Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Iphie]

Russia threatens Armenia with invasion now: https://www.capital.gr/diethni/39680...basi-sti-xora/

It is very simple, we live in an age where those who have the power are trying to expand and make their dreams reality. Putin has opened the gates of hell with his invasion. China is the only one who isn't following through and yet it is used as an excuse, it is really a shame.

Ya know most people don't read Greek, so an English language article would be peachy...also it's, only barely, technically not the Kremlin itself but Solovyov who is threathening. (yes yes he's little more than the mouthpiece but it's still plausible deniability.)

[PhaelixWW]

It is very simple, we live in an age where those who have the power are trying to expand and make their dreams reality.

This has happened in literally every age of human history.

[Gorsameth]

Russia also demonstratively does not have the power.

[Mayhem]

Russia also demonstratively does not have the power.

Hu what? After their 4-year-long three-day operation? You know what, I think you're onto something here.

[Wilian]

Ya know most people don't read Greek, so an English language article would be peachy...also it's, only barely, technically not the Kremlin itself but Solovyov who is threathening. (yes yes he's little more than the mouthpiece but it's still plausible deniability.)

Soloyov also plans on nuking London, invading Finland, destroying Baltics, erasing Brussels and whatnot about every other evening so he's probably the least of people I'd raise my ear for in Ruzzosphere. He's only good for gauging the general feel of the politics, not the intent, being a drunken TV loudmouth with tight Kremlin leash as he is.

[Lahis]

Russia threatens Armenia with invasion now: https://www.capital.gr/diethni/39680...basi-sti-xora/

It is very simple, we live in an age where those who have the power are trying to expand and make their dreams reality. Putin has opened the gates of hell with his invasion. China is the only one who isn't following through and yet it is used as an excuse, it is really a shame.

China will not announce the invasion of Taiwan before they have boots firmly on the ground.

[PhaelixWW]

China will not announce the invasion of Taiwan before they have boots firmly on the ground.

They likely wouldn't announce it, period.

If pressed, they'd just call it an "internal matter", since they view it to be a part of China already.

[alach]

Ukraine’s new defense chief reveals 200,000 soldiers have gone AWOL and 2 million are dodging draft

I'm not going to fault all these guys. It has to be a brutal to be called up for military service in the world's most violent conflict since WW2, when a week ago you were working at McDonalds or a copy-editor, or a gardener. Its easy to be critical from the comfort of my own home, so I wont be.
I'll just point out that it is highly likely if these 2.2 million actually participated, this would probably be over and the russian invaders pushed out. Ukraine is suffering a troop deficit of a couple hundred thousand and having a hard time finding recruits to plug some holes in their defense lines.

[Deus Mortis]

Ukraine’s new defense chief reveals 200,000 soldiers have gone AWOL and 2 million are dodging draft

I'm not going to fault all these guys. It has to be a brutal to be called up for military service in the world's most violent conflict since WW2, when a week ago you were working at McDonalds or a copy-editor, or a gardener. Its easy to be critical from the comfort of my own home, so I wont be.
I'll just point out that it is highly likely if these 2.2 million actually participated, this would probably be over and the russian invaders pushed out. Ukraine is suffering a troop deficit of a couple hundred thousand and having a hard time finding recruits to plug some holes in their defense lines.

I wouldn't even be surprised if those numbers are on the low end. The TCC has been grabbing people in the street for the last two years to drag the men to war kinda like what we saw Russia do in 2022, a lot of times the citizens literally gang up on the TCC officers to let the citizens escape. Citizens of Ukraine are actually happy when Russia bombs those offices. I also understand why at this point in the war the citizens don't wanna go to the frontline. When you think of injury in a war you think of being shot which plenty of times is recoverable, but in this war injury is usually due to an explosion from arty or drones which means you probably have lost a limb if you even survive and that is far more debilitating.

I think one of the biggest mistakes Ukraine made and I 100% understand why they chose what they did was not lowering the draft age to 18 and keeping it at 25-27 at the start of the war.

