Ukraine War: Berth El Buk

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Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Some quotes and tidbits from Yle, our National Broadcasting Company.

Yle posted:

Finland's membership is a direct result of Putin's actions, says UK's foreign secretary

According to Great Britain's foreign secretary James Cleverly, Finland joining Nato is a direct result of the aggressive politics of Russia's Vladimir Putin, and its illegal invasion of Ukraine.

- A new member joining our defense alliance is a positive thing and one we will celebrate. After that we must quickly change our focus to Sweden, and work hard on getting Sweden into this group of allies and friends.

According to Cleverly, Nato has never before in its 74 year history been as important and united as now.

Canada's foreign minister: with Finland Nato is stronger than ever before

According to Canada's foreign minister, M�lanie Joly, Nato is stronger than ever before after Finland joins it.

Joly, who participated in a conference of Nato's foreign ministers emphasizes that Canada was the first country to ratify Finland and Sweden's applications.

According to Joly Finland and Sweden, as arctic countries, have much in common with Canada.

She appeals to Turkey and Hungary to ratify Sweden's application. The parliaments of the two countries have not yet approved Sweden as a member of Nato.

Joly also had a message to Russia's president Vladimir Putin.

- If he truly desires peace, all he has to do is to leave Ukraine.

And of course what would the day be without a little threats from the innocent little guys next door.

Yle posted:

Russia threatens actions because of Finland's Nato membership

The Russian president's spokesman Dmitri Peskov says that Finland's Nato membership violates Russia's security, says Reuters. According to Peskov, Nato's structure is a direct threat against Russia. He claims that Finland joining Nato will force Russia to retaliate in order to guarantee its security.

Eat poo poo, Peskov.

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# ? May 29, 2024 02:10

Sedgr: Sep 16, 2007; Neat!

Finland in. Trump arraignment. Quite a day. :lol:

Good work B!

Butterfly wings

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:34

zone: Dec 6, 2016

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Some quotes and tidbits from Yle, our National Broadcasting Company.

And of course what would the day be without a little threats from the innocent little guys next door.

Eat poo poo, Peskov.

So Peskov if you're so bent on worrying about threats from Finland why did you empty out all the military bases of their equipment that were, you know, near Finland?

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:42

Sedgr: Sep 16, 2007; Neat!

Day 404 Russian strategy not found.

Putin is a real piece of poo poo.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:43

ZogrimAteMyHamster: Dec 8, 2015

Welcome to the top-secret clubhouse, Finland!

:finland:

Good job Shitler now you have to watch double the border length against the so-called NATO "threat".

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

And of course what would the day be without a little threats from the innocent little guys next door.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:45

Nelson Mandingo: Mar 27, 2005

Russophobia :qq:

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:51

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Is it done? I'm :f5:

ing https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm but the last update is from 2020 and Finland's not there

E: ah there's a stream here, some joint statements at 15:00 and ceremony at 15:35 (UTC or what?)
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_67375.htm

mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Apr 4, 2023

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:51

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

mobby_6kl posted:

Is it done? I'm ing https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm but the last update is from 2020 and Finland's not there

E: ah there's a stream here, some joint statements at 15:00 and ceremony at 15:35 (UTC or what?)
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_67375.htm

The accession documents have been signed.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:54

Tai: Mar 8, 2006

mobby_6kl posted:

Is it done? I'm ing https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm but the last update is from 2020 and Finland's not there

E: ah there's a stream here, some joint statements at 15:00 and ceremony at 15:35 (UTC or what?)
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_67375.htm

Just in time for https://www.flightradar24.com/JAKE11/2fc3b29d to fly through Finland instead of Norway. There's even a tanker in Bothnia gulf waiting lol

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:55

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

The accession documents have been signed.

There's still one step left: depositing the document with the US State Dept, but they arranged it so that Anthony Blinken will be the recipient and the exchange takes place at NATO HQ in Brussels. This will happen 30 minutes from now, and the second he receives the paper, Finland becomes an official member.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 12:59

zone: Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1643181476345774080
Get lost, are you going to try justifying your wholesale kidnapping operation? :qqsay:

🤡🤡🤡

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:00

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Man, this special operation sure is encouraging countries to *check notes* join NATO?

