldn't stand up for this

[quaint wren]

signing change. org petitions are a complete waste of time right?

[halcyon bolt]

or would a nato flag work better or

[quaint wren]

Its not like Russia are going to listen

[frail tide]

yea tf is a petition gonna do lmfao a protest from russians didnt stop him its not like some random ass website will change putin's mind

"oh 5 million people signed this petition, guess i gotta retreat and just say sorry"

[primal hull]

to be fair, petitions against a dictatorship won't ever work when they're aimed at a dictatorship directly

[still stone]

wow thats interesting... dont really know what to say, he is one of my favourite youtubers

[primal hull]

bc dictators don't care for what the people have to say unless they hold something the dictatorship wants

[lavish flare]

change.org petitions rarely work in general

[lavish sundial]

to be fair, petitions against a dictatorship won't ever work when they're aimed at a dictatorship directly

ftfy

[primal hull]

hey I gotta be optimistic 🤣

[still stone]

thats really surprised me tbh

he always seems like a really nice guy in his videos

[granite palm]

I hope that's just a draft if Russia had a total victory

[halcyon bolt]

..

it worries you that they had it typed up in the first place no?

[granite palm]

The article is total dystopian shit
Gives me depression reading it

[quaint wren]

I mean when has change petitions ever worked

[granite palm]

Like once or twice

[quaint wren]

I feel like 99% of the time they accomplish nothing

[halcyon bolt]

That is not communism.

That's fucking fascism.

[still stone]

thats so dystopian

[halcyon bolt]

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people and culture. It was a central plank of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand.

[halcyon bolt]

read the picture below

"great russians and little russians"

little russians - ukranians

belarussians - middle

[still stone]

thats so fucked up

[halcyon bolt]

great russians - ethnic russians

That's fucking nazism

but russian

They have a superiority complex

[still stone]

and putin claims to be "denazifying" ukraine

[humble trellis]

1930s flashbacks

[halcyon bolt]

didn't germany claim to purge the polish of their superiority thing aswell?

[still stone]

i'm not sure

[halcyon bolt]

I've been seeing pictures of

ukranian soldiers

with nazi flags behind them

[primal hull]

If this is true, God knows what consequences shall be put on two brothers of these lands

[halcyon bolt]

and people use that as evidence that all ukranians are nazis

[primal hull]

From where?

[humble trellis]

eh? the polish never had a superiority complex

[halcyon bolt]

thats the fucking point

[humble trellis]

.

[halcyon bolt]

the ukranians dont either

[primal hull]

They were nationalist sure, but I never heard that before

[halcyon bolt]

Nazi - Flags

They've been posting that

[humble trellis]

exactly

[minor ember]

that's the azov battalion that no longer exist. less than 600 people were in that group and just propaganda by russia to even pretend that there is any sort of nazi problem in ukraine

[humble trellis]

that doesn't seem right...i'm willing to bet that image has been photoshopped

and even if it hasn't, a few soldiers don't represent an enitre country with a population of 40 million

[halcyon bolt]

Bingo

There are nazis in mexico

all over the globe

but it does not make every country nazi-like

[minor ember]

exactly

[halcyon bolt]

Putin used it for an excuse

[minor ember]

yea

[granite palm]

There are neonazi's everywhere yeah
But all in small quantities

Loud tiny minority

[halcyon bolt]

however in this, he contradicts it

[primal hull]

If we used the Russian argument in Ukraine, then why aren't they invading Argentina for it housing Nazis after WW2? Or China for being helped by Nazis? That argument is fucking stupid

I thought Putin wasn't this much a dumbass but now...

[minor ember]

even though the Ukrainian president who won by a landslide in the election is Jewish..

[granite palm]

He's buying on that the majority of people will gobble it up anyway

[humble trellis]

well, i don't think that's happening, given by the recent demonstrations in Moscow, i trust that the Russian population is much less conceited and immoral than their leader

[primal hull]

At this point with my generation (gen z) they'll gobble it up tbh

at least before the war

[grim obsidian]

plane had delays, didnt take off before the ban of airspace

therefore it cant move

[humble trellis]

hmm, something tells me it's gonna be stuck a while there

[granite palm]

He gonna be vibin for a while

[primal hull]

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1498347021236908032?t=3N2vXhEpzVryzlu5kvaeHA&s=19

OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

I absolutely recommend reading over the well-researched list by @oryxspioenkop of vehicles that can be confirmed destroyed, damaged, abandoned, or captured.

So far Russia has lost at least 284 assets.

Ukraine has lost at least 146.

https://t.co/nN5UzO9Cqk

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186

Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 5:19 PM

[granite palm]

Unless if he's given like a special exception

To return

[humble trellis]

also, jade said people should have putin abducted

[grim obsidian]

current banned airspace

[humble trellis]

well, i don't see why that should be granted...it's just a regular flight

[humble trellis]

why does it exclude switzerland out of the airspace ban?

[grim obsidian]

where is switzerland

idk

lo

[humble trellis]

isn't the plane that was detained done so in Geneva?

[primal hull]

They didn't restrict their airspace

[humble trellis]

but, then why was that plane detained?

[humble trellis]

here..enclosed between France, Italy, Austria and Germany

[grim obsidian]

Current tankers as of now

[still stone]

good luck with your maths mock

[grim obsidian]

they dont need to cuz how would russia get there

[grim obsidian]

LMAO ffs dw i got it under control

[quaint wren]

Putin planned to declare victory when he took Kyiv and killed Zelensky and label the ongoing war as a 'civilian war'

[grim obsidian]

good eye 😂

[still stone]

[grim obsidian]

it might be a secret file 👀

[humble trellis]

um, the airspace ban isn't for military aircraft only...all commercial flights

[minor ember]

they cant really fly anywhere soo

[pulsar heart]

Ello,

[grim tundra]

wagwan

[minor ember]

its not detained but what is it gonna do, fly in a circle over switzerland?

[humble trellis]

oh right, sorry hadn't noticed

[grim obsidian]

lol

[still stone]

switzerland is quite nice

would be a nice tour

[pulsar heart]

Isn't it confirmed that the soldiers from Snake Island that told the Russians to go fuck themselves are alive 👀

[minor ember]

yes the Ukrainian navy say they were taken as POWs by Russia

[still stone]

I hope they're alright

[minor ember]

they wont be, they will most likely be tortured

[still stone]

i would be surprised if russia follows the geneva convention

[minor ember]

they dont

[humble trellis]

i don't think it does, given by some of the acts it's been pulling in Ukraine and previously in Chechnya

[next cloak]

any news over the peace talks

[humble trellis]

i haven't heard any

please let that be sarcasm

[vagrant solar]

Damn it Jade…

[quaint belfry]

what even is a government?

[arctic nymph]

politics 1st chapter ptsd

[humble trellis]

prefer not to answer

[quaint belfry]

but yea they would make the situation 20 times worse

[neat lava]

I'm pretty sure Putin doesn't know himself

[humble trellis]

so...existential crisis?

[quaint belfry]

he just having it rough

[timber wigeon]

I would be surprised if they’re ever seen alive again

[humble trellis]

i wonder...maybe he follows Descartes' ideologies

[marsh island]

which is?

[humble trellis]

you know, the beliefs he had regarding everything from a philosophical view, maintaining that we've no way of knowing whether we exist as humans or if it's just all an illusion

[humble trellis]

🙁

[marsh island]

didn't know that

[vagrant solar]

Je pense donc je suis?

Wait is that the one

[humble trellis]

i must say, the first time i heard of that, i spent the rest of the day imagining what it would be like if i were a butterfly hallucinating everything that seems to have happened to me throughout my life

[marsh island]

Je panse donc j'essuie?

