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- sted1
Russian vessel entered Ukrainian territorial waters at Zmyiny island. That's in the area of Ukraine what is surrounded by Moldova
Air, Ground and Water its all set.
- sted4
From WW2 memoirs of Soviet citizens:
"I’ll never forget how the war began. I’ve never experienced such fear and panic as on the first day or even during the first hours of that war,” said tankman Ivan Khokhlov, then serving in Kaunas: "A stroke after 4am the German planes began bombing us. We were asleep, only the sentries were on guard. Everyone jumped up and started rushing around, screaming, nothing could be seen. Planes are bombing, everything’s on fire. Nearly all our vehicles were without wheels, standing on blocks. The guys rushed to get the wheels on... but there weren’t enough... There were only three useable vehicles. All of us who’d survived, together with the commander, packed into the body of the trucks and drove east.”
- Krassy5
Sky News live
- To watch that or any live tv, foreign etc via YouTube, in the UK you need a TV license... bwah ha ha..shapesalad
- sted2
President Zelensky asking Verkhovna Rada to declare full mobilization.
That's 209k+900k Ukrainians.
- shapesalad0
- Hence I went long on Brent yesterday after Bloomberg pointed out it was near $100 a barrel. Obviously it was going to reach that phycological price.shapesalad
- War = demand on oil up. And on a macro perspective, asia still to come out of covid restriction, planes still use oil, governments behind on renewables...shapesalad
- And services turn into shit (even palantir).sted
- drgs8
We've literary just finished covid... for fucks sake
- sted3
Rassan copter goes byebye in midair
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin…
- NBQ000
Russian official saying (threatening) either total demilitarizarion of Ukraine or big war in Europe.
- sted0
- sted-1
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- Beeswax-2
The secondary target of Russia is definitely the US.
The economy is already fragile and now this, billions will be lost in the market today, oil prices going up thus inflation and interests soon.
Trumpists are already blaming Biden for all of this and this will give Trump a stronger support.
A second term Trump would be devastating for the democracy and the established system.
Russia is causing more damage than we see right now.- I think we could see the demise of western financial institutions as we begin to realise just how many fingers we had in Russian pies.Ianbolton
- quite intense fearmorgeningsted
- @Ianbolton i don't think so, like DB many European financial institutions got rid of the bad apples since 2014. Rassans had to deploy their own banks in somested
- eu countries in order to move money on a higher level.sted
- I mean, countries are dependent on Russian oil and gas for example. Fixing/replacing that is going to be difficult. Is that fear mongering?Ianbolton
- No, Europe can say bye to rassan gas. They are prepared that on all levels in the previous months (well maybe hungary can't lol).sted
- Russia supplies a lot more than gas, they have the largest cache of minerals etc used in all our 'stuff'.shapesalad
- NBQ001
Russian troops, tanks and helicopters encircling Kiew.
- NBQ001
Russian helicopter that was shot down upclose: https://twitter.com/TadeuszGicza…
This guy has a good stream of info and footage.
- sted0
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The Russian president again gave a long speech to the people of Russia at dawn on Thursday - the second of this week, the previous one being analyzed in detail here - which he again led with a thorough historical-world political explanation.
The introductory part is divided into points:NATO's eastward expansion poses serious threats to Russia's security
For thirty years, Russia has tried in vain to agree with the West on security guarantees with infinite patience, but has faced cynicism, lying, pressure and blackmail.
the collapse of the Soviet Union was perceived in the West without the need to abide by the agreements reached with it, the status quo was repeatedly set in motion
It began with the bombing of Belgrade in the middle of Europe
followed by Iraq, Libya and Syria, and lies about non-existent weapons of mass destruction and other threats
they promised that NATO would not expand eastwards, this was not kept
the United States has become the realm of lies
in the 1990s and early 2000s, the West supported separatism and armed mercenary gangs in southern Russia
In December 2021, Russia once again made an attempt to develop mutual security guarantees, but found deaf ears
there is no further delay, in 1940 and early 1941 the Soviet Union waited until it should have
Russia, despite the losses since the collapse of the Soviet Union, is once again one of the world's leading nuclear powers, turning against it could face dire consequences
the threat of NATO expansion is growing year by year, it would be irresponsible to leave it at that
The expropriation of the territory of Ukraine by the West is unacceptable
The arrest of Russia is a geopolitical foundation for the US, a matter of life and death for Russia
Russia has been doing everything in its power to bring about political settlement in the Donbass for 8 years, despite the fact that what is happening there is intolerable
NATO also supports far-right and neo-Nazi rule in Ukraine to achieve its goals
the Ukrainians want to retake the Crimea, a clash with these forces is inevitable
Russia respects all states in the post-Soviet region, but does not feel safe due to threats from today's Ukraine
in the early 2000s, Russia was right in the Caucasus, in 2014 in the Crimea, in 2015 in Syria, there was no other option then and now is not the case.
decisions had to be taken immediately after the Donbass People's Republics requested military assistance
- OBBTKN1
Hostomel Airport taken; 15 minutes from Kiev.
- NBQ002
So where's the US & EU "mother of all sanctions" (i.e. Swift exclusion)???
- Windows XP is rebootingfadein11
- Its coming now.sted
- Bidenbot is warming upsted
- Does Biden know what day it is?Chimp
- Remove Chelsea from Premier LeagueBeeswax
- EU is very concernedernexbcn
- The EU will write a strongly worded letter.Chimp
- Just give Putin the worlds longest table. He'll be well pleased.shapesalad
- But with a catch, once he sits down he can't stand up, ever.sted
- Have you called Washington and asked?FNP14
- yuekit0
"Western security services believe that Putin intends to overthrow the government and install a puppet regime. This “decapitation” strategy will also take in local governments. Lists have been drawn up of Ukrainian officials to be arrested or killed."
- sted0
4 ballistic missiles launched from the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the south-western direction.
- sted4
Poland raises state of alert of its forces