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:04

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

russia had to invade people over what they were gonna do if they invaded them

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:10

Roblo: Dec 10, 2007; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

GABA ghoul posted:

The tankosphere has been in a manic mood for weeks now due to Bakhmut. The masks are slipping, the dog whistles are coming out less and less. They can already smell the coming victory of heroic plucky little Russia over the evil US and its nazi satrapy "Kiev Regime, The"

Wait I'm sorry, they think Bahkmut is going well for Russia?!

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:22

zone: Dec 6, 2016

Roblo posted:

Wait I'm sorry, they think Bahkmut is going well for Russia?!

"Only prisoners and mercenaries died for more than a hundred thousand Ukronazis and hundreds of pieces of equipment, now shut up and start another mobilization to cover the losses" while subsequently bursting into tears offscreen.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:23

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

"We can take on Poland and Finland, no hassle, after we finish with this one devastated Ukrainian town that we cannot seem to tackle..."

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:27

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Roblo posted:

Wait I'm sorry, they think Bahkmut is going well for Russia?!

They put a flag on a building, mission accomplished!

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:38

Tigey: Apr 6, 2015

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1643181476345774080
Get lost, are you going to try justifying your wholesale kidnapping operation? 🤡🤡🤡

Its to demonstrate the 'powerlessness' of the ICC decision and how Russia can 'flaunt' it.

In reality, it just demonstrates how feeble Russia's tit-for-tat responses are.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:40

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Finland is now officially a NATO member!

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:46

Tigey: Apr 6, 2015

Roblo posted:

Wait I'm sorry, they think Bahkmut is going well for Russia?!

They don't really think its genuinely going well, hence why they need this as a morale boost, or at least provide new content for their disingenuous shitposting. They can treat it as a victory 'on paper', in that they have taken a town that they have been declaring as an objective for many months.

Its of course a pyrrhic victory, with the Russians exhausting themselves against a single target for months on end (including wearing down Wagner) and using up a lot of the manpower gained during the mobilization. The opportunity costs are tremendous, and it leaves them in a weaker position than before.

But it can be framed as a 'victory' that their propaganda can use, even if its not a particularly credible one.

In reality though, if this is literally all you have been able to achieve after spending so much blood and treasure, and you have nothing else to celebrate - things really ain't going well.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:48

Der Kyhe: Jun 25, 2008

Zat posted:

Finland is now officially a NATO member!

Yes indeed we are. So "Putin go gently caress yourself".

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:55

ZogrimAteMyHamster: Dec 8, 2015

Watch out Finland, you're about to see your border with Russia get dotted with 1,400km of Concrete Cope Cones and one dude with a Chinese-made air rifle guarding them all.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:56

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.; Hell Gem

gently caress yeah, Finland! :toot:

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:57

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Now we can safely say what we think of Erdogan:

I think he's a bad president.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 13:58

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Did you declare No Take-backsies first?

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:04

Disco Pope: Dec 6, 2004; Top Class!

Taerkar posted:

Did you declare No Take-backsies first?

NA TOke-backsies

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:07

Just Another Lurker: May 1, 2009

fatherboxx posted:

https://twitter.com/merr1k/status/1642946793418661889?t=KZTjr0NdEb0U4s5EhrWHgA&s=19

Statue is making a face like "this may sting a little bit". :doggo:

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:10

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Oh poo poo guys, we shouldn't have ignored Russia's ~~insane ravings~~ ~~lunatic threats~~ fair warnings, it's ON!

Yle.fi posted:

Russian hacker group can be behind the DDOS attack executed on the Finnish parliament. The attack may be motivated by Finland's pending Nato membership.

Russian hacker group NoName 057 has taken responsibility for a DDOS attack that targeted the Finnish Parliament's website. The group also took responsibility for DDOSing the Technical Research Centre of Finland's website. Sanna Marin's personal website has also been brought down.

- Finland is becoming the military alliance Nato's 31st member country. We are sending Finland to Nato with a DDOS attack, the hacker group wrote.

A DDOS attack was executed on the Parliament's external website on Tuesday. The Parliament has confirmed the reports.

We're hosed now guys.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:10

Sedgr: Sep 16, 2007; Neat!

Disco Pope posted:

NA TOke-backsies

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:10

Der Kyhe: Jun 25, 2008

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Oh poo poo guys, we shouldn't have ignored Russia's ~~insane ravings~~ ~~lunatic threats~~ fair warnings, it's ON!