[humble trellis]

yes

[subtle gulch]

Russians bans from all uefa and FIFA competitions

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1498351018333061126?t=hQMZ-kFgCLAyHHYZ90k8EA&s=19

UEFA (@UEFA)

FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions.

Full statement: ⬇️

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Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 5:34 PM

[quaint wren]

Sucks to be a Russian citizen

Imagine having to pay for your governments actions

Crazy to watch mlrs vehicles in action https://v.redd.it/n5gwifyawhk81

[minor ember]

https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1497993363076915204?t=AJ5uoQqd1cUH7Hb_Oh0q_A&s=19

Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani)

Why Russia will lose this war?

Much of the "realist" discourse is about accepting Putin's victory, cuz it's guaranteed. But how do we know it is?

I'll argue that analysts 1) overrate Russian army 2) underrate Ukrainian one 3) misunderstand Russian strategy & political goals🧵 https://t.co/pXpfIcq3Zs

Likes

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Twitter · Feb 27, 2022, 5:53 PM

[marsh island]

(oh btw this Time cover is a fake)

[lavish flare]

when i heard the war started i thought “oh god ukraine is fucked” then a day in i realize russia was totally gonna lose this in a week or two

[grim tundra]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/t3k1r4/ukrainian_woman_teaches_her_people_how_to_operate/ damn

title is BS tho, from ages back and is russian

[kindred ingot]

Theres apparently a 27km long convoy outside of Kyiv

[halcyon bolt]

send em to hell

[safe marten]

really?

[proper lion]

6th Air raid siren

[safe marten]

27km is quite long

[proper lion]

Tf

[safe marten]

unrealisitcly long

[proper lion]

Maybe too short

In way that they're moving around 30-40 kmh

[minor ember]

@safe marten

[safe marten]

holy fuck man

[grim tundra]

holy shit

[quaint wren]

Here comes all the supply’s Russia needs to win this war

https://youtu.be/TJHeltDiUfs

[marsh island]

ig that explains why the ministre of i forgot what from Russia advised civilians to flee Kiev

[merry prawn]

100+ tanks and armoured vehicles god

[kindred ingot]

hopefully they can use their new Mig-29's and kill them all

[fallen drift]

Ukraine civilians throwing Molotov’s at Russian vehicles. warning: fire

[kindred ingot]

https://www.interfax.ru/russia/825295 Russia threatens countries who gave weapons to Ukraine.

[safe marten]

aw is russia scared of sweden

[primal hull]

them swedes are scary with their meatballs

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1498377717620023296?s=20&t=Aly9FtJCIDGBzJu0TLUpdg

The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex)

BREAKING: Turkey instructs all countries not to send warships through Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits

Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 7:21 PM

strange

[safe marten]

they dont want russia to be like "but us why are you letting them through but not us" or something

[marsh island]

isn't the Dardanelles straits non militarized anyway? or i'm very much living in the past

[cursive spindle]

putin is scared not to lose

cuz countries are giving 🇺🇦 Supplies

[red knot]

Thats a whole lot of big boy countries they are threatening

[proper lion]

Btw

[grim obsidian]

Hey guys

[coral crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/a10-warthog-brrrrt-freedom-jet-gif-17302187

Please

Just let the warthog have some fun before it retires

[minor ember]

tbf Sweden has some amazing equipment

[safe marten]

that is true

but it feels silly a small country like this is scary

[fleet ocean]

Hey guys

Say someone wanted to go to Ukraine and help fight

Could they get a free plane ticket

To Poland

[vale bough]

makes sense

[minor ember]

think so, they most often contact the ukrainian embassy in their country and the embassy will sort it out

[fleet ocean]

Wait really?

[granite palm]

Accidentally almost set themselves on fire

[fleet ocean]

Who would they call

[minor ember]

the embassy?

[fleet ocean]

Fair enough actually...

That does make sense... 💀

[topaz onyx]

Didn't know that counted as well

Sorry bout that

[minor ember]

of course it does. people are suffering from both sides, the average Russian citizen is not at fault and it's distasteful to joke about their pain.

[topaz onyx]

I mean, I've seen some strange videos on here

This thread is almost becoming a gore channel

[minor ember]

then report the videos, we can't catch everything.

#946314407338729472 message

[topaz onyx]

Does footage of helicopters, tanks, any other type of vehicle getting destroyed counts?

[simple cave]

I’ve donated another batch to the MSF

[topaz onyx]

Because, I've seen a lot of then

[simple cave]

I cannot comment on this war as politics is still banned on this server

[minor ember]

no, only graphic images of people/bodies

depends on the graphicness and visibility of course

[topaz onyx]

It technically involves death tho

[minor ember]

it may yes

thats why it's especially important to spoiler the content if we don't have confirmation of death, otherwise if there is a confirmation then that should not be posted in the first place

[simple cave]

Wait are the political bans overturned here for this chat

[vagrant solar]

No

[marsh island]

wdym

[proper lion]

Look at this

[potent tundra]

Anything big happened in the past 3hrs

[proper lion]

Xd

[minor ember]

country-specific politics is not allowed

[proper lion]

They stole Russian tank

[minor ember]

ncie

[proper lion]

Russia is strong army - 🤣

[simple cave]

Does NATO have any reason not to invade?

[minor ember]

though it would probably be smart to indicate that they're not Russian

[fleet ocean]

No country specific politics. Except for Putin 👍

[minor ember]

nukes

[topaz onyx]

Ww3

[minor ember]

Discussions about Putin falls under the exception as he is the organizer of the invasion

[simple cave]

How many Nukes does NATO have compared to Russia

[minor ember]

6000, russia has something like 6050 iirc

[grim island]

if NATO gets involved China, North Korea, and a few other countries also get involved

[fleet ocean]

Now let's talk about Putins foreign policy /j

[quaint wren]

This farmer is a true hero https://youtube.com/shorts/XjqVLB1AiSQ?feature=share

[simple cave]

Is NATO ready for a global world war?

[grim island]

you quite literally end up with WW3, so its best to let ukraine and russia fight their battles

[minor ember]

while supporting ukraine indirectly

[simple cave]

I’m not going to advocate for ww3 as I am not willing to join the army

[quaint wren]

I wonder what happened to the farmer afterwards

[rotund eagle]

I don't think anybody wants WW3.

[simple cave]

It’s called being a chickenhawk if you refuse to support your own actions

I’m curious though on if Russia and China are prepared

[cunning eagle]

WW3 is not going to be fought by armies but by nukes

[quaint wren]

Mate if WW3 happens there won’t be no army. It would be world destruction

[rotund eagle]

Nah. Nukes are deterrents for a reason.

[quaint wren]

No one wins no one lose

[rotund eagle]

No government will fight with nukes. Anywhere.

[cunning eagle]

a world war is a total war

[primal hull]

sorry I don't have confirmation, word came from Ukrainian Navy

[simple cave]

Well, is world destruction something Russia and China are willing to do?

[cunning eagle]

and when someone loses a total war theres no reason not to launch said nukes

[quaint wren]

Putin will use nuke and he is serious about it

[simple cave]

Because to be honest I really don’t see a way of surviving a nuclear blast long term

[rotund eagle]

He won't use nukes. He can make threats but as soon as he launches his, the rest of the world will launch theirs at him too.

[quaint wren]

Yes, it’s what Putin used to threat NATO

[minor ember]

but will the chain of command agree with his decision? historically we've seen that Russian commanders aren't ready to launch nukes

[simple cave]

So, how do we stop them without having a nuclear exchange?

Because I’ve done research and a nuclear exchange will result in a lot of deaths

[vagrant solar]

But will Putin respect the chain of command?

