the_ukraine_situation

[split aurora]

plain and simple

all a-e

[limber wagon]

yeah

[split aurora]

are inplace

in china

[loud knot]

So russia, if they try to 'russify' ukraine, would that be genocide?

[hushed magnet]

depends how

[coral idol]

Honestly, what is Russia going to do if they take over Ukraine? There will be CONSTANT uprisings

[limber wagon]

If it involves a lot of systematic murder, then yes. and I'm not talking about only murdering rebels and stuff

[viral junco]

the guardian

[coral idol]

Realistically, it will only end in constant riots and uprisings, with a very difficult to control population

[viral junco]

@copper monolith

[loud knot]

I mean like enforcing the Russian language, renaming signs, making it rhe official language in the southern half despite Ukrainian majority

[copper monolith]

hell yeah cleaner skies

[zealous rapids]

Lol

[limber wagon]

Putins call for negotiations involved meeting in the totally 100% neutral Belarus and involved the demilitarisation of Ukraine and not joining NATO. So basically puppet state

[viral junco]

less people too

[viral junco]

essentially the same as hitler and the Sudetenland

and what would likely happen is the annexation of the rest of Ukraine at another time, as they cannot resist, again just like what happened with Czechoslovakia

[copper monolith]

👀 https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1497555947023224836?s=20&t=rZ1klKOTyfsdXk2iqRJX8g

Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa)

Spoke with 🇮🇳 Prime Minister @narendramodi. Informed of the course of 🇺🇦 repulsing 🇷🇺 aggression. More than 100,000 invaders are on our land. They insidiously fire on residential buildings. Urged 🇮🇳 to give us political support in🇺🇳 Security Council. Stop the aggressor together!

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[hushed magnet]

likely

[limber wagon]

That would be destroying the culture, not genocide. Kinda similar to Northern ireland. Still fucked, but not genocide

[hushed magnet]

come on india plsplspls

[split aurora]

god damn

[copper monolith]

basd

also which source u reading bagle

[coral idol]

Ukraine under Russia will not be a calm place

[viral junco]

the guardian's live updates

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/27/russia-ukraine-latest-news-missile-strikes-on-oil-facilities-reported-as-some-russian-banks-cut-off-from-swift-system-live

[viral junco]

big news as well

hungary is now in favour of punishing russia

orbán officially supports it, so now it is only a matter of time before the EU hits the kill switch

[copper monolith]

based

[zealous rapids]

Imagine if China put sanctions on Russia

[viral junco]

as hungary was the only country not in favour previously, everywhere from lithuania to Ireland to spain and germany are in favour

[copper monolith]

new recap

[loud knot]

I never seen Europe being unified

[copper monolith]

near odesa stay safe @scarlet crown

fuk they're offline oh no

[scarlet crown]

No no it's fine im just taking some rest

[coral idol]

Forcefully, absolutely not

[scarlet crown]

There are clashes, it's true

[split aurora]

Cutting russia from SWIFT will have 3 major effects

A. nuke russias economy into the ground
B. Impose major power issues across east europe
C. Permeant NATO V Moscow-Beijing global axis

[scarlet crown]

About 5-7 minutes ago we heard a loud explosion

[loud knot]

Doesn't china have a competing banking system?

[split aurora]

yes

Which russia will immediately switch to

[hushed magnet]

shit... stay safe

[loud knot]

I'm assuming that russia is staying under swift because it's better or something?

[split aurora]

more or less the entire world is connected by swift

it connects damn near every global bank together

[molten tartan]

What a chad

[split aurora]

being removed from swift will make it extremely difficult for russian banks/companies to do finances with out of russia banks/companies

[copper monolith]

[molten tartan]

As much as I dislike the bloodshed

That's pretty badass

[loud olive]

good luck, I hope things don't get too violent around you

[hushed magnet]

bloodshed is inevitable in war, especially like this

[zealous rapids]

Are you closer to the border?

[hushed magnet]

id rather it help push russia back than help push russia into ukraine

[loud olive]

lmao I don't know who is saying the opposite in this chat

[hushed magnet]

i didnt mean it like that lmao dw

[clear creek]

I wonder if putin touth he woed have won by now

[loud olive]

yes he probably did

I don't think he expected people to actually fight back lol

[clear creek]

In the imortal words of that one german ww1 general plans never survive contact with the enemy

[scarlet crown]

He thought he'd take the country in one day

[loud olive]

yeah he is delusional

[scarlet crown]

Our people won't back down without a fight

[zealous rapids]

Is school cancelled for you?

[scarlet crown]

And to be honest, we're doing exceptionally well for these 3 days

[clear creek]

Did you see the video of the young (18 yearold) russian soldier crying while ukranian locels yelt at him

Kinda feel bad for him in a way

He propely did not want to be there

[scarlet crown]

They tried to set it online, but then realized no one can learn properly in these times. I'm on break

[haughty yew]

From CNN, no idea if it’s true

[scarlet crown]

Most of them were just sent in, as they say. They never knew they'd be going to Ukraine

[viral junco]

wasn't that a rommel quote?

[scarlet crown]

It's just sad how careless Russia is towards their people

[clear creek]

It also tels me thar russian morale is shit rn

[clear creek]

May be

[viral junco]

yeah it was also a rommel quote

[zealous rapids]

Fair amount of money.

[haughty yew]

Either way the point still stands

[scarlet crown]

Some good news in
https://imgur.com/a/m09tEkV

if all of us act together, there's 0 chances of Putin winning this war

bless their souls

[paper cedar]

I think the morale of russian soldiers are so fucked up rn that if anyone will try to tell them the truth they will instantly turn against Russia

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1497564078897774598?t=vpihMZCAXdftcdrWNA83jA&s=19

Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa)

I thank my friend Mr. President of 🇹🇷 @RTErdogan and the people of 🇹🇷 for their strong support. The ban on the passage of 🇷🇺 warships to the Black Sea and significant military and humanitarian support for 🇺🇦 are extremely important today. The people of 🇺🇦 will never forget that!

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[loud olive]

I'm gonna have to take your word for it, as I can't actually read Ukranian xD

[paper cedar]

Every hostage seems confused why they are there

[haughty yew]

This is good

[loud olive]

wait you don't speak Russian in all of Ukraine do you? I know some areas do

[split aurora]

wait what

[loud olive]

hang on gonna look it up

[split aurora]

turkey have stopped russian warships???

thats uh, an act of war

if true

[zealous rapids]

Same.

[paper cedar]

uh turkey?

[split aurora]

💀

[clear creek]

I think they mean true the straits

[split aurora]

The Bosporus is an international zone

[split aurora]

yes thats an international straight no nation may blockade it

[zealous rapids]

Like they haven’t stopped them I think they’ve already probs closed ports and the straits

Probs also closed like canals and such

[paper cedar]

uhm

[paper cedar]

I hope Putin won't take it too personally

[nocturne osprey]

yea

[limber wagon]

is this confirmed? im not seeing it on any of the news sites

[split aurora]

Turkey is not shutting it

[zealous rapids]

Huh

[nocturne osprey]

it's the Ukrainian PM so I'd be inclined to trust him

[split aurora]

I assume he just says he wants it and that its important

and its a mistranslation

[zealous rapids]

Ye

I feel like it’s be a lot more publicicsed

[limber wagon]

A lot more

[zealous rapids]

I think he means he wants them to close the straits

[molten tartan]

wait

oh

I was gonna say

[zealous rapids]

What

[scarlet crown]

News here report that Turkey is not letting russian ships through.

