Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Poopymonster]

When that one guy does not get the memo...

You mean the one guy who was conscripted from prison for murdering, raping, and consuming (in that order) kids, doesn't want to be there, and knows if he surrenders he's more fucked than the 2.8 corpses they found in his basement?

[Corvus]

Winter is coming and the snows have arrived. Mobiks are making shelters out of clingwrap due to lack of proper gear.

And it hasn't even got really bad yet.

[Iphie]

Winter is coming and the snows have arrived. Mobiks are making shelters out of clingwrap due to lack of proper gear.

And it hasn't even got really bad yet.

They are really intent on re-creating the Winter War aren't they?? Good grief...

[Santti]

Winter is coming and the snows have arrived. Mobiks are making shelters out of clingwrap due to lack of proper gear.

And it hasn't even got really bad yet.

Oh yeah, that's the stuff I've waited for.

[Corvus]

Note that this camp is still in russia - they haven't even deployed to Ukraine yet.

[Iphie]

At this rate they'll never make it as they'll be...ehm...well-preserved. (if they're not just losing limbs.)

Would they even protect against the wind?

[Edge-]

https://apnews.com/article/fact-chec...g-996663874380

CLAIM: U.S. aid to Ukraine was laundered back to the Democratic Party through the failed cryptocurrency exchange firm FTX.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Ukrainian government has not invested nor stored money in FTX, according to the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation. These claims misrepresent a short-term initiative in Ukraine that used FTX to convert cryptocurrency donations for the war effort into government-issued currency. While FTX’s former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has donated large sums to Democrats, records show he and other FTX executives also have donated to conservative groups.

THE FACTS: Bankman-Fried was the CEO of FTX and running the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world until Friday, The Associated Press has reported. The company filed for bankruptcy protection amid news it was short billions of dollars and may have been hacked.

The move has fueled baseless conspiracy theories on social media around the embattled former CEO’s donations, FTX, and Democrats who ran in this year’s midterm elections.

“So Biden gave loads of money to Ukraine, who gave loads of money to FTX, who gave loads of money to Democrats,” reads one tweet with over 100,000 likes.

“For an entire year Democrat law makers have stood on the House floor and demanded taxpayer $$ for Ukraine. The whole time, Ukraine was funneling those tax $$ into FTX, who in turn donated them back to Democrat lawmakers,” reads another post on Twitter with over 25,000 likes.

Holy crap, the insane shit people conjure up is truly wild. Ukraine has literally no connection with FTX and the basis for this seems to be, "I got high and it sounded cool." or something.

[enigma77]

Looks like some account was deleted again, since we have some extra pages that do not exist, very annoying.

[Veggie50]

I figured out Putins master plan…

Nobody can say its not a 3 day operation if none of your men survive longer than 3 days!

[Iphie]

So who got deleted?

[Joszef Kiprich]

Someone with about 60 posts in this thread.

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In other Russian/Ukrainian related news:
3 out of 4 suspects responsible for shooting down MH 17 have been found guilty.
If it was the other way; in Russia 7 out of 4 suspects have been found guilty, the 8th one slipped on his bathroom floor and unfortunately fell to his dead through his 31st floor apartment window.

[Corvus]

In just the months of September and October, 23,000 prisoners disappeared from russia's prisons. Most of those will now be dead from the Wagner SS human wave tactics.

[fwc577]

I just hold the notion if Japan could be redeemed, Russia can still be redeemed. But they need to be occupied for that to happen. Considering claims of imperialism unto others if that happens, who knows when it will be

They just need to get the Fat Man and Little Boy USA S.P.E.C.I.A.L.S. and they can start on their path to redemption! /s

[Vakna]

If NATO/US gets tired of funding the fight then Ukraine will have to go to the negotiation tables. Unfortunately for Ukraine their survival depends on how much others are willing to back them and they can only blow off pressure to negotiate for so long. I don't think they will be pressured soon but needle is moving in that direction. US support isn't going to dry up but it's not going to come as quickly, either?

Better to do it before good will support dries up instead of having to dealing with a Russia that knows Ukraine's aid has been cut.

Any negotiations that infringes on Ukrainian territory is unacceptable, both Ukraine and the West have already committed to this and if it is ever backed down on then it just gives Russia more power because they are then justified in their criminal land grabs, who knows what country is next? Once Russia concedes it's claims and withdraws Russian troops from occupied land, then negotiations can begin.

Ukraine is absolutely open to negotiating, it's only Russia that is holding talks back.

[Veggie50]

USA getting tired of funding this fight? The USA is making the deal of the century here. For a few billion dollars they dismantle Russia, the voters love “America stronk” AND they don’t get the negative press of american soldiers dying.

[Makabreska]

USA getting tired of funding this fight? The USA is making the deal of the century here. For a few billion dollars they dismantle Russia, the voters love “America stronk” AND they don’t get the negative press of american soldiers dying.

Yup, pretty much. They can fuck up Russia and then focus entirely on China, their real rival.

[Rasulis]

USA getting tired of funding this fight? The USA is making the deal of the century here. For a few billion dollars they dismantle Russia, the voters love “America stronk” AND they don’t get the negative press of american soldiers dying.

Don't forget the great advertisement for US weapon manufacturers. Can't beat this type of headline "16 HIMARS launchers turned the tide of war."

Ukraine War Boosts HIMARS Sales; Lockheed Martin Bags Another Export Order For ‘Game Changing’ MLRS

[Xyonai]

Also this is the first conflict in modern memory that's been so markedly black and white: Aggressive anti-Democratic Imperialists attempt unprovoked wholesale slaughter and take-over of their neighboring country for incredibly ill defined reasons. And everything else Russia's been doing in Ukraine's been so horribly fucked up that it's been incredibly easy to sway a lot of public perceptions (in the west at least) towards Ukraine or at least against Russia. Like this has been one of the easiest-to-sell conflicts since the invasion of Afghanistan post 9/11.

And the best counter to that are some dumbass Tankies hand wringing about Azov while pretending Wagner doesn't exist.

[Iphie]

Don't forget the great advertisement for US weapon manufacturers. Can't beat this type of headline "16 HIMARS launchers turned the tide of war."

Ukraine War Boosts HIMARS Sales; Lockheed Martin Bags Another Export Order For ‘Game Changing’ MLRS

And these are the "short" range rockets, other countries can order the longer ranged rockets without the need for restraint.

[Veggie50]

Also this is the first conflict in modern memory that's been so markedly black and white: Aggressive anti-Democratic Imperialists attempt unprovoked wholesale slaughter and take-over of their neighboring country for incredibly ill defined reasons. And everything else Russia's been doing in Ukraine's been so horribly fucked up that it's been incredibly easy to sway a lot of public perceptions (in the west at least) towards Ukraine or at least against Russia. Like this has been one of the easiest-to-sell conflicts since the invasion of Afghanistan post 9/11.

And the best counter to that are some dumbass Tankies hand wringing about Azov while pretending Wagner doesn't exist.

I wouldn’t put the invasion of afghanistan in the same category of “easy sell” wars though… there was quite some controversy there.