Russia Invades Ukraine

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1572921782805340163

 

[King Kamala]

Russia drafted an old man with diabetes, a 17-year-old, and people with no training to fight in Ukraine, reports say — a sign of desperation

Putin's war is going pretty good!

 

[BruiserBrody]

'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims

Astronomers observed dozens of objects that "cannot be scientifically identified."

www.space.com

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574699329214124032

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I wonder what the percentage is on how many of those men don’t believe in the war, especially the ones taken from higher education.

 

[snuffbox]

If they're being forced into it, they probably don't believe in it.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

There's a big difference between supporting a war in theory and wanting to actually go fight in it. Do you think MikeSC was going to suit up and go over to Iraq?

Russian support for the war was quite broad, even if some of it was achieved through disinfo and other things. The more bad news and the longer the war has gone the more support has dropped.

 

[snuffbox]

Russian, American, whatever. It's not going to magically change from one geographic area to the next. If they're for a war, they sure as shit won't be fighting it.

 

[King Kamala]

Geopolitical dummy here but what the hell is Putin's endgame here? It's hard for me to imagine any scenario that ends well for him.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I don't think he has one at this point. He's just doubling down now because he can't give up

 

[BruiserBrody]

Stalin sort of did this in Stalingrad, leaving something like 400K civilians (IIRC) to eat Nazi ammo up to slow the machine down while they got Uranus organized. They were not conscripted though, other than to dig trenches and shit.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

That really isn't what is happening here though and the situation was completely different because the people had no option to surrender in WW2 because they knew the Germans would kill them.

 

[King Kamala]

Yeah, Putin could do the right thing and call this whole thing off ASAP but he'd be seen as a loser and coward and I think he'd much rather prefer being the driving force behind World War III over that.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

If he called it off he'd be overthrown or at least he assumes so. He has to keep it going until things turn around because his entire image is based on being a Strong Man. The fact it isn't likely to turn around just makes things worse and more dangerous.

 

[King Kamala]

Is there a scenario where this goes poorly enough that China tells him to knock it off?

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Why would China do that?

Russia being isolated from most of the world markets means they have to rely on China more. Also Putin isn't going to listen to anyone even if China was inclined because he thinks it's his life and legacy on the line. Unless Putin starts setting nukes off China has no real reason to want to intervene.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575859365793660930

 

[909]

Yea that's gonna be a hard no. They shouldn't be allowed in and we're already at the brink of a nuclear exchange as it is. Like if people understood how close we were, they would be freaking the fuck out right now.

We're currently in a position where Russia is a cunthair away from hitting Ukraine with tactical nukes because losing this war is not an option for them. Our leaders could at any moment be deciding whether or not it's right to do anything or to strike Russia back and end the world. And this could all happen literally at any time, any minute.

 

[909]

Tbh if we knew things would escalate to this extent our governments probably just would have let Russia take Ukraine. Ukraine being able to fight back has however created an incredibly dangerous scenario.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575853684852150272

short version Putin is probably going to push this all the way as far as it can go. There is no other way this ends. Either they win conventionally or they nuke them.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1576032417856778240

 

[King Kamala]

Russia retreats from Lyman a day after Putin’s annexation

Retreat is latest setback for Moscow as Kyiv’s forces reclaim huge swathes of Russian-occupied territory in eastern Ukraine.

www.politico.eu

Well if Ukrainian military was shook by Putin's speech yesterday, they certainly aren't showing it.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1579230118001930241

 

[muzzington]

 

[BruiserBrody]

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1582901756224077825

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

EXPLAINER: How important is a Russian retreat from Kherson?

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said Friday that Ukrainian flags were appearing “en masse and all over the place,” in the wake of Russia's retreat from the southern region of Kherson, one of the four regions in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in September.

apnews.com

Russia pulling out of Kherson is a big deal basically. It's the only regional capital they've managed to take this entire time.

The US has also estimated that Russia has suffered over 100k dead or injured in the war so far. https://apnews.com/article/russia-u...efs-of-staff-688e99d37f25ac8340b6a96a79a89abf

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.

apnews.com

2 dead in Poland after Russian missiles crossed the border. Technically speaking Poland COULD use Article 5 to bring NATO into war against Russia over this. I very much doubt it will happen unless more missiles land but it's now theoretically on the table.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1592591979963371521

Latvia is also tweeting out its full support.

This will likely result in Poland massively stepping up its aid to Ukraine.

 

[King Kamala]

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-g-20-summit-nato-biden-government-and-politics-c76bead57a11bc8397a30ee7bb06264e?utm_source=apnews&utm_medium=featuredcard&utm_campaign=leadstory

Hold your horses, folks!