current events

[quaint wren]

dang

"Remove your troops from Ukraine"
"No"
"Ok"

Meeting adjourned

I always wonder why he sits so far away

scared of covid, rumor he has cancer

[compact flower]

zelenskyy in a bunker/trench? and has better looking food than me

[subtle gulch]

its looks like a tent

[quaint wren]

Plot twist: He has a nasty gas problem thats why

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1499346038930522114?s=20&t=gvwqKjEyKRTsJrAoaMsaeQ

Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress)

Ukrainian railways gave Ukrainian Armed Forces 20 refrigerated cars to freeze bodies of killed invaders.

The cars are sent to stations located closer to the places of hostilities.

🇺🇦 claims it contacted 🇷🇺 to set up a mission to transfer the corpses, but received no response

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 11:28 AM

Excuse me WHAT

[dusky valley]

it’s just a weird way of saying that they wanted to preserve bodies to give back to russia

but russia don’t want them

because their few supporters seeing killed soldiers would make them question

[candid laurel]

Ah icic

Makes sense

[kindred ingot]

marshall law incoming

martial

shit

[candid laurel]

It was confirmed?

[kindred ingot]

No but reported yesterday that martial law would be declared after the meeting

[candid laurel]

Ibheard that rumor a few hours aog

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/iaponomarenko/status/1499140174940364801?s=21

Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko)

Ukraine’s intelligence says Putin might consider imposing martial law in Russia on March 4.
Absolute maniac has pit himself in a death trap with his own stupid lunacy.

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34016

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7068

Twitter · Mar 2, 2022, 9:50 PM

[candid laurel]

I hope tjis is tue part putin gets killdd

[vagrant solar]

probably not if he's getting more and more paranoid

[candid laurel]

Mia

@vagrant solar

What soes it syae

Hostomel was retaken by ukranian troops

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/dmytrokuleba/status/1499362826133151747?s=21

Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba)

Worrying reports: Russians might have pointed multiple rocket-launching systems in the Russian border village of Popovka towards their own territory. Knowing the barbaric nature of Russian actions we fear a false flag operation might be prepared in order to accuse Ukraine.

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559

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Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 12:35 PM

war crimes against own population incoming 💀💀

[vagrant solar]

a yacht that was considered as part of the russian assets that were frozen in France tried to leave so they seized it

[kindred ingot]

W

[candid laurel]

Thancc so much

[candid laurel]

He might do it

He is demented afterall

[vagrant solar]

you could've pinged me right away

yes, demented and smart that's a diabolical combination sadly

[candid laurel]

I sidnt wanna disturb lamo

https://twitter.com/AsamiTerajima/status/1499359568475963394?s=20&t=fKLTKmz3bGDTq3-Yu1B4kA

Asami Terajima (@AsamiTerajima)

⚡️Zelensky: first wave of foreign fighters has arrived to help defend Ukraine. “(The) first 16,000 are already on their way to protect freedom and life for us, and for all,” he said in a video address,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Likes

479

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 12:22 PM

[vagrant solar]

its fine if I'm not free, I'll look at it later dw

[candid laurel]

Okie

[candid laurel]

MORE

[lime viper]

Same shit happened during winter war

They launched a rocket to their own border and blamed finland

[broken summit]

At this point, I’m not surprised with Russia anymore

[kindred ingot]

@candid laurel did u see new footage of an225

[candid laurel]

WHERE

I WAMMA SEE IT

No i did not

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/girkingirkin/status/1499348790033240065?s=21

IgorGirkin (@GirkinGirkin)

Гостомель, 25 или 26 фев https://t.co/qfYx8nZAu6

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1429

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773

▶ Play video

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 11:39 AM

only the nose left 😩

[candid laurel]

NOOO

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/deitaone/status/1499366007663697928?s=21

*Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone)

ESTONIAN OWNED CARGO SHIP HELT SINKS OFF UKRAINIAN COAST NEAR ODESSA AFTER EXPLOSION – SHIP MANAGER

HELT CARGO SHIP MAY HAVE HIT MINE - SHIP MANAGER

TWO CREW MEMBERS FROM HELT CARGO SHIP IN LIFE RAFT AT SEA, FOUR OTHERS STILL MISSING – SHIP MANAGER

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 12:48 PM

What the fucxkkk

[bronze summit]

is he scared of a coup or something?

[candid laurel]

Estonia no part of nato?

[kindred ingot]

its a merchant ship so

[bronze summit]

or he scared of protesters now

[kindred ingot]

doesnt trigger anything

[candid laurel]

But estonia part of nato still?

[kindred ingot]

they attacked a turkish ship earlier in the invasion

Yes

[candid laurel]

Icic

[kindred ingot]

it was also in a conflict zone so not a casus belli

https://twitter.com/deitaone/status/1499367553948434437?s=21

*Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone)

PUTIN TELLS MACRON THE GOALS OF RUSSIA'S OPERATION IN UKRAINE WILL BE ACHIEVED IN ANY CASE

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 12:54 PM

Putin with more fear mongering

[candid laurel]

The Ukranian Mriya will be reborn

[compact flower]

he cant continue this for long

unless he does

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1499369433571241985?s=20&t=r-FYjwdIj5fQQrlfoZM1Qw

Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba)

Russia’s barbaric war tactic is to manipulate the civilian suffering it itself inflicts. Now Lavrov accuses Ukraine of preventing civilian evacuations. Tell your boss to stop the indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities. Show the world that Russia is serous about negotiations.

Likes

970

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334

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 1:01 PM

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1499368360903073798?s=21

Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe)

A friend from Moscow is racing toward the border with the Baltics, has been driving all night—no plane tickets left. "We're trying to get there before the president's address to the nation," friend says, referring to widespread rumors that Putin is about to declare martial law.

Likes

382

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175

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 12:57 PM

[lean stratus]

yeah definitely bit of an iffy to get out of russia

but they could get out to i think dubai?

and just workaround through that

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/samagreene/status/1499375062398509060?s=20&t=r69AxBIAQSra0L-jkMtgqw

Sam Greene (@samagreene)

My American friends complaining about the cost of a tank of gas can kindly jump off a cliff. https://t.co/oqBHNvgTP1

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 1:24 PM

[lean stratus]

driving electric 💪 🔋

actually i take that back, literally had a countrywide power outage for half the day

[candid laurel]

Istg the ev owners are shitting on the gas guzzlers atm

[lean stratus]

[candid laurel]

No chance of 225 getting rebuilt from its current state

Theyre gonna have ti make a new one

[lean stratus]

i mean didn't they already have one like

somewhat constructed

[candid laurel]

Its probably destroyed too since it was sitting in hostomel with tth 225

[waxen light]

He didn't decalre Martial law already?

Kinda surprised

[sharp flare]

nope ukraine did

[bronze summit]

i think he meant putin

[cunning eagle]

UA reportedly killed a major general of the VDV

[lean stratus]

French President Emmanuel Macron told Russia’s Vladimir Putin he was making a “major mistake” in Ukraine, that he was deluding himself about the government in Kyiv and that the war would cost Russia dearly over the long term, a French official said.

In the phone call initiated by Putin on Thursday, the Russian leader reiterated his determination to obtain the neutralisation and disarmament of Ukraine, whether diplomatically or by arms, the official told Reuters.

“There was nothing in what President Putin said that could reassure us,” the French presidential adviser said, adding that Putin had reiterated his “narrative” that he was seeking the “de-nazification of Ukraine”.

“’You are lying to yourself’,” Macron told Putin, the official said. “’It will cost your country dearly, your country will end up isolated, weakened and under sanctions for a very long time’.”

[candid laurel]

@lean stratus i think i love you now

[lean stratus]

Ukrainian negotiators arrive for talks with Russian side in Belarus, says Russian news agency
Ukrainian negotiators have arrived by helicopter for talks with the Russian side in Belarus, the Russian state news agency TASS said.

On Wednesday, Belarus’s foreign ministry posted a photo of a conference room, saying it had been set up to host a second round of talks.

https://twitter.com/BelarusMFA/status/1499054479529943040

Belarus MFA 🇧🇾 (@BelarusMFA)

⚡️🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦“Hunter’s house” is ready to host second round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations https://t.co/RkPVHBbAEF

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253

Twitter · Mar 2, 2022, 4:10 PM

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/AlexKhrebet/status/1499390576176730112?s=20&t=L44JXq57bWkUtchdpbHcXA

Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет (@AlexKhrebet)

9,000 Russian soldiers killed in action in #Russia's war against #Ukraine, General Staff says.

Aircrafts - 30
Helicopters - 31
tanks - 217
Armoured combat vehicles - 900
Artillery systems - 90
Air defence - 1
Multiple rocket launchers - 42;
tanks with fuel- 60

#UkraineInvasion

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:25 PM

[cunning eagle]

I’m just the local military nerd

[lean stratus]

😩

[cunning eagle]

I’m not well versed or interested in diplomacy

[lean stratus]

A cargo ship has sunk off the Ukrainian port of Odesa after an explosion, Reuters is reporting.

Two crew members of the Estonian-owned cargo ship Helt were in a life raft at sea, Igor Ilves, managing director of Tallinn-based manager Vista Shipping Agency, said.

The four other crew members are missing, Ilves said.

Ilves said:

The vessel has finally sunk. Two of the crew are in a raft on the water and four others are missing. I don’t know where they are at the moment.

Russian forces are attempting to prevent civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol from evacuating, its mayor, Vadym Boichenko, has said.

