Putin is Russia

**Andalusian girls** · 2022-03-01 10:51

they can try, it's generally less effective than one would think

**Cail** · 2022-03-01 11:04

https://twitter.com/conflicts/status...657204229?s=21

Seems not great

**Day** · 2022-03-01 11:13

Originally Posted by Andalusian girls

no it's like the sad part where you realize no matter what you do your father will always look down on you for not being him

**Zealot** · 2022-03-01 11:15

There are few things I'm prouder of than not being my dad.

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**Twilight Sky** · 2022-03-01 11:22

Originally Posted by Cail

https://twitter.com/conflicts/status...657204229?s=21

Seems not great

They want to be annexed by Russia apparently, so they will let the forces roll right on through, setup shop and plan to gank Moldova I guess.

**kuronosan** · 2022-03-01 11:29

Kremlin now warning Kyiv residents they better leave or else they're going to die from bombardment, essentially.

**6souls** · 2022-03-01 11:33

https://twitter.com/VICENews/status/...YNp2B59NTiVDEA

**Rhyis.** · 2022-03-01 11:56

Originally Posted by Andalusian girls

if i was a betting man i'd wager on encirclement and low-grade siege of Kiev. he needs victory sooner than later but rushing into urban fighting could prove disastrous given the already high attrition Russia is eating. Ukrainian capacity to resist an extended siege is prolly minimal given their scant material resources. then again sometimes people eat dogs and shoes before quittin.

the heavy fighting on that front seems to be directed at an airbase outside of kyiv. if the russians take that airbase ukrainian air support will have to come from way further out at like lviv or something. so the russians have to take that target before they really begin on kyiv

the city of kherson in the south seems to be in the worst situation as apparently it's completely surrounded at this point, and kharkiv has been shelled to shit

**Gwynplaine** · 2022-03-01 12:21

This is Putin's whole game. We've been seeing the machinations up close for a decade and experts have suggested this is the case, but now it's finally receiving some mainstream attention. He wants to retake nearby former USSR countries, disrupt and cause chaos at NATO, sew chaos in the West. As a former KGB he's been highly successful at these special ops, but as a military leader he appears pretty incompetent.

"A new world is being born before our eyes. Russia's military operation in Ukraine has ushered in a new era"

"Countries in Russia’s line of sight after Ukraine, by this analysis, include “the Baltic States, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria”

“Russia is actively trying to keep NATO from consolidating behind a common cause,” said the document. “In Moscow, this strategy is called ‘the chaos tactic.’ In other words, the Kremlin will sow chaos within Europe by cooperating with Western Europe on security issues”

"the fall of Ukraine to the West in 2014 was seen by Putin as a major setback to a far wider strategy of regional Russian military and economic resurgence – a long war in which the recapture of Ukraine today is therefore just one step."

*Russian actors linked to Putin have attempted to influence elections in both the US and UK and elsewhere in Europe... And they have sponsored far-right movements and nurtured extreme right-wing... governments – including the Trump administration and Boris Johnson’s premiership.*

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/st...wbV1FkxcQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/bloodyexhausted/...ONKabg5hQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/BylineTimes/stat...MY2DURCsg&s=19

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**Elizara** · 2022-03-01 12:50

All I can say is UGH, there's one member of my church that has relatives over there, all I can do is pray for 'em. Luckily the Church pulled their missionaries out two months ago (Jan) and I didn't even know. If Putin keeps this up it could be WW3 pretty fast

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**Tyrath** · 2022-03-01 12:51

Yeah Russia's gonna be too poor to take the war anywhere else

**archibaldcrane** · 2022-03-01 13:08

https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/s...qrvQBYJJA&s=19

**Rhyis.** · 2022-03-01 13:12

canadia isn't much different. we let yall refine our own oil and yall sell it back to us

**Lucavi** · 2022-03-01 13:21

Originally Posted by Gredival

I mean there is a good chance that they just start shelling civilian targets in scorched earth to break the resistance quickly

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That's exactly what they've done in some areas. Others are still trying to do the "win the hearts and minds" through "soft" war; asking citizens to return home and generally trying not to just shoot the shit out of everything.

**Krandor** · 2022-03-01 13:26

Originally Posted by archibaldcrane

https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/s...qrvQBYJJA&s=19

I really don't understand why the Jones act is still a thing, the net gains from getting rid of it so massively overshadow any negatives from it and we've known that for decades, yet it's still here.

**Cail** · 2022-03-01 13:32

https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/sta...200676865?s=21

https://twitter.com/conflicts/status...813768704?s=21

https://twitter.com/conflicts/status...686474755?s=21

**Dimmauk** · 2022-03-01 13:32

Originally Posted by archibaldcrane

https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/s...qrvQBYJJA&s=19

We should suspend or do a waiver of the Jones act like we do after a hurricane?

**Andalusian girls** · 2022-03-01 13:43

Originally Posted by Krandor

I really don't understand why the Jones act is still a thing, the net gains from getting rid of it so massively overshadow any negatives from it and we've known that for decades, yet it's still here.

inertia is the lifeblood of the bureaucracy

**Cail** · 2022-03-01 13:47

https://twitter.com/conflicts/status...052081666?s=21

**Cail** · 2022-03-01 13:54

https://twitter.com/conflicts/status...498849794?s=21

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