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dominoeffect posted:Why can't anyone in the field on the russian side step up and make some decent decisions?! Team of what? I thought the last reactors were shut down 2 decades ago.
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Ogmius815 posted:When I was six, I went on a field trip to a farm and was allowed to ride on a llama. Nobody ever believed me when I say that, but I swear it is true. Llamas are evil bastards and I don't believe one would consent to be ridden.
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Willo567 posted:What would the NATO response be if Putin did decide to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine? China and India might finally condemn Russia's actions. Or not. Who knows. China probably wants to keep all options open for Taiwan.
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:I mean I doubt there would be any real assault on Syria while Russian forces are active in the area, for the same reason a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine isn't happening. That said, if they ever had to pull out for any reason things are gonna pop off real loving fast. It really cannot be overstated that EVERYONE outside of Latakia loving hates Assad's guts. Well I will say if there was anyone that would do it and be able to get away with it is Israel. If there is one country that you should worry about a first strike from it is them. Them taking out both Syria and Russia at their backdoor would likely be looked at as helpful from most of their neighbors and the West although you'd get some condemnation. Granted I don't see it happening if for no other reason than the western world has probably told the Israelis to keep out of things.
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Just had a thought, aren't the Trumps all in on Russian banks. How does all these sanctions effect the Trump organization ability to do business? EDIT: Or maybe its good for him because he doesn't have to pay back loans now? Charlz Guybon fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Mar 5, 2022 |
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My Ukraine feed is starting to wake up and it sounds like shelling was less intense last night than it has been in days. There was street fighting in some cities and Kharkiv got hit a few times, but that's about it. I wonder if Russia didn't want to waste shells in the dark?
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Zelenskyy international rock star https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1499871098967629831
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A sneak peak at a scene from the inevitable movie/miniseries about this war. https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1499943413453668352
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Youth Decay posted:A sneak peak at a scene from the inevitable movie/miniseries about this war. "Stop firing at the nuclear facility" might be the most reasonable request ever made in the history of warfare.
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Despera posted:Corruption is a huge issue in chinas military Yeah... The McMansion ghouls in northern Virginia have probably been going through a roller coaster ride of emotions.
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ZombieLenin posted:They’d call him a war criminal. That’s about it. You don't think that would cause NATO to get directly involve in the war afterwards? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Saint Kyivanka posted:China and India might finally condemn Russia's actions. Or not. Who knows. China probably wants to keep all options open for Taiwan. China is the real wildcard and ultimately going to be the winner out of all of this. One way or another Russia is going to be their puppet state going forward. The West really needs to start divesting themselves from China and soon. If COVID didn't get enough reasons why it is bad to rely upon China for a ton of things, the second we get into a shooting war with them and they cut us off is going to hurt even worse. I know a lot of people have been shouting from the rooftops to start bringing mission critical manufacturing and other industries back to the US and/or Europe but we will see how much that is followed through. China is aware that they get one shot at Taiwan. I am betting they are continuing to debate if it is better to invade and take over or just wipe it off the map. I am sure they are watching the current conflict closely to learn all the lessons they can to help with that.
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KitConstantine posted:My Ukraine feed is starting to wake up and it sounds like shelling was less intense last night than it has been in days. There was street fighting in some cities and Kharkiv got hit a few times, but that's about it.  https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1499972203873456129?t=F8LYqntXgrlQtBACL3QaqA&s=19 https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1499971933521260546?t=rk7xR0j5GZc3RelV7UWbaQ&s=19
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Willo567 posted:You don't think that would cause NATO to get directly involve in the war afterwards? The west wouldn't just shrug their shoulders, but what the response would be, who knows. I'm really worried about how the RA is handling fighting near Nuclear Power plants, because if they keep being this clumsy, it might force the Wests hand as well.
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Deteriorata posted:Another day is dawning in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. Thanks for these reminders
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Baronash posted:Team of what? I thought the last reactors were shut down 2 decades ago. Yes, the reactors are shut down, but I'm sure there are many people that perform important duties around radiation monitoring, cleanup, etc dominoeffect fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Mar 5, 2022 |
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KitConstantine posted:My Ukraine feed is starting to wake up and it sounds like shelling was less intense last night than it has been in days. There was street fighting in some cities and Kharkiv got hit a few times, but that's about it. The word has been that they are lacking in NVG and other equipment now, so their ability to fight at night is rapidly getting harder. They are also likely starting to have serious supply issues as well.
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Willo567 posted:What would the NATO response be if Putin did decide to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine? Probably an immediate summoning of the UN security council to discuss
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Djarum posted:China is the real wildcard This conflict is providing financial templates for just that sort of disuasion should PRC go bananas with Taiwan. I'm sure China is doing the sums now. Counterpoint: Putin whispers "my nukes" and the West stays home. China saw that too.
