Russia’s invasion into Ukraine

[The Siren 30,521]

6 minutes ago

 

 

[Get Drunk 17,971]

2 minutes ago, The Siren said:

hour old post, but Russia has had plans to invade Ukraine for years if not decades.

It's more complex than this, historically the West have done everything in their power to destabilise Russia and the threat of Russia's neighbour state joining a military alliance, NATO (while Ukraine itself is bordered by several NATO states), has pretty serious consequences for Moscow.

 

Obviously not justifying war in any shape or form, and Ukraine is a sovereign country and can make its own choices, but it's more complex than Russia just wanting to invade Ukraine for global domination.

[YUNGATA 14,955]

5 minutes ago, the ocean said:

not really on topic but finally there’s a mod online

 

If there's anything specific in the thread that you feel is against the rules please use the report function! We try to monitor popular threads as much as we can but we are most effective when it's a community effort.

[TRENCH 15,450]

Analysis: Russia, in damage control mode, tries to justify the invasion as existential decision.

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Russia is mounting a full-bore campaign to justify its invasion of Ukraine, especially among the country's wealthy elite, as Western nations move to punish the Kremlin for attacking its neighbor.

The widespread international outrage — and quick moves by Washington and Brussels to sanction Russia — have made it clear that Russia will, in the short term, be something of a pariah state. US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Washington will limit Russia's ability to do business in dollars, euros, pounds and yen, cutting Moscow out of large swathes of the global economy. Russian banks that together hold around $1 trillion in assets are also being targeted by US sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now trying to convince his people that the cost was unavoidable.

Knowing such measures were likely coming, prompted Putin to address Russian business leaders hours before Biden's announcement.

The Russian leader said that business should expect "restrictions" on the Russian economy because of the invasion, which he justified as a "necessary measure."

"They didn’t leave us any chance to act otherwise. They created such risks in the sphere of security that it was impossible to react in a different way," Putin said.

The spokesperson for Russia's foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova, went even further. She attempted to frame the Kremlin's invasion of its smaller neighbor as an attempt to prevent a world war.

"This is not a beginning of war. It prevents a global military confrontation," she said.

Both statements, on their surface, seem illogical. How could Ukraine, a country of 44 million people, pose an existential threat to one of the world's few nuclear powers?

But Putin believed that NATO and the West were using Ukraine, which he does not see as a legitimate state, to threaten Russia and topple his government.

If Putin hopes to mollify the concerns of Russia's elite, who will almost certainly feel the economic pinch of sanctions, he'll have to convince them he's right.

 

This is what delusion looks like 

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-24-22-intl/h_884697a1b08b4a8c394b12340e0a156d

[The Siren 30,521]

Just now, YUNGATA said:

 

If there's anything specific in the thread that you feel is against the rules please use the report function! We try to monitor popular threads as much as we can but we are most effective when it's a community effort.

there was a post few pages back that said "yaaas ussr" or whatever they said

[Dark Angel 202,370]

1 minute ago, The Siren said:

there was a post few pages back that said "yaaas ussr" or whatever they said

 

also a lot of defending putin in general

[The Siren 30,521]

Just now, Surf Noir said:

 