[quaint wren]

There’s no way to have WW3 without nukes

[minor ember]

support the russian citizens performing a coup d'etat

[vagrant solar]

And is he unhinged enough to actually do that

[cunning eagle]

half of the generals want to throw him out of a helicopter right now

[topaz onyx]

If I spot a heli or aircraft getting shot down and have no footage afterwards showing the pilot ejecting, it's ban-worthy?

[quaint wren]

His nukes are already in full alert

[minor ember]

he'll have to considering it's not just a button, it's a complex way to launch with multiple people involved

[cunning eagle]

not full alert

[quaint wren]

Is research needed to determine this it seems like common sense

And probably NATO’s nukes are too

[quaint wren]

Yes they are

[minor ember]

no

[trim trout]

A lot of Russian billionaires are against this.
That could be Putin's problem

[minor ember]

but spoiler it

[quaint wren]

A nuclear exchange would result in end of the world.

[simple cave]

Well I don’t see Russia losing this war and not firing all of their nukes in a final attempt to drag the world down with it

[cunning eagle]

its alert, very different compared to high alert

[quaint wren]

And NATO would do the same

[simple cave]

Oh, it wouldn’t result in the end of the world. The world would recover after a couple thousand years. It just wouldn’t have us on it

[rotund eagle]

I understand that many Russians are protesting against Putin but is there an uprising coming?

[trim trout]

Just curiousy how will a nuclear war effect the southern hemisphere?

[rotund eagle]

Russia is the closest thing in Europe to non-freedoms.

[quaint wren]

End of the world as we know it..

[cunning eagle]

Theres nuclear bunkers that can definitely survive a nuclear war and a nuclear winter

[quaint wren]

Belarus and Hungary are totalitarians too

[simple cave]

Yes so I’m concerned about how the war against Russia goes because if they stop winning they’ll use nukes

[topaz onyx]

Oh, and if goes full kaboom, with 0% of ejection, then it a death confirmation?

[vagrant solar]

That’s… actually kinda reassuring? Although I guess he could still bully everyone into letting him do what he wants the same way he’s been bullying a whole country and it’s government into submission for how many years now…

[minor ember]

I firmly believe a coup will happen, either starting with a mutiny or with more people waking up against the Russian propaganda machine and going into the streets

[cunning eagle]

they wont, its not part of the ukraian CB

[trim trout]

They get arrested for it.
I saw a news clip earlier saying Putin's biggest threat are the billionaires who are against the war

Also a coup could happen

[cunning eagle]

you dont launch nukes because you are losing an invasion

you launch nukes when you are losing a defense

[simple cave]

There’s nothing that stops Putin and his generals from launching the nukes in a “I’ll just kill everyone if I can’t win” situation

[minor ember]

not necessarily, but if you want to share something and not sure if we'll approve it you can DM me first with the link

[trim trout]

This is why hacking state media is important.

[vagrant solar]

Stop trying to find a loophole and just spoiler your images / embed links my dude. And be mindful of what you look at and share, bear in mind this isn’t a video game.

[topaz onyx]

I don't even post these shit

[primal hull]

As much as I have hope about a change in status quo, I still have my doubts it'll work

[topaz onyx]

Hell, I'm not crazy to go after footage of people getting killed

[rotund eagle]

We should stop worrying about nukes and WW3 - they won't happen. This is different from a World War, this is one country invading another who aren't part of NATO, sanctioned (non militarily) from a bunch of different allies and Ukraine seem to be holding their own. This isn't "Nuke" threat levels of war.

[simple cave]

It’s not reassuring either way

[topaz onyx]

It's just strange to see ppl post such footage

[vagrant solar]

I know but you’re the one asking the questions and you’re not the only one in the chat

[simple cave]

If Russia wins, they conquer Ukraine and launch a second holodomor. If Russia loses, they launch nukes and kill the planet

This doesn’t seem like a win-win situation

This seems like a situation where everyone loses

[minor ember]

It's an Oligarchy, not a direct Dictatorship. The Oligarchs get their power from Putin, and Putin gets his power from the Oligarchs. If either stops supporting the other then it will start to fall apart

[quaint wren]

If russia loses they won’t launch nukes

[primal hull]

They're not nuking us after a loss

[rotund eagle]

Russia launching nukes effectively will destroy their entire country. Every NATO ally will send their nukes directly to Russia.

[primal hull]

I can see that, although if that happens I can see the army moving in and trying to pull off a coup like 1990

[rotund eagle]

So they won't.

[simple cave]

Does Putin care enough?

[primal hull]

but with Putin at the helm idk

yes ik I contradicted myself

[still stone]

i doubt that tbh

if russia launches a nuke i doubt the west will fire back

[vale verge]

Any word on Dmitry Mazepin? Any statements?

[minor ember]

nope

[still stone]

firing back would cause a nuclear fallout

[rotund eagle]

You think if Russia launches nukes at a NATO ally then the rest of NATO won't retaliate?

[cunning eagle]

US has a second strike policy, France has a first strike policy

[minor ember]

so will launching the first nuke

[quaint wren]

"The dutch airforce has been deployed for surveillance over their fellow NATO countries in the east. 4 f-16s and 4 f-35s are available 24/7 to contribute to the defence of Allied territory"

[rotund eagle]

That's the whole point of a deterrent, to prevent this

[simple cave]

I think they will retaliate

[rotund eagle]

If both countries have nuclear weapons then neither will use them or both will use them.

[simple cave]

I’m just not certain when the Russians will launch the nukes or if there is any way to stop them

[vagrant solar]

The whole nuke threats thing is just a big grown up game of who’s got the biggest

No one will call the others bluff

[quaint wren]

Yes we have ways of stopping then

[quaint wren]

Ah we'll know I guess .. or not

[rotund eagle]

Exactly

[quaint wren]

We have laser system that can deaden them in air

[vale bough]

Watch russia call their bluff

[cunning eagle]

@simple cave i suggest you read this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterrence_theory

[vale bough]

I believe so

[cunning eagle]

yes

[simple cave]

I know what deterrence theory is

[thin kestrel]

just Google it lol

[vale bough]

Fast to as

[simple cave]

I learned about back a few years ago when I was younger and dumber

[vale bough]

Faster to ask*

[vagrant solar]

He’s unhinged, not stupid or suicidal

The only one who actually scared me was trump because that mf was dumb as a damn rock

[simple cave]

It’s just that I expect Russia to deploy nuclear forces in order to finish off Ukraine if they can’t win

[minor ember]

reminder of rule 5 😉

[vale bough]

Ahh he will hide away in his nuclear bunker and order nukes everywhere

[still stone]

I think they would retaliate in a different way

[vale verge]

Just to think, he made money, puts his kid into F1 and there's a possibility he would be able to drive because his relationship with Putin. When are the Oligarchs going to get it. A coup?

[simple cave]

Mainly because Putin and his people are completely nuts

[vale bough]

LmAOOOO Yessiir equality

[vagrant solar]

Oops sorry 👼

[rotund eagle]

GTAM or SAGW missiles and C-RAM

[minor ember]

yeah thats what I'm expecting, especially considering their economy is being hurt massively

[simple cave]

how many missiles can they shoot down?

[vale bough]

C ram can shoot a lot

Not sure how much

[rotund eagle]

as many as they need. C-RAM is incredibly fast

[minor ember]

tell a billionaire they're gonna lose majority of their money, and you'd expect them to not find a way to recover some or all of it

[simple cave]

I know that some nukes will get through

[potent tundra]

On C-RAM every 10th round is a tracer. So I recommend watching C-RAM FOOTAGE

[rigid garden]

Hey, don't insult rocks

[simple cave]

Does Russia have any anti nuclear weapons?

