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

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: China and Brazil push peace plan at UN despite Zelenskyy opposition

Seventeen countries attended a meeting in New York led by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi despite criticism from Ukrainian president. What we know on day 948

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia invokes nuclear capacity in a UN speech full of bile toward the West

Russia’s top diplomat warned against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power.”

abcnews.go.com

 

[:eek:]

Russian colonel killed near Moscow, Ukraine's military intelligence says

Aleksey Kolomeitsev, a Russian colonel who trained specialists in the use of attack drones, was killed in the city of Kolomna in Moscow Oblast, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on Sept. 28. Kolomeitsev, 51, led Russia's 924th State Center of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a...

kyivindependent.com

 

[blueharvest]

ABC rejects Russian claim two journalists involved in ‘illegal’ border crossing

Australian broadcaster’s Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss and camera operator Fletcher Yeung accused of ‘illegally’ crossing into Russia from Ukraine on 31 August

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

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[Morg]

Lihuania says it intercepted military supplies on their way to Russia, and sent them to Ukraine instead

 

[squeekness]

Lihuania says it intercepted military supplies on their way to Russia, and sent them to Ukraine instead

Ha! Karma!

 

[blueharvest]

American Stephen Hubbard sentenced to almost 7 years in Russian prison

Stephen Hubbard was convicted of receiving $1,000 per month to fight as a mercenary for Ukraine.

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia Threatens NATO with 'Catastrophic Consequences' over Arctic Activity

Russia has issued a stark warning to NATO, threatening "catastrophic consequences" if the military alliance continues its activities in the Arctic.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Spy chief warns of 'Rise' in UK assassination plots by Russia, Iran

The U.K. is facing a rise in assassination attempts attributed to Russia and Iran, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum has revealed.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine goes after Russia's North Korean arms stockpiles

Ukraine's military intelligence chief has described North Korea as Ukraine's top adversary among Russia's allies.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

US scrambled to urge Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Woodward book says

Months into Russia’s war in Ukraine, the United States had intelligence pointing to “highly sensitive, credible conversations inside the Kremlin” that Russian President Vladimir Putin was seriously considering using nuclear weapons to avoid major battlefield losses.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ex-KGB Officer Says Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987 and Was Very Easily Manipulated

We need to get to the bottom of this, and many of us believe that we’re not even close. Three things must be done to have confidence in any finality with respect to Russia’s relationship with Trump. First, Robert Mueller was not allowed to investigate Trump’s financial past; someone must. Two...

www.politicalflare.com

 

[squeekness]

Spy chief warns of 'Rise' in UK assassination plots by Russia, Iran

The U.K. is facing a rise in assassination attempts attributed to Russia and Iran, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum has revealed.

www.newsweek.com

Oh, so they aren't only going after Americans? Cheeky buggers.

 

[blueharvest]

Crimea satellite photos reveal damage to oil terminal on fire after strike

Images show plumes of black smoke over an oil terminal off the coast of the occupied Crimean Peninsula after a Ukrainian strike.

www.newsweek.com

 

[:eek:]

Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine

To fill an urgent labor shortage, the Kremlin has been recruiting women from places like Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, as well as Sri Lanka.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy presents ‘victory plan’ to European allies as long-range strikes discussed

UK says no change to position on Storm Shadow missiles; Ukrainian journalist dies in Russian detention. What we know on day 961

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Oh, well. Better than falling out of a window, lol

 

[blueharvest]

Russia is running out of cemeteries

"The need for crematoriums is very high today," a senior Russian official said, adding that people sometimes need to seek facilities outside their home cities.

www.newsweek.com

 

[InCali]

Oh, well. Better than falling out of a window, lol

Oh there's still time for that......

 

[squeekness]

Russia is running out of cemeteries

"The need for crematoriums is very high today," a senior Russian official said, adding that people sometimes need to seek facilities outside their home cities.

www.newsweek.com

That's creepy..... is it all the dead boys coming back from Ukraine?