Social media outlets have still done little to stop the spread of Russian disinformation and propaganda
#current events
simple cave
For example, while Twitter has (correctly) labeled RT as a Russian state affiliated page
They have not labeled the Twitter Account “Russian Memes United” (the name is a reference to the ruling political party, Russia United) as Russian state propaganda
This account has nearly 500k followers
There needs to be more public pressure on companies to close access to Russia
brittle gazelle
McPutins lol
simple cave
For example, social media sites in western nations should be pressured to ban Russian users
VPNs should also be sanctioned as well
I also think sanctions should be placed against people who express pro-Russia opinions
quaint wren
For example, social media sites in western nations should be pressured to ban Ru...
That's just stupid
Why would you ban an innocent person
For something they have no control
Over
simple cave
For something they have no control
They do have control, they could protest instead of just sit at home while their countrymen kill children
quaint wren
They do have control, they could protest instead of just sit at home while their...
They did protest....
And got arrested...
And tortured
simple cave
Yeah and then no one continued to protest
vagrant solar
guys I think we're straying into rule 5 territory rn
quaint wren
You think it's so easy to protest in an authoritarian state?
quaint wren
guys I think we're straying into rule 5 territory rn
Okay
grim obsidian
Hello
lime viper
Toto
!
Btw how tf does Niinistö start the call with putin tomorrow
Yo wassup g what u been doing lately
Or
Wtf
primal hull
Twitter
sharp flare
candid laurel
<:PE_PandaPopcorn:728261415089078283>
Stop eat popcorn
inland oxide
https://tenor.com/view/loki-dont-just-dont-stop-gif-23310589
kaboom
compact flower
well that is terrifying
candid laurel
The sanctions should be called
special economic operations
bronze summit
Stop eat popcorn
never 
candid laurel
https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/tay6fo/a_ukrainian_little_girl_in_moldova_smiling_and/
lean stratus
More than 2.5m people have fled Ukraine, says UN
The UN migration agency reports that as of today more than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine.
Of the total, the International Organisation for Migration said that 116,000 were third-country nationals.
The majority of refugees, around 1.5 million people, have fled to Poland.
These are the indicative estimates of Russia's losses as of March 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Riga renames street housing Russian Embassy – now it's the Independent Ukraine Street.
The street will now be known as "Ukrainas neatkarības iela" in Latvian.
Jailed Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has called for anti-war protests in cities including Moscow on Sunday.
“Mad maniac Putin will most quickly be stopped by the people of Russia now if they oppose the war,” he wrote on Instagram, reports Reuters.
“You need to go to anti-war rallies every weekend, even if it seems that everyone has either left or got scared...You are the backbone of the movement against war and death.”
According to protest monitoring group OVD Info, 13,908 people have been detained at anti-war demonstrations in Russia since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.
Navalny, who posts on social media through his lawyers and allies, was jailed last year after returning to Russia having been treated in Germany for a poison attack with a nerve agent during a visit to Siberia in 2020. Russian authorities said they did not carry out the attack.
Russian forces reportedly hit psychiatric hospital in Kharkiv region
The Kharkiv regional governor has said that Russian forces have hit a psychiatric hospital in the region, Reuters reports.
The regional governor said the number of casualties is unknown, but that there had been 330 people at the hospital at the time of the attack.
Putin says Russia will welcome volunteers to fight in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has said Russia must welcome volunteers who want to fight Ukrainian forces and help them to get to combat areas.
Speaking to the Russian security council, Reuters reports that the Russian president said he supports giving arms deliveries captured from Ukraine to Russian-backed rebel regions.
Hospital staff are reportedly digging mass graves in Bucha as civilian deaths continue to rise.
Russian forces have killed more Ukrainian civilians than soldiers, says Ukraine's defence minister
Russian forces have killed more Ukrainian civilians than soldiers, Ukraine’s defence minister said today.
“I want this to be heard not only in Kyiv but all over the world,” Oleksii Reznikov said, reports Reuters.
According to the latest figures from the office of the UN high commissioner for human rights, from 4am on 24 February to midnight on 9 March, 549 civilians had been killed and 957 injured.
Ukraine’s foreign affairs ministry says people who left Kyiv to be safe have now been killed in the village of Marhalivka.
|| https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/1502186482332807170?s=20&t=ojOXSODpfuaQQb9kpHmgkA ||
The British technology minister, Chris Philp, has said the UK government will announce details of a new scheme to allow Ukrainian refugees to stay with families in the UK in the next few days.
Ukrainian state nuclear power firm Energoatom will no longer buy Russian nuclear fuel, the company said on Friday, according to a Reuters report.
Ukraine currently operates Soviet-era nuclear reactors, importing its fuel from Russia and the United States.
New video footage released by Ukrainian emergency services shows the aftermath of today’s airstrikes in Dnipro. Three airstrikes reportedly hit near a kindergarten, an apartment building and a shoe factory.
Satellite images showed a Russian military column threatening Kyiv from the north had dispersed to new positions, private U.S. company Maxar Technologies MAXR.N said, possibly in preparation for an assault on the capital.
The United Nations Security Council will convene on Friday at Russia's request, diplomats said, to discuss Moscow's claims, presented without evidence, of U.S. "biological activities" in Ukraine, a move Washington described as gaslighting.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will call for an end of normal trade relations with Russia and clear the way for increased tariffs on Russian imports, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Facebook temporarily allows posts calling for violence against Russians or Putin's death - Reuters News
^ Follow up to
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters, in a temporary change to hate speech policy.
quaint wren
world war 2 didn't start until 1940 
sharp flare
world war 2 didn't start until 1940 <:WeirdChamp:510221260026806293>
well the invasion of poland 
bronze summit
Ukraine’s foreign affairs ministry says people who left Kyiv to be safe have now...
at least the kitty was saved
lean stratus
at least the kitty was saved
yeah good point
candid laurel
inland oxide
world war 2 didn't start until 1940 <:WeirdChamp:510221260026806293>
sorta did
The large big bad events was 1940 onwards yes
candid laurel
Oh great
The syrians are joining in
compact flower
didnt they just get missile'd by israel 2 weeks ago
candid laurel
Yea
compact flower
whats up with israel attacking everyone
candid laurel
Israel doing israel thinhs ig
compact flower
didnt they invade lebanon, currently in conflict with palestine, missile-ing there neighbours
spiral rover
world war 2 didn't start until 1940 <:WeirdChamp:510221260026806293>
But the germans invaded poland in 39
and japan was invading china
compact flower
world war 2 didn't start until 1940 <:WeirdChamp:510221260026806293>
69 
sharp flare
69 <:blessed:323051401754312716>
bronze summit
69 <:blessed:323051401754312716>
lapis bronze
Meta agency isn't helping
sharp flare
<:HyperSIP:321729747233275904>
kindred ingot
sharp flare
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1502294983033958403?s=21
gr8 so even their gps not working
simple cave
and japan was invading china
Yeah you can argue the real start of ww2 was 1937 or even 1931 if you want to discuss Manchuria
lavish sundial
And if you ask the Americans it only started in 1941
These things are rather fluid
high shoal
Why do i feel that no one cares about ukraine anymore
Or the war
In general
I mean
Nothing is trending on social media about this
Not so much being talked about too
Do you feel the same
crimson imp
And if you ask the Americans it only started in 1941
We usually agree on 1939.