Local authorities say Russian troops are creating a “humanitarian catastrophe” by actively attacking rail links and bridges, as well as cutting off water and power supply, in a bid to prevent civilians from escaping shelling.

Boichenko said in a video broadcast:

The invaders are systematically and methodically trying to blockade the city of Mariupol.

Constant attacks over the past 24 hours have meant the city has no light, water or heat and local authorities need a ceasefire to restore power, he said.

Mariupol city council claimed the Russians are “hindering food supplies, blocking us like in Leningrad” in a statement.

Russian soldiers are preventing authorities from evacuating the injured, women and children, the statement said.

Boichenko added:

We are being destroyed as a nation. This is the genocide of the Ukrainian people.

These hypocrites came to ‘save’ Russian-speaking citizens of Mariupol and the region. But they arranged the extermination of Ukrainians -- Mariupol residents of Russian, Ukrainian, Greek and other origins.

[candid laurel]

I wish theylll get close to the an225

[lean stratus]

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine and its implications for the Indo-Pacific region, the White House said.

Volkswagen, Ikea suspend business in Russia.

The largest furniture retailer Ikea closes all of its stores in Russia, pauses sourcing from both Belarus and Russia. German vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen shuts production at two Russian factories and halts exports to Russia.

[cunning eagle]

The Russian economy is gonna get slaughtered

Globalization moment

[inland oxide]

[bronze summit]

China:

[lean stratus]

i think considering sanctions on india might be more than just them choosing to abstain in that vote

[quaint wren]

I dont think we should be sanctioning india

[lean stratus]

something else came into play

[quaint wren]

India already has issues with citizens living conditions making that worse would be dumb

[inland oxide]

that would lead us to

joining forces with Russia and China

[spare spindle]

That doesn't sound very good

[inland oxide]

definitely doesn't

[arctic nymph]

me who is living in UAE and is indian:

[lavish flare]

@candid laurel

is ukraine nae-nae'ing russia still

[inland oxide]

both are being nae-nae'ed

[lavish flare]

rocket give them punjabi yes virus 2022 100% legit

[inland oxide]

im south indian tho

• r a c i s t

[arctic nymph]

bloop is uncancellable

budget jschlatt

[candid laurel]

Yeah

[inland oxide]

bet

[candid laurel]

The russians wont go anywhere near the ukranians lmao

[lavish flare]

you fucking take that back

[candid laurel]

They just resorted to shelling civilkians

[lavish flare]

i am jschlatt premium

[arctic nymph]

actually

jschlatt is budget bloop

[lavish flare]

good boy

[arctic nymph]

imagine copying bloop smh

[lavish flare]

thx

[arctic nymph]

sweats profusely

[inland oxide]

And the Ukrainians ended up beating up Indians

[candid laurel]

Wdym

[inland oxide]

there's footage

[candid laurel]

Of?

[arctic nymph]

h yes

[inland oxide]

of like students being beaten

[cunning eagle]

Based

[candid laurel]

Wtf

[inland oxide]

yup

[arctic nymph]

ye

[candid laurel]

Whered u get it anyway

[cunning eagle]

Fourth law of Newton: if he’s Indian, he’s a tech support

[inland oxide]

idk I'll dig in and find

[candid laurel]

Just tell me where it came from

[arctic nymph]

spoilers are the most useless thing on discord after my account

[cunning eagle]

Counterpoint: stickers

[candid laurel]

It allows me to send burning russian tanks without getting banned

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/AlexKhrebet/status/1499397212337442817?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет (@AlexKhrebet)

⚡️ THE SECOND ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN #UKRAINE AND #RUSSIA STARTED IN BELARUS.

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:52 PM

It wont end well

[grim tundra]

oh no

[midnight mica]

https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1499395103957434369?t=ww3h-HRQQTosJ9sbtaN1DQ&s=19

Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock)

Russian lawmakers have introduced legislation that would conscript into the military anyone arrested for protesting against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These people would be forced to fight in the invasion itself. What the fuck is happening to Russia. This is absolute madness.

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1098

Retweets

520

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:43 PM

[lavish flare]

no it isnt

it's actually helpful

[candid laurel]

Putin is fucking demented thats whats happening

[lavish flare]

bigger emojis so

the truly most useless thing on discord is sticker suggestions

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499396897299042309?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

⚡️The Dozhd TV channel announced a temporary suspension of work.

Likes

373

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:50 PM

[inland oxide]

Mostly through indian news outlets

[midnight mica]

https://twitter.com/Luisamneubauer/status/1499388000597430276?t=9Jdkvd8_EgERHCMP5cXg0A&s=19

Luisa Neubauer (@Luisamneubauer)

Yesterday, school authorities of Hamburg, Germany announced that school children are allowed to skip classes to join our strike for peace. Today, 120.000 people showed up to #StandWithUkraine️. https://t.co/QLVKEnfPB0

Likes

2709

Retweets

380

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:15 PM

[cunning eagle]

I’ve accidentally clicked on it more than actually using it

[inland oxide]

Oh wait got my friends discord

[cunning eagle]

Which was never

[candid laurel]

Arent they the same ones that said the negotiations ended?

[cunning eagle]

Nah footage is real

[grim tundra]

wow

[cunning eagle]

I’ve seen it from multiple sources

[candid laurel]

Give me

What sources

[inland oxide]

i was talking about students getting beaten

[cunning eagle]

It’s been 4 days man

[candid laurel]

Thisnis pretty seriosu

[lavish flare]

ok but are we sure that the video is ukrainians and not russians posing

[candid laurel]

Yeah

[lavish flare]

fuck

[cunning eagle]

Was at polish border IIRC

[midnight mica]

Police tho saying over 20K people doing the demo 120K lol so it's prob arround 50K

[cunning eagle]

Geolocated

[candid laurel]

Give

Your sources in dm, i wanna see

[grim tundra]

ah

[cunning eagle]

Man I won’t just dig up 4 days of chat

[sharp flare]

im surprised ndtv said that....

but indian media being indian media...

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499396897299042309?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

⚡️The Dozhd TV channel announced a temporary suspension of work.

Likes

373

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:50 PM

Fuck

https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1499390059342143492?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992)

Macron believes that the "worse is to come" in #Ukraine, and that Putin intends to capture the whole country, following a call with Putin

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199

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130

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:23 PM

[cunning eagle]

He can’t

Not without flattening Kiev

Which he doesn’t have the logistics for

[inland oxide]

||https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/t4iina/first_hand_account_of_voilence_faced_by_indian/@candid laurel||

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/EilishHart/status/1499397658951098370?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

Eilish Hart (@EilishHart)

⚡️@tvrain temporarily halts broadcasting. “We need strength and time to exhale and to understand how to continue working. We really hope that we will return to the air and continue our work,” says Natalya Sindeyeva

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:53 PM

[inland oxide]

@candid laurel

Translation is accurate

[vagrant solar]

What is it you’re calling “based” exactly?

[candid laurel]

This is just one guy claiming this right?

Or are there more

[inland oxide]

there's more

I'll do some digging

[arctic nymph]

well on the kerala news there was live video call to a guy at the border he said the same thing

[candid laurel]

ill do digging myself

[inland oxide]

||https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/t2wce3/indian_malayali_media_reporting_from_indian/||

@candid laurel

[arctic nymph]

I SOMEHOW READ THE MALAYALAM WRITTEN THERE

WTF

[candid laurel]

Hold on a minute

[arctic nymph]

THIS IS HISTORIC ROCKET

[candid laurel]

I think i know that sub

[arctic nymph]

I READ MALAYALAM

[inland oxide]

AYO

[inland oxide]

Ah yes

Pretty communism bias

[arctic nymph]

"genzedong"

[candid laurel]

LMAO, ITS GENZEDONG

THE SAME FUCKERS THAT TALKED SHIT ABOUT R/PH

[arctic nymph]

gen ze dong

funny name

[grim tundra]

||pretty sure r/russia posted that as ukranians kicking them||

[inland oxide]

yes

[arctic nymph]

im dying at it

[inland oxide]

bruh

The news outlet reporting tho is pretty trusted

so yeah

[candid laurel]

All of what im seeing are from indian news sources

[arctic nymph]

manorama

yes

[inland oxide]

ye

[candid laurel]

Ni wait

[arctic nymph]

wait no

its madhyaman

eaf

idk

[candid laurel]

I found ine from hundustan times

[arctic nymph]

NO

[inland oxide]

These are witness reports from indian media

[arctic nymph]

MATHRUBUMI YES

[inland oxide]

Oh

[arctic nymph]

why does everything start with m

[inland oxide]

idk

[candid laurel]

Most trusted i can find is an article of cnn about racism against indains and africans while feeling

Gonna have to wait for a few days for more shit to surface

[inland oxide]

Yeaa

[candid laurel]

Ill take it with a grain of salt

[inland oxide]

I've got nothing from Twitter

[candid laurel]

Same here

[inland oxide]

I've seen a lot of reports from students

They report to the news outlets

i dont have a Facebook

[candid laurel]

Most of these are alleged

[candid laurel]

Dont even bother

Tons if fake news on fb no matter where you are

[inland oxide]

yeah tru

[candid laurel]

So yeah im gonna wait for a week at most for more stuff to surface i guess

[inland oxide]

native language too

yea I'd wait

[candid laurel]

Ill play dress up detective

[grim tundra]

wha

[candid laurel]

Fuck i forgot

R/russia got nuked

[arctic nymph]

i read that as russia got nuked

[candid laurel]

I hope the kremlin and putins palace does ngl

[arctic nymph]

i still dk whats kremlin

[lavish flare]

nonononoonno

nononono

[arctic nymph]

is it russian gremlins

[lavish flare]

no nuke

nuke bad

[candid laurel]

Fine

Bomb

[arctic nymph]

when did bloop become mahatma

[candid laurel]

Bomb putins palace of wherever he is atleast

[lavish flare]

capital building

wrong reply

oops

@arctic nymph

[arctic nymph]

a ok

thenks

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1499402750777389060?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress)

Second negotiations have started between Ukrainian and Russian delegations. Ukraine's initial demand - humanitarian corridors to cities where was shelling or supplies were interrupted. "Everything else - according to circumstances"-negotiator Arakhamiya https://t.co/JVa8xw0dAu

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 3:14 PM

[vagrant solar]

Can’t believe I’m saying that but

I agree with bloop

No nukes

[sharp flare]

nuke bad agreed

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1499402045022826498?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

Vasylivka, Zaporizhya region: russia occupiers shelled the town 24/7, hit the hospital (March1,2) resulted 2 killed and 3 wounded, today shelling goes on | EMPR #russiaukrainewar #Ukraine #Russia

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 3:11 PM

[lavish flare]

wtf does this mean

[sharp flare]

read the next line man

[lavish flare]

"cant believe im saying i agree with bloop"

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1499401665731973121?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️EU to provide Ukraine with additional 1.2 billion euros.

