Russia Invades Ukraine

[HarleyQuinn]

Kyiv on heightened alert as Russian forces close in on all sides | CNN

Ukrainian troops held on to the capital Kyiv for the third day on Saturday, despite Russia's stronger military power, after a night of fierce fighting that punctuated the city with sounds of explosions and gunfire.

www.cnn.com

"The resistance to Russia's invasion has seen civilians prepare to defend their capital in recent days, with officials arming reservists with 18,000 guns and ammunition in Kyiv alone and Ukrainian TV broadcasting instructions for making Molotov cocktails.

But it stressed that the bulk of Russian forces are now only 18.6 miles from the center of Kyiv, warning that casualties are "likely to be heavy and greater than anticipated or acknowledged by the Kremlin."

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Yeah, I read somewhere that up until last day, Russia had only deployed a third of their troops that they had positioned around the border. It's probably just a matter of time before they overwhelm Ukraine.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497567635860594691

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Germany finally not blocking weapons shipments.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Germany finally not blocking weapons shipments.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497594179526008840

 

[Dandy]

Ukrainian woman says Russian troops should carry seeds so flowers grow where they die

An unidentified woman reportedly confronted Russian soldiers as they invade her homeland.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497586333870608390

 

[Dandy]

There are tons of sources for different stories of what they have done, but Anonymous has been doing some great work via hacking and releasing information from Russia, and taking down sites and such. They exposed many emails from a Belarus weapons maker providing support and such for this invasion. Here is one of many stories:

Anonymous hacked the Russian Defense Ministry

Anonymous collective has hacked the Russian Defense Ministry and leaked the data of its employees in response to the Ukraine invasion.

securityaffairs.co

 

[Tino Standard]

Ukrainian woman says Russian troops should carry seeds so flowers grow where they die

An unidentified woman reportedly confronted Russian soldiers as they invade her homeland.

www.militarytimes.com

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“Put these seeds in your pocket so at least sunflowers will grow when you all lie down here” is a fuckin’ BAR. Goddamn.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497710680497012736

@Incandenza ’s weekends at Mar-A-Lago may become a thing of the past.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497694625284374530

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497316647316635652

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497918589504000003

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1497921880795369474

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[snuffbox]

Big red bitch.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

So I should be allowed to mug him after his next assembly meeting to gain control of his county?

 

[Dandy]

Yes. Sevier County should bomb Knox County and annex it into their footprint. He would be okay with this strategy as Sevier County has all that tourism revenue and is a stronger county. He would have no basis in asking for sympathy or help from others.

 

[Gary]

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Who would've thought Triple H was the face all along?

 

[Tino Standard]

Hangman!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498036441754046471

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Belarus joining the invasion, Ruble tanking in offhours trading, fairly quiet the last 12 hours in general though on the ground since the failed Kharkiv attack.

 

[snuffbox]

Top boxer Lomachenko joins battalion in Ukraine

Vasiliy Lomachenko, ESPN's No. 8 pound-for-pound boxer, joined a territorial defense battalion in Ukraine as the country attempts to fend off an invasion from Russia.

www.espn.com

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498000446123819013

Yeeesh. Mainstream Western media really showing their true colors, huh?

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498067760013889546

For comparison, this is roughly my pre-tax gross working at Walmart, without any shit heads shooting at me.

Edit- As soon as I posted, I realized a shit head could definitely shoot at me at WM.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

tbf though, $3,300 goes a lot further in Ukraine than it does in the US.


(Wait @BruiserBrody makes $3,300 a month at Wal-Mart!? Maybe I should work at Wal-Mart)

 

[BruiserBrody]

tbf though, $3,300 goes a lot further in Ukraine than it does in the US.


(Wait @BruiserBrody makes $3,300 a month at Wal-Mart!? Maybe I should work at Wal-Mart)

Does anyone else feel like Twitter and such is giving a much more positive view of the Ukraine's performance than what I've seen on TV? Local news, Fox and MSNBC seem to be leaning into dread. Maybe the "likes" force good news up my feed?

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I work about 4-5 hours of OT a week, but yeah I'm taking home a decent chunk for a Wisconsin bum with no wife and kids to support.

 

[tekcop]

Does Wal-Mart hire full time employees anymore? When I worked there a few years ago while in school, it was made pretty clear that full-timers like my mom were all grandfathered in.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Does anyone else feel like Twitter and such is giving a much more positive view of the Ukraine's performance than what I've seen on TV? Local news, Fox and MSNBC seem to be leaning into dread. Maybe the "likes" force good news up my feed?

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I work about 4-5 hours of OT a week, but yeah I'm taking home a decent chunk for a Wisconsin bum with no wife and kids to support.

I just watch the ABC News Now stream on Hulu since I don't have cable but it seems like tone is "These guys are brave but screwed due to numbers wise" I think they're getting love on social media because everyone loves an underdog. I assume the reality of the situation is a lot grimmer than it's being portrayed on social media or the MSM.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498226152544124928

I smell an action movie.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Does Wal-Mart hire full time employees anymore? When I worked there a few years ago while in school, it was made pretty clear that full-timers like my mom were all grandfathered in.

We take anyone with a pulse. They begged people to work OT for much of the past 2 years of Covid.
New guy called in 7 of his first 11 days...not fired.
Other dude abused the Covid leave policy and was gone for over 2 months before he was fired. Hired back a few months later and now he calls in 75 percent of the time again....
And so on....
I haven't called in since 2004, so I'm basically employed for life as they have so few who show up.
Lots of mental health destruction in the workplace though. Lots of pressure real and perceived. No help and no hope. Lots of awful customers.

But at least I am not enduring what the Ukrainians are. I feel bad for bitching about anything with real world problems being what they are.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498315030718210050