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

[:eek:]

War in Ukraine Has China Cashing In (Published 2023)

The country’s trade with Russia this year has exceeded $200 billion, and makers of cars and trucks are the big winners.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘We’re tired of being good girls’: Russia’s military wives and mothers protest against Putin | Russia | The Guardian

Female-led movements are challenging the official narrative that mobilised troops are required for war against Ukraine

amp.theguardian.com

 

[:eek:]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/25/europe/alexey-navalny-russian-opposition-found-prison-intl/index.html

 

[blueharvest]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/25/europe/alexey-navalny-russian-opposition-found-prison-intl/index.html

At least he's still alive. He hasn't been thrown through a window like a lot of other people have.

 

[blueharvest]

Bild: Russia may attempt to attack Europe next winter, European intelligence source says

European intelligence suggests that Russia may launch an attack on Europe during the winter of 2024-2025 if the United States finds itself "without a leader" following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the German tabloid Bild reported on Dec. 23, citing an anonymous European intelligence source.

kyivindependent.com

 

[squeekness]

War in Ukraine Has China Cashing In (Published 2023)

The country’s trade with Russia this year has exceeded $200 billion, and makers of cars and trucks are the big winners.

www.nytimes.com

Money over blood.

 

[squeekness]

Bild: Russia may attempt to attack Europe next winter, European intelligence source says

European intelligence suggests that Russia may launch an attack on Europe during the winter of 2024-2025 if the United States finds itself "without a leader" following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the German tabloid Bild reported on Dec. 23, citing an anonymous European intelligence source.

kyivindependent.com

Does Russia even have enough of a military left to even attempt this?

 

[Iceman]

Can the West fund the Ukraine war using Moscow’s money?

The U.S. and Europe are coming around to the idea of seizing $300 billion in frozen Russian assets.

www.semafor.com

Good. Russia is keeping assets of foreign firms that left after the war started so it seems fair to me.

 

[Iceman]

Hungary to veto Bulgaria’s Schengen bid over tax on Russia gas, minister says

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó calls Bulgaria’s transit levy ‘completely contrary to European legislation.’

www.politico.eu

Hungary with Orban is only there to veto anything that doesn’t help Putin. Should boot them out of NATO.

 

[blueharvest]

Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia for yet another Christmas, issues plea to Biden: "He's the man that can bring me home"

Whelan was first detained by Russian authorities in December 2018 while attending a friend's wedding. He was convicted in 2020 of espionage and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Iceman]

Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea

The Ministry of Defence says the ship was struck by Ukrainian aircraft carrying guided missiles.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[squeekness]

Good. Russia is keeping assets of foreign firms that left after the war started so it seems fair to me.

Fine by me, too. It would be a just punishment.

 

[Morg]

Putin Ally Found Dead After Falling From Third Floor Window

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Very on brand as usual.

 

[Iceman]

Very on brand as usual.

They're going to be running out of windows soon over there.

 

[InCali]

Putin Ally Found Dead After Falling From Third Floor Window

Keep your enemies flat and your friends flatter.

 

[squeekness]

Putin Ally Found Dead After Falling From Third Floor Window

Those crazy Ruskies. Maybe they need to stop installing windows in their buildings.

 

[Sithborg]

Actually getting them to the windows again, Russian work ethic is back.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia targets maternity hospital, shopping center in Dnipro, kills 4

A maternity hospital and a shopping center were hit in a Russian missile attack on Dnipro, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal confirmed on Dec. 29.

kyivindependent.com

Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war

At least seven civilians were killed in what appeared to be one of the biggest aerial barrages of the 22-month war.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Evil. Pure evil.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine’s hopes for victory fade in the face of waning Western support and Putin’s relentless war machine | CNN

On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Volodymr Zelensky predicted “2023 will be the year of our victory!” He’s unlikely to make the same optimistic forecast for 2024.

amp.cnn.com

 

[squeekness]

Ukraine’s hopes for victory fade in the face of waning Western support and Putin’s relentless war machine | CNN

On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Volodymr Zelensky predicted “2023 will be the year of our victory!” He’s unlikely to make the same optimistic forecast for 2024.

amp.cnn.com

We can't allow a Republican to win the Presidentcy next year.

 

[:eek:]

Inside the luxurious lives of the Russians of Dubai

The UAE became the top destination for private flights out of Russia following the invasion, with Russians now the second largest group

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Putin "actively hoping" to get Donald Trump back as president: Ret. general

"I have never understood this whole relationship between Mr. Trump and Putin," retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey said Friday.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeekness]

Putin "actively hoping" to get Donald Trump back as president: Ret. general

"I have never understood this whole relationship between Mr. Trump and Putin," retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey said Friday.

www.newsweek.com

What's not to understand? Putin kisses Trump's ass and Trump does whatever Putin wants.