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The Russia Ukraine Conflict Thread (3 Viewers)
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themeistersinger
Footballguy
4 Reasons Putin Won't Start a Nuclear War over Ukraine
There has been widespread speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin might use a nuclear weapon in his war against Ukraine. He won't.
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That’s an unwise decision, tell the guys you kidnapped and gave live weapons to that they’re fighting a holy war, and then insult their religion.
BladeRunner
Footballguy
Unwise decision seems to be the norm for the Russian government and Military.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Russia deploying waves of V-2 rockets Iranian kamikaze drones over civilian targets in Ukrainian cities today.
Straight up terrorists.
The pictures of citizens and cops trying to shoot the drones down with firearms are amazing.
Straight up terrorists.
The pictures of citizens and cops trying to shoot the drones down with firearms are amazing.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
And why is Iran prolonging the war by arming the Russians?
beer 30
Footballguy
Because most all of them are neck deep in debt to China
The combatants are Russia & Ukraine but it's quickly become East vs West. It is also depleting our stocks of weapons. Lots of reasons I guess.
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Lots of reasons:
They hate the US, and enemy of my enemy is my friend
Russia is paying cash
Dictatorships have to stick together
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Lots of posts of videos of Iranian drones hitting Ukrainian cities - some shot down, many others hit their targets
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert
International condemnation swift after conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko shot dead in his home
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Is the United States Running out of Weapons to Send to Ukraine?
Some U.S. weapons and munitions inventories are reaching the minimum levels needed for war plans and training. Increasingly, the United States will substitute older weapons or those from allies.
themeistersinger
Footballguy
US poised for slowdown in high-end munitions deliveries to Ukraine
The U.S. will be more and more difficult to supply Ukraine with high-end weaponry. Some say this reflects U.S. shortages, others say it reflects U.S. strategy.
I wonder if someone can get word to Iran about what Russian commanders think about their religion, and what happened the other day, that might at least slow them down a bit.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Good conversation with Fiona Hill in Politico.
The idea that this is the first/most obvious event in a major reshaping of the global order is a tough message. The last one involved 30 years of global chaos, economic dislocation, and ~100MM dead.
The idea that this is the first/most obvious event in a major reshaping of the global order is a tough message. The last one involved 30 years of global chaos, economic dislocation, and ~100MM dead.
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
Another one bites the dust.
A military commissar in charge of enlistment for Putin’s chaotic mobilisation campaign, Lt-Col Roman Malyk, 49, has been found dead in suspicious circumstances prompting murder investigation. His body was discovered near the fence of his home in the Primorsky region of Russia.
A military commissar in charge of enlistment for Putin’s chaotic mobilisation campaign, Lt-Col Roman Malyk, 49, has been found dead in suspicious circumstances prompting murder investigation. His body was discovered near the fence of his home in the Primorsky region of Russia.
So “Der Komissar” is not in town now?
themeistersinger
Footballguy
themeistersinger
Footballguy
"Pure cannon fodder": BBC on deaths of recently conscripted Russians
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2022, 20:14 Russia has acknowledged the deaths of several of its conscripts in Ukraine. Russian media reports that these soldiers have been sent to the front without training.
The General
Footballguy
I’m sure that murder will be heavily investigated!
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Let me try to explain what's wrong with the new wave of deployment of Russian troops in Belarus and why the threat of a new attack on Kyiv from the north is a bluff.
A1/
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Russia And Belarus Keep Threatening To Reinvade Ukraine. It’s A Very Stupid Idea.
A second Russian force is gathering in Belarus. It’s unclear exactly why. But if the plan is for the force to reopen the northern front—well, it’s a pretty dumb one.
www.forbes.com
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Ukraine War: As It's Happening
higgins
Footballguy
@themeistersinger Thanks for what you do
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Putin Says the Gloves Are Off — Believe Him
The words from Russia’s leader about his actions in Ukraine are clear enough. We must listen to what he says, and act accordingly.
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia
Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles and more drones, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Ukraine War Pushing Russia Toward Demographic 'Reckoning' – Bloomberg - The Moscow Times
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its “partial” military mobilization are pushing the country’s population decline to a historic precipice, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin has made reversing Russia’s demographic crisis a key goal and his government aimed to start stabilizing...
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Anger Mounts as Russian Draftees Thrown Into Battle Without Training, Equipment - The Moscow Times
Ten days after being mobilized into the Russian army, Igor Puchkov was killed fighting in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region. The 27-year-old father of two was sent into combat with no military instruction beyond what he had received during his compulsory military service as a teenager...
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Norway Detains Second Drone-Carrying Russian - The Moscow Times
Norway said Saturday it arrested a Russian national carrying a drone and camera equipment after he was seen taking photos of an airport in the far north, the second such arrest in a week.
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Surrounded and desperate: How Russia lost Lyman
LYMAN, Donetsk Oblast – On a quiet road lined by pine forest leading into the city of Lyman, the remains of a frantic but unsuccessful escape clutter the roadside. Four repurposed civilian cars, burnt-out and upturned, mark the spot where the
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Iran's elite troops secretly enter Ukraine frontline to aid Putin's horror blitz
Dozens of specialist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been sent to train soldiers in Ukraine, teaching them how to operate so-called Kamikaze drones as battle rages in Ukraine
www.mirror.co.uk
themeistersinger
Footballguy
The Baltic Nations are Subject Matter Experts Here, we Should Listen
there's a lot of history that keeps repeating itself...
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roadkill1292
Footballguy
Russian demographics are really interesting. The number of combat aged men is already pretty low by historical metrics because they had a yuge dip in the birthrates right after the breakup of the Soviet Union in the nineties. So about every 25 years birth numbers crater again.Ukraine War Pushing Russia Toward Demographic 'Reckoning' – Bloomberg - The Moscow Times
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its “partial” military mobilization are pushing the country’s population decline to a historic precipice, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin has made reversing Russia’s demographic crisis a key goal and his government aimed to start stabilizing...www.themoscowtimes.com
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Civilians To Be Evacuated From Ukraine's Kherson As New Commander Says Situation 'Tense' For Russian Forces
The Russian-appointed head of Ukraine's Kherson region has announced that the civilian population will be evacuated from part of the region as he warned of an expected escalation of hostilities.
www.rferl.org
themeistersinger
Footballguy
Inside the U.S. Effort to Arm Ukraine
Since the start of the Russian invasion, the Biden Administration has provided valuable intelligence and increasingly powerful weaponry—a risky choice that has paid off in the battle against Putin.
themeistersinger
Footballguy
I wonder if he convinced Putin that they can't hold everything, so trying to hold on as much as possible while writing off stuff that is basically indefensible
themeistersinger
Footballguy
With patriotic songs about holy Russia and glorious death for the motherland, reservists from northern Russia prepare for battle
The concert hall in Zapolyarny was packed with mobilised soldiers as the Northern Fleet and the local Youth Committee organised a farewell program.
thebarentsobserver.com
themeistersinger
Footballguy
BBC prepares secret scripts for possible use in winter blackouts
Exclusive: Scripts set out how corporation will reassure public in event of major power loss
themeistersinger
Footballguy
What Ever Happened to Accountability?
Reprint: R1210G When leaders don’t fire underperforming executives, they send a bad message to the whole organization. A case in point is the U.S. Army. “To study the change in the army across the two decades between World War II and Vietnam,” Ricks writes, “is to learn how a culture of high...
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