[alach]

Hope?
US to join Russia and Ukraine in first known trilateral talks of war
Should know more by the end of the day, but the painful truth is putin isn't interested in peace, no matter how many times trump says he is.
Putin tells US envoys 'no point in hoping' for peace without Ukraine's capitulation on territories
Will it stop trump from adding it to his never-ending count of war-ending? Probably not.

Zelensky ready to make a peace deal, Trump claims after Davos meeting
Only took a year, but he finally got there. Have an atta boy.

Although for the first time Ukraine is killing more invaders than they can replace, putin still believes he has the upper hand as Kyiv suffers one of the coldest winters in ages without heat and power thanks to him. Who, by the way, since we are on the subject, has been invited to trumps very exclusive club totally not for Supervillians, but only if he can get his money back,
Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’


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[Ghostile]

Hope?
US to join Russia and Ukraine in first known trilateral talks of war
Should know more by the end of the day, but the painful truth is putin isn't interested in peace, no matter how many times trump says he is.
Putin tells US envoys 'no point in hoping' for peace without Ukraine's capitulation on territories
Will it stop trump from adding it to his never-ending count of war-ending? Probably not.

Zelensky ready to make a peace deal, Trump claims after Davos meeting
Only took a year, but he finally got there. Have an atta boy.

Although for the first time Ukraine is killing more invaders than they can replace, putin still believes he has the upper hand as Kyiv suffers one of the coldest winters in ages without heat and power thanks to him. Who, by the way, since we are on the subject, has been invited to trumps very exclusive club totally not for Supervillians, but only if he can get his money back,
Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’


Picture added for emphasis.

Ruskies are still screaming how Ukraine has to leave the areas ruskies fail to take, so we'll see.

[Biglog]

It does seem like there's at least a chance for an agreement finally. It's gone predictably that Russia would go on the offensive to be in a better position prior to substantive talks, which they did. For a long time things were stuck at Zelensky refusing to give up any ground in a deal. But the offensive has moved the needle and it's kind of down just to which territories now. So if Russia is ok with some of the eastern areas being the buffer with the West that they were seeking (and not all of Ukraine), and if Ukraine is possibly willing now to talk on those lands, maybe there's a chance.

[Gorsameth]

It does seem like there's at least a chance for an agreement finally. It's gone predictably that Russia would go on the offensive to be in a better position prior to substantive talks, which they did. For a long time things were stuck at Zelensky refusing to give up any ground in a deal. But the offensive has moved the needle and it's kind of down just to which territories now. So if Russia is ok with some of the eastern areas being the buffer with the West that they were seeking (and not all of Ukraine), and if Ukraine is possibly willing now to talk on those lands, maybe there's a chance.

No, Ukraine rightfully will not give up land and Russia will still not accept security guarantees.

How do you still not understand this after 4 years...

[Makabreska]

Picture added for emphasis.

This literally looks like Pootie is teaching Trump the 6-7.

[Dontrike]

Here's some fun pics and videos of Ukraine bombing Russian drone handlers. I could watch Nazis get blown up all day.

[alach]

Some news, while the "peace" talks continue. Next is scheduled for 1st of Febuary.

Ukraine war briefing: Nearly 2 million military casualties to date, study finds, with Russia bearing brunt of losses

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused nearly 2 million military casualties – killed, wounded or missing – between the two countries, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US thinktank. Moscow’s forces have borne the brunt of the losses, with as many as 325,000 killed out of an estimated total of 1.2 million casualties since the war began nearly four years ago. Ukrainian forces have also suffered major losses – between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties, of which between 100,000 and 140,000 were killed – from February 2022 to December 2025. “Combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties may be as high as 1.8 million and could reach two million total casualties by the spring of 2026,” the thinktank said. UN monitors say civilian casualties have reached almost 15,000 verified deaths since 2022 but that the actual total “is likely considerably higher”.

You know how they say, judge a man by who his friends are? I don't know which one to judge worse, but I don't think putin was in the Epstein files.
Trump Displays Photo with Putin in the White House Lobby

The White House has displayed a photograph of US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin in its lobby, positioned above an image of Trump with his granddaughter, highlighting the significance of the encounter.