safe marten
Do you feel the same
Mainly because Russia isnt really going anywhere
its kinda stalled
vagrant solar
.dog
Oh no
@broken magnet
C’mere you little shit turtle
.dog
Welp
No serotonin for you guys sorry I tried
high shoal
Mainly because Russia isnt really going anywhere
yea agree, this will end up like crimea many years ago
solar igloo
No doggo pics from carl to bless this chat? 
vagrant solar
No doggo pics from carl to bless this chat? <:PepeHands:741574598239191042>
No 💔
quaint wren
kindred ingot
Why do i feel that no one cares about ukraine anymore
Atleast where i live all the news is basically about Ukraine, even though not much big is happening so
vagrant solar
🥺♥️
bronze summit
half schooner
I’m legit scared the world could end anytime cuz of putin. I think nukes could come any day
raw remnant
As long as the other world leaders are adequately rational and aren't as hot headed, we should be fine
So far, it seems to be that way, but yeah there is no guarantee unfortunately
What we can do is very little tho, maybe supporting a campaign to denuclearize the World, putting pressure on them to denuclearize
vagrant solar
I said it a million times, I’ll say it again: Putin is unhinged, not stupid
bronze summit
I said it a million times, I’ll say it again: Putin is unhinged, not stupid
hes a former kgb agent for god sake he knows what hes doing
half schooner
I said it a million times, I’ll say it again: Putin is unhinged, not stupid
Pretty sure nukes are part of russia’s strategy or whatever
Like if they are “losing” a war
vagrant solar
Pretty sure threatening is
But if they try to take us down with nukes they go down with us so it’s a stalemate and we all know it
compact flower
Like if they are “losing” a war
aint no way theyre gonna use nukes
half schooner
I wish my anxiety would go away no matter what I do my severe anxiety won’t go away
compact flower
theyre gonna get shitted on by the hundreds of nukes in western europe
half schooner
aint no way theyre gonna use nukes
Those threats seemed pretty serious
compact flower
Those threats seemed pretty serious
yes, theyre threats
i dont think putin is that stupid to launch a nuke in ukraine
theyre beside each other
half schooner
I don’t mean nuking Ukraine, I mean the other countries he threatened
bronze summit
nuclear warfare is basically killing your enemy
and people who aint related to it
half schooner
Like the west basically
bronze summit
and people who aint related to it
except in New Zealand appearently
they are safe from nuclear fallout
compact flower
he cant just nuke the west
vagrant solar
compact flower
they basically have the same amount of nukes
bronze summit
https://tenor.com/view/travel-late-judy-garland-gif-4638928
ur going to New Zealand arent ya?
half schooner
Man I just wish this anxiety would go away
compact flower
its gonna be fine
half schooner
Literally shaking right now and it won’t stop
compact flower
putin isnt stupid
vagrant solar
ur going to New Zealand arent ya?
||perhaps||
bronze summit
Man I just wish this anxiety would go away
its ok man 🫂
compact flower
on the mean time
bronze summit
i think u need to stop watching news rn man
bronze summit
i think u need to stop watching news rn man
at least for like a month
for ur mentallity to be normal
compact flower
yeah
i dont feel that scared for the risks of nuclear warfare
because no one will benefit anyway, theyve been threats for years
bronze summit
because no one will benefit anyway, theyve been threats for years
and every leader know that
half schooner
at least for like a month
if the world doesn’t end in a month
compact flower
it wont
elfin tide
I saw that in the morning, I mean we've all done it right
I have fucked up at work sometimes
Not at that level
Lol
raw remnant
"accidentally"
raw remnant
The General really said "oopsie"
bronze summit
candid laurel
A c c i d e n t a l l y
elfin tide
lol what will the history books say?
ww1 was declared on an assassination
ww3 was declared after an accident
compact flower
ww1 declared on an assassination
ww2 declared because some maniac with a funny mustache wanted world domination
ww3 declared because some maniac without a funny mustache wanted world domination
raw remnant
Attacks has been reported in Western Ukraine
half schooner
This anxiety won’t go away, like my chest hurts rn
bronze summit
This anxiety won’t go away, like my chest hurts rn
calm down heres a cat pic
sharp flare
just accidentally dropped a missile into another countries terittory
no what happened is that a launcher malfunctioned
lean stratus
https://tenor.com/view/cat-petting-cute-kitten-kitty-gif-17563905
awwwwww
that’s so cute
sharp flare
https://tenor.com/view/cat-petting-cute-kitten-kitty-gif-17563905
+ve vibes in a negative channel
half schooner
Bro I swear if Pakistan declares war because of this
lean stratus
what
sharp flare
Bro I swear if Pakistan declares war because of this
actually nah they won't do sooo much also
coz like they've fought maybe 4 wars till now against india
beaten in all
- their economy is bad
but uk india is a bit sandwiched around those areas 
lean stratus
YouTube announced on Friday that it had begun blocking access globally to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, citing a policy barring content that denies, minimizes or trivializes well-documented violent events.
The video platform had previously blocked the channels, specifically those of Russia Today and Sputnik, across Europe.
YouTube announced the move in a Twitter post and said that while the change was effective immediately, “we expect our systems to take time to ramp up”.
The platform, which is owned by Google, said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now fell under its violent events policy and violating material would be removed.
A YouTube spokesman, Farshad Shadloo, said the blocking of the Russian outlets was in line with that policy.
https://twitter.com/YouTubeInsider/status/1498772480034365440?s=20&t=3iyngC4MWa-IJnl30i26QA
Twitter
Reports are coming in of air raid sirens sounding across Ukraine now, including in the capital Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Lviv in western Ukraine, and in the north-eastern Sumy region.
Major incoming and outgoing artillery fire.
Eastern European countries face a huge challenge to integrate the millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine, experts have warned, despite them being seen as a useful source of labour in nations with shrinking populations.
Some 2.5 million people have already fled Ukraine, according to the United Nations, which calls it Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since 1945, the Agence France-Presse reports.
More than half are now in Poland but tens of thousands are also staying in Moldova and Bulgaria, which have some of the fastest shrinking populations.
A huge yacht belonging to the Russian oligarch, Andrey Melnichenko, has reportedly been seized by Italian authorities, according to CNN, citing a statement from Italy’s finance police.
A statement by the Guardia di Finanza said the vessel — called SY A — was worth about €530m euros ($578m) and was in storage at the northeastern port of Trieste.
Melnichenko made his fortune in coal and fertiliser. The SY A, which stands for “sailing yacht A”, is believed to be one of the largest superyachts in the world.
It follows the seizure last week of a yacht owned by Russia’s richest man, Alexei Mordashov, in the wake of western sanctions against Russian oligarchs regarded as close to Vladimir Putin.
The UK government is intending to further ramp up pressure on the Kremlin with plans to ban exports of luxury goods to Russia in the latest move to isolate Vladimir Putin, Press Association reports.
Details of the plans will be set out in the coming days, Downing Street said. The report comes hours after the US announced it would ban imports of seafood, vodka and diamonds from Russia.
Technicians have begun repairing damaged power lines to the site of the Russia-controlled Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said in a statement citing the Ukrainian regulator.
Satellite images show Russian forces are getting closer to Kyiv and appear to be firing artillery toward residential areas, Reuters has reported.
The UN security council met on Friday to discuss Moscow’s claims that the US is funding “military biological activities” in Ukraine. The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, invoked the terrifying spectre of an “uncontrolled spread of bio agents from Ukraine” across Europe. Both the US and Ukraine have categorically denied that they are developing any biological weapons inside the country.