European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis announced that at least 600 million euros, without conditions, will be provided in March.

Likes

2474

Retweets

401

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 3:09 PM

[vagrant solar]

It’s a yoke sweetie 🫂

[lavish flare]

send me boba and i'll forgive you

[sharp flare]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress2-pay-respects-press-f-gif-14764178

[trim trout]

Tbf noone wants nukes

[vagrant solar]

You still wanna dox yourself for boba?

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1499403330824593410?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

Rob Lee (@RALee85)

Looks like a Russian T-72B3 tank with a roof screen caught on the bridge near Mikolaiv when it was destroyed.
https://t.co/LlrHR7GVX2 https://t.co/XApiJym3v9

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 3:16 PM

When was the b3 made again

[lavish flare]

yes

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1499403139119607823?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

Russian column of 100 military equipment moving towards the town of Energodar. Local officials calls civilians to stay at their homes or bomb shelters and to let the Armed forces of Ukraine stop the enemy | EMPR #russiaukrainewar

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 3:15 PM

@lean stratus i saw you typing

Go to sleep bb

https://twitter.com/AlexKhrebet/status/1499403120241102858?s=20&t=xNQTvPs2i-NSWHxSvg-5EQ

Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет (@AlexKhrebet)

🇨🇦🍁 God bless maple syrup and the Ukrainian diaspora 🇺🇦

The Canadian Ministry of Defence announced the supply of lethal weapons to #Ukraine.

#StopPutinNOW #RussianUkrainianWar

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 3:15 PM

[lean stratus]

hacksa

[lean stratus]

you go to sleep

[candid laurel]

You first

[vagrant solar]

How about I mute both of you

[lean stratus]

no i insist

[candid laurel]

Mia

No

[lean stratus]

i think maybe muting @candid laurel is an idea

[candid laurel]

NO

[quaint wren]

how about we mute all mods

[grim tundra]

no

only mia

[timber wigeon]

did I hear... boba?

[quaint wren]

you know the war is bad when the Taliban told to stop war in ukraine

and switzerland is no long neutral

[daring gust]

y'all want to know why? Well, here's a simulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxJHecyYBno

[vagrant solar]

No U 😤

[arctic nymph]

I watched this it was scary

[safe marten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE7T7i7jjPg the war explained by people from ukraine

[still stone]

i heard the phone call macron had with putin didnt go well

[safe marten]

do leaders of countries just have eachothers numbers or something?

[merry prawn]

office

the office of the president

[arctic nymph]

“bro can we go to nuke the beach today for his bday celebration?”

“Bet”

[shadow thicket]

Putin did something that nobody done before:

1. Ukraine now is official candidate to EU
2. Finland is considering joining NATO
3. Switzerland stopped being neutral
4. In Poland two TV stations on opposite political spectrum started telling the same (that didn't happened since I remember)
5. Germany is rebuilding its military strength.
   Don't think, that I'm trying to whitewash Putin. I'm just pointing, what happened after Russian invasion on Ukraine in Western Europe.

[daring gust]

it's moving and changing country's ideologies, if that's rather good or bad is what everybody has to decide for themselves

[lavish flare]

congrats putin you made the west even stronger

[candid laurel]

Uniting most of the world too

[humble trellis]

i heard on the news that the mayor of Kherson believes the city is now more or less in Russian hands

is that right?

[unique fossil]

yeah

[humble trellis]

🙁

[wanton coral]

Georgia officialy requests to join the EU

[candid laurel]

Alright im gonna stop my updates for a while, this shit is messing with my head

@lean stratus you takeover

[vagrant solar]

https://tenor.com/view/kitty-raccoon-hug-comforting-gif-16288046

[candid laurel]

Thank you

I really mean it

[safe marten]

🫂 🫂 🫂

[vagrant solar]

Anytime

[solar igloo]

[candid laurel]

I think im having a meltdown :/

[vagrant solar]

Just get away from the computer, clear your head, go do something fun for a while and leave this thread ok

If sth really big happens you’ll know

[candid laurel]

I cant

Im worried sick about a friend

That wont work this time

[vagrant solar]

Look you said he might be, not that he was drafted right? So don’t make yourself sick over sth that hasn’t happened yet

[candid laurel]

I hope he wont

[vagrant solar]

Yeah ofc. Fingers crossed this madness will stop soon

[candid laurel]

I really hope

https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1499427701337300997?s=20&t=Mp2mQC6cJ6wA2LMBA7ECaA

Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske)

Moldova and Georgia are applying for the EU membership

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 4:53 PM

Ill end it here for now

[shadow summit]

georgia isnt even in europe

[solar igloo]

[errant haven]

not that georgia

[shadow summit]

georgia the country also isnt in europe

[shadow thicket]

If you look on map from Wikipedia (map below), Georgia is partially in Europe.

And beginning of Wikipedia article about Georgia says "Georgia [...] is a transcontinental country located [...] at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia."

[granite palm]

Georgia is like Turkey, in ways
Culturally, European
Politically, European
Geographically, debatable.

Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobodies business but the Turks jingle

[shadow summit]

Formula One Turkish Grand Prix at the Constantinopole Park

[granite palm]

Take me back to Constantinople you can't go back to Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

[agile scroll]

hm?

[arctic nymph]

F1 app rn: "HAAS to avoid 'gremlins'."

what my mind read: "HAAS to avoid 'kremlin'."

idk why i just read it like that

[cursive spindle]

ye Istanbul

[arctic nymph]

h

[compact flower]

Byzantium Park

[agile scroll]

No

[compact flower]

ok

[quaint wren]

Shawarma Park

[cursive spindle]

Istanbul park

[quaint wren]

Russia Park

[granite palm]

Free City of Constantinople International Circuit

[sage lark]

The Ottoman GP

[fallen drift]

Mongolian Grand Prix

[sage lark]

The Guanxi Clique Grand Prix

The Manchuria Grand Prix

(Dont butcher me if im spelling it wrong)

[simple cave]

So does the contract being off the table mean that a new one would have to be renegotiated if the FIA wanted to run at a track in Russia in the future?

[quaint wren]

Yeah but I don't see that happening anytime soon. I hope so. If Putin is scared of being invaded he could join NATO. We'd help him defend the country from any attacks.

We could trade, and sport and work towards a better world together

[inland zenith]

Problem.

they tried

[quaint wren]

Russia tried to join NATO?

[inland zenith]

yeah

like 1998-2000s

[shadow thicket]

I'm trying to find some info about in Google, but I can't find anything

[inland zenith]

also NATO was kinda made incase the Soviets go cray

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/591036-invite-russia-to-join-nato

but if anyone feels like reading this

[shadow thicket]

I found something in this document on page 23
https://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/98-00/davydov.pdf

Only if "romantic period of the Russian foreign policy" lasted longer than to September 1993, just imagine, how different world would look like

[simple cave]

The events of the early 90s were a tragedy to Eastern Europe and to Slavs as a whole

[shadow thicket]

It quite depends on how you look on it

[simple cave]

Russia in the 90s was in a horrible state

[shadow thicket]

Economy wasn't in the best shape

[simple cave]

There was the Chechen war

[shadow thicket]

But if you look on other economies in former Soviet Bloc, except in Ukraine and Belarus, economies were growing

[simple cave]

The dissolution of the USSR failed to put a democratic institution in place to follow it

[quaint wren]

imagine hundreds of billions dollars spend on war each year.. we could do fun stuff with that, build universities, stadiums, wildlife sanctuaries..

