Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Gabriel]

It seems we are finally starting to take this new escalation by Russia and NK with the sort of seriousness that it warrants. Germany has summoned NK diplomat for stern discussion.

Maybe after next escalation we will dare to call their diplomats to serious and stern discussion.

Whoa! Whoa! Stop this blatant escalation.

[Wilian]

Whoa! Whoa! Stop this blatant escalation.

Thank God they did not condemn it with strongest possible words yet. Putins finger is on the button.

[Surfd]

Maybe after next escalation we will dare to call their diplomats to serious and stern discussion.

Will there be sternly worded letters? Oh, please, please tell me there will be sternly worded letters. Maybe a bit of finger shaking if we're feeling particularly adventurous. What about sharp, frowny scowls? Would that be too much?

[Corvus]

The russian central bank has hiked interest rates another 2% to 21%, and warned another rate rise is likely next meeting.

[Gabriel]

Hey @Ulmita could you come and give us your quick thoughts on Israel just walking past Iran's Russian made anti-air systems? You know, S-300s and S-400s and stuff?

[Saradain]

Hey @Ulmita could you come and give us your quick thoughts on Israel just walking past Iran's Russian made anti-air systems? You know, S-300s and S-400s and stuff?

He's still busy trying to sue me for defamation. But I don't think he wants me to know his real name, it could reveal something about his IRL location!

And he has not been active on that account since 27th of July.

[Makabreska]

He's still busy trying to sue me for defamation. But I don't think he wants me to know his real name, it could reveal something about his IRL location!

And he has not been active on that account since 27th of July.

When you go full retard this hard...

[alach]

He's still busy trying to sue me for defamation. But I don't think he wants me to know his real name, it could reveal something about his IRL location!

And he has not been active on that account since 27th of July.

You didn't even say anything that bad to him, just presented some facts and he got so aggravated and completely broke. So weird. Think there is a lesson here about facing reality after being buried in the rabbit hole of conspiracy nonsense. Or not.

[Dezerte]

I'm sure he'll be back as soon as the "fog of war" clears.

[Corvus]

The ceo of state owned Rostek, which builds much of russia's weapons and military equipment, has warned that the current interest rate could send most russian businesses bankrupt.

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-...emezov-1975012

The 21% is what the central bank charges the commercial bank - the commercial banks charge even more for personal loans and businesses. Some mortgages have reportedly hit as high as 35% interest rates.

[alach]

I know its old news here, but it was just confirmed by NATO to be a "serious" escalation.

BRUSSELS -- NATO on Monday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been deployed in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.

“Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters.

Rutte said the move represents “a significant escalation” in North Korea’s involvement in the conflict and marks “a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war.”

Oh YUPPIE would be so excited.

[Elder Millennial]

The ceo of state owned Rostek, which builds much of russia's weapons and military equipment, has warned that the current interest rate could send most russian businesses bankrupt.

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-...emezov-1975012

The 21% is what the central bank charges the commercial bank - the commercial banks charge even more for personal loans and businesses. Some mortgages have reportedly hit as high as 35% interest rates.

You can always sign up to the Special Military Operation and have your loans forgiven!

https://www.business-humanrights.org...anks-to-leave/

I wonder how long before Russia starts drafting childless women of military age.

[Kaleredar]

You can always sign up to the Special Military Operation and have your loans forgiven!

https://www.business-humanrights.org...anks-to-leave/

I wonder how long before Russia starts drafting childless women of military age.

They can’t have their women dying. How else are they going to cultivate the breeding stock what to restore glorious Russia, comrade?

[Elder Millennial]

They can’t have their women dying. How else are they going to cultivate the breeding stock what to restore glorious Russia, comrade?

In the current Russian situation/state mentality it makes perfect sense.

Get pregnant and breed or go the front and die by the thousands to take some random village nobody has ever heard of before and gain another 1.17 KM of land.

[Gabriel]

I know its old news here, but it was just confirmed by NATO to be a "serious" escalation.

BRUSSELS -- NATO on Monday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been deployed in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.

Oh YUPPIE would be so excited.

10 year war*

[alach]

No new limits on Ukraine's use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia's fight, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia.
The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even as attention shifts to the Middle East.
It could signal how Russia hopes to offset mounting battlefield losses and continue making slow, steady gains in eastern Ukraine.

Are we finally seeing a tipping point? Its hard to tell what with Isreal stealing the headlines day after day, but I think this entire korea thing could really galvanize the west. Also;

Russia bombs historic Soviet skyscraper in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Because of course they did.

A Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv on Monday shattered much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks in Ukraine’s second city, dating from the 1920s.
...
President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the strike on Kharkiv’s Derzhprom (State Industry) building, one of the most striking examples of Soviet-era constructivism architecture and dubbed the Soviet Union’s first skyscraper.
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“Every handshake with war criminal Putin boosts his confidence. Every pleasant smile convinces him that he can get away with his crimes,” Zelensky wrote.

[Gabriel]

No new limits on Ukraine's use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia's fight, Pentagon says


Are we finally seeing a tipping point? Its hard to tell what with Isreal stealing the headlines day after day, but I think this entire korea thing could really galvanize the west. Also;

Russia bombs historic Soviet skyscraper in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Because of course they did.

I have no doubt we will give some Russian diplomats... dare I say it... a serious talk.

[Wilian]

No new limits on Ukraine's use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia's fight, Pentagon says


Are we finally seeing a tipping point? Its hard to tell what with Isreal stealing the headlines day after day, but I think this entire korea thing could really galvanize the west. Also;

Russia bombs historic Soviet skyscraper in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Because of course they did.

No. See the wording, no new restrictions. Nothing about the current ones. We continue our hard posturing of altering between concern and condemnation while watching Russia continue their genocide of Ukraine.

Sometimes we might impose some new sanctions that get bypassed through our choice to look other way as stuff gets rotated through Russian vassals and every couple of years we remind our supposed allies that they shouldn't help arming Russia like Turkey recently.

[PhaelixWW]

So a Russian court has found Google guilty of... something or other, and has ordered them to pay a fine of $25,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

No, really.

[Saradain]

So a Russian court has found Google guilty of... something or other, and has ordered them to pay a fine of $25,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

No, really.

Probably confused the currency with rubles.

200 USD fine? Wait, that's 15 minutes old data...Should be around 150 USD right now.