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

[blueharvest]

Russia Warns Its Missiles Can Reach US Ally in Three Minutes

"If something like this happens, Russia will give a tough response using more powerful weapons," warned a prominent Russian lawmaker.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Russia Warns Its Missiles Can Reach US Ally in Three Minutes

"If something like this happens, Russia will give a tough response using more powerful weapons," warned a prominent Russian lawmaker.

www.newsweek.com

Reminder that Russia and their apologists bring this up while knowing Ukraine has pushed back into Russian territory. In other words this is fear mongering for willful idiots knowing that the tides are favoring Ukraine.

 

[blueharvest]

Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show

Exclusive: Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Zelenskyy poised to meet with Biden, Harris and Trump next week

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to be among just a small handful of global political leaders to meet with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump next week.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

CERN cuts ties with Russia, will expel hundreds of scientists by December

But Geneva-based organization will retain ties with Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Telegram banned from official Ukrainian devices amid Russian spying fears

Ukrainian security council restricts app’s use on government and military devices after intelligence agency says Russia can snoop on users and messages. What we know on day 941

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Strikes inside Russia with US missiles key to Ukraine’s plan to end war, says Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy will present ‘victory plan’ to US president during trip to Washington next week, when he is also likely to hold talks with Trump

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

‘Everything is left behind’: as Russians close in on Ukrainian city, families agonise whether to flee

In Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, residents have clung on to hope until the bitter end. Now many are saying goodbye to their homes

www.google.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia isolated at UN summit after surprise bid to derail pact

Country’s attempt to defer adoption of ambitious ‘pact for the future’ to reform institution rejected 143 votes to seven

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Satellite images suggest test of Russian “super weapon” failed spectacularly

All that’s left of the Russian missile silo is a big hole in the ground.

arstechnica.com

Putin was joking about election support for Harris, Kremlin says; Zelenskyy hopes to meet with Trump next week

Putin said earlier this month that Russia wanted Harris to win the contest in a teasing comment that cited her “infectious” laugh.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Telegram’s Pavel Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content after arrest

Platform with millions of subscribers discloses a more proactive approach to reporting infringers to authorities

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: War with Russia ‘closer to the end’ than many believe, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president also says Putin is ‘afraid’ of Kyiv’s Kursk offensive. What we know on day 944

www.google.com

 

[blueharvest]

Zelenskyy appeals to global south to help ‘force Russia into peace’

Ukrainian president accuses Putin of violating UN foundations and says war cannot be ended by talks alone

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Vladimir Putin warns west he will consider using nuclear weapons

Comments are strongest yet against allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missiles into Russian territory

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Trump praises Russia's military record in argument to stop funding Ukraine's fight

Donald Trump is again criticizing the Biden administration’s financial support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

All he cares about is America not spending money to save people that don't benefit him in some way.

 

[Iceman]

Vladimir Putin wants Russians to have sex during work breaks to boost population

Russia's leadership has adviced people to have sex during work breaks to boost the nation's dwindling birth rate amid ongoing population decline exacerbated by the Ukraine war.

www.indiatoday.in

I can just picture office workers getting randy in the background of Zoom meetings.

The not so funny side is that Putin only wants more births so he has more soldiers to send to their deaths.

 

[Iceman]

Never anything to do with his “genius” friend and his unprovoked special military operation.

 

[blueharvest]

As the Ukraine war enters a critical period, the EU moves ahead without the US

The war in Ukraine is entering a critical period as the European Union enters a new era. The EU has decided to take more responsibility for what it sees as an existential threat to security in its neighborhood.

apnews.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]