Russia-Ukraine Invasion
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- ApeRobot2
- What a fucked up world we are living in.....ApeRobot
- I have always wondered what Dave Smith thought about the situtation.palimpsest
- The guy is grossly misinformed. Russian's REJECTED that deal because they "don't negotiate with Nazis."pr2
- At the beginning of the war Ukraine was open to even concede territory to Russia but you know Ruskies have their heads up their asses.pr2
- whoever wins the war (if there is a winner) can chose what history will be.uan
- It's a fucked up world and that's why when I really want to understand what's happening, I turn to this guy
https://www.youtube.…yuekit - Lots of things they're saying here are just wrong. He claims there was some kind of written agreement not to expand NATO.yuekit
- https://www.politifa…yuekit
- Even Gorbachev said there was never any agreement.
https://www.brooking…yuekit - Just because the USA was rooting for one side in the Maidan protests doesn't mean it was a US coup.yuekit
- This is how it was reported at the time. The president had opened fire on protesters. He resigned, tried to take it back, fled the country and was thenyuekit
- impeached by the parliament, after which elections were held.
https://www.aljazeer…yuekit - And there have been multiple elections since then which he never mentions. Also leaves out the minor detail that Russia illegally invaded Ukraine in 2014...yuekit
- Dude completely leaves out that the overthrown president Viktor Yanukovych was a Russian puppet.mathinc
- not brightest with complexity and history...neverscared
- inv8
Crimean / Kerch bridge taken out / on fire...
This has got to be one of the biggest blow to Russia so far in the war...
- https://www.thedrive…Miesfan
- An epxlosion like that surely must have the entire structure unsafe. This isn't something that will 'buff out'.Continuity
- Ukraine secret service behind the explosionNBQ00
- Putin had his 70s birthday yesterday, do you think Ukraine waited to congratulate himdrgs
- This is no rocket. Probably sabotage.inv
- Suicide Truck Bomb?Nairn
- https://www.youtube.…garbage
- If suicide truck bombs can fly, yes.garbage
- I haven't seen any evidence of either a missile strike (out of range) or a boat attack, as much as people keep saying as much.Nairn
- I do however see a truck at the centre of this explosion, which matches tactics in used Iraq. I saw one recently that was like a fucking mini tactical nuke...Nairn
- mebbes not - https://nitter.net/r… Top of truck is illuminated before frame's filled with splosionary.Nairn
- There is be comprehensive screening of traffic. How does a truck bomb get on the bridge? Suicide bombers would be new for Ukraine but not, say, for Chechens.comicsans
- I now believe in the drone boat theory.Nairn
- @comicsans: vodka.sted
- Yippee Ki-Yayutopian
- It looks like half the road section is still open.Chimp
- NBQ004
Insane footages of Crimea Bridge explosion
- NBQ002
- Please tell me the Ukrainians punched a hole in that bridge with a rocket launching truck on a pink rubber floater. Please tell me this is true.Continuity
- A bit more than just a hole :)NBQ00
- Continuity1
That's optimistic.
- They were supposed to target the rail bridge over the road one, but this'll do.Nairn
- I'm hoping it's become really structurally unsound, now.Continuity
- 8pm local time 2025_niko
- Was the train standing still during the attack? Odd..inv
- "Quick reminder that Crimea is Ukraine and the Crimean bridge is located within the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine."grafician
- "Anyone who calls it an attack on Russia’s land and an “escalation by Ukraine” either has no idea what they’re talking about or is a Kremlin shill."grafician
- Are you quoting somebody that's wrong, or did you miss the part where Russian forcibly annexed Crimea in 2014, which was technically..garbage
- ..the beginning of this whole war that they keep pretending is not a war? This is the main bridge that connects Russia to the Crimean peninsula.garbage
- I'm fairly certain it was a Ukrainian attack, because this hurts Russian supply lines the most. But who knows.garbage
- graf is implying that this is not an attack on Russian territory, as it's occupied Ukranian territory, so not escalatory.Nairn
- neverscared2
bumsti
- Was the train moving? Does not seem like it? Good timing if it was...inv
- Inside job?
https://kyivindepend…grafician
- drgs0
- grafician-1
"Putin no longer tells ministers about his plans, faces criticism in inner circles.
Vladimir Putin has stopped to consult with ministers and doesn't inform them of his plans, Russian news outlet Meduza reports, citing unnamed sources close to Kremlin and the government."
Oh no
- This too:
https://twitter.com/…grafician - Perhaps the stable genius Comrade Musk can provide Vladimir Putin with some much needed advice.utopian
- This too:
- neverscared0
Meanwhile in Moscow, some particularly crazy – even by Russian standards – pro-Kremlin activists held a protest outside the US embassy and demanded Russia launch a nuclear missile on Washington
- comicsans3
Note carefully the nature of the Russian rhetoric. At first it was all bombast and fire and brimstone, TikTok Chechens, grandiose claims about reuniting the motherland and defeating nazism. "We'll take Kyiv and be holding a victory parade in 3 days!" Remember that? 6 months of military humiliation ago?
