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

[blueharvest]

Starmer tells Putin Russia started Ukraine war and can end it any time

UK PM responds to Putin’s threat that use of long-range British missiles inside Russia would put it at war with Nato

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[:eek:]

North Korean weapons sales to Russia called Ukraine’s biggest worry

Once a cargo carrying the weapons docks at a Russian port, military activity typically intensifies within eight to nine days, Ukrainian officials said.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[blueharvest]

More than 100 Ukrainians released in prisoner-of-war swap with Russia

Exchange of military personnel took place as Ukraine called again on west to allow use of long-range weapons

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

North Korean weapons sales to Russia called Ukraine’s biggest worry

Once a cargo carrying the weapons docks at a Russian port, military activity typically intensifies within eight to nine days, Ukrainian officials said.

www.japantimes.co.jp

Also this, which is a different story, I think:

North Korean missiles rain down on Ukraine despite sanctions

The Hwasong missiles found in Ukraine used common commercially available electronic components made by Western nations as recently as last year.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Putin: lifting Ukraine missile restrictions would put Nato ‘at war’ with Russia

Comments come after Antony Blinken hints US will lift restrictions on Kyiv’s use of weapons inside Russia

www.theguardian.com

A war he knows Russia will lose.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine receives major Bohdana howitzer boost with NATO support

Denmark funded the new Ukrainian-made, self-propelled artillery pieces that can drive at 50 mph and hit targets 35 miles away.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Vladimir Putin wants Russians to have sex during work breaks to boost population

Russia's leadership has adviced people to have sex during work breaks to boost the nation's dwindling birth rate amid ongoing population decline exacerbated by the Ukraine war.

www.indiatoday.in

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Gonna be real honest I don't see this ending diplomatically. He's going to either go down with the ship, kill himself, or Ukraine will capture him.

 

[blueharvest]

Russian TV floats building replica of White House to nuke in the Arctic

The suggestion was made on the Russia 1 program Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeekness]

Vladimir Putin wants Russians to have sex during work breaks to boost population

Russia's leadership has adviced people to have sex during work breaks to boost the nation's dwindling birth rate amid ongoing population decline exacerbated by the Ukraine war.

www.indiatoday.in

That's romantic, lol.

 

[InCali]

Russian TV floats building replica of White House to nuke in the Arctic

The suggestion was made on the Russia 1 program Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Vladimir Putin's pivot to China is backfiring

As cross-border business becomes more complicated, China's finance industry is abuzz over possible workarounds, says one Russian academic.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

That’s a lot of cope.

 

[blueharvest]

Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft

Microsoft researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia suffers "massive casualties" after HIMARS strike on Donbas base

Ukraine has targeted columns of Russian troops with HIMARS throughout the war.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Trump says he will ‘probably’ meet Zelenskiy in US next week

Ukrainian leader has said he wants to present a peace plan to President Biden, and presidential candidates Trump and Harris. What we know on day 939

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

North Korean missiles, ICBMs, air defenses destroyed in Russia blast—report

Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on a Russian military depot in a town near the border.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, they hit something that goes boom.

 

[blueharvest]

Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation

George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles

www.theguardian.com

 

[:eek:]

As World Watches Explosions Elsewhere, the Boomsday Ship Gets Towed Past Norway

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