UN experts: New Russian media law puts Russians in "total information blackout."
Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said Russia’s implementation of a “punitive ‘fake war news’ law is an alarming move by the government to gag and blindfold an entire population.”
WSJ: US hedge funds told to freeze Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s assets following sanctions by the U.K. government on March 10.
The instructions likely thwart the oligarch’s recent efforts to sell his interests in a series of hedge funds.
half schooner
TLDR
lean stratus
what
candid laurel
+ve vibes in a negative channel
Ve what?
candid laurel
No i am not
candid laurel
+ve is positive man
Ill take that as a compliment
lean stratus
or is he
sharp flare
Ill take that as a compliment
it isn't a compliment for u
it's for note
don't u know that +Ve is positive and -ve is negative?
sharp flare
now that's how u stop a war
fallen crag
https://twitter.com/akoz33/status/1502345774591471617?s=20&t=hUlHRTZtccR3H7lLOV_...
this stuff is great
candid laurel
Russian influencer broke down in tears because instagram is gonna get shut down in russia
You cant make this shit up
merry prawn
she's pretty af
🤣
candid laurel
Twitter
elfin tide
Lol I'm finding it a bit funny if someone cries coz no Instagram
I mean... There are bigger things happening in the world
compact flower
wouldnt you rather die first
sharp flare
if we die, we die last
ur on a freakin coast
pastel mural
ur on a freakin coast
some smart youtuber said that only small nukes should be used on coastal cities
raw remnant
Elon Musk: It's my time to shine ✨
Well, good thing the Falcon 9 has been able to carry pax from and to the ISS
neat lava
Can we keep the war out of space?
raw remnant
Apparently not since both parties has their own Space Forces
arctic nymph
bro why the fuck do you need a space force
Star wars 
raw remnant
h
compact flower
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/929515033120079933/952115062120783902/3...
lmao
bronze summit
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/929515033120079933/952115062120783902/3...
Elon: Not on my watch
compact flower
its time to send the lazers and tesla roadsters
bronze summit
Apparently not since both parties has their own Space Forces
Elon: nubs me stronger
sharp flare
What in the world
malfunction.
sharp flare
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/indian-missile-lands-pakistan-india-says-t...
what do u think happens next?
chilly sun
Nothing lol
inland oxide
ur on a freakin coast
f u -
lean stratus
The leaders of France and Germany have started another round of phone talks with Vladimir Putin.
The French presidency said the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, have started a call with Putin over the war in Ukraine.
Macron had said at a European Union summit on Friday that he and Scholz would hold a fresh call with Putin in the coming hours after a previous three-way exchange on Thursday.
Belarus denies plans to join Russian invasion
Belarusian armed forces’ chief of general staff, Viktor Gulevich, said Belarus has no plans to join the Russian invasion of Ukraine but is sending five battalion tactical groups (BTGs) to its border on rotation to replace forces already stationed there.
On Friday, a top Ukrainian security official warned Belarus not to send troops to Ukraine amid fears that Belarus was planning to join Russian armed forces within hours.
Gulevich denied plans to invade Ukraine today:
I want to underline that the transfer of troops is in no way connected with (any) preparation, and especially not with the participation of Belarusian soldiers in the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine.
Russian attacks continue in areas where Ukraine is trying to evacuate people and bring aid through “humanitarian corridors”, the governors of two Ukrainian regions, Kyiv and Donetsk, said in separate statements, Reuters reports.
The Donetsk governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, told local media:
Humanitarian cargo is moving towards Mariupol, we will inform you how it develops ... The situation is complicated, there is constant shelling.
Russian forces have shelled a mosque in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where more than 80 adults and children, including Turkish citizens, have taken refuge, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said.
A former Nato official said she is “sceptical” Russian forces will gain “much success” in an assault on Kyiv.
More than 2,000 people took part in a protest outside the city hall in the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol after the alleged arrest of its mayor, Ivan Fedorov, by Russian forces, Ukrainian state TV said.
NPR: Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant veered near disaster.
According to NPR’s footage analysis, Russian forces fired in the direction of the massive reactor buildings, housing nuclear fuel, and turned away firefighters despite the fire raging out of control.
Kyiv authorities offer to set up Wi-Fi in bomb shelters.
The Kyiv City State Administration has launched a website, http://wifi.kyivcity.gov.ua, where residents can leave a request for getting an Internet connection provided.
lean stratus
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the leaders of France and Germany to help secure the release of Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol who Kyiv says was abducted by Russian forces, AFP reports.
Zelenksiy was speaking in his latest video address, where he said 2,000 Ukrainians demonstrated in Melitopol on Saturday against the Russian invasion and to demand the release of their mayor.
Do you hear, Moscow? If 2,000 people demonstrate in Melitopol against the occupation, how many are there in Moscow against the war?
He said:
During the night and today we are talking to our partners about the situation with our mayor. Our demand is clear: he must be released immediately... I have already phoned (German) Chancellor Olaf Scholz. I have spoken to (French) President Emmanuel Macron... I will speak to all the necessary people to get our people released.
We expect world leaders to show us how they can influence the situation.
Evacuations of civilians from frontline towns in Ukraine’s Kyiv region were proceeding, Reuters cites regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba as saying.
Speaking to local media, Kuleba said evacuations are planned to continue into tomorrow.
We will try to get people out every day, as long as it’s possible to observe a ceasefire.
Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier League board.
The decision comes after Abramovich was hit by UK government sanctions on Thursday, in turn imposing severe operational restrictions on Chelsea.
A Premier League statement reads:
Following the imposition of sanctions by the UK government, the Premier League board has disqualified Roman Abramovich as a director of Chelsea Football Club.
The board’s decision does not impact on the club’s ability to train and play its fixtures, as set out under the terms of a licence issued by the government, which expires on 31 May 2022.
candid laurel
Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier L...
HAHAHAHHAHAA
bronze summit
HAHAHAHHAHAA
should have happened like a week ago imo
half schooner
I mean it likely wouldn’t end the whole world like a nuke would
candid laurel
:v
compact flower
https://twitter.com/ua_parliament/status/1502323127765848069?s=20&t=Gq_QXQFtYV98...
idek if this is good or bad
compact flower
Bruh Russia really gonna use chemical weapons
bet they aint gonna risk that
half schooner
At least they wouldn’t end the whole world like nukes probably
half schooner
it could cause effects but it won’t end the world tbh
lean stratus
idek if this is good or bad
bad
lean stratus
At least they wouldn’t end the whole world like nukes probably
nukes are without doubt not in the books
compact flower
At least they wouldn’t end the whole world like nukes probably
nukes are just smpty threats
always have been
lean stratus
reminds me of that guy from florida
lean stratus
who got pulled over
and said he was speeding home because he think putin was starting a nuclear war or something
lean stratus
oh how florida never changes
candid laurel
ic
half schooner
Floridians are a different breed
lean stratus
fr
bronze summit
Floridians are a different breed
i can imagine some meme goes: Here we see a Florida man just randomly floating
lean stratus
half schooner
I downgraded from Tennessee to Ohio
because my parents split up and my mom wanted to come to Ohio only because most of my family lives down here too
half schooner
A lot of people in my neighborhood alone seem like shady people and quite a few seem like they either are heavy smokers or on drugs
half schooner
I feel like removing mask mandates for almost everyone is gonna backfire
I saw China is already having a spike in cases
quaint wren
same here in the nether;ands
wanton hare
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/indian-missile-lands-pakistan-india-says-t...
fake
wanton hare
Bro I swear if Pakistan declares war because of this
our country may eb idiots but we cant fight india
we both are nuclear powers
compact flower
reuters reported it
sharp flare
no pakistan news channel has reported this so far
they won't right?
like why will any country's media say that a missile landed in our area
wanton hare
like why will any country's media say that a missile landed in our area
This is Pakistan
wanton hare
they won't right?