[split aurora]

[zealous rapids]

Oh that’s not good

Wiat how’s that an act of war?

[loud olive]

Closing water borders to where

[zealous rapids]

Cause if it’s closed the everyone and not just Russia than

[loud olive]

hey we're gonna cut off your water supply, hope you're cool with that :)

[limber wagon]

Lets wait until we get more confirmation, because if true it would be quite significant and completely left field

[loud olive]

that's completely an act of war

[split aurora]

hang on

im reading through the convention behind it now

[zealous rapids]

Is it like drinking water supply or boat places.

[scarlet crown]

They're not letting russian ships through

[loud olive]

ohh nice

[zealous rapids]

I’m confused

[split aurora]

In time of war, Turkey not being belligerent, vessels of war belonging to belligerent Powers shall not pass through the Straits (art. 19.2)

[loud olive]

apparently boat places, meaning russia can't get through

[zealous rapids]

Ah.

Can anyone get through tho

[split aurora]

no belligerent powers

[zealous rapids]

Oh

[split aurora]

eg, ukraine and russia

however

Russia is not formally "at war" with ukraine

as there as no decleration

so russia will use this to argue

[zealous rapids]

Ah

[limber wagon]

This strait btw. connecting the black sea with the Mediterranean

[split aurora]

the UK successfully used this argument in 1982 to bypass certain war restrictions during the falklands war

[scarlet crown]

fucking hell

[haughty yew]

CNN

[split aurora]

The soviets and turkish have always had huge conflicts about the strait

in the cold war

america had a very smart plan

[loud olive]

yikes...

[split aurora]

Also, no more than nine foreign warships, with a total aggregate tonnage of 15,000 tons, may pass at any one time

[zealous rapids]

What’s that mean.

[split aurora]

America used to park 14,500 tonnes worth of warships

within the strait

[limber wagon]

Can we just wait with the Turkey thing? If true it would be all over, yet Im not seeing it on any news sites

[split aurora]

so no soviet ships could get through

[zealous rapids]

Are they going from Black Sea to mamara or the other way around

[viral junco]

they previously said they would a few minutes ago though

[hushed magnet]

we do a little trolling

wait so whats the situation on hungary?

[scarlet crown]

their wording is so tangled

[hushed magnet]

are they blocking it or not

[scarlet crown]

They WON'T block sanctions

[hushed magnet]

you got a link or something?

[split aurora]

Guys fucking re-read it

[zealous rapids]

I’d rather live somewhere like australia right now

[scarlet crown]

^^

[split aurora]

WILL
NOT
BLOCK

= Will allow

👍

[hushed magnet]

well yeah but i wanna know what bagel is saying

[scarlet crown]

Who's bagel

[hushed magnet]

bag

[zealous rapids]

Does that mean they are enforcing to not enforcing it.

[scarlet crown]

bag misread the title just like most people here did

[haughty yew]

That’s some pretty stupid wording they used

[viral junco]

misread yeah

[hushed magnet]

no they are allowing the sanctions

[hushed magnet]

not really, they were previously blocking it and now theyre not

[zealous rapids]

Oh so allowing sanctions to be out on

[scarlet crown]

yes

[hushed magnet]

ah ok gotcha

[loud olive]

Double negatives get all the time istg

[scarlet crown]

https://imgur.com/a/bKO1sb5
There's been news of occupant forces brewing up yet another diversion in Donbass

[zealous rapids]

Where’s donbase

[split aurora]

the far east, located in donbass is where the rebels held 2014-2022

donetsk and luhansk

[scarlet crown]

^

[split aurora]

hahahaha

a fucking dirty bomb lmfao

[zealous rapids]

Those are the two ones who ware controlled by kazak?

[viral junco]

ah yes a dirty bomb

in the state that gave up its nuclear capabilities

[scarlet crown]

what?..

[viral junco]

which does not control the nuclear plant

[zealous rapids]

The two little pl Ed

Idk

[scarlet crown]

their way of holding this war is just pitiful

They keep making up stories, shooting down civilian structures

[zealous rapids]

Ye

[cerulean canyon]

What happened with turkey by the way? I started reading here when people were freaking out about it but couldn't find why

[zealous rapids]

Liek bobbing innocent people

[hushed magnet]

so theyre saying ukraine would drop a dirty bomb on their own soil theyre trying to take back???

[scarlet crown]

apparently

It's ridiculous

[cerulean canyon]

What a ridiculous rumour omg

Russia bls

[hushed magnet]

like is russia just assuming everyone else is as psychopathic as they are???

[rare walrus]

good morning/afternoon everyone, what have i missed?

[cerulean canyon]

Morning, cactus

[scarlet crown]

Turkey is not letting russian ships through, but even then there's a few buts

[rare walrus]

nah i think putin is just genuinely insane at this point

[hushed magnet]

this is the latest recap thats been posted ^

[scarlet crown]

I think Charlotte mentioned it not so long ago

[cerulean canyon]

Is this bad or good

[scarlet crown]

Mostly good

[zealous rapids]

I wonder if there’s any Russians in this server.

[rare walrus]

alright, good to hear that russia has made little to no progress

[split aurora]

very bad

if turkey has closed the straight

thats an act of war

[cerulean canyon]

Wait people have mixed signals on this

[limber wagon]

A bit on the strait https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pact-gives-turkey-oversight-warship-transit-russia-ukraine-2022-02-22/

[split aurora]

Turkey does not control the straight

[cerulean canyon]

Someone said good and someone said bad

[solid adder]

Very bad

[limber wagon]

This wording confuses me

[split aurora]

The treaty is... confusing and complex

[zealous rapids]

They should just talk it out b

[cerulean canyon]

This is from two days ago

[limber wagon]

Also, keep in mind that this has only been confirmed by the Ukrainian PM and most are reporting his tweet. No other sources as far as Im aware

[hushed magnet]

have you confirmed anything yet???

[split aurora]

I guess we see how this goes!

[limber wagon]

yeah, but its info about the strait and accord

[rare walrus]

hold on what does the straight connect? like the black sea and red sea?

[hushed magnet]

all other sources say theyve denied to afaik

[limber wagon]

Can I get those sources, because Im not finding any

[split aurora]

black sea and the med

[rare walrus]

ah alright, cool

[rare walrus]

if this article is correct, then it seems that turkey has the right to control the passage of warships during wartimes.

[hushed magnet]

ok its all from over a day ago, but theres been nothing i can find since

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/25/cannot-stop-russian-warships-returning-in-black-sea-turkey

[split aurora]

However neither turkey or russia

and in war

by international law

Russia is not at a state of war

as there has been no decleration

[cerulean canyon]

What????

[split aurora]

The british successfully argued this in 1982 during the falklands war

[cerulean canyon]

What is this whole thing then

[rare walrus]

wait they haven't actually declared official war yet?

