Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[The SC]

Putin warns: "We have a weapon that we will not brag about, but will use."

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

The Russians are planning something big. Their plan A, to intimidate the Kiev regime and get them to accept has failed. Plan B, judging by this comment, might mean a significant increase in violence and a full invasion of Ukraine up to kiev.

In a way, the Russians already achieved some of their objectives: 1) Destroy the Ukrainian ability to threaten Russia; 2) protect the people of Donbass from the planned Ukrainian attacks in February. What they haven't achieved is the seizure of the whole southern Ukraine.

 

[oberschlesier]

Energy cost is certainly a major factor that pushes inflation I agree. However consider this. If you buy a German car for 50,000 euros then you pay 500 euros to Putin. That is the gas bill. Or 1 percent. That’s not much. Even if the gas bill increases by 100 percent or you pay 1,000 euros that will not stop you from buying the BMW.
About inflation, the war in ukraine is one of factors. Corona is more costly. If you want to buy anything electronics from China then you have a big problem.
Your dealer will tell you, sorry that costs you more and second, you have to wait.

Completly agree. Raw recources are not giving much of a value added to a complex product. The Value Added is mostly intelectual( BMW is one thing, look at software! )

Inflation is mostly due to Covid. The gas price in Europe was already getting expensive before the war in a very fishy way.

The supply chain crisis is showing, that is better to produce electronics in the EU or a country that is closer like e.g. Turkey.

In a way, the Russians already achieved some of their objectives: 1) Destroy the Ukrainian ability to threaten Russia; 2) protect the people of Donbass from the planned Ukrainian attacks in February. What they haven't achieved is the seizure of the whole southern Ukraine.

In point 1) Then have rather made the Problem bigger in the long run.

 

[Vergennes]

In a way, the Russians already achieved some of their objectives: 1) Destroy the Ukrainian ability to threaten Russia; 2) protect the people of Donbass from the planned Ukrainian attacks in February.

Putin warns: "We have a weapon that we will not brag about, but will use."

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LMAO who cares about Putin's nuclear threats,déjà vu again again again

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519745755413630977

 

[The SC]

Heavy Russian TOS-1A flamethrowers bombard the positions of Ukrainian extremists in the Kharkov region.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519438228289462274

Russia has officially completed its part of its first railway bridge to China, ahead of the bridge's expected opening next month.. Work began in 2014 and deteriorating relations with the West have prompted Moscow to turn its sights east.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519560435925757952

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

Completly agree. Raw recources are not giving much of a value added to a complex product. The Value Added is mostly intelectual( BMW is one thing, look at software! )

Inflation is mostly due to Covid. The gas price in Europe was already getting expensive before the war in a very fishy way.

The supply chain crisis is showing, that is better to produce electronics in the EU or a country that is closer like e.g. Turkey.


In point 1) Then have rather made the Problem bigger in the long run.

In 1) the West through NATO has come out of the shadows and shown that this is their war against Russia but they want to carry out the work through the last Ukrainian.

 

[Wergeland]

Russia isn't going to bomb the parts of Ukraine populated by Russians that it wants to take. What it's going to bomb heavily are the portions of western Ukraine that have a hostile, recalcitrant population that it cannot absorb.

Ukraine is too large for a European country and needs to be resized.

The right wing poles have pushed anti-russian sentiment too far. They had everything after integration into EU and NATO, but got arrogant lately.

If Russia takes control of most of southern Ukraine, the northern areas wont be handled with the same care. Unfortunately for Poland there will be mass exodus of polish speaking people from Ukraine and it will be a financial burden on a Poland already cut from Gas.

This is a lesson for every country. Dont become areogant because youve recently had economic boom.

 

[LeGenD]

Western-provided loitering munitions shot down.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519345294898610176

You're entitled to your own opinion.

In this world, there is haqq (righteousness) and baatil (evil). In this war, Russia is on the side of righteousness. At some point, someone needs to confront the empire of the Antichrist. Goodness grief, Russia has a leader like Vladimir Putin and not Boris Yeltsin.

Do we easily forgot the genocide committed against Iraq, Syria, Libya, Palestine, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, and other places? May Allah (swt) destroy the Western hegemonic empire.

There is a lot of perspective that is missing in your post. Different conflicts broke out for different reasons and it would be important to understand when and why in each case. It is important to have complete perspective.

Russia on the side of righteousness? You've got to be kidding me.