[rotund eagle]

C-RAM can do 4500 rounds per minute

[vagrant solar]

True those poor rocks have done nothing to me

[rotund eagle]

That's 75 rounds per second

[vale bough]

LmAOO I’m racing at russia what the fuck

What a coincidence

[thin kestrel]

wha-

[quaint wren]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498280759509012480?t=tq-gkFEU6IvgyzJ0FjsDfg&s=19

Russian warship, go fuck yourself.

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️Ukrainian defenders of Zmiinyi Island in Black Sea, presumed dead in a Russian bombardment, are alive and held captive, according to Ukrainian navy.

The 13 border guards became celebrated when they told a Russian warship to “go f*ck yourself” after being ordered to surrender.

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Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 12:55 PM

[simple cave]

I assume Russia has similar weapons to America when it comes to defense from nukes

[rotund eagle]

Only one in every 20 rounds is a tracer so when you look at C-RAM footage, that's only 1/20th of the amount of ballistics in the air

[minor ember]

https://twitter.com/Ben_Sulayem/status/1498396219697205256?s=20&t=TRLzi1hN6isl2K5C2AyChA

Mohammed Ben Sulayem (@Ben_Sulayem)

I have called an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council for tomorrow to discuss matters relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 8:34 PM

[rotund eagle]

Shit is scary.

[simple cave]

If not I presume we could probably win a nuclear war against Russia

[rigid garden]

No one wins a nuclear war

[potent tundra]

Thought it was 1 out of 10

[rigid garden]

Never forget that

[simple cave]

Well, If we can shoot down their nukes and they can’t shoot down ours, we win

[rotund eagle]

Not even close. Russia's military is nowhere near as advanced.

[quaint wren]

Why are so so infatuated with nuclear war

[rotund eagle]

They have a very advanced army, don't get me wrong.

[rotund eagle]

No idea. Everyone seems to be terrified of nuclear strikes that won't happen

[simple cave]

So we could nuke them without retribution?

[rigid garden]

Not every country can defend, also nuclear winter plus the fact that radiation will spread everywhere

[vagrant solar]

I don’t think “infatuated” is the word, no one wants it to happen

[marsh island]

obsessed

[rotund eagle]

Nope. They're still advanced enough, but the UK, USA and Germany have the most advanced and well funded military organisations in the world

[simple cave]

I’m not certain on if nuclear war would save lives or not

[marsh island]

how can war save lives?

[vagrant solar]

Especially nuclear

[rigid garden]

Germany especially now

[simple cave]

If it stops a genocide, that’s why we fought hitler

[rigid garden]

Nuclear ends lives

[cunning eagle]

CRAM cant shoot down ballistic missiles

[rigid garden]

It doesn't save them

[rotund eagle]

Ah gotchu.

[cunning eagle]

most interception is mid trajectory and terminal

patriots is the terminal intercept system for the US

i believe the AEGIS system can intercept ICBMs midcourse

[granite palm]

Dude nuclear war would end the world

Literally

A full on nuclear war

[simple cave]

Not literally

The world would recover in 2,000 years

[quaint wren]

Yes literally

[simple cave]

It just may not have humanity

[granite palm]

Russia has the most nukes in the world
US close behind
France has nukes
UK has nukes

[cunning eagle]

it wont end the world, let alone humanity

[quaint wren]

We could nuke the planet numerous times over

[cunning eagle]

humanity would survive

human civilization will not

[granite palm]

The northern hemisphere would be fucked for sure

[vagrant solar]

What makes you so sure about humanity even

[slow bay]

theres a thing called radiation

bye bye humanity

[simple cave]

Radiation would cause a lot of problems but many species can adapt

[cunning eagle]

radiation does not seep into nuclear bunkers

[quaint wren]

Not to sound demeaning but I’m honestly curious the average age of the people speaking in here

[cunning eagle]

and nuclear bunkers are designed to survive indefinitely if needs to be

[slow bay]

You wouldnt be able to leave ur bunker

lmao

[cunning eagle]

and?

[slow bay]

humanity will barely survive

[cunning eagle]

21

[slow bay]

i doubt it it will

[cunning eagle]

serving in RCAF reserves

[granite palm]

It also depends on where is nuked

[rigid garden]

depending on how bad the war was

the amount of radiation will destroy most species

[cunning eagle]

not really

[slow bay]

and create new ones

[granite palm]

If it's USA+Canada+Europe versus Russia+Belarus, northern hemisphere is fucked, southern hemisphere will feel drastic consequences but will probably survive in a decent state

[simple cave]

Cockroachs have been proven to survive radiation

[quaint wren]

If we talking radiation levels like next to the elephants foot nothing can grow there

[vale verge]

Not people

[simple cave]

Look, life will return to earth, maybe even sentient life thousands years later

[granite palm]

Elephants Foot isn't something that could be created from a nuclear explosion

[simple cave]

Well, I don’t think people will survive nuclear dead

[vale verge]

For about 3,000 years

[vagrant solar]

We can’t even get near without protective equipment and even then it’s still dangerous

[simple cave]

I was never advocating for nuclear war unless it was proven to save lives

[quaint wren]

It doesn’t save lives it puts everyone’s life at risk

The radiation can cause cancer for everyone around the world by increasing radiation levels

[simple cave]

Well that’s why I don’t advocate for nuclear war

[granite palm]

The only case where nukes saved lives (most likely) is the only time nukes were used in war

But

That was only 2

[simple cave]

If we were able to disable Russian nuclear warheads through electronic stuff

And then we nuked Russia

How many lives would be saved from that?

[cunning eagle]

not many

[granite palm]

Russia and the USA and France and UK have hundreds combined

Thousands even

[cunning eagle]

not combined

each

[granite palm]

Well France and UK on their own don't I think

But Russia and USA yes

[simple cave]

Well would it be a net positive?

[vagrant solar]

Damn I didn’t know we had that many

[golden root]

Most countries can shoot down Nuclear warheads anyway

[granite palm]

We have none but we do have some also

[quaint wren]

Yes we have plenty of nukes stored around the world which many people don’t know

[granite palm]

Bc the USA was like yo noice Rotterdam yo got there dawg can we put some nukes there lad alrightyo

[quaint wren]

Plenty of them right in Europe

[simple cave]

Can Russia shoot down warheads?

[cunning eagle]

you cant shoot down all of them

consider

[quaint wren]

Russia and USA playing cards I see your bet of 30 nukes and raise it to 60

[rotund eagle]

Remember that shooting down a nuke doesn't mean it will go off when it lands or explode in mid air.

[cunning eagle]

it does

a nuke is inert unless under very specific conditions

[simple cave]

The point I’m saying is that we could shoot down a lot of warheads

[golden root]

US has nukes in East Europe pointed at Russia iirc

[cunning eagle]

and a destroyed ICBM means that said nuke will not survive reentry

[simple cave]

And in America we could probably minimize casualties to about 20 million or so

[cunning eagle]

20 millions?

[rotund eagle]

I thought the payload was activated if the missile primes it otherwise it could activate in midair?

[simple cave]

Yeah

[cunning eagle]

no

[granite palm]

You know that 500 is fucking many when they nuke fucking North Dakota in that scenario

[rotund eagle]

Arc schooling me today

[simple cave]

If we shot down as many nukes as possible we could save a lot of populated areas

[cunning eagle]

an ICBM being shot down means that it will disintegrate upon reentry

[simple cave]

I don’t think you can wage a full nuclear war against a country with more warheads and come out unscathed

[cunning eagle]

i have a friend that lives in idaho lol

[rotund eagle]

What does that mean in terms of nuclear material entering a specific area?

