Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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Christ, there's a lot of people on here failing to realise that this is not a videogame.

ya right now, but if the Russians actually invade then it'll be like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 irl

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why do putin gotta be such a little bitch

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why do putin gotta be such a little bitch

Yeltsin was our bitch, and he ended up with something like a 2% approval rating.

did'nt he almost start a nuclear war in 1995 over a norweigan weather balloon

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Putin is such a prick

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i'm pissed

this is so messed up

what can we do out here to help Ukraine? like as individuals, if anybody has recommendations.

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Putin is a pussy, why doesn't he go out and 1v1 with Zelenskyy

he'll get his ass beat

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Putin ordering his nuclear forces to high alert really seems to highlight how badly this is going for Russia. Now he's just throwing a tantrum and waving around his big weapons because he's losing lol.

I'm wondering what markets are going to do at the open. Imagine the closest decimal to zero you can think of for the Ruble, I guess.

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/02/27/romney-russia-putin-geopolitical-foe-obama-sot-reax-bash-sotu-vpx.cnn

Wow Romney bashes President Bush here to just not Obama and Trump

Bush pussied out on Russia just like Obama and Trump did

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/02/27/romney-russia-putin-geopolitical-foe-obama-sot-reax-bash-sotu-vpx.cnn

Wow Romney bashes President Bush here to just not Obama and Trump

Bush pussied out on Russia just like Obama and Trump did

Bush was tricked by him. Obama was naive and Trump was complicit.

That's a fair analysis tbh

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With their elections done and over with, Hungary and Serbia are now securely in Putin's corner:

Pro-Putin Leaders in Hungary and Serbia Set to Win Re-election
Viktor Orban declared victory, and Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic seemed likely to emerge on top. Both pledged to stay out of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

With more than 60 percent of the votes counted in Hungary, preliminary results indicated that Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister since 2010, and already Europe’s longest serving leader, had won a fourth consecutive term despite accusations by the opposition that he has enabled Russia’s military onslaught by cozying up for years to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

(...) The preliminary results dashed the hopes of Mr. Orban’s political foes that an unusually united opposition camp could break his ruling Fidesz party’s increasingly authoritarian grip on the Central European nation next to Ukraine.

President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia, also Moscow-friendly, has governed Serbia since 2012, and was expected to win re-election after rallying his nationalist and pro-Russian base by refusing to join the European Union in imposing sanctions on Russia. Serbia hopes to become a member of the European bloc, but its application has stalled.

An unusually high turnout in Serbia of nearly 60 percent forced officials to keep polling stations open late into the evening in some areas. Amid complaints of foul play by the opposition, the central election commission in Belgrade, the capital, said it would not issue results until Monday morning.

But exit polls indicated that Mr. Vucic would win a new term as president and that his Serbian Progressive Party would retain its hold on Parliament, albeit with a reduced majority. The opposition said it had won control of the municipal government in Belgrade.

gross nasty

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pussy Putin launching missiles at places far away from where he is

if he was a real man he would go out and fight in the war he created but he is a coward and weakling

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I hope Putin is spending every moment in vast amounts of psychological pain now that he's ruined his "legacy" and the whole world thinks he is a failure.

May he be forever haunted by the souls of those Ukrainians and his own Russian soldiers who have been killed in his pointless war.

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Fresh copium just dropped. Unable to explain why the mighty Russian army failed to take Azovstal despite relentless bombings, they have now made Osama's hideout in Tora Bora tier info graphics, including the biolabs lol.

lmao any idea what the words say? i'm curious as to what they think the Ukrainians have underneath some random shed in the middle of what looks to be a cow pasture?

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https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/1516481166735560729?s=20&t=D2ukzJNHk...
But also have Ukraine join NATO.

Here we go again. Fighting to the last Ukrainian.. if these politicians actually cared about Ukraine they should have gone 100% full in when they had a chance, not pussyfooting for decades, not dangling NATO membership, made security guarantees, etc. This would have never have happened if Trump was president.

yeah bcuz trump is a cowardly pussy

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Another trash editorial by the NYT. Not a surprise, but it was truly painful to read. The crux of their argument was that Ukraine should surrender because the West isn't prepared to deal with a defeated Russia. Truly horrendous.
https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1527577262052323328

One of Zelensky's advisors:

https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1527181698026418176?s=20&t=2kHJbe6odA-...

