Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Iphie]

Turkey is NATO still ? just wondering....


any Bayraktar flying turkish signs or operated by them in Ukraine against russian troops should trigger some response by Putin.

Looking at that channel I'm not sure how reliable it is, I mean it also claims that US F-35's are entering Ukraine as well as NATO troops and up to two weeks ago the main content seems to have been....climate and weather videos.

[YUPPIE]

with the news of the bombing in the Middle East and how Putin is specifically hiring muscle from there, has it been confirmed Saudi Arabia is siding with him?

[P for Pancetta]

with the news of the bombing in the Middle East and how Putin is specifically hiring muscle from there, has it been confirmed Saudi Arabia is siding with him?

Why would SA ever side with Russia?

[YUPPIE]

Why would SA ever side with Russia?

their murderous crown prince hates Biden, a commonality with the man since Trump left office, like how Putin imploded after he left.

Also: 9/11.

The Saudi royalty is made up of opportunists.

[Elegiac]

their murderous crown prince hates Biden, a commonality with the man since Trump left office, like how Putin imploded after he left.

Yet another bad take that indicates you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

No, habibi; if your assertion was remotely true SA would not have been one of the main drivers in the OPEC decision to increase oil production. To say nothing of the fact that SA relies on the US for a huge amount of defense funding and equipment procurement.

[XDurionX]

their murderous crown prince hates Biden, a commonality with the man since Trump left office, like how Putin imploded after he left.

Also: 9/11.

The Saudi royalty is made up of opportunists.

You know it wasn't SA that was invaded after 9/11, do you?

[Elegiac]

You know it wasn't SA that was invaded after 9/11, do you?

Nooo what about my terrible takes based on a shitty and superficial psychological reading of a country's head of state? /s

[YUPPIE]

you people HAVE to consider right now who Putin's foreign allies are since he said all bets are off in conscripting random mercenaries to wage his war in violation of international law. It's not singling out Saudi Arabia.

I think besides SA he'll have a degree of China's aid, India, ISIS fighters, Mexican Cartels, as far as conscripts go.

[XDurionX]

you people HAVE to consider right now who Putin's foreign allies are since he said all bets are off in conscripting random mercenaries to wage his war in violation of international law. It's not singling out Saudi Arabia.

I think besides SA he'll have a degree of China's aid, India, ISIS fighters, Mexican Cartels, as far as conscripts go.

Yeah i bet those mexican cartels are eager to get killed in Ukraine.

[uuuhname]

I think besides SA he'll have a degree of China's aid, India, ISIS fighters, Mexican Cartels, as far as conscripts go.

what is this, some Cannon movie from the 80's where every non American is automatically a part of an axis of bad guys?

never mind that Ukraine has done the exact same thing and we have former US military operators (derogatory) fighting on the side of Ukraine.

[jonnysensible]

ISIS fighters, Mexican Cartels

what about the columbians and albanians?

[Elegiac]

you people HAVE to consider right now who Putin's foreign allies are

Literally the only one of his allies that has actually taken a side in the conflict is Belarus, and that's because Lukashenko and his cronies are Kremlin puppets. Again; you don't know what the fuck you're talking about as evidenced by this "ISIS fighters and Mexican Cartels" nonsense. Like, you do realise Russia is propping up Assad's regime in Syria which is distinctly opposed to ISIS, right?

WWIII isn't happening despite your desperate attempts to construct a narrative where that's the inevitable outcome. Log off.

[Easo]

4th round of talks (or 5th, depending how you count) should happen tomorrow.
I hope for at least some actual progress.

I am basically counting NATO as them having nukes since that's the reason they don't have some of their own. I am sure Ukraine wish they kept their nukes until they joined NATO or the EU.

Ah, clear.
Yeah, I am sure they do. There are certain serious issues Ukraine would have faced in that case, but - 146% that invasion would not have happened.

you people HAVE to consider right now who Putin's foreign allies are since he said all bets are off in conscripting random mercenaries to wage his war in violation of international law. It's not singling out Saudi Arabia.

I think besides SA he'll have a degree of China's aid, India, ISIS fighters, Mexican Cartels, as far as conscripts go.

Jesus wept once more. No one in the Middle East is Putin's/Russia's ally. Partners, at best.

[YUPPIE]

Yeah i bet those mexican cartels are eager to get killed in Ukraine.

first off, the dons are not the ones doing anything. The Mexican cartels have unfortunately amassed wealth and power to become a minor military-level force by now, to the point people believe they could wage decent ground warfare against the US military hypothetically. Second, they're all about money with no ethics. And you know what Putin is paying in right now? Not rubles. He's paying stacks of illicit gold bars he stashed off in preparation for sanctions.

So, tell me what kind of greedy criminals or foreign warlords with manpower wouldn't want a piece of that? I noticed some people on reddit actually jest or seriously believe he's paying in rubles. Like c'mon.

[XDurionX]

first off, the dons are not the ones doing anything. The Mexican cartels have unfortunately amassed wealth and power to become a minor military-level force by now, to the point people believe they could wage decent ground warfare against the US military hypothetically. Second, they're all about money with no ethics. And you know what Putin is paying in right now? Not rubles. He's paying stacks of illicit gold bars he stashed off in preparation for sanctions.

So, tell me what kind of greedy criminals or foreign warlords with manpower wouldn't want a piece of that? I noticed some people on reddit actually jest or seriously believe he's paying in rubles. Like c'mon.

Temm me more about their nuclear capabilities first, i mean thos will come in handy so close to the US border when shit hits the fan, right?

[Elegiac]

first off, the dons are not the ones doing anything. The Mexican cartels have unfortunately amassed wealth and power to become a minor military-level force by now, to the point people believe they could wage decent ground warfare against the US military hypothetically.

The word for people who believe that is "morons".

He's paying stacks of illicit gold bars he stashed off in preparation for sanctions.

I can guarantee you don't have an actual source for this.

[uuuhname]

first off, the dons are not the ones doing anything. The Mexican cartels have unfortunately amassed wealth and power to become a minor military-level force by now, to the point people believe they could wage decent ground warfare against the US military hypothetically. Second, they're all about money with no ethics. And you know what Putin is paying in right now? Not rubles. He's paying stacks of illicit gold bars he stashed off in preparation for sanctions.

So, tell me what kind of greedy criminals or foreign warlords with manpower wouldn't want a piece of that? I noticed some people on reddit actually jest or seriously believe he's paying in rubles. Like c'mon.

"people believe"

AKA trust me bro, I got this off the internet.

[Elegiac]

"people believe"

AKA trust me bro, I got this off the internet.

I'm kinda understanding why Renaissance Catholicism made it an offense to predict the apocalypse because this shit is getting tedious as hell.

[YUPPIE]

I can guarantee you don't have an actual source for this.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16069...-gold-reserves
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christo...d-horde-helps/

[Easo]

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16069...-gold-reserves
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christo...d-horde-helps/

You... you are aware of what the first article even says?
You... you are aware that Russia lost roughly half of it's cash reserves, including parts of gold (IIRC)?