Now it is a quiet determination to restore the bridge and quickly repair the damage; the bully is silenced when they are punched in the mouth. This is an embarassing public wound and they can't BS about the nature of the damage.
The Ukranians have proven that that bridge is, and remains, at risk, vast resources will be expended to protect it. The Russians were quick to say it was a truck bomb, that means it wasn't; but humouring them, did it set off from Crimea or Russia? Regardless, that bridge is also getting in range of Ukranian (OK, NATO) munitions by the day.
They have not yet done a serious damage survey so claims to get it back working quickly are simply propaganda. Also winter is coming, I really doubt that you can make adequate repairs on a sea bridge during very cold weather. Until the repairs are finished, the bridge is degraded and Russians within Crimea are vulnerable.
- I'll bet there is at most 1 crane barge in the region able to help with repairs. I'd be waiting for that to show up...comicsans
- I'll stop after this. Satellite pics clearly show a scorched roadway, that implies a bomb on the road. Also the alleged truck came from Russia.comicsans
- Ooooh. Home-grown terrorist, maybe?Continuity
- russia is fucked thread ....neverscared
- As I realised above, the truck in question exhibits the flash of the explosion on its top surface before the conflagration takes over the entire frame.Nairn
- There's a definite wave observable under the point of explosion in some clips, and Ukr's been putting drone boats out aruond Crimea for at least a month now.Nairn
- That said, I think it'd be a lot easier for someone to blow up a truck filled with explosives, esp. with the happenstance train being alongside.Nairn
- ..and clearly Ukr's had teams of saboteurs operating in Crimea recently, and have been happy to 'own' the result, see: the stamp they've issued commemorating itNairn
- winter is cominghotroddy
- https://vm.tiktok.co…prophetone
- That's some cgi thing someone bothered to makeNairn
- time for biden to get the nuclear codes back from mar-a-lago...neverscared
- grafician-1
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#BREAKING Putin blames Ukraine secret services for Crimea bridge blast, denounces 'terrorist act': agencies
- also rumours he binned Shoigu and the other guy from that long tablegrafician
- some talk of it being russians doing it that want to topple putin.shapesalad
- yup seen that rumour on twitter
Also I'm guessing he doesn't know about the Russians strikes on UKR civilian buildings and all thatgrafician - Reading https://www.bbc.com/…grafician
- "A more plausible explanation, he said, is a massive explosion below the bridge - probably delivered using some kind of clandestine maritime drone."grafician
- grafician-1
"Russian forces used missiles, air strikes and drones in a "massive attack" on multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, according to Ukrainian officials."
"Since the morning, the aggressor launched 75 rockets. 41 of them were neutralized by our air defenses," Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian military, said.
- "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the missile strikes targeted Ukraine's energy facilities and its people."grafician
- "China has expressed hope that the situation in Ukraine will be “de-escalated soon,” following apparent Russian strikes on the capital Kyiv on Monday. "grafician
- "Zelensky says Russia used Iranian drones in Monday's attacks on Ukraine"grafician
- NBQ000
How likely is Putin to nuke Ukraine?
When Russia’s Vladimir Putin is in trouble, he threatens to start a global nuclear holocaust. (Or bomb innocent civilians and civilian residential places like today)
- grafician-1
- "Ukraine on Monday accused Moscow of using Iranian-made drones sent from neighbouring Belarus as part of multiple deadly strikes that Russian forces launched"grafician
- apparently they launched over 70 rockets costing over $10M each so almost $1B spent on these attacks
plus the fucking iranian dronesgrafician - https://mezha.media/…grafician
- how they shoot down a Russian missile: https://twitter.com/…grafician
- sted1
A remarkable hit Ukrainian air defense :D
- yuekit1
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Monday to reject Russia's call for the 193-member body to hold a secret ballot later this week on whether to condemn Moscow's move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine.
The General Assembly decided, with 107 votes in favor, that it would hold a public vote - not a secret ballot - on a draft resolution that condemns Russia's "illegal so-called referenda" and the "attempted illegal annexation." Diplomats said the vote on the resolution would likely be on Wednesday or Thursday.
- NBQ00-1
Russia's "irrecoverable losses" in the war with Ukraine have just become known: according to an FSB source, that figure is 90K. This includes troops who were killed, went missing, died from wounds, or were disabled and cannot return to military service.
- Doubts. At least 90K dead, then another 100K at least wounded disabled etc.
regular army, wagner, checkens, pro-russians, new recruits...grafician
- Doubts. At least 90K dead, then another 100K at least wounded disabled etc.
