The Russia/Ukraine situation

posted by BRF

I’m still trying to wrap my head around “sitation”.

Probably just a typo.

posted by queencitybuckeye
Get that. A deal's a deal is all I'm saying.

When deals are ripped up future deals lose their credibility.

My boss has a friend, who is one of those freelance reporters that run to the front lines.  She apparently got on a plane this weekend to head to Kiev and is there right now.  Those people are fucking crazy.

posted by like_that

My boss has a friend, who is one of those freelance reporters that run to the front lines.  She apparently got on a plane this weekend to head to Kiev and is there right now.  Those people are fucking crazy.

I saw some of them were getting arrested just for being at the protest last night even though they were just covering it for news  

I read where over 1,700 people were arrested in Russia.  Russians have been warned by authorities any negative comments about Putin's invasion of Ukraine would be treated as treason. 

posted by majorspark

I read where over 1,700 people were arrested in Russia.  Russians have been warned by authorities any negative comments about Putin's invasion of Ukraine would be treated as treason. 

Those people deserve credit for putting their necks on the line. 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/25/joe-biden-selects-ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-nominee/

Hey look over here at this war.......meanwhile I will just throw this out there.  Really tone def to do this right now

posted by like_that

My boss has a friend, who is one of those freelance reporters that run to the front lines.  She apparently got on a plane this weekend to head to Kiev and is there right now.  Those people are fucking crazy.

I've had Sky News on pretty much non stop. I'm always thinking, why the fuck are you STILL there? Bombs going off in the background. 

I have a friend born in Kyiv, raised in NYC. His family got the hell out, went to Germany. 

posted by Fletch

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/25/joe-biden-selects-ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-nominee/

Hey look over here at this war.......meanwhile I will just throw this out there.  Really tone def to do this right now

Wrong thread, dingus.

Here: https://ohiochatter.com/forum/politics/disgusted-with-the-biden-administration?page=94&id=reply-122348

I think some of the reporters that go to these places are brave.  And some are adrenaline junkies.  They're part of the landscape and they do bring the reality of war to the rest of us - at least in some small way.  

If true, the stones on these guys...

A group of Ukrainian border guards were stationed on Snake Island, in the Black Sea south of Odessa, when a Russian warship ordered them to surrender under threat of attack.

Their response: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

They held their ground. All 13 were killed. pic.twitter.com/GMRsXQRSX0

— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) February 25, 2022

posted by justincredible

If true, the stones on these guys...

A group of Ukrainian border guards were stationed on Snake Island, in the Black Sea south of Odessa, when a Russian warship ordered them to surrender under threat of attack.

Their response: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

They held their ground. All 13 were killed. pic.twitter.com/GMRsXQRSX0

— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) February 25, 2022

I've seen this in multiple news outlets.  Bad ass m-fers if true.  

posted by justincredible

Ok, I think I'm ready for nuclear war now...

Dear Mister President Vladimir Putin… pic.twitter.com/LbDFBHVWJf

— AnnaLynne McCord (@IAMannalynnemcc) February 24, 2022

How does one become this warped?

Looks like they are fighting pretty hard.  I hope they give them hell.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10552157/Heroic-Ukrainian-marine-blows-bridge-hold-Russian-troops.html

posted by majorspark

Looks like they are fighting pretty hard.  I hope they give them hell.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10552157/Heroic-Ukrainian-marine-blows-bridge-hold-Russian-troops.html

These eastern European guys can be some hard dudes.  I wouldn't want to go into Kiev in attack mode.  It will be important to watch what happens on the home front when bodies start coming back to Moscow.  

Have you heard of this "ghost of Kyiv"?  Supposedly a Ukrainian pilot who has shot down 6 Russian fighters in air to air combat.  It would be cool if true.  A russian jet was shot down last night over the capital.

posted by majorspark

Have you heard of this "ghost of Kyiv"?  Supposedly a Ukrainian pilot who has shot down 6 Russian fighters in air to air combat.  It would be cool if true.  A russian jet was shot down last night over the capital.

I saw mention of it on twitter yesterday, but haven't seen confirmation of it.

A lot of this feels like propaganda, in that the West has decided they're going to make Putin look bad by pretending the invasion is going badly.

The stories of heroism are probably true, but it's been like two days and they're almost at the capital.  This is like Akron vs. OSU, and the announcers praising how Akron is hanging with them just 30 seconds into the game.

This immediately starts WWIII, does it not? Either way, he sounds like a teenage girl. 

Just a thought, but why doesn't NATO unanimously vote to make Ukraine a member of NATO right now? Like, I mean immediately. Like, tonight.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 24, 2022