Putin is Russia

[NynJa]

Speaking of vodka, you saw LCBO and SAQ are pulling russian product from their shelves?

[Rhyis.]

yeah, but honestly i didn't even know they sold real russian vodka to begin with. even things like smirnoff and prince igor are canadian made anyway

[Zealot]

Looks like the SWIFT cutoff happened already at least for some banks.

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[Tyrath]

Elon deploying Starlink in Ukraine

But also thought Ukraine's twitter response was low key hilarious

https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497703466352926722

[Rhyis.]

that's really awesome. its even tactically useful

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/...28382875938816

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/ECampbell360/sta...70938720182277

[Outlaw]

I don't mean to be a bummer but I don't think we should get out hopes up to high yet. I saw retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former commander of NATO interviewed earlier today and.. well I'll just let him tell it. Someone posted it on Reddit. Starts at @1:02



Edit: They cut off the beginning of the interview. >.> He said the Russians still have the majority of their forces in Russia and Belarus and Ukraine is vastly outnumbered.

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/...35671208980484

[Rhyis.]

I don't mean to be a bummer but I don't think we should get out hopes up to high yet. I saw retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former commander of NATO interviewed earlier today and.. well I'll just let him tell it. Someone posted it on Reddit. Starts at @1:02



Edit: They cut off the beginning of the interview. >.> He said the Russians still have the majority of their forces in Russia and Belarus and Ukraine is vastly outnumbered.

oh, there's nato reports of 150k russian ground troops in ukraine atm with well over a million reserve troops to draw from if needed. shit was always going to be bleak

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukrain...ison-1.6365115

russia has the military might to walk into most nations and obliterate them, including my own. thank god for oceans

[Richybear]

oh, there's reports of 150k russian ground troops in ukraine atm with well over a million reserve troops to draw from if needed. shit was always going to be bleak

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukrain...ison-1.6365115

russia has the military might to walk into most nations and obliterate them, including my own. thank god for oceans

I mean, disabling our military is just hitting 2 bases honestly. Take out Cold Lake and Bagotville, and we're pretty much boned.

[Anoat]

The longer it draws on without Russia taking complete control the more likely it is to become a humanitarian crisis and that’s when you will see international coalitions going in, and that’s honestly Ukraine’s best bet. Survive long enough until there is enough international pressure or a coup from within Russia to oust Putin.

[Rhyis.]

I mean, disabling our military is just hitting 2 bases honestly. Take out Cold Lake and Bagotville, and we're pretty much boned.

add north bay and you've probably nailed it. canadia ain't much

The longer it draws on without Russia taking complete control the more likely it is to become a humanitarian crisis and that’s when you will see international coalitions going in, and that’s honestly Ukraine’s best bet. Survive long enough until there is enough international pressure or a coup from within Russia to oust Putin.

without question, its why i brought up desert storm as the ideal scenario earlier. i have a hard time believing ukraine could last over 6 months without full scale military assistance though

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1497726897899249664

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1497764423049433090

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/rafsanchez/statu...DDzO8aN3Q&s=19

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/...28382875938816

It was a missile strike

[Andalusian girls]

The longer it draws on without Russia taking complete control the more likely it is to become a humanitarian crisis and that’s when you will see international coalitions going in, and that’s honestly Ukraine’s best bet. Survive long enough until there is enough international pressure or a coup from within Russia to oust Putin.

no international coalition is ever going in against Russia, all due respect but you cats are failing basic geopolitics 101. Russia is a power bristling with nuclear arms and that immediately and totally forestalls all direct intervention against them barring a MAD situation. economic pressure will ramp up, SWIFT expulsion should prove devastating, but the United States is not going to war with Russia over Ukraine and if we don't no one will.

but also there is basically no scenario where Russia nukes Ukraine. they would be irreversibly expelled from the international community for minimal gain and Putin is fundamentally a rational actor.

lastly Russia's conventional military capabilities are quite lackluster. they lack access to advanced Western / East Asian tech and their proprietary equipment is inevitably inferior. couple that with a corrupt and low morale force and their offensive capabilities are limited. issue is, of course, Ukraine's military is even worse and much smaller. putting up a good fight but this war is literally a week old. tik tok generation may forget these things usually take years.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/RussiaUkraineNs/...02070139920386

[Katlan]

Just want to say that I love BG for being my main source of up to date political stuffs