Ukraine invasion

Imaculata

Hero

• Mar 8, 2022

• #211

Apparently Russia is now also stopping people in the streets to check their phones for "wrong" text messages. What a lovely country!

 

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darkwillow

Explorer

• Mar 8, 2022

• #212

You can donate directly to the Ukraine army

NBU Opens Special Account to Raise Funds for Ukraine’s Armed Forces (updated)

The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The central bank’s decision comes after the Ukrainian gove...

bank.gov.ua

 

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Iholdthebananas

Villager

• Mar 8, 2022

• #213

Aeson said:

I hope it doesn't get closed. This is potentially a world altering event. While political, it goes beyond politics.

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I agree, this is an ongoing event that’s going to be affecting life long after the war itself ends ( hopefully with Putin being deposed ).

 

Grendel_Khan

Hero

• Mar 8, 2022

• #214

Iholdthebananas said:

I agree, this is an ongoing event that’s going to be affecting life long after the war itself ends ( hopefully with Putin being deposed ).

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Unfortunately for everyone, Putin's not the "being deposed" type. I fear we'll all have to deal with him till he decides he's sick of it.

 

Ryujin

Legend

• Mar 8, 2022

• #215

Grendel_Khan said:

Unfortunately for everyone, Putin's not the "being deposed" type. I fear we'll all have to deal with him till he decides he's sick of it.

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Yes, unless he gets "retired", Soviet Union era style.

 

J.Quondam

CR 1/8

• Mar 8, 2022

• #216

Thunderfoot said:

So, ABC showed actual pictures of protesters inside Moscow. This is, evidently, why Mr. Putin is blacklisting foreign media outlets; He thinks they are poisoning the minds of the youth with Western ideals and fake news. lol

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Yep. Can't let those pesky western outlets compete with the real news, after all....

Ukraine war: 'My city's being shelled, but mum won’t believe me'

These Ukrainians say their Russian relatives only trust the narratives they see on TV at home.

www.bbc.com

 

Aeson

I learned nerd for this.

• Mar 8, 2022

• #217

Look at that puppy. He's so cute.

Sorry, I had to do it. I was reading the story in the link. It's horrible. Almost the opposite of a story I heard earlier. A person living here in the US was on the phone with their mother back home, and could hear the shelling through the phone.

 

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Mirtek

Hero

• Mar 8, 2022

• #218

Horwath said:

Also, Putin does not have "the red button", he can only give orders to military/navy/air force to use them. And I'm pretty sure generals would refuse that order as using one nuke might mean total destruction of Russian cities and military. And good part of European/North american cities also

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Would they? Putin had a lot of time to handpick fanatically loyal people to be put at the right places. I would not put it past him if there are fully indoctrinated young soldiers, isolated from the outside with no information but what Kremlin feeds them are sitting at least some of the nukes.

If Putin comes to a point where he wants to take the world with him, he could have made sure that there will not be another Stanislav Petrov preventing nuclear armageddon.

 

Aeson

I learned nerd for this.

• Mar 8, 2022

• #219

I think I see a new game. "Is it a dictator, or is it just French?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/03/07/poutine-putin-confusion/

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Mar 8, 2022

• #220

Aeson said:

I think I see a new game. "Is it a dictator, or is it just French?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/03/07/poutine-putin-confusion/

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Articles like that make me very skeptical. Some of these things I find it hard to believe happened, or if they did, more than once. Certainly not worthy of a newspaper.