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

[blueharvest]

 

[:eek:]

World War III has officially begun, Ukraine’s ex-top general says

The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army has a grim outlook on the state of the war.

www.politico.eu

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine's parliament cancels session after Russia fired a new missile

Ukraine’s parliament has canceled a session as security was tightened after Russia deployed a new ballistic missile that threatens to escalate the nearly three-year war.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Vladimir Putin Is “Gleeful” Over This Trump Cabinet Nomination

At least someone is happy with Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.

newrepublic.com

 

[Hobgoblin]

It’s the war’s endgame, with Ukraine getting sold out.

 

[blueharvest]

It’s the war’s endgame, with Ukraine getting sold out.

Pretty much. Trump will just do whatever Putin tells him to do and basically hand Ukraine over to Russia the first chance he gets.

 

[blueharvest]

Seoul says Russia sent air-defence missiles to North Korea in return for troops

Kremlin dispatched weapons as payment for 10,000 troops deployed to support war in Ukraine, says South Korean official

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Once ‘elite’ Russian units becoming ‘obsolete’ due to Putin’s war strategy in Ukraine

On Thursday, Russia used a new ballistic missile in Ukraine

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: US expects thousands of North Korean troops to enter Ukraine combat ‘soon’

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says about 10,000 of the soldiers believed to be based in Kursk border region and being ‘integrated into Russian formations’. What we know on day 1,004

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine fears missile attack on its parliament

If Russia hits the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament), then the Kremlin should be added to Ukraine’s target list. A day after the ballistic missile attack on Dnipro, the experts are now saying the missile was a new intermediate range called Oreshnik...

www.dailykos.com

 

[blueharvest]

Microsoft asks Trump for help with Russian hacks

Brad Smith wants US to take a tougher approach to state-sponsored cyberattacks.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[:eek:]

Ukraine frontline at risk of 'collapse' as Russian troops advance towards key town

Russian forces are moving forward at their fastest rate in more than two years, it is being reported, as Ukraine suffers manpower shortages.

news.sky.com

 

[blueharvest]

Putin says Russia hit Ukraine with a new missile and threatens Western countries arming Ukraine

Russia notified U.S. officials about the imminent attack, using nuclear risk reduction communication channels.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Putin claims new missile used in Ukraine is 'incapable' of being intercepted

This week's saber rattling has come during a period in which the war has passed 1,000 days and at a pivotal moment in the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly that for two years now

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia ‘aggressive’ and ‘reckless’ in cyber realm and threat to Nato, UK minister to warn

Pat McFadden will tell cyber summit that Russia ‘won’t think twice about targeting British businesses’ and danger to Nato must not be underestimated

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia

Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour

www.theguardian.com

 

[:eek:]

The second in the world! Russian army advances on Pokrovsk with old VAZ-2106

The military analyst of German newspaper BILD's Julian Rpke draws attention to unusual footage from the front line. Footage shows four Russian soldiers storming Ukrainian positions near Pokrovsk in

fakti.bg

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Will the Ukraine missile crisis change the course of the war?

While Putin conducts his missile diplomacy, restrictions around the use of long-range weapons may help Kyiv

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Zelenskyy fears Ukraine is ‘testing ground’ for Russian weapons amid rise in Shahed strikes

Kremlin has fired 500 drones over the border in the past week and set up two factories to make ‘hundreds a week’

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Just meat for the grinder.