They just did
But we intercepted it
That’s what our sources are saying
inland oxide
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/indian-missile-lands-pakistan-india-says-t...
Luckily it didn't have a warhead
wanton hare
Luckily it didn't have a warhead
Lucky India isn’t pushing their luck
wanton hare
we do a bit of trolling
I don’t think bombing a country which you already have tense relations with is called trolling
inland oxide
no casualties right btw?
inland oxide
I don’t think bombing a country which you already have tense relations with is c...
True
Quite awkward
merry prawn
no casualties
inland oxide
Phew
merry prawn
slight damage to properties
wanton hare
I swear why was I born here
merry prawn
but it was dangerous
inland oxide
slight damage to properties
Oh :(
wanton hare
Yea
wanton hare
but it was dangerous
Very
wanton hare
Had it injured some one
inland oxide
but it was dangerous
Wouldn't expect nothing less from a stray missile
wanton hare
I swear tbh like the western world would paint us as a enemies
inland oxide
Ikr
wanton hare
Wouldn't expect nothing less from a stray missile
Stray my foot
I’m sure it was intentional
inland oxide
No way
wanton hare
Who do you “accidentally” launch a rocket which conveniently happens to attack your rival
inland oxide
'rival'
wanton hare
I couldn’t find a better word
inland oxide
Idk
wanton hare
Oh well let see what happens
inland oxide
Yea
wanton hare
WHY COULDNT I HAVE BEEN BORN IN SCANDINAVIA
inland oxide
Fate ig
inland oxide
Who do you “accidentally” launch a rocket which conveniently happens to attack y...
Never really found Pakistanis to be my 'rivals', heck i even had great friends from Pakistan
wanton hare
Screw fate I’d rather die
wanton hare
Never really found Pakistanis to be my 'rivals', heck i even had great friends f...
Same
inland oxide
Screw fate I’d rather die
I wouldn't really recommend that
inland oxide
ahh
I have no interest in politics and border disputes
saying anything about it would just lead to an argument
+rule 5 still applies here
wanton hare
saying anything about it would just lead to an argument
Yup
safe marten
no
still dust
YES HE IS
safe marten
what is the 69 year old bloke suppposed to do
neat lava
He isn't that stupid
safe marten
i heavily doubt he wants to start a nuclear war
neat lava
That wouldn't benefit him at all
safe marten
that would only backfire
neat lava
It would benefit noone
still dust
HE LITERALLY THREATENED NUCLEAR WARFARE ON OTHER COUNTRIES and he WILL do it if he wants
safe marten
and who would he nuke
topaz onyx
You're just fearmongering
safe marten
empty threats
topaz onyx
HE LITERALLY THREATENED NUCLEAR WARFARE ON OTHER COUNTRIES and he WILL do it if ...
Have you ever heard of "Nuclear Deterrence"?
neat lava
Threats and reality aren't necessarily the same thing
still dust
threats happen most of the time.
topaz onyx
what about it
That's exactly what he's doing
still dust
Yes, which means he plans to throw nukes if someone pisses him off enough
topaz onyx
He wants Ukraine for a reason, using nukes, it's only going to fuck him over
safe marten
he does
topaz onyx
If he doesn't care about nuclear war, then why he does care for Ukraine?
topaz onyx
He could do it once it gets to the point of having nothing to lose
"Nothing to lose", only if NATO is envolved
He wins nothing for capitulating Ukraine
safe marten
Empty threats
safe marten
If russia were to invade Finland and Sweden, it would just stretch the Russian army even more
and they are already struggling in Ukraine
safe marten
"invading sweden" is most likely gonna be harrasing gotland
Russia cant really afford to do anything but continue the Ukraine Invasion
safe marten
Closer to Nato
Distancing Moscow further away from Nato Boarders too
Sweden doesnt need to join NATO we already have several NATO Countries as allies
topaz onyx
It is more likely Russia have a civil war then Russia invading Finland
silent wren
we should "keep an eye out" for the nuke threats, but its like a 2% chance they'll be used
Russia has threatened stuff millions of times and they actually do it like 5% of the time
The threats are a bit more significant this time but still, dont see putin being stupid enough to actually launch nuclear weapons.
Its basically suicide and he knows that
also, MAD exists
only way WW3 or Nukes willhappen is if NATO gets involved directly
but i still think we should keep a close eye out though still
quaint wren
bleh this war
safe marten
welclome to 2022
limber lagoon
Russians think they’ve lost the war?
That wouldn’t make sense at all
They’ve got the larger army
Ngl I had bleak hopes for Ukraine
grim tundra
wdym *fought*?
i never said that
safe marten
I didnt expect Ukraine to be this strong
grim tundra
yeah
safe marten
but i love the fact that ukraine is actually putting up a fight
and Ukrainians are joining the fight
and not just th emilitary
south radish
Ukraine is one of the biggest country of europe and then have tactical help from all Europe
Where russian soldiers didn't even know they were invading
bronze summit
I didnt expect Ukraine to be this strong
neither does everyone
lean stratus
half schooner
Putin is a crybaby lmao
He’s just getting all salty that this wasn’t easy for him
Im kind of afraid he will go to nuclear bombs just to prevent a loss
topaz onyx
By going nuclear, he's also losing
candid laurel
Saudi arabia mass executed 81 people?
lean stratus
im sorry
lean stratus
Saudi arabia mass executed 81 people?
gonna need you to put that in english ve
please and thank you
candid laurel
gonna need you to put that in english ve
Its
Self explanatory?
candid laurel
Yes
Goverjemtn said they were terrorists
But after jamal khashoggis death....
I wouldnt trust them mucj
half schooner
lean stratus
correction, that smashed into a kurdish news channel office
half schooner
Inb4 the US is stupid and tries to go to war with them now
sharp flare
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103/amp
ah shit if it's another "accident"
quaint wren
its possibly the national guard sabotaging the nuclear deal Iran and the US want to make. Pro russian sentiment, punishment for weapons deliveries to Ukraine
dusky valley
china have been mass executing innocents for years
the uyghur genocide
don’t let other events distract you from this already overshadowed and almost covered up genocide
compact flower
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103/amp
accidents
everything's an accident
stable nacelle
a lot of accidental missile firing
sharp flare
everything's an accident
compact flower
https://tenor.com/view/kung-fu-panda-oogway-accidents-there-are-no-accidents-des...
only intentional mistakes
sharp flare
only intentional mistakes
bronze summit
https://tenor.com/view/kung-fu-panda-oogway-accidents-there-are-no-accidents-des...
fun fact i got muted by @quaint wren once for sending that
bronze summit
<:charles:502567997404217364>
xD
coral crystal
a lot of accidental missile firing
Russia is doings lots of accidental civilian massacring, “oopsies, sorry didn’t mean to”
lavish idol
Russian soldiers killed New York Times jounalist near Kyiv
lavish idol
yes
wanton hare
Russia is doings lots of accidental civilian massacring, “oopsies, sorry didn’t ...
