Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[thetutle]

Zelensky has milions of dollars he can't account for, in the most corrupt country in the Europe. I strongly believe most of these will end up in foreign bank accounts.

Who cares? obviously not true, but even if it is, who really cares?

 

[thetutle]

A long serious discussion on the global view of what is happening.

do these opportunists propose just giving up Ukraine and Taiwan without a fight? I think this is their plan.

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515115934616375296

 

[MajesticPug]

We are not 'threatening' China. We have diplomatic relations and arming Taiwan, essentially, we are saying attack US, if you dare.

Right! It was not a threat to Russia nabbing Ukraine into a military coalition and installing missiles aiming at Moscow from Ukraine.

I will revisit with you when China unifies Taiwan and see US backing out from its words. We've seen that many times, haven't we? Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, ...

 

[gambit]

Right! It was not a threat to Russia nabbing Ukraine into a military coalition and installing missiles aiming at Moscow from Ukraine.

Did you missed that NATO rejected Ukraine TWICE?

I will revisit with you when China unifies Taiwan and see US backing out from its words. We've seen that many times, haven't we? Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, ...

And the US military was successful in those 'special military operations'. For Iraq, that 'special military operation' was successful enough that your PLA reformatted itself to look like US.

 

[MajesticPug]

Did you missed that NATO rejected Ukraine TWICE?


And the US military was successful in those 'special military operations'. For Iraq, that 'special military operation' was successful enough that your PLA reformatted itself to look like US.

NATO is a military gang organized and headed by US. So you figure it out.

No one said United States' weapons are not deadly and its tactics not effective. You probably didn't know what were said and seen done.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

MOSCOW // Updated: April 15, 2022, 14:52 IST
Russia said on Friday that it has killed up to 30 Polish mercenaries fighting for Ukrainian forces in the war-torn country’s northeastern region of Kharkiv.
The Russian defence ministry said its strategic rocket forces “eliminated up to 30 Polish mercenaries" in a strike on the village of Izyumskoe, not far from the city of Kharkiv

 

[Oldman1]

NATO is a US construct and by large a US organization.

Europe after WW2 was completely devastated, while the USA was totally intact and profited from the war. After end of WW2 there were really only two countries who had the power and logistics to wield large scale operations in Europe; The Soviet Union and USA. While the US took control of western Europe, the Soviet took control of eastern half of Europe. That was the setup for almost 40 years during the cold war.

After the cold war, Soviet lost control and influence over its posessions in Eastern Europe. The USA OTOH had no reason to give up its posessions in Western Europe, quite the opposite. As the sole remaining power in Europe it could do whatever it wanted and expanded its posessions way up to Russian border, and thats where we are today. Rest is just wish wash mumbo jumbo.

So this conflict, is not a NATO vs Russia conflict. In fact its a continuation of the long standing power struggle between the big boys in town; USA and Russia. European countries are only spectator and mere chess pieces. The players are USA and Russia.

So you say but you see a bunch of countries especially in Eastern Europe that wants to join NATO for this exact reason, to not be taken by Russia. Most of the Eastern European countries militaries are pretty much no match against Russia if they have to defend alone. I mean look at Sweden and Finland.

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515041074779242502

This interesting tweet by Gary highlights a fact that is often overlooked when there is a discussion about Soviet army's achievement in WW2. During that time, the Soviet army had the blessing of being a beneficiary to lend lease policy. Today, Putin's Z force has the opposite of that in terms of sanctions that prevent his local military complex from producing arms

 

[Oldman1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515041074779242502

This interesting tweet by Gary highlights a fact that is often overlooked when there is a discussion about Soviet army's achievement in WW2. During that time, the Soviet army had the blessing of being a beneficiary to lend lease policy. Today, Putin's Z force has the opposite of that in terms of sanctions that prevent his local military complex from producing arms

U.S. needs to send in more. Not in small batches, have to speed it up. Instead of 700 or 800 million military aid package, needs to be 10 billion. 10 billion is chump change compared to what the U.S. spent fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as support the militaries of those countries.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

April 15, 2022

Russian Deputy PM Says Several Buyers Agree To Pay In Roubles For Russian Gas​

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, some customers of Russian gas have agreed to switch to rouble payments.

In comments published in the ministry’s in-house magazine, he continued, “We expect the choice (to switch to roubles) from other importers.” He kept the identity of consumers who had previously switched a secret.

Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that customers of Russian gas from “unfriendly” nations should pay in roubles, a proposal that the European Union’s sanctions system against Moscow opposed.

As part of his retaliation for the sanctions imposed over what Moscow calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Putin has warned Europe that unless it pays in Russian currency, it risks having its gas supply cut off.

He proposed in March that energy importers register accounts with Gazprombank, where payments made in euros or dollars would be turned into roubles.

Armenia made numerous rouble payments for Russian natural gas supply, according to Economy Minister Vagan Kerobyan, who spoke with Russian news site RBC on Friday.

Hungary’s Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, announced on Monday that the country intends to pay for Russian gas through Gazprombank in euros.

Reuters

 

[Wood]

U.S. needs to send in more. Not in small batches, have to speed it up. Instead of 700 or 800 million military aid package, needs to be 10 billion. 10 billion is chump change compared to what the U.S. spent fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as support the militaries of those countries.

Yes, Putin is trying to put a lot of firepower in the upcoming battle in East. Ukranians need a lot more to hold on to territory. Technical superiority of Western weapons may not be enough to overcome the numbers

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

The US Pentagon admitted in their press statement that the war in Ukraine is shape by Russia.

Need we to go on?

Russia said that they may intensified the war in Kiev by conducting pin point aerial and missile strikes in retaliation for attack launched by Ukraine on villages in Russia.

Analysts interprete this as a message that Russia has been showing restraint so far to avoid civilian casualties but a war of decapitation may soon begin.

 

[Apollon]

not easy at all,

Are you kidding me? Russia has virtually zero border controle and is deeply corrupted. If you think its not easy to get few kg uranium dust over the border...russia did not even notice attack helicopters going in and out.

Russia isnt a developed nation.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

The war in Mariupol reminded us of US attack on Fallujah in Iraq that took place back in 2004 by joint U.S. Army Special Forces advisers, SEAL Sniper Task and UK SAS.

Despite its overwhelming superiority in heavy artilleries bombardment and aerial attacks on basically a flat terrain, US took almost 8 weeks to overcome Saddam's defender, the Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion.

An overwhelming 13,350 US UK troops were involved in the attack against 3700 Iraqi soldiers.