Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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LOL:

"Russian Foreign Ministry also says German weapons are now supplied to Ukrainian Nazis and we should question whether Germany was successfully cleansed of Nazism"

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1498356982797017088

Today, I learned that Olaf Scholz is a Nazi. I mean, the signs were already there, like he has very little hair on top of his head.

>The Russians claim Scholz's government has Nazis
>Germany is governed by a SPD coalition with the FDP and the Greens
>The SPD is a social-democratic party
>Tankies call social-democrats "social fascists"
>Nazism is form of fascism

Putin is a confirmed tankie trying to recreate the Soviet Onion

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Ukrainian Samurai
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https://mobile.twitter.com/ToughCookie222/status/1498390603687682051

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https://mobile.twitter.com/SmokeSinseLoud/status/1498392086760017923

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https://mobile.twitter.com/BumpRunDuo/status/1498392531003867137

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...Small comfort compared to my cousins getting bombed and pushed back into poverty with crushing sanctions but you take what you can get.

Damn, I'm not sure if the words of a teenager on a political blog helps, but I sincerely wish that they stay safe and out of harm's way.

You have all been wrong on the European Fighters supplied by Poland.
Ukrainian Pilots are Training at the 23rd Minsk Mazowieki Poland Air Base near Warszaw.

They are going to blow this big Russian Convoy North of Kyiv into little pieces.

DO IT AGAIN BOMBER Harris ANDRIY

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What's the 'easiest' way to roast a 40 mile convoy without air power?

A sh!tload of I.E.D.'s?

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Also, it's clear that China got it right when it decided to ring-fence its internet, bar Western internet and social media companies that wouldn't meet its requirements, which turned out to be all of them, and develop domestic alternatives. Facebook and Twitter are turning out to be huge national security nightmares for Russia as they are clearly intervening on behalf of the Ukrainians and banning them now could cause backlash as there may not be an alternative (maybe Telegram?) and Russians are used to using them. China would not face this issue at all. Yes it's annoying to use the internet in China particularly to browse foreign websites but national security is more important than my convenience.

COPE

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't it been speculated that Putin's bunker is at or near Yekaterinburg?

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't it been speculated that Putin's bunker is at or near Yekaterinburg?

It's almost definitely in the Urals, and any given part of the Urals is a lot closer to Yekaterinburg than to most other places, yeah. It really maeks u think, considering the place's history.

This might be a horrendous take but I'm thinking Putin might stage a false-flag attack on himself to be shown as a martyr like the Tsar and his family if it's true he's deliberately hiding out there.

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I've been trying to find new maps of the current situation on the ground. This is the best one that I could find but if there are more recent and accurate ones it should be posted down below.



https://reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/t3oubd/current_state_of_russian_invasion_of_ukraine_as/

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Again, this makes no sense. I'm not Russian. I'm basically watching a football game here. I may have picked a side to support but I have no skin in the game. For some reason the vast majority of the forum, minus a few Ukrainians, thinks they do even though they are in the same situation as me.

In human cultures, the loss of life is generally considered lamentable. Hope this helps!

Yet wearing a mask is an intolerable burden to slow down COVID? While the effect of the sanctions will have a far greater impact on daily life, particularly in Europe where energy costs could surge?

Maybe, just maybe, they should get the f**k out of Ukraine if they want those sanctions lifted.

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Looking for twitter updates on the Belarus situation and I found it the worst take on the war:

https://twitter.com/italian69572412/status/1497410104559165442?s=20&t=tNsi6Z...
Imagine non-ironically using cringe and based to describe a government.

This is exactly why age limits for social media is a thing

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Again, this makes no sense. I'm not Russian. I'm basically watching a football game here. I may have picked a side to support but I have no skin in the game. For some reason the vast majority of the forum, minus a few Ukrainians, thinks they do even though they are in the same situation as me.

In human cultures, the loss of life is generally considered lamentable. Hope this helps!

Yet wearing a mask is an intolerable burden to slow down COVID? While the effect of the sanctions will have a far greater impact on daily life, particularly in Europe where energy costs could surge?

Maybe, just maybe, they should get the f**k out of Ukraine if they want those sanctions lifted.

You misread my post. Westerners will feel the effects of their own sanctions, particularly in Europe with energy prices. They seem to be willing to accept this disruption and cost on their daily lives, even though they have no skin in the game. But they refuse to accept the minimal disruption and cost of wearing masks to slow down COVID, even though there's no doubt they have skin in that game. There's a huge logical contradiction here.

Dude, dimwits in America throwing a temper tantrum (before the vaccines) over wearing a mask is not representative of all Westerners FFS.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1498364198740451336

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https://mobile.twitter.com/live_donate/status/1498664195956555777

The use of a vacuum bomb would explain why casualties were so high, compared to previous Russian strikes on Ukrainian military targets.

Definitely, but I just found out that video in question was from Syria not Ukraine so I deleted it.

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Lukashenko is still in Minsk right? Asking for a friend...

https://mobile.twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498695832568274946

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Big, if true.

https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1498697710429425672?s=20&t=YZdP8KJk...

https://mobile.twitter.com/kfcisrael/status/1498698107533541378

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Big, if true.

https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1498697710429425672?s=20&t=YZdP8KJk...

https://mobile.twitter.com/kfcisrael/status/1498698107533541378

I doubt they were dumb enough to leave ammo in the thing, but it’s going to be a really bad day to be in one of those giant convoys if they did.

I mean, this entire war so far is a giant spotlight on the stupidity of the Russians so...

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Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will hold an extraordinary speech to the nation at 20:00 CET.

It will be about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Whether she will tell some breaking news? We will see...

IKEA mercenaries

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https://mobile.twitter.com/Reuters/status/1498722287520030722

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Gonna take this with a grain of salt until it is actually confirmed but if true, HOLY SH!T

https://mobile.twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/1498715490197274624

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I am curious with all this business with the Muslim Chechen soldiers

Asking AverageFoodEnthusiast, what do you believe is the Islamic theological perspective on this war and Muslims who fight for Putin?

Sorry for responding a bit late, I was occupied with the bane of my existence. Calculus.

The Islamic theological perspective on the ongoing war is similar to what the Pope had said.

"I urge Russia and Ukraine to refer to the voice of reason... Wars will only bring destruction and hatred to our world and that conflicts can only be settled by dialogue."

- Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb of Al Azhar

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/egypts-al-azhar-urges-dialogue-to-solve-russia-ukraine-conflict/2516849

Personally, I am not sure what the ulema's jurisprudence is for those Muslims who do fight for Putin. I think Xahar might be able to help me out here. Understandably, the Tatars in Crimea support the Ukrainians given their ongoing and historical persecution by the Russians. As for the Chechens? While the general population may be sympathetic for the Ukrainians given their experience of facing the Russians during the Chechen Wars, they are forced into submission by the tyrannical Kremlin stooge, Kadyrov.

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Uh oh

https://mobile.twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1498756914263568386

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Lukashenko and Putin needs to be locked up in GITMO.

Nah, send them to Tender Bredeson's basement

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Do the Swiss have any exiled revolutionaries lying around that we could send to Russia right now? Asking for a friend...