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

[blueharvest]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges allies to stop just ‘watching’ amid North Korea threat

Ukrainian president calls on countries to step in before troops sent to Russia by Pyongyang reach battlefield

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Military holding off one of Russia’s fiercest offensives since invasion began, says Syrskyi

Top Ukrainian military commander’s comments come after Russia’s quickest monthly gains since start of war. What we know on day 984

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Russian troop said his unit was attacked by North Korea.

 

[InCali]

Russian troop said his unit was attacked by North Korea.

North Korean troop to his commander "They all look alike".

 

[squeekness]

North Korean troop to his commander "They all look alike".

Lol, hope it persuades Putin to stop bringing them in at least.

 

[blueharvest]

Inexperienced, poorly trained and underfed: the North Korean troops heading to Ukraine

Kim Jong-un has called his army the ‘strongest in the world’ but they are vulnerable to malnutrition, and none have seen combat or know the terrain in Russia’s war

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine live: Blasts heard in Kyiv as more than 10,000 North Koreans now in Russia

Significant number of North Korean troops headed to the frontline areas, including Kursk, says Seoul

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russia wants control over all the Georgias in the world.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russian Plot Placed Incendiary Devices on Cargo Planes in Europe, Officials Say

Western officials are investigating whether devices planted at shipping hubs in Europe may have been a test run by Russian operatives for placing them on planes bound for the U.S.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “MAGA influencer with 2.8M Twitter followers spent the last month in Moscow. He's now on the board of Putin's newest influence operation.

Here's how Jackson Hinkle went from spreading debunked war claims to the Kremlin's inner circle, thanks to @dossier_center”

 

[blueharvest]

 

[nachtschicht]

I need Europe to keep supporting Ukraine, not just to save Ukraine but to keep Russia at bay. It will help us. If you're in a European country, you want Russia defeated. Under Tr*mp the US is the enemy's puppet, they're not gonna be any help. Europe needs to send Ukraine more support, save ourselves.

 

[squeekness]

I need Europe to keep supporting Ukraine, not just to save Ukraine but to keep Russia at bay. It will help us. If you're in a European country, you want Russia defeated. Under Tr*mp the US is the enemy's puppet, they're not gonna be any help. Europe needs to send Ukraine more support, save ourselves.

I hope you all can manage it because my country sucks butt right now.

 

[blueharvest]

Russian sovereign wealth head: Trump win likely ‘opens up new opportunities’ for Moscow | Semafor

The Kremlin has so far refused to congratulate Donald Trump on winning the US presidential race, but at least one influential Russian finance leader has expressed optimism.

www.semafor.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Biden plans military aid surge from billions still available, say reports

Zelenskyy congratulates Trump on election win – but gloom and uncertainty prevail in Kyiv. What we know on day 988

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russian state TV gloats over Trump victory and hails Putin for fake Harris support

Trump has claimed he would end Ukraine war before he even takes office

www.independent.co.uk

 

[:eek:]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/07/europe/zelensky-north-korean-troops-russia-putin-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Biden administration confirms surge of military aid to Kyiv will continue

Leaders in Budapest grapple with Ukraine and Europe’s security under Trump; deaths from Russian strikes in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk. What we know on day 989

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Trump’s return is terrible news for Ukraine. Europe should step into the breach – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash

With Germany’s government collapsing and Europeans so divided in their response to Trump, unity is essential yet elusive, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

‘They will just die uselessly’: Ukrainians ready for North Korean troops joining Russia’s war

Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are largely unconcerned by threat from reinforcements

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden administration to allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine for first time since Russia’s invasion​

 

[blueharvest]

Relations between Ukraine and UK are worse under Labour, say Kyiv officials

Exclusive: Zelenskyy administration expresses frustration with Starmer over lack of missiles

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[nachtschicht]

Lol, no.