Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507335530844934144

 

[dbc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507398390837092359

so Putin is now saying Ukraine was planning to invade Russia so he preempted the attack and attacked Ukraine before Ukraine could attack Russia?

First it was protection of Russian speakers, followed by NATO, ...EU...then denazification, demilitarization...Ukraine is not a real country... and now Ukraine was about to conquer Russia. The guy is a couple of loose screws away from a straight jacket in Arkham.

 

[The SC]

Russia issues an arrest warrant for "George Soros," whom China calls a "global terrorist" and "the son of Satan."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507398620924067842

so Putin is now saying Ukraine was planning to invade Russia so he preempted the attack and attacked Ukraine before Ukraine could attack Russia?

First it was protection of Russian speakers, followed by NATO, ...EU...then denazification, demilitarization...Ukraine is not a real country... and now Ukraine was about to conquer Russia. The guy is a couple of loose screws away from a straight jacket in Arkham.

He said Donbas..a Russian majority speaking region in Ukraine.... not Russia..

@AJABreaking
Urgent | Ukrainian Foreign Minister: The Ukrainian language is the only state language and will remain so

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507389719755300897

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507390184849313797

@CHINA_NEWS4
Chinese official: Beijing knows where it stands and on whose side it stands, and it does not need Washington and the "NATO" countries to know where its interests lie.

 

[jhungary]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507107421935874057

Who Was Stepan Bandera?​

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/122778


Well.. my friend.. sanctions are easily made.. but they will have to live with the real consequences too as the German chancellor said lately..

Well, that's actually what Putin is betting on before he start the invasion.

He is betting on it would be too complicated for the West to sanction him, and the west is going to let it go, if he is able to capture Kyiv in a lighting speed.

Problem is, it did not go that way. Another problem is, Europe, not US, is leading this sanction effort, in part because BOJO is sinking and he needed something to hold on in order to hold on to power. And Russia is giving BOJO this opportunities. US cant do much in sanction, first of all Russia economy is not really that big for US to sanction, as the old saying goes, you cannot bleed a rock dry. The stuff that Russia is selling is also what US is selling (Oil and Gas, Wheat, commodity and so on) which means that any sanction lay out from the US will not bite them back as bad as the European. So, other than the financial sanction (stopping Russia from using USD, stopping them swap gold with currency, any other sanction is not going to do much.

The $64,000 dollar question is, would sanction have any blow back on EU? Of course, but then the west is still doing them, that's telling you something. While I will concede that EU Is going to be a lot harder to sanction Russian oil and gas industry at this point, unlike US, Canada or Australia, who don't really buy Russian oil and gas, but that is just a matter of time, the important impact is EU decouple with Russia in term of their energy reliance. On the other hand, would China, after seeing this, will jump on board and replace 100% of their energy need from Russia? That is a very big strategic red flag, and I would be amaze to see China actually think this is a good idea after seeing how this mess up Europe.

But then Russia still invaded after we saw how US goes in Afghanistan, how themselves goes in Afghanistan, so maybe Chinese would also fail to learn nay lesson from this? I don't know, and honestly, I don't really care....

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1506903640463843334

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507384761928589345

 

[unrequitted_love_suzy]

Russian influencers re-emerge from UAE, Egypt to dodge Instagram ban​

Russian influencers re-emerge from UAE, Egypt to dodge Instagram ban

DUBAI: Russia banned Facebook and Instagram earlier this month in a crackdown on the Western social media giants, describing the platforms’ parent company Meta as an “extremist” firm. “The activities of the Meta organization are directed against Russia and its armed forces,” Igor Kovalevsky, a...

www.arabnews.com

 

[jhungary]

so Putin is now saying Ukraine was planning to invade Russia so he preempted the attack and attacked Ukraine before Ukraine could attack Russia?

First it was protection of Russian speakers, followed by NATO, ...EU...then denazification, demilitarization...Ukraine is not a real country... and now Ukraine was about to conquer Russia. The guy is a couple of loose screws away from a straight jacket in Arkham.

