Ukraine

[hibsbollah]

That's a worry. If a "Blitz" type mentality evolves in Russia, then whoever follows Putin will also have to be an anti-west hardliner.

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:agree:
Exactly this. Sometimes it seems like uniting against a common enemy in war time (‘othering’)is a uniquely Brit phenomenon. It isn’t.

The older generation of Russians still yearn for the power that they had prior to Gorbachev. I have no idea of the figures but I bet the country’s views on this issue are split by age.

[Stairway 2 7]

I know it's still early days, workers are on 'holiday leave' and obviously the full consequences are not being explained or fully realised yet.

I agree with the sanctions. But you've got to feel for the average Russian. Savings gone in many cases, jobs on the line. All for a bunch of old mens vanity. The ones protesting are brave beyond words

[Kato]

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-treasury-offering-5-million-rewards-information-russian-oligarchs-assets-2022-3?r=US&IR=T

Big rewards available if you know where Russians have stashed their assets.


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[Kato]

I agree with the sanctions. But you've got to feel for the average Russian. Savings gone in many cases, jobs on the line. All for a bunch of old mens vanity. The ones protesting are brave beyond wordsThe refugee crisis will worsen as things deteriote in Russia itself.

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[Stairway 2 7]

Reuters World
@ReutersWorld

Germany in talks with Qatar on long-term gas supplies to reduce Russian dependence

[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/mrkovalenko/status/1505632635535646722?s=21


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[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/tomtugendhat/status/1505594875051495426?s=21

Things changing in China?


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[degenerated]

https://twitter.com/tomtugendhat/status/1505594875051495426?s=21

Things changing in China?


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkDifficult to tell with China.

Sounds like the talks between Biden and Xi Jinping were fairly constructive the other day. I wonder if trumps tariffs on Chinese imports formed a part of those talks and whether a softening of those may help China change tact

[Moulin Yarns]

I know it's still early days, workers are on 'holiday leave' and obviously the full consequences are not being explained or fully realised yet.

Has rishiski sunakski not offered furlough? 😉

[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/elinaribakova/status/1505650178895888390?s=21

Russian economy already wiped out 15 years of growth.


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[Hibrandenburg]

"Kyiv Calling" a remake of the Clash's "London Calling"

https://youtu.be/xWQUkRKqp2E

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[Stairway 2 7]

Baltic states get almost all there oil from Russia just now


NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
#EuropeanUnion considers imposing embargo on #oil supplies from #Russia.

According to #Reuters, the embargo on energy resources may be introduced in the case of a "massive bombing of #Kyiv" or the use of chemical weapons. Especially, the Baltic states insist on an oil embargo

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has signed a law that will make it possible for underaged children to serve in the army.

The “Yunaarmia” (youth Army) was created in 2015.

Those who will serve in Ukraine will be around 17-18 years old.

[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
According to
@WSJ
, #Russia has changed its strategy as a result of the failed "#blitzkrieg."

Citing "high-ranking officials in the #Biden administration," it writes that #Russian troops will refuse to take #Kyiv, but will try to hold the southeastern territories of #Ukraine

[Stairway 2 7]

Noga Tarnopolsky
@NTarnopolsky
·

Zelensky asks Israel: "You can mediate, but cannot mediate between good & evil. I could ask why we are not receive protection from Israel. Why are we not getting your Iron Dome, that would protect the Jews of Ukraine? Why hasn't Israel joined the sanction régime against Russia

[Stairway 2 7]

Andrew Neil
@afneil
·
Southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol now living hell: Russian forces launch indiscriminate attacks on civilian population, organise forced deportations of Ukrainians to Russia. Yet still Ukrainians will not surrender

Russians taking Ukrainian citizens to so called “filtration camps” then relocating them to distant parts of Russia to work for free. In other words slave labour. Straight out of Nazi Germany playbook

Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
·
If you think the Russian concentration camps for Ukrainians are unthinkable in 2022, remember China has had concentration camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang for years with minimal reaction from the world

[Stairway 2 7]

Russia gave Ukraine until 5am to surrender Mariupol after surrounding and bombarding it for 2 weeks. Ukraine has refused. Russia says anyone inside is now an enemy and can face trial in Donetsk at a later date. 300,000 citizens still remain

Olga Lautman 🇺🇦
@OlgaNYC1211

Horrific insanity
"After a complete cleansing of Mariupol, the team of the DPR ombudsman, together with the law enforcement agencies of the republic, will enter the city and collect evidence of all the crimes of the Ukrainian national battalions for the tribunal" via RIA Novosti

[Bostonhibby]

Russia gave Ukraine until 5am to surrender Mariupol after surrounding and bombarding it for 2 weeks. Ukraine has refused. Russia says anyone inside is now an enemy and can face trial in Donetsk at a later date. 300,000 citizens still remain

Olga Lautman [emoji1255]
@OlgaNYC1211

Horrific insanity
"After a complete cleansing of Mariupol, the team of the DPR ombudsman, together with the law enforcement agencies of the republic, will enter the city and collect evidence of all the crimes of the Ukrainian national battalions for the tribunal" via RIA NovostiThanks for posting this and the other stuff you do, I find it informative and usually absorb it without comment, but this from the Russian Despots is just horrific, hopefully most right thinking nations will see this for what it is, grotesque.

Maybe it actually tells us how inward looking and thinking the dictatorial Russian regime is, in their own bubble they actually believe this sort of twisted propaganda.

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[Ozyhibby]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220321/128ee232d76556a9c7e71a74fe242e14.jpg

This will be happening all across the Russian economy.


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[Renfrew_Hibby]

Andrew Neil
@afneil
·
Southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol now living hell: Russian forces launch indiscriminate attacks on civilian population, organise forced deportations of Ukrainians to Russia. Yet still Ukrainians will not surrender

Russians taking Ukrainian citizens to so called “filtration camps” then relocating them to distant parts of Russia to work for free. In other words slave labour. Straight out of Nazi Germany playbook

Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
·
If you think the Russian concentration camps for Ukrainians are unthinkable in 2022, remember China has had concentration camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang for years with minimal reaction from the world

Disgusting behaviour from Russia. There already are secret labour camps in the far east of Russia which North Korea had been sending prisoners to in return for money/food aid where those encamped would do backbreaking menial work and housed in wooden barracks. It never made the news and even Russians in those areas didn't know these camps existed but I watched a report where an American journalist managed to get right to the perimeter of a camp.

[Stairway 2 7]

The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
·

⚡️WSJ: Russia shifts to 'Plan B' after blitzkrieg victory failure.

Unnamed senior U.S. officials cited by the Wall Street Journal said that the Kremlin’s new strategy is to secure key territorial objectives in Ukraine’s east and south and push Ukraine to accept neutrality

[gbhibby]

Watching Putins rally in the middle of a war reminded me of Hitler during the 2nd World War.

[Renfrew_Hibby]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c7nhKqWCF88

Young educated Moscow folks views on the 'Z' symbol.

[Stairway 2 7]

Stift. Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora
@Buchenwald_Dora

Boris Romantschenko survived the concentration camps #Buchenwald, #Peenemünde, #Dora and #BergenBelsen. Now he has been killed by a bullet that hit his house in #Charkiv, #Ukraine. He was 96 years old. We are stunned

max seddon financial times
@maxseddon
·
Russia’s “denazification” of Ukraine continues apace by *checks notes* killing a Holocaust survivor

[Stairway 2 7]

Todd Gillespie
@_ToddGillespie
·

The British government is preparing to step in and temporarily run Gazprom Energy -- which supplies over a fifth of U.K. commercial gas -- as it comes under increasing pressure with companies turning their backs on Russian business

U.K. Prepares to Temporarily Nationalize Gazprom Local Retail Unit

[Jim44]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220321/128ee232d76556a9c7e71a74fe242e14.jpg

This will be happening all across the Russian economy.


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It’s tragic for ordinary Russians but I can’t help thinking that the vast majority of them, given Putin’s propaganda and spin, will lay 100% of the blame on Ukraine and NATO countries.

[Ozyhibby]

It’s tragic for ordinary Russians but I can’t help thinking that the vast majority of them, given Putin’s propaganda and spin, will lay 100% of the blame on Ukraine and NATO countries.

They are about to see a fall in gdp bigger than America in 1929 and without the ability to trade their way out of it. Millions of Russians are about to taste real poverty for the first time. To be honest, while bombs are still falling on ordinary innocent Ukrainians, I don’t feel sorry for a single one of them. If they want to stop it then they need to start showing some balls like the Ukrainians and actually do something about it. Hell mend them if they don’t.


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[Jim44]

They are about to see a fall in gdp bigger than America in 1929 and without the ability to trade their way out of it. Millions of Russians are about to taste real poverty for the first time. To be honest, while bombs are still falling on ordinary innocent Ukrainians, I don’t feel sorry for a single one of them. If they want to stop it then they need to start showing some balls like the Ukrainians and actually do something about it. Hell mend them if they don’t.


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Hear, hear.

[Ozyhibby]

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Shop accordingly.


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[Stairway 2 7]

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Shop accordingly.


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Hope this gets shared widely, the greater pressure the better

[Since90+2]

They are about to see a fall in gdp bigger than America in 1929 and without the ability to trade their way out of it. Millions of Russians are about to taste real poverty for the first time. To be honest, while bombs are still falling on ordinary innocent Ukrainians, I don’t feel sorry for a single one of them. If they want to stop it then they need to start showing some balls like the Ukrainians and actually do something about it. Hell mend them if they don’t.


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I sort of get where you're coming from but I don't think we should be looking to blame your average hard working Russian. Most Russians will be the same as us, simply living their life and trying to provide the best life they can for loved ones.

Propaganda is obviously a massive tool in Russia so the chances are the average person doesn't even know the truth of the situation.

[Stairway 2 7]

I sort of get where you're coming from but I don't think we should be looking to blame your average hard working Russian. Most Russians will be the same as us, simply living their life and trying to provide the best life they can for loved ones.

Propaganda is obviously a massive tool in Russia so the chances are the average person doesn't even know the truth of the situation.

Think the video Renfrew_Hibby put up last page shows many know but don't want to say. They can't hide the truth like they used to now everyone is plugged into the Internet. Not that I'm saying its easy to do something about it for them

[JeMeSouviens]

Think the video Renfrew_Hibby put up last page shows many know but don't want to say. They can't hide the truth like they used to now everyone is plugged into the Internet. Not that I'm saying its easy to do something about it for them

Noticeable how many were answering cagily. It's far from a freedom of speech society, obviously.

[Ozyhibby]

I sort of get where you're coming from but I don't think we should be looking to blame your average hard working Russian. Most Russians will be the same as us, simply living their life and trying to provide the best life they can for loved ones.

Propaganda is obviously a massive tool in Russia so the chances are the average person doesn't even know the truth of the situation.

If they don’t know then it’s because they don’t want to know. The world needs ordinary Russians to wake the **** up. If they are going to carry on turning a blind eye then I don’t give a monkeys about whatever hardship is heading their way.


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[Since90+2]

If they don’t know then it’s because they don’t want to know. The world needs ordinary Russians to wake the **** up. If they are going to carry on turning a blind eye then I don’t give a monkeys about whatever hardship is heading their way.


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I think that's far too simplistic a view to be honest. We are talking about a country with a population of 120 million and spread over an area bigger than the entire EU.