[simple cave]

We could

But unfortunately the world’s most callous, cruel, and greedy people seem to filter their way to the highest positions of power

[shadow thicket]

Russia is trying to keep absolute monarchy or dictatorship rather than democracy and Russia is spreading this to other former USSR nations

[simple cave]

Russia has reverted back to the old style of rule from the early 1900s

I think that was made most clear when Putin condemned Ukraine as “an invention of Lenin”

[shadow thicket]

Putin's saying that Ukraine is made out of gifts from Russia

[simple cave]

As a reminder that Khrushchev was Ukrainian

Ethnically at least

He was born about 6 miles from what the current internationally recognized border is

I think he grew up in Donetsk? Not sure though

[shadow thicket]

But he gave Crimea to Ukraine in exchange for vote, so Khrushchev can become/stay (I don't remember, when I'll find it, I'll edit message) 1st Secretary of Party

[simple cave]

The waters around Stalin’s death and the succession crisis it sparked are still murky

[shadow thicket]

No, Khrushchev was born in village of Kalinovka, about 120 km in straight line from Kursk, near current recognized border with Ukraine

[simple cave]

Hm

I read he was ethnically Ukrainian but I could be wrong

[shadow thicket]

Info straight from Wikipedia

[simple cave]

Ok so I’m looking it up

The town he was born in was 7 miles east of Ukraine

I think I got it confused with Kalinovka inside Ukraine proper

My bad

[shadow thicket]

So, according to Wikipedia, Crimea was transferred to Ukraine to celebrate 300th anniversary of Pereyaslav Council (deal between Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Russia, which put Ukraine under Tsar power. Also it was an excuse to start war against Poland in 1654. History of relations between Cossacks, Russia and Poland is very complicate, especially history of Polish wars in 16th century. Poland fought 15 wars between 1600 and 1699. It's really painful to remember them all).

[quaint wren]

Europe has been a battlefield since for ever. Only under the Roman Empire there was longtime peace in europe. Ever since all nations have been going at it. Till WW2. That was so devastating even the powerhungy elites said: no more war, not ever.

Also scientific advances made economies no longer a zero sum game.

relevant Kurzgesagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvskMHn0sqQ

[shadow thicket]

Just two Ukrainian farmers towing 25 million$ Russian rocket launcher, nothing to see here

[bronze summit]

ironically enough the Soviet did join Nato

until it got kicked

[quaint wren]

really?

[unique fossil]

yep

[bronze summit]

https://youtu.be/FxhLkwmSu98

u should watch this btw

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499531172493373445?s=21

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

⚡️⚡️⚡️As a result of the shelling at the #Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, a fire started. The exact location of the fire is being specified. CCTV cameras at the plant show flames and smoke. https://t.co/XoN2TzAVJu

▶ Play video

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 11:44 PM

[bronze summit]

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/intelcrab/status/1499532835153227780?s=21

The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab)

“There is a real threat of nuclear danger.” - #Zaporizhzhya

Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 11:51 PM

what the fuck what the fuck

[bronze summit]

[grim island]

I wonder what John deere tractors those are

[compact flower]

wat

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/euromaidanpr/status/1499535677230301184?s=21

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

Zaporizhya power plant presser: more than 100 Russian military vehicles have entered the city last night;background radiation was normal before shelling; it is difficult to predict how it might change;nuclear plant staff will do their best to avoid the catastrophe | EMPR #Ukraine

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:02 AM

[potent tundra]

https://youtu.be/fYUT36YGOh8

Live power plan cctv

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/notwoofers/status/1499536372440391682?s=21

Woofers (@NotWoofers)

There are bodies of dead Russian soldiers visible on camera by the way please be advised.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:05 AM

WARNING FOR LIVE

[jovial merlin]

where

[kindred ingot]

where what?

https://twitter.com/notwoofers/status/1499539094824800259?s=21

Woofers (@NotWoofers)

RPG after RPG being fired inside the nuclear power plant by the Russians as they slowly advance towards the entrance.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:15 AM

https://twitter.com/euromaidanpr/status/1499540161889247233?s=21

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

Zaporizhya power plant representative: Russian shelling hit technical rooms and dining room; nuclear plant staff reports | EMPR #russiaukrainewar

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:20 AM

its gonna be fine hopefully

https://twitter.com/euromaidanpr/status/1499541133243867138?s=21

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

BREAKING: Russian strike hit 1st energy block at ZAPORIZHYA POWER PLANT, presser says | EMPR #russiaukrainewar #Energodar #Ukraine

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:24 AM

[primal hull]

https://twitter.com/nationalpost/status/1499393002963292163?t=4cxP40hEgPa-WHVOFoVzwg&s=19
EDIT: theyre merely revoking most favoured nation status this is clickbait kinda

National Post (@nationalpost)

Canada to revoke Russia and Belarus nation status. Live Ukraine updates
https://t.co/DAHYYQyGl2 https://t.co/QcOKHYfwdp

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Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 2:35 PM

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/inteldoge/status/1499543440039850000?s=21

Doge (@IntelDoge)

Russian assault team just moved in, firefight likely continuing inside the premises.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:33 AM

[lean stratus]

ve it was 12:45 am

[kindred ingot]

This assault is in violation of the geneva convention.

[primal hull]

I doubt Putin cares anymore

[kindred ingot]

just for Hague :)

[primal hull]

heh

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/euromaidanpr/status/1499545718230507521?s=21

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

Units 2 and 3 at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were just shut down | EMPR via @qwolphin (to be confirmed local report) #russiaukrainewar

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:42 AM

https://twitter.com/humeyra_pamuk/status/1499545231007653889?s=21

Hümeyra Pamuk (@humeyra_pamuk)

ONE POWER GENERATING UNIT AT ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN UKRAINE HAS BEEN HIT DURING ATTACK BY RUSSIAN TROOPS - RIA NEWS AGENCY CITES UKRAINIAN ENERGY MINISTRY

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:40 AM

https://twitter.com/notwoofers/status/1499548350852521984?s=21

Woofers (@NotWoofers)

Firefighters can’t battle the flames because of active combat.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:52 AM

https://twitter.com/inteldoge/status/1499550030717493248?s=21

Doge (@IntelDoge)

Fire team leaving, reportedly shot at by Russian forces in the area, were refused entry.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:59 AM

Shit is definately hitting the fan.

[chilly sun]

https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/top-russian-general-killed-by-ukrainian-sniper-in-major-blow-for-putin/news-story/f9ff4af72d03c886afff25ceb800e5de

[primal hull]

Better source: https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1499363570798243841?t=JvW7J7wmx-ELLM6uhcXeaw&s=19

OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)

Reports that maj. gen. Andrey Sukhovetskiy was killed in Ukraine https://t.co/ok9p0dIOOD

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Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 12:38 PM

[kindred ingot]

https://twitter.com/inteldoge/status/1499558486757322759?s=21

Doge (@IntelDoge)

A meltdown is 'unlikely', but a leak from this reactor is possible.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 1:32 AM

[bronze summit]

thats sniper is gonna get a medal for sure

[quaint wren]

has russia made progress?

[spiral rover]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/808476389820596228/949042080733351976/FM4rnyUWUA8vucE.png

[quaint wren]

except there is no 'we" doing this. the russians are attacking

[lavish flare]

clearly hasn't heard anything about the teens who don't even know why they're in ukraine

stop using Russians as a general term for this

[bronze summit]

finally something we can both agree on

[candid laurel]

:(

[candid laurel]

some dont even want to be there, hence the desertion and abandoning of russian armor

https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1499575916728569876?s=20&t=etX5WuE-ma45lkX-peelGg

Doge (@IntelDoge)

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham calls for assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:42 AM

yes please, along with his top generals

[lavish flare]

hehehe let’s gooooo

[lavish flare]

the CIA are expert assassinators so hopefully this happens

[candid laurel]

except

fidel castro

https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1499577322403418143?s=20&t=9nmpYii1VaYkI2rbsvV8GQ

Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske)

Kanye West supports Ukraine — he removed all posts from the Instagram page and left only two in support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

Thanks, @kanyewest!

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:47 AM

[lavish flare]

shhh

oh they fucked

[candid laurel]

this doubles as a coverup for his recent meltdown xD

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1499577073681190916?s=20&t=9nmpYii1VaYkI2rbsvV8GQ

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️Russia is demanding Telegram remove bots that search the platform for evidence of Russian servicemen captured or killed in Ukraine.

Additionally, investigative bodies have been instructed to prosecute perpetrators.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:46 AM

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499571709774422017?s=20&t=TdqjbZrSoPcPPapajT9xzw

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg)

#Ukraine tells IAEA that fire at site of #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has not affected “essential” equipment, plant personnel taking mitigatory actions.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:25 AM

fixed

https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1499543775240196099?s=20&t=TdqjbZrSoPcPPapajT9xzw

Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba)

Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 12:34 AM

https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1499578822626361344?s=20&t=4cMgNUWSKWFMRvsOw7szqQ

Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske)

It could be worse than Chornobyl. Zaporizhzhia's station is on the shores of the Kakhovka Reservoir, further along, the Dnipro river — then the Black Sea. Contaminated water and everything else, the Mediterranean, — expert on possible consequences of Russian attack on ZNPP

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:53 AM

Documenting Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html

[candid laurel]

@quaint wren pin?

https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/1499576258597896193?s=20&t=j_4I8dhh1KYqi31K2f4vRQ

Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan)

This is the Ukrainian Embassy’s English language translation of @ZelenskyyUa statement on nuclear power plant. https://t.co/xMPJFRMiSY

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:43 AM

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1499581465985789959?s=20&t=i22dEc-2Czblou_uhRBEig

EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR)

Republican Senator calls for the assassination of Putin, and many others are saying the same thing. Get it done before there is WWIII. https://t.co/WwpZZXCj9H

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 3:04 AM

assasinate his generals while ur at it

one of them is gonna pull the nuclear trigger

[raw remnant]

There's this one Russian businessman who puts a $1 million bounty on Putin's head

[frail tide]

i don't think that's true 💀

russia is not a democratic country there are certain risks of declaring such things lmao

[desert fern]

wtf only 1 mil 💀

[frail tide]

and not like that shit would be tolerated in democratic countries as well

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499583325769453573?s=20&t=EHpqJG-x0qLQMINHzoLD-w

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

⚡️ Mayor of #Energodar Dmytro Orlov says that there are injured at #Zaporizhzhya NPP.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 3:11 AM

[candid laurel]

atleast its not in rubles

[desert fern]

lol

true

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1499566442609614850

Phil Stewart (@phildstewart)

GOOD NEWS - The fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station broke out IN A TRAINING BUILDING outside the plant's perimeter, the state emergency service said in a statement

Separately, the plant's director told Ukraine 24 TV radiation security had been secured at the site.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:04 AM

[raw remnant]

It was set by an individual. $1 mill is a lot for an individual

[desert fern]

but we all know
putin is very hard to kill

1 mil isnt enough

[raw remnant]

https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-businessman-puts-1-million-bounty-on-putins-head-2022-3

He lives in Cali, that's why he's brave enough

[raw remnant]

at least it's something

[candid laurel]

https://youtu.be/GZ-3YwVQV0M?list=PLSoP62RB3ymnt6ct60SF-2ZsSpC_Mbrjv

they changed the thumbnail

to this

[raw remnant]

what video is that?