Soviet conflicts:

China (1924) - border dispute
Japan (1932 - 1941) - border dispute
Poland (1939) - invasion
Finland (1939 - 1940) - invasion
Estonia (1940) - invasion
Latvia (1940) - invasion
Lithuania (1940) - invasion
Romania (1940) - invasion
Vietnam (1946 - 1954) - intervention
Korean War (1950 - 1953) - intervention
Czechoslovakia (1968) - invasion
Ethopia (1974 - 1990) - intervention
Angola (1975 - 1991) - intervention
Afghanistan (1979 - 1989) - invasion

Russian conflicts:

Georgia (1991 - 1993) - intervention
Moldova (1992) - intervention
First Chechen War (1994 - 1996) - preventing independence
Second Chechen War (1999 - 2009) - preventing independence
Georgia (2008) - invasion
Ukraine (2014) - invasion
Syria (2015 - present) - intervention
Central African Republic (2020 - present) - intervention
Ukraine (2022 - present) - invasion

I have not posted every conflict but you get the gist.

Russia behaves like a typical world power and can be very destructive to other countries. WE can all see what is happening in Ukraine.

It is fine to have a look at Russian perspective for general knowledge sake but there is a fine line to draw between observation and endorsing an act of oppression in any way, shape, or form. Some have crossed this line without realizing it and are behaving like Russian propaganda bots in cyberspace. A Muslim should know better.

 

[The SC]

The tasks of the Russian army using the portable reconnaissance radar "Fara-VR" in urban battles in Mariupol.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519482478360203264

 

[oberschlesier]

In 1) the West through NATO has come out of the shadows and shown that this is their war against Russia but they want to carry out the work through the last Ukrainian.

NATO is not fighting. Serious help with arms started after couple of weeks, when everybody have seen, that Ukraine is serious about it`s defence.

Anyways why fight a war against Russia ? For sports ? What is interesting there ? Russia is anyways selling their Recources to the West and the access to Russian market was granted before the war. Why fight a war, when you already had everything you wanted?

 

[jamal18]

In a way, the Russians already achieved some of their objectives: 1) Destroy the Ukrainian ability to threaten Russia; 2) protect the people of Donbass from the planned Ukrainian attacks in February. What they haven't achieved is the seizure of the whole southern Ukraine.

I believe that they only had two aims.

1. Protect the people of the two 'republics';

2. force the Kiev regime to accept neutrality and de-nazificatio/de-militarisation.

Only the first has been acheived, lack of acheivement of the second aim is resulting in Plan B.

A Polish invasion of western Ukraine, thought to be a threat to Russia, might actually work in its favour. If Poland annexes western Ukraine, land it considers to be historically Polish, it will leave a surviving Ukraine so small and weak that it will pose a threat to no one.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519724684920692736

 

[_Nabil_]

I was in egypt just 2 weeks ago and it was obvious that something is going on. Bread prices exploded. When we were in egypt in december i was told to tip.in Euro, since its better for driver, room service and guide. This time it was Impossible for egyptians to get euro or doller changed into egyptian pounds. I had to go into the bank and change it. Guide apologied a thousand times. Many can not afford bread during ramadan anymore. Government raided markets to confiscate euro and doller from the people. Egyptian pound devalued 20% within few weeks.


Obviously your optimism crashs at the hard reality.


Thing is, Egypt matters for Europe and USA. We will support them. But Tunisia?

'Food crisis inevitable' as Tunisia begins Ramadan

Basic food shortages most severe Tunisia has ever seen as experts warn of 'explosive' situation

www.middleeasteye.net

You do realize that Russia has no economy and trade with China is on such small levels that its global effect is zero, right?


For you again: russias entire economy is 1.4% of world economy.


Export from Russia to China is 49 billion $.

Thats smaller than the market value of... Nintendo.


Imports from China to Russia stand at 54 billion $. Which is also...smaller than market value of Nintendo...



Just to give some scale to Russias weak economy. Super Mario holds more economic power than Putin.



@Vergennes @F-22Raptor

All the shortages in Tunisia are previous to this war, until now nothing really changed, the article you posted is a kind of rubbish, bread prices are the same for years now, no 20% uprising like mentioned in that Article.

Egypt, I've heard they changed their compensation system, it's been always a less there, nothing new ....

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

NATO is not fighting. Serious help with arms started after couple of weeks, when everybody have seen, that Ukraine is serious about it`s defence.

Anyways why fight a war against Russia ? For sports ? What is interesting there ? Russia is anyways selling their Recources to the West and the access to Russian market was granted before the war. Why fight a war, when you already had everything you wanted?

The Western elites won't tell us (the masses) about why they were trying to squeeze the Russians. The root cause of this conflict between the West and Russia is about the preservation of the fiat money. The West wants to make sure that the Petro-Dollar remains the fiat money of the world. And that can only be done when Russia, which is major energy producer, and China, which is a major economic power, are contained. If you really look at the wars against Libya and Iraq and the sanctions against Iran are all based on preserving this Petro-Dollar financial system.

Sadly, the Ukrainians have a leadership that couldn't foresee how they've been setup as a canon fodder for a conflict that shouldn't have them engaged at all. And I would add Sweden should also remain neutral and stay clear from a conflict that doesn't concern them.