Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

[jaichind]

https://www.cnbctv18.com/sports/ioc-president-thomas-bach-says-russian-and-belarus-athletes-who-do-not-support-the-war-should-be-allowed-to-take-part-in-the-paris-2024-olympics-17715821.htm

"IOC President Thomas Bach says Russian and Belarus athletes who do not support the war should be allowed to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympics."

It seems Ukraine's position Anyone with Russian or Belarus passport cannot participate in the Olympics.

It seems IOC's position is anyone that who is not linked to the Russian or Belarus military can participate in an individual capacity and under a neutral flag

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1698952582360715708
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1698979691837763898
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1698954702858146026

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

SirWoodbury hasn't posted since August 23, 2023, the day that Prigozhin's plane was shot down.

Does anyone else wonder if he was on that plane?

Perhaps he's finally keeping his word and leaving the forum for a year?

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

Cuba announced it has uncovered a Russian human trafficking ring which was recruiting Cubans into the war against Ukraine.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Cuba announced it has uncovered a Russian human trafficking ring which was recruiting Cubans into the war against Ukraine.

You know you're winning when you're:

• assassinating your top field commander
• begging an impoverished ally that hasn't fought a battle in 40 years for their antiquated military equipment
• kidnapping and impressing people from another ally with 1/10th your population to compensate for field losses
• all this while watching your most critical defensive lines get overrun by an enemy with 1/3 your population and 1/8th of your GDP

hell of a week for Putin

[2952-0-0]

And the Cuban government chose to publicly announce it, rather than deny it as "imperialist propaganda". Note that they also called it a "war", which would be illegal in Russia. A sign, perhaps, that the Cuban authorities realize that - just like in the 1990s, Russia is no longer reliable as their sugar daddy.

[Hindsight was 2020]

https://twitter.com/golub/status/1699080663247294487?s=12
Piece of sh*t 😡

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

There's a fair amount I don't agree with in this article, and despite being a "long" read, it's a precised form of several podcasts and previous pieces put out by Kofman, Rob Lee etc. It's more accessible than those, however, and it's a lot better than what you're going to get from WSJ or even a well-curated set of OSINT accounts. 

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/daxe/status/1699181063933714496

[pppolitics]

https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/The-War-in-Ukraine/091194

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Inshallah

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12479209/Turkeys-President-declares-war-Russia-interpreter-blunder.html

[Stranger in a strange land]

And the Cuban government chose to publicly announce it, rather than deny it as "imperialist propaganda". Note that they also called it a "war", which would be illegal in Russia. A sign, perhaps, that the Cuban authorities realize that - just like in the 1990s, Russia is no longer reliable as their sugar daddy.

Most likely their economic relationship with the EU is too important to jeopardize over something that would bring them little to no tangible benefit.

[pppolitics]

Pretty soon, Russians are going to say that this street market is a "military target".

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1699417436456435871

[emailking]

Russian missile strikes eastern Ukraine market, killing 16, in one of the worst attacks in months

At least 16 people have been killed, including a child, after a Russian missile struck a market in a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, officials said, one of the worst attacks in months.

Ukrainian officials said 28 others were wounded in the attack on Kostiantynivka.

“Russian troops are terrorists who will not be forgiven and will not be left in peace,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram. “There will be a just retribution for everything.”

Russian missile attacks regularly hit civilian areas but tolls this high are unusual. A strike on an apartment block in the central city of Uman killed 23 people, including children, in April, and a similar strike on Dnipro killed 40 in January.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/europe/russian-missile-donetsk-market-intl/index.html

[NewYorkExpress]

Romania states that parts of a Russian drone fell on it's territory.

Parts of what could be a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Romania's Defence Minister Angel Tilvar said on Wednesday, two days after Ukraine said Russian drones had detonated on the NATO member's land.

Romanian officials had earlier denied reports of drones falling on Romanian territory and said Russian attacks in neighbouring Ukraine did not cause a direct threat.

On Wednesday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said confirmation of the discovered parts belonging to a Russian drone would be a serious violation

[Storr]

Romania states that parts of a Russian drone fell on it's territory.

Parts of what could be a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Romania's Defence Minister Angel Tilvar said on Wednesday, two days after Ukraine said Russian drones had detonated on the NATO member's land.

Romanian officials had earlier denied reports of drones falling on Romanian territory and said Russian attacks in neighbouring Ukraine did not cause a direct threat.

On Wednesday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said confirmation of the discovered parts belonging to a Russian drone would be a serious violation

https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1699421561101455733?s=20

[Hindsight was 2020]

https://twitter.com/noelreports/status/1699528939809407258?s=46&t=ZHeS7rMUpm...
https://twitter.com/lost_warinua/status/1699530016839569483
😱🇺🇦

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Kliischiivka, Andriivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut...

Kuzhenkino...

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

https://twitter.com/golub/status/1699080663247294487?s=12
Piece of sh*t 😡

You've heard of the "clean Wehrmacht" myth. Now, thanks to Putin, we have the "clean SS" legend.

[jaichind]

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1699779179519349036

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1699677624618861018

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/insidermildef/status/1699761698658230375

[YPestis25]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1699779179519349036

The actual reporting is even worse:

Musk’s decision, which left Ukrainian officials begging him to turn the satellites back on, was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons, a fear driven home by Musk’s conversations with senior Russian officials, according to Isaacson, whose new book is set to be released by Simon & Schuster on September 12.

Musk was soon on the phone with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, the chairman of the joint chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, and the Russian ambassador to the US to address anxieties from Washington, DC, to Moscow, writes Isaacson.

Meanwhile, Mykhailo Fedorov, a deputy prime minister of Ukraine, was pleading with Musk to restore connectivity for the submarine drones by telling Musk about their capabilities in a text message, according to Isaacson. “I just want you—the person who is changing the world through technology—to know this,” Fedorov told Musk.

If this is true, it seems pretty incontrovertible that Musk has become a security threat to the United States, and something will need to be done about it.

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1699779179519349036

The actual reporting is even worse:

Musk’s decision, which left Ukrainian officials begging him to turn the satellites back on, was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons, a fear driven home by Musk’s conversations with senior Russian officials, according to Isaacson, whose new book is set to be released by Simon & Schuster on September 12.

Musk was soon on the phone with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, the chairman of the joint chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, and the Russian ambassador to the US to address anxieties from Washington, DC, to Moscow, writes Isaacson.

Meanwhile, Mykhailo Fedorov, a deputy prime minister of Ukraine, was pleading with Musk to restore connectivity for the submarine drones by telling Musk about their capabilities in a text message, according to Isaacson. “I just want you—the person who is changing the world through technology—to know this,” Fedorov told Musk.

If this is true, it seems pretty incontrovertible that Musk has become a security threat to the United States, and something will need to be done about it.

Way too much power in the hands of one private citizen.