There will be Russians who live fairly nomadic lifestyles outside the main cities, their access to fair and impartial information will be extremely limited at best in some cases. I just don't see the need to wish hardship on other fellow human beings who have done nothing wrong themselves.

[Stairway 2 7]

Noticeable how many were answering cagily. It's far from a freedom of speech society, obviously.

I was surprised. Imagine going round a British city and asking for opinions on boris johnson or a decade ago about invading Iraq, you'd certainly need a swear filter. We don't know how lucky we are to blether away on here about politics without any worries

[Stairway 2 7]

Oleksii Reznikov
@oleksiireznikov
·
Ukraine government official
On 26th day of war, russian ministry of “defence” was finally able to film a video of russian helicopter evading Ukrainian Stinger. Previous 121 unsuccessful takes remained forever in the Ukrainian land.
#UAarmy #FightLikeUkrainian

Oleksii Reznikov
@oleksiireznikov

Ukraine government official
During 25 days 🇺🇦 is fighting with 🇷🇺war
criminals. In these days we destroyed
almost 1500 armored vehicles,500
tanks of 🇷🇺terrorists.Part of them-
thanks to 🇬🇧humanitarian aid.I
personally thank
@BWallaceMP
for the
courage&morale of 🇬🇧,which contrasts
with some of other partners

[WhileTheChief..]

Every one of the fallen will have a similar story.

21 years old.

Heartbreaking.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60801586

[Stairway 2 7]

Dmitri Alperovitch
@DAlperovitch
·

All 4 major international oilfield servicing firms have now left Russia: Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford International

Russia will struggle with exploration and servicing of fields without them. China cannot substitute for that lost expertise and tech

[Ozyhibby]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220321/72dd4f49f235128911e26b5ebe6f9f36.jpg

Surprising to say the least.


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[Stairway 2 7]

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Surprising to say the least.


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The estimate was between 10-15k, Ukraine says 16 so perhaps between there's and Russia's

[Ozyhibby]

The estimate was between 10-15k, Ukraine says 16 so perhaps between there's and Russia's

I’m just surprised Russian media is admitting it. That’s a huge amount of troop losses.


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[Ozyhibby]

I think that's far too simplistic a view to be honest. We are talking about a country with a population of 120 million and spread over an area bigger than the entire EU.

There will be Russians who live fairly nomadic lifestyles outside the main cities, their access to fair and impartial information will be extremely limited at best in some cases. I just don't see the need to wish hardship on other fellow human beings who have done nothing wrong themselves.

I still don’t really care. Ordinary Russians need to suffer here if we are going to stop this guy. They need to feel the pain of these sanctions as hard as possible so that they are compelled to act.
Putin is their guy, it’s up to them to stop him and until they do, they’ll get no sympathy from me.


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[Since90+2]

I still don’t really care. Ordinary Russians need to suffer here if we are going to stop this guy. They need to feel the pain of these sanctions as hard as possible so that they are compelled to act.
Putin is their guy, it’s up to them to stop him and until they do, they’ll get no sympathy from me.


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But what you are doing is wishing harm on innocent ordinary people who have no control over what their government does.

Would you have been happy with sanctions that lead to your children (if you have them) potentially starving due to the UKs actions and the innocent people that were killed in the Iraq conflict? And you could argue that we in Britain have more say over our government, as it's a fully democratic society, than your average Russian does. Because that is essentially what will happen here, poor and vulnerable Russians will face untold hardship that is unheard of in this country.

I personally don't believe you make the world a better place by wishing harm on innocent people due to the actions of their authoritative government.

The war in Ukraine will end by diplomatic means, Putin won't care if his people face starvation.

[Stairway 2 7]

Navalny, Russia's imprisoned opposition leader has released a video about putins secret massive yacht.

Navalny previously released a documentary about putins billion dollar mansion. 30% of the population were estimated to have watched it and it caused protests around Russia

Hopefully this does the same

Released a few hours ago its got almost 1 million views already.

https://youtu.be/WyYp9xPLa8s

[Stairway 2 7]

Brad Smith
@BradSmithCVN68
·

~26K acknowledged casualties out of a ~200K expeditionary force is ... sobering. And in three weeks of operations? Not sure what the historical equivalent would be... Arab-Israeli? India-Pakistan? The initial 1950 Korean offensive(s)

[Ozyhibby]

But what you are doing is wishing harm on innocent ordinary people who have no control over what their government does.

Would you have been happy with sanctions that lead to your children (if you have them) potentially starving due to the UKs actions and the innocent people that were killed in the Iraq conflict? And you could argue that we in Britain have more say over our government, as it's a fully democratic society, than your average Russian does. Because that is essentially what will happen here, poor and vulnerable Russians will face untold hardship that is unheard of in this country.

I personally don't believe you make the world a better place by wishing harm on innocent people due to the actions of their authoritative government.

The war in Ukraine will end by diplomatic means, Putin won't care if his people face starvation.

The Russian people have overthrown better and more ruthless leaders than Putin. They are more than capable of doing it again. We need to give them a very good reason to do so.


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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
·
And note that Russian MoD speaks only on its own losses, not counting those suffered by Interior Ministry (Rosgvardia, OMON/SOBR), Private War Companies Wagner etc., and "LDNR Militias

Victor Kovalenko
@MrKovalenko

A former internal affairs minister of #Ukraine @AvakovArsen shared the intercepted Russian military summary for March 18: Rus. Army troops killed 12,814. Private company Liga (former Vagner) troops killed 4,451. Total number ofservicemembers killed at war in Ukraine: 17,265.

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A lot of french businesses there!

[Lendo]

Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
·
And note that Russian MoD speaks only on its own losses, not counting those suffered by Interior Ministry (Rosgvardia, OMON/SOBR), Private War Companies Wagner etc., and "LDNR Militias

Victor Kovalenko
@MrKovalenko

A former internal affairs minister of #Ukraine @AvakovArsen shared the intercepted Russian military summary for March 18: Rus. Army troops killed 12,814. Private company Liga (former Vagner) troops killed 4,451. Total number ofservicemembers killed at war in Ukraine: 17,265.


That’s unbelievable. Nice to see the Wagner casualties so high. The quicker they are wiped out the better. Might as well just be called Warcrimes LLC.

[Stairway 2 7]

https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1505890330700357634

Really good thread on Russian losses and why it was expected. Thousands of nlaws and Javelins vs vehicles and tanks full of people

[JeMeSouviens]

Any idea of Ukrainian casualties?

[Stairway 2 7]

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1506006447116718085

A thread on Russias old trucks and logistics

[Stairway 2 7]

Any idea of Ukrainian casualties?
From thread above but I've seen others that say much lower due to already being in position and dug in. Sure it will be large still

Mark Hertling
@MarkHertling
·
7h
Replying to
@MarkHertling
I've also not mentioned the UKR casualties, because there's been no release of numbers.

I'm sure they're high, but also likely significantly less than the RU #.

As UKR soldiers have been taught first aid, Combat Lifesaver techniques & the importance of medical evacuation

[Ozyhibby]

From thread above but I've seen others that say much lower due to already being in position and dug in. Sure it will be large still

Mark Hertling
@MarkHertling
·
7h
Replying to
@MarkHertling
I've also not mentioned the UKR casualties, because there's been no release of numbers.

I'm sure they're high, but also likely significantly less than the RU #.

As UKR soldiers have been taught first aid, Combat Lifesaver techniques & the importance of medical evacuation

The Ukrainians are on home soil and can run and hide. The Russians are pretty exposed on the roads outside towns and cities.


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[JeMeSouviens]

From thread above but I've seen others that say much lower due to already being in position and dug in. Sure it will be large still

Mark Hertling
@MarkHertling
·
7h
Replying to
@MarkHertling
I've also not mentioned the UKR casualties, because there's been no release of numbers.

I'm sure they're high, but also likely significantly less than the RU #.

As UKR soldiers have been taught first aid, Combat Lifesaver techniques & the importance of medical evacuation

Thanks. Hope they’re a lot lower but suspect not.

[hibsbollah]

"Kyiv Calling" a remake of the Clash's "London Calling"

https://youtu.be/xWQUkRKqp2E

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Billy Bragg on this today…

Yesterday evening I posted a clip of the Ukranian band Beton performing their rewrite of 'London Calling'. According to reports, the song 'Kyiv Calling' was approved by the Clash, with funds raised going to the Free Ukraine Resistance Movement.

After a few hours of discussing the lyrics of the song and whether Joe Strummer would approve of the rewrite, a number of people drew my attention to a series of photographs on the band's Facebook page showing members of the band wearing t-shirts based on the Ramones circular logo.

The word 'Ramones' at the top of the logo had been replaced with the word 'Banderas' and although all of the names within the circle were not visible, the one that was clearly read 'Stepan'. The photos dated from a year ago.

This is deeply troubling. Stepan Bandera was a far-right Ukranian politician who collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation of Ukraine and whose followers were complicit in the Holocaust. That he did these things in the name of Ukranian independence from the Soviet Union has led some present day far right nationalists to adopt his image in their decade long struggle with Russia.

The knock on effect of this has been to allow Putin to smear all those who want a democratic Ukraine free from Russian influence as neo-nazis. The lionisation of Bandera explains his attempt to legitimize the invasion as a campaign of 'denazification', despite the fact that when, during the 2019 Ukrainian elections, all of the major far right Ukrainian parties formed a unified party for the national election, they gained just 2.15% of the vote and failed to secure a single seat in the national parliament. Compare that with the 2009 EU parliament election, where the BNP won 6% of the vote.

I left a message on the band's Facebook page asking them to explain why they were wearing t-shirts that appeared to support Bandera, but after 24 hours, I've had no response, so I've deleted my post.

We can argue about the meaning of 'London Calling' and what Joe Strummer would or wouldn't have said about the lyrical changes, but we can be damn sure that he would not have allowed his song to be utilised by a band that expressed their support for fascists.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Every one of the fallen will have a similar story.

21 years old.

Heartbreaking.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60801586

Seen so much of young Russians dying and their government don't even seem to want to repatriate their bodies.

[WhileTheChief..]

Navalny, Russia's imprisoned opposition leader has released a video about putins secret massive yacht.

Navalny previously released a documentary about putins billion dollar mansion. 30% of the population were estimated to have watched it and it caused protests around Russia

Hopefully this does the same

Released a few hours ago its got almost 1 million views already.

https://youtu.be/WyYp9xPLa8s

This is the original film, with English translation. The original has >120m views

https://youtu.be/T_tFSWZXKN0

[Stairway 2 7]

This is the original film, with English translation. The original has >120m views

https://youtu.be/T_tFSWZXKN0

Putin must hate the invention of the Internet. Before you could fill your channels and media with whatever you want, it would be unimaginable a large number of his population would have seen this

[Stairway 2 7]

Amazing reporting from 2 of the last journalists in Mariupol. They were hunted down by Russia due to their reporting of the war crimes

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-edf7240a9d990e7e3e32f82ca351dede

documenting its siege by Russian troops for more than two weeks. We were reporting inside the hospital when gunmen began stalking the corridors. Surgeons gave us white scrubs to wear as camouflage.

Suddenly at dawn, a dozen soldiers burst in: “Where are the journalists, for ****’s sake?”