[split aurora]

to be "at war" there has to be a decleration of war

[hushed magnet]

technicalities

and theyre technicalities which really matter here

[split aurora]

declaring war has several major massive geopolitical technicalities

its in no sides interests

[limber wagon]

That doesnt neccecarily mean it will work again

[coral idol]

They claim it’s a “peace keeping operation”

[split aurora]

yes but its almost garunteed to

its pretty clear cut

[rare walrus]

hmm, it says in the article as well that any non-black sea country can also have their ships prevented from passage during peace-times? not sure if that works here

[coral idol]

It’s not LEGALLY qualified as a war, because there has been no official declaration

[cerulean canyon]

Anyone with half a brain would see that's a lie though

[split aurora]

"war starts when a war is declared"
"a war has not been declared"
"therefore"
"no war"

[limber wagon]

Why?

[split aurora]

^

[cerulean canyon]

Right...

[limber wagon]

why would that work this time?

[coral idol]

But yes, it absolutely is a war

[cerulean canyon]

Yeah

[split aurora]

okay but theres No decleration of war

[hushed magnet]

but thats not how geopolitics works

[split aurora]

internationally a war is not a war until it is declared a war by either side

[hushed magnet]

technicalities are usually really important

[frail relic]

Russia is on the black sea

[rare walrus]

"It also guarantees the free passage of civilian vessels in peacetime and restricts the passage of ships not belonging to Black Sea countries." - This is the quote from the article im talkin about

[rare walrus]

ah i see, i thought they weren't. is it through crimea that they are?

[frail relic]

they have a large coast to the east of crimea

[rare walrus]

ah i see

[coral idol]

The Bosporus strait is a… weird political situation

Turkey doesn’t even earn money from it

Despite historically doing so

[cerulean canyon]

Interesting

[rare walrus]

oh yeah im lookin at a map, i see what you mean now

well alright

so if russia declares this as an act of war and declares war on turkey

then would that bring NATO into the whole thing as well?

[frail relic]

theoretically yes, but I'm 99% sure they won't do that because, nato

[coral idol]

Any attack on any member state, no matter how small, if it’s intentional, it’s a declaration of war from every nato country

[rare walrus]

yeah, that's what im thinkin too because russia doesnt have much of a chance against nato

[coral idol]

It’s kind of like “the straw that broke the camels back” situation

[rare walrus]

ah i see

[limber wagon]

Doesnt matter how much of a chance they have. nukes are involved

[frail relic]

the entire reason they're doing this is because they're scared of nato

as far as I understand

[limber wagon]

Which significantly complicates everything

[coral idol]

Finland and Sweden are considering joining nato now to avoid a similar fate to Ukraine

[rare walrus]

yeah, they've been using them as threats and all the like

[coral idol]

But they’ve both been threatened that if this happen, they’ll invade… which is such a dumb argument, because if they do, they’ll start a war with NATO

[limber wagon]

And may I remind everyone again that we only have a single tweet from the Ukrainian parliament claiming Turkey is blocking the strait. Now word from Turkey itself

[limber wagon]

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

[hushed magnet]

not if theyre in the process of joining tho right?

[coral idol]

They’re threatening them because they’re considering joining

[rare walrus]

yeah i know about MAD, its quite the terrifying thought

[coral idol]

In such a situation, I’m sure they’d get accepted with effects taking affect instantly

[frail relic]

That's not the case, that's exactly what's going on in ukraine right now, russia's point is their troops can reach your capital before the nato paperwork goes through

[split aurora]

thing is, sweden and finland couldn't join without a national refurrendum and significant diplomatic work

they've said so much themselves

[hushed magnet]

is that possible?

[limber wagon]

Long legal and political procedures have a tendency to be a lot more flexible in times of crisis luckily

Same with engineering and the development of new technologies. Its crazy how fast that shit can go if enough political will is behind it

[hushed magnet]

have they said so recently?

since the threats from russia

[coral idol]

I also heard Russia is banned from Eurovision this year as well

Which is absolutely not unexpected lmfao

Feel kinda bad for the Russian entries though

[hushed magnet]

putin probably cried after finding out

putin when he cant win the dumb song contest

[rare walrus]

oh yeah i saw that

[split aurora]

yes finland confirmed they'd need a referrendum

which I agree with

thats the correct democratic thing to do

[hushed magnet]

for sure

[coral idol]

I agree

But this is kind of a crisis situation

[hushed magnet]

but it does make speculating a lot more complicated lmao

yeah

[split aurora]

I don't think that still justifies joining a military alliance and completely changing your countries future without the proper democratic means

[coral idol]

Democracy is wonderful in peace time. Not so much when you’re threatened by one of the most powerful nations in the world

[split aurora]

Just alike how I wouldn't support cancelling national elections

because "Its a crisis situation"

[coral idol]

You’re right. It’s not great. But it’s a crisis situation

If it’s necessary for their protection and safety, it’s kind of necessary

[zealous rapids]

Do u think Norway will end up being involved.

[limber wagon]

Thats why things like "emergency powers" exist. because in times of crisis being able to make quick decisions becomes a lot more important

[coral idol]

We’re in NATO

[zealous rapids]

Oh

[split aurora]

yes but powers need limits

[cerulean canyon]

Checks and balances

[coral idol]

If we do get involved, it’d be terrible

[zealous rapids]

Ye

[hushed magnet]

yep

[split aurora]

I don't believe it is democratically correct to join NATO without a referrendum

I strongly believe that.

[limber wagon]

No one is saying there arent any

[coral idol]

No one has said that

[hushed magnet]

if you get involved, then by that point everyone else would be involved lmao

[zealous rapids]

That’s true

[coral idol]

But it’s a crisis situation and if it’s necessary, it’s kind of the only way lol

[split aurora]

if necessary, yes

[buoyant sundial]

Question: do “Norway” and “Norse” have any relation?

[split aurora]

I don't believe we're at that stage yet

[fierce arch]

are the nordic countries in a defense pact?

[split aurora]

if russian troops are charging into berlin then yeah join nato immediately

[coral idol]

Russia has already sent threats to Finland

[hushed magnet]

and sweden too right?

[split aurora]

russia's sent threats to half the world

[fierce arch]

yes

[zealous rapids]

Ye

[fierce arch]

sweden and finland

[fierce arch]

@coral idol

[zealous rapids]

I hope Sweden is okay

[coral idol]

I… don’t know?

[zealous rapids]

And Finland and Ukraine

[coral idol]

They might be?

[hushed magnet]

i dont think ukraine is ok rn lol

[buoyant sundial]

NATO is a defense pact, I think.

[limber wagon]

yes

but only norway is in NATO

[fierce arch]

norway and denmark

are in nato

[limber wagon]

oh yeah, and denmark

[buoyant sundial]

This might be a stupid question but I don’t actually know the answer.

[fierce arch]

sweden, iceland, and finland are not

[hushed magnet]

denmark exists?

[fierce arch]

only in wa

r

[zealous rapids]

Oh. That’s odd

[coral idol]

They are yes; the NDC. But participation is voluntary rather than mandatory

Actually it’s “NORDEFCO”

[zealous rapids]

Au

[fierce arch]

However, it also underlines the fact that NORDEFCO is not a military alliance:

yeah so

not like nato

or CSTO

[coral idol]

Yeah, it’s “voluntary” participation, and not mandatory

[zealous rapids]

Ye

[scarlet crown]

New speech from Zelenskiy
https://imgur.com/gallery/0ulIrKj

[limber wagon]

e

[coral idol]

It was specifically made voluntary because of some being nato members and other not being so

[zealous rapids]

Are russias warships also nuclear powered.