As a former cop myself, you can tell people BS from a mile. How you can do that?

If this is your original goal, you would said that it was that and then justify the action you have done. If I want to go to a store and buy a hot dog, I will say I want a hot dog, so I drove to the store. But the store is closed. So I don't get my hot dog. And bought a piece of pie instead

You know someone is lying when he started to use the action to justify the mean. I drove to the store, to get a hotdog, (Interrogative "But then why you did not have a hotdog in you hand instead of a pie?") Oh, because the stall was close and instead I get a pie from the store that was opened.

Not always the case, but this is a red flag.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507463707244253184

 

[khansaheeb]

As a former cop myself, you can tell people BS from a mile. How you can do that?

If this is your original goal, you would said that it was that and then justify the action you have done. If I want to go to a store and buy a hot dog, I will say I want a hot dog, so I drove to the store. But the store is closed. So I don't get my hot dog. And bought a piece of pie instead

You know someone is lying when he started to use the action to justify the mean. I drove to the store, to get a hotdog, (Interrogative "But then why you did not have a hotdog in you hand instead of a pie?") Oh, because the stall was close and instead I get a pie from the store that was opened.

Not always the case, but this is a red flag.

What can you expect from people who said " We have no intention of invading Ukraine".

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1506889979720617985

 

[Oldman1]

Zelensky ordered a mobilization at the night of the second of fourth day,if I remember correctly. The Russians had on the borders for weeks,he kept complaining to the West that the Russians will invade...and he didn't even mobilize all the reserves.

Uh no, he told the Americans to stop telling the world that the Russians are going to invade. Its all over the news about that. As you pointed out, he mobilized the forces late.

 

[DF41]

No body is going to buy west propoganda anymore... Lots of deception and lies from ukraine . Next what? President Zelensky killed 10 russian general with one bullet ..

And magnificently presented to the world with Zelensky with his green screen. And scene below flashed out to emphasis Zelensky heroism . Instead of his hiding somewhere with this millions

 

[Oldman1]

Ukraine is mostly flat and it's winter, any recon drone can find where they are and call in troops.

Just cause its mostly flat does not mean the drones can find them. The country is too big to cover and there are many woods or forests to hide in besides towns, cities and villages. And you have anti tank missiles that can reach out far to hit them before they can see them.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507398390837092359

LOL! Fortified areas is not the same as a large invasion force preparing to invade Crimea, compared to seeing a large Russian forces near Ukraine's border prior to invasion. They are reaching it beyond.

 

[WotTen]

Well no NATO member decided to leave yet,that's why. Imagine if one of the eastern countries leaves NATO. Immediate intervention for regime change,riots,suddenly the economy goes bad etc.

In the case of Greece,they will use Turkey and in the case of Turkey,they will support and fund Greece.

In the case of Western and Central European countries,they will treat them just like they treated France with the submarine deals.

It's not easy leaving NATO. Americans won't allow it.

Given the total censorship and media control in this war on both sides, ordinary people are irrelevant and the Establishment is calling the shots.

How many Parisians want to be bombed to protect Estonia or Poland? Article 5 would not apply if the hostilities were started by a NATO country, but would the dissenters get a fair hearing in the Western media?

 

[CrazyZ]

Its been

This particular one is Ukrainian tank.
There by indicating that your hero is probably just doing the mopping. And lying too.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507449859112116226

Your janitorial hero admitted himself:

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That begs the question about other 4-5 tanks he showed in his tweets as Russian.
Since there was no marking clearly seen, it's more logical to assume they were also Ukrainian vehicles taken out by Rus.
I'm happy your hero made you feel good with his lies.

Slat armor is not very effective against current gen ATGM's. Neither is ERA. Tank designers will have to sharpen their pencils and head back to the drawing boards. IMO, future tanks should prioritize passive armor against ATGM's.