I looked at their armbands, blue for Ukraine, and tried to calculate the odds that they were Russians in disguise. I stepped forward to identify myself. “We’re here to get you out,” they said...

[Stairway 2 7]

Amazing reporting from 2 of the last journalists in Mariupol. They were hunted down by Russia due to their reporting of the war crimes

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-edf7240a9d990e7e3e32f82ca351dede

documenting its siege by Russian troops for more than two weeks. We were reporting inside the hospital when gunmen began stalking the corridors. Surgeons gave us white scrubs to wear as camouflage.

Suddenly at dawn, a dozen soldiers burst in: “Where are the journalists, for ****’s sake?”

I looked at their armbands, blue for Ukraine, and tried to calculate the odds that they were Russians in disguise. I stepped forward to identify myself. “We’re here to get you out,” they said...

Probably should put a warning it's a brutal account and that's why Russia wanted it censored

[Stairway 2 7]

C4H10FO2P
@markito0171
·
#Sanctions on #Russia work
"Uralvagonzavod" defense company suspended work due to the lack of foreign-made components
Uralvagonzavod is the only Russian company that serially assembles tanks, in particular, modern T-90s which were lined up in #Ukraine

[Stairway 2 7]

Matt Goodwin
@GoodwinMJ
·
🇬🇧🇺🇦 51% of Brits support UK not buying Russian oil & gas even if it cost them £1,000

59% if it cost £500
69% if it cost £250
74% if it cost £100

Ipsos MORI

[Hibrandenburg]

Billy Bragg on this today…

Yesterday evening I posted a clip of the Ukranian band Beton performing their rewrite of 'London Calling'. According to reports, the song 'Kyiv Calling' was approved by the Clash, with funds raised going to the Free Ukraine Resistance Movement.

After a few hours of discussing the lyrics of the song and whether Joe Strummer would approve of the rewrite, a number of people drew my attention to a series of photographs on the band's Facebook page showing members of the band wearing t-shirts based on the Ramones circular logo.

The word 'Ramones' at the top of the logo had been replaced with the word 'Banderas' and although all of the names within the circle were not visible, the one that was clearly read 'Stepan'. The photos dated from a year ago.

This is deeply troubling. Stepan Bandera was a far-right Ukranian politician who collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation of Ukraine and whose followers were complicit in the Holocaust. That he did these things in the name of Ukranian independence from the Soviet Union has led some present day far right nationalists to adopt his image in their decade long struggle with Russia.

The knock on effect of this has been to allow Putin to smear all those who want a democratic Ukraine free from Russian influence as neo-nazis. The lionisation of Bandera explains his attempt to legitimize the invasion as a campaign of 'denazification', despite the fact that when, during the 2019 Ukrainian elections, all of the major far right Ukrainian parties formed a unified party for the national election, they gained just 2.15% of the vote and failed to secure a single seat in the national parliament. Compare that with the 2009 EU parliament election, where the BNP won 6% of the vote.

I left a message on the band's Facebook page asking them to explain why they were wearing t-shirts that appeared to support Bandera, but after 24 hours, I've had no response, so I've deleted my post.

We can argue about the meaning of 'London Calling' and what Joe Strummer would or wouldn't have said about the lyrical changes, but we can be damn sure that he would not have allowed his song to be utilised by a band that expressed their support for fascists.When you shine a spotlight on most things you'll find mud. I don't think Ukraine can be too picky about where their finacial or military support comes from at the moment. If there are Ukrainian fascists out there killing Russian fascists, I'm not sure I can shed many tears for either.

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[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1506113379118764033?s=21

Tank production halted due to lack of imports.[emoji106]


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[hibsbollah]

When you shine a spotlight on most things you'll find mud. I don't think Ukraine can be too picky about where their finacial or military support comes from at the moment. If there are Ukrainian fascists out there killing Russian fascists, I'm not sure I can shed many tears for either.

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I’m hearing the same kind of arguments about the Azov Batallion, and it doesn’t bear scrutiny. It shouldn’t be beyond us to accept two kinds of truths at the same time.

[Stairway 2 7]

I’m hearing the same kind of arguments about the Azov Batallion, and it doesn’t bear scrutiny. It shouldn’t be beyond us to accept two kinds of truths at the same time.

Azov has been done to death a Batallion of 800 brought in after crimea when the country thought it was going to be conquered. You said they didn't ever expect an invasion so I added a two articles showing how much they were expecting this day. Training 400,000 troops and making defensive strategies and positions along the border. As one thread said, anyone with an IQ above the room knew this day would come.

When you're kids are being slaughtered, homes and countries destroyed you use every man. As I said before they have released all prisoners with military experience, do you think they are pro criminal or saving their peoples lives. If they don't deal with it when they aren't in a wartime situation there is discussions to be had. When their kids and country is being annihilated its crass and from a privileged position.

[Stairway 2 7]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/ukraine-is-winning-war-russia/627121/

Why Can’t the West Admit That Ukraine Is Winning

[Stairway 2 7]

This is the original film, with English translation. The original has >120m views

https://youtu.be/T_tFSWZXKN0

Watched both now, really good journalism very well made. On queue..

Guy Elster
@guyelster
·
4m
#BREAKING Russian court finds #Navalny guilty of "large scale fraud

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Garry Kasparov
@Kasparov63
·

There are situations in which the answer is obviously yes. To defend the US from attack? Yes. To defend any NATO country? Supposedly yes. To prevent genocide? Apparently not

[hibsbollah]

Azov has been done to death a Batallion of 800 brought in after crimea when the country thought it was going to be conquered. You said they didn't ever expect an invasion so I added a two articles showing how much they were expecting this day. Training 400,000 troops and making defensive strategies and positions along the border. As one thread said, anyone with an IQ above the room knew this day would come.

When you're kids are being slaughtered, homes and countries destroyed you use every man. As I said before they have released all prisoners with military experience, do you think they are pro criminal or saving their peoples lives. If they don't deal with it when they aren't in a wartime situation there is discussions to be had. When their kids and country is being annihilated its crass and from a privileged position.

It’s not a privileged position to be able to discuss issues that are uncomfortable. That’s a basic human right.

Your position seems to be ‘Russia is bombing Ukraine, so discussing anything that isn’t showing Ukrainians in a 100% positive light is off the agenda’. Sorry but unless the mods on here see different I’ll continue to pull you up when what you’re saying doesn’t make sense.

I think I’ve already shown all the positions you’ve dredged up in your first paragraph to be logical fallacies that don’t stand up to scrutiny , I’m not doing it again. Just repeating yourself endlessly doesn’t make you right, even on the internet.

[Ozyhibby]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-60820611?at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=DB5858FA-A9AE-11EC-9F00-15310EDC252D&at_custom3=%40BBCScotlandNews

Scottish companies still helping fund the killing of Ukrainian children.[emoji35]
Shocked to see unionist poster boy Ian Wood’s company still there.[emoji849]


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[Stairway 2 7]

It’s not a privileged position to be able to discuss issues that are uncomfortable. That’s a basic human right.

Your position seems to be ‘Russia is bombing Ukraine, so discussing anything that isn’t showing Ukrainians in a 100% positive light is off the agenda’. Sorry but unless the mods on here see different I’ll continue to pull you up when what you’re saying doesn’t make sense.

I think I’ve already shown all the positions you’ve dredged up in your first paragraph to be logical fallacies that don’t stand up to scrutiny , I’m not doing it again. Just repeating yourself endlessly doesn’t make you right, even on the internet.

The experts and Ukrainian army were waiting for the invasion you say they weren't, righto.

I bet there were thousands of racists in the uk army that helped defeat Hitler, I also don't care. Horrors happen on both sides of war. The genocide is only happening from one side just now. The kids that are being blown up are having their murders justified by denazification. Ukrainian isn't a far right country it has racists like every nation

Christopher Miller
@ChristopherJM
·

Boris Romantschenko survived the Holocaust. He was killed in Russia’s “denazification” operation


Christopher Miller
@ChristopherJM
·
Zelensky mentions Romantschenko in address. “He survived in Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Peenemünde, and Bergen-Belson… And he was killed by a Russian projectile that hit an ordinary Kharkiv high-rise building. Each passing day makes clear what [Russia’s] ‘denazification’ is.

[Hibrandenburg]

I’m hearing the same kind of arguments about the Azov Batallion, and it doesn’t bear scrutiny. It shouldn’t be beyond us to accept two kinds of truths at the same time.There's definitely two kinds of truth at least, more likely many more. From the luxury of our safe homes it's easy to question morality, however having your home and family attacked with deadly force might make us want to ask questions later about the guy stood next to us in the trenches.

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[Stairway 2 7]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-60820611?at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=DB5858FA-A9AE-11EC-9F00-15310EDC252D&at_custom3=%40BBCScotlandNews

Scottish companies still helping fund the killing of Ukrainian children.[emoji35]
Shocked to see unionist poster boy Ian Wood’s company still there.[emoji849]


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Brutal. French company leroy merlin are getting huge stick online for expanding instead of leaving. One of their stores in Ukraine was bombed and the pictures are plastered over the companies twitter.

https://www.businessinsider.com/retailer-looks-expand-russia-business-as-more-firms-pull-out-2022-3

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Yaroslav Trofimov
@yarotrof
·
“CIA did very well in anticipating that Mr. Putin would invade, but it vastly overestimated the ability of his military to conquer Ukraine. That pessimism may have convinced President Biden that more military aid earlier wouldn’t have made a difference

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-go-wobbly-on-ukraine-nato-concessions-terms-end-game-zelensky-putin-11647804923?st=ssipkyu1at6ek6y&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

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Occupy Democrats
@OccupyDemocrats

BREAKING: Legendary hacker group Anonymous hacks into unsecured printers all across Russia and begins mass printing information on Putin’s invasion including Russia losses in order to bypass the Kremlin’s media blackout and propaganda. RT TO THANK ANONYMOUS FOR TAKING A STAND

[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

According to the State Emergency Service of #Ukraine, since February 24, 651 residential buildings in Ukraine have been completely destroyed, and about 3,780 flats have been partially destroyed

[Ozyhibby]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220322/78d003d50c3decb71a260622b22c1300.jpg

Two massive companies happy to rake in the blood money.


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[Stairway 2 7]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220322/78d003d50c3decb71a260622b22c1300.jpg

Two massive companies happy to rake in the blood money.


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Unilever saying it will only supply food and sanitation supplies, but are being pushed to leave completely. Pressure works

We have suspended all imports and exports of our products into and out of Russia, and we will stop all media and advertising spend. We will not invest any further capital into the country nor will we profit from our presence in Russia. We will continue to supply our everyday essential food and hygiene products made in Russia to people in the country

[Ozyhibby]

Unilever saying it will only supply food and sanitation supplies, but are being pushed to leave completely. Pressure works

We have suspended all imports and exports of our products into and out of Russia, and we will stop all media and advertising spend. We will not invest any further capital into the country nor will we profit from our presence in Russia. We will continue to supply our everyday essential food and hygiene products made in Russia to people in the country

And therefor the are continuing to pay tax in Russia which funds the war. The pressure needs to be increased.


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[Stairway 2 7]

And therefor the are continuing to pay tax in Russia which funds the war. The pressure needs to be increased.


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I think basic food should still be sold and like pfizer is doing medicine but not at a profit.