Putin will blow everyone up before he does that. They have to know that.

so should the world just pussy out and stop supporting Ukraine because it might hurt some demonic trillionaire prick's feelings?

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What’s the deal with these leftists and “realists” calling for diplomacy with Russia in the name of “peace?” It’s clear that we’re past the point of no return with Putin and the blame lies primarily—no, solely—on his shoulders.

F—k rewarding the aggressor. Kick the Russians out of all of Ukraine.

as far as i can tell the lamestream media really decided to go pussy coward hippie peacenik in the last week because they care more about lining billionaires pockets getting the world back to "business as usual" than they do about the fate of global democracy seems like. sickening stuff

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Ukrainian thunder run on Moscow when?

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putin getting his demonic ass handed to him, u gotta love it

will NATO let Ukraine in once they push the damn russkies out u think

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plz be swan lake

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disappointed its not swan lake, what an idiot though fr.

NATO should send even more weapons to Ukraine now just to annoy this demonic mf.

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A lot of revision and mindless "ASIATIC HORDES BEING SENT TO THE SLAUGHTER" which was a common German trope during WWII.

Ukraine has been in mobilization since the conflict started, and it has shown to be hugely effective. There has been no indication Russia can't do this yet, so spare your conclusion for the war already.

lol - Russia has been unable to properly supply or equip their smaller "professional force", so it stands to reason that they will not be able to supply or equip conscripts.

As for your Ukraine comment, it should be evident why a nation mobilizing for national defense would tend to be much more effective than a nation mobilizing for a foreign adventure.

Again, no basis for this. The small force as you put it, as far as I can see, has maintained a stable frontline from the edge of the Oskil river to the right bank of the Dniepr for half a year now, against a fully wartime Ukraine.. with the expectation of Izium, and guess what, it's a war, there is a different outcome in every front - alas the collapse of Popasna/Lysychansk & Severodonetsk. They are still  conducting offensive operations in Bakhmut and around Donetsk.

Individual videos of HIMARS strikes and a couple of dead RU soldiers don't show the larger picture.

You say you want Ukraine defended but dude with Russian propaganda because the West isn’t doing enough? What is enough?

Should have guaranteed NATO membership from the beginning instead of constantly dangling it in front their face & pussyfooting.

hell ya if they had been admitted to NATO a while ago the war would already be over, Putin would be gone, and Russia would be liberated, it would be badass

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A lot of revision and mindless "ASIATIC HORDES BEING SENT TO THE SLAUGHTER" which was a common German trope during WWII.

Ukraine has been in mobilization since the conflict started, and it has shown to be hugely effective. There has been no indication Russia can't do this yet, so spare your conclusion for the war already.

The Russkies will lose because Putin is a demon incarnated into human form, there is no reason for ppl in his country to want to fight for him.

Ukraine are defending their homeland, that is why they have been effective. At least that's my impression

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I assume if people post articles doubting the legitimacy of these referendums on Facebook, Facebook will use labels to redirect users to accurate information about the referendum from the Russian government.

Likewise, I assume Twitter will apply misinformation labels or remove posts that undermine confidence in the electoral process.

if u think russia is so great y dont u move there

America, love it or leave it u hippie!

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gotta hope some of these "conscripts" aka slaves for vlad the demon go full revolt on the russkie govt kidnappers coming to take them to this insane war

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So since apparently one of the "Hot Topics" of the day has to do with the "sabotage" of a couple Russian owned Natural Gas Pipelines, naturally got to check in to see what my "Old Mate" Sutton has to say on the topic.

We still don't know "who dunnit", but in theory we now have a couple possibilities floating around.

Here's a link to his original thread, where he postulates in theory had Russia carried out the sabotage mission would likely be either divers or AUVs.

https://twitter.com/CovertShores/status/1574750304570073088?s=20&t=GKitl_h5k...

Now we have his latest update:

https://twitter.com/CovertShores/status/1574879207603183623?s=20&t=GKitl_h5k...

BUMP--- Apparently Atlas is more interested in bickering about "opinions" versus "data".

It says June 17th on the top right you data whiz. How did nobody catch the most important data on the damn image?  Not one person?  The date is on the Tweet, June 18, so you got some comparison data already. LOL.  

BTW... Media starting to censor commentators and journalists that mention culpability of US and NATO members.

good, the media shouldn't be giving the russkie lies any attention back here in the free world