Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion

Even whilst some Russian TV pundits call for escalation, others are now calling for Russian withdrawal. The cracks are starting to appear.

 
Rajma said:
Please donate through various channels, I’m just recommending the one that I trust to deliver 100% of donated funds directly and swiftly to Ukrainian soldiers by obtaining them necessary equipment (drones, plate carriers, etc.).

Also, in the context of this war Red Cross have shown a very poor form:

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Rubbish. For innocents the Red Cross is the one. I know this.

For the war effort is different. Most countries have a way to contribute to the defense.
 
jackal&hyde said:
Yes. I am literally a "house" giver both in the city of Constanta as well as in Mamaia in hotels. The money that comes back from that has nothing to do with many things that are popular, nor should they.

Just my opinion here, If somebody want's to help financially, do it through the red cross. I've seen super rich people with Porsche getting a save for this or that while the ones that actually need help are left in the dark.

Donate to the Red Cross. If you want to help.
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The Red Cross isn’t the most well regarded charity for ensuring that the greatest percentage of donations get turned into tangible aid in a timely fashion, neither in Ukraine now or in any number of other conflicts or humanitarian disasters. I understand why people give them money, they are the most high profile brand, but there’s always a more local, effective and transparent charity for your cause.
 
I'm not going to use the devil's advocate phrase, because it's really dumb, but should we put so much faith into Twitter threads? Every page there's a new thread . This time the person has 112 followers and the thread itself has a grand total of 17 retweets and 31 likes. That doesn't mean its wrong, but it's a little bit like linking to a post on another forum and saying "here, read this 17 paragraph post".
 
I have seen that the Red Cross helps people with money they get from aliens and star wars and maybe, donations. They get people food and even phones to call their loved ones.
 
Oops, look's like India is no longer so impressed with Russian military equipment.

 
Re. Russian troops that came all the way from Vladivostok, in Russia's far East ...

Deputy commander of the 155th brigade of the Russian Federation still admitted catastrophic losses in the war – journalist

" About 80% of the bodies of dead servicemen could not be taken from the combat area. Today, the losses in the brigade amount to more than 500 dead and missing,” the report says."

https://ukrainetoday.org/2022/04/16...ed-catastrophic-losses-in-the-war-journalist/
 
I'm starting to think that Ukraine's estimate of 20,000 dead Russians may be the most accurate count out of those available.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Re. Russian troops that came all the way from Vladivostok, in Russia's far East ...

Deputy commander of the 155th brigade of the Russian Federation still admitted catastrophic losses in the war – journalist

" About 80% of the bodies of dead servicemen could not be taken from the combat area. Today, the losses in the brigade amount to more than 500 dead and missing,” the report says."

https://ukrainetoday.org/2022/04/16...ed-catastrophic-losses-in-the-war-journalist/
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Looked into this for a second, found that on March 28th Putin signed a decree giving the 155th Separate Marine Brigade the status of Guards unit, so something definitely happened with them.
 
nimic said:
I'm not going to use the devil's advocate phrase, because it's really dumb, but should we put so much faith into Twitter threads? Every page there's a new thread . This time the person has 112 followers and the thread itself has a grand total of 17 retweets and 31 likes. That doesn't mean its wrong, but it's a little bit like linking to a post on another forum and saying "here, read this 17 paragraph post".
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Amen, I hate the format, its not even about the content. Can people just write blogs? What happened to Twitlonger?
 
The BBC reports:

"Another Russian general reported dead

The deputy commander of the 8th army of Russia's armed forces, Vladimir Petrovich Frolov, has died in the war in Ukraine, the Russian news agency TASS has reported.

The news was confirmed by St Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov. Beglov said: "Vladimir Petrovich Frolov died a heroic death in battle with Ukrainian nationalists ..."
 
stretford_oslo said:
Looks like Mariupol is falling now. Guess it was inevitable.
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The BBC reports:

"Soldiers in Mariupol 'continue to hold the defence' - Ukrainian official

As we've been reporting, there is no indication from Ukraine that it will be surrendering to Russia in the besieged city of Mariupol.

An adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, said on Telegram that despite Russia's "'surrender corridor' for the remaining troops" in the city, "our defenders continue to hold the defence".
 
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