Very fine people, on both sides!
Passengers killed in drone attack on Ukraine train

Hope? I say that every week.
Ukraine sees shift in Russia's peace talks delegation as 'pseudo-historical lectures' end, foreign minister says

I'll leave you with some entertainment,
Ukraine war latest live: SBU releases greatest hits video of 2025 drone strikes on Russian aircraft

[alach]

Good news, donald trump has ended war #193892774. He is very proud he negotiated a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Russia says it agreed to pause strikes on Kyiv until Sunday at Trump’s request
Sunday? That's tomorrow. I don't think that counts. That sounds more like the pause is the time it takes to reload.

US President Donald Trump claimed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, as the country grapples with plummeting winter temperatures, with the Kremlin appearing to at least partially confirm Trump’s words.

Trump made the claim during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists Friday that Moscow had agreed to a “personal request” from Trump to stop striking the capital city of Kyiv until Sunday. The US president’s request was made in order to “create favorable conditions for negotiations,” Peskov said.

The illusion of a ceasefire in Ukraine

Under immense pressure by weeks of Russian missile strikes, blackouts, and freezing cold, Ukrainians may get a few days of reprieve — at least, according to Washington.

Trump surprisingly announced on Jan. 29 that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed not to strike Ukrainian cities for a week, though Moscow said that this would concern only Kyiv, and last only until Feb. 1 — just before another cold snap.

The halt on strikes — provided it would be prolonged — could indicate Russia is feeling the sting of Ukrainian strikes on its oil infrastructure and is open to the long-debated energy truce. Experts and lawmakers who spoke with the Kyiv Independent, however, see it is far more likely that Russia is simply buying time.

"The peace process is at a dead end," says Ryhor Nizhnikau, a Russia expert at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

Putin "needs to placate Trump, buy more time, and ideally convince him that another failure of the peace process is mostly not Russia's fault."

Well, I'm sure the next peace talks will bring results this time. Good news is on the horizon. The Kremlin's main man is on the job and in mar-a-lago today. I mean, who wouldn't make a deal with this guy,

[alach]

*in my stupidest trump impression voice* Vladimir wants peace, I just got off the phone with him. He told me he wants peace. Hes a great guy, theres very fine people on both sides. Also I'm an idiot. *fart*
In largest missile attack of winter, Russia targets Ukraine's power plants amid brutal freeze

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple energy facilities across the country and injuring at least nine people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The strikes came amid a larger attack on Ukrainian cities, including those located hundreds of kilometers from the front line, with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones reported over Ukraine's night sky.

Russia's latest assault signals the end of a brief energy ceasefire, under which Moscow had agreed to temporarily pause strikes on Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure. The resumed attacks on the capital comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 29 that he personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to refrain from attacking Kyiv.

The Kremlin previously said it would pause strikes on energy facilities, but only until Feb. 1.

[Tyris Flare]

*in my stupidest trump impression voice* Vladimir wants peace, I just got off the phone with him. He told me he wants peace. Hes a great guy, theres very fine people on both sides. Also I'm an idiot. *fart*
In largest missile attack of winter, Russia targets Ukraine's power plants amid brutal freeze

The negotiations are and have always been kabuki theater. Russia's basic demands haven't changed in years (4 provinces, no nato or nato-like guarantees, demilitarization, removal of the ukr nationalists from power) and Ukraine and Europe are obviously unwilling to accept any one of those terms, let alone all. There is almost literally nothing to negotiate, Trump is just Trump and wants to be seen as scoring a victory with the least amount of effort possible. But he has no cards to play and never has.

[Mazza]

Starlink took measures so Russia can't use them anymore to navigate their drones over Ukraine. Turns out Starlinks security was so weak Russia could use them to fly their drones vastly deeper in Ukrainian territory.

Now in the defense of Starlink at least they came up with some measures to prevent that pretty fast after Ukraine figured out what was going on. In response Russia presumably is ramping up Iskander production.