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

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Morg]

Russia says footage in Ukraine's Bucha was 'ordered' to blame Russia


sure, blame the USA for your acts

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Lying is a way of life to the Russian government. It is water and they are fish.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - Zelensky blasts Merkel and Sarkozy for denying Ukraine NATO membership.

 

[Holy Slapper]

Lying is a way of life to the Russian government. It is water and they are fish.

It's because they're run by a the ultimate lie machine: former KGB people. Russia handles politics, commerce and international relations with KGB logic, not economic laws or diplomacy. It's also why they wage war with KGB logic, not professional soldier logic.

 

[chamber-music]

You can't trust Putin. Putin has had people murdered, he has invaded neighbouring countries, he backed or turned a blind eye to cyber criminals destabilizing democratic countries and so on. He is who he has always been.

 

[Kev4000]

Lying is a way of life to governments. It is water and they are fish.

Fixed.

 

[:eek:]

'Humiliated' wealthy Russians vent their anger after Chanel BLOCKS them from buying accessories | Daily Mail Online

Poor people...

 

[:eek:]

Ukraine live news: Putin ally says Russia's goal is to build 'Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok' - amid more evidence of Bucha war crimes | World News | Sky News

 

[Holy Slapper]

Ukraine Situation Report: Czech Republic To Transfer 56 Upgraded BMP-1 Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

 

[Holy Slapper]

https://maanpuolustus.net/data/video/59/59506-08596de75ec95315e5a802c428f56979.mp4

Anti-tank weapons seem to work on Ka-52 helicopters as well. A couple of thousand euros rocket brings down an air craft worth millions.

 

[Holy Slapper]

In Chernihiv, Ukrainian soldiers arrive to check in on elderly residents who have been hiding out in their basements.

 

[Fosterson]

Ukraine live news: Putin ally says Russia's goal is to build 'Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok' - amid more evidence of Bucha war crimes | World News | Sky News

That "Putin ally" is Dmitry Medvedev by the way, the same guy who the Obama admin thought was a "liberal reformer".

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Guardian - Russian mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing 300 civilians
Human Rights Watch says deaths during anti-jihadist operation in Moura ‘the worst atrocity in Mali in a decade’

Reuters - U.S. stops Russian bond payments, raising risk of default

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Morg]

Over $2 billion worth of yachts belonging to Russian oligarchs have been seized in Europe so far

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Al Jazeera - Kosovo, Bosnia call for NATO membership as war rages in Ukraine
In interviews with Al Jazeera, Kosovo’s president and Bosnia’s defence minister share their concerns about regional security and Moscow-friendly Serbia.

Yahoo! News - 'Genocide masterplan': Experts alarmed after Kremlin intellectual calls for 'cleansed' Ukraine

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Marvolo]

Al Jazeera - Kosovo, Bosnia call for NATO membership as war rages in Ukraine
In interviews with Al Jazeera, Kosovo’s president and Bosnia’s defence minister share their concerns about regional security and Moscow-friendly Serbia.

Yahoo! News - 'Genocide masterplan': Experts alarmed after Kremlin intellectual calls for 'cleansed' Ukraine

And NATO is going to let it happen.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NATO is doing plenty, just short and shy of World War 3.

 

[chamber-music]

Latvians join National Guard in record numbers as fears of Russian attacks grow



These Baltic states aren't going to let themselves be caught napping on Russia

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Far-Right Court Jester of Russian Politics, Dies at 75 - The Moscow Times

NY Times - The U.S. announces sanctions against Russia’s largest banks and Putin’s adult children.

 

[:eek:]

Russian teacher ‘shocked’ as she faces jail over anti-war speech pupils taped | Russia | The Guardian

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Der Spiegel International - Possible Evidence of Russian Atrocities: German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians in Bucha
DER SPIEGEL has learned that German intelligence intercepted radio traffic from the Russian military regarding the murder of civilians in Bucha. It appears that such atrocities were part of the plan.

 

[Fosterson]

Honestly, this is no different to the stuff ISIS did in Iraq and Syria.