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

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russia puts Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas on wanted list

Lithuanian minister also among those accused of ‘destroying Soviet monuments’, as Tallinn fears Russian military buildup

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

France uncovers a vast Russian disinformation campaign in Europe

“Portal Kombat” also targets Germany and Poland

www.economist.com

Russia Gaining Upper Hand in Ukraine, Norway Warns

Norway has, together with Denmark and the Netherlands, agreed to provide Ukraine with the F-16 fighter jets it has requested from its allies.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[squeekness]

I don't want Russia to win. It's not fair.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia warns the West: We will be very tough if you 'steal' our assets

Russia has warned the West that Moscow would respond very toughly if the US and EU seize hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Russian assets. This comes after the US and its allies blocked around $300 billion of sovereign Russian assets in the West in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Exhausted Ukraine struggles to find new men for front line

Two years into the war, there is no flood of volunteer fighters as energy and enthusiasm fades.

www.bbc.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Russia was always going to win this war, it has a stronger military than NATO, a stronger manufacturing base, and more political will. The only way out was a negotiated peace, but NATO ordered Zelensky to keep fighting.

Meanwhile, the US Senate 's new aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan included 61 billion for Ukraine, more than the combined budgets of the U.S. Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and the Women, Infant, and Children nutrition program.

Heck if the money was actually invested in those programs might actually be strong enough to fight Russia in 15 years. But no, the corporate donors want their goodies now.

 

[:eek:]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/house-intel-chairman-serious-national-security-threat/index.html

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Warning from House Intel is about Russia’s space power

The intelligence is related to Moscow’s weaponization of its orbital systems, one of those informed about its content said.

www.politico.com

Two sources familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill said the intelligence has to do with Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon into space. This is not to drop a nuclear weapon onto Earth but rather to possibly use against satellites.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Russia was always going to win this war, it has a stronger military than NATO, a stronger manufacturing base, and more political will. The only way out was a negotiated peace, but NATO ordered Zelensky to keep fighting.

Meanwhile, the US Senate 's new aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan included 61 billion for Ukraine, more than the combined budgets of the U.S. Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and the Women, Infant, and Children nutrition program.

Heck if the money was actually invested in those programs might actually be strong enough to fight Russia in 15 years. But no, the corporate donors want their goodies now.

Oh I remember how Russia was supposed to take over Ukraine after only a week.

 

[Morg]

Putin signs law to confiscate assets of those convicted of discrediting the Russian army


Hey Putin! Your army sucks!!

 

[squeekness]

Putins military is so broke they have to steal from dissenters to fund it, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

US election 2024: Putin says he prefers Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the White House

It's a change in tune for the Russian leader, who praised Mr Trump during his first presidential run.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West

Russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade and could be deterred by a counter buildup of armed forces, Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service said on February 13.

www.rferl.org

 

[DA_Champion]

Oh I remember how Russia was supposed to take over Ukraine after only a week.

They've been fighting a war of attrition. The longer the war lasts the better for Russia, at least for now.

 

[blueharvest]

Lawmakers scramble for Plan B on Ukraine

The refusal by GOP leaders to stage a vote on Ukraine aid is fueling new efforts by lawmakers in both parties to locate a viable Plan B to help the embattled U.S. ally repel Russia’s invasion amid …

thehill.com

 

[:eek:]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-sends-crack-brigade-town-avdiivka-russia-closes-2024-02-15/

 

[blueharvest]

US disrupts Russian hacking campaign that infiltrated home, small business routers: DOJ

The FBI announced Thursday it successfully disrupted a Russian GRU-led hacking campaign that infiltrated more than a thousand home and small business routers.

abcnews.go.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Putin said that he was disappointed that Tucker Carlson didn't ask more challenging questions (Putin enjoys debate) but it was still a good interview because it's been watched by a lot of people.

He said that Carlson has a good attention span for a Western journalist, but he's worried that the CIA will assassinate him.

 

[InCali]

Putin said that he was disappointed that Tucker Carlson didn't ask more challenging questions (Putin enjoys debate) but it was still a good interview because it's been watched by a lot of people.

He said that Carlson has a good attention span for a Western journalist, but he's worried that the CIA will assassinate him.

Projection is a thing.

 

[blueharvest]

The Looming Era of American Defeatism

The risk of abandoning Ukraine could spell the dangerous end of America as the 'great arsenal of democracy.'

time.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine’s war effort already affected by block on $60bn US aid, says Nato chief

Jens Stoltenberg believes Congress will finally vote for package but meanwhile Russian forces are advancing near Avdiivka

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'losing consciousness' at maximum security prison

The authorities say Mr Navalny felt unwell following a walk and lost consciousness at the "Polar Wolf" penal colony inside the Arctic Circle - but while the cause of death remains unknown, Western leaders have made clear they hold the Kremlin ultimately responsible.

news.sky.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Projection is a thing.

Julian Assange, Edward Snowden say hello.

Also US ally Israel has killed hundreds of journalists in Gaza, and US ally Ukraine keeps a web site with a kill list of journalists, who get crossed out when they're dead.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Julian Assange, Edward Snowden say hello.

Also US ally Israel has killed hundreds of journalists in Gaza, and US ally Ukraine keeps a web site with a kill list of journalists, who get crossed out when they're dead.

But Putin directly murders political dissidents all the time.

Sounds like he's afraid of karma.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Navalny, 47, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, spent his final years behind bars as the Russian leader reshaped the country to rally behind his war in Ukraine.

www.nbcnews.com

Alexei Navalny - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Another victim of the Putin dictatorship.



Obviously Putin despite his protestations can’t actually handle criticism hence bringing in Tucker to wash him.