Like American ones

[fierce arch]

some yes

not all

[zealous rapids]

Ein how are you doing

[scarlet crown]

We're really just waiting

Not much else i can do

[fierce arch]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-allies-provide-more-weapons-ukraine-stoltenberg-says-2022-02-25/

[coral idol]

Can’t help militarily, but no one said we can’t support

[limber wagon]

I need to stop looking at twitter. so many absolutely stupid takes

[scarlet crown]

delete twitter

[coral idol]

Tell me about it

[limber wagon]

And SO FUCKING MANY PEOPLE saying stuff like "this is bidens fault", "this wouldn't have happened with trump still in office", yeez, get your shit together. not everything is about the US

[coral idol]

Saw this lmfao

[nocturne osprey]

eugh my family keep saying shit like that

quite frankly it's disgusting

[scarlet crown]

...just why

[coral idol]

What would the US even do differently with trump?

Help Ukraine by invading Russia?

[copper monolith]

Join russia in bombing ukraine

[coral idol]

Ah so the opposite 😔

[limber wagon]

I think most are saying it wouldn't ahve happened or something

Like Trump would intimidate Putin

[coral idol]

Lmfao why?

Also how

[mild heart]

Trump literally complimented putin on what he did….

[haughty yew]

This is actually a pretty good way for people who don’t know much about the situation to think about it

[limber wagon]

Yeah. From the 23th of February. The day before the actual invasion started https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-crisis-donald-trump-praises-putins-aggression-as-wonderful-and-genius-12549418

[haughty yew]

Yah, we’d probably be in a worse situation with trump

[limber wagon]

Shout out to the wikipedia editors btw, who already have a detailed page about the conflict up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War

[coral idol]

Actual former US president btw

[limber wagon]

That must be constant editing

[limber wagon]

You get to keep the title after you leave office

Not the powers though

[coral idol]

Ik, but the fact that he was president and is saying shit like this?

Alarming.

[haughty yew]

And people say Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source

[scarlet crown]

Strategy? They call this bullshit strategy?

[coral idol]

Inb4 Russia tries to use these massive sanctions as a power play to convince his people that the rest of the world hates Russia, and uses this to harbor nationalism

[split aurora]

he'll no doubt try it

but will it work? i... doubt it

[coral idol]

Give it like a decade or two and that becomes a maybe if the propaganda is good enough

[rare walrus]

Depends on if this whole thing is still going down in a decade or two as well, or if putin will even be alive by then

[split aurora]

ehhh

[coral idol]

People are saying this is playing out like Germany in WWII. I’d argue it’s more like Germany during WWI

[split aurora]

the amount of social media access

people have these days

[rare walrus]

Keep in mind putin is like 70 now

[split aurora]

makes convential propaganda of such a degree very hard

to sell

to a significant degree of the population

[rare walrus]

Quite true as well

[coral idol]

You say that, and yet it still works

[split aurora]

look at the protests in every city, people are refusing to believe their propaganda about ukraine

russia has been pushing anti ukraine propaganda for a solid 15years

and yet its not working

every city in russia is being swarmed with protests and dissent

[cerulean canyon]

I feel like if it wasn't working to some extent people wouldn't be protesting

OH

[split aurora]

that'll only grow stronger as the sanctions hit Russians day to day life

[cerulean canyon]

I misunderstood

I'm sorry

[rare walrus]

What do yall think will happen when Putin inevitably passes due to natural causes, cuz he’s in like his 70’s or at least very close to it now

[scarlet crown]

There's a good chance of covid taking him too

Like another politician, Zhirinovsky

[rare walrus]

Oh yeah, putin has been taking lots of measures against covid

[scarlet crown]

who's policy is purely imperialism

[rare walrus]

Ah i see

It really seems like he wants to grip onto as much power while he still can

[hushed magnet]

aha that sounds great ! 👍

[scarlet crown]

He's currently laying in medical coma

so that's good

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497586406436352004?t=kFEWlJPIhsqaZRva-uXJAg&s=19

Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine)

Stand with the people of Ukraine as we defend ourselves from Russian aggression. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.

BTC - 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P

ETH and USDT (ERC-20) - 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 2:56 PM

🤨

[hushed magnet]

on nvm i misunderstood

[viral junco]

paypal aint in ukraine

[solid adder]

I mean why not

[rare walrus]

Hold on a second, is this an official ukrainian twitter?

[scarlet crown]

cryptobros, now's your chance

[limber wagon]

Well I suppose if its for a good cause and is only used to exchange back in to real money

[hushed magnet]

i mean imperialism is veyr much not great still

[nocturne osprey]

I hope Putin is executed for his crimes

[hushed magnet]

idk where im going with this

[stone vigil]

Crypto bros please do something good for once

[paper cedar]

has it been hacked?

[rare walrus]

Same here, at the very least kicked out of office

[nocturne osprey]

nah

[scarlet crown]

It is

[nocturne osprey]

I don't think that'll happen

[split aurora]

I hope that's real, but I'm very suspicious of it

[stone vigil]

yes embed just doesnt show the verification mark

[scarlet crown]

It's real

[split aurora]

Someone could have hacked the account

[hushed magnet]

the one that posts memes

[hushed magnet]

yeah

[rare walrus]

Actually, i think putting him in prison for the rest of his life would be more suitable, he’s wanted so much power, so put him in a place where he cant have any

[split aurora]

Ukraine's been taking donations so far but specifically stated they are not allowed to take crypto/paypal

[nocturne osprey]

really hope not

[stone vigil]

talking about this

[split aurora]

you've been able to bank account donate to the armed forces

they got $10mn in 24h

[grizzled steeple]

Alright i think im about caught up with the chat

[stone vigil]

@nocturne osprey

[nocturne osprey]

discord embeds don't usually show a verification mark

in my experience, at least

[split aurora]

lets test it

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1496245737927188485

President Biden (@POTUS)

At every step, we have shown that the United States and our Allies and partners are working in unison.

We are united in our support for Ukraine.

We are united in our opposition to Russia’s aggression.

We are united in our resolve to defend our Alliance.

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Twitter · Feb 22, 2022, 10:09 PM

no verification mark

[rare walrus]

If this is someone hacking into their account, they are a really sick and twisted individual to be using a war to get money off of people trying to help those in need

[scarlet crown]

Doesn't show for me

[split aurora]

just took a random biden tweet

[scarlet crown]

As far as im aware, it's an official announcement

No hacking involved

[stone vigil]

yeah thats what I said

[split aurora]

have they announced it anywhere bar twitter

[rare walrus]

Hmm alright, well i suppose that gives more ways to support Ukraine as well then

[split aurora]

I sent them money via bank account so I'm not sus for reasons of my own money, I just tend to distrust crypto at the best of times

[hushed magnet]

doesnt make it any less realistic tho

[rare walrus]

True

[scarlet crown]

Yes, most official news channels had already verified and spread this announcement

[nocturne osprey]

oh alr

that's good

[split aurora]

ah nice

[rare walrus]

Ah cool

[scarlet crown]

For anyone wondering, my main sources are Telegram channels of Verkhovna Rada Ukraini and any other channel that gets reposted in threads of Verkhovna Rada Ukraini

[rare walrus]

Ive gotta go drive to a robotics place, so ill cyall in maybe 30 minutes or somethin. Cyall later!