We're hosed now guys.

Yeah, as if to underline the reason why to join NATO, Russia decided to one more time annoy and harass the neutral Finland just because they can.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:13

Tai: Mar 8, 2006

lmao get hosed putin, one less country to bully now.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:15

zone: Dec 6, 2016

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Oh poo poo guys, we shouldn't have ignored Russia's ~~insane ravings~~ ~~lunatic threats~~ fair warnings, it's ON!

We're hosed now guys.

Oh no, a DDoS attack, we should never have provoked the mighty Russian bear........

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:21

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Meanwhile on a more serious topic, again from Yle.

Journalist: Jyri Tynkynen
Original link: https://yle.fi/a/74-20025657

Yle posted:

Lapland's Border Guard is preparing for increased harassment and is awaiting information on possible changes in their tasks related to national defens.

So far co-operation with Russia is going well, says Lapland's Border Guard commander. At the same time, at the border preparations are underway for an increasingly difficult task.

Finland's Nato membership will change the Finnish Defence Force's operations in Lapland as well as through the entire country, says the commander of Lapland's Border Guard, colonel Jarkko Al�n.

According to Al�n, the Nato membership won't change the Border Guard's main tasks of securing the border and monitoring it, as they are civilian duties executed by law enforcement. Instead, Nato will have an effect on what kind of military duties the Border Guard might be called to take on in the future.

- Those details are being worked out together with the Defence Forces. We are a big part of Finland's defence systems, and I believe this will be the case in the future, says Al�n.

Finland's Nato membership might make our eastern border more restless, in case Russia decides to try to cause problems for Finland. An example can be found in 2016, when the Salla and Inari border crossings faced as many as several tens of asylum seekers in a day.

The amount of border guards is being increased

The commander of Lapland's Border Guard says that the Border Guard are prepared in today's security situation for serious, expansive and lengthy disturbances at the border. Al�n specifies that the disturbances in practise might involve illegal entries into the country.

At its worst, these may be intentional acts by a foreign government, which has been documented for instance at the borders of Belarus and EU countries. So far there are no indications of this taking place, however.

- I have to say that currently Russia's border agencies are handling their responsibilities on the eastern borders security quite well, and the situation is peaceful, Al�n says.

In any case, the Border Guard is aiming to increase the amount of guards at the eastern border by 100 man-years by 2026.

It's kinda interesting, but not really that surprising to think that Finland's eastern border is probably under threat of government agents entering the country illegally quite frequently. Russia's done it in plenty of other places, so why not here as well? That together with all the other shady poo poo they've been doing, like the purchases of land near important military targets by Totally Honest Everyday Russians.

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:22

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

zone posted:

Oh no, a DDoS attack, we should never have provoked the mighty Russian bear........

Time to hit the article 5 button imo

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:25

Disco Pope: Dec 6, 2004; Top Class!

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Oh poo poo guys, we shouldn't have ignored Russia's ~~insane ravings~~ ~~lunatic threats~~ fair warnings, it's ON!

We're hosed now guys.

Were No Names 1 to 56 taken?

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:33

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

mobby_6kl posted:

Time to hit the article f5 button imo

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:34

Dwesa: Jul 19, 2016; Maybe I'll go where I can see stars

Kofman's thread of on the current course of the war

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1643232900685463554

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1643232915508150272

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1643232918242832387

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1643232923666055173

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1643232930934710274

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1643232951017037824

and in "so what" news, Iskanders are reportedly in Belarus

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1643241892707008512

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:44

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Dwesa posted:

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1643241892707008512

Oh! He said Nuke/Nuclear - Drink!

# ? Apr 4, 2023 14:49

A Festivus Miracle: Dec 19, 2012; I have come to discourse on the profound inequities of the American political system.

Are you telling me engaging in the largest urban meat grinder in Europe since WW2 has been an extremely cost ineffective use of resources?

There is a very good reason why the Syrian Civil War turned into years long siege and starve tactical fights. There simply is no good way to fight protracted urban battles without suffering large casualties.

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ZogrimAteMyHamster: Dec 8, 2015

fatherboxx posted:

https://twitter.com/merr1k/status/1642946793418661889?t=KZTjr0NdEb0U4s5EhrWHgA&s=19

What the gently caress is that statue supposed to even be?!

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