[cunning eagle]

insignificant because well

[rotund eagle]

Once disintegrated

[cunning eagle]

means a lot more nukes have been launched

[simple cave]

If you could I would see no reason to not use nuclear war

Otherwise wars will have to be waged more cautiously

[cunning eagle]

problem is SSBNs

[simple cave]

It’s crazy to think that at some point in human history we have created weapons of peace that are so destructive they stop global war

[quaint wren]

I’m the complete oppposite as well as the creators of it

[minor ember]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498401867986083841

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️EU accepts to integrate Ukraine into its electricity network.

Ukraine was supposed to join the EU electric grid in 2023, synchronizing with it instead of the Russian and Belarusian ones. The Ukrainian electric grid will synchronize with the European one in a few weeks.

Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 8:56 PM

[quaint wren]

They are actually saddened they created a weapon they could cause the end of the entire human species

[minor ember]

the scientists didnt really want to make it

[rotund eagle]

Interesting. And I'm assuming SSBNs can remain undetected at any time using modern technology

[marsh island]

i have become death, the destroyer of worlds

[simple cave]

Well the existence of nuclear weapons may have saved millions as we could have gone to war with the USSR and China in the 60s

[rotund eagle]

Isn't that why Trident is so effective

[cunning eagle]

well, you have no real way to sink it anyways

[rotund eagle]

Because nobody knows where they are ever apart from the people who work on them

[cunning eagle]

you can detect it with radiation tracing

[quaint wren]

nuclear weapons have brought in a spectacular age of peace

Not really

[marsh island]

ye the intensity of conflicts has reduced drastically since then

[quaint wren]

We haven’t had a age of peace it’s always been one war or another every couple years

[vagrant solar]

Well until a few days ago…

[simple cave]

My concern is with nuclear war occurring because no one can really win a nuclear war

[quaint wren]

in main europe war is still unthinkable

[rotund eagle]

I think you need to stop worrying about nuclear war, friend

It won't happen because of this conflict

[cunning eagle]

its why nobody is willing to engage in said nuclear war @simple cave

[lean stratus]

The US has ordered 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations to leave by 7 March, reported Reuters.

At a news conference held by Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Nebenzya took a phone call and confirmed shortly afterwards that 12 diplomats had been declared “persona non grata” by US authorities and instructed to leave by 7 March, according to the New York Times.

Nebenzya called the expulsion of Russian diplomats a “gross violation” of the US’s position as the UN host country.

“There are a lot of countries that understand what the Russian position is and what it is doing and why,” said Nebenzya.

[simple cave]

Yes but Putin is deranged

[cunning eagle]

his generals are not

[lean stratus]

More on the US expelling 12 Russian diplomats: US officials have said that the Russian diplomats “have abused their privileges” by engaging in espionage that is harmful to national security, calling the expelled diplomats “intelligence operatives.”

From journalist Jack Detsch:
The U.S. has informed the Russian Mission to the UN that it is expelling a dozen intelligence operatives from New York: spokes for U.S. mission to UN.

Russian operatives "have abused their privileges" of U.S. residency by engaging in espionage harmful to national security.

This comes after the U.S. expelled Russia's number two diplomat from the country earlier this month. The State Dept froze most American diplomatic activities with Russia last week.
The White House further confirmed that that expulsion of said diplomats has been in the works for months, reported Reuters.

[quaint wren]

france, uk, germany, spain,italy etc, all countries have been going it at since for ever, until ww2 and nukes, now war between any of these countries is unthinkable

[cunning eagle]

there is a single dead hand operator and he has the final say on if he will launch the nukes or not

[rotund eagle]

It's more than just him pulling the strings.

[simple cave]

And what if the dead hand chooses to launch the nukes?

[rotund eagle]

@cunning eagle super interesting hearing your takes on things

[simple cave]

Tbh I’m not expecting a nuclear exchange with NATO

I’m expecting a nuclear bombing of Kiev

[rotund eagle]

Why would he Nuke the place he's trying to acquire?

That's like stealing a TV and then smashing it

[cunning eagle]

He needs a code to launch it.

[simple cave]

Well if he wanted to just cause as much pain and suffering as he wanted to

[cunning eagle]

thanks lol

[quaint wren]

i'm kind of scared Putin might use a small tactical nuke if he feels it will force Europe to stop helping Ukraine

[rotund eagle]

Not sure if you're understanding quite why Putin is invading Ukraine

[cunning eagle]

no reason for tactical nukes when he has FAEBs

[simple cave]

I’ve been Informed that he plans on committing a genocide against Ukrainian speakers

[quaint wren]

No need for any of that when he could use a dirty bomb

[quaint wren]

the reason would be to force europe to stop helping..

[rotund eagle]

By who?

[lean stratus]

Russians continue to be part of nuclear negotiations with Iran, and the Biden administration hopes to make progress in those talks, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday.

[simple cave]

Putin?

Oh wait you mean who informed me?

[lean stratus]

U.S. yet to decide on barring Russian flights, White House says

[cunning eagle]

he doesnt want to escalate this for europe to start helping, if he used a tactical nuke hes going to get invaded

[simple cave]

Zelensky said that Russian actions were genocide

[rotund eagle]

I was gonna say! If you and Putin are on speaking terms then gimme his number so I can have a chat

[vale bough]

Chinas actions are genocide too

[simple cave]

I’m not on speaking terms with any politicians rn

[rotund eagle]

"rn" 😂

[quaint wren]

I got Putin on speed dial

[cunning eagle]

RUAF can never survive a direct contact with NATO

[simple cave]

I think I got blocked by someone but that’s r5

[cunning eagle]

like

its just not possible

[lean stratus]

United Nations Security Council holds meeting to discuss situation in Ukraine, for those that want to see, it is being livestreamed

[quaint wren]

Putin's original plan was to capture Kyiv within a week, declare victory, and declare the ongoing war a civil war, brutual urban gueialla warfar that can last a decade

[rotund eagle]

China is a no-go for any country. If there are sanctions from either side with them, both sides suffer.

[simple cave]

China is a country staying neutral here

[cunning eagle]

China's foreign policy is just hey look we stay neutral so you cant say anything about our internal policy

[quaint wren]

China condemned the sanctions, hardly neutral

[vale bough]

What I meant by chinas actions are genocide is literally the genocide happening right now

[primal hull]

prolly uhh somewhat true, they also are trying to invest in Africa

[quaint wren]

China’s policy is hey you would collapse without our products so we can do as we wish

[primal hull]

and causing debt problems for them

[lean stratus]

Starlink hardware arrives in Ukraine.

elon musk activated the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine following an appeal from Fedorov Mykhailo, Ukraine's minister of digital transformation.

[simple cave]

They condemned the sanctions but that’s not them necessarily taking a side, China doesn’t want to tie themselves to a sinking ship

[simple cave]

Aren’t these useless though

[cunning eagle]

condemning in this world is pointless

[rigid garden]

did they want them or not?

[granite palm]

are you kidding https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/antonov-an-225-largest-plane-destroyed-ukraine-scli-intl/index.html

few days ago it was still whole smh

[cunning eagle]

yeah its from 2 days ago

[rigid garden]

yeah

[vale bough]

Noooooo fucking way

[quaint wren]

Ukraine says they will be billing russia

[cunning eagle]

they have another one thats 70% complete

[vale bough]

They retired the AN-225?

[quaint wren]

Which is such a badass statement

[simple cave]

I’m not sure why the An-225 was in Ukraine

[lean stratus]

not really no

[cunning eagle]

it got blown up

[rigid garden]

it was destroyed

[quaint wren]

They own it that’s why it was there

[cunning eagle]

its ukranian

[lean stratus]

since with the possibility of the internet being cut, starlink is when that'd come into play

[granite palm]

Its literally owned by Antonov

[simple cave]

Yeah but it’s usually hopping around the world

[granite palm]

not often

[lean stratus]

[simple cave]

I tracked it all the time

[vale bough]

Wait so the An-225s are still around?

