Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] - page 370. (Read 74267 times)

Some of the horrific video clips I've seen from this war really illustrates how war has changed.  Seeing tanks runover cars on the freeway like they're playing grand theft auto, or seeing cyclists having bombs dropped on their heads are things that are just unexpected to me and even unfathomable.  I think most people just want to go about their daily lives without fear of some government squabble murdering them while trying to get a workout in, or trying to make it to work.  It's pretty crazy that with all of the advancement of our civilization, war has turned even less personal and the loss of life seems almost expected.  Personally, I would prefer the days of swinging swords to suddenly having your entire family murdered in a second as a jet flies by...  If you haven't seen some of the horrific clips out there from this war, do yourself a favor and don't search for them.  It's absolutely heartbreaking.

Maybe the ideal scenario is that the sanctions hurt the Russian elite enough that they oust Putin (which would mean assassinate Putin). Probably the only (or at least safest) way to bring him down is from the inside. Whether that's oligarchs or top military officials, or some combination of the two, who knows, and who knows if it's even remotely likely.




TBH, talking of drunk bears, I'd welcome Yeltsin back about now.

You will always have this risk, as long as this monster is alive.

I hope there are sane, peace-loving Russian people in Putin's military who can disable his nuclear capabilities.

+1

That is insane.  I just hope not all Russians are that crazy.

Zakharova is the one that threatened to attack Sweden and Norway.

The West needs to cut ALL ties with Russia and Belarus.  Evacuate all foreigners who want to leave, close all borders, trading with those two countries.  Isolate them.

The problem I suppose is that sanctions etc need to go far enough, but not too far. If Putin is put in the situation where he has nothing left to lose then he becomes even more dangerous - difficult as that is to believe. It's not great if he gets pushed into a corner where all he has left is the nuclear weapons.

Russian foreign policy, as subtle as a drunk bear:

https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1802083/

Blow up all gas pipelines from Russia.  Cut them off.

Tel-lie-vision the biggest enemy there is

William Shakespeare




https://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1498090127146504193

LOCAL IN UKRAINE "NO WAR HERE" & COMPLETELY FAKE ASS MSM NEWS FOOTAGE & NARRATIVE
https://www.bitchute.com/video/htTj6cGnTgZC/

This is turning into a pretty good comedy.  Especially enjoyable is watching the reactions of the (highly vaxxed) mouth breathers who watch the mainstream media and think it's real.

The real issue for Putin is that the young conscripts he sends to die don't know anything about his Soviet union dream of 'reuniting the Russian people'.  Young Russians are like any other young people, anywhere in the world.  They want freedom, be able to travel, speak English and be part of the international community.

They don't understand this older generation's fascination with Soviet/Russian imperialism.  So the soldiers he sends to die do not have the
same desire to fight for Putin's dreams as did their great grandfathers during the German invasion and occupation.

So he went into this war ideologically unprepared.

On the other hand, you have Ukrainians (both Russian and Ukrainian speaking) who will fight the invading Putin's army to the last breath. They fight for their motherland.  They don't want anything to do with Putin's regime and Putin's Russia.

I wonder how accurate Putin's intelligence is. I don't mean Russian intelligence, I mean the parts of it that are communicated directly to Putin.
I mean, if you are a senior Russian official, are you going to tell Putin the unvarnished truth, or are you going to tell him what he wants to hear (or at least spin it a little bit that way)?

If you're an autocrat, then you're surrounded by 'yes men'. If you ask one of them if you can take Ukraine within a week, what's the answer going to be?

It looks like Ukraine was supposed to be defeated by Saturday. Russian state news agency published an article about "new world" (or "new peace"; never ceases to amuse me how "world" and "peace" is the same word in Russian but I digress), which sounds a lot like a declaration of victory. Then promptly took it down.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html

It's difficult to frame it as 'woke radicalisation' when the antipathy towards Putin encompasses pretty much the entire world. Even China - hardly a friend of the west - is abstaining in the UN instead of supporting Russia.
It's basically Putin plus his puppet Lukashenko vs everyone else. It might be worth considering whether it's Putin's actions that is causing everyone to unite against him, rather than some delusion (or wafer-thin excuse?) of a global Russophobia.

Protest participants receive 15 days of arrest or fines. This is how single pickets take place: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EXJx7IrGiKU
If a person was detained in this way three times in six months, then a fine of 600 thousand rubles (about $ 6,000) or imprisonment for a period of 5 years. If you just share someone else's post, where they call to go to protest actions, then this is an arrest for a month. These are not just excerpts from the legislation. Russians have been vividly demonstrated for years the use of these articles on oppositionists and their followers.
If you wrote something like "I am against the war" somewhere in social networks, then this is already a risk. Today I heard a statesman call the Ukrainian troops terrorists, and the media that share information referring to them - accomplices of terrorists.
There are already rumors that people may be persecuted simply for speaking out against the war. In fact, the Russian media is basically forbidden to call it a war.
I doubt that people abroad, who are calling for protests, even understand what is happening inside Russia.

