Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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And new sanctions to be imposed.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/10/politics/iran-sanctions-ukraine-russia-blinken/index.html
Will do.
In the meanwhile, keep an an eye on those YouTube videos where you can see people die and have your daily fix. Don't forget to share the links.
Iran should impose sanctions on the US for a laugh..
“Anyone who proves assistance to Israel… is perpetuating the war, is perpetuating the conflict,”
What is indeed problematic is that AFU has no real singularized platform for defending against Short/medium range ballistic missiles.
Thought these things were a bit of a gimmick at first, but are apparently quite effective at burning out entire trench lines. Seems to be getting extensive use but no doubt Russia its frantically working on its own version.
You've no idea about me, what my daily fix is but if helps you to get up there on that very tall horse of yours...
Realistically, what would an escalated response from Russia be?
Nuke Kiev
Hasn't he been saying this for years now? I assume the red line will be crossed at some point but he's the boy who cried wolf at this point.
One thing I can completely forsee is him massively ramping up the military support of various state and non state actors across the world who are in direct competition with the West and fomenting unrest.
Putting aside the visuals of course of western missiles raining down in Moscow, which probably would trigger a direct response.
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The problem is... how? Russia's military exports are barely existing at the moment, there is only so much more they can produce and sent elsewhere.
Is it weird that I can't help feeling sad about the effects of these tactics on wildlife?
Nope. The environmental impacts of war are horrible. We can often see these effects on things like elephant populations in African countries struck by civil war. And it obviously goes much deeper than that. The amount of ecosystems that get destroyed this way is absolutely depressing.
That video in particular bothered me because modern farming techniques have already decimated biodiversity and hedgerows and treelines like those are the last refuge for native wildlife. So seeing them get incinerated is so sad.
You’re completely right on that. But as sad as that is, it’s not destroyed forever. Nature is brilliant like that. Many parts of the Westwall for example are now among the areas with the highest biodiversity in Germany and offer space for many threatened species. Or the areas that were once close to the wall surrounding east Germany have become one of the biggest or maybe even the biggest connected ecosystem in the country.
That might offer a bit of hope in moments like these.
That has bothered me and other people I know from the beginning. I worry that now Russia has become isolated from the west, how will that impact Russia's native wildlife. Maybe they've got their own conservationist taking care of everything, I hope so.
One of Russia's dodgy "shadow fleet" cargo ships ran aground and is trying to dock at a Norwegian port. Oh, and its carrying 20kt of ammonium nitrate.
The hell you supposed to do in this situation? Would be madness to let it dock anywhere.
The hell you supposed to do in this situation? Would be madness to let it dock anywhere.
Gruesome stuff thermite when used as a weapon. Hope it doesn't catch on for humanity's sake. Especially if the Russians start using it.
I've seen videos from Russian positions after being hit by this. Turns out, it's not that terrible and even a wooden shelter keeps you easily alive. What this does seems to be mostly destroying cover and allowing to clearly identify the actual positions and allowing to attack them, much more than actually injuring/killing soldiers directly.
Seems like Putin has won the mind games over his threat of escalation should the US/UK allow Ukraine to use long range weapons.
That is exactly the purpose of having nuclear weapons as a threat.
That is exactly the purpose of having nuclear weapons as a threat.
That is not a policy. It is surrender, plain and simple. And I am sure Ukraine will tell him where to go. They have lost too much to surrender now to Russia.
And it worked shockingly well. The state of the country is incredibly depressing. And by now I’m sure that the only way out is to forbid the AfD, before it’s too late.
1 million dead or injured being reported by the WSJ.
It will be really interesting to see what the birth rates in Russia look like this year. Not that Putin won’t fudge it somehow. A million killed and injured, and potentially a million who have emigrated. I bet 90% of them will be aged 18-35.
1 million is the combined number for both Russian and Ukrainian losses (with the Russian ones being estimated at around 200k dead and 400k injured). It's still a hefty size of a population, especially if you add up those who left the country, be it for purely political reasons or those who were fleeing from mobilization. As you've said, it's mostly the young people — and mostly the most capable (with good education and working prospects), so it's not just a demographic issue but also a massive brain drain.
Ah, I missed that bit.
Either way Russia will have likely lost over 10m people from its population in 5 years (2m deaths per year average, from beginning 2020 to end 2024). With about 1.25 or 1.3m live births. Without immigration inwards it’s a net loss of 3.5m+
Presumably one of the largest ammo depot blasts so far.