[shadow thicket]

Because it was owned by Ukrainian company and stationed on company's airport

[lean stratus]

no

there's only 1 ever built

[granite palm]

The AN-225 only gets flown out very occasionally for extremely big jobs

[cunning eagle]

its 70% complete

[cunning eagle]

nop

[simple cave]

I don’t know why they stayed there during a war

[lean stratus]

or was it

[cunning eagle]

they have 2 airframes

[vale bough]

One?

[shadow thicket]

Only one

[vale bough]

I was going to say lmao

[simple cave]

That’s my question

[cunning eagle]

it sat in a warehouse for the better part of 20 years

[vale bough]

Holy shit

[lean stratus]

yeah there's only one antonov 225 ever built

unless im wrong

[simple cave]

You know a wars coming why don’t you evacuate your plane

[marsh island]

are they pulling out the Ekranoplan out of storage

[vale bough]

No fucking way did they destroy it

[granite palm]

Because... if it has no job currently.... it sits at home?

[simple cave]

That’s Russian and it’s in the Capsian

[lean stratus]

but i believe yesterday ukraine stated that they'd rebuild the aircraft or something

[cunning eagle]

70% completed

[lean stratus]

can't recall

[vale bough]

What’s the biggest plane now then? The beluga or dream lifter

[marsh island]

i didn't mean the ukrainians in particular 🙂

more like.. whoever has them

[cunning eagle]

@vale bough stratolaunch

i believe

[simple cave]

It doesn’t work that well

[lean stratus]

Bulgaria will give Ukraine 14 Su-25 & 16 MiG-29 fighter jets, Poland will give it 28 MiG-29s & Slovakia will give it 12 MiG-29s. More importantly--given Russian missile strikes on military airbases--they can fly missions over Ukraine from Poland
https://ukraine.segodnya.ua/amp-ukraine/evropa-peredast-ukraine-70-istrebiteley-mig-29-i-su-25-dlya-aviaudarov-po-agressoru-1605977.html

[minor ember]

because it was under maintenance due to an incident a few weeks ago

[simple cave]

I thought it crashed though

[cunning eagle]

positively massive too

it didnt

[lean stratus]

Macron says called Putin upon Zelenskyy's request.

[marsh island]

i know it's useless and drinks gasoline more than a scottish lad at the pub drinks whisky

[granite palm]

what a ugly ass plane

[lean stratus]

https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1498391555060682756

Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron)

I am in constant communication with President Zelenskyy. I would like to commend his great sense of responsibility. At the latter’s request and given the humanitarian situation, I called President Putin.

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[vale bough]

Yeah it is

[quaint wren]

Anybody else thinks this looks badass

[vale bough]

How sad

[minor ember]

what is it of

[vale bough]

The an225 really is gone that’s depressing

[cunning eagle]

i believe it has a larger wingspan than the AN225 too

[quaint wren]

Ukrainian special forces icon

[minor ember]

Ukraine has committed to rebuilding the secondary unfinished plane

once they can

[vale bough]

I hope another one is in the sky someday

[cunning eagle]

ive seen it in 2016 in prague

beautiful machine

[granite palm]

Tbh they dont need a second plane, they just need 1 plane
Post war, if Ukraine gets out of this well, theyll probably build one of them, whether its the unfinished body, or rebuild the now damaged one we shall see

[vale bough]

It fit into prague?

[cunning eagle]

it does

[lean stratus]

think the damage is beyond repair

[vale bough]

That’s insane

[minor ember]

not confirmed yet, but they have acknowledged that the second plane is OK

[lean stratus]

yeah that's good at least

[cunning eagle]

it hit in the centre fuselage

maybe they can salvage the wings for the other airframe

[vagrant solar]

He doesn’t say Putin committed to anything tho he says he (Macron) demanded it

[vale bough]

So what happened ?

I still don’t know

[cunning eagle]

MLRS strike onto the hangar i believe

[vagrant solar]

But doesn’t say what Putin’s answer was

[vale bough]

Lmao I hate Russia now

[shadow thicket]

The Antonov Company still didn't post any info about damage

[lean stratus]

the thread

he continues speaking in the thread of that post

[granite palm]

probably a "hmmhmmm hmmm hmmm"

[vagrant solar]

I read the thread

[lean stratus]

since twitter has a word limit

[granite palm]

yes and it says nothing about Putin saying yes

it just says what Macron demanded

[lean stratus]

let me

[granite palm]

and that Macron will stay in contact

[lean stratus]

rephrase

one momento

[vagrant solar]

“He confirmed his willingness to submit to these points” so basically he said “yes but”

“Give me what I want and I’ll stop”

[lean stratus]

on a side note, ukranian ambassador to the UN is currently speaking

[vale bough]

Is this 74455 shit real?

[lean stratus]

Foreigners willing to join Ukraine’s International Legion now require no visa or something. Zelensky has signed a decree.

[cunning eagle]

flight?

[vale bough]

Nah apparently it’s a unit in the gru that

Wait let me ss this lmao

[grim tundra]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/t3k3ye/ukraines_ambassador_to_the_un_sergiy_kyslytsya/

[halcyon bolt]

Ukraine is a W

😹

✅

[vagrant solar]

Ok don’t push it maybe

[quaint wren]

This guys suffers from massive balls syndrome symptoms include epic statements and total ownage of all enemies

[lean stratus]

Ukrainian sailor sinks Russian boss’s $7.7 million luxury superyacht

[halcyon bolt]

ratio

[cunning eagle]

i idea im not well versed in cyberwarfare

[halcyon bolt]

nah im trolling

sorry

[vale bough]

Me too

But it’s shocking how the world would be without electricity nowadays

[lean stratus]

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UN: «If he [Putin] wants to kill himself, he does not need to use the nuclear arsenal. He has to do what the guy in Berlin bunker did in May 1945»

[halcyon bolt]

DID HE SAY THAT

BAHAHAHAHAHHAA

W

[grim tundra]

yes

https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/t3jzb4/lithuania_just_legalized_to_use_phrase_in_media/

[lean stratus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPjaD-Bn74

should be at the 2:40 mark

The European Parliament is set to officially throw its support behind making Ukraine an official candidate for membership of the European Union. Its backing by all the main groups means it is certain to pass when it goes to the floor on March 1

Kyiv medics issue urgent appeal as oxygen and other vital supplies run out

[vale bough]

If ukraine is in the eu what would happen then?

[lean stratus]

Netflix will not add state-run channels to Russian service, defying regulation

[minor ember]

every country in EU would be forced to send some aid to Ukraine, but other than that not much at the moment

[broken summit]

This isn’t the place for conspiracy theories

[subtle gulch]

Sorry

[vale bough]

I see

[lean stratus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJHeltDiUfs
Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya read a text exchange from a Russian soldier with his mother shortly before his death.

[vale bough]

What’s wrong with him

I know he might be angry but that’s a step too far

[minor ember]

who?

[fleet ocean]

It wasn't a theory. I was saying that because what if Putin just dies of old age.

[vale bough]

Sergiy

[lean stratus]

FIFA expels Russia from soccer games due to invasion of Ukraine

[quaint wren]

Why was that to far

[fleet ocean]

Not everything is conspiracy theory 💀

[quaint wren]

He’s telling the tale of a dead soldier who died for a stupid war

[vale bough]

Mothers grieving

[quaint wren]

Yeah and?

[vale bough]

Comes across as disrespectful to me tbh

But we all have opinions

[shadow thicket]

He is trying to show that war isn't just about numbers and control over territory but it's mainly tragedy for normal people, families

[lean stratus]

Russian forces are within 15 miles of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. As fighting continues, the U.S. and its allies continue to send weaponry, supplies.

