|
Boris Galerkin posted:Does this mean Putin has close to or over 700,000,000,000 USD in cash? Those are Central Bank assets, and few pages ago there was a good explanation that even I understood - most of t is not in cash, almost all of it's in turn registered on accounts in the central banks of Western countries. Which is what makes Russia vulnerable.
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:05
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 08:59 |
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Russian Spetznaz appealing to the Ukrainian military directly. Is this common? That has that stereotypical terrorist video vibes all over it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:06
|
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Russian Spetznaz appealing to the Ukrainian military directly. Is this common? Yes, Germans dropped a lot of leaflets over Soviet Union promising to free people from "jewish bolshevism"
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:06
|
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Russian Spetznaz appealing to the Ukrainian military directly. Is this common? No, this has been a recent trend on both sides of the conflict.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:06
|
|
|
Kavros posted:See? This! It's all war, but not war! It's allowed. Eh, theres an incredibly fine line thats somewhat understood by all parties. You can send supplies and provide intel but allowing someone to be based in your countrie and send out strike missions is making that base a viable target. The "war" might not extend beyond someone bombing just that base. The sending troops is when things get really really blurry. Edit: In other words Poland sending a military convoy of supplies into the Ukraine would make that convoy an acceptable military target but it would be a huge overreaction to say start bombing polish cities in response.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:06
|
|
|
Unconfirmed, but the guy posting was the Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria for 7 years and likely has connections https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1497640933625577473?t=HE9MljLTx5J0BB6PcncBEA&s=19 This would seem to confirm the Chechnian units are in country at the least
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:07
|
|
|
Djarum posted:https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/h_c28fef14820e4668f2eb30bcadcef874 Wait, Portugal is a NATO member state. Unless these guys are being sent to Poland, wouldn't that be an unwanted escalation? ofc a 175-big infantry company doesn't seem like it would help much.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:07
|
|
|
Telsa Cola posted:Thaaaat might not be great from a everyone begining to pile in perspective. Yeah like, what happens if Ukraine starts to actually win this thing? I don't have "Russian shows great sportsmanship and takes the loss with humility" on my bingo card.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:07
|
|
|
Kavros posted:See? This! It's all war, but not war! It's allowed. There's a world of difference between training people and launching attacks.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:08
|
|
|
This is amusing as gently caress. Someone hacked Russian State TV to only play the Ukrainian National Anthem. https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t237qi/lmao_all_russian_tvs_are_hacked_to_stream/
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:08
|
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Unconfirmed, but the guy posting was the Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria for 7 years and likely has connections They've already been in there sometime, but in small numbers, IIRC. Also, there's Chechen separatists fighting on the side of Ukraine, too.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:08
|
|
|
Djarum posted:https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/h_c28fef14820e4668f2eb30bcadcef874 Hell yeah Portugual :portugal:
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:09
|
|
|
This was up instead of one of the cams for a bit https://liveuamap.com/ This was the cam feed I got it from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUkfhlIvvKQ
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:09
|
|
|
Cimber posted:This is amusing as gently caress. Someone hacked Russian State TV to only play the Ukrainian National Anthem. If hackers want to really make people poo poo their pants they should make main channels play Swan Lake
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:11
|
|
|
Young Freud posted:Wait, Portugal is a NATO member state. Unless these guys are being sent to Poland, wouldn't that be an unwanted escalation? To Romania.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:12
|
|
|
the popes toes posted:Another really welcome difference about this conflict is the universal recognition that this is entirely Putin, just Putin, and there's been no demonizing Russians, but oddly sympathy. Im seeing this sentiment alot on Irish online discussion. The vast majority of posters are talking about this as a Putin aggression, and seeing the Russian soldiers as pawns thrown into a grinder to fulfill his ambitions, and the average Russian citizen as entirely powerless to do anything to stop it. Everyone is extremely impressed by the courage of those Russian people willing to go out and protest. We know that they are risking at minimum a beating, and quite possibly summary execution for doing so.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:14
|
|
|
Djarum posted:https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/h_c28fef14820e4668f2eb30bcadcef874 This is really lovely wording but I believe they’re doing a NATO deployment to Ukraine’s neighbors.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:14
|
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Russian Spetznaz appealing to the Ukrainian military directly. Is this common? That sort of thing has a long history, essentially psychological warfare, you can find accounts of that going back to the Assyrians for instnance. from Wikipedia on Siege of Jerusalem posted:In an attempt to demoralize the Judeans, the field commander announced to the people on the city walls that Hezekiah was deceiving them, and that Yahweh could not deliver Jerusalem from the king of Assyria. He listed the gods of other peoples defeated by Sennacherib then asked, "Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me?"