[Stairway 2 7]

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-billionaires-yacht-seized-in-gibraltar/

A superyacht belonging to Russia’s largest steel pipe manufacturer docked in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar on Monday, it was then detained.
The owner, Dmitry Pumpyansky, is subject to a travel ban and an asset freeze instruction

In a statement, the Gibraltar government stated that the Axioma arrived at port after asking permission and was “confirmed to have been the subject of an arrest by a leading international banking institution in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar

[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

The world's largest container carrier
@Maersk
is completely leaving #Russia

[Ozyhibby]

I think basic food should still be sold and like pfizer is doing medicine but not at a profit.

When you see what the money generated from the sale of that food is doing to Mariupol I think it’s hard to feel any sympathy. Russia has the power to stop this any time it’s wants. Ukraine does not.


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[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/globalhlthtwit/status/1505826902854057986?s=21

Sunak’s wife still investing in Russia. [emoji35][emoji849]


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[Coco Bryce]

Occupy Democrats
@OccupyDemocrats

BREAKING: Legendary hacker group Anonymous hacks into unsecured printers all across Russia and begins mass printing information on Putin’s invasion including Russia losses in order to bypass the Kremlin’s media blackout and propaganda. RT TO THANK ANONYMOUS FOR TAKING A STAND

Anonymous have been excellent so far.

Messaged something like a million Russian owned mobiles regarding the war in Ukraine.

[stu in nottingham]

[url]https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-billionaires-yacht-seized-in-gibraltar/[/url

The owner, Dmitry Pumpyansky,

That would be a great name for a Russian porn star.

[Stairway 2 7]

That would be a great name for a Russian porn star.

😆

[Since90+2]

Anonymous have been excellent so far.

Messaged something like a million Russian owned mobiles regarding the war in Ukraine.

They have been, I just hope they remain a force for good, as I have no doubt they could cause carnage across society should they decide to do so.

[Jim44]

https://twitter.com/globalhlthtwit/status/1505826902854057986?s=21

Sunak’s wife still investing in Russia. [emoji35][emoji849]


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.......... and her father is a Putin supporter. :confused: it’s a big shameful, selfish, exploitive game for some folk. It’ll be interesting to see how the Tories fare in future elections.

[Sergio sledge]

There's definitely two kinds of truth at least, more likely many more. From the luxury of our safe homes it's easy to question morality, however having your home and family attacked with deadly force might make us want to ask questions later about the guy stood next to us in the trenches.

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In my view they should never have been made a part of the Ukranian National Guard but I can see both sides of the argument. Certainly there's a massive part of me that says that you should never legitimise neo-nazi groups by incorporating them into the army and the fact that Ukraine did this has certainly given the opportunity to Russia to use this as part of the effort to legitimise their invasion (although they would have found other ways if this hadn't happened).

The other side of it is, as you say, when you are trying to defend against people who are destroying your homes and killing your families then you sometimes have to accept that the guy standing next to you has views you find repugnant but you fight together for a common goal. The Ukranian forces were not in a good situation when Russia started destabilising the Donbas region and annexed Crimea. I can understand when they were worried about what was going to happen and needed a quick fix to provide sufficient armed response to the rebels that they accepted whoever volunteered no matter their beliefs.

Just to engage in whataboutery for a moment though, if Russia's aim is to denazify Ukraine, then perhaps they shouldn't be arming and training rebel groups in Donbas which also include Neo-nazi groups such as the Sparta Battalion and accepts fighters from Neo-nazi organisations in Russia such as Russian National Unity.

[JimBHibees]

That would be a great name for a Russian porn star.

:greengrin :thumbsup:

[Kato]

.......... and her father is a Putin supporter. :confused: it’s a big shameful, selfish, exploitive game for some folk. It’ll be interesting to see how the Tories fare in future elections.You have to wonder why globalist, billionaire Sunak seeks a meagre UK MP's salary.

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[JimBHibees]

You have to wonder why globalist, billionaire Sunak seeks a meagre UK MP's salary.

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It is a strange one.

[Jones28]

It is a strange one.

It’s pocket money.

[Jim44]

You have to wonder why globalist, billionaire Sunak seeks a meagre UK MP's salary.

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It is a strange one.

Money = power : Money + power = :hmmm:

[hibsbollah]

if Russia's aim is to denazify Ukraine

There is no way that is Russia's genuine aim, of course. You just have to look at Putin's allies and admirers (Orban, Trump, Erdogan, the far right candidates in France etc. not to mention his domestic policies on women, unions, LGBT etc, to understand he's the fascist despot.) Its blatant propaganda, but its not helped by some of it, particularly about the battalion, being, inconveniently, true.

[silverhibee]

It’s pocket money.

Or to quote his buddy, “chicken feed”.

[Stairway 2 7]

Guy Elster
@guyelster
·

#BREAKING #Navalny sentenced to 9 years in maximum-security penal colony

[Kato]

There is no way that is Russia's genuine aim, of course. You just have to look at Putin's allies and admirers (Orban, Trump, Erdogan, the far right candidates in France etc. not to mention his domestic policies on women, unions, LGBT etc, to understand he's the fascist despot.) Its blatant propaganda, but its not helped by some of it, particularly about the battalion, being, inconveniently, true.

For "Putin's allies and admirers" read, "who Putin has financed."

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Mattia Nelles
@mattia_n
·

Incredible but the French carmaker Renault has resumed manufacturing in its plants in Moscow, bucking the trend of many other large global companies that have cut ties with Russia over its war on #Ukraine

Carmaker’s move backed by French government as Nestlé also comes under pressure to withdraw business

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/21/renault-moscow-russia-nestle

[WhileTheChief..]

https://twitter.com/globalhlthtwit/status/1505826902854057986?s=21

Sunak’s wife still investing in Russia. [emoji35][emoji849]


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This is the sort of stuff I just don't get.

You would have thought that the minute this started to unfold, Sunak would have been front and centre about this and explained a course of action to sell the shares.

This is far too close to the bone. If her dad is really pals with Putin, Sunak should step aside.

[The Tubs]

Mattia Nelles
@mattia_n
·

Incredible but the French carmaker Renault has resumed manufacturing in its plants in Moscow, bucking the trend of many other large global companies that have cut ties with Russia over its war on #Ukraine

Carmaker’s move backed by French government as Nestlé also comes under pressure to withdraw business

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/21/renault-moscow-russia-nestle

Considering their behaviour in WWII, you'd think they would be very careful.

[hibsbollah]

For "Putin's allies and admirers" read, "who Putin has financed."

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Well indeed.


But there’s a separate thread about the Tory party :tumble:

[Hibrandenburg]

In my view they should never have been made a part of the Ukranian National Guard but I can see both sides of the argument. Certainly there's a massive part of me that says that you should never legitimise neo-nazi groups by incorporating them into the army and the fact that Ukraine did this has certainly given the opportunity to Russia to use this as part of the effort to legitimise their invasion (although they would have found other ways if this hadn't happened).

The other side of it is, as you say, when you are trying to defend against people who are destroying your homes and killing your families then you sometimes have to accept that the guy standing next to you has views you find repugnant but you fight together for a common goal. The Ukranian forces were not in a good situation when Russia started destabilising the Donbas region and annexed Crimea. I can understand when they were worried about what was going to happen and needed a quick fix to provide sufficient armed response to the rebels that they accepted whoever volunteered no matter their beliefs.

Just to engage in whataboutery for a moment though, if Russia's aim is to denazify Ukraine, then perhaps they shouldn't be arming and training rebel groups in Donbas which also include Neo-nazi groups such as the Sparta Battalion and accepts fighters from Neo-nazi organisations in Russia such as Russian National Unity.That's the thing about fascists, they all think their particular breed, creed or brood are the master race and eventually turn their hate on each other. The thought of fascists slotting each other is strangely pleasing.

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[Ozyhibby]

Mattia Nelles
@mattia_n
·

Incredible but the French carmaker Renault has resumed manufacturing in its plants in Moscow, bucking the trend of many other large global companies that have cut ties with Russia over its war on #Ukraine

Carmaker’s move backed by French government as Nestlé also comes under pressure to withdraw business

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/21/renault-moscow-russia-nestle

I wouldn’t buy Renault again after previously owning one and I know what terrible cars they are. These look like terrible decisions these companies are making. The damage to their brand could be a lot bigger than the valuation of their Russian operations.


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[Ozyhibby]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220322/14001fdfee882d2eb4bd4c0553a98157.jpg


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[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1506265327973376009?s=21

[emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696]


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[Sergio sledge]

There is no way that is Russia's genuine aim, of course. You just have to look at Putin's allies and admirers (Orban, Trump, Erdogan, the far right candidates in France etc. not to mention his domestic policies on women, unions, LGBT etc, to understand he's the fascist despot.) Its blatant propaganda, but its not helped by some of it, particularly about the battalion, being, inconveniently, true.

Absolutely

[lapsedhibee]

You have to wonder why globalist, billionaire Sunak seeks a meagre UK MP's salary.



It is a strange one.

Is there anything more to it than it gives him access to Russian billionaires?


If her dad is really pals with Putin, Sunak should step aside.
How likely do you think it is that he'll do this, on a scale, say, of nought?

[Hibee87]

Epic games/Fortnite. Not sure is anyone plays this, my laddie does. He was telling me a new season started Sunday and all in-game purchases were being donated to Ukraine. He just informed me they have raised $36 million since Sunday. That's a staggering amount in 2/3 days

[Stairway 2 7]

https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1506265327973376009?s=21

[emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696]


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More and more reports of this. Ukraine is hitting the area with a huge amount of artillery just now. Going to be a hell of a lot of prisoners if true

[Kato]

Current sanctions against RU and Putins allies not as tough as they could be according to this MP. Sanctions against Iran currently stronger.

https://twitter.com/RhonddaBryant/status/1506256931211591685?t=a_s53D***dDT1CdqcYjLjg&s=19

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[Jack]

More and more reports of this. Ukraine is hitting the area with a huge amount of artillery just now. Going to be a hell of a lot of prisoners if true

Or bodies.

[Onceinawhile]

Epic games/Fortnite. Not sure is anyone plays this, my laddie does. He was telling me a new season started Sunday and all in-game purchases were being donated to Ukraine. He just informed me they have raised $36 million since Sunday. That's a staggering amount in 2/3 days

Nightmare, now i can't in good conscience tell the wee guys they can't get the battle pass.

[Stairway 2 7]

Epic games/Fortnite. Not sure is anyone plays this, my laddie does. He was telling me a new season started Sunday and all in-game purchases were being donated to Ukraine. He just informed me they have raised $36 million since Sunday. That's a staggering amount in 2/3 days

Nice move, I believe its for about 2 weeks. They must make some amount of profit a year

[Renfrew_Hibby]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HAmzPeDoE3Q&t=372s

More young educated Russians. This time their take on Putin.

[Stairway 2 7]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-black-ops-agent-explains-how-putin-could-meet-his-end

How would Putin be executed

[Stairway 2 7]

Jack Detsch
@JackDetsch

NEW: U.S. has indications that Ukraine is now "able and willing" to take back territory overtaken by the Russian military: senior U.S. defense official

Ukraine's military is now trying to push the Russians out of Izyum, in East Ukraine, and has held Mykolaiv against 🇷🇺 attack

[Stairway 2 7]

Jeff Seldin
@jseldin
·

NEW: #Russia combat power "slightly below" 90% for the 1st time during the #Ukraine invasion, per a senior US defense official

[Killiehibbie]

You have to wonder why globalist, billionaire Sunak seeks a meagre UK MP's salary.

