2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Ravenpoe]

Wow, Mark Hamil is trending on Twitter, and the only good news is that he's not dead. Beyond that it's a shit show. Apparently he did a video call with insurgents in Ukraine, but there was a flag with a black sun Nazi symbol on it in the background of the troops he was talking to. He stepped in a big ol' pile of shit.

I kinda wonder if he wasn't the victim of Russia setting up this video.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[chris]

Russia admits a mistake and doesn't blame others?

 

[Dave]

Hmmm. Didn't parse the way I thought it would. Footage of the Russian bomb.

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

 

[GasBandit]

Russia admits a mistake and doesn't blame others?

The alternative would have been to imply that foreign militaries were now successfully bombing Russian cities with impunity. Better to be thought incompetent than weak, by Russian values.

 

[GasBandit]

All Nato members have agreed Ukraine will join, says Stoltenberg

Secretary general says countries have agreed Kyiv will join military alliance when war with Russia is over

www.theguardian.com

 

[GasBandit]

 

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[blotsfan]

The USA:

 

[GasBandit]

The USA:

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I mean, if the shoe fits...

 

[Frank]

 

[chris]

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A smart business man sells their stuff to both sides /s

 

[Krisken]

A smart business man sells their stuff to both sides /s

A smart, independent contractor doesn't put himself on the Death Star.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[GasBandit]

I have successfully blocked your punch using my face.

 

[chris]

Don't forget the drone attacks on moscow.

 

[blotsfan]

The Moscow people’s republic demands independence from Russia.

 

[GasBandit]

 

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[figmentPez]

Russia has blown up a hydroelectric dam, flooding huge areas, threatening the water supply for both crops and a nearby nuclear power plant.

Reuters - Nova Kakhovka dam attack: what do we know so far?

 

[Frank]

The nuclear plant is mostly shutdown and has it's own backup source of water is about the only positive thing I can add.

 

[LordRendar]

I read that Crimea will be severly affected by this. 85% of its freshwater supply came from this reservoir. Russia will have to supply water using trucks and if Ukraine just happens to destroy the bridge between Russia and Crimea, guess the soldiers will have to stay thirsty.

 

[Frank]

Shit's going down in Russia between Prigozin, the head of Wagner and the Ministry of Defense. Checkpoints and fires in Moscow, emergency TV broadcasts, internet blackouts.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Hopefully they will play Swan Lake soon.

 

[Frank]

Oh fuck, it's going down in Rostov right now.

 

[Frank]

This has been a hell of a 3-day Special Operation.

 

[Krisken]

Yikes. Don't get me wrong, Putin has been a disaster for Russia, but this is definitely a scary proposition.

 

[Frank]

Yeah, what could go wrong in a coup in the country with the world's largest "technically" cache of nuclear weapons?

 

[Frank]

 

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[Dave]

All of this is so that Putin can save face. All Wagner is doing is trying to put the blame for the invasion on the Defense Ministry and the oligarchs. He’s done everything he can to steer blame away from Putin.

 

[Krisken]

All of this is so that Putin can save face. All Wagner is doing is trying to put the blame for the invasion on the Defense Ministry and the oligarchs. He’s done everything he can to steer blame away from Putin.

Ok, but what does the guy at the head of Wagner get? That's not a fall he will take without a gain.

 

[Dave]

Since he’s Putins friend he’s probably trying to take over the Defense Ministry and wants to change the direction of the war.

 

[Frank]

Putin has sided with the MOD and they've been harassing the Wagner forces with air strikes as they make their way towards Moscow.

 

[Frank]

Russians filming Russian missiles shooting Russian planes out of Russian airspace.