Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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South America, Africa, SE Asia and Australia & surrounding probably wouldn't be too affected initially by a northern hemisphere only nuclear exchange. Would then be left to figure out the long-term effects, but that's still well over a billion people.
I am not joking. I am genuinely curious as to the radius of these things and how risky my current location is/how futile driving 100 miles further away to my in laws holiday home would be should things escalate further.It does nobody any good discussing or joking about these things tbh
Think its maybe a good idea for some of us to go get lost in Elden Ring for the weekendI'm very tempted
I can not confirm this, as with much other stuff, but there has been a many reports about Russian soldiers dressing as civilians.
What difference would it make?
I see they actually abolished it in 2012, because they were calling in so few anyway. If you're a guy I'm surprised you got called up against your will. In recent years there's actually competition to get in among boys, rather than having to dodge it in some way. It's more common that girls get called up against their will.
With all respect to you (and I have enjoyed your comments in this thread) I feel like you're ruminating on the worst case scenarios and hype, and maybe not listening to reason?
Don't forget mate, Russia has been threatening us with nuclear weapons for more than half a century, it's part of their playbook. I'm not just talking about in the 60s and 70s, but as recently as 2008 they threatened Poland with a nuclear attack over NATO matters, this wasn't the first time and it won't be he last.
I recently watched the docudrama 'Chernobyl' - this will seem off topic for a moment, but bear with me. In one scene, Gorbachev tells his ministers that "our power comes from the perception of our power" - now I've no idea whether or not he actually said that, but regardless, it's absolutely true. Strongman bluster, nuclear sabre rattling, powerful arms projection - it's always been part of Russia's games on the international stage. The only difference is that right now the rhetoric has been cranked up to 100 because Putin is under the international spotlight.
Never forget the facts - 1) NATO is not getting involved in Ukraine. 2) Bluster aside, Putin is no closer to starting a war with the rest of Europe that he can't win, 3) Even if those health rumours are true (and we've no reason to believe they are because Ukraine has been an ongoing point of contention for nearly a decade) would he want his legacy to be the leader that caused the utter defeat of his country and possibly destruction the world? It's really, really, not going to happen.
This is a good video for anyone interested in how the Nato ballistic missile defense works.
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Realistically, you need to figure out if there are military targets of value around you and anywhere you're considering going. Big bases are the most obvious, but other critical command & control structures would also be targeted. North Dakota for example seems pretty isolated, but as home to a lot of the US ICBMs, those areas would be actually some of the most targeted.
Very dirty, that.
Your not at risk, we are going to see a lot of sabre-rattling by Putin and his cronies over the next few weeks about his big dick nukes.
I'm personally not interested in aiding his fearmongering.
The people under him, yes. For Putin himself, I doubt he cares. He's a former KGB spy. Chances are he's thrown 'worrying about what he has to lose' out the window a long time ago.
Pull yourself together man!!
He's one of the most powerful people in the world, one of the richest, and has a family. Maybe he doesn't care but my guess is that he is just flexing muscle.
If the goal was always annihilation of the West (and Russia), he could have done it 20 years ago to be fair.
Everything within three dozen miles of the impact was vaporized, but severe damage extended to 150 miles radius - biggest nuke explosion ever. Tsar Bomba.
Proud Boys apparently sent a dozen members to Kyiv.
Uncertain to which side.
Uncertain to which side.
Look, like I said before nuclear weapons just won't be involved here. If you're worried about your location, checkout www.nukemap.com
Tell me about it. I'm in HV (very far north in Norway) in a radio relay unit, and one of the first things you do in a war is try to take out enemy communications. So if Putin were to start shit with us, I'm fairly sure I'd be fecked within a couple of days.
Site’s nuked.
Takes ages to load, but works for me on Firefox
Good Post droid.
I genuinely hope you are right, but I suspect Nato will get sucked in, in some way. For me, the attacks on ships are a concern, almost like Russia are goading.
interesting to note that these and similar sites like this are down
fecking iPad
Just watched his interview which he gave half a year ago.
He is not mad or insane, just an evil powerful dictator. As long as NATO does not directly hit his forces, I do not think that the rest of the world will suffer.
I am sorry for Ukraine though, every scenario for them starts with they are fecked, and it gets worse from there.
Thanks lads, I’ll be bear the cost myself unless it will really come to it I won’t be asking anything from you.
I have to say this. Whatever you think of your government, the absolutely massive support from the Western population has been very admirable.
From embassy protests to setting up donation funds, you name it. It's good to see populations so united. It's important.
From embassy protests to setting up donation funds, you name it. It's good to see populations so united. It's important.
That’s ominous.
We were hoping to arrange a fleet of Rajma's Magic Buses, to be fair.
I'm not even going to pretend I know enough about what the best options are.
But I do know that it doesn't feel good to be sat here comfortably in Western Europe as the Russians advance on Ukraine and we do very little to help the poor souls.
It seems to be a statement of faith in Putin not being willing to go any further in his advances beyond Ukraine. Let's leave them to to it with only a few sanctions to help (knowing full well this can only delay the inevitable) and then deal with the aftermath.
The problem in this logic is that they probably didn't expect Putin to do this until relatively recently. So you are playing a very dicey game of Russian roulette in trusting the way of things to the decision making of this man.
But I do know that it doesn't feel good to be sat here comfortably in Western Europe as the Russians advance on Ukraine and we do very little to help the poor souls.
It seems to be a statement of faith in Putin not being willing to go any further in his advances beyond Ukraine. Let's leave them to to it with only a few sanctions to help (knowing full well this can only delay the inevitable) and then deal with the aftermath.
The problem in this logic is that they probably didn't expect Putin to do this until relatively recently. So you are playing a very dicey game of Russian roulette in trusting the way of things to the decision making of this man.
Good luck!
Wonder if she's really that stupid.
I also do wonder if some of these reporters and higher ups are starting to worry.
This guy has been very consistent with Live-Tweeting in great detail.
It does nobody any good discussing or joking about these things tbh
Think its maybe a good idea for some of us to go get lost in Elden Ring for the weekend
Yes lads. I think it’s time for me to log off for a while.