🇷🇺 Discussion: Relations with Russia

[squeekness]

Yep, a disaster for Ukraine if Trump gets in. NATO would also become useless with him in charge of the US.

This is one of my biggest fears.

 

[blueharvest]

Blinken hints US will lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range arms in Russia

Decision understood to have already been made in private as secretary of state says in Kyiv that US will continue to adapt policy

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia retakes swathe of villages from Ukraine in Kursk counteroffensive

Ukrainian president says his country’s incursion still going to ‘plan’, as Russian forces make rapid advances

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

U.S. Citizens Convicted of Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government

A jury today convicted Omali Ye****ela, 82, Penny Hess, 78, Jesse Nevel, 34, all of St. Louis, and Augustus C. Romain Jr., 38, of Atlanta, of conspiracy to act as agents of a foreign government. The defendants were charged in a superseding indictment on April 13, 2023.

www.justice.gov

 

[blueharvest]

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

 

[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]