[split aurora]

cya

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497589738785624068

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️State Telecommunications Service: Kremlin website down.

Ukraine’s telecoms agency also announced that the Russian media regulator’s site was down and that Russian TV channels had been hacked to broadcast Ukrainian songs.

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 3:09 PM

[split aurora]

:D

[nocturne osprey]

could you post a link?

[split aurora]

anonymous dunking all over the russians

[scarlet crown]

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
The main Telegram channel of the Ukrainian state.
Official account of the Parliament of Ukraine 🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
#StopRussianAggression
https://t.me/verkhovnaradaofukraine

English channel ^

Верховна Рада України
Офіційні новини Верховної Ради України
Read us in English:
https://t.me/verkhovnaradaukrainy

Channel in ukrainian ^

[molten tartan]

That’s amazing

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1497590742335774726

Visegrád 24 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰 (@visegrad24)

Civilians in Kyiv cutting up railroad tracks to build anti-tank obstacles that will be placed on the streets of Kyiv tonight. https://t.co/n6JP5UaV7u

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 3:13 PM

seeing stuff like this is wild

[scarlet crown]

The anonymouses really meant business

[limber wagon]

https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1497583501704585220?s=20&t=NISEzQ_a_FnxtPgGfjYjCg

KyivPost (@KyivPost)

You won`t defeat this country! https://t.co/Q43MyBY39d

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▶ Play video

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 2:45 PM

[split aurora]

improvised anti tank defences in a european city in 2022

[split aurora]

wow

they aint fuckin about

[molten tartan]

I hear that the Russians have a lot of tanks and armoured vehicles

That’ll be very useful

[zealous rapids]

Any recent update

[split aurora]

nah

other then russias not shut the straits yet

fighting continues in mariupol

[tired scaffold]

Turkey

[split aurora]

yeah*

wew

they gonna pack a punch

[zealous rapids]

@scarlet crown stay safe I’m gonna go for now

Hopefully your still here when I’m back

[scarlet crown]

No one knows how all this will end, but we're not going down that easy

[zealous rapids]

Ye

[scarlet crown]

Украина Online Новости Война
Политические новости Украины!

Контакт для связи: - @Nastya_tumobog

Ссылка на канал- @UA_onli

Менеджеры: @tumobogM
https://t.me/UkrainaOnlline

This is another channel i use

[hushed magnet]

o7

[scarlet crown]

Last new - occupant forces landed shots at an ambulance in Kherson

[scarlet crown]

what's o7

[hushed magnet]

salute

[grizzled steeple]

It looks like a salute

[scarlet crown]

?

[hushed magnet]

it looks kinda like a dudes head and and an arm saluting

[limber wagon]

[scarlet crown]

ohhhhh

my bad hah

[hushed magnet]

nah dw, i had no idea when i first saw it tbh

[grizzled steeple]

Same

[scarlet crown]

Sending every individual video through imgur is a pain in the ass, anyone interested should join

Helps understand how news are operating for ukrainian civilians

[hushed magnet]

but hugee support to you and everyone else there 💛 💙

[scarlet crown]

🙏

[grizzled steeple]

Hope anon also does some counterattacks on the russian hackers

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497538519866163203

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

The fighting continues in many parts of Ukraine, including near Kyiv.

(Infographics by Lisa Kukharska for the Kyiv Independent) https://t.co/ed0uLsENnH

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 11:46 AM

[limber wagon]

"total assembled power" I assume that means the forces he placed at the border?

[dull crane]

Can’t really trust body counts at this point

[limber wagon]

Not total forces

[limber wagon]

I mean, you just start talking about error bars

[scarlet crown]

Total assembled power probably means all the troops and tech currently deployed in Ukraine

And man, if he's already at that point

Ukraine has all chances for victory

[molten tartan]

Depends how much more Putins willing to deploy

[hushed magnet]

yeah

[scarlet crown]

There is a mentioned petition, sign if you can (it's change org so im not really sure if it's going to do anything)
https://www.change.org/p/the-international-criminal-court-stop-putin-war-now-recognize-putin-s-regime-as-war-criminals

[hushed magnet]

i imagine russia could deploy a lot of military power, but it depends if putin is willing to take the risk

looks like cloudfare is fucky or something

nvm

the link works now

i doubt its gonna do much if anything tho tbh

[scarlet crown]

Lines to a military center in Khmelnytskyi
https://imgur.com/a/kGXiiD3

[scarlet crown]

Honestly same, change org doesn't have much success reputation, but in times like these anything works

[scarlet crown]

People are willing to fight

[haughty yew]

Estonia, Romania, Lithuania, and Latvia

[zinc talon]

https://twitter.com/herszenhorn/status/1497594179526008840 finally

David M. Herszenhorn (@herszenhorn)

BREAKING: Germany dropping longstanding block against lethal weapons transfers to allow 400 RPGs to be sent to Ukraine from Netherlands to help repel Russian invaders. Potentially major shift in European military assistance for Ukraine. Story soon at https://t.co/j9UU5F2B17

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 3:27 PM

[molten tartan]

Nice

[split aurora]

I hate humans

what in the fuck compels you to write this

[hushed magnet]

i saw that

maybe we deserve WW3

bring on the nukes

[split aurora]

a story of 3 parts

[scarlet crown]

comedy

[hushed magnet]

it wasnt ironic at all?????

lmao wtf

[limber wagon]

Im pretty sure tahts a bad attempt at satire

[scarlet crown]

when a tragedy of an entire nation is an ✨ aesthetic ✨

[limber wagon]

I refuse to believe otherwise

[split aurora]

new uk MOD update

https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1497590265737097217

Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch)

New: Russia has sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine over the past 24 hours along "all three lines" of advance: senior U.S. defense official.

Putin has called up reserves for the fighting, official said.

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 3:11 PM

It's gone from 1/3 to 1/2 of border troops in Ukraine now

[hushed magnet]

"strong ukrainian resistance"
LETS GOO

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1497570179026403329

Christo Grozev (@christogrozev)

!!! Ukraine's Interior ministry asked residents to take down street signs in order to confuse oncoming Russian troops. The state road-signs agency went one step further. (Roughly: all directions are to "go fuck yourselves") https://t.co/8xVjceqRfx

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 1:52 PM

sadly the fuck you sign isnt real, but the road signs being destroyed and moved are :p

Someone get a spray paint can and do this though

[scarlet crown]

some actually make their own fuck you fuck off to russia signs to replace the regular ones

[split aurora]

I love it

[crude depot]

ukraine really is putting up a fight so hard putin needs more people

[scarlet crown]

Occupant forces just bombed a damb blocking water to Crimea
https://imgur.com/a/Z3LukOK
the video seems to be taken from a russian tv channel "Zvezda" (star), so await future confirmations

There's also reports of Russia disconnecting twitter on it's territory

The iron curtain is real

[fierce arch]

not surprising

[split aurora]

...pretty sure damn busting is a war crime

[crude depot]

i thought it would've taken them less time

[split aurora]

yet another one

[fierce arch]

yes it is

[scarlet crown]

another war crime to russia's piggy bank of crimes

[fierce arch]

unfortunately the ICJ can't do that much

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1497594515233951744

NetBlocks (@netblocks)