I live in Russia and I have a ticket to Georgia on my hands. Russia also spoiled relations with Georgia a few years ago, so a connecting flight in Turkey and in time it will take more than 10 hours (I hope Turkey will not cancel the air service by then). The price of tickets is growing every day, because now there is an increased demand and those who realize what is happening are abandoning their homes and trying to leave Russia while it is possible.
I have never supported Putin or even his party. Seeing that the situation in Russia is getting worse, last year I planned to sell all my property and leave Russia with my family. As a result, I was only a few months short of implementing my plan. My savings in rubles, which previously would have been enough to live modestly another year in Russia, have significantly depreciated and it will continue to get worse. Prices for equipment have already increased by almost 50%, the rest of the goods will probably react a little later.
The borders are closed and those who did not have time to leave become hostages of the regime. People will simply work and continue to deduct a huge percentage from wages in the form of taxes to the state, thereby supporting the regime against which sanctions are directed. For example with each of my purchases in any store, I have a tax deducted that will support this state. Thus, some the sanctions will work to maintain the regime.
I have constantly heard before about the struggle for human rights, about independence and other wonderful values that are just as close to me, but sanctions in the form of closing borders and lack of support for ordinary citizens seem to say "Russians are not worthy of this, we are absolutely indifferent to their fate." The few remaining oppositionists and human rights defenders in Russia who are close in spirit to European values also turned out to be just Russian garbage. That's how equality works.

I am not from Russia. I dont know the real situation there, I get only what social media show me. Sadly, I dont know what to offer them or what is the solution to their situation. I think that all anti-Putin campaigns and actions will repeat "Orange revolution" and "Donbass" situations and consequences on Russian territory. I expect the world will have Ukraine 2.0 on Russian territory, and long financial crisis.

What I know, that during president election in 2018, 3/4 of all votes were for him. In addition there were those who did not vote. I count that 1/4 of Russian population is suffering from sanctions and etc. Some people made wrong decisions, and now "all those Russians" turned bad immediately. I bet there are places right now where you are got punched in the face for being Russian, even though you did nothing wrong.

I am sick and tired from all that crap from TV. "Stop Russia", "Russians are bad". The people who made decisions are bad. Why blame whole nation when mistakes were done by few people. For example if I in the US I got robbed by a black person and start a picket "Black people are criminals", "Black lives matter" community will disassemble me into molecules next minute.

I dont know who I am really is. Born in USSR, speak Russian, have non-Russian nationality and live in European country. I dont have any connections to Russia. I was only there several times on excursion or passing by. But when I speak Russian on public people look at me like I was that person who bombed Kiev or fired an automatic burst on civilians hour ago.

Sick.

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine started in border with Belarus. But it's difficult to expect results from it. Russia doesn't seem to be open for talk because they already went too far.
Wagner group fighters are in Kyiv now. It's private fighters from Russia who were in Syria war previously. Their task here - kill Zelensky.
@suchmoon already said one point why it's wrong comparison. I'll add another one. Poland and Baltic states have joined NATO long time ago. We have American troops there, but did it made Russia vulnerable or created danger for them? I think Ukraine should have decide themselves what they want to do with their country future.

I'm sorry for innocent Russian people who will have to suffer, but what you're offering? How to prove that someone is anti-Putin? Or they shouldn't make sanctions to Russia?
I don't know, maybe when people in Russia will start to suffer from sanctions, maybe they won't be silent anymore.

Believe me its not possible to talk sanity and balance into these people,
especially if you consider the woke radicalisation that is fueling this anti putin hatred.

There are people who did not vote for Putin, are against his politics and were not able to leave Russian, but not suffer from sanctions and etc. Is whole world is going to help them? Maybe collect donations for them? Or help them to leave?Or it is their problem that they were born in Russia? Or we have double standards? Bunch of people cant agree on something, due to that nations now suffer, but call for help is only for one side.

It's the anti-Ukraine propaganda that's convinced you that anyone is trying to convince anyone that there aren't corruption issues in Ukraine.  

Typical right wing victim shaming.  No different than every time a white cop kills a black guy or a woman accuses someone they like of sexual assault.

By the way, guess who's responsible for more corruption in Ukraine than any other person?  Same guy that's responsible for the invasion.

Putin is a maniac, he needs to be stopped.

Just when diplomacy was active, Putin started suddenly invading Ukraine, an independent country. He's a crazy idiot.
I hope, we can deliever enough defensive weapons to Ukraine in time as a defense for Ukraine.

Putin killed so many people already and it's just 4 days of war.
He should be accused as a war criminal in Den Hague