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:15
|
|
|
Seems like the Bitcoin drive is actually legit and they've raised the equivalent of more than nine million dollars so far: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60517447
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:16
|
|
|
The UK sprang for express delivery apparently. I would guess he's saying something along the lines of "We're gonna gently caress you up" https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1497649185130176529?t=rnKR-oL3K4lrPBdzOMAQjw&s=19
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:17
|
|
|
A GIANT PARSNIP posted:This is really lovely wording but I believe they’re doing a NATO deployment to Ukraine’s neighbors. Yeah, this sounds like they're offering to help take over border control duties towards Romania, freeing up Ukrainian personnel to go somewhere else. I'm not sure if Ukraine has even maintained much of a presence at the Romanian border. I would imagine they're more worried about the Transdniestrian border.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:17
|
|
|
Didn't see it posted here, don't know how much of this is mind games: UA government is asking the International Red Cross to facilitate the retrieval and repatriation of "thousands" of killed soldiers back to Russia as a matter of humanitarian need. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/02/26/7326087/
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:17
|
|
|
Young Freud posted:I don't really see the big deal about these guys. 10,000 of Kadyrov's gangsters being thrown into this will up the brutality, and that's a shame, but the Chechens won the Chechen wars because of home-field advantage. In Ukraine, they're out of their element. And it's not like most of them have seen this level of combat before: 2nd Chechen was 13 years ago and they've mostly been dealing with a low-level insurgency at this point. They're nothing but bullies and have never fought anyone remotely matched with them. Chechens were heavily involved in Syria too, and in other conflicts. I think they're significantly more likely to be experienced and well-trained than some of the green troops Russia seems to have been throwing in so far, anyway.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:18
|
|
|
So there's going to be a moment in the next few weeks where from the Baltic right across to the Black Sea NATO is going to have to bare its teeth and say 'Not one step further', and right now I suspect there's a bit of jockeying among some members of the alliance to show up with more than the minimum they committed to in order to show their value.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:19
|
|
|
Putting more soldiers from different countries into border regions sounds like the ingredients of a “border incident due to poor coordination” or something WWIIIish like that. Godspeed all. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:20
|
|
|
Djarum posted:https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/h_c28fef14820e4668f2eb30bcadcef874 I wonder if these deliveries are possible without NATO personnel setting foot in Ukraine, it would so loving suck if NATO soldiers were caught moving the material inside Ukraine. (CLANCYCHAT) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:20
|
|
|
A GIANT PARSNIP posted:This is really lovely wording but I believe they’re doing a NATO deployment to Ukraine’s neighbors. Thats what I believe as well. NATO is going to heavily beef up the borders to both discourage Russia from going close to them and also to be able to directly defend support going into Ukraine. There seems to be a growing belief that Russian forces are going to make a play at shutting down those supply lines and potentially attacking the border. If that happens it would give NATO justification to then go into Ukraine. I normally wouldn't think that Russian command would be that stupid but as we have seen with this so far they don't seem to be playing with a full deck. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:20
|
|
|
Kavros posted:Geopolitics is dumb and likes to carve out bullshit "I'm not touching you you can't tell mom" rules about what is or isn't war. The west is already doing war by way of directly supplying advanced weaponry to Ukraine... just, right out in the open. We just convinced ourselves this was not war war. It may seem like a dumb distinction but there is a ton of precedent behind it. See the US arming/funding/training the mujihadeen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets. Or Russia and China aiding N Vietnam against the Americans. Its what made the war Cold rather than Hot. Still, I'm surprised Russia hasn't been screaming about American "little green men" on the ground, saying the resistance they face isn't from Ukrainians but instead from foreign terrorists.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:20
|
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Russian Spetznaz appealing to the Ukrainian military directly. Is this common? Was fairly common in the wars of yesteryear at least. Airdropping leaflets telling soldiers to give up and go home, or broadcasting over radio etc.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:21
|
|
|
Djarum posted:Thats what I believe as well. NATO is going to heavily beef up the borders to both discourage Russia from going close to them and also to be able to directly defend support going into Ukraine. NATO is not going into Ukraine under any circumstances. Stop fantasizing about it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:21
|
|
|
steinrokkan posted:Didn't see it posted here, don't know how much of this is mind games: They set up a helpline for Russian mothers to call and check the status of their sons as well, so they're definitely trying to promote the idea that they're being forced to kill Russian soldiers who are there against their will because of Putin's greed, but nonetheless they are killing lots of them even if they feel bad about it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:22
|
|
|
steinrokkan posted:Didn't see it posted here, don't know how much of this is mind games: Youd get somewhat accurate casualty numbers from this.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:22
|
|
|
Trump posted:I wonder if these deliveries are possible without NATO personnel setting foot in Ukraine, it would so loving suck if NATO soldiers were caught moving the material inside Ukraine. (CLANCYCHAT) Nato soldiers are not going to take one step into Ukraine.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:22
|
|
|
Cimber posted:This is amusing as gently caress. Someone hacked Russian State TV to only play the Ukrainian National Anthem. They should have hacked them to show war footage.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:23
|
|
|
fatherboxx posted:Yes, Germans dropped a lot of leaflets over Soviet Union promising to free people from "jewish bolshevism" My favorite was the Japanese leaflets encouraging Australian soldiers to bail by warning them that American sailors were back in Australia stealing their girlfriends.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:23
|
|
|
WaltherFeng posted:Nato soldiers are not going to take one step into Ukraine. I'd bet there are already personnel from NATO countries inside though.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:24
|
|
|
KitConstantine posted:Russian Spetznaz appealing to the Ukrainian military directly. Is this common? Low energy. SAD!
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:25
|
|
|
TheRat posted:Was fairly common in the wars of yesteryear at least. Airdropping leaflets telling soldiers to give up and go home, or broadcasting over radio etc. Yup, you can pick up fine examples on eBay for not too much. I got a small collection. 
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:25
|
|
|
Mustard Iceman posted:My favorite was the Japanese leaflets encouraging Australian soldiers to bail by warning them that American sailors were back in Australia stealing their girlfriends. Overpaid, oversexed and over here.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:25
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 08:59 |
|
|
Mustard Iceman posted:My favorite was the Japanese leaflets encouraging Australian soldiers to bail by warning them that American sailors were back in Australia stealing their girlfriends. A rare bit of true propaganda
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2022 20:25
|
|
