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

[DA_Champion]

They probably will, and the American right will be cheering when it happens.

Sending a few spare weapons to Ukraine as per the Senate bill won't actually change the outcome. It will just delay it at the cost of additional Ukrainian lives.

If the West actually wants to win the war, they'll need to send in hundreds of thousands of their own troops and fight a direct war against Russia. And even that might not work. It didn't work in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Do you want to go fight in Ukraine?

PS The Senate bill would also send weapons to Israel.

 

[blueharvest]

White House promises 'major sanctions' on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny's death

The White House says it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week in an Arctic penal colony.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

White House promises 'major sanctions' on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny's death

The White House says it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week in an Arctic penal colony.

apnews.com

Yeah, good luck with that.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia adds Republican senator Lindsey Graham to ‘terrorists and extremists’ list

South Carolina lawmaker is one of more than 12,000 individuals on list kept by Russia’s state financial monitoring agency

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Probably made Graham's day if anything, lol.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/politics/biden-former-fbi-informant-russian-intelligence/index.html

The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said Tuesday in a new court filing, noting that the information was false.

Prosecutors also said Alexander Smirnov has been “actively peddling new lies that could impact US elections” after meeting with Russian spies late last year and that the fallout from his previous false bribery accusations about the Bidens “continue to be felt to this day.”

Smirnov claims to have “extensive and extremely recent” contacts with foreign intelligence officials, prosecutors said in the filing. They said he previously told the FBI that he has longstanding and extensive contacts with Russian spies, including individuals he said were high-level intelligence officers or command Russian assassins abroad.

Indicted Biden accuser had 'extensive' contacts with Russian intel, prosecutors say

Alexander Smirnov's allegations had been a pillar of Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden before he was indicted for lying to the FBI.

www.usatoday.com

2020:

Russia spreading disinformation about Biden's mental health: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security has found that Russia is spreading disinformation regarding Joe Biden’s mental health, according to a DHS bulletin obtained by ABC.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russians Left Warehouse Doors Open; Ukrainian Drones Flew Right Inside

The cost of the strike to the Ukrainians? Just $5,000, according to Censor.

www.forbes.com

 

[blueharvest]

Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/politics/biden-former-fbi-informant-russian-intelligence/index.html

Indicted Biden accuser had 'extensive' contacts with Russian intel, prosecutors say

Alexander Smirnov's allegations had been a pillar of Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden before he was indicted for lying to the FBI.

www.usatoday.com

2020:

Russia spreading disinformation about Biden's mental health: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security has found that Russia is spreading disinformation regarding Joe Biden’s mental health, according to a DHS bulletin obtained by ABC.

abcnews.go.com

Sure are a lot of connections between Russia and the Trump wing of the Republican Party. Never would have seen something like this coming, you know?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Putin Promotes Navalny's Executioner To General

Deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Boyarinev, who oversaw the torture of Alexei Navalny, received the rank of colonel general from Putin three days after the murder.

crooksandliars.com

Putin Awards Deputy Director Of Russian Prison System A New Title â Days After Navalny Died In Prison

Details around the prominent Putin critic's death remain unclear.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv asks UN, Red Cross to investigate execution of Ukrainian POWs in Avdiivka

Key developments on Feb. 20: * Ombudsman asks UN, Red Cross to investigate execution of Ukrainian POWs in Avdiivka * Sweden unveils its largest defense aid package for Ukraine worth $682 million * Death toll of Russian attack on Sumy Oblast rises to 5 * German media: Germany plans to send...

kyivindependent.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials​

Are there still people defending Hunter Biden?

He's a deadbeat dad for crying out loud. He has a daughter that he refuses to pay child support for. The man is a monster. Stop defending him with Russia conspiracy theories.

A friend of mine actually knows the guys who worked on his laptop. Yes, it's a real laptop. And yes, he really is a garbage human being.