cough cough accidents right cough cough
lavish idol
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039590617894
Kyiv Police Departament Chief Page
wanton hare
cough cough accidents right cough cough
just like u
desert fern
bronze summit
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russia-targets-peppa-pig-in-retaliation-f...
this is going on the list of top 10 most useless thing that happened in this war
half schooner
Apparently the fighting is “moving closer” to Poland
Would be stupid if they purposely cross the Poland better and fight there
That would just mean that Putin wants WW3 to happen
kindred ingot
american journalist shot and killed in Irpin
lean stratus
Would be stupid if they purposely cross the Poland better and fight there
probably just touching the waters
putin won't want to touch nato counrties
that bears more than he himself can even handle
lapis bronze
half schooner
Seems like putin is targeting Poland which is stupid
half schooner
They’re moving closer to Polish border
Seems like he’s targeting them
He’s taking his anger out on a nato country just because he’s a crybaby
It seems like he’s TRYING to start WW3
errant haven
yea but what's the gain on that
half schooner
If they attack Poland then WW3 starts which is bad
half schooner
Russia will launch a nuclear attack or some kind of dangerous attack just to prevent from losing
Considering how powerful putin is
He will ensure he never loses a war
inland oxide
Russia will launch a nuclear attack or some kind of dangerous attack just to pre...
Wont happen
Nuclear warfare over this is stupid, even by Putin's standards
somber quest
well putin is pretty fucking dumb
wanton hare
you know in these times i love being in a 3 world country
no one gives a shit about us
bronze summit
no one gives a shit about us
New zealand: honestly same they didnt even put us on the world map in the older times
wanton hare
New zealand: honestly same they didnt even put us on the world map in the older ...
lol but you guys are still now better
aint no one giving a care about us
unless it involves india
lavish flare
how is the war going?
inland oxide
well putin is pretty fucking dumb
yes but I'd still say nuclear warfare is not somthing he genuinely considers
inland oxide
how is the war going?
Russia bogging down as usual
lavish flare
Russia bogging down as usual
ok but like any major cities taken
inland oxide
dont think so, in fact
inland oxide
@lavish flare
lavish flare
kk
inland oxide
Ukraine is still holding strong
limber lagoon
Heard Zelensky was targeted by Russian Secret Service
Is that true?
Also do you guys think there are any server services from around the world targeting Putin?
raw remnant
Seems like putin is targeting Poland which is stupid
And then Germany will start to move in their troops into Poland with an excuse of "Defending NATO"
Poland: Wait, where have I seen this before
Kurwa, not again!
bronze summit
Heard Zelensky was targeted by Russian Secret Service
he did survive serveral Assassination in the past few weeks
sharp flare
Heard Zelensky was targeted by Russian Secret Service
he's apparently putin's target no 1 so im guessing possible
candid laurel
Heard Zelensky was targeted by Russian Secret Service
They all are trying to kill him
inland oxide
Also do you guys think there are any server services from around the world targe...
That would just trigger a global war
sharp flare
Also do you guys think there are any server services from around the world targe...
he has too many body doubles tho
south radish
simple cave
I’m not sure how helpful this chat is to the current climate
It’s just a scrolling feed of despicable events with no discussions of why they happened or solutions for the future
subtle gulch
simple cave
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1503101806964006928?t=tRbHIzrCLk2ogcCvw...
This is why I always cringe at people who just go “why don’t they protest?”
subtle gulch
Polices are coming in speed of light
simple cave
The cops will arrest you if you commit just the slightest sign of distrust of Putin
subtle gulch
What happened to detained people
bronze summit
what a thumbnail ngl
lean stratus
they may show ounces of leniency and allow some people to go home under specific circumstances
lean stratus
what a thumbnail ngl
bronze summit
whoever took that photo need a raise
sharp flare
whoever took that photo need a raise
it was a video so, screenshot
he actually said facts
bronze summit
it was a video so, screenshot
well yes it could be
either that or someone actually taken it
sharp flare
either that or someone actually taken it
no ive seen the video
bronze summit
no ive seen the video
so it was screenshotted
aight
still a damn good thumbnail tho
sharp flare
still a damn good thumbnail tho
half schooner
Isn’t he kind of right tho
compact flower
its not like china will actually join forces
all russia has to do to ignite ww3 is to accidentally bombard the polish border
quaint wren
from what we've seen of russia so far it wont be much of a world war and more of a curbstomp
silent wren
russia did ask china for help
but i dont think they're "butt buddies" or anything
china prob just tolerates russia
i doubt china will really join
simple cave
from what we've seen of russia so far it wont be much of a world war and more of...
Not necessarily. People are much more willing to kill and die if they are being invaded
Invading a country is never easy to do
lean stratus
its not like china will actually join forces
literally
simple cave
This whole situation has taken a severe toll on my health
kindred ingot
China rejected russia so russia went and acted like it never happend
drifting peak
just like kids who got rejected
minor ember
NATO a clown ass shitshow
not wanting ww3 is not a "clown ass shitshow"
kindred ingot
it is a shitshow when you let yourself get bullied by some weak guy just because he got some big guns. Instead of letting the step over you with no retaliation maybe you stand up for yourself, in the end its putins fault
quaint wren
Ah yes I see we have some "foreign policy" and "Defense experts" here who have lots of advice
half schooner
If Russia is actually targeting Poland that’s stupid
Would trigger a full nato response and increases the chances of a possible Third World War.
I hope they didn’t mean for that Uav to cross into Poland and it was just a navigation failure or something
Even if it was Poland is still NATO so it could still trigger a response, then WW3, then end of the world.
It’s scary how just one miscalculation could possibly result in the world ending
sharp flare
any updates
bronze summit
any updates
all its happening is that Kyiv is now under seige even though the russian are having a hard time to incircle it
Mariupol is a tough fight rn
lean stratus
back to it
Two people have been killed by shelling in Kyiv on Tuesday morning, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service.
The bodies of two people were found at the scene, 35 people were rescued.
West must end addiction to Russian energy, says Boris Johnson
China has denied claims by US officials that Russia had sought military assistance in Ukraine and accused Washington of spreading “malicious disinformation” that risked escalating the conflict.
After a tense day-long meeting between Chinese and US officials in Rome on Monday, Washington said it feared China had already starting supplying arms and equipment to Russia.
But the Chinese embassy in London told Reuters in a statement: “The US has repeatedly spread malicious disinformation against China on the Ukraine issue. China has been playing a constructive role in promoting peace talks.
“The top priority now is to ease the situation, instead of adding fuel to the fire, and work for diplomatic settlement rather than further escalate the situation.”
War should be over by May, says Ukrainian government adviser
An adviser in the Ukraine government says the the war should be over by May because Russia will run out of resources to keep the invasion going.
Citing a video published by several Ukrainian media outlets, Reuters reports that Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, said:
I think that no later than in May, early May, we should have a peace agreement, maybe much earlier, we will see, I am talking about the latest possible dates.
We are at a fork in the road now: there will either be a peace deal struck very quickly, within a week or two, with troop withdrawal and everything, or there will be an attempt to scrape together some, say, Syrians for a round two and, when we grind them too, an agreement by mid-April or late April.
Nearly all of the Russian military offensives in Ukraine remain stalled after making little progress over the weekend, according to a Penatgon briefing. Russian troops are still about 15km (9 miles) from the center of Kyiv, a US defence official said, Reuters reports.