⚠️ Confirmed: Various #Russia government websites including the Kremlin, State Duma and Ministry of Defense are again down, with real-time network data showing impact to FSO networks consistent with previous cyberattacks. The incident comes as Russia continues to invade Ukraine. https://t.co/BnCMVX8umE

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 3:28 PM

:)

[fierce arch]

russia is part of the security council

basically making it

immune from being prosecuted

[viral junco]

would the hague be able to prosecute

[opal cloak]

Who fucking allowed russia on that thing

[split aurora]

problem is

they dont have any way of enforcing it

"russia please send your general to be shot"

"no"

[opal cloak]

Russia should never be allowed to be part of anything important

[split aurora]

"well feck"

[fierce arch]

its been this way since the un was founded

all of the victors of ww2

uk, france, russia, china, and the us

[viral junco]

or if putin left russia

[fierce arch]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_v._Russian_Federation_(International_Court_of_Justice)

with a very non-wordy title

Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

[fierce arch]

well kinda?

but the issue is

as i said

ICJ is under the UN

[scarlet crown]

shootings in Kryvyi Rih (SFW)
https://imgur.com/a/9KHjeam

[zinc belfry]

hope they’re okay

[fierce arch]

also

@viral junco wait did you mean ICC or ICJ

[viral junco]

ICC

[fierce arch]

yeah well

kind of an issue as

russia is not part of the ICC

and neither is ukraine

[copper monolith]

For the past few mins I've been laughing and grinning, whatever website my dad watched russian tv on had been hacked and now they only show Ukrainian channels

Good shit, whatever hacker group did that

[hushed magnet]

lmfao

[fierce arch]

is it ukranian propaganda or something

[hushed magnet]

we do a little trolling

[copper monolith]

I mean anything is propaganda, but yeah this is the good Ukrainian stuff

[haughty yew]

Quality work, unnamed hacker group

[fierce arch]

based ukranian propaganda

[mild heart]

Ah so it’s true lmao

[scarlet crown]

Not propaganda really. Hackers just hijacked all of the russian channels to show ukrainian songs

[split aurora]

^ full UK MOD report

[scarlet crown]

Ex-president Poroshenko fighting along with our troops

https://imgur.com/a/KCRHy4z

[haughty yew]

Oh thank you

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1497598663455125507 (thread)

Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe)

Airspace over Ukraine remains contested, U.S. official says, in contradiction to expectations before the invasion that Russia would quickly seize control of the skies.

Ukrainian jets and air-defense systems are active and continue to “engage and deny," U.S. official says.

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 3:45 PM

the fact russia hasn't taken air superiority is insane

godspeed ukraine

https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1497602718449512452

Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe)

Final point: As of Saturday morning in Washington, not a single major Ukrainian city has fallen to Russia, days after this invasion began.

Outgunned or not, the Ukrainians are making this painful for Putin and his army.

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 4:01 PM

[crude depot]

you guys saw the response of the Ukrainian president to the us when they offered him evacuation

[split aurora]

yeah

[scarlet crown]

Yes, the man said "Don't give me rides, give me ammunition"

[crude depot]

yeah

[split aurora]

||It's not loading for me||

[grizzled steeple]

Ukraine just busts out the secret laser cannon they've been working on for the last few years

[scarlet crown]

the mega secret pig-bimba

[opal cloak]

Dear god…

[hushed magnet]

||its just a few bodies lying on the ground if you wanna know||

[split aurora]

ah

[scarlet crown]

Saboteurs caught in Odessa by common citizens
https://imgur.com/a/dhxj860

[crude depot]

would've been nice if they didn't debunk the Ghost Kyiv so fast

story sounded like the biggest moral boost

[haughty yew]

Oh shit

[scarlet crown]

It still is honestly

so many memes and media shared about him

[fierce arch]

citizen's arresst

[grizzled steeple]

The fact still remains, Ukr air force managed to shoot down... what was it, 5? Russian fighters?

[scarlet crown]

7

[crude depot]

yeah that

[grizzled steeple]

Yea, thats still something

The ghost of Kyiv isnt just one man, its an idea

[crude depot]

Putin probably thought he could just walk in walk out with ukraine

[opal cloak]

He was fucking wrong!

[split aurora]

British MOD still don't think russia has completed its day 1 objectives

[grizzled steeple]

In a dif server im in, someone just blurted russia is trying to wardec the US?

[opal cloak]

Wardec?

I'm just watching the usaf rq-4b go into the no fly zone of the black sea

[hushed magnet]

yep

[split aurora]

FORTE11 our beloved

[grizzled steeple]

sorry, declare war/wardec

[split aurora]

hmmmmmm

[crude depot]

sounds like yknow

[split aurora]

not seen a single piece of evidence

[grizzled steeple]

So far i havent seen anything about it

[opal cloak]

Yeah they probably are considering forte11 is in no fly airspace there and spying on them

[hushed magnet]

why would they?

[crude depot]

yeah its probably just a rumor

[grizzled steeple]

Ill tell them to calm down lol

[opal cloak]

But evidently the usaf wants them to know that they are being watched because if they didnt its transponder wouldnt be on

[hushed magnet]

sounds like another rumour like "russia is gonan drop 50 nukes in europe !!" imo

[split aurora]

its in the black sea

[opal cloak]

Yeah

[split aurora]

thats international airspace

[opal cloak]

It was in a no fly zone

[hushed magnet]

russia is already struggling more than they anticipated against ukraine

[split aurora]

ive not seen any evidence of that

[crude depot]

Putin is gonna do a backflip and accidentally hit the 100 nukes on america button!!!!

[scarlet crown]

||TW: SHOOTING||
||Some film of previous shootouts in Odesa||
||https://imgur.com/a/IdJcPCe||

[opal cloak]

It was making trips up into the russian and ukraine airspace

Particularly belgorod

[crude depot]

mate I reckon you shouldn't spoil the trigger warn itself

[hushed magnet]

😱😱😱

[opal cloak]

And the usaf arent dumb enough to leave a transponder on if they didnt want to be watched

Theyre doing it on purpose

[hushed magnet]

theyre not gonna declare war while theyre already trying to take ukraine

[crude depot]

and failing to take over ukraine

[hushed magnet]

and even if they win, they’re still gonna have to keep control and stop any uprisings

[opal cloak]

Does anyone get what im saying or am i talking to myself here

[hushed magnet]

and this is also the US we're talking about

[split aurora]

source...?

[hushed magnet]

russia aint gonna wanna fight the whole of NATO lmao

[scarlet crown]

I really recommend to follow this ukrainian telegram channel https://t.me/+dPVdMc6NIzBlOTEy

[viral junco]

@scarlet crown please dont post corpses even when it is spoilered

[opal cloak]

Flightradar24 lmao

It shows every airplane flying in the world that has their transponder on

[split aurora]

lemme load it up

thats not russian airspace

[opal cloak]

Ive been tracking forte11 since it took off from sicily

[split aurora]

thats international airspace

el stupide

[opal cloak]

Bruh

[scarlet crown]

ok!

