Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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That would be so sweet. That would literally be the best outcome for the World and for Russia specifically.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Maybe there should be a separate thread for all the examples of this kind of racist journalistic narrative, because it deserves conversation, but derails this specific thread.
Well, Russia is big and Ukraine is much smaller, but that's a conformal map projection. Greenland looks like a continent.
That map is so satisfying :-) Thank you.
BBC reckons Putin could explode a nuclear weapon in the north sea to shit us up. 
BBC News: Would Putin press the nuclear button?
BBC News: Would Putin press the nuclear button?
BBC reckons Putin could explode a nuclear weapon in the north sea to shit us up.
BBC News: Would Putin press the nuclear button?
it is completely hypothetical without any basis. I could write the same article but speculate about any other target he could choose
The rest is obvious, putin is dangerous and backed into a corner where he might get silly thoughts
BBC reckons Putin could explode a nuclear weapon in the north sea to shit us up.
BBC News: Would Putin press the nuclear button?
Shit us up? France and the UK could drop one right back so it’s not quite the same as “he’d never do it” when referring to invading Ukraine or Crimea. He knows we won’t send troops to Ukraine, but he also knows a nuke attack would instantly mean vaporising St Petersburg and Moscow.
Between them still finding it hard in Ukraine, sanctions hitting them hard today and that article about them ‘restoring new order’ being released this is the most concerned I’ve ever been about it.
I think the analyst who hypothesised the 'nuke in the north sea' is implying that it would be a 'warning shot' - so that we wouldn't retaliate?
Anti missle shield would it work?
Nice account, many of them are changing position
That's a cool map. Not very often seen.
I think Putin is going to use nuclear in the next 24/48 hrs
Why's that?
Been talk of a "false flag" event by Russia to excuse the need to start a more intense level of combat. But I don't think it's very likely to include a nuke.
He's only put nuclear readiness on alert level 2 of 4. I think it may have been a show of strength after the Russian attack has made Russia look weak.
Many people thinks that he is a tactician, I think he is crazy
He doesn’t speaks just for speaks, he often makes the speech a reality
Yet Ukraine is 44 million and Russia 145 million, not quite what you might expect looking at that map. East as I'm sure we all know is mostly empty. *Only* a bit over 3 times the population, but it looks like 20 times the land area.
And what did he say about dropping a nuke? I didn't hear anything. He's only threatened "things you've never seen before". I think he specially didn't say he'd use nukes because he doesn't want to make a threat he isn't willing to back up.
A madman with nukes can launch any time, no one can stop him. No reason to just hand over anything they want though.
I’ve been mainly watching Al Jazeera and they’re fine. Much better than CNN or BBC in that they’re not spinning any narratives. The point he was trying to make was tone deaf but understandable in the sense that it isn’t the bottom of the pyramid people trying to escape poverty and famine but rather everyday people who are also caught up in this.
I know there’s been a lot said about detailing the thread. But westerners have to be open to the fact that the world doesn’t culturally behave the same way they do. We don’t see the world in a Eurocentric way and we don’t want to. We believe in the same values of humanity, freedom and independence and therefore will vehemently stand by Ukraine but doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t point out racism at border check posts and won’t see the duplicity in stances taken.
Surely they have protocols so that just one crazy person can’t make it happen?
If Belarus join the war, I hope they're hit with the same kind of sanctions. I know they're restricted already, I don't know to what extend, though.
There's a suggestion that inflation is around 70% this morning.
He's specifically mentioned nuclear on lots of occasions, not 3 weeks ago he was saying that while Russia would struggle to compete with NATO conventionally, their nuclear weapons systems are world class and would result in "no winner". Then yesterday he raised the nuclear alert, followed by a state bulletin reminding us that his submarines alone carry 500 warheads, sufficient to deal with Europe and most of the USA. Now with the law change signed in by Lukashenko, we've effectively had the go ahead for Russian nukes to be placed in Belarus.
In a nutshell, no. Sadly.
From the BBC article I linked above 'Will Putin press the nuclear button?"
Just seen the pictures of Loma carrying an M16 assault rifle and wearing Ukraine military fatigues.
I know that the likes of Loma, Klitschkos and Usyk are more than capable of handling themselves, but it does underline the fact that the West needs to supply more support on the ground.
Still, the amount of respect for these guys just grows daily. Absolute warriors both inside and outside of the ring. True heroes.
I know that the likes of Loma, Klitschkos and Usyk are more than capable of handling themselves, but it does underline the fact that the West needs to supply more support on the ground.
Still, the amount of respect for these guys just grows daily. Absolute warriors both inside and outside of the ring. True heroes.
To all the economically informed, what's 70% inflation exactly? I believe next year everything costs 70% more, right? But how does that translate to day-to-day consequences?
This is the biggest downside of following events such as these on the major news networks. Much of the schedule is filled with news that has aged considerably by the time it is (re-)broadcast.
Ukraine is currently 10/10 when it comes to the PR side of this invasion.
This is just... so fecked up...
I guess we now know where the Chelsea Foundation (new boss, same as the old boss) is holding its meetings.
Great post.
Worth going through the slides below on few of the instances that you're referring to:
This is unbelievably grim. Now that Russia has been cornered and basically destroyed without a single bullet being used, he’s at his most unpredictable. He hates the West too.