[minor ember]

he is reading out the text to give the other ambassadors the idea of how horrible it is, and that the Soldier didn't want to be there. As he mentioned immediately after to show the magnitude of the tragedy.

This isn't distasteful to read it out, it is to really hammer home the gravity of the situation.

[granite palm]

Certified old news moment but ye
And IIHF also just banned them + Belarus from the ice hockey world championship, plus stripped Russia of hosting the junior world championship in 2023

considering Russia is pretty fucking good at ice hockey, that might be a bigger blow lol

[minor ember]

NATO are not sending troops to Ukraine, but many different countries are sending equipment and supplies.

[lean stratus]

mbb

[lean stratus]

corrected i meant

Zelensky: In five days of invasion, Ukraine was struck by 56 missile strikes, 113 cruise missiles were fired.

The complete closure of the sky for Russian missiles, planes and helicopters must be considered.

https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/755

no full translation with subtitles as of yet

[quaint wren]

Honestly have to commend the people of Ukraine for not delving into complete lawlessness

[lean stratus]

PM Justin Trudeau: Canada to impose new sanctions prohibiting all imports of Russian crude oil, a commodity that enriched Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and the Russian oligarchs surrounding him.

Canada will also send a 3rd shipment of lethal weapons to Ukraine.

[quaint wren]

There has been some looting but not much

[minor ember]

https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1498275128664338441?s=20&t=F95_zpGLVk1KTZr6_jyBYg

Nick Waters (@N_Waters89)

We can confirm that Russian-back separatists appear to have used cadavers and faked explosive damage to create the impression that Ukrainian forces had killed civilians in Donetsk in an IED on 22 February.

https://t.co/g9Bygdqfzg

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Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 12:33 PM

[quaint wren]

Could Mazepin be banned since he’s technically Russian

[slow bay]

mhm

[quaint wren]

Would be a great if they did

[slow bay]

wouldnt be fair

[quaint wren]

It wouldn’t be fair if they didn’t

Everyone else in other sports are being banned

[slow bay]

Dont understand why they are taking action against them because of their president

It isnt fair on the athlete

[vale verge]

It’s not fair to Ukraine getting invaded and lives are being lost

[slow bay]

Never said it wasnt.

[grim island]

what

[lean stratus]

interesting take

[grim tundra]

i'm not sure what they get out of banning a guy from a sport about something that he has no control over

[lean stratus]

very questionable

[grim island]

To me, the idea of banning Russian athletes is quite discriminatory, leaves a sour taste in my mouth

[quaint wren]

Well I lost what little respect when he defended russia and tried to get the GP not banned

[lean stratus]

he never exactly defended russia

nor did he support the actions

he was only confident that the gp would go ahead, no more no less

[quaint wren]

He stated there is no reason why current war should stop the Russian gp from happening

[grim island]

Where did he say that

[lean stratus]

he never said that

comon, don't take his words and twist it now

[quaint wren]

From the understanding that we’ve had with Formula 1, and race is going ahead and you will surely see me there

Is his actual response

[grim island]

Here’s the public statement from Mazepin’s Instagram on the situation. You can see he took a very neutral take on it.

[lean stratus]

that was before the actual war happened

like before russia chose to declare war on ukraine

[quaint wren]

No that was during war

[grim island]

Which is probably for the best, considering his and his families status.

[lean stratus]

no that was before

[grim island]

Could you link this “quote”

[quaint wren]

When Russian troops were ordered into Ukraine

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2022/02/23/mazepin-confident-russian-gp-will-go-ahead-in-2022/

[lean stratus]

well him being confident the race will go ahead doesn't really mean anything does it

[quaint wren]

Also has he said I stand with Ukraine on is insta?

[lean stratus]

he can't

[grim island]

He’s been neutral on the entire situation.

[slow bay]

mhm

[lean stratus]

people literally attack him nonstop for not saying that

but put yourself in his shoes for a moment

[grim island]

Most people don’t know this, but most of the drivers on the current grid have to get permission in order to post a certain photo, video or subject online

Hell, some of them don’t even run their own social media pages

[lean stratus]

^

[vale verge]

Like Lando right now?

[lean stratus]

isn't lando currently shaving his head

or something

someone said in f1gen

[vale verge]

Haircut

[lean stratus]

very well

Facebook and Instagram are blocking access to Russian state media outlets across the European Union, the social media parent company Meta, has announced.

Nick Clegg, the company’s head of global affairs, said it had received requests from multiple governments and the EU to take steps against state-controlled Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik:

Nick Clegg -
We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media. Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time.

Meta said it had uncovered a “relatively small” disinformation network targeting Ukraine, made up of about 40 accounts, pages and groups on the two social media platforms, reported the Guardian’s technology editor, Dan Milmo. The network ran websites posing as independent news entities and created fake personas across social media including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram as well as Odnoklassniki and VK in Russia, Meta said.

US senator Dick Durbin is requesting that the White House grant “temporary protected status” to Ukrainians currently in the US, NBC News reported.

The Senate majority whip, who is also chair of the judiciary committee, told reporters that there are 29,500 Ukrainians in the US on visas, including tourists and students. Temporary protected status would allow them to remain without risk of deportation, if their visas run out. He said he was sending a letter to the Biden administration making the request.

“Some of them – the visas have expired and they’re supposed to return to Ukraine. That’s unacceptable under the current circumstances,” the Democratic senator told reporters, adding that he believed Republicans would support his calls as well.

Ukraine opens to foreigners willing to fight
Ukraine’s president is temporarily lifting the requirement for entry visas for any foreigner willing to join Ukraine’s International Defense Legion and fight on Ukraine’s side against invading Russian troops, the AP reports.

Volorymyr Zelenskyy’s decree takes effect Tuesday and will remain in effect as long as martial law is in place.

The call for for foreign volunteers comes after Russian forces launched rocket attacks that killed “dozens” of civilians in Kharkiv and renewed its attack on the capital Kyiv.

U.S. technology firm Microsoft said it had provided threat intelligence and defensive suggestions to Ukrainian officials about attacks on a range of targets, and also advised the government about attempted cyberthefts of data.

Kharkiv's mayor, Igor Terekhov, said four people had died after emerging from a bomb shelter to collect water, and that a family with three children had burned to death in a car.

Putin shows no sign of reconsidering the invasion he unleashed on Russia's neighbour in an attempt to pull it firmly back under Moscow's influence.
He dismissed the West as an "empire of lies" on Monday and replied to sanctions with moves to aid the crumbling rouble.

Russia used a thermobaric weapon (vacuum bomb) on Monday in its invasion of Ukraine, said Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova.

"They used the vacuum bomb today, which is actually prohibited by the Geneva convention"

[cunning eagle]

this seems more and more like a sick joke

[quaint wren]

Meanwhile RT is still on Facebook

[cunning eagle]

they are feeding russian soldiers 9 years old ration boxes that expired 7 years ago

[lean stratus]

im surprised that they even have food

[cunning eagle]

the glutton of kiev

[quaint wren]

The US does the same thing

Gave assault rifles that couldn’t shoot worth shit and should have been tossed years ago

[cunning eagle]

they can just get them replaced though theres massive stockpiles

[unique fossil]

🤮

[lean stratus]

Russian ground forces move closer to Kyiv, convoy stretches for miles -Maxar

[cunning eagle]

they are pointing every arty piece they can find at it

[subtle gulch]

https://twitter.com/SotisValkan/status/1498245484355342338?t=-9x29vpv_ePw0y5-Iij-MA&s=19

Sotiris Valkaniotis (@SotisValkan)

Interesting observation from night-time #Landsat acquisition (Feb 26 21:22LT): hot spot on a railway in Crimea. Beyond frontline & artillery range, this could be an attack on Russian transport/supply train. 555496E 5100693N. Looks like Ukranian defense is not passive #Ukraine https://t.co/9wLE2BuTWe

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Twitter · Feb 28, 2022, 10:35 AM

[quaint wren]

Man the Russian Ukraine conflict discord server is definitely not a place you want to go btw

[fleet ocean]

Copy

Going there

Link? @quaint wren

[quaint wren]

Not going to link it as it’s a cesspool they are currently arguing as to why racial slurs shouldn’t be a bannable offense and it’s full of Russians who post vile things about Ukrainians

I am supported discord has not nuked that server

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/2/28/c01e34d1-e074-40bb-b6fc-17e4bb6d94f0.jpg

russian convoy

[grim tundra]

christ

[quaint wren]

towards kyiv

its 17 miles long

the convoy

[bronze summit]

wouldnt be suprised if all of them gets destroyed later

[quaint wren]

lol i wont be either. ukraine do have the home advantage. i bet they are using that well.

theyll need a few missiles for that convoy (hate to say that, because yeah, human lives)

[cunning eagle]

How far away?

