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

[blueharvest]

Putin casts the Ukraine conflict as a fight for Russia's survival as he seeks reelection

President Vladimir Putin describes Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a battle for Russia’s survival as he campaigned for reelection next month in balloting that he’s all but certain to win.

apnews.com

General Staff: Russia has lost 387,940 troops in Ukraine

This number includes 880 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

kyivindependent.com

 

[Iceman]

Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk

Can a swarm of two-pound drones, even thousands of them, defeat 500 tanks and 650 fighting vehicles as they attack behind a wall of artillery fire? We may find out.

www.forbes.com

Sounds scary. I hope Ukraine have enough left to defend against it.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine's small, cheap drones burn Russia's oil-and-gas industry

Russia's air defenses have proven to be less potent against small drones because they're meant to detect larger targets such as missiles and aircraft.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[squeekness]

Putin casts the Ukraine conflict as a fight for Russia's survival as he seeks reelection

President Vladimir Putin describes Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a battle for Russia’s survival as he campaigned for reelection next month in balloting that he’s all but certain to win.

apnews.com

General Staff: Russia has lost 387,940 troops in Ukraine

This number includes 880 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

kyivindependent.com

Russia's survival? I'm pretty sure Russia attacked first.....

 

[:eek:]

Putin's British enemy Vladimir Kara-Murza will be transferred to a Russian "punishment block" prison "for not getting up fast enough" - USTimesPost

A Brit imprisoned in Russia has been moved to a hellish new Siberian prison and placed in solitary confinement because he didn't get up quickly enough.

ustimespost.com

 

[blueharvest]

Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it 'dead on arrival'

The proposal quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Diplomatic tensions between Ecuador and Russia over military equipment threaten banana exports

A diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appeared to intensify over the weekend after the European nation decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador

abcnews.go.com

 

[squeekness]

Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it 'dead on arrival'

The proposal quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson.

apnews.com

So stupid.

 

[blueharvest]

Diplomatic tensions between Ecuador and Russia over military equipment threaten banana exports

A diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appeared to intensify over the weekend after the European nation decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador

abcnews.go.com

 

[Morg]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/europe/ukraine-drone-jet-skis-russian-warship-intl/index.html?

A Ukrainian pilot outlines how drones powered by jet skis sunk a Russian warship​

 

[blueharvest]

And they lost 54 vehicles a few days ago.

Losing 54 Vehicles, Russia Just Had One of Its Worst Days of the War

In the 705 days since Russia widened its war on Ukraine, Russian forces on average have lost 19 tanks and fighting vehicles a day. On Saturday, they lost 54.

www.forbes.com

 

[squeekness]

And they lost 54 vehicles a few days ago.

Losing 54 Vehicles, Russia Just Had One of Its Worst Days of the War

In the 705 days since Russia widened its war on Ukraine, Russian forces on average have lost 19 tanks and fighting vehicles a day. On Saturday, they lost 54.

www.forbes.com

Good. Let the Russian military get wiped out for Putin's madness.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia launches large-scale missile, drone attack against Ukraine

Russia launched another large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities early in the morning on Feb. 7. Kyiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv oblasts were among those targeted, according to the latest information.

kyivindependent.com

 

[squeekness]

Russia launches large-scale missile, drone attack against Ukraine

Russia launched another large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities early in the morning on Feb. 7. Kyiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv oblasts were among those targeted, according to the latest information.

kyivindependent.com

How can they keep doing this when they are supposedly running out of things?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russia Is Boosting Calls for ‘Civil War’ Over Texas Border Crisis

An all-encompassing Russian disinformation campaign is using everything from bots to lifestyle influencers to powerful state-run media to sow division in the United States.

www.wired.com

The Washington Post - Putin interview with Tucker Carlson shows Kremlin outreach to Trump’s GOP

 

[blueharvest]

Russia Is Boosting Calls for ‘Civil War’ Over Texas Border Crisis

An all-encompassing Russian disinformation campaign is using everything from bots to lifestyle influencers to powerful state-run media to sow division in the United States.

www.wired.com

The Washington Post - Putin interview with Tucker Carlson shows Kremlin outreach to Trump’s GOP

It is a real crisis. Haven't you seen all of the useful idiots that drove to the Texas border calling themselves "God's Army"? I mean, sure, they're only fighting amongst themselves now, but that might change, you know?

 

[DA_Champion]

How can they keep doing this when they are supposedly running out of things?

Russia's not really running out of things.

Early on in the war, I think that it was the case that Western leaders underestimated Russian economic resilience and industrial capacity, but at this point claims about them harvesting microchips from washing machines and running out of missiles and tanks are just disinformation.

The reality is that each of the Russian army, economy, political unity, and diplomatic prestige everywhere except the West is now stronger than it was two years ago.

The best gift that the West ever gave Putin was instructing Zelensky to walk away from peace negotiations and encouraging him to fight.

 

[:eek:]

Another typical day in Russia

https://reuters.omni.se/russian-anti-war-putin-rival-nadezhdin-says-he-has-been-barred-from-election/a/xgav0R

 

[InCali]

Russia's not really running out of things.

Early on in the war, I think that it was the case that Western leaders underestimated Russian economic resilience and industrial capacity, but at this point claims about them harvesting microchips from washing machines and running out of missiles and tanks are just disinformation.

The reality is that each of the Russian army, economy, political unity, and diplomatic prestige everywhere except the West is now stronger than it was two years ago.

The best gift that the West ever gave Putin was instructing Zelensky to walk away from peace negotiations and encouraging him to fight.

Yeah because "negotiations" with Putin work so well. If there had just been negotiations, maybe Crimea would have never been taken over and Ukraine wouldn't be under attack today. Maybe Spain needs to start up negotiations with France so war doesn't break out or maybe Norway and Sweden need to broker a deal.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia deploying Starlink in Ukraine—reports

Volunteer troops are using the satellite communications network, operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, in four illegally annexed regions of the country.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Putin Takes Hard Line on Ukraine in Tucker Carlson Interview

President Vladimir Putin said Russia hasn’t achieved its objectives in Ukraine yet, adding in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that he would consider negotiations if the US stops supplying weapons to Kyiv.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Polish leader says US Republican senators should be ashamed for scuttling Ukrainian aid

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that U.S. Republican senators should be “ashamed” for leaving about $60 billion in wartime aid for Ukraine in limbo in a recent vote.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Polish leader says US Republican senators should be ashamed for scuttling Ukrainian aid

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that U.S. Republican senators should be “ashamed” for leaving about $60 billion in wartime aid for Ukraine in limbo in a recent vote.

apnews.com

Remember when Republicans used to understand how important it was to stop Russian expansion?

 

[DA_Champion]

Yeah because "negotiations" with Putin work so well. If there had just been negotiations, maybe Crimea would have never been taken over and Ukraine wouldn't be under attack today. Maybe Spain needs to start up negotiations with France so war doesn't break out or maybe Norway and Sweden need to broker a deal.

Somehow, most of the world (Africa, Asia, etc) has no problem negotiating with Putin. For example, there is a wait-list of over 30 countries that wish to join BRICS.

 

[InCali]

Somehow, most of the world (Africa, Asia, etc) has no problem negotiating with Putin. For example, there is a wait-list of over 30 countries that wish to join BRICS.

Soooooooo,,,,,,,Ukraine is responsible for this whole mess because they didn't negotiate with him? There's nothing wrong with negotiating trade and so forth, but if a neighbor is trying to take over your country, what's to negotiate? That's why I gave the examples I did......neighboring countries. Putin evidently has the right to tell another country what they can and can't do? Ukraine wasn't marching on Moscow.