Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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I wonder when this is over, I wonder what will be left of Russia.

They will be a Chinese tributary.

FTFY

^{I blame eu4}

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https://mobile.twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498860217010122754

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How the Russian monarchist scene outside of Vladimir Zhirinovsky on the days he claim to be a monarchist.

Not sure if this helps, but the House of Romanov officially condemns the invasion of Ukraine.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1499023988701466626

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How the Russian monarchist scene outside of Vladimir Zhirinovsky on the days he claim to be a monarchist.

If this helps, the House of Romanov officially condemns the invasion of Ukraine.

Pro-monarchist coup!!! Yes… ha ha ha… YES!

Should Putin be ousted, I think there are 2 options. Take this with a grain of salt though.

A) Restoring the Romanovs to the throne

B) Zyuganov resurrects the R.S.F.S.R.

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C) Blursed Mladorossi compromise

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O_O

https://mobile.twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1498805592068136960

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O_O

https://mobile.twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1498805592068136960

The Americans bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 and there were no consequences. I guess it's good to be on top of the world pecking order, huh?

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https://mobile.twitter.com/LostWeapons/status/1499040883865391107

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https://mobile.twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1499065913974439939

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Lol

https://mobile.twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1499078719067115522

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IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING

https://mobile.twitter.com/UkraineRussiaW3/status/1499080105250869250

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

I personally believe this to be true. What's the problem? Effectively China gave Ukraine several more weeks to prepare for the invasion. It's not China's fault Ukraine didn't do enough with the time to prepare for war and instead spent most of it denying that war would even happen.

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This is nonsensical, what exactly is there to cope about here? You type illogical things yet get approval because "hurr durr China bad"?

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First the Taliban, now this...

I fear the Simulation might completely break soon, call IT support, now!

https://twitter.com/Ahmadinejad1956/status/1499088073115811848

Where's MATTROSE when you need him?

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"Fringe extremist"? My view is on the fringe when it is shared by 1.4 billion people, and another 1.3 billion or so people share similar views, at least when it comes to how their respective governments have responded to the war? If you think my support for the CCP is "excessively weird", does it pain you to learn that by and large, Chinese people support the CCP and the government, particularly when the West and the USA are held up as an alternative?

I don't care if I have any support or no support. As I meet the standards of decorum on this forum, if you get me banned I will have been banned for my views and opinions and you will have shown your hypocrisy about free speech, a freedom deemed so important it is the First Amendment in the US Constitution. There is a saying in the US about free speech, or at least there used to be: "I disagree completely with what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it."

This forum is not bound to follow the Bill of Rights, lol. I know you have contempt for the Constitution and everything it stands for, but your claim to free speech (1) Does not apply in this context, and (2) Is invalidated by the moral code you supposedly adhere to.

Sure, I don't deny that. This forum is free to ban me. But that is the ultimate display of hypocrisy; while arguing for "democracy and freedom" in supporting Ukraine, you're kicking me out because you disagree with my views.

Petition for Dule to become a mod?

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Russians vs. Doors Round 2

Guess who wins?

https://reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/t5ba9r/the_russia_against_the_doors_continues/

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So, uh, apparently the Russians in their infinite wisdom by Supreme Leader Putin have decided to forgo the concept of encryption entirely. The result is that their coms. can be heard live on shortwave radio. I wish I was joking right now.

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

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I feel like if Russia wasn't a nuclear power and NATO/American forces were involved through drone strikes and special forces, Russia would get kicked out and totally humiliated in a matter of days or 1-2 weeks. Mr. Putin would have to beg Biden, Macron and Zelensky for mercy.

Brest-Litovsk 2 when?

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Difficult to work out whether the Brest-Litovsk Zwei stans are being ironic or not, but worth remembering that present day Russia is essentially within the borders of what was agreed at Brest-Litovsk.

Gee, I wonder...

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If I'm correct, a new report from the Institute for The Study of War should be dropping soon.

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most accurate russian bombardment

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Key Takeaways

• Russian forces opened a new line of advance from Belarus south toward Zhytomyr Oblast, west of Kyiv, as Russian forces attempting to encircle Kyiv from the northwest were driven further west by determined Ukrainian resistance and counterattacks. Russian forces will struggle to complete an encirclement of Kyiv at all if they have to advance along ring roads as far from the city center as those they are now using.
• Russian forces on the east bank of the Dnipro River remain unable to secure the important town of Chernihiv or to break through Ukrainian defenses in the northeastern outskirts of Kyiv.
• Russian ground forces have remained relatively static near Kharkiv as Russian artillery, air, and missile bombardments wreak devastation in the city. The Ukrainian military indicates that a regiment-sized Russian formation will try to envelop or bypass Kharkiv in the coming days. Similar Russian attempts at such operations elsewhere in Ukraine render the success of such an undertaking at that scale unlikely.
• Russian forces are attempting once again to open a line of advance through northern Luhansk Oblast, possibly to assist efforts at Kharkiv or, as the Ukrainian General Staff assesses, to drive on Dnipro and Zaprozhya. The Russian forces currently reported as engaging in that drive are far too small to attack either city successfully and are probably insufficient to sustain a long drive on their own.
  
• Russian troops have surrounded Mariupol and are attacking it brutally to compel its capitulation or destroy it.
  
• The mayor of Kherson conditionally surrendered to the Russians, allowing Russian forces to renew their advance on Mykolayiv, which they have done. The Ukrainian military nevertheless reportedly defeated an attempted Russian air assault to take an airfield near Mykolayiv.
  

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-3

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It seems like Putin might be trying to drag Orban into the war with the promise of Transcarpathia

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Fellas, would Russia have invaded if Zelenskyy built this wall?

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Can someone please explain to me why Putin thinks blowing up a nuclear power plant is a good f*****g idea?

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Guys, how can we somehow get the Mongols into this war? They're literally the only people who know how to deal with the Russians properly.