[bronze summit]

nah more money than that

putin head worth like 1 billion

[primal hull]

first episode of Zelenskyy's tv show

where he plays the president of ukraine

[raw remnant]

ah ok

[bronze summit]

hmmm wait a sec

if its got revoke

[candid laurel]

Sluga naroda

Zelenskyys show

[bronze summit]

which means they can change flag and anthem all they want?

[primal hull]

i edited the original message

[bronze summit]

i see

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/IuliiaMendel/status/1499592782448672768?s=20&t=KBdwIpet1CmDtR7Fa4fl_g

Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel)

We have a monkey with a grenade here. And we're trying not to annoy him so he doesn't throw or drop the grenade.

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 3:49 AM

LMAO WHAT THE FUCK

[bronze summit]

meme of the year worthy

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1499591695943577600?s=20&t=KBdwIpet1CmDtR7Fa4fl_g

Liveuamap (@Liveuamap)

French Defense Minister: The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will take up a position in the Mediterranean for reconnaissance missions over the Baltic countries https://t.co/wdVN56rDFu via @AJABreaking

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117

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 3:44 AM

[bronze summit]

now imagine it stole a pistol

[candid laurel]

Oh fuck

[bronze summit]

the most powerful monke ever

[spiral rover]

why are their transponders on

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1499614752632451076?s=20&t=aXuoL80flXA-x3fs2ju3Jg

Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress)

6:20 EET The fire in the nuclear power plant was eliminated by 40 firefighters who worked there, State Rescue Service reports. https://t.co/pnDRuc1q25

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 5:16 AM

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1499611588193517570?s=20&t=aXuoL80flXA-x3fs2ju3Jg

BNO News (@BNONews)

BREAKING: Moscow Stock Exchange to remain closed for 5th day

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 5:03 AM

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1499415226390913025?s=20&t=aXuoL80flXA-x3fs2ju3Jg

CNN (@CNN)

“I don’t want Ukraine’s history to be a legend about 300 Spartans. I want peace.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses his country in the face of the Russian invasion. https://t.co/fXZu6igpsr

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Twitter · Mar 3, 2022, 4:03 PM

[trim trout]

Look at his old telephone

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1499623396422070276?s=20&t=KucJPcSjJpUwDqH7RGTdWQ

DW News (@dwnews)

Pjotr Vyerko is 81 years old. He has taken up arms and vows to defend his home from Russia's invasion to the very end. https://t.co/EkqERlgg4S

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127

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 5:50 AM

[jagged basin]

born during WW2, now he’s going through another war

https://youtu.be/bfreyBdi9fc

motherfuckerrrrrrr why is Russia being such a fucking cunt

I didn’t think they could get worse after firing missiles at a kindergarten but like

ARGH

they’re shelling and firing at nuclear reactors

if one explodes then it’s the end

[lavish flare]

yeah

[lavish flare]

fortunately the fire was at a training building or smth

[jagged basin]

yeah good

but still, fucking Russia needs to get itself under control

[raw remnant]

Show of force purposes

If they are on a "real" mission, they would have their xpndr off

[raw remnant]

This one is interesting, spawned out of nowhere

[halcyon bolt]

not at all

definitely from a carrier

id assume US or UK

[raw remnant]

Well, except that a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is impossible to operate from an aircraft carrier

[thin wharf]

Why can I see Ukraine everywhere….

[unique fossil]

because its war in ukraine..

[raw remnant]

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-04-22/h_78c4ffa8b38d6e36f0490a9560d86b1a

Fire is out 👍

[jagged basin]

thank God

[unique fossil]

good

[raw remnant]

😭

[compact flower]

the horror

[bronze summit]

they better build another one

[quaint wren]

poor antov😔

[unique fossil]

f😭

[arctic nymph]

MY BABY

[quaint wren]

https://tenor.com/bkTMv.gif

[lean stratus]

Vladimir Putin is “at risk” of ending up in prison for war crimes carried out by his Russian forces in Ukraine, the British justice secretary said on Friday.

Dominic Raab, who is also deputy prime minister, was asked on Times Radio whether he saw the conflict ending with the Russian president “imprisoned for war crimes”.

He said:

I think it is a very real risk that he must now contemplate.

Beyond his personal situation, every commander operating in Ukraine, or indeed Moscow, when they are faced with illegal orders, whether it is to target civilians or otherwise, attack illegal or unlawful sites, they now know the ICC (international criminal court) is investigating and the chief prosecutor Karim Khan is, I believe, travelling to Ukraine.

They must now know that they face the very real risk of ending up in the dock of a court and, ultimately, in a prison if they follow through on those illegal, unlawful orders.

[lean stratus]

Canada wants Nato to discuss all scenarios to isolate Russia, the country’s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, said when asked whether the alliance should consider a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

On her arrival at an extraordinary meeting of Nato foreign ministers, Joly said Nato’s red line was to avoid triggering an international conflict, when asked about the no-fly zone, Reuters reported.

But she added: “We want to make sure that scenarios are being discussed”.

Meanwhile, Romania’s foreign minister, Bogdan Aurescu, said Nato must adapt military posture at its eastern flank to new reality after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We have to adapt the posture to the reality, which shows that the Russians troops are in Ukraine and in Belarus, so we need to rethink everything,” he told reporters as he arrived for a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels.

Romania will increase its defence spending to 2.5% from 2% of GDP starting with the next fiscal year, he added.

The Russian parliament has passed a law which makes it a criminal offence to spread “fake” information about its armed forces.

The law, passed by the state Duma in the third and final reading, introduces fines and jail sentences for those who intentionally spread false information about the armed forces that has a serious impact, according to a statement by the lower house.

Those found to have broken the new law by spreading so-called “false information” about the actions of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine face up to three years in prison.

If it is published as part of an “organised group” or uses “false evidence”, the maximum sentence increases to 10 years in prison. If it leads to “serious consequences”, the perpetrators will face up to 15 years in prison.

It is thought this new law will have a huge effect of the ability of people to share information about what is happening in Ukraine, as the Kremlin continues to play down its actions to the Russian population.

Latvia’s foreign minister has said Nato should “consider all options” when asked about entering direct conflict with Russia.

Edgars Rinkēvičs told the BBC’s Today programme that governments “should not exclude” any recourse to stop the invasion.

Earlier, the programme heard from former Ukrainian prime minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, who said other European countries “don’t understand” the lengths Putin will go to, PA Media reported.

He said leaders from other countries should offer direct military support and “at least to close our skies to protect us from the threat”.

Asked about the comments, Mr Rinkevics said:

I think we should consider all options but we should also understand, let’s say, some Nato policies can be implemented only if those countries that have necessary assets agree on that

He added that any decision would have to be voted for unanimously. Asked whether Nato may instead be forced to broker an “uncomfortable” settlement with Russia, the minister replied:

Well, I think we must do everything that we can. That’s why I’m saying that we should not exclude any options.

[grave flame]

NEIN

WHY

[vagrant solar]

okokok I get it, but still

[candid laurel]

Bb....

Get some rest

[vagrant solar]

yeah, go away

[candid laurel]

Me?

:(

[candid laurel]

NO

[vagrant solar]

nooooooo

well you too

[candid laurel]

I

[vagrant solar]

you all need a break

[candid laurel]

I just got here

[vagrant solar]

go have milk and cookies or sth

🥛 🍪

[candid laurel]

I just did

Except for the coockies but i did drink milk

[vagrant solar]

https://imgur.com/KXqaE91

[candid laurel]

C o c k i e s

[vagrant solar]

ok then have serotonin

[candid laurel]

Ok cool :>

[candid laurel]

Poor thing

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1499678093077848070?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ

Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress)

The Russian invaders are preparing staging rallies in Kherson for a "picture" in the Russian media, Ukraine's Security Service reports:

"People from Crimea are being brought to Kherson to attend the staged rally."

