🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[Iceman]

Hmm, weird. China probably wouldn’t be very happy with Putin in that case.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine: Hack wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

No evidence for Russia’s claim that dozens of POWs died in plane crash, Ukraine says

“We currently don’t have evidence that there could have been that many people onboard the aircraft,” a Ukrainian official said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

State Department responds to Putin on Alaska: ‘Certainly he’s not getting it back’

The State Department on Monday brushed off reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his government to look into the nation’s former “real estate” abroad, saying Alaska…

thehill.com

 

[:eek:]

Exclusive: Latvian Member of European Parliament is an agent of Russian intelligence, leaked emails confirm

Tatjana Zdanoka MEP has spent decades openly advocating for Moscow from both Riga and Strasbourg. The Insider can today reveal that Zdanoka was working on behalf of the FSB’s Fifth Service, reporting to two different handlers from at least 2004 to 2017.

theins.ru

 

[blueharvest]

Sky News: Ukrainian Navy Commander signals Kyiv would win faster if there's permission to fire Western weapons deep inside Russia

Ukrainian Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa told Sky News that the state of the war would have been very different if allies had not given restrictions to Kyiv on the use of Western weapons.

kyivindependent.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Hmm, weird. China probably wouldn’t be very happy with Putin in that case.

China is Taiwan 's largest trading partner.

 

[Iceman]

China is Taiwan 's largest trading partner.

They like it like that so they can turn the taps off if/when they want. As far as they’re concerned Taiwan is theirs, and they wouldn’t be so keen if the US and Europe were the main trading partners.

 

[squeekness]

Putin ally ominously suggests Texas could launch "civil war" in US

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Friday his past prediction about a new American civil war.

www.newsweek.com

I'm sure Putin is enjoying watching us bicker.

 

[blueharvest]

I'm sure Putin is enjoying watching us bicker.

He probably is.

 

[:eek:]

Putin to make first visit to NATO country in four years

An adviser to the president said that "Ukrainian issues" would be among the main topics of the rare visit.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

CIA director: Not passing Ukraine aid would be a mistake 'of historic proportions'

Helping Ukraine is “a relatively modest investment with significant geopolitical returns," the CIA director wrote.

www.politico.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I do remember some poll from early on in the Russian invasion that Americans of Russian descent supported Ukraine against Russia similarly to American Ukrainians themselves.

The One Threat Putin Never Saw Coming

For the first time, Russian exiles around the world are banding together into a powerful anti-Putin force that will have its initial meeting next month.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[blueharvest]

I do remember some poll from early on in the Russian invasion that Americans of Russian descent supported Ukraine against Russia similarly to American Ukrainians themselves.

The One Threat Putin Never Saw Coming

For the first time, Russian exiles around the world are banding together into a powerful anti-Putin force that will have its initial meeting next month.

www.thedailybeast.com

More bad news for Putin. Love to see it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

They’ve been legally laundering some weapons to Ukraine through allies since the beginning.

Media: Biden arms Ukraine via Greece

A U.S. legal authority known as Excess Defense Articles (EDA) allows the president to deem certain weapons systems surplus and transfer them to partner nations at a cheap price or without cost.

kyivindependent.com

 

[blueharvest]

European Union overcomes threat of Hungary veto to seal $54 billion aid package for Ukraine

A top European Union official says the 27 EU countries have sealed a deal on aid to Ukraine just over an hour into a summit of the bloc’s leaders.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russian General Alexander Tatarenko 'Killed in Ukraine's Belbek Air Base Strike'

Lieutenant General Alexander Tatarenko was in overall charge of the Belbek air base, the most-developed and best-defended air force base in the Black Sea region.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[squeekness]

Russian General Alexander Tatarenko 'Killed in Ukraine's Belbek Air Base Strike'

Lieutenant General Alexander Tatarenko was in overall charge of the Belbek air base, the most-developed and best-defended air force base in the Black Sea region.

www.kyivpost.com

Better than falling out of a window, I guess.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ukraine wants more done to retrieve its stolen children from Russia

Ukrainian officials charged with bringing Ukraine's abducted children home are asking Washington to put more pressure on Russia.

scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine wants more done to retrieve its stolen children from Russia

Ukrainian officials charged with bringing Ukraine's abducted children home are asking Washington to put more pressure on Russia.

scrippsnews.com

Hope they'll be able to get the rest of the kids back, but I'm not optimistic about it.

 

[blueharvest]

Major Russian Oil Refinery in Volgograd Region Falls Victim to a Drone Attack

The Volgograd refinery is operated by Lukoil, an industry giant, and is touted as the biggest producer of oil products in the federal South district, covering eight regions in southwest Russia.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[squeekness]

Hope they'll be able to get the rest of the kids back, but I'm not optimistic about it.

I'm not either, they will need a huge DNA database to help out for genealogy.

 

[Iceman]

Hope they'll be able to get the rest of the kids back, but I'm not optimistic about it.

Very sad situation. I doubt there's too much hope for them. Ukrainian kids alone somewhere in Russia are unlikely to be treated too well.

 

[Iceman]

European Union overcomes threat of Hungary veto to seal $54 billion aid package for Ukraine

A top European Union official says the 27 EU countries have sealed a deal on aid to Ukraine just over an hour into a summit of the bloc’s leaders.

apnews.com

Thankfully. Now boot out Hungary at least till Orban is gone.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk

Can a swarm of two-pound drones, even thousands of them, defeat 500 tanks and 650 fighting vehicles as they attack behind a wall of artillery fire? We may find out.

www.forbes.com

 

[squeekness]

Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk

Can a swarm of two-pound drones, even thousands of them, defeat 500 tanks and 650 fighting vehicles as they attack behind a wall of artillery fire? We may find out.

www.forbes.com

Sounds ominous. I don't want Ukraine to get wiped out.