[opal cloak]

Previous flights show that it was hovering over belgorod yesterday

Its been over kyiv

[split aurora]

kyiv is ukranian airspace

NOT russian

[opal cloak]

I know

I said russian and ukraine

Belgorod is russia

[split aurora]

can you provide me

with

an image

of it

over

russia

[viral junco]

also to ask, i presume that's the russians burying their war dead @scarlet crown

[opal cloak]

Give me a second

I cant load up the prev flights but it was there yesterday

[split aurora]

I'm not gonna believe the USA publically violated Russian Airspace, an act of war, without any proof

Sorry

[scarlet crown]

rephrase?

[opal cloak]

Fml

[fierce arch]

it was in ukraine airspace

[fierce arch]

not russian

[opal cloak]

Welp

[opal cloak]

I did misunderstand that but

[viral junco]

in the video was that russian soldiers who lay dead or was it ukranian

[opal cloak]

It was still spying on belgorod

[split aurora]

and thats completely legal

and normal

[opal cloak]

Yea

Im just saying

[split aurora]

its the same as me standing on a rooftop with binoculars

[scarlet crown]

russian

[opal cloak]

The USAF wants the russians to know that theyre being watched

[scarlet crown]

that's how their "Facing no losses" actually looks like

[opal cloak]

Otherwise all the transponders of the spy planes would be off

[opal cloak]

You can see from that pic that the drone went all the way to the ukrainian border but almost went over

And right now its making circles over the black sea

But why would they have a usaf drone stationed in Sicily

Thats where it took off from

[rare walrus]

Are they doin like recon or something?

[opal cloak]

Yeah

global hawk is a spy drone

[rare walrus]

Ah i see

[split aurora]

FORTE11 has been doping flights for about a week

under different names

[tired scaffold]

There's an Italian air base in Sigonella that the US uses

[opal cloak]

Ah

[frail relic]

the us has a bunch of bases in europe

[scarlet crown]

Fine example of using a molotov's cocktail, Sumy
https://imgur.com/a/kAq1hXC

[split aurora]

22nd Feb

[opal cloak]

Makes sense

[split aurora]

same drone

[opal cloak]

My internet sucks

[split aurora]

originally called SPRAM

[opal cloak]

I cant see it

[split aurora]

ah

[opal cloak]

Can see it now

Well its not that hard to find it

[icy ridge]

Kyiv still standing?

[opal cloak]

Bruh the plane has done like 10 circles in the black sea

[opal cloak]

Is that the same global hawk?

[split aurora]

yes

[opal cloak]

Hm

[split aurora]

its was seen first a bit before then iirc

[rare walrus]

Seems like they repelled the russian attack https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/russias-assault-on-ukraine-presses-forward-as-street-battles-rage-in-kyiv-11645864200

[scarlet crown]

yes)

[opal cloak]

I bet that drone has been flying for hours now

[opal cloak]

Just on its flight today

[split aurora]

it did 36h non-stop earlier

it dips off radar randomly sometime / returns to base

[opal cloak]

Makes sense because its not a manned craft

[split aurora]

yeah

[opal cloak]

Can you pull up one of the refueling craft if you can find it? Lol

4 of the top 5 globally tracked aircraft on that site are refuelers so it should be ez

[scarlet crown]

so i guess the damb explosion was real

[icy ridge]

Have they approve the swift removal?? Hungary says the won't oppose anything

[opal cloak]

Its stationed in ukraine? Wow

[split aurora]

no

thats romania

[opal cloak]

Ohh

I cant see the borders lol

[split aurora]

fair

they fly quite close but dont enter ukraine border

[opal cloak]

Makes sense

[split aurora]

there was a RAF eurofighter typhoon flying up and down the ukraine/poland border the other day

[opal cloak]

Thats crazy

I love this app now

I feel so much more in the know lol

[scarlet crown]

What remained from a kindergarten in Chernihiv
https://t.me/UkrainaOnlline/18779

[opal cloak]

i bet the drone only stops to refuel

Probably up there 24/7 otherwise

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1497448650003423235?t=Ogj-UdxUh5IsGrdMQnkivg&s=19

Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko)

Russian losses now, according to 🇺🇦Ukraine’s military.
14 airplanes
8 helicopters
102 tanks
536 armored cars,
15 artillery pieces,
1 BUK-1 system,
3,500 killed, nearly 200 taken prisoner

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 5:49 AM

https://twitter.com/xtrixcyclex/status/1497454223616733184?t=QtsZoRiLISCnX4hvcu7vtg&s=19

Chris “Cal” Carnahan 🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 (@xtrixcyclex)

@IAPonomarenko To put this in perspective from 1979-1989 during Russia’s war with Afghanistan they lost 333 helix, 118 jets, 147 tanks, 15k personnel. The Ukrainians have destroyed nearly as many tanks, 1 tenth the number of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, 1 fifths the personnel—in two days.

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 6:11 AM

2day v 10years

[cerulean canyon]

Damn

[hushed magnet]

holy shit

this might not be putin's afghanistan, it could be even worse lmao

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497614458973306888?t=klp1iuJ1E_HTW8E3k3_xoQ&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️Ukrzaliznytsia: All rail links to Russia destroyed.

The state rail service announced that all railway tracks from Russia to Ukraine have been blown up by Ukraine’s armed forces.

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 4:48 PM

[scarlet crown]

Here is some proof regarding Russian fakes saying that ukrainian military is giving up willingly. Couldn't even hire new actors
https://imgur.com/a/gga9X8d

[grizzled steeple]

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-europe-media-nationalism-2186dbc533560cb666f59655ecf1ee8e

[scarlet crown]

upper video is "ukrainian military forfeiting under Petrovskoye"
lower is "ukrainian troops from Snake island sent back home"

https://t.me/verkhovnaradaofukraine/70

Twitter has blocked the ability to register accounts in Russia

[haughty yew]

Oh wow

Guess they are really serious about preventing Russian propaganda

[fierce arch]

nuclear option wtf

[crude depot]

Putin is really leaning on those nukes fot coverage huh

[scarlet crown]

Yet another link for petition, this time asking NATO to close airspace above ukraine
https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/people-around-the-world-ask-nato-to-close-the-airspace-over-ukraine

Sign if you can 🙏

[haughty yew]

Oh no

[scarlet crown]

https://t.me/Novyna/13038 locals burnt down an occupant BTR with molotovs in Kharkiv

[haughty yew]

Wrong picture the first time

[cerulean canyon]

Signed and shared

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/noraneus/status/1497610338744864770?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1497610338744864770|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2Flive%2F2022%2Ffeb%2F26%2Frussia-ukraine-latest-news-fighting-kyiv-zelenskiy-assault-putin-capital

Nora Neus (@noraneus)

WOW @fpleitgenCNN is live on CNN right now showing an enormous column of Russian tanks moving toward the border near Kharkiv as night has fallen in Russia and Ukraine https://t.co/Ge14jiO51x

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▶ Play video

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 4:31 PM

[split aurora]

I'm not in Support of this

I don't want to see a nato-russia war

[scarlet crown]

that's completely fine

[split aurora]

and NATO jets over ukraine

is a direct escalation

[scarlet crown]

All im doing is sharing sources, the choice to act is up to everyone

[split aurora]

fair enough!