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 9:28 AM

Absolutely Absurd

||https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1499677625840803840?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ||

Another russian fighter downed it Donetsk

[quaint wren]

It’s honestly crazy they thought it was a good idea to attack at nuclear power plant

[candid laurel]

The fact that they even tried should be questioned

[quaint wren]

At this point nukes maybe on the table if they are crazy enough to attack a power plant

[candid laurel]

Nukes are definitely on the table considering how demented putin is

[jagged basin]

they are

it's absolutely terrible that they destroyed it

[bronze summit]

lets gooo

best news of today

[jagged basin]

since Antonov is a Ukrainian company, they will most likely still have all the designs of the 225

[candid laurel]

Yeah, sad that it had to be destroyed that way

https://twitter.com/stabilnosti/status/1499642399127179266?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ

Вестник Стабильности #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@stabilnosti)

Россияне показали, что могут массово выйти из своих квартир. И приехать в закрывающуюся ИКЕЮ в своём городе. https://t.co/AoS21v1CSg

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 7:06 AM

[jagged basin]

on 27 February a press release by UkrOboronProm confirmed that the An-225 was destroyed. UkrOboronProm said that they planned to rebuild the plane at the Russians' expense. The statement said: "The restoration is estimated to take over 3 billion USD and over five years. Our task is to ensure that these costs are covered by the Russian Federation, which has caused intentional damage to Ukraine's aviation and the air cargo sector." The Ukrainian government also said that it would be rebuilt.

UkrOboronProm by the way, the parent company of Antonov

[candid laurel]

Its good that theyll rebuild it

What a gem of a plane

||https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499680731567697924?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ||

The pilot ejected and is currently wanted dont ban pls

[vagrant solar]

VE

HECKING SPOILERS

[candid laurel]

Oh right

[jagged basin]

lmao they're still using Soviet-era planes

Su-25

no wonder they're so trash

[candid laurel]

A t72a has been captured

Arent those things 40 years old

[jagged basin]

yeah

even older

[candid laurel]

Thisnis confusion

[elfin tide]

https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/L46n9_H7Jwh1OIGbalzw8vzoAPE=/1000x0/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F23115ba2-3569-4db1-ad38-26d51fe69d64

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1499655251892359171?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ

Twitter admins are having a field day

Shashank Joshi (@shashj)

Russia’s defence ministry, with totally normal imagery here. https://t.co/eziYnOQB32

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 7:57 AM

[candid laurel]

@elfin tide this is how ikea in russia will end

[elfin tide]

lmao

[candid laurel]

||https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1499682140451188736?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ||

Another t80 captured, abandoned

These are just easter eggs at this point

||https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1499666373353553928?s=20&t=7GZghqlbo7u_0uFPjABplQ||

Clearer image of an225 wreckage

[vagrant solar]

I saw that 🧐

[candid laurel]

Nononono

I forgor spoiler mobile sucks

[vagrant solar]

hmhm

[rich pilot]

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1499682359146586116?s=21

The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex)

BREAKING: President of Belarus says his military will not participate in invasion of Ukraine

Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 9:45 AM

??

[candid laurel]

Bullshit

[rich pilot]

he forgot the part where he doesnt control his military

putin does

[candid laurel]

Yeah

[quaint wren]

But I will let Russia invade Ukraine from our borders

[lean stratus]

you get some rest

[bronze summit]

impossible

all of the stuff in the picture is already constructed i thought ikea force u to build

[candid laurel]

I just got here 🥺

[quaint wren]

fighter jet*

[candid laurel]

WeirdChamp

[compact flower]

same thing

jet fighter, fighter, fighter jet, russian jet

fighter aircraft

air superiority fighter

[chilly sun]

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/russias-cats-banned-international-competition-1315925/

[bronze summit]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i love kats :(

[raw remnant]

||https://www.instagram.com/tv/CapanPSg4CK/?utm_medium=share_sheet||

Fucking hell

[compact flower]

that exists?

[shadow thicket]

Apparently, yes

[compact flower]

well thats interesting

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1499697685070237696?s=20&t=c9UEQRy5gOpvyUfpSk2kaQ

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️ 47 people killed in attack on Chernihiv.

38 men and nine women were killed by Russia's airstrikes of residential areas on March 3, according to the Ukrainian government. 18 people were injured.

Chernihiv is a city of 285,000 people, located north of Kyiv.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 10:46 AM

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499697318119063552?s=20&t=c9UEQRy5gOpvyUfpSk2kaQ

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

❗️#Ukraine asks the International Committee of the Red Cross to urgently assist in the creation of humanitarian corridors.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 10:44 AM

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1499697303854239746?s=20&t=c9UEQRy5gOpvyUfpSk2kaQ

Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress)

"And in the Kyiv Zoo, a lemur was born, which was named Bayraktar (Turkish strike drone used by the Ukrainian army, - EMP)," Kyiv mayor says.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 10:44 AM

B a y r a k t a r

[vagrant solar]

Oh so the zoo is fine

Good news

[candid laurel]

Its on life support i think

[lean stratus]

😮‍💨

[candid laurel]

Whats wrong 🥺

[frail tide]

noooo

why

fuck

i was looking forward to seeing it in person

[compact flower]

you will

youll see its remains

[shadow thicket]

I love my conutry. That was found in Lublin (city in eastern Poland, it's also one of the biggest cities on route from Ukrainian border) by u/Calslock on r/Polska.
Translation from Polish:
"Let's protect Polish borders. Ukrainians - Trojan horse"
"Nobody will help us in need. Poland always defends on its own."
"Ukrainians murdered Poles. History likes to repeat itself"
"We are guarding borders. Let's not get involved."
"Ukrainian Volyn slaughter and other...! Murdered, raped Polish Nation"
"We want calmness in Poland."
"Let us not get caught up in the war!"
All this is written in really poor Polish so this is made by either Russians or Polish nationalists (believe or not, but really in Poland there are "patriots" who can't either express themselves in Polish or say a sentence without swearing). However I'm convinced, that it was Russians as there are so many grammatical and syntax mistakes made. It really doesn't matters, who made it.
Those signs does not represents approach of Polish people to Ukrainians seeking shelter or help. All Ukrainians seeking shelter or any help are given help as soon as they cross border and in all of Poland there are prepared places for refugees to stay both by public institutes and by people in their own homes.
Source (in Polish): https://www.reddit.com/r/Polska/comments/t5weg9/takie_coś_znalazłem_dzisiaj_w_lublinie/

[bronze summit]

YAY THE ZOO IS FINE

[errant haven]

idk if someone sent, but this is mirya

[simple cave]

That’s a lot of damage to the center fuselage

[bronze summit]

btw yeah people did send

also stop ur pouring salt into my wounds :(

[simple cave]

I’d have to call that a total loss

Most of that metal is unusable

[bronze summit]

[simple cave]

I think the engines are salvageable

Most of the rear fuselage is fine so that could be saved

[desert fern]

lepain

[raw remnant]

I'm depressed now

[halcyon galleon]

Ur forgetting theres a second an-225 somewhere in a hangar ready to be finished

[simple cave]

I’m not depressed about it, mainly because there’s still value in most of the frame

[halcyon galleon]

The USSR planned to build a second it was just never finished

[rich pilot]

Ukraine will rebuild it

if they ever get out of this

[simple cave]

Those engines being intact is very good news as those are the most valuable pieces

[simple cave]

I don’t see that happening unfortunately.

[halcyon galleon]

If they are going to rebuild it without using the second an-225 (or maybe even the third an-225 which has just a few parts) they will prob use more efficient or more powerful engines because the current ones devour fuel

[bronze summit]

plane pog

[simple cave]

It seems very expensive to do and if the war ends Ukraine will be prioritizing spending on repairing infrastructure

[quaint wren]

slava ukraini

[simple cave]

There isn’t a big need for an AN-225

[halcyon galleon]

Yeah, same with that eurovision stuff where people wanna vote for ukraine so they win this year, that will only cost a lot of money for ukraine to host it next year when they need the money to repair their cities

[simple cave]

Ukraine won’t be able to host it next year anyways due to the war

[halcyon galleon]

Yeah another country would host it for them

[simple cave]

I don’t see this war being over by next year anyways

[halcyon galleon]

If it keeps going like it currently does it would only cost a lot of money for russia and not get them anywhere, + with sanctions they cant fight for a long time anymore so i dont think they will still be fighting next year

[simple cave]

Well, I see some kind of peace treaty occurring in the next 4-6 months

I don’t see the Ukrainians having enough leverage to retake Crimea or the contested Donetsk lands

The best thing they could get are DMZs

[halcyon galleon]

They did go counteroffensive tho

They prob cant retake crimea because its being russian since 2014 but they could take donetsk and lashenk

[simple cave]

Maybe not depending on the willingness of the people in that region to be part of Ukraine

Also depends on Ukrainian supply lines

[quaint wren]

i don't see the russians stopping til they have kyiv

[halcyon galleon]

Also they said mazepin is only allowed to race if he was openly against the war right?

[simple cave]

Who said?

[halcyon galleon]

I've had multiple news sites give me notifications about it

[simple cave]

The UK has banned Russian and Belarusian competitors

[quaint wren]

mazepin is dropped because no funding, f1 alowes russian drivers

[halcyon galleon]

But if mazepin can only stay if he's against the war he can't stay because his dad is friends with Putin, he can't just say he's against the war

[simple cave]

Where are you getting that from

[lavish flare]

that's just not what they did

is your news source planet f1 or formula world or some shit

or did you misread

Motorsport UK banned Russian and Belarusian licensed competitors

[halcyon galleon]

Multiple Dutch news sites

[simple cave]

Are they the FIA?