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The power will give him the opportunity to make even more money

[Stairway 2 7]

Ukraine Weapons Tracker
@UAWeapons
·
#Ukraine: We managed to identify this bizarre "container", captured today by the UA forces near #Kyiv.

It is likely to be the command post of one of the most potent Russian EW system - 1RL257 Krasukha-4, used to suppress AWACS radars & radar reconnaissance satellites

Trent Telenko
@TrentTelenko
I cannot begin to tell you how big a thing this loss is for Rurrian forces.

Ukraine now has a whole lot of political leverage to get MIG-29's and SAM's from NATO, whatever the De-escalation factions in DC wants.

The DoD, CIA and NSA have collective boners the size of a Trident submarine thinking about getting their hands on this bit of Russian kit

It is a piece of equipment that transmits radio energy into NATO & US flying radar command posts antenna's to prevent those command posts from directing NATO/US fighters to control a piece of sky.

Having it tells Western powers a great deal about what Russia knows about

those command post radar planes.

If Ukraine trades for it, the captive gear also lets the US/NATO do live testing to develop tactics and technology to negate any advantage Russia hoped to get from the system

Short form: Easy air superiority vs Russia for the next 10 years
End

[degenerated]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HAmzPeDoE3Q&t=372s

More young educated Russians. This time their take on Putin.I watched a couple of those last night and they were surprisingly candid about their dislike of Putin and his special operation

[Ozyhibby]

Nice move, I believe its for about 2 weeks. They must make some amount of profit a year

There’s another thread about designer clothes on here but that stuff looks like bargain basement value for money compared with buying digital clothes for a computer game avatar.[emoji23]


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[Stairway 2 7]

There’s another thread about designer clothes on here but that stuff looks like bargain basement value for money compared with buying digital clothes for a computer game avatar.[emoji23]


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Mental eh. These fifa packs you can buy is just legalised online gambling for kids

[majorhibs]

.......... and her father is a Putin supporter. :confused: it’s a big shameful, selfish, exploitive game for some folk. It’ll be interesting to see how the Tories fare in future elections.

The.tory.voters.just.don’t.care, peasants. (Mostly, & who reckons otherwise?)

[majorhibs]

In my view they should never have been made a part of the Ukranian National Guard but I can see both sides of the argument. Certainly there's a massive part of me that says that you should never legitimise neo-nazi groups by incorporating them into the army and the fact that Ukraine did this has certainly given the opportunity to Russia to use this as part of the effort to legitimise their invasion (although they would have found other ways if this hadn't happened).

The other side of it is, as you say, when you are trying to defend against people who are destroying your homes and killing your families then you sometimes have to accept that the guy standing next to you has views you find repugnant but you fight together for a common goal. The Ukranian forces were not in a good situation when Russia started destabilising the Donbas region and annexed Crimea. I can understand when they were worried about what was going to happen and needed a quick fix to provide sufficient armed response to the rebels that they accepted whoever volunteered no matter their beliefs.

Just to engage in whataboutery for a moment though, if Russia's aim is to denazify Ukraine, then perhaps they shouldn't be arming and training rebel groups in Donbas which also include Neo-nazi groups such as the Sparta Battalion and accepts fighters from Neo-nazi organisations in Russia such as Russian National Unity.

Look at yourselves just now giving this denazification anything. Just as mad vlad would’ve liked. You can’t get your blinkers off, but that seems a bit common the now.

[majorhibs]

The power will give him the opportunity to make even more money

Ex chancellor of the UK, who gave us all those benefits & loopholes for our country & company before? Please, accept this annual huge donation for us to claim your on our board!

[Stairway 2 7]

Anonymous
@YourAnonNews
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy is slowly but surely de-nazifying Russia

[Stairway 2 7]

BNO News
@BNONews
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Russia would only use nuclear weapons if it's very existence is threatened, Kremlin says

[stu in nottingham]

BNO News
@BNONews
·
Russia would only use nuclear weapons if it's very existence is threatened, Kremlin says

I tend to think that is the case but then again you can't really believe a single thing the Russians say. Their word means absolutely nothing.

[Stairway 2 7]

Chechen rebels fighting the Russians on the side of Ukraine. Tactics are wild ha no sure how the boy with the rpg didn't get shot

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1506353160775950346

Chechens from the Sheikh Mansur Volunteer Battalion engaged in battle with the #Russian military near #Kyiv

[DaveF]

Chechen rebels fighting the Russians on the side of Ukraine. Tactics are wild ha no sure how the boy with the rpg didn't get shot

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1506353160775950346

Chechens from the Sheikh Mansur Volunteer Battalion engaged in battle with the #Russian military near #Kyiv

That is just crackers. I'm hoping he was just launching in the rpg's as a final, final nail on their coffin and there was no return fire, otherwise he is one brave / stupid guy.

[Ozyhibby]

Chechen rebels fighting the Russians on the side of Ukraine. Tactics are wild ha no sure how the boy with the rpg didn't get shot

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1506353160775950346

Chechens from the Sheikh Mansur Volunteer Battalion engaged in battle with the #Russian military near #Kyiv

Don’t you watch movies? Bad guys can’t shoot.[emoji6]


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[Stairway 2 7]

https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1506380698269061122

Anonymous
@YourAnonNews
͏ ͏
Quote Tweet
Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny

A notice from Mariupol

Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
A notice from Mariupol: "Dima (cozy name), mom is killed on 9th March 2022. She has died quickly. The house has burned down after. Dima, I am sorry I could not save (her). I have buried mom next to a kindergarten." (A map follows: South mark, tree, heating pipeline, fence sign

Note: the text is in Russian

[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

The head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak expects a telephone conversation between Volodymyr
@ZelenskyyUa
and the leader of #China Xi Jinping

[Stairway 2 7]

Irina Borogan
@irinaborogan
Exodus of IT-specialists from Russia was recently discussed in the Duma. At least 70.000 programmers already left Russia, and it’s expected the same number of people are going to leave. https://interfax.ru/russia/830581

[Stairway 2 7]

toomas hendrik ilves
@IlvesToomas
·

In eastern Ukraine sympathies toward Russia have evaporated, replaced by a deep-seated hatred that may take generations to overcome.
@Tomthescribe
reports from Kharkiv for
@newlinesmag

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/in-kharkivs-rubble-hatred-for-russia-is-strong/

[Sergio sledge]

Look at yourselves just now giving this denazification anything. Just as mad vlad would’ve liked. You can’t get your blinkers off, but that seems a bit common the now.

What are you on about?

[Off the bar]

https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1506453063267241994?s=20&t=Y4ww0OAbldGPIl08fg1f0A

Intercepted call from Russian commander moaning about how it’s going to **** for them.

[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1506453063267241994?s=20&t=Y4ww0OAbldGPIl08fg1f0A

Intercepted call from Russian commander moaning about how it’s going to **** for them.

4 weeks is a long time to be sleeping in trenches. Wonder how fit to fight they are now? Sounds like the only movement recently has been progress for Ukrainian forces.


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[Hibernian Verse]

What are you on about?

Speaks in riddles, so could mean anything.

[JeMeSouviens]

Former UK defence attaché in Moscow's letter to the FT:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOhNT9SWUAEBA3H?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOhNT9uXMAQt5QL?format=jpg&name=large

[Stairway 2 7]

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/stalled-russian-troops-beg-for-food/

Stalled Russian Troops Beg for Food
At the last Ukrainian checkpoint outside of Kyiv, New Lines hears reports that the soldiers are asking villagers to feed them

[Stairway 2 7]

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-germany-helped-blaze-vladimir-putin-path-into-ukraine/

How Germany helped blaze Putin’s path into Ukraine
Berlin gave the Russian president the benefit of the doubt until it was too late

[Stairway 2 7]

max seddon
@maxseddon
·
I think this is the first major admission of how taken aback Moscow was by western sanctions.

Lavrov: "When they [froze] the central bnak reserves, nobody who was predicting what sanctions the west would pass could have pictured that. It's just thievery

[Stairway 2 7]

Crazy video from the bbc of villagers defeating a Russian tank column

https://twitter.com/KremlinTrolls/status/1506404268441485322

KT CounterIntelligence
@KremlinTrolls
Remarkable
@BBCNews
report: farmers in Vosnesensk ambushed 🇷🇺 forces as they approached the small community, halting their advance by blowing up the bridge, destroying all 🇷🇺 tanks vehicles w/ help from 🇬🇧 NLAW anti-tank weapons, inflicting heavy 🇷🇺 losses & full retreat
#Ukraine

The footage of the farmer filming himself ambushing the Russians is amazing

Wsj reported 100 Russians killed here

[JeMeSouviens]

max seddon
@maxseddon
·
I think this is the first major admission of how taken aback Moscow was by western sanctions.

Lavrov: "When they [froze] the central bnak reserves, nobody who was predicting what sanctions the west would pass could have pictured that. It's just thievery

Aw, the wee shame. :greengrin

[WeeRussell]

max seddon
@maxseddon
·
I think this is the first major admission of how taken aback Moscow was by western sanctions.

Lavrov: "When they [froze] the central bnak reserves, nobody who was predicting what sanctions the west would pass could have pictured that. It's just thievery

Oh well, rather a thief than a murderer.

[Stairway 2 7]

Михайло Подоляк
@Podolyak_M
·
Dear partners! It takes 4 steps not to see our dead kids eyes or not to smell burned Maryupyl in your dreams. 1. Modern air defense, if you can’t close the sky 2. Cruise missiles or shells for heavy rockets 3. Tough oil embargo 4. Closed ports for Russian ships around the world

[Stairway 2 7]

Save the Children rejects $1m Ukraine donation from North Sea oil company.

The charity refused money offered by Neptune Energy on the grounds that it is “committed to working on climate change issues for the foreseeable future

[Ozyhibby]

https://reaction.life/sunaks-family-investments-fall-foul-of-his-own-advice-on-russia/

This guy will stand up today and say we all have to make sacrifices for Ukraine.[emoji35]


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[hibsbollah]

https://reaction.life/sunaks-family-investments-fall-foul-of-his-own-advice-on-russia/

This guy will stand up today and say we all have to make sacrifices for Ukraine.[emoji35]


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Just think about that for a minute.
A half BILLION pound investment in a Russian IT firm.
Think about how much money that is. £500,000,000.
The Chancellors wife.
And that’s just one investment.

I’m just waiting for Newsnight to mock-up Sunak with a Russian hat.
What an absolute shower of crooks. Oligarchs aren’t just Russians.

[Kato]

https://reaction.life/sunaks-family-investments-fall-foul-of-his-own-advice-on-russia/

This guy will stand up today and say we all have to make sacrifices for Ukraine.[emoji35]


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkHe said that on TV at the weekend. We have to pay for sanctions.

Since he is in charge of the economy he must know how to make that happen.

It must be difficult as the billionaire Chancellor to see his billionaire wife and his multi-billionaire father in law carrying on doing business with Russia, with great profits, while the citizens of this country, which he loves, cough up to pay for sanctions against a country who's billionaire citizens finance his party.

