Russia-Ukraine Invasion
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- yuekit1
Reality check for people who think the war is going well and the public supports it...just as immigrants will travel to the USA to have "anchor babies" guaranteeing their citizenship, thousands of pregnant Russian women are now flying to South America so their babies can become citizens there.
- Here in Thailand, there are so many Russians fleeing Putin's war that at times you'll be walking down the street and there are more Russians than Asian peopleyuekit
- Some people joked that we are also being invaded by Russia. Apparently they think they can just take a few months holidays and it will all be over.yuekit
- yuekit, you live in Thailand?drgs
- That is pretty amazing considering both countries aren't exactly next to each other.CyBrainX
- @drgs Yes during most of the pandemic and past year I did :)yuekit
- @CyBrainX Here's a story talking about it (politely not mentioning the war their government is waging as a potential cause)yuekit
- https://www.bangkokp…yuekit
- yuekit1
Analysis by a Russian pollster on the real nature of Russian public opinion.
According to him when you look closely at the numbers, only around 10% on each side are either hardcore supporters or opponents of the war.
The vast majority of Russians are politically apathetic -- many in survivalist mode, facing a falling standard of living.
- NBQ003
Russia may have lost entire elite brigade near Vuhledar (see also the video I posted below)
https://kyivindependent.com/news…
The brigade totaled about 5,000 soldiers, whose members were killed, wounded, or captured, according to Dmytrashkivskyi, the head of the united press center of the Tavriskiy District of Ukrainian defense forces.
Russian troops were losing 150-300 marines a day in that area, he told Politico. "In addition, over the past week, the enemy lost about 130 units of equipment, including 36 units of tanks."
- NBQ001
Russia deploys nuclear-armed ships for first time in 30 years, Norway says
- Nairn1
The use of GPS-aided artillery and tiny GPS-reporting drones with immediate positional feedback is brutally terrifying in this conflict.
- only until you run into one of these:
https://maritime-exe…sted - Well, even then - drones pick out visual cues that can be referenced, and you can still shoot with GPS, even if not necessarily land with it 100%Nairn
- I'm just saying - I've seen so many stupidly-accurate drone-hinted artillery strikes. We're so fucked.Nairn
- we've got our hands full with balloons at the moment_niko
- only until you run into one of these:
- sted2
- yuekit1
Russian journalist sentenced to six years of forced labor in a penal colony and banned from being a journalist for posting on Telegram that Russia bombed the theatre in Mariupol
- neverscared0
- "now kids, just run towards those guns over there - last one there gets to clean the latrines. oh and keep an eye out for any mines on your way"hans_glib
- A whole generation of Ruskie kids might grow up to believe that Ukraine is the devil and a never ending cycle of violence will commence. What a nightmare_niko
- it's how the khmer rouge and n korea workhans_glib
- yuekit2
Top Russian Military Official Dead After Fall From 16th Floor
A Russian military official in charge of financial provisions for the military district blamed for the Kremlin’s worst losses in Ukraine has been found dead after a nasty fall from a St. Petersburg high-rise.
Marina Yankina, head of the department of financial provisions for the Western Military District, was found dead on a sidewalk on Wednesday morning, according to multiple local reports. She is just the latest in a growing list of Russian military officials, defense industry figures, war critics, and gas and oil execs to die suddenly and mysteriously since the start of the full-scale invasion last year.
The 58-year-old’s belongings and documents were found on a balcony on the 16th floor of the building, Mash reports.
Russia’s Investigative Committee is looking into the circumstances of the deadly plunge, with their preliminary conclusion being suicide, according to Fontanka.
The Western Military District has incurred some of the heaviest losses in Russia’s war against Ukraine—and been blamed for a string of humiliating battlefield losses.
- I have wondered whether a lot of these unfortunate window plunges might actually be the work of the CIA/etc.Nairn
- Seriously, what is it with these fucking Ruskies and defenestration?Continuity
- it's a great way to instil fear in those that remainhans_glib
- Putin's friends know the end is near and are covering their tracksdrgs
- I’m going to go to Russia and start a railings and windows business, apparently the workmanship and building materials suck over there_niko
- these rassan high-rise windows, as if they were made of sugarsted
- lol sorry @niko I just see your note now :)sted
- In Russia - window is a threat.dasohr
- I bet they're not OSHA compliantpango
- Get a bungalow already!Fax_Benson
- Time of death: 9:00am
Declared cause of death (Suicide): 8:30amAkagiyama
- NBQ001
Putin doing some MJ moves:
- sted7
- neverscared2
This is a selection of photos that The Associated Press didn’t publish when they were taken. Months later, the photographers have revisited their work and picked out frames that they think deserve to be seen.
russia-ukraine-war-unseen-photos
https://apnews.com/article/russi…
not for the faint hearted
- sted4
- with this recording a window of endless opportunities just opened for him :Dsted
- Well, Yevgeny, there's a window out there with your name on it.
Hef nais dei, komrade.Continuity - Shit. sted in with the window joke before me by a hair. :DContinuity
- Wagner will overthrow Putindrgs
- I'm pretty sure he'll be taking a mandatory flying lesson before that happens.Continuity
- He has 50000 convicts working for himdrgs
- It all makes sense now, Russian FSB/law-enforcement (loyal to Putin) vs the convicts (who hate the former's guts).
God I hope they make this into a moviedrgs - either those stockpiles only exist on paper or they're deathly afraid of being left exposed to an attack by NATO so have to keep backups at all costs...or both_niko
- my bets are on the latter. we have seen enough of them trying to provoke an escalation and after they got burned last year I don't think they would risk a bluffsted
- @drgs yeah it is an interesting situation, I don't think anyone wants those convicts to return home.sted
- when u make your cook in charge of wagner...neverscared
- grafician-1
“One year later, Kyiv stands,” Biden declared Monday. “And Ukraine stands. Democracy stands.”
- thumb_screws0
Caught his last night in Aus.
The People's Fight: The Battle for KhersonOlly Lambert story, 2 months on the front line focusing on Ukrainian volunteers.
The repurposing of off the shelf drones is nuts.
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/N…
I think its a shorter edit of this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ep…