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s latest address implores Russian troops to surrender. he says they “have a chance to live” if they choose to lay down their arms.
“On behalf of the Ukrainian people, we give you a chance to live. If you surrender to our forces, we will treat you as humans have to be treated: with dignity. The way you have not been treated in your army. And the way your army doesn’t treat our people. Choose.”
He also said that the war in Russia had become a “nightmare” for the Russian military because it was losing a lot of troops and equipment.
However, he said that talks with Russia would continue on Tuesday.
Ninety children have been killed and more than 100 wounded in Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February, the Ukrainian general prosecutor’s office said. “The highest number of victims are in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolayiv and Zhytomyr regions,” it said in a statement.
The mayor of Ukraine’s frontline city of Kharkiv said the city had been under constant attack by Russian forces, Reuters reports. Speaking on national television, Ihor Terekhov said Russian troops had fired at central districts causing an unspecified number of casualties.
US president Joe Biden is considering travelling to Europe for in-person meetings with Nato allies, Reuters reports. Biden could meet other leaders in Brussels on 23 March and then travel to Poland, the report said.
A convoy of more than 160 cars departed from Mariupol, local officials said, in what appeared to be the first successful attempt to evacuate civilians from the encircled Ukrainian city. After several days of failed attempts to deliver supplies to Mariupol and provide safe passage out for trapped civilians, the city council said a local ceasefire was holding and the convoy had left for the city of Zaporizhzhia.
A U.S. astronaut is still slated to share a ride back from the International Space Station with two cosmonauts aboard their Soyuz capsule later this month, despite U.S.-Russian antagonism over the war in Ukraine, NASA officials said on Monday
Japan has decided to freeze assets of an additional 17 Russian individuals, bringing the total number targeted by sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to 61, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.
Tracers are seen in the night sky as Ukrainian servicemen fire on the drone as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 14, 2022.
Russian forces shoot at evacuating civilians in Hostomel.
According to National Police, the first 10 buses of evacuees safely left the town, when Russians opened fire on the next four buses. One woman was killed, two men injured as a result of attack.
Shock wave damages facade of the Lukyanivska metro station in Kyiv early on March 15.
The station will be closed for transit users.
Apartment building in Kyiv on fire after Russian overnight shelling.
The fire was put out by 6:51 a.m., according to the State Emergency Service. One person has been hospitalized.
Ukraine evacuates over 2,000 vulnerable children.
As of March 14, the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy reports that the children were evacuated from social welfare institutions and orphanages.
China requests talks between Europe, Russia.
The reason cited was to “set up a balanced, effective and sustainable European security framework.”
Russia has fired over 900 missiles against Ukraine.
The announcement was made by a senior U.S. Department of Defense official during a closed-door briefing on March 14.
False information surrounding death toll in Mariupol circulates online.
Mariupol City Council has confirmed that around 2,357 people in the city have died as a result of Russian war as of March 14, and that all other estimates are false.
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) says Russia has reportedly installed its own mayor in the city of Melitopol following the alleged abduction of his predecessor on Friday.
In an intelligence update, MoD said it was reported Russian forces have also fired warning shots at protestors as demonstrations broke out in occupied areas of Ukraine.
“Reporting suggests that Russia may seek to stage a ‘referendum’ in Kherson in an attempt to legitimise the area as a ‘breakaway republic’ similar to Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea,” it added.
current said update as to now
minor ember
lean stratus
A second Fox News journalist, Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, was also killed in Ukraine during the same attack that killed Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewsk and left Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall wounded, confirmed the network today.
MPs from across the continent have voted to expel Russia from the Council of Europe over the invasion of Ukraine in a further sign of the Kremlin’s estrangement from the western democratic order.
Around 29,000 people were evacuated from multiple Ukrainian cities using humanitarian corridors today, with a majority fleeing Mariupol, reported Reuters.
The US Pentagon released more updates on the war in Ukraine today as the US defence secretary, Lloyd J Austin III, and his team travel to the Nato headquarters in Europe.
Russia is launching airstrikes against civilian targets “with increasing frequency” in Kyiv, according to a US senior defence official.
From Foreign Policy’s national security reporter Jack Detsch:
NEW: Russia is striking civilian targets in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv “with increasing frequency”: senior U.S. defense official.
Russian forces are still about 10 miles to the northwest of the city and about 12 miles to the east, officials said.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny predicts that the war with Ukraine, "planned by crazy old men," will lead to the collapse of Russia.
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia today amid Russia’s war on Ukraine in Kyiv.
primal hull
I'll say this, Ukraine is winning
Militarily they're a stalemate but favoring Ukraine, economically Russia is gonna be in shambles, politically Ukraine has been more supported than 2014
silent wren
what does that even mean
silent wren
bro calm down
shadow thicket
For potentially ending the world!
Dude, chill. You also wouldn't be calm when war is almost in your country
quaint wren
that being said, i am not sure if Europe is willing to watch Kyiv fall.
kindred ingot
cuz it isnt falling
quaint wren
yet
shadow thicket
cuz it isnt falling
For now, but what will happen in next 3 weeks, 3 months?
quaint wren
right, hard to say
kindred ingot
if it falls it will take several months of heavy artillery bombardment and make the city useless
shadow thicket
Exactly
quaint wren
I doubt Europe will stand by and watch that happen
but I'm also not sure if Putin will go that far
kindred ingot
They have to, i mean they can send weapons but
kindred ingot
but I'm also not sure if Putin will go that far
Putin is gonna win this war at all costs
quaint wren
sadly Putin's faith is tied to the outcome of this war and he knows that
silent wren
putin will ensure he wins
he might even resort to nukes just because he can, and to ensure he never loses a war
quaint wren
he can't that easily
He would lose probably all his allies
even China would want to appear to judge that
silent wren
https://twitter.com/afp/status/1503860217741819914?s=21
I think there's actually a good chance this happens. a very high chance a nato country's leader is stupid enough to go through with it
shadow thicket
he might even resort to nukes just because he can, and to ensure he never loses ...
Luckely there is still mililary which needs to approve or at least not oppose that plan
silent wren
even though its basically declaring war
quaint wren
I think there's actually a good chance this happens. a very high chance a nato c...
USA will never go through with that
kindred ingot
Luckely there is still mililary which needs to approve or at least not oppose th...
you think they would disobey Putins order? Then he will find someone else who doesnt
Putin does whatever he wants until he gets killed by his own
silent wren
Putin is evil so he would threaten bad things on his military people if they dont obey his order
he would basically "force" them to obey it
quaint wren
I'm sure he can find someone to send just 1 nuke but not all
silent wren
Putin might just say "fuck it" and do it. i dont think he cares about rules and orders
quaint wren
I doubt Russians are willing to tie their faith to this war. Putin might be but the people are not.
silent wren
USA will never go through with that
i could see one nato country being stupid and encouraging it
but it prob takes more than one to agree
they prob all have to agree
quaint wren
i don't know how it would work
but i know usa, germany, uk, france etc
will all be against it
all the big countries would blok it so..
not going to happen
silent wren
i think all of NATO would have to agree
quaint wren
right so never going to happen
silent wren
the scary part is
putin finding a way to "ensure" he wins the war could happen
because who knows what he would pull then
silent wren
putin using nukes on anyone or even coming close to it would probably crash their economy even worse
but idk if he cares
I guess we'll have to see
quaint wren
Putin cares
silent wren
evil men don't care
quaint wren
they care about some things
silent wren
pretty sure Hitler hated his people
quaint wren
Putin doesn't care about people but to him the Russian Soul is real
He does what he does as The Protector of that soul
he believes God gave him this mission
It's why I think he doesn't want to be king of the ashes in Ukraine. That was never the plan. Putin's plan is starting to fail.