It's amazing what partisanship will make people believe.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

EU goes after Chinese companies in new sanctions on Russia

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to slap Russia with a new round of sanctions, which for the first time target companies in mainland China suspected of helping the Kremlin get hold of forbidden items.

www.euronews.com

White House promises 'major sanctions' on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny's death

The White House says it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week in an Arctic penal colony.

apnews.com

A 'Christian' family moved to Russia to escape 'LGBTQ, trans,' but now they're 'ready' to 'get out'

The patriarch of a right-wing Canadian family of 11 had had just about enough of gay people in his country. “We didn't feel safe for our children there in the future anymore,” father Arend Feenstra told Russian media. “There's a lot of left-wing...

www.dailykos.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Alexei Navalny: UK sanctions Russian prison chiefs after activist's death

The UK freezes the assets of six prison bosses after the death of activist Alexei Navalny in a penal colony.

www.bbc.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia’s Staggering Success In Duping Willing Republicans And Right Wing Media

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

talkingpointsmemo.com

 

[Iceman]

Russia’s Staggering Success In Duping Willing Republicans And Right Wing Media

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

talkingpointsmemo.com

They probably had no idea how dumb the likes of MTG & co would be and how easy this operation would end up being.

 

[Iceman]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-outnumbered-outgunned-ground-down-by-relentless-russia-2024-02-21/

Ukraine outnumbered, outgunned, ground down by relentless Russia​

 

[squeekness]

Russians Left Warehouse Doors Open; Ukrainian Drones Flew Right Inside

The cost of the strike to the Ukrainians? Just $5,000, according to Censor.

www.forbes.com

Oops!

 

[Sithborg]

Are there still people defending Hunter Biden?

He's a deadbeat dad for crying out loud. He has a daughter that he refuses to pay child support for. The man is a monster. Stop defending him with Russia conspiracy theories.

A friend of mine actually knows the guys who worked on his laptop. Yes, it's a real laptop. And yes, he really is a garbage human being.

It's amazing what partisanship will make people believe.

You are right. And that is why I will not be voting for Hunter Biden for president.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia has broken the stalemate in Ukraine: Former US Defense secretary

The Russian military has broken the stalemate in the Ukraine war, Robert Gates, former CIA director and secretary of Defense, said Wednesday, following Moscow’s successful push to take the front-li…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia 'struggling with supply of weapons and ammunition' for Ukraine war - Western officials

Reports of Russian shortages come as concerns over the provision of Western weapons to Ukraine mount.

www.bbc.com

 

[DA_Champion]

You are right. And that is why I will not be voting for Hunter Biden for president.

It reflects quite poorly on JB that his son was a deadbeat dad, he should have ponied up the money himself, immediately. His granddaughter needed help. Any moral parent would step in if their son did that.

It's also the case that the justice department is intervening on Hunter Biden's behalf to protect him. You might dismiss that as minor, but think about what you would do if Trump Jr. had received that privilege. Presidential administration's shouldn't protect the first families in that manner.

 

[DA_Champion]

Russia 'struggling with supply of weapons and ammunition' for Ukraine war - Western officials

Reports of Russian shortages come as concerns over the provision of Western weapons to Ukraine mount.

www.bbc.com

Yes, Russia's been running out of weapons for several years. They're also going to invade all of Europe and they're going to put a flotilla of nuclear weapons lasers in Space.

Eventually people will notice that the above does not add up.

 

[squeekness]

Russia 'struggling with supply of weapons and ammunition' for Ukraine war - Western officials

Reports of Russian shortages come as concerns over the provision of Western weapons to Ukraine mount.

www.bbc.com

Certainly isn't stopping them from killing Ukrainians by the boatload.

 

[blueharvest]

ABC News: Ukraine could face 'catastrophic' arms shortage within weeks, US officials say

Ukraine could face a "catastrophic shortage of ammunition and air defenses" by late March if Congress does not pass a bill that contains $61 billion in crucial funding for Kyiv, ABC News reported on Feb. 22, citing two anonymous U.S. officials.

kyivindependent.com

 

[Sithborg]

Yes, Russia's been running out of weapons for several years. They're also going to invade all of Europe and they're going to put a flotilla of nuclear weapons lasers in Space.

Eventually people will notice that the above does not add up.

Not all weapons and ammo are the same. Are they running out of bullets? Probably not. Are the running out of artillery ammo, that may be a bigger issue. They clearly don't have a lot of those hypersonic missiles, as they seem to prefer the cheap Iranian drones.

As for the threat of them invading, well, it has been proven that they aren't exactly the top military power in the world. And yet, that isn't stopping them from keeping on trying. As for invading more of Europe, well, a lot of that comes from Russia itself.