Putin is Russia

[archibaldcrane]

If Ukraine wants us treaty bound to protect them they should join NATO imho

[Cantih]

If Ukraine wants us treaty bound to protect them they should join NATO imho

And they want to, except Russia has done damn near everything to prevent them from joining.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrain...NATO_relations

[Andalusian girls]

it's weird that the country that keeps getting invaded by Russia wants to join the organization built to stop Russia from invading countries

[Roranora]

i dont even know any ukrainians tbh

met one at a dinner recently and she was cool and hot and smart and i've imagined her labia is amazing

[Day]

met one at a dinner recently and she was cool and hot and smart and i've imagined her labia is amazing

[Yabby]

Might be the best use of that gif so far.

[archibaldcrane]

it is

i know cause i fucked her

damnit yabby

[Anoat]

Getting a whole lot of Federation/Bajor/Cardassia vibes rn

[Andalusian girls]

getting a lot of virgin vibes rn

[Salodin]

Getting a whole lot of Federation/Bajor/Cardassia vibes rn

Nice one

getting a lot of virgin vibes rn

FU

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[Anoat]

getting a lot of virgin vibes rn

[6souls]

https://apnews.com/article/russia-uk...85ad52ef09d102

The US has placed 8500 troops on standby to aid Ukraine.

At President Joe Biden’s direction, the Pentagon is putting about 8,500 U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for potential deployment to Europe to reassure allies amid rising fears of a possible Russian military move on Ukraine.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Monday no final decisions had been made on deployments, which he said would happen only if the NATO alliance decides to activate a rapid-response force “or if other situations develop” in connection with tensions over Russia’s military buildup along Ukraine’s borders.

Kirby said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended to Biden that about 8,500 troops be ordered to prepare for potential deployment to Europe in light of signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not de-escalating his military pressure on Ukraine. Kirby said he was not prepared to identify the U.S.-based units because they were still being notified.

Kirby said Austin was anticipating the potential for NATO to activate what it calls the NATO Response Force, a multinational force totaling about 40,000 troops. Most of the 8,500 U.S. troops being put on higher alert would be sent as part of that response force, if it’s activated, Kirby said. He added that he could not rule out that U.S. troops already based in Europe could be shifted east as further reinforcements.

As an example of the effect of Austin’s order to make U.S.-based units more prepared for deployment, Kirby said that those currently required to be ready to move on 10-days notice will be required to be ready on 5-days notice.

[Gwynplaine]

Russia tweet dump of the day. NATO and experts seems pretty confident Putin will invade Ukraine but are not sure in what way with possibilities such as a limited campaign to weaken the country into concessions (e.g. agreeing not to join NATO), installing a pro-Russian government, or something much more devastating to actually take the country's territory. Meanwhile the Russian companies on their stock market have gone kaput-ski.


https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/st...367218179?s=20

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/st...833855488?s=20

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/...894115329?s=20

https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/st...838146052?s=20

https://twitter.com/Malinowski/statu...709423107?s=20

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/sta...856697856?s=20

https://twitter.com/TrumpRussiaTies/...482802695?s=20

https://twitter.com/JakeCordell/stat...887974404?s=20

https://twitter.com/jason_corcoran/s...570540554?s=20

[Boyiee]

That looks just like the American stock market.

[Gwynplaine]

Not strictly Putin related per se, but Putin's fascism, China's fascism, and Hungary's fascism are all part of the same trend. Tucker once again with the unmitigated psychotic propaganda.

https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...870927361?s=20

[Gwynplaine]

Hackers claim they disrupted Belarusian trains to help delay Putin's roll out of war equipment. Story seems to be nebulous and hard to verify it's accuracy but that is the claim. Peep the glitched text in the train platform image.

Jennifer Cohn's recap of the Ukraine's recent political history is a great read to get up speed on what led to Russia's attack. For starters they attempted to poison their pro-democracy candidate only to disfigure his face like an Metal Gear character. Putin eventually rigged their election (sounds familiar) for his candidate and proceeded to lock up the female presidential opponent (sounds familiar) prior to the Orange Revolution.

https://twitter.com/arstechnica/stat...154786819?s=20

https://twitter.com/HowellONeill/sta...871825926?s=20

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/statu...183534592?s=20

https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/sta...341855237?s=20

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1485...734737409?s=20

https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/...438032400?s=20

https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/sta...143942144?s=20

https://twitter.com/OlgaNYC1211/stat...035866116?s=20

https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status...452180486?s=20

https://twitter.com/BBCRosAtkins/sta...019221511?s=20

https://twitter.com/ericgarland/stat...986339329?s=20

[Gwynplaine]

Tucker's getting play on Russian TV naturally.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...mQBxsnhBukKJRQ

A member of the Ukraine National Guard began shooting people at a factory and killed 5 people injuring others.
https://twitter.com/akihheikkinen/st...mQBxsnhBukKJRQ
https://twitter.com/gullivercragg/st...mQBxsnhBukKJRQ

[kuronosan]

It's almost like some kind of fire in stone place in a certain country that prompted someone to require intervention to restore order.

[Gwynplaine]

Probably not the most optimistic signs when they start hauling out blood and other medical supplies to the battle lines. Also not directly related to Putin per se, but related to the global trend toward fascism, the NY Young Republican Club endorses Hungary's Viktor Orban... Tucker Carlson's authoritarian of choice.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/s...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

https://twitter.com/Apex_WW/status/1...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

https://twitter.com/FrankFigliuzzi1/...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

https://twitter.com/Loh/status/14868...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/s...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/st...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1...Y7SKwUYwHjLBJQ

[Gwynplaine]

The Ukraine gov may have intercepted one of Putin's false flag events intended to incite violence and cause strife, images of Ukraine citizens being taught to handle guns, Biden admin says Russian oligarchs and families will be sanctioned if they further invade, and Poland pledges weapons for Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/markito0171/stat...c0Ss6fSe8vcKvA

https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/...c0Ss6fSe8vcKvA

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/...c0Ss6fSe8vcKvA

https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/stat...c0Ss6fSe8vcKvA

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/statu...c0Ss6fSe8vcKvA