bronze summit
quaint wren
Zelensky looking for a way out
If this war can end through diplomacy putin will need to be given something
half schooner
he believes God gave him this mission
How do we know he even believes in God
quaint wren
he's very open about that
bronze summit
Ukraine joining nato would be fucking stupid
and would piss off putin even more
half schooner
They wont join though
bronze summit
ye
half schooner
Zelensky seems somewhat sensible
quaint wren
The Russian Pope also names Putin the protector of the Russian soul
And the people in russia are very religious an take that very serious
bronze summit
oh no
quaint wren
Putin calls Moscow The Third Rome
half schooner
Putin already sanctioned the US by basically banning Biden from Russia
quaint wren
He believes Russian Orthodoxy is the true Christian faith
bronze summit
Putin calls Moscow The Third Rome
i mean Moscow didnt fall since Napoleon so
quaint wren
i doubt anyone has any plans to invade Moscow
bronze summit
true
sharp flare
Putin calls Moscow The Third Rome
Rome's leader (a.k.a Mr. C) was murdered by his court members... seems like it's all coming together
safe marten
Has russia made any progress
kindred ingot
No
compact flower
Putin calls Moscow The Third Rome
why third?
Rome, constantinopole then moscow?
bronze summit
why third?
Rome, constantinopole then moscow?
i mean Russia is orthodox
so is constantinople before
so idk it kinda make sense?
lean stratus
Two people confirmed dead and residential building destroyed in attack on Kharkiv
Rescuers worked to put out the blaze, rescuing four people from the collapse of a building but were unable to save two others who were killed in the attack, the agency added.
A school also reportedly came under attack at around 3am with part of a building destroyed.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that some formulations for agreements with Ukraine were close to being agreed, with neutral status for Kyiv under “serious” consideration.
Ukraine's armed forces launching counter-offensives, Zelenskiy adviser claims
Ukraine’s armed forces are launching counter-offensives against Russian forces “in several operational areas”, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
The Netherlands and other Nato countries will continue to deliver weapons to Ukraine even as these deliveries could become the target of Russian attacks, Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Wednesday.
The emergency services in Ukraine’s eastern region of Kharkiv region said on Wednesday that at least 500 residents of the city have been killed since Russia invaded on 24 February.
Reuters was unable immediately to verify the information. Russia denies targeting civilians.
More than 100,000 people in the UK have offered homes to Ukrainian refugees in the first 24 hours of a government scheme that allows families and individuals to bring them to the UK.
Boris Johnson will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday to ask the Gulf states to produce more oil and help the UK reduce dependence on Russian oil.
About a hundred people gathered in a city memorial park to say their last goodbyes to an outstanding combat commander, colonel Valeriy Gudz, who had been killed in a battle near Russian-occupied Luhansk on March 12.
Prosecutor General: Russia’s war kills 103 Ukrainian children.
Over 100 children have also been injured since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Facebook.
Vereshchuk: Russia grossly violates ceasefire agreements.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, Russia fires on convoys of buses, settlements and evacuation points. Ukraine hasn’t received a confirmation about the opening of humanitarian corridors on March 16.
North Korea fired an "unknown projectile" on Wednesday which appeared to fail immediately after launch, South Korea's military said.
The suspected missile was fired from an airfield outside the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, South Korea's defence ministry said
2 Fox News journalists and members were killed in Ukraine after coming under fire by Russian forces.
quaint belfry
damn
quaint wren
west mist
Putin trying to brainwash People by making What tv Can say very strict is craazy
oblique pecan
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ukraine-says-fourth-russian-general-has-been-k...
ngl,thats kinda sad,i am not supporting russia but i dont think anyone should die,but its a "war" so kinda cant avoid it
quaint wren
ok..
sad is not the word that come to my mind when a russian general dies who's tasked with breaking the will of the Ukrainians by reigning down terror on their women, children, elderly, hospitals, maternity wards etc
but yeah war is sad, let's leave it at that
half schooner
It’s Russia lol
They don’t want peace
At least putin doesn’t
He ain’t gonna stop until he has full control of Ukraine
simple cave
That’s a very naive and two dimensional view of the world
quaint wren
Putin listens to power
the war isn't going as planned
he knows he could maybe conquer the important part of Ukraine but not all
and he knows he will have to keep occupying that part
simple cave
The war is going poorly and it could be a better solution to withdraw for the time being and try to regain geopolitical standing
quaint wren
he won't get the support of the people in Urkaine so setting up a puppet goverment will not be possible
Putin's options are limited and he knows it
half schooner
Inb4 he just uses a nuke to ensure his victory
quaint wren
nothing to gain for Putin
it would mean the Russian Soul he's so eager to protect would be isolated and made irrelevant like north korea
simple cave
Inb4 he just uses a nuke to ensure his victory
No precedent, not something you can do
silent wren
I mean....
quaint wren
Putin would lose China as an ally if he uses a nuke in an assault
at least publicly
his last strong ally
half schooner
China hasn’t said they’re sending military aid so I don’t know if they’re actually as close as we think
It’s more of a “we both dislike the west” thing
simple cave
China isn’t interested in tying themselves to Russia right now
That’s been made clear
silent wren
even if this does take a break, china is likely invading taiwan anyways so we likely wont get that long of a break from this stuff
quaint wren
China is watching closely and already has begun work to make their economy sanction proof
just in case
simple cave
even if this does take a break, china is likely invading taiwan anyways so we li...
That’s not as likely as you think, especially after now
lean stratus
even if this does take a break, china is likely invading taiwan anyways so we li...
🤨 yeah not anytime soon
literally at the minimum is 2025 26
silent wren
starting to think Putin might want to stop this soon because its not going as well as he thinks
he knows he isnt gonna take full control of ukraine
simple cave
That’s probably why talks are starting to increase
silent wren
russia military is weaker than we thought and ukraine military is stronger than we thought
silent wren
China isn’t interested in tying themselves to Russia right now
never know with Jinping
hes almsot as evil as putin
quaint wren
silent wren
maybe just as evil
simple cave
never know with Jinping
No, you do know. It’s relatively easy to predict their strategy and geopolitical movements
People don’t act cruel in a vacuum
quaint wren
simple cave
Oh, damn
half schooner
Russia is gonna keep crying to China for help
simple cave
Yeah and China isn’t going to militarily back them
It’s against their geopolitical policy and interests
quaint wren
interesting
this really needs to happen
it would be good for everyone apart from a few billionaires
quaint wren
thats would be reason to celebrate in the streets
fucking Putin spoiled our end of corona parties
simple cave
Covid isn’t close to over
quaint wren
I guess not, here where we live we scrapped the last covid restrictions yesterday though
no more masks.. everything open..
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lavish sundial
yeah the thing is right
quaint wren
CNN granted private interviews with Russian POWs, who gave no indications of duress or coercion from their captors.
"It's not just about demilitarizing Ukraine or the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but now cities of peaceful civilians are being destroyed. Even, I don't know, what can justify, fk, the tears of a child, or even worse, the deaths of innocent people, children."