Convoluted? Nah.

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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
@IAPonomarenko
·

Local authorities do confirm that Ukrainian armed forces have Russians in Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel locked in a pocket.
It remains to be seen how tight is the encirclement. Hopefully, the recent operations made Russians kiss their supplies goodbye along the Warsaw Highway

[hibsbollah]

He said that on TV at the weekend. We have to pay for sanctions.

Since he is in charge of the economy he must know how to make that happen.

It must be difficult as the billionaire Chancellor to see his billionaire wife and his multi-billionaire father in law carrying on doing business with Russia, with great profits, while the citizens of this country, which he loves, cough up to pay for sanctions against a country who's billionaire citizens finance his party.

Convoluted? Nah.

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From the FT

Turning away from the spring statement for a moment, the Financial Times today prints a damning letter (https://www.ft.com/content/857d2ccd-2853-43ba-b6b9-88e04b42ba93)from Carl Scott, a retired air commodore and the UK’s defence attaché in Moscow between 2011 and 2016, saying the government was repeatedly warned about Vladimir Putin’s military intentions - but that those warnings were ignored by a government influenced by Russian wealth.
Scott says:


I served as the UK’s defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016, during which time this long, dark march to war was obvious, the path to conflict lit by the many pronouncements emanating from the dark red walls of Vladimir Putin’s palace.
We reported the inevitability of conflict in detail, regularly and with the despair of Cassandra. One of the earliest reports opened with a line from Sherlock Holmes, whose statue stands outside the British Embassy wall: “There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast.”
The evidence of Putin’s chosen path was never concealed. His many declarations were meant to be heard and understood: the colossal rearmament programme, the demand for more complex, more lethal weaponry; the militarisation of society; the distortion and seizure of the popular narrative; domination of education, the media and the courts to exclude contrasting views and, ultimately, the alienation and destruction of those among the Russian people who understood the folly of his declared ambition.


Scott says on his return to the UK he realised “all was subjugated to the City, all served the interests of our lucrative status as a safe haven for corrupt, and corrupting, wealth”. He concludes his letter.


I despair at the decisions Putin has taken, but even more at the prospect of finding credible leadership at home in the UK among those who have compromised so long with his regime and the wealth it offered.

[Kato]

From the FT

Turning away from the spring statement for a moment, the Financial Times today prints a damning letter (https://www.ft.com/content/857d2ccd-2853-43ba-b6b9-88e04b42ba93)from Carl Scott, a retired air commodore and the UK’s defence attaché in Moscow between 2011 and 2016, saying the government was repeatedly warned about Vladimir Putin’s military intentions - but that those warnings were ignored by a government influenced by Russian wealth.
Scott says:


I served as the UK’s defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016, during which time this long, dark march to war was obvious, the path to conflict lit by the many pronouncements emanating from the dark red walls of Vladimir Putin’s palace.
We reported the inevitability of conflict in detail, regularly and with the despair of Cassandra. One of the earliest reports opened with a line from Sherlock Holmes, whose statue stands outside the British Embassy wall: “There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast.”
The evidence of Putin’s chosen path was never concealed. His many declarations were meant to be heard and understood: the colossal rearmament programme, the demand for more complex, more lethal weaponry; the militarisation of society; the distortion and seizure of the popular narrative; domination of education, the media and the courts to exclude contrasting views and, ultimately, the alienation and destruction of those among the Russian people who understood the folly of his declared ambition.


Scott says on his return to the UK he realised “all was subjugated to the City, all served the interests of our lucrative status as a safe haven for corrupt, and corrupting, wealth”. He concludes his letter.


I despair at the decisions Putin has taken, but even more at the prospect of finding credible leadership at home in the UK among those who have compromised so long with his regime and the wealth it offered.



Shut-up. How dare you quote an expert. "People" have had enough of them.

It's almost like they are the greediest people in this countries' history.

Has there been another group of people more willing to give everything over to the worship of profit, no matter what it meant for the rest of the country?

Bare in mind Thatcher was a patriotic shop-keeper obsessed with trade.

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[JeMeSouviens]

From the FT

Turning away from the spring statement for a moment, the Financial Times today prints a damning letter (https://www.ft.com/content/857d2ccd-2853-43ba-b6b9-88e04b42ba93)from Carl Scott, a retired air commodore and the UK’s defence attaché in Moscow between 2011 and 2016, saying the government was repeatedly warned about Vladimir Putin’s military intentions - but that those warnings were ignored by a government influenced by Russian wealth.
Scott says:


I served as the UK’s defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016, during which time this long, dark march to war was obvious, the path to conflict lit by the many pronouncements emanating from the dark red walls of Vladimir Putin’s palace.
We reported the inevitability of conflict in detail, regularly and with the despair of Cassandra. One of the earliest reports opened with a line from Sherlock Holmes, whose statue stands outside the British Embassy wall: “There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast.”
The evidence of Putin’s chosen path was never concealed. His many declarations were meant to be heard and understood: the colossal rearmament programme, the demand for more complex, more lethal weaponry; the militarisation of society; the distortion and seizure of the popular narrative; domination of education, the media and the courts to exclude contrasting views and, ultimately, the alienation and destruction of those among the Russian people who understood the folly of his declared ambition.


Scott says on his return to the UK he realised “all was subjugated to the City, all served the interests of our lucrative status as a safe haven for corrupt, and corrupting, wealth”. He concludes his letter.


I despair at the decisions Putin has taken, but even more at the prospect of finding credible leadership at home in the UK among those who have compromised so long with his regime and the wealth it offered.




Posted in full above - https://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?355845-Ukraine&p=6899989&viewfull=1#post6899989

[hibsbollah]

Posted in full above - https://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?355845-Ukraine&p=6899989&viewfull=1#post6899989

Thank you, I didn’t read all the posts on the thread. To be fair to Stairway, this attachés view that the invasion was ‘obvious’, does contradict what I was asserting strongly to him earlier. So I take that on the chin and accept there are different views wherever we look :agree:

[Since90+2]

Just think about that for a minute.
A half BILLION pound investment in a Russian IT firm.
Think about how much money that is. £500,000,000.
The Chancellors wife.
And that’s just one investment.

I’m just waiting for Newsnight to mock-up Sunak with a Russian hat.
What an absolute shower of crooks. Oligarchs aren’t just Russians.

At the same time we have people who literally can't afford to heat their homes and the very serious possibly of millions of people being pushed into a cost of living crisis.

Any normal working person who voted for Johnson over Corbyn is quite simply an idiot.

[Stairway 2 7]

Thank you, I didn’t read all the posts on the thread. To be fair to Stairway, this attachés view that the invasion was ‘obvious’, does contradict what I was asserting strongly to him earlier. So I take that on the chin and accept there are different views wherever we look :agree:
I think it was obvious to the Ukrainians fighting. But the European and British leaders deliberately didn't want to know, money first as per as you can see with dropping Russia for Saudi Arabia with their morals.

Russias army is a shambles but it could have succeeded in taking Ukrainian in those first days of the war. If it did and installed a puppet. We would have written a strongly worded letter of disapproval, then kept trading with Russia and the new government. No one would have put boots on the ground to change anything, I think Ukraine was very fortunate, obviously through bravery organisation ect

[Stairway 2 7]

At the same time we have people who literally can't afford to heat their homes and the very serious possibly of millions of people being pushed into a cost of living crisis.

Any normal working person who voted for Johnson over Corbyn is quite simply an idiot.

Disgusting how Corbyn was treated, although I'm sure the sun ect could happily get behind starmer. Very much an establishment choice

[Stairway 2 7]

Polina Ivanova
@polinaivanovva
·

Russian climate envoy Anatoly Chubais has stepped down and left the country, citing his opposition to war in Ukraine, ⁦
@business
⁩ cites sources, becoming the highest-level official to break with the Kremlin over the invasion

[The Tubs]

Former UK defence attaché in Moscow's letter to the FT:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOhNT9SWUAEBA3H?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOhNT9uXMAQt5QL?format=jpg&name=large

Well said, Air Commodore.

[Jim44]

It’s vomit inducing to listen to hypocrite, Sunak, in his mini budget, announcing his plans and proposals to deal with the effects of naughty Putin’s madness, knowing full well that his wife has a half a million pound investment in a company still operating in Russia and whose father is a pal and supporter of Putin. Unbelievable.

[Since90+2]

It’s vomit inducing to listen to hypocrite, Sunak, in his mini budget, announcing his plans and proposals to deal with the effects of naughty Putin’s madness, knowing full well that his wife has a half a million pound investment in a company still operating in Russia and whose father is a pal and supporter of Putin. Unbelievable.

It's half a billion.

[Stairway 2 7]

Playing to his tune on gas unfortunately

max seddon
@maxseddon

Putin has ordered to make Europe pay for gas in rubles – potentially a big boost to the currency.

"The collective West has killed all trust in their currencies," he says – $ and € are "compromised" by sanctions on Russia's central bank reserves

[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

Greenpeace activists held a protest in the Baltic Sea, calling on the #EU to give up #Russian energy supplies

[Ozyhibby]

Playing to his tune on gas unfortunately

max seddon
@maxseddon

Putin has ordered to make Europe pay for gas in rubles – potentially a big boost to the currency.

"The collective West has killed all trust in their currencies," he says – $ and € are "compromised" by sanctions on Russia's central bank reserves

Not sure what difference that makes? Surely even if the pay in dollars he can then transfer it into roubles himself to prop up currency?


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[Onceinawhile]

Not sure what difference that makes? Surely even if the pay in dollars he can then transfer it into roubles himself to prop up currency?


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They need to buy the roubles, which pushes up the demand for roubles, which pushes up the price, making it worth more.

[Ozyhibby]

They need to buy the roubles, which pushes up the demand for roubles, which pushes up the price, making it worth more.

I knew that but im just working it out in my head as Putin could do that anyway. Im thinking it’s to stop the oil companies from holding dollars as Putin doesn’t have full control. Sorry, working it out in my head as I type.[emoji23]


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[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

Nestlé officially announced the cessation of imports and exports to and from #Russia

The world's largest consumer goods company said it would no longer pay any taxes in Russia and any profits it makes will be used for humanitarian aid

[stu in nottingham]

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/stalled-russian-troops-beg-for-food/

Stalled Russian Troops Beg for Food
At the last Ukrainian checkpoint outside of Kyiv, New Lines hears reports that the soldiers are asking villagers to feed them

I've read various reports of troops begging for food. I'm curious as to the response they receive from local Ukrainian people.

[lapsedhibee]

I've read various reports of troops begging for food. I'm curious as to the response they receive from local Ukrainian people.

"Go Feed Yourself" would be tempting.

[JimBHibees]

Former UK defence attaché in Moscow's letter to the FT:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOhNT9SWUAEBA3H?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOhNT9uXMAQt5QL?format=jpg&name=large

Brilliant letter. That should be all over the media but won't be.

[Jim44]

It's half a billion.

My mistake. I meant to type ‘billion’. Thanks for pointing it out.

[JimBHibees]

Shut-up. How dare you quote an expert. "People" have had enough of them.

It's almost like they are the greediest people in this countries' history.

Has there been another group of people more willing to give everything over to the worship of profit, no matter what it meant for the rest of the country?

