Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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Not sure if it's the right place for this but this Lithuanian MP is spitting pure facts

https://mobile.twitter.com/MatasMaldeikis/status/1485569942023983109

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We need to unmute Bigserg in order to get his opinions on all this.

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No.

Lmao ofc

As I've asked you before, why do you hate Ukraine so much? Did a Ukrainian girl reject you or something?

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Congratulations everyone. You got your World War 3.

Shut the f**k up.

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This is horrifying, I'm so scared. We must now all support the Ukrainian Army and people in their fight for freedom.

Spare us the pearl clutching. Why are you scared? You're not in Ukraine. This war will not touch the USA. Gas prices will go up a bit, that's all. You're really that upset that the grand American ploy to surround and contain Russia has failed?

Again, it's amazing that on a forum that is so politically aware, the vast majority drink the Kool-Aid and accept the Western "freedom and democracy" propaganda as the inalienable truth.

What the actual f**k is wrong with you?

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If you support Russia's attack, I do not want to hear from you. Silence.

Is there a single person here who does support it though? Didn't get that impression tbh

I'm neutral-positive.

>claims to be "neutral-positive"
>biggest shill for the Russian invasion besides BigSerg

Bruh, nobody is buying into that sh!t lmao

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This is horrifying, I'm so scared. We must now all support the Ukrainian Army and people in their fight for freedom.

Spare us the pearl clutching. Why are you scared? You're not in Ukraine. This war will not touch the USA. Gas prices will go up a bit, that's all. You're really that upset that the grand American ploy to surround and contain Russia has failed?

Again, it's amazing that on a forum that is so politically aware, the vast majority drink the Kool-Aid and accept the Western "freedom and democracy" propaganda as the inalienable truth.

Holy sh**t, delete your account. You provide absolutely no value whatsoever to this forum. Honest to god you are so annoying, especially at a time like this.

That's his purpose. Promote whatever the CCP orders him to promote while demoralizing westerners as much as possible. It's important to keep him around because he's a direct window into Beijing.

Since you bring up China repeatedly with regard to me, I'll humor you and say something about it. The reason that China supports Russia now is due to the USA's overtly hostile policy against China over the past 5-10 years. There was an opportunity to improve relations when Biden took office, but he didn't take it and in some ways made the policy even more hostile. There is no historical or cultural reason for the USA and China to hate each other, but this is the result if you treat us like dogsh**t.

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Pretty sure Seuss didn’t intend to support imperialism with this comic.

Literally how

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I would sincerely like to know how the US intel got this so right and got Afghanistan so wrong... Is it different people? Did Biden clean house or something?

He did what Donald couldn't do. He actually drained the swamp.

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Speaking at a high school today (juniors who are interested in a medical career).  I’ve heard a surprising amount of chatter among the kiddos about this.  

Not surprised at all. I just had my AP Gov. and Comp. class end a few minutes ago and for the majority of the period we solely talked about what's happening in Ukraine right now.

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Galaxy brain take you got there Putin

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1496890459377094663?s=20&t=o6I05vw2ICmLOXMjlB...

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Even if, Allah forbid, Kyiv falls, hopefully the Ukrainians will send enough Russians back home in body bags to make the war effort untenable in Russia itself.

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TAKE THIS WITH A BUCKET OF SALT

Video reportedly shows an APC getting showered by Molotovs in Kiev

https://twitter.com/DavidRi66650282/status/1497411007865573382

HOLY MOTHER OF BASED

Edit: In that Tweet it said it's from Euromaidan. Irregardless, it's based AF and I can't wait to see it be used on the r*ssians.

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Russia is NOT the same threat as Nazi Germany or even the USSR, and people desperate for action need to stop pretending otherwise.

It's true that there is a certain type of bored, NEET westerner who is hoping for action for action's own sake simply in order to bring excitement to their otherwise dreary life.

However, it's unquestionable that Putin's playbook has shifted from his old approach of nibbling around the edges of his neighbors, to outright conquest. It's very likely that his 2 years of COVID isolation either made him insane, obsessed with his place in the history books, or both.

Conquest was status quo for millennia, so people need to stop acting like breaking a relatively recent norm is definitely the end of mankind, or even a major event in the grand scheme of things.

Nomadic tribes raiding China was normal for millennia. Does that mean the Mongols should pillage Beijing today?

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Lol

https://mobile.twitter.com/MaximEristavi/status/1497639724713926657

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Good job waffleland!

https://mobile.twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1497639559068536832

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https://mobile.twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1497638775027122179

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Would it be legal for an American to go to Ukraine and fight? I heard Zelensky is providing arms to those who go to Ukraine to fight, I just want to know legality.

U.S. , 163 U.S. 632 (1896), the Supreme Court endorsed a lower court ruling that it was not a crime under U.S. law for an individual to go abroad for the purpose of enlisting in a foreign army

Thank you! I’ll spend Spring Break (week after this) with my mother and discuss this, in the mean time I can probably plan travel for a city in Poland and then take transit to get to the border, but I have time to plan.

Do note, however, that if one accepts a promotion to serve as an officer in a foreign military, then they'll have implicitly consented to a relinquishing of their American citizenship, which the Court ruled in Afroyim v. Rusk (1967) as constituting legitimate constitutional grounds to involuntarily strip an American citizen of their citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

ALSO note: I am NOT a lawyer & what I have written does NOT in any way constitute legitimate legal advice, as it's meant for purely explanatory purposes only; seriously, guy, pls don't go get yourself killed based on what a rando netizen said.

…oh yikes, I do not want to lose my citizenship in the case I somehow survive, but maybe a paramilitary wouldn’t count as a foreign military? I could always talk to legal professionals first, I want to know the full consequences of what I am doing before I go.
As for dying, yeah I don’t want to die, but we all do have to die eventually. I’d rather go out for a good cause than of old age.

Don't you have that seizure issue ?
You could be more of a liability if your medicine doesn't  get through.

Sorry, I couldn't resist

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Idk how accurate this is

https://mobile.twitter.com/globalismstan/status/1497663038232530944

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Might as well send the French Foreign Legion under a Bonaparte while they're at it!

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1497674503194828801

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SLAVA UKRAINI!

https://mobile.twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497657843629109256

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https://mobile.twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1497681460022562816

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I guess the question that still remains is, will the Russians launch an offensive to Lviv from Belarus?

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https://mobile.twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497728382875938816

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https://mobile.twitter.com/Reuters/status/1497728184145514496