Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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Russia moment



^{Stolen from r/noncredibledefense}

What do the Zs mean again? I think this one is my favorite meme so far.

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Also based:

https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1498332884121399307?s=20&t=G3qKOjGkl...

What makes this better is that evidently she's actually Russian!

https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1498357358438854657?s=20&t=ff-oaXnkhz2Y...

That’s really weird engine placement on the UAZ-452 “Bukhanka” vans.

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New Zealand is now trying to figure out how to sanction Russia as a result of the Invasion of Ukraine per Wall Street Journal from an hour or so back:

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-allies-are-ramping-up-sanctions-on-russia-but-one-country-is-sitting-out-11646111946?st=8vu5ywxqr6pt1on&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

I’d love to see NZ adopt the Magnitsky Act. Glad to see that National would support it.

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https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1499130395509411841

That's a big f***ing boat.

Hopefully, the Germans confiscated it for legitimate reasons such as this oligarch's sanctioned Russian connections & not just because they may or may not be secretly covering-up ongoing great white shark attacks in a Baltic coastal resort town & nothing that they've been throwing at the shark to kill it has been working, so now they're gonna need a bigger boat. (Sorry, couldn't help but try to lighten the mood a bit if at all possible, even if just for a moment)

Prora wasn’t built in a day.

I’m hoping that they sell it and use it to support the war effort or to help Ukrainian refugees.

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Here's the composition of the Russian convoy recently spotted in an attempt to fix their garbage logistics

I think the one in the lower left is a Lada Niva.

Yeah, that’s a Lada Niva. Their turn signals are above the lights, which always struck me as weird, but it does help ID them.

Does anyone remember her?

https://twitter.com/francska1/status/1499289678868058112

Russian Ginny Weasley?

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The Russians have invented their own "Putin salute":

https://twitter.com/YMonastyrskyi/status/1501666277919707150

It’s rather surreal to see this and “Z” become Nazi-like symbols in basically no time at all.

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Ahnold's message to the Russian people:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1504426844199669762

I like it! He's actually good at this, just like his post-January 6 address.

Too bad Ahnuld was never able to run for president.

He's a Republican

Ahnold was a bad governor, is a bad person, and is a mixed bag as an actor, but he's consistently nailed foundational issues of democratic self-rule and its discontents.

I think it's incredibly unfair to say he's a bad person. What prompted you to say that? I've never heard anything but positive stories/anecdotes about him.

Definitely cheated on his wife and had a kid with the mistress. That’s not that great. As a Californian, I’d agree that he was a bad governor, not a great person, idk about his acting, but as said, he is at least using his pulpit to support democracy, which is more than a lot of Republicans can say and should be lauded.