Bare in mind Thatcher was a patriotic shop-keeper obsessed with trade.

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Nope the most corrupt government there has ever been. Absolutely morally corrupt and it is sickening only more so how cosseted they are by the media who with very few exceptions tow the same line.

[Stairway 2 7]

Did it happen naturally

David Frum
@davidfrum
·
Ukraine newspapers cite Russian sources: Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu has disappeared from public view since March 11, reportedly with "heart problems." https://pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/

[Stairway 2 7]

Michael MacKay
@mhmck

"The invaders tried to advance into the area of ​​the settlement of Teterivske, however due to limited forces they were unsuccessful and were forced to withdraw."
–General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

RU military in Bucha/Hostomel/Irpin are surrounded
–Bucha city council

[Stairway 2 7]

Basically what Russia admitted 7k and Ukraine saying 15k

Jeff Seldin
@jseldin
·
BREAKING: 7,000-15,000 #Russia|n troops likely killed in #Ukraine, per a @NATO official briefing reporters on condition of anonymity

Total losses -including wounded, captured or missing- could be in the 30,000-40,000 range

Estimates based on #Ukraine intel, observations

[Hibrandenburg]

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-germany-helped-blaze-vladimir-putin-path-into-ukraine/

How Germany helped blaze Putin’s path into Ukraine
Berlin gave the Russian president the benefit of the doubt until it was too lateThe world gave Putin the benefit of the doubt.

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[s.a.m]

I think it was obvious to the Ukrainians fighting. But the European and British leaders deliberately didn't want to know, money first as per as you can see with dropping Russia for Saudi Arabia with their morals.

Russias army is a shambles but it could have succeeded in taking Ukrainian in those first days of the war. If it did and installed a puppet. We would have written a strongly worded letter of disapproval, then kept trading with Russia and the new government. No one would have put boots on the ground to change anything, I think Ukraine was very fortunate, obviously through bravery organisation ect

:agree: I think 'didn't want to know' is exactly what was happening. Add in the US, and four years of a president who pretty much encouraged him.


Did it happen naturally

David Frum
@davidfrum
·
Ukraine newspapers cite Russian sources: Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu has disappeared from public view since March 11, reportedly with "heart problems." https://pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/

The sort of heart problems that cause you to tumble out of windows. Cardio-defenestratus, or summat... :greengrin


The world gave Putin the benefit of the doubt.

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Yup. We've all been at it. It made sense in the early days of post-Soviet Russia, when we were all full of hope for the future and the constant threat of nuclear apocalypse had subsided, but it's unbelievable that western governments have kept looking the other way when Russia was invading neighbours and threatening others, poisoning folk and actively trying to destabilise the west.
Actually, it's not unbelievable at all, and I'm genuinely really sad about that. :rolleyes:

[JimBHibees]

:agree: I think 'didn't want to know' is exactly what was happening. Add in the US, and four years of a president who pretty much encouraged him.



The sort of heart problems that cause you to tumble out of windows. Cardio-defenestratus, or summat... :greengrin



Yup. We've all been at it. It made sense in the early days of post-Soviet Russia, when we were all full of hope for the future and the constant threat of nuclear apocalypse had subsided, but it's unbelievable that western governments have kept looking the other way when Russia was invading neighbours and threatening others, poisoning folk and actively trying to destabilise the west.
Actually, it's not unbelievable at all, and I'm genuinely really sad about that. :rolleyes:

Also directly impacting elections and bumping off their enemies without much of a complaint being put up.

[Hibrandenburg]

Interesting that the far right parties in Europe have refused to back sanctions against Russia. It's almost as if they have something to lose, like money.

It's so obvious that Putin has been backing the far right in the West financially in the hope that we'd look away when he started his shenanigans. Think he might have shot his load prematurely, maybe because his time on this earth is shorter than he'd hoped.

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[Stairway 2 7]

Dmytro Kuleba
@DmytroKuleba

Ukraine government official

Renault refuses to pull out of Russia. Not that it should surprise anyone when Renault supports a brutal war of aggression in Europe. But mistakes must come with a price, especially when repeated. I call on customers and businesses around the globe to boycott Group Renault

[Stairway 2 7]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
Sanofi pharmaceutical company announced that it stops new supplies of non-essential medicines and vaccines to #Russia and #Belarus

Sanofi is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations. The company operates in more than a hundred countries

[Jim44]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
Sanofi pharmaceutical company announced that it stops new supplies of non-essential medicines and vaccines to #Russia and #Belarus

Sanofi is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations. The company operates in more than a hundred countries

Big deal. They’ll really miss non essential medicines. Why not stop essential supplies? Heap up the pressure.

[Stairway 2 7]

Big deal. They’ll really miss non essential medicines. Why not stop essential supplies? Heap up the pressure.

Because stopping insulin or chemotherapy drugs is being no better than the Russians in my opinion

[Stairway 2 7]

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
BREAKING. Secretary Blinken:

"Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine

[stu in nottingham]

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
BREAKING. Secretary Blinken:

"Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine

Well spotted.

[Jim44]

Because stopping insulin or chemotherapy drugs is being no better than the Russians in my opinion

Fair enough, point lightly and reluctantly taken. But they’re really going to miss non essential products. :rolleyes: The Russians, for their part, might have considered stopping non essential annihilation and destruction of Ukrainian cities and innocent citizens.

[Ozyhibby]

Fair enough, point lightly and reluctantly taken. But they’re really going to miss non essential products. :rolleyes: The Russians, for their part, might have considered stopping non essential annihilation and destruction of Ukrainian cities and innocent citizens.

They are going to struggle to pay for those medicine anyway. The rouble is only going in one direction.


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[Stairway 2 7]

Fair enough, point lightly and reluctantly taken. But they’re really going to miss non essential products. :rolleyes: The Russians, for their part, might have considered stopping non essential annihilation and destruction of Ukrainian cities and innocent citizens.

They will be feeling it as ozy says their economy has collapsed. A third of them predicted to lose their jobs and anyone with savings they have been decimated. Interest is through the roof and its going to get worse for them if this continues

[stu in nottingham]

Have there been any further reports regarding the remaining victims buried after the theatre bombing? The last I read was that it was not possible to rescue them due to the firing going on in the vicinity. One feels for any remaining survivors under there.

[Since90+2]

Big deal. They’ll really miss non essential medicines. Why not stop essential supplies? Heap up the pressure.

Wow. Stop essential medicines that could save Russians children's lives, who have no say whatsoever over what their despot leader does.

I've read some posts on here but that's up there, along with the suggestion we bomb Russian hospital's. I really do despair at times.

[Stairway 2 7]

Have there been any further reports regarding the remaining victims buried after the theatre bombing? The last I read was that it was not possible to rescue them due to the firing going on in the vicinity. One feels for any remaining survivors under there.

A report a few days ago was from supposedly the last two journalists in Mariupol. They were evacuated by Ukrainian special forces out. They were the ones who broke the pictures of the hospital bombing and hence the Russians wanted them on camera saying it was lies.

I think it's a media blackout now as even the journalists could only pick up satellite phone connection in a few places in the city.

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Carla Babb
@CarlaBabbVOA
·
#BREAKING #Ukrainians have pushed the #Russians back to about 55 kilometers east & northeast of #Kyiv according to sr. def official. "yesterday we were telling you they were about 20 to 30 km away" #UkraineUnderAttaсk

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Paul McLeary
@paulmcleary
·
NEW: The US sees Russian troops North of Kyiv actually digging into defensive positions, and not trying to move forwards, defense official says

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Christo Grozev
@christogrozev
Oksana, an amazingly brave Russian journalist, was the Ukraine reporter for our investigative partner
@the_ins_ru
. She was killed by her own country's army shelling civilian areas in the Podol district in Kyiv. She was killed while reporting on the damage caused by the shelling

Russians artillery has repeatedly used "two in a row" shelling sessions, hitting the damaged area again once emergency services - or even journalists - arrive to the location. Such incidents, if proven to be a premeditated trend, constitute war crimes

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

The National Welfare Fund of #Russia in February decreased by 675 billion rubles to 12.935 trillion rubles, in dollars by $20 billion to $154.8 billion

This is reported by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation

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*Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone

*GERMANY SAYS PAYING FOR GAS IN RUBLES WOULD BREAK CONTRACTS


Tracy (𝕮𝖍𝖎)
@chigrl
This is not about selling oil, this is a currency maneuver. Putin needs USD and EUR right now, by forcing buyers to sell EUR and USD to buy RUB ..that helps prop up RUB

[Kato]

Interesting that the far right parties in Europe have refused to back sanctions against Russia. It's almost as if they have something to lose, like money.

It's so obvious that Putin has been backing the far right in the West financially in the hope that we'd look away when he started his shenanigans. Think he might have shot his load prematurely, maybe because his time on this earth is shorter than he'd hoped.

Sent from my SM-A505FN using TapatalkAll quiet on UK front re-sanctions after Abramovich. When the first big package was announced it was noted that a lot hadn't actually been sanctioned but labelled as "designated" to be sanctioned, which isn't quite the same.

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All quiet on UK front re-sanctions after Abramovich. When the first big package was announced it was noted that a lot hadn't actually been sanctioned but labelled as "designated" to be sanctioned, which isn't quite the same.

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A weird one, although it's only sources

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/volodymyr-zelensky-urged-joe-biden-26541256

Zelensky urged Joe Biden not to impose sanctions on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has urged US President Joe Biden not to impose sanctions on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as he may be a useful intermediary in peace talks with the Russian invaders

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Have there been any further reports regarding the remaining victims buried after the theatre bombing? The last I read was that it was not possible to rescue them due to the firing going on in the vicinity. One feels for any remaining survivors under there.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60835106

[Jack]

Wow. Stop essential medicines that could save Russians children's lives, who have no say whatsoever over what their despot leader does.

I've read some posts on here but that's up there, along with the suggestion we bomb Russian hospital's. I really do despair at times.

I can see where the OP is coming from.

I doubt there was much medical stuff for civilians bought or sold during the 2 world wars between the nazis and the allies. The same for the wars since.

I suppose it depends on how one sees this conflict. Is it merely between Ukraine and Russia or, as Russia itself has suggested because of global sanctions, a war between Russia and pretty much ROW?

[Stairway 2 7]

The next of the 6 Ukrainian war polls is out. They want peace talks but no ceasefire and are confident of winning. An alliance with Poland and UK that's been touted is preferred to nato

https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/03/23/more-ukrainians-support-military-alliance-with-uk-poland-than-nato-accession-poll-shows/

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8 hours after reopening, closed again due to pressure

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
Renault stopped the work of the plant in #Moscow

The production activities of the #French car company in Russia have been halted, the statement said.

#Renault remained the only major global automaker to retain sales and production in #Russia after the invasion of #Ukraine

[Jim44]

Wow. Stop essential medicines that could save Russians children's lives, who have no say whatsoever over what their despot leader does.

I've read some posts on here but that's up there, along with the suggestion we bomb Russian hospital's. I really do despair at times.

Ok in retrospect, I agree my comments are over emotionally-charged, OTT responses to the horrors of what the Russians are doing to the fabric of Ukraine and it’s people but I fail to see how sanctions,
which at worst will seriously lessen the quality of Russian life, will have any effect on the madman’s evil crusade. I think the only solution can come from within Russia itself but what the hell will spur them to open their eyes to the truth.