[lavish flare]

Motorsport UK also announced a ban on Russian and Belarusian-licensed teams competing in the UK. It banned the display of Russian or Belarusian national symbols, colours or flags, even on team uniforms, equipment and cars, at Motorsport UK-permitted events

[halcyon galleon]

No but most of the time they are pretty reliable

[lavish flare]

from Reuters

[simple cave]

Maybe they are but im not certain who is enforcing this rule

Mazepin won’t be racing anyways afaik due to Uralkali not being able to pay

[lavish flare]

Motorsport UK on Wednesday banned Russian and Belarusian license holders from racing amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[halcyon galleon]

I'm not saying that what they said is 100% true, in my message I said "if he's only allowed to stay if he's against the war"

[simple cave]

He can’t stay anyways

I wonder what Sirotkin is up to these days

[quaint wren]

f1 allowes russian drivers but uk won't let them race so tere will be no russian drivers in f1

[simple cave]

There probably won’t be any Russian F1 drivers for the next 20-30 years

[lavish flare]

"By targeting the nationality of the licenses, Motorsport UK's decision will stop Russian and Belarusian drivers from racing in Britain, regardless of the flag they compete under."

so

what if Nikita just changes nationalities :troll:

[simple cave]

He’d have to get the license revoked

This ban doesn’t effect Robert Schwartzman because he is a test driver and is not competing

Tbh this whole thing is going to end with upwards of 30,000 dead

[lavish flare]

are they still nae nae-ing russia boys?

[simple cave]

Yes but the Russian military has a significant reserve contingent

The one problem I see with predicting this is that we don’t know for certain what the end outcome of the war may be

And we don’t know for certain how involved nations will be

I’m expecting this war to be an overall defeat for the Russians but without a regime change

[crisp jetty]

still sad about Russia destroying the only An-225

and quite frankly I don't understand why

[candid laurel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940984684039536711/949236422211141652/Qoskdnxnc_image1.jpg

have a nice day

[crisp jetty]

sadge

[simple cave]

It was in a warzone

[crisp jetty]

Why would they destroy it tho

It transferred parts of the Buran which was a Russian Space Shuttle

[simple cave]

It was in a warzone

[crisp jetty]

It was an engineering marvel

[simple cave]

That’s literally the best explanation

[candid laurel]

they dont care

putin dosent care, the generals dont care

[simple cave]

It was parked in a war zone and was hit by artillery during a war

[crisp jetty]

guess they only cared when it was about the Buran

[simple cave]

It also annoys me how people mourn a plane they heard about maybe once or twice more than the thousands of civilians being butchered in this invasion

[crisp jetty]

I mean to be fair (not really) the Mriya was quite literally a masterpiece, the biggest cargo plane and plane ever in general, which was in decent shape for it being 30 Years Old. But people should mourn for the actual dead civillians, not the Mriya

[simple cave]

It wasn’t a masterpiece, and it wasn’t the biggest plane ever

[vestal bone]

the mirya is a symbol of ukraine, if people saw the statue of liberty destroyed surely they’d be a bit sad wouldnt they

seeing their nations achievments demolished

[crisp jetty]

That too

Pride of Ukraine

Atleast Aviation wise

[simple cave]

I always considered the pride of Ukraine to be the architecture in Kyiv

[raw remnant]

I'd like to think the An-225 Mriya as a flying Ukrainian Ambassador flying all over the World

[crisp jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/aterrizando-avion-airplane-aircraft-landing-gif-17505944

[simple cave]

I’m blanking on the cathedral name

It’s a shame it’s gone but it is one of the least important casualties of this war

[crisp jetty]

Antonov An-225, what a sight to behold.

On the topic of big

[vestal bone]

your seriously missing the point here

[crisp jetty]

Was it bigger than the Hindenbhrg

Because last time I checked the Hindenburg was the biggest flying object ever

[candid laurel]

symbol of ukranian aviation

they should name the new one 226 tbh

[simple cave]

I’m not missing the point. I’m tired of seeing wall to wall coverage of a plane that people started to care about 4 days ago when Ukrainians are facing genocide

[raw remnant]

Wasn't the Mriya built by the Russians tho?

[simple cave]

It was built by the Soviet Union

[vestal bone]

no shit lives are worse, but for many the an 225 was a symbol for them, and for a lot of aviation nerds like me we grew up fascinated by the an225, and no one is taking greif away from what happend to the ukrainins

[simple cave]

In the Antonov Bureau, which was part of the Ukrainian SSR

[crisp jetty]

^

[vestal bone]

its sad to see one of humanties feats destroyed is it not?

[simple cave]

It’s sad, yes.

[crisp jetty]

We still grief for the dead civillians, but it's saddening to see one of Humanities greatest aviation achievements burn to the ground

[lean stratus]

jesus what's happening here

[vestal bone]

your pushing it with “it takes away from the lives lost” no it doesn’t, if anything were bringing more attention to the issue

dont try to twist it to where were ignoring the fact of the horrible things happening

[simple cave]

More attention to the issue?

[raw remnant]

https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1499708045873618945?s=20&t=bh-QAWFtEWdwBcK5TRamGA

B/R Football (@brfootball)

Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Serhiy Palkin has announced one of the club’s youth coaches was killed by a fragment of a Russian bullet in Ukraine this week https://t.co/hn6OAtLsyQ

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 11:27 AM

[crisp jetty]

me saying that I was sad for Mriya and asking why it dead, and some dude mentioning the stupidity of paying attention to very big and amazing plane instead of Ukrainian people soofering

[lean stratus]

Nato foreign ministers agree not to have 'no-fly zone' over Ukraine, says Stoltenberg
Nato foreign ministers discussed a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine but agreed that Nato planes should not operate over Ukrainian airspace, Stoltenberg said.

Establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine could result in the war spreading to more European countries, the Nato secretary general.

Speaking to reporters in Brussels after a meeting with Nato foreign ministers, he said:

We understand the desperation but we also believe that if we did that (establishing a no-fly zone) we would end up with something that could lead to a fully-fledged war in Europe, involving much more countries.

Allies agreed not to have Nato planes operating in Ukrainian airspace or Nato troops on Ukraine’s territory, he said.

At the same time, we have a responsibility as Nato allies to prevent this war from escalating beyond Ukraine because that would be even more dangerous, more devastating and would cause even more human suffering.

Asked about the attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the Nato secretary general said:

The reckless actions around the nuclear power plant last night just highlights the dangers of this war.

War is dangerous and to have military operations conflict fighting going around the nuclear power plant adds to the danger.

[vestal bone]

this is good

[lean stratus]

i mean the antonov literally is or was the worlds largest aircraft

[vestal bone]

if a nato aircraft was shot down war would break

[raw remnant]

what does an NFZ even do tho?

[lean stratus]

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting at 11:30am ET (4:30pm GMT) in New York, UN diplomats have said.

The emergency meeting has been called in response to the attack on the Zaporizhzhia by Russian troops.

It will include speeches from an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official and a UN official.

[vestal bone]

does what it litteraly stands for, no flying in that area

[crisp jetty]

yeah world largest

[lean stratus]

[simple cave]

Establishing the NFZ would allow NATO aircraft to intercept and shoot down aviation in that area

[raw remnant]

Ah ok that makes sense

[vestal bone]

they said no nato aircraft in the nfz tho

[simple cave]

Yeah I know they’re not establishing it

[lean stratus]

More explosions heard in Kyiv in sign assault is intensifying

Up to a dozen explosions were heard in downtown Kyiv on Friday morning and air raid sirens wailed, in an apparent sign Russian missile strikes on and around the capital were intensifying-Reuters witnesses

[raw remnant]

Like Ukraine isn't part of NATO yet, then why was the NATO about to issue an NFZ above Ukraine

[lean stratus]

NATO appears to confirm Russian cluster bomb use

"We have seen the use of cluster bombs and we have seen reports of use of other types of weapons which would be in violation of international law," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said

[simple cave]

A no fly zone would have to be enforced by planes, and it would also cause a severe escalation of the conflict

[lean stratus]

European Union officials are examining curbing Russia's influence and access to finance at the International Monetary Fund following its invasion of Ukraine, six officials told Reuters.

[vestal bone]

probably to keep nato aircraft and comercial, private aircraft out of ukrainian airspace

they dont want crossfire that can escalate the situation

[raw remnant]

now that makes more sense

[simple cave]

It would lead to a much worse situation

It’s a lot better to provide weapons and ammo

[vestal bone]

and heavy sanctions

massive “fuck you” when they froze all of russia’s foriegn reserves

well most of

but i doubt russia has anyone to sell their gold reserves to other than china and maybe india

[bronze summit]

Noooooo

[simple cave]

A lot of these Russian sanctions will come to hurt the Russians after a few months

[raw remnant]

definitely

most sanctions doesn't even affect the elites that much

[vestal bone]

their economy can shrink by 7% after this

[raw remnant]

but seems like these new sanctions are a bit more harsh so hopefully it'll affect the elites too

[simple cave]

Unfortunately nothing will fundamentally change inside Russia

[vestal bone]

russia is pretty self reliant other than a weak currency

gas and energy can easily make a recovery after the war blows over

[simple cave]

Im not certain what the war “blowing over” is gonna look like

[vestal bone]

and if china has demand for gas and energy russia can relocate most of its industry if needed

same

it depends on how far the west and the cremlin are willing to go

if russia wont stop until ukraine captiulates sanctions could have a much worse impact

and how the west would respond to a annnexed ukraine is beyond me

[simple cave]

I’m not certain what a capitulated Ukraine would look like, aside from a puppet leader

[raw remnant]

Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive right?