[quaint wren]

90 min ago, it was 27 kms away

[cunning eagle]

It’s coming close to artillery range

I predict we are about to see the mother of all convoy ambushes

It’s gonna make falaise look like a joke

[quaint wren]

The song right in two by tool has such a different meaning now

Monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground

it will probably split up

or maybe help the wounded or something

i mean, probably everything

[lean stratus]

Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya likens Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, calls the Russian president's decision to put nuclear forces on high alert ‘madness’

Russian bombardment of civilian areas constitutes a war crime, Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy says in address: "This is a violation of all conventions."

After a nonstop 50-hour meeting, the EU decided that it will send $450 million in military aid to Ukraine.

Russia default 'extremely likely' if Ukraine crisis worsens, banking lobby says

The International Criminal Court in The Hague opens an investigation into Russia’s alleged war crimes.

“There is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine.”

Five days into its war in Ukraine, militarily superior Russia has yet to win complete dominance of the skies.

Russia's war against Ukraine could create a refugee crisis of up to 4 million people in the coming days and weeks, a U.N. commissioner told the Security Council this afternoon.

Shell is ending its joint ventures with the Russian-controlled natural gas company Gazprom, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The news comes after BP announced it would withdraw from its massive investment in Russian oil giant Rosneft.

European rail operators offer free train travel for Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion

U.S., allies weigh oil reserves release after Ukraine invasion -sources

U.S. strategic reserves at 20-year lows

Senior industry source said the amount of any stock release had yet to be decided:"The U.S. crude will be sweet and the volume is still under discussion"

For the first time, more than half of Finns are in favour of their country joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Already tomorrow Finnish lawmakers will discuss potential #NATO membership - this is moving quickly.

https://www.politico.eu/article/finland-nato-membership-sanna-marin-ukraine-russia/

Ukraine calls on Google to deplatform Russian state media

"Meta is stepping up to shut down Russian lies. When will YouTube? We are calling on Google to deplatform Russian state media in the strongest possible terms.

• Mykhailo Fedorov

British Army warns its soldies not to go rogue and travel to Ukraine - Telegraph reports

UN reports at least 406 civilian casualties and more than 160,000 displaced
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported at least 406 civilian casualties, including at least 102 dead.

“The real figure could be considerably higher, as many reported casualties have yet to be confirmed,” said Martin Griffiths, under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, briefing the Security Council from Geneva. At least 160,000 people have been internally displaced, and the actual figure could be substantially higher.

The 102 fatal victims includes seven children, the UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, said earlier:

"Human rights are inescapable. They are powerful. People everywhere know that intuitively,"

• @antonioguterres
  "The military attack on #Ukraine is putting at risk countless lives. Between Thu am and last night, our office recorded 406 civilian casualties,"

More from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s video address late Monday night, via the AP:

Zelenskiy says Russian troops have intensified shelling of Ukraine, calling it an effort to force his government into making concessions during talks held Monday.

In a video address, Zelenskiy says that “the talks were taking place against the backdrop of bombing and shelling of our territory, our cities. Synchronizing of the shelling with the negotiating process was obvious. I believe Russia is trying to put pressure (on Ukraine) with this simple method.”

The president did not share details about the talks, but said he was not prepared to make concessions “when one side is hitting each other with rocket artillery”, the AP said.

Volodymr Zelenskiy said Russia had carried out 56 rocket strikes and sent 113 cruise missiles over five days.

Earlier on Monday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the administration did not support a no-fly zone ban, since it would draw the US into direct military conflict with Russia: “It would essentially mean the US military would be shooting down planes, Russian planes,” Psaki said on MSNBC. “That is definitely escalatory... That is not something the president wants to do.”

A US official says some of the labs in Ukraine may hold pathogens left over from the Soviet bioweapons program, preserved for research.

If the labs lose electricity due to damage from the war, there is a possibility the pathogens could be released.

https://thebulletin.org/2022/02/us-official-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-risks-release-of-dangerous-pathogens/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=TwitterPost02252022&utm_content=NuclerRisk_RussiaInvasionRisksPathogenRelease_02252022

Nine dead in Kharkiv shelling, says mayor

There are more details coming out about the bombing of Kharkiv. The city’s mayor, Igor Terekhov, says at least nine people have been killed and 37 wounded in one day after the shelling in the city.

“Today alone, 37 people were injured, including 3 children. Four people came out of the bomb shelter to collect water and died. A family, two adults and three children were burned alive in a car. It’s really horrible,” Terekhov said, according to the BBC’s Ukrainian service.

“The city of Kharkiv has never known such destruction in recent history,” the Kharkiv mayor said.

the nations of Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia & Slovenia call for the Ukraine to be granted “immediate” admission into the European Union — in expedited fashion.

NHL suspends all relationships with business partners in Russia due to the conflict in Ukraine

Residents of Berdiansk, a sea-side city captured by Russian invaders today, are not happy about their supposed "liberation" by Putin.

"Berdiansk is Ukraine," they shout at the Russian occupiers, protesting the invasion.

Statement from The Walt Disney Company in response to the crisis in Ukraine:

Oleg Sentsov, Crimean filmmaker sentenced by Putin's regime to 20 years who held a 145-day-hunger strike demanding to free all Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin & was freed in a prisoner exchange, is now part of territorial defense, preparing to fight Russian invaders. He can be seen in this image here.

Switzerland will adopt all the sanctions that the EU has imposed on Russian people and companies and freeze their assets to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the government said in a sharp deviation from the country's traditional neutrality

Hundreds of Russia plane leases to be axed after Western sanctions

[candid laurel]

@lean stratusthats alot bro

[lean stratus]

i must agree

[candid laurel]

Ukrainian pilots have arrived in Poland to take delivery of used fighter jets from EU countries,

#Russian rocket attacks have resulted in the entrapment of numerous civilians under rubble. Rescue crews are working hard to free them, Mayor of #Kharkiv says

[bronze summit]

he looks like a guy i wanna have vodka party with

[lean stratus]

honestly now that you mention it

[humble shore]

yea but its getting those planes back from russia, with flight restrictions the will just ignore the dropped leases. heard it here today 100 planes leased from an Irish company.

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1498452997759803392

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

Briefly about the situation with the ruble 😂 https://t.co/fxSBPV7rAT

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Twitter · Mar 1, 2022, 12:20 AM

xD

[lean stratus]

well thats

[candid laurel]

seems like today is a slow news day

[lean stratus]

well its a tuesday

wait

its a monday

no its a tuesday

[candid laurel]

tuesday for me

[lean stratus]

yeah its tuesday

[bronze summit]

finally March

Feb was hell

[grim tundra]

can't wait for another month of it

[candid laurel]

⚡️Air raid alert in Bila Tserkva.