[stu in nottingham]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60835106

Thanks for the replies mate, they are appreciated. Quite a horrific and graphic account of the event. I'm sure I read somewhere that around 130 had survived and these were people who had been in the main auditorium. The ones buried in the rubble, possibly around 300, are the folk who had been in the basement.

[stu in nottingham]

Yes! The Dnipro Kids have arrived in London!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60850379

[lapsedhibee]

Yes! The Dnipro Kids have arrived in London!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60850379

Blackford mentioned this in Parliament today, though he didn't namecheck Sir Stevie. :tsk tsk:

[AugustaHibs]

Just read that the dnipro kids have arrived in the U.K.

Absolutely great news, I’m sure hibs will be well aware of this and, as long as he and the kids were willing, I’d love for them all to get a heroes welcome at Easter road vs Dundee United.

Edit: He, should be Stevie C.

[SteveHFC]

Just read that the dnipro kids have arrived in the U.K.

Absolutely great news, I’m sure hibs will be well aware of this and, as long as he and the kids were willing, I’d love for them all to get a heroes welcome at Easter road vs Dundee United.

All of them should be given tickets to the semi final. :aok:

[AugustaHibs]

All of them should be given tickets to the semi final. :aok:

Agreed mate.

Considering how many get given to corporate big wigs I’m sure 50/100 can be given away.

[SaulGoodman]

All of them should be given tickets to the semi final. :aok:

Have they not been through enough?

[JimBHibees]

Have they not been through enough?

Now now. :greengrin

[bigwheel]

All of them should be given tickets to the semi final. :aok:

Think we should do things that are right for the kids. Many may not like football, or want to go to such a game . If they do, then sure . But getting them settled and feeling safe and secure should be the focus to start with .

[JimBHibees]

Think we should do things that are right for the kids. Many may not like football, or want to go to such a game . If they do, then sure . But getting them settled and feeling safe and secure should be the focus to start with .

Agree with that a more sensible suggestion may be the upcoming United match at Easter Road

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Sarah White
@SarahWhites
·

Renault’s statement was sparse but significant - after weeks of silence the group signalled it could walk away from its stake in Lada maker AvtoVaz, Russia’s biggest carmaker. Very few options to make that happen outside of a Russian takeover ⁦
@FT

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U24
@u24_news
·

In just 22 days, 1,100 missiles struck #Ukrainian cities, which is 11 times more missiles than hit #Syria in five years

[Kato]

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1506896861096992775?t=_OsK4A4gS5cTOSyYpT7-EA&s=19


Cold hearted, lying, mercenary snakes.

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Ridiculous that we got ourselves in the position. Even an idiot could see wee needed to stop dependency on Russian oil and gas, as trump was shouting about it 5 years ago. Nord stream 2 was agreed after crimea and only now is being stopped.

Paul Massaro
@apmassaro3
·
The EU energy ban really is the big missing piece. That’s what’s keeping Putin’s war machine afloat

[hibsbollah]

U24
@u24_news
·

In just 22 days, 1,100 missiles struck #Ukrainian cities, which is 11 times more missiles than hit #Syria in five years

Fair enough, but Russian and Syrian jets definitely did more damage over 5 years, often with fuel air bombs dropped from jets on civilian areas, thermobaric devices and chemical weapons. It’s just different ordinance.

[Bostonhibby]

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1506896861096992775?t=_OsK4A4gS5cTOSyYpT7-EA&s=19


Cold hearted, lying, mercenary snakes.

Sent from my SM-A528B using TapatalkThere's a stench of Russian influence and an uncomfortable proximity to what is essentially a murderous dictatorial regime running right through the upper echelons of our government, a slowness to react and a readiness to justify this sort of position, technically legal or not.

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UDfj
Britian is sending 6,000 more missiles to the Ukraine. With the new shipment, Britain will have provided around 10,000 missiles to the country to be used against Russian forces

[Stairway 2 7]

The EU needs to sanction Gazprombank too as most of russias cash is now going through it due to it being kept in swift. Eu says it won't sanction it or take it off swift as the oil and gas money goes through it. Although this makes sanctioning the other banks a little pointless

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
12m
German Gref, Oleg Tinkov, Evgeny Shvidler, #Lavrov's alleged daughter and other Russian officials and businessmen fell under #British sanctions.

#Britain also imposed sanctions against Gazprombank, Rosselkhozbank, Alfa Bank, Rovkomflot, RusHydro, ALROSA and defense enterprises

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Lots of pics online of the sunk massive Russian landing ship


NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
⚡️The #Ukrainian Navy reports that a large landing ship of the #Russian Black Sea Fleet was destroyed in the port of #Berdyans

Deputy Defense Minister of #Ukraine Anna Malyar said that the destroyed warship in #Berdyansk could carry up to 20 tanks, 45 armored personnel carriers and 400 paratroopers

[Jim44]

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1506896861096992775?t=_OsK4A4gS5cTOSyYpT7-EA&s=19


Cold hearted, lying, mercenary snakes.

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Good to see somebody in the media at last questioning hypocrite Sunak about his wife’s £500M stake in a company based in Moscow, which has nothing to do with him and which he ‘knows nothing about’. :rolleyes: I hate wives who keep secrets from their husbands.:greengrin

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max seddon
@maxseddon
·
17m
UK prime minister Boris Johnson is "the most active participant in the anti-Russian race," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says.

"This race will not lead anyone to Mount Olympus, but a foreign policy dead end," he adds

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https://twitter.com/maryilyushina/status/1506952421599330307

@maryilyushina
Russian state TV posts this absolutely apocalyptic aerial footage of Mariupol (result of Russian siege). But the anchor says: “Sad scenes of course... the Ukrainian nationalists withdraw trying not to leave a stone unturned

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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
·
20m
⚡️Mariupol city council: Russian occupiers forcibly move 6, 000 Mariupol residents to Russia.

The local authorities in the besieged seaport said on March 24 that Russian occupiers are now forcibly moving more of its residents to Russia, confiscating their Ukrainian passports

[Kato]

max seddon
@maxseddon
·
17m
UK prime minister Boris Johnson is "the most active participant in the anti-Russian race," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says.


The first casualty of war is?

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[Ozyhibby]

The first casualty of war is?

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To be fair, the UK is leading the way in supplying arms (we are never shy about supporting our arms industry) to Ukraine. We have to give credit where it’s due. And those arms are probably what’s hurting Russia most right now because they are losing badly on the battlefield.
When it comes to sanctions though, we are still not doing nearly enough.


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[Ozyhibby]

Lots of pics online of the sunk massive Russian landing ship


NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
⚡️The #Ukrainian Navy reports that a large landing ship of the #Russian Black Sea Fleet was destroyed in the port of #Berdyans

Deputy Defense Minister of #Ukraine Anna Malyar said that the destroyed warship in #Berdyansk could carry up to 20 tanks, 45 armored personnel carriers and 400 paratroopers

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220324/68c60296f410377b49a66b03333d70ab.jpg


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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220324/68c60296f410377b49a66b03333d70ab.jpg


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😆 brilliant

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

Biden: #NATO will increase the military assistance to Ukraine, give it additional weapons systems, including air defense systems

The alliance will provide #Ukraine with equipment for protection against chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, as well as cyber defenses

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https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/exclusive-russia-backs-europes-far-right/

Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪
@michaeldweiss
NEW: Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow. An investigation by
@holger_r
, Martin Laine, and
@michaeldweiss
for
@newlinesmag
in collaboration with Dossier Center,
@DelfiEE

[hibsbollah]

U24
@u24_news
·

In just 22 days, 1,100 missiles struck #Ukrainian cities, which is 11 times more missiles than hit #Syria in five years

…a very good article about how Syria was the tactical blueprint
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/how-russia-is-using-tactics-from-the-syrian-playbook-in-ukraine

[Hibrandenburg]

There's a stench of Russian influence and an uncomfortable proximity to what is essentially a murderous dictatorial regime running right through the upper echelons of our government, a slowness to react and a readiness to justify this sort of position, technically legal or not.

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[Bostonhibby]

https://twitter.com/maryilyushina/status/1506952421599330307

@maryilyushina
Russian state TV posts this absolutely apocalyptic aerial footage of Mariupol (result of Russian siege). But the anchor says: “Sad scenes of course... the Ukrainian nationalists withdraw trying not to leave a stone unturnedWow, I never even knew Comical Ali had a sister who works in the Russian propaganda channel.

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Neil Hauer
@NeilPHauer

Russia has very possibly suffered *1/4* of its entire professional combat servicemen corps as casualties in a month of war in Ukraine. (75% of total BTGs committed, 1/3 of that as casualties)

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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
· 2h
⚡️ Poland won't pay for Russian gas in rubles says CEO of PGNiG.

Paweł Majewski, head of Polish largest oil and gas company, said that the contract with Gazprom envisions the payment method and Poland won’t change it.

All eyes on Germany now

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

Biden called for the exclusion of #Russia from the #G20

President of the United States offered to give #Ukraine the opportunity to participate in the G20 meetings.

He also promised that the United States would respond if the #Russian Federation used chemical weapons in Ukraine

[Kato]

Neil Hauer
@NeilPHauer

Russia has very possibly suffered *1/4* of its entire professional combat servicemen corps as casualties in a month of war in Ukraine. (75% of total BTGs committed, 1/3 of that as casualties)Sounds like Putin has been duped into this. People close to him too scared to say no but knowing their forces aren't up to much. Truth hurts. There was a story last week about money spent on paying civilians "sympathetic to Russia" to take to the streets waving Russian flags after the invasion first happened. If his Blitzkrieg had worked and the army had taken Kyiv the optics/morale of that would have worked against the Ukrainian people. Seemingly the money went to the secret services to spread cash and pull people toward supporting Putin. The secret services reported it was all lined up but there was no sign of anyone greeting the Russians with anything other than hostility.

The suspicion is the secret services just pocketed the cash. That type of bureaucratic sticky fingeredness has been rife in that part of the world for hundreds of years - tsars, USSR, so it's just more than likely under a mafioso/oligarchy high on steriods amd botox.

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[WhileTheChief..]

The suspicion is the secret services just pocketed the cash. That type of bureaucratic sticky fingeredness has been rife in that part of the world for hundreds of years - tsars, USSR, so it's just more than likely under a mafioso/oligarchy high on steriods amd botox.

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Thing is, Putin's whole house of cards is built on corruption so it only follows that every single institution, including the military and intelligence services, are corrupt too.

The US and UK intel has been spot on. There will be plenty Russian top brass passing info west in exchange for cash, immunity or whatever else.

[He's here!]

Biden stating NATO 'will respond' if Russia uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine.

What does this actually mean? A response in kind?

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Biden stating NATO 'will respond' if Russia uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine.

What does this actually mean? A response in kind?

It's a warning that we aren't going to stand back, just like when he said it about chemical weapons. Chemicals weapons could have happened but nukes won't. Its just laying down rules to Putin and posturing

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https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1507250703483424768

max seddon
@maxseddon
·
1h
“Will l be allowed to have a cleaner, or a driver? I don’t drive a car . . . maybe my stepdaughter will drive. We don’t understand how to survive.”

Russian oligarch Petr Aven laments life after sanctions to
@DanielThomasLDN
and
@AJack