[scarlet crown]

https://imgur.com/a/NBFcUg2 Kharkiv currently

[split aurora]

for some reason all imgur posts wont load

very annoying

....huh, disconnected my VPN and it worked

shadowbanned 😔

[zinc talon]

from now on i will use vpn for validating news. Just went to a site and got a pop-up saying "not to use for public service" and "accessing this site from EU regions not allowed, disconnect immediately"

[split aurora]

damn

[hushed magnet]

"disconnect immediately" lmao

[zinc talon]

don't ask me

[crude depot]

man governments are so good at hiding stuff aren't they

so subtle they're hiding something

[zinc talon]

was a private site of a media group in Pennsylvania

[crude depot]

oh

[frail relic]

GDPR

[split aurora]

The air map is gonna be massively different after the end of this week

With the amount of bans over russia

all planes from europe to east asia will have to divert to the old cold-war route

tacking round the middle east

[frail relic]

Local American news stuff doesn't bother complying with european regulations so just block access from europe

[split aurora]

They don't let us in because we expect them not to steal our data and sell it

[zinc talon]

that could be it, thanks

[haughty yew]

From CNN

[fierce arch]

its just that eu has different privacy laws

and since these are local channels

for american viewers

[clear creek]

There spreading themselfs thin

Tonight will be another bloody one

[zinc talon]

yeah i get it, still was something i wasn't expecting since i didn't know what the link was leading to

[scarlet crown]

bless their souls 🙏

[hushed magnet]

o7

[scarlet crown]

https://t.me/verkhovnaradaofukraine/73
Instagram has started labeling media that spread lies and propaganda to the world.

[dull crane]

How’s the situation in Kyiv

[grizzled steeple]

By associated press

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/1497620706615508992?t=WZml64HygbG5Pj3vD5mKvw&s=19

Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn)

European countries delivering to Ukraine
🇩🇪: 400 RPGs
🇳🇱: 200 Stingers
🇵🇱: 100 mortars, 8 drones, ammunition, Javelins
🇧🇪: 2,000 machine guns, 3,800 tonnes fuel
🇸🇰: 12,000 mines, fuel
🇪🇪: Javelins, ammunition
🇱🇻: Stingers
🇨🇿: Machine guns, guns, ammunition
https://t.co/Ohw5DbXBgH

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 5:12 PM

[scarlet crown]

Uncertain, but two houses were shot down in Sumy
https://imgur.com/a/bUlD7EN (fixed)

[dull crane]

Angel looking over Kyiv

[tender canyon]

link appears to be broken

[split aurora]

wew

[scarlet crown]

bruh

one moment

[split aurora]

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1497627911515480064

Flightradar24 (@flightradar24)

Current Aeroflot flights in Europe, west of Russian airspace.

Use airline code ‘AFL’ to filter Aeroflot flights. https://t.co/jt6NTcecB5

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 5:41 PM

@germany ya know what to do

[scarlet crown]

fixed

[tender canyon]

ty

[crude depot]

12000 mines jeez

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497608398816395268?t=CsXeTAhfPI__bCk9Ci3Bkw&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️Poland: EU should speed up Ukraine's path to membership.

“Candidate status should be granted immediately and membership talks should start immediately after,” President Duda said.

Ukraine should also get EU funds for reconstruction, he said. "This is what Ukraine deserves.”

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 4:24 PM

[dull crane]

I heard Lithuania is also helping

🇱🇹

[viral junco]

I believe ukraine deserved, deserves, and will continue to deserve eu membership

[scarlet crown]

It wasn't! Here's how the real one looks like https://imgur.com/a/Sgoh51h

[tender canyon]

completely agree

[icy ridge]

^^ they need to absolutely speed it up, maybe immediate accession

[hollow grove]

I think some EU countries mightve been worried about ukraine being too controlled (if thats the right word) by russia

But this definitely proves that they 1000% deserve membership

Of course they always deserved it

[icy ridge]

Euronews seems to broken in YouTube

[scarlet crown]

Even then, most of those opinions are getting debunked with how much media is going around breaking russian myths

We are not nazis, not faschists

No one wanted this war

[hollow grove]

Of course its bullshit that the process took this long

[dull crane]

Слава Україні!

[scarlet crown]

героям слава)

[dull crane]

Only one who wanted it was Putin

Russia didn’t want it, Putin did

[icy ridge]

Also I'm just imagining that back shivering moment when midnight hits the moment they join the EU with Beethoven 9th glaring in the background, wave of Eu and Ukrainian flags together and the border+ road signs changing to EU

[dull crane]

Let’s put Gorbachev back in office

[scarlet crown]

hold it

[icy ridge]

Isn't he dead??

[dull crane]

I know he’s an old coot, but at least he’s not Putin

he’s 90

[zealous rapids]

How’s it going?

[hushed magnet]

thats a low fucking bar lmao

[icy ridge]

Yes but still the former USSR leader sooo

[nocturne osprey]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497633101190729729?t=uAgdEqUURlVPBy8GACKTjg&s=19

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️City council: Russian troops seize Berdiansk Airport on the Azov Sea coast.

Russian forces moved further along the coast towards the port of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian media reported on Feb. 26.

Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 6:02 PM

[dull crane]

He also killed the Soviet Union

[scarlet crown]

oh my god he is actually alive still

i just realised that

[dull crane]

yep

[scarlet crown]

Also to whoever was wondering what's up in Kyiv https://imgur.com/a/VbchDNr

[icy ridge]

Hopefully they can get it back

[scarlet crown]

Lviv's beer brewery is sparing bottles for molotov cocktails https://imgur.com/a/NktiELl

[hollow hollow]

the soviet union killed itself, he did what he could to save it

[icy ridge]

Naw it's Putin hearing dark souls music version of the Ukrainian Anthem

[grizzled steeple]

I just searched Ukraine's anthem it is beautiful

[crude depot]

putin using a hm slave bidoof

[viral junco]

guys please don't make jokes about this situation

[icy ridge]

🙇

Yeah we really should stop the comparison to video games

[grizzled steeple]

Sorry

[icy ridge]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497635170609893376?s=20&t=GPQrTtxifjMN2lTgEZzZQg

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

⚡️Lviv-based Pravda brewery switches to making Molotov cocktails.

The brewery announced the plans after Ukraine’s Defense Ministry instructed civilians to make Molotov cocktails to resist invading Russian forces.

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Twitter · Feb 26, 2022, 6:10 PM

[limber wagon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If61baWF4GE
Pretty good video I think

[icy ridge]

What are vacuum bombs??

[haughty yew]

That’s a good question, I’ll look it up

[grizzled steeple]

People in Kviv got good throwing arms

[icy ridge]

I really hope the SWIFT vote comes soon

[limber wagon]

Spoiler: Its keeping distance between Moscow and NATO and oil

[haughty yew]

A bomb that uses surrounding air to create a high temperature explosion

[rare walrus]

Do you know roughly how big the radius of the heat is?

[haughty yew]

I have no idea

[split aurora]

remember the USA MOAB?

[tired scaffold]

I was wondering if there were any breweries in Ukraine
There was a brewing company in Finland that manufactured molotovs during the Winter War

[split aurora]

thats a thermobaric bomb

it looks a lot like a very small nuclear blast

[rare walrus]

Hmm, it makes me wonder… probably not an accurate theory but i wonder if there’s any such chance that will thaw the ground enough for mud and stuff to stay and possibly slow heavy vehicles from russia