Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Rasulis]

"All tickets for direct flights to Istanbul and Yerevan were sold out in a few minutes after Putin's address."

What is up with this flight? It says three economy tickets to Hong Kong for three is $54,000. It's got a layover in Dubai overnight.

Moscow to St. Petersburg is only $33.

Flights to Nairobi remain inexpensive, even below the norm at around $300 to $400 per person. Other destinations like Johannesburg, South Africa are approaching $50,000 for three one-way tickets.

[Gabriel]

They had time to flee.
Also protest at this point is pointless. They would have to storm the goverment with guns to stop this.

Funny that the country idolized by the US right wing nutters has some of the strictest gun laws on the planet, and the lowest chance the regular people mounting an armed insurrection.

[Iphie]

Funny that the country idolized by the US right wing nutters has some of the strictest gun laws on the planet, and the lowest chance the regular people mounting an armed insurrection.

You sure about that? Seems to me they're less strict than the Finnish ones:

russian gun control

[Yunru]

Funny that the country idolized by the US right wing nutters has some of the strictest gun laws on the planet, and the lowest chance the regular people mounting an armed insurrection.

But they have vodka. 1x Vodka + old rag = pretty effective weapon
Also sometimes soldiers turn on their master. It happened with some countrys.

[Sorshen]

https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/stat...00893740142592

[Rasulis]

Xi JinPing apperantly asks for talks regarding a cease fire and reopening a dialogue. Huh.

China and India are not happy about the war. It has been bad for the global economy. Venture capital funding in Asia dropped precipitously. The drop in 2022 is twice as large of the drop in the US. With China experiencing the largest drop. The flare up of border disputes between the various "stan" countries are worrisome to both China and India.

[Makabreska]

https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/stat...00893740142592

Well duh! Of course that VIP's and their families are protected.

[Cthulhu 2020]

I'd say the image speaks for itself

[Gabriel]

You sure about that? Seems to me they're less strict than the Finnish ones:

russian gun control

Bruh, they need to own a smooth-bore gun for 5 years before they can get guns with rifling, and they can't bring pistols home from the shooting range.

[Nymrohd]

The nuke talk is moot, they are a last resort and frankly not very effective considering nuclear winds don't care about borders. The United States killed more people in Vietnam using chemical weapons than the nukes in Japan. Russia would start this process there they have a large stockpile of biological and chemical weapons to empty out first. The speech only amounts to one thing, this is going to be a long war and who knows how it will play out. I still remember people on this board saying this would be all over within 1-2 months thanks to sanctions.

I suspect if he escalates it will be with chemical weapons. And if there is solid proof that is accepted internationally that chemical weapons were used then NATO will get involved and fuck his nuke threats.

[jonnysensible]

they arrested a busker playing Grazhdanskaya Oborona songs, saw him belting out Всё идёт по плану. Decent voice.

1000 arrests so far.

[Edge-]

1000 arrests so far.

You mean 1,000 volunteers so far*

[Dontrike]

no sane person thinks russia will lose to ukraine. they will declare war if they must. but they will win.

This is just as stupid as the time you said another civil war would start when Trump was impeached the first time. Russia definitely ain't winnin' at the moment, and considering they can barely clothe their soldiers and their tanks either shoot and don't move or move and don't shoot, I'm wondering where you're thinking this Heart of the Cards esque asspull from Russia and Putin is going to come from to win this.

Here's the thing, even if they "win", they don't win. The world will cut them off and they'll be just as poor then as they are now.

[jonnysensible]

This is just as stupid as the time you said another civil war would start when Trump was impeached the first time. Russia definitely ain't winnin' at the moment, and considering they can barely clothe their soldiers and their tanks either shoot and don't move or move and don't shoot, I'm wondering where you're thinking this Heart of the Cards esque asspull from Russia and Putin is going to come from to win this.

Here's the thing, even if they "win", they don't win. The world will cut them off and they'll be just as poor then as they are now.

cmon russia is winning so hard they had to call for a mobilisation and recruit cannibals and murderers from prisons.

[Twdft]

I'd say the image speaks for itself

1) get drafted, sent to Ukraine, immediately surrender and ask nicely if you can gtfo
2) ???
3) profit

They had time to flee.
Also protest at this point is pointless

It's a numbers game. If enough people take to the streets and tell their government enough is too much they win. This happened already a good 30 years ago all over eastern Europe, no reason to believe it can't work again. Being the first is hard though.

[Makabreska]

It's a numbers game. If enough people take to the streets and tell their government enough is too much they win. This happened already a good 30 years ago all over eastern Europe, no reason to believe it can't work again. Being the first is hard though.

Unfortunately, Putler and the Crew wont hesitate to send tanks against protesters. Russians are still way to passive and loving towards him. It would have to be something major to rile enough of them up enough.

[qwerty123456]

Please, please, don't go YUPPIE on us.

Talking about the potential use of nukes isn't going Yuppie. Going Yuppie is Fetishizing nukes so much that anytime a war breaks out you beat your dick so raw it barely has time to heal by the time your ban is lifted.

cmon russia is winning so hard they had to call for a mobilisation and recruit cannibals and murderers from prisons.

Putin is a genius. He's going to lower Russia's incarceration rate by 95% within a month. Russia going to get best place to live award 2023 with no people in prison(cause they are either dead or still fighting/captured in Ukraine) and 200 acres selling for 1 US dollar.

[Iphie]

Unfortunately, Putler and the Crew wont hesitate to send tanks against protesters. Russians are still way to passive and loving towards him. It would have to be something major to rile enough of them up enough.

This is likely to count, given the response: Fleeing, renewed protests, etc.

[zorkuus]

This is likely to count, given the response: Fleeing, renewed protests, etc.

We would need to see hundreds of thousands of people in the streets for any monumental change in russia. Again, very unlikely to happen.

[Iphie]

We would need to see hundreds of thousands of people in the streets for any monumental change in russia. Again, very unlikely to happen.

Small acorns, etc. or: "pienistä puroista syntyy suuri joki", as they say. But yes, more are needed.