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Djarum posted:China is aware that they get one shot at Taiwan. I am betting they are continuing to debate if it is better to invade and take over or just wipe it off the map. I am sure they are watching the current conflict closely to learn all the lessons they can to help with that. The lesson they're learning is that sanctions and divestment would very likely outweigh any benefits from Taiwan. Ukraine is 1/3 of Russia's population and a huge prize if it could be integrated, but sanctions wiped out any potential real gains in the first week of the war and they might not even win the war. The risk reward for China vis a vis Taiwan is even worse.
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Willo567 posted:What would the NATO response be if Putin did decide to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
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Trump posted:The west wouldn't just shrug their shoulders, but what the response would be, who knows. I think that the fighting near the Nuclear plants is them trying to force NATO to interfere. Why? I have no idea. If they are doing this badly already it makes little sense to involve most of the world's military against you and almost certainly end your government, military and life.
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Taiwan is also very easy to defend, has been arming and practicing defense for 70 years, and has been a coherent and stable political state for a long time. Good fuckin luck lol
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punk rebel ecks posted:Did Vladimir Putin play college football? Coulda gone pro if he hadn't joined the KGB.
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A clancy-chat place! - https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3995624
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the popes toes posted:Counterpoint: Putin whispers "my nukes" and the West stays home. China saw that too. If Ukraine was a NATO country or even in the EU already I think the nuke threat would be less. Honestly I think the threat of nukes in general is overblown. Morrow posted:The lesson they're learning is that sanctions and divestment would very likely outweigh any benefits from Taiwan. Ukraine is 1/3 of Russia's population and a huge prize if it could be integrated, but sanctions wiped out any potential real gains in the first week of the war and they might not even win the war. I think you have the right take here. Although divestment from China is going to have to happen and likely will over the next ten years. Far too many people put too many egg in China's basket coupled with JIT manufacturing. COVID has shown just how easily that all falls apart. Granted it is better we learned this now instead of after China attacked Taiwan. The biggest part against it is that China's issue with Taiwan isn't monetary gain. They may look at the cost of eliminating it as sunk to do it.
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Deteriorata posted:Another day is dawning in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. Yay go Ukraine.
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Djarum posted:I think that the fighting near the Nuclear plants is them trying to force NATO to interfere. Why? I have no idea. If they are doing this badly already it makes little sense to involve most of the world's military against you and almost certainly end your government, military and life. As in a local commander just going "gently caress it" and hoping for an early day off?
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Soldiers of the 206th Territorial Defense Battalion detained Nestor Shufrych in Kyiv. "Photographed the checkpoint." rn Shufrych approached the checkpoint, got out of the guarded car and started taking pictures. Accordingly, he was detained. Detained for sending info to Russians.
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Willo567 posted:You don't think that would cause NATO to get directly involve in the war afterwards? It should, but Putin using a nuke on Ukraine because they made him look bad would probably greatly increase the calculus that he'd launch ICBMs if NATO intervened directly, so I don't know. At the very least, the Russian sanctions would never end. Not in a hundred years.
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Morrow posted:The lesson they're learning is that sanctions and divestment would very likely outweigh any benefits from Taiwan. Ukraine is 1/3 of Russia's population and a huge prize if it could be integrated, but sanctions wiped out any potential real gains in the first week of the war and they might not even win the war. Amphibious invasions are even harder than land invasions. Even the US military doesn't like it's odds in an opposed amphibious landing, and China's navy is still quite a bit weaker.
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Looks like the humanitarian corridors thing is going nowhere for the moment - https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1499981304032636930?s=20&t=1GitszHoi6h5SmBVWFtsjQ Supposedly there's another meeting planned for this weekend Also don't read if you don't wanna get angry about Russian Propoganda, but this thread goes over how Russia is covering events internally https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1499953621424824320?s=20&t=1GitszHoi6h5SmBVWFtsjQ
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Franks Happy Place posted:Taiwan is also very easy to defend, has been arming and practicing defense for 70 years, and has been a coherent and stable political state for a long time. An opposed amphibious landing against defenders armed with Harpoon missiles would be a fiasco. Especially as the buildup would be noticed a long time before the landings actually took place and there would be plenty of time to prepare/disperse the defenses. I think China is probably looking at this and deciding that taking back Taiwan via political means would be much easier.
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VorpalBunny posted:Was the Russian stock market supposed to open again today? Or ever? The last time it closed like this it only opened 75 years later, so I wouldn't hold my breath
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gay picnic defence posted:An opposed amphibious landing against defenders armed with Harpoon missiles would be a fiasco. Especially as the buildup would be noticed a long time before the landings actually took place and there would be plenty of time to prepare/disperse the defenses. I could maybe see an attempt at squeezing them via blockades etc but I can't imagine an invasion looking like a good idea.
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Young Freud posted:Night Wolves are Putin's personal biker gang. Also known to have Sabaton play for them.
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The free press in Russia is now extinct. https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1499987126284435462?s=20&t=1GitszHoi6h5SmBVWFtsjQ
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KitConstantine posted:The free press in Russia is now extinct. I can't believe they blocked the app store and google play. With android you can at least sideload some apps, but with iOS you are screwed because there aren't any other ways to download apps. That's really crazy
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