[vestal bone]

russia would probably occupy ukraine with a puppet leader and russian military, i doubt the country would be too stable after a zelensky death or complete capitulation

[raw remnant]

Wonder what he thinks about the Russian invasion

[simple cave]

I see it realistically being like Belarus where it’s nominally independent but on a very short leash

[raw remnant]

Some has seen Belarus as an "extension" of Kremlin

[vestal bone]

i think ukriane will loose some areas of its current borders if it capitulates

donbass region for sure

[simple cave]

It’ll probably lose the Donbass

[chilly sun]

The World Trade Towers were also the least important casualties during America's War on Terrorism. However, people mourned them then and still mourn them today because they were hallmarks of American symbolism and economic prowess. They didn't outweigh the several thousand civilian and military losses that America and the Middle East suffered, but they were a symbol of the people. In Ukrainian, "Mriya" literally means "dream", and for the Ukrainian people, it was exactly that. For such a thing to be just taken away, several years of engineering to be taken away, it will leave a mark. Whether you like it or not.

[simple cave]

I don’t know if they can get much more depends on the terms

[vestal bone]

maybe areas around crimea? i dunno, but the moment russia installs a puppet leader it may as well be russian land looking at belarus

[simple cave]

I’m basing this off previous Russian statements where they wanted a buffer zone

I assume they want at least a sizable chunk of Ukraine under Russian control to server as a buffer zone

Between them and NATO nations

[vestal bone]

specifically the area that streches inside of russia, the eastern portion would definitly be of interest to russia seeing how they see nato as a offensive threat

[simple cave]

I’m also expecting more operations into Georgia or Kazakhstan

[vestal bone]

i wouldnt put it pass russia but i think ukraine was definitely their biggest geopolitical concern seeing its location and border with russia

[simple cave]

It is a big concern

This overall is the end result of 30 years of post soviet collapse and degradation

And I’m not certain how long this war can go on for

[vestal bone]

pretty much sums it all up

[simple cave]

It’s going to be 105 years since the October Revolution this year

[chilly sun]

Russia's just never been

A nice place to be as a common person

Ever since the Tsardom of Russia that began in 1547

[simple cave]

It’s been pretty bad and it’s only sliding worse

Can’t get into my thoughts more without breaking the politic rule

[bronze summit]

and 100 years since the Soviet Union offically formed

[chilly sun]

You can here, as long as it's relevant to the conflict

[bronze summit]

ye

[simple cave]

It’s more on the fact that this is the full cycle back to imperialist autocracy, fully removed from Lenin or even Kerensky

[chilly sun]

The problem is that the concept of the Russian country tries to encompass a multitude of different ethnicities and cultures under one banner, and that just does not work. No country in the world should have nearly as much land as they have

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1499752131208884230?s=20&t=-HxSQ8t0ckoZX4KZs_-NYA

Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch)

NEW: Russia's 40-mile long convoy of tanks, artillery and supplies that has stalled miles from Kyiv after Ukrainian strikes, depicted in a 3D rendering.

Pentagon spokes John Kirby told MSNBC today that Ukrainians hit the convoy's lead vehicles, forcing it to halt.

📹:@Maxar https://t.co/MvKZMh20Qq

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:22 PM

[vestal bone]

its crazy how the revolution somehow led back to a dictator

[simple cave]

Things got really bad under Yeltsin

[bronze summit]

Hahahahhahahahaha

[bronze summit]

ooh boy he was drunk as hell

[simple cave]

He created the exact situation that allowed for this

[chilly sun]

Get rid of royal autocracts
Recieve a number of socialist autocrats
Get rid of socialist autocrats
Recieve a capitalistic, ultra-nationalist autocrat

[bronze summit]

he got so drunk when he hold an ak soldiers have to make sure the safety was on

[simple cave]

Russian history is a flat circle

[chilly sun]

Yeah

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/UN_HRC/status/1499696876601462789?s=20&t=-HxSQ8t0ckoZX4KZs_-NYA

UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC49 (@UN_HRC)

🔴 BREAKING

The Human Rights Council has decided to urgently establish an independent international commission of inquiry as a result of #Russia's aggression against #Ukraine.

✅ YES: 32
❌ NO: 2
➖ ABSTENTIONS: 13 https://t.co/cJGjHtwXcR

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 10:42 AM

[chilly sun]

Crazy how the October Revolution, which was a peoples' revolution, just ended up installing a hardcore socio-communist dictatorship

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499755124712947718?s=20&t=-HxSQ8t0ckoZX4KZs_-NYA

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

G7 foreign ministers have agreed to impose even tougher sanctions against #Russia if it does not stop the invasion of #Ukraine.

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:34 PM

[simple cave]

It installed Lenin, and once Lenin died the power struggle after led to war communism not being revoked

[chilly sun]

Lenin was only ever the face of the revolution. The real authority of the Soviet Union in it's formative and consolidation years lied with Stalin, who was sort of the rebel protegee

A bit of a sadist

[granite palm]

That the Bolsheviks ever took control came due to a insanely specific order of domino pieces falling together

[simple cave]

Lenin had a strong amount of authority before the revolution

[chilly sun]

The final domino fell when a strange, bearded hedon of "priest" started exchanging pleasantries with the royalty of Russia

[simple cave]

He wasn’t just some kind of figurehead, he was an influential writer and theorist

I won’t go into Lenin more due to political rules and lack of relevancy to the conflict

[fallow agate]

Russia planning to do allegedly planning to do public executions in Ukraine

[chilly sun]

Don't believe everything you read on Twitter

[fallow agate]

Wasn’t on Twitter

Found it off a news outlet

[simple cave]

What news outlet

[chilly sun]

What's the source?

[fallow agate]

I smell propaganda tho

Wait let me find the name

NBC

It’s deleted tho

[chilly sun]

Why would Russia publicly execute people if their whole agenda is to "free the Ukrainian people" lol

[fallow agate]

Makes no sense

That’s why I don’t think it’s true

[chilly sun]

Not great for PR on the Russian front, yeah. So I doubt it's real

[fallow agate]

Agreed

[candid laurel]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1499758578336505856?s=20&t=-HxSQ8t0ckoZX4KZs_-NYA

NEXTA (@nexta_tv)

⚡️#American manufacturer of network equipment and software Cisco Systems Inc. ceased operations in #Russia and #Belarus https://t.co/OJ0VNuJJPp

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Twitter · Mar 4, 2022, 2:48 PM

[fallow agate]

Both sides are bullshitting for sure

Did you hear about the nuclear plant being shelled?

[candid laurel]

Training room was on fire

Under control atm

[chilly sun]

You're always on this thread. Have you been sleeping?

Genuinely concerned

[fallow agate]

There is propaganda being used VS Russia

[candid laurel]

Yeah, im barely active now

[fallow agate]

Or at least exaggeration

[simple cave]

Most things cannot be trusted

[fallow agate]

Of course

Don’t trust any countries

[simple cave]

There is always disinformation coming out during war

[fallow agate]

They’re all racist and liars

[vestal bone]

russia isnt going to execute anyone lmao

[vale bough]

It’s russia might happen

[fallow agate]

Russia have done worse

But it wouldn’t make sense for them too

[simple cave]

Executions are likely, public executions aren’t

[vestal bone]

their just going to shell the fuck out of cities but not go french revolution on the masses, as for pows maybe but def private

[simple cave]

You can go and look at Chechnya

[quaint wren]

just give some people a nuclear cocktail

[potent tundra]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLDstLxn/ the an225 destroyed

[candid laurel]

yes yes

heres a better image

[potent tundra]

Hope the engines are alright. So they can rebuild it

[candid laurel]

other half is gone

fuselage absolutely destroyed

[potent tundra]

True. If 3 engines are there they can take them apart and see how they are made if they don't have the prints.

Is the half built one OK?

[candid laurel]

antonov has the blueprints

[candid laurel]

i actually dont know

[merry prawn]

antotov

[jagged basin]

Antonov is a Ukrainian company so they’ll have it

[candid laurel]

no one seems to care about the half baked one atm

[jagged basin]

unless it falls into the hands of the Russians

[candid laurel]

i hope ill get to see this giant beast once in my lifetime

the only time it landed here was is 2013, it was closeby

[vestal bone]

if they rebuild it they can use the old soviet airframe right?

there were 2 airframes

[candid laurel]

that is if its still ok

[vestal bone]

of course

[candid laurel]

idk if the second airframe is destroyed or not

it probably is tbh, usually sits in hostomel

[vestal bone]

i think its been sitting for like 20 years

[potent tundra]

It was in the hangar opposite of the built one. We don't know the condition in there

[vestal bone]

old picture btw

[candid laurel]

yeah

its probably unscathed

i hope it is

[vestal bone]

its not in hostomel i think

[candid laurel]

this will give them a good reason to finish it

[candid laurel]

i hope it isnt tbh

[vestal bone]

nah wait i nvm

[candid laurel]

it isnt in hostomel

its in kyiv

[vestal bone]

some factory nearby

in kyiv

[candid laurel]

thank god

[vestal bone]

i doubt an abandoned factory holds much value to russia

so it should hopefully be okay

that is if the airframe is still in good condition

than again the originial an225 came back to service after 10 years absent

[candid laurel]

it probably isnt

[jagged basin]

it’s not about that

did the original hangar of the 225 have any value to the Russians?

[vestal bone]

yes

it was hostomel

they needed to capture the airport for air superiority

[jagged basin]

and this one is Kyiv, the literal capital

[vestal bone]

I dont know its exact location

I doubt its downtown or something

[jagged basin]

that doesn’t matter

[vestal bone]

if its on the outskirts it should be okay

should

[jagged basin]

why would it be ok on the outskirts??

they want complete dominance on Ukraine, that’s why they’re invading

[vestal bone]

they dont have enough ammo to shell every building, and shelling every building defeats the purpose of capturing