Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

[OBD]

Prayers up for Andriy and our other Ukrainian posters.

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

Clarissa Ward of CNN hearing explosions in Kharkiv


MLRS rocket artillery bombardment in the Donbas, looks very big. MLRS is unfortunately very deadly

https://twitter.com/Caucasuswar/status/1496683512920956928

The Russians are just going to use huge firepower to try to blow any opposition to pieces.

[Helsinkian]

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1496683014604140548

[Tekken_Guy]

No. For most of the world it's probably just going to be another Cold War.

[emailking]

NBC also confirming explosions in Kyiv.

[Green Line]

Tragic.  My prayers are with the people of Ukraine.

[Helsinkian]

Not directly. But it is possible that we are living in a period that future history books will cover under a chapter called "Road to World War 3".

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Congratulations everyone. You got your World War 3.

Shut the f**k up.

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

NBC also confirming explosions in Kyiv.

Ukrainian media confirm explosion in Kiev and Kharkiv.


5 in Kiev followed by 2 more.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Russia has no allies other than Belarus. China and Russia are friendly, but they are not allies. At the worst it would be a regional European war.

[Calthrina950]

The largest military conflict on the European continent since World War II is now underway. Russia is going to occupy the entire country, and there is nothing that the West can do about it, short of triggering World War III.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1496683014604140548

Putin is basically accusing the Ukrainian government of being McBain-style "commienazis". It's not worthy of attempts at serious interpretation.

[Omega21]

Hopefully, the Kyiv explosions are only saboteurs and not ballistic missiles or shelling, currently seems plausible.
 

[Storr]

Explosions apparently in Kharkiv

Link to the livestream of Kharkiv this shot was taken from. It's depressing to see dawn start to break behind a large plume of smoke above explosion site.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZbVufqW3s

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

https://twitter.com/sophiamoskalen1/status/1496683965335449608

Rivne is in the western part of Ukraine, pretty close to Lviv and the Polish border. It is pretty clear that these missile strikes are occurring in cities all over Ukraine, not geographically limited at all if they are occurring in Rivne.

[Horus]

Congratulations everyone. You got your World War 3.

Shut the f**k up.

What an insightful reply.

Yes, because your chicken little-ing was so insightful.

If you're so eager to fight a war, go off and fight it.

I'm dovish af but your constant "murrica bad, nukes are imminent" schtick is annoying as hell, tiresome, tedious, dumb and not based in reality. Take some anxiety meds and get back to reality.

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

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1496684241282912257

Video of CNN showing explosions in Kiev for anyone that can't see on TV or a stream.

[compucomp]

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.

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

NBC also confirming explosions in Kyiv.

Ukrainian media confirm explosion in Kiev and Kharkiv.


5 in Kiev followed by 2 more.

They say, explosion in Kharkiv and that sounds of airplanes were heard there (without elaboration).

[Roll Roons]

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.

You're f**king insane.

[Pink Panther]

I wish this wouldn't happen, but we were warned. I offer my prayers to the people about to experience this, and I hope this doesn't lead to something much worse.

And also, f#ck Putin.

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

https://twitter.com/AndreyZhukovv/status/1496686541208440833

Video of horrible explosions in Kharkov.

[Person Man]

Not directly. But it is possible that we are living in a period that future history books will cover under a chapter called "Road to World War 3".

Then again, you could say that the “Road to WWIII” started in the early 2000s, the way the road to WW2 started with the March on Rome. The question is if this is 1924 or 1938.

[The Free North]

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.

I'm not sure what your angle is here? Putin has launched an offensive and illegal war that has violated the territorial sovereignty of another nation. This is very much against what the US and the West stands for and while we have not always been true to that, the actions we've seen tonight are a tragedy and nothing more.

[Orwell]

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 grand ploy? Ukraine is being invaded at no fault of their own because of the imperialist policies of Putin.