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

[blueharvest]

Russia flaunts its many doomsday weapons to keep the West from ramping up support for Ukraine

2024 has seen President Vladimir Putin repeatedly brandish the nuclear sword, reminding everyone that Russia has the world’s largest atomic arsenal.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts

After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin is using riskier and less conventional methods

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Fire rips through Russian ballistic missile component factory

The microelectronics plant in Bryansk has been targeted previously by Ukrainian drones multiple times.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

U.S. Posts $10 Million Reward Citing Russian Election Interference - The Moscow Times

The U.S.

www.themoscowtimes.com

 

[InCali]

Russia seeks to ban ‘propaganda’ promoting childfree lifestyles

People could face fines of up to 400,000 rubles, as data suggests birthrate has slid to lowest level in quarter of a century

www.theguardian.com

Gives dual meaning to the word "birtherism".

 

[squeekness]

Gives dual meaning to the word "birtherism".

Seems like they ban anything in Russia besides falling out of windows.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: G7 defence ministers pledge ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine

Mixed reaction to Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’; Video purportedly shows North Korean recruits collecting Russian military fatigues. What we know on day 970

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

France vows support for Ukraine's plan to end Russian invasion

France's foreign minister has pledged his support for Ukraine’s plan for ending the war with Russia.

apnews.com

 

[:eek:]

Surviving Russian Prisons And The 'Frightening' Food They Serve

Surviving Russia’s notoriously harsh correctional system is not just a matter of strength or smarts. It’s a matter of food, former inmates told Current Time – a daily struggle to stomach starchy, semi-cooked prison meals, or avoid them, and to obtain the healthier food that is vital to survival.

www.rferl.org

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine says it struck airfield and 'largest explosives factory' in Russia

The source told the Kyiv Independent the drones targeted the large state-owned Sverdlov Plant in the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region, some 900 kilometers deep into Russia.

kyivindependent.com

 

[:eek:]

Moldova election: Russian cash-for-votes flows into Ukraine's neighbour as nation heads to polls

Sunday's presidential election is seen as a vote on whether the country looks east to Russia or west to the EU.

www.bbc.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russian ambassador accuses UK of waging proxy war in Ukraine

Andrei Kelin says by providing weapons Britain is ‘killing Russian soldiers and civilians’

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia; missile strike on Ukraine injures 17

Moscow officials say Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Pentagon chief visits Ukraine in show of support ahead of U.S. election

Austin’s trip, his fourth and likely final visit as President Joe Biden’s Pentagon chief, will include talks about U.S. efforts to help Kyiv shore up its defenses as Russian forces gain ground in eastern Ukraine.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Morg]

Russian Oligarch Found Dead in Moscow after Falling Out of Window


I lost count how many times someone died from falling out of a window

 

[InCali]

The manufacturing of glass must be a booming business there......

 

[squeekness]

Russian Oligarch Found Dead in Moscow after Falling Out of Window


I lost count how many times someone died from falling out of a window

I know I shouldn't laugh, but......

 

[Morg]

The manufacturing of glass must be a booming business there......

Maybe they be the culprits that doing it?

 

[blueharvest]

Putin's propaganda chief touts "electorally significant influence" in US

State-TV boss warns of her determination to reach Americans: "They would close the door to us and we would get in through the window."

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Intelligence builds that members of Pyongyang’s special forces are in Russia preparing for combat as munitions are also shipped

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

UK to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn for weapons to fight Russia

Loans will be repaid using interest generated by $300bn of frozen Russian assets held in the west

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv incensed as UN’s Guterres ‘to meet Putin’ in Russia

Secretary general did not immediately confirm trip which Ukrainian foreign ministry says ‘damages UN reputation’; two dead in Zaporizhzhia attack. What we know on day 972

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Brics summit backfired on Putin with calls for peace, says Kyiv

Xi Jinping among world leaders in Russia advising against escalation; any North Korean troops ‘fair game’ on Ukraine battlefield, says US. What we know on day 974

www.theguardian.com

 

[:eek:]

Make Russia Small Again Shirt

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dribbble.com

 

[blueharvest]

‘End justifies the means’: high Russian death toll fails to shift opinion on Ukraine war

A video gives a glimpse into Moscow’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics but record losses are met with apparent indifference

www.theguardian.com