Vladimir then went a big step further, saying: "I want to tell our commander-in-chief to stop terror acts in Ukraine because when we come back we'll rise against him."
Another reconnaissance officer at the same event echoed the sentiment, addressing Putin directly.
"You won't hide this for long. There are many like us here. Sooner or later, we'll come home."
lavish sundial
i live in the UK
and have lived in both Wales and England for the past two years
so i can tell you that i've experienced "all restrictions lifted" several times
it doesn't mean covid is over
quaint wren
i'm more scared of a new type of birdflue to be honest
factory farming fucked us all
and now a much deadlier version of birdflue spread to wild birds
and it has already infected humans
seems like a disaster waiting to happen
potentially much worse than covid
half schooner
Covid will never be “over”
Honestly as much as I hate masks, here in the US they removed mandates for like schools and stuff which I think is a mistake
sure it’s going down but there could be another variant
elfin tide
Ffff
quaint wren
quaint wren
silent wren
bruh
zelensky overreacting a tad tbh
at the moment ww3 isn't even close i dont think
simple cave
at the moment ww3 isn't even close i dont think
It’s not close, but it’s not far. Wouldn’t be a world war, either, as China likely isn’t sticking with Russia
kindred ingot
zelenskyy is fearmongering the west so we freak out
west ie the people of the west
quaint wren
zelensky trying everything he can to save his people...i can't blame him
every day.. every hour this war lasts his people are being murdered
simple cave
I’m hoping a ceasefire can be agreed upon
half schooner
zelensky trying everything he can to save his people...i can't blame him
fear mongering isn’t saving his people
half schooner
It’s not close, but it’s not far. Wouldn’t be a world war, either, as China like...
Yeah WW3 ain’t happening
The only way it does is if Russia and China team up basically
LMAO THE KREMLIN ARE A BUNCH OF CRYBABIES
Inb4 Russia threatens war on the U.S. now
simple cave
China better not help Russia
Doesn’t seem likely
half schooner
Krybaby Kremlins
primal hull
Russian for daycare
simple cave
I’m keeping an eye on the situation
kindred ingot
is it gore?
half schooner
I’m keeping an eye on the situation
The China thing or Biden calling putin a war criminal?
simple cave
The China thing
half schooner
I don’t think China will help them
kindred ingot
It isnt in Chinas interest to help Russia
half schooner
Isn’t it against their policy or something
kindred ingot
There is no financial gain with that
half schooner
not that Xi Jinping cares but isn’t it?
quaint wren
he could go with Russia's narrative that Putin isn'tinvading and this isn't a war
simple cave
A lot of my opinion on this conflict cannot be discussed here
quaint wren
why?
half schooner
It doesn’t seem likely that China will help them
simple cave
This isn’t the server for politics and that’s ok
half schooner
Also I kinda feel like Biden calling Putin a war criminal may be a very bad thing because Russia is a big power and they could try to threaten war on the US after the kremlin called it “unacceptable”
simple cave
It doesn’t seem likely that China will help them
Yeah it would be bad for their political position
simple cave
Also I kinda feel like Biden calling Putin a war criminal may be a very bad thin...
Words are empty
half schooner
You never know with Russia
kindred ingot
Americas twice the power of russia
half schooner
Inb4 we get “heavily sanctioned” by Russia after Bidens comments
kindred ingot
and is a stupid casus belli at that too 💀
quaint wren
casus belli = reason to go to war
simple cave
I wouldn’t expect a larger conflict
quaint wren
doesn't look like it
who going to join russia in this insane war they are not winning?
russia'slegacy will be tarnished for the coming century
ask the germans, these things tend to stick
and in this age, with the internet, their atrocities will never be forgotten
simple cave
I don’t see things really improving though
quaint wren
russia is failing, their mission is impossible
Putin can't go full Grozny on Kyiv, the whole world would turn against them
but it's hard to imagine how this conflict will end
half schooner
Or if it even will
quaint wren
Russia can't keep this up much longer
their economy is in shambles
their army is losing moral
the longer this war lasts the better supply lines from the west to Ukraine will be
and the tighter the sanctions
half schooner
we all prob were surprised by Ukraine
and by Russia
For how strong Ukraine was and how weak Russia was
quaint wren
Ukraine doing everything right sofar it seems. Picking battles they can win and waiting for the Russian forces to fuck up
brittle gazelle
Russia are asking for Chinese support to keep the war going
lean stratus
Mariupol attack no different from siege of Leningrad, Zelenskiy says
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made another national address just after midnight local time.
Zelenskiy confirmed the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fyodorov, was released and added that the city has not submitted to Russian forces.
Russian soldiers kidnapped him on March 11 and tried to force him into collaboration. But our man withstood. He didn’t give up. We will withstand too. All of us. We are not giving up. For we are Ukrainians, and we always defend our people and what’s ours.
The president also said humanitarian corridors failed on Wednesday. “Russian soldiers didn’t stop shelling and didn’t guarantee safety,” he added.
Despite the onslaught, Zelenskiy said more than 6,000 people, including 2,000 thousand children from Mariupol, managed to flee to Berdyansk and are being evacuated.
Russian troops tried to disrupt the movement. They opened artillery fire on the road section between Vasylivka and Kamyanske in Zaporizhia region. It was a miracle that nobody died. Five people were wounded, including two children.”
In Chernihiv, he said Russian troops fired on civilians who were “simply standing in line for bread” killing ten.
Zelenskiy also confirmed Russian forces dropped a bomb on the theatre in the city centre of Mariupol.
Hundreds of people were taking shelter there… The building was destroyed. The number of victims is yet unknown. My heart is breaking from what Russia is doing to our people, to Mariupol, to Donetsk region.”
Russian forces have been accused of bombing a theatre where hundreds of displaced people were believed to have been sheltering and striking a swimming pool where pregnant women and young children had gathered.
The attacks happened in the besieged city of Mariupol. There was no immediate confirmation of the numbers of deaths or injuries in what the Mariupol city council said was a “bomb on a building where hundreds of peaceful Mariupol residents were hiding”.
US to send Switchblade drones and anti-aircraft Stingers to Ukraine
The United States, Britain, France, Albania, Norway and Ireland have requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Thursday due to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine, diplomatic sources said.
Russian forces shot and killed 10 people standing for bread in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, the US embassy in Kyiv said. Ukrainian officials said the attack took place at 10am local time (8am GMT). Russia’s defence ministry denied the report, claiming no Russian soldiers were in Chernihiv.
The bodies of five people, including three children, were recovered today during searches of residential buildings damaged by shelling in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukraine’s emergencies service said. The bodies were found in the ruins of a dormitory building, it said in an online statement.
Co-leader of the pro-Kremlin Opposition Platform – For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk’s yacht, Royal Romance, was seized in Croatia on March 16 following sanctions imposed amid Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
Meanwhile, a yacht owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Strzhalkovsky is stuck in Norway because oil suppliers are refusing to refuel it, the New York Times reports.
Canada closes its air space to Belarus.
The Ministry of Transport wrote on Twitter “all aircraft directly or indirectly owned, registered, chartered, leased, operated or controlled by a citizen of Belarus are prohibited from entering, exiting or overflying Canadian airspace.”
Twitter to temporarily label accounts of Ukrainian, Belarusian state media.
Twitter’s VP of Global Public Policy Sinéad McSweeney announced the decision to expand government account labels on Twitter on March 16.
Twitter earlier labeled all state-affiliated Russian media.