Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

Some people I've seen online say that Ukrainians need to take a page out of Chechnya's book and make it a living hell for Russia to try and occupy the nation. It'd be a massive undertaking to try and beat them into submission.

Finland and Sweden are more than welcome to change their minds and officially join NATO...  

Russia can't invade everyone at once, I'd fast-track that sh*t rn

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

Maidan Square stream in Kiev is down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ktlQnDr8A

No?

[Person Man]

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1496472039108009987

So basically full blown Nazi stuff?

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Explosions in Dnipro

https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/1496694232106651649

[The Free North]

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1496472039108009987

Ethnic minorities? As in Russians?

I'm a bit skeptical of that.

[Frodo]

Finland and Sweden are more than welcome to change their minds and officially join NATO...  

Russia can't invade everyone at once, I'd fast-track that sh*t rn

As long as they are outside NATO, they will always be vulnerable to a Russian invasion.  I am sure that is going through their minds as they watch what unfolds in Ukraine.  

[KaiserDave]

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1496472039108009987

Ethnic minorities? As in Russians?

I'm a bit skeptical of that.

Tatars presumably.

[YPestis25]

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1496472039108009987

Ethnic minorities? As in Russians?

I'm a bit skeptical of that.

Tatars presumably.

For what it's worth, I'd be leery of trusting anything that Jon Cooper tweets.

[Damocles]

Ethnic minorities? As in Russians?

I'm a bit skeptical of that.

Ashkenazi Jews as well as Poles. Also Gypsies.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Civilians with cars are trying to drive away from Kiev to somewhere safer

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1496694450504052736

[The Free North]

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1496472039108009987

Ethnic minorities? As in Russians?

I'm a bit skeptical of that.

Tatars presumably.

There is a sizable Tatar population in Russia and only a handful in Ukraine. I hope i'm right here, but it seems like an odd thing to do. Journalists, sure, but ethnic/religious groups. Why?

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

  "Kiev strategic objects are shelled by cruise missile and ballistic missiles make strategic" reports Ukrainian journalist.

[Sestak]

The lists thing could well be true but Jon Cooper doesn't seem like someone with any of the connections to be able to know this kind of thing, so that's one that I'd wait for other sources on.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

https://twitter.com/KdStormChaseUSA/status/1496681670061084677

US response. Reportedly there are a lot of military aircraft flying from various military bases in the US, as one would expect.

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

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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[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1496695613144150017

[GeneralMacArthur]

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1496472039108009987

Ethnic minorities? As in Russians?

I'm a bit skeptical of that.

Jon Cooper doesn't know anything and has repeatedly made s--t up in the past.  Please don't let him give "U.S. intel" a bad name by just making up nonsense and attributing it to them.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Ukraine's interior ministry apparently confirms a naval invasion of Odessa.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MattMcBradley/status/1496696293279817728

[KaiserDave]

This doesn't even look like a war, just capitulation. But it's early days. I blame Zelensky for massive incompetence.

[riceowl]

and Trump called into Fox and his go-to was "well there was a rigged election"

[The Free North]

Crazy that we can watch a war unfold on youtube while a senator live tweets intelligence from DC.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Wow it's actually happening. This is insane.

[Storr]

April 9th, 1990
First performance of Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля Glory and Freedom of Ukraine Has not yet Perished.

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Gotfan has been muted from this board for a day.

[Damocles]

Odessa in the SW part of Ukraine is now getting attacked by Russia.

So it’s an attempted annexation, then. Putin lied, millions will die.