Russian invasion of Ukraine

[noremorze]

Two GOP senators share photos of Zelenskyy during call after lawmakers asked not to by Ukraine

Wtf is wrong with these people?

[dextersmith]

Show me signs of actual economic collapse. Because that would actually have some chance of Russian troops withdrawing.

MoEx has been closed for a week and people can't get money from atms.......but it's all fake, right?

[PhaelixWW]

...people can't get money from atms...

Source for this?

[Torched]

Source for this?

Russian youtuber.

[Poopymonster]

Visa and Mastercard not working on Russia

Does this mean they can only use credit union?

Discover, and ironically, American Express haven't said no yet that I'm aware of.

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Wtf is wrong with these people?

Gotta appease their biggest donors.

[PhaelixWW]

Russian youtuber.

So not really true, thanks.

[Kaleredar]

Wtf is wrong with these people?

Because they saw the opportunity of them effectively posing with the Ukrainian president as being potential for personal political gains.

"look at how I'm combatting Russian tyranny! By posing with the embattled Ukrainian president! Remember, vote republican to maintain a tough stance on Russia"

That's 100% what they were going for.


That they effectively ignored pleas to not share the photos doesn't really surprise me. I'd be more surprised if they were actually paying attention in any meaningful way and had even heard that part, and even if they did they were probably thinking "eh who cares what this foreigner thinks, this'll look great for my publicity!"

[dextersmith]

That doesn't seem like enough of a concern that "none will trust the west now". I'll wait till actual countries say something and not just a single person I know nothing about.

Speaking of linking sources, Visa, Mastercard suspend all operations in Russia, 'effective immediately'



That sounds like the same moral/ethical stance all the other companies are taking. I don't see a lot of "none will trust the west conspiracy" from those.

It seems Russian issued cards still work in Russia though so they're not completely withdrawing.

[Kallisto]

Not sure if posted, but it seems the Belorussian military didn't invade Ukraine in numbers when they were supposed to because the military from Top to bottom is outright refusing to get involved. Some have even ran away (possibly defected)

https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/s...97649307348994

[Breccia]

It seems Russian issued cards still work in Russia though so they're not completely withdrawing.

I probably shouldn't have quoted that headline verbatim when it's not precise.

Not sure if posted, but it seems the Belorussian military didn't invade Ukraine in numbers when they were supposed to because the military from Top to bottom is outright refusing to get involved. Some have even ran away (possibly defected)

I hope this is true. It would surprise me a little if Belarus had been resisting from the start, less so if they've changed their mind after things started falling apart.

[dextersmith]

Bro, the workers, businessmen, politicians and the army are not all the same. It's not the worker's fault that putin is a nuthead. I'm ok with a military intervention but why ruin everyone's else life too besides the ones who are at fault?

To sanction a country is to bring hardship to its people - Putin's people, and they may revolt. Cut only Putin's visa and he'll use his secretary's.

[Rasulis]

Source for this?

They can't get $ or Euro from ATM. They can get ruble. Except nobody want ruble.

[Elegiac]

I hope this is true. It would surprise me a little if Belarus had been resisting from the start, less so if they've changed their mind after things started falling apart.

It's less surprising when you remember Lukashenko is effectively a puppet that has been kept in power against the wishes of the Belarusian people (with Russian help); him and those adjacent to him might be Putain's bum chums, but that's a veneer.

[PhaelixWW]

They can't get $ or Euro from ATM. They can get ruble. Except nobody want ruble.

Which makes the claim (or at least what I viewed the claim to be) not true.

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It's less surprising when you remember Lukashenko is effectively a puppet that has been kept in power against the wishes of the Belarusian people (with Russian help); him and those adjacent to him might be Putain's bum chums, but that's a veneer.

Also, it's possible that the Belarusian troops were better informed about the quality of the Russian troops that they were going to be supporting at the outset.

It's like ducking out of sight when the teams are being picked and the current picker has chosen all the worst players so far.

"Yeah, we're just going to NTFO..."

[Elegiac]

Also, it's possible that the Belarusian troops were better informed about the quality of the Russian troops that they were going to be supporting at the outset.

It's like ducking out of sight when the teams are being picked and the current picker has chosen all the worst players so far.

There's a hilarious kabuki play to be made out of this sequence of events. If only we didn't have to live through them in real time.

[Bakis]

What strikes me as odd but yet not odd is that Putlers actions just drive Finlands and Sweden a bit more to joining NATO.
Make no mistake the opinions are far from that happening but a erratic lunatic in control of vast armed forces next door is a pretty good talking point.

And NATO threatening Russia (odd since its a defensive pact) is one of his, in his book, strongest talking points.

[PhaelixWW]

There's a hilarious kabuki play to be made out of this sequence of events. If only we didn't have to live through them in real time.

Historians will have fun with it in 50 years. I'm vicariously happy for them.

[Verdugo]

Historians will have fun with it in 50 years. I'm vicariously happy for them.

It will be the Great Emu War all over again.

[Elegiac]

It will be the Great Emu War all over again.

The Great Emu War was (mostly) harmless nonsense.

This, however, is a blunder on the scale of Tsushima.

[dextersmith]

Two GOP senators share photos of Zelenskyy during call after lawmakers asked not to by Ukraine

What's with the addiction to post shit on social media? Don't they have publicists for that?