Russian invasion of Ukraine

[cleavers]

Russia went in to this with a big pile of cash, they planned for it. But they thought it would be done and dusted by now.

They thought it would be "done and dusted" by March 2022.

China probably does know and they will be calculating what it looks like going forward. And what is in their interest, a failed Russian state is bad for them. But also why would they prop up Putin with no end game in sight?

There is no reason for them to prop up putin at all, it must be clear to their government he's losing, I'm sure they're supplying him stuff but it will be mostly low level, pretty much untraceable, and supplied through third parties, but they're also supplying the west similrarly, and I'm sure we'll be paying full value, unlike putin, who would you pick ?

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Yes, I do think that Zelensky genuinely cares and feels for every Ukranian death, but that Putin simply looks where the next "peasant" from the "russian empire" (not the major cities) and goes back to admiring his model of the Kerch bridge in his office.

As much as any top level leader can, he believes that he has to represent the principle of every one of his citizens being allowed to live their lives in peace.

One of the basic foundations of democracy.

 

[Deleted member 13905]

fairly interesting article on the cyberwar that's going on.
hactivists

 

[CTID1977]

 

[KS55]

It's a murky picture. Russia went in to this with a big pile of cash, they planned for it. But they thought it would be done and dusted by now.

We have no idea what they are getting done in terms of trade with other rougue states and how big the deficit is / how long they continue.

China probably does know and they will be calculating what it looks like going forward. And what is in their interest, a failed Russian state is bad for them. But also why would they prop up Putin with no end game in sight?

The majority of economists in the West say that Russia is riding for a fall as reserves dwindle. Their alternative markets for gas and oil pay well below market price and some don’t pay at all.
Against that, they have trade thru the back door of friendly states who supply them with western goods.
A long slow economic decline is most likely.

 

[CTID1977]

I fucking love Poland

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Tucker Carlson is both a nonce and a nonce apologist.

And I might add a total ****

 

[Blue warrior]

Russia have shelled another apartment block killing 9 civilians including a little 2 year old boy. Sick twisted regime that all need culling!

 

[mosssideblue]

Russia have shelled another apartment block killing 9 civilians including a little 2 year old boy. Sick twisted regime that all need culling!

Absolute scum of the earth, and some want them to be reintegrated into the global society, they can fuck right off forever for me.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Ukraine Invasion Day 416: truth or dare ahead for a postwar democracy

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says his country's place "is in NATO" while Russian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in eastern Bakhmut as fighting enters its 416th day When one reads the full text of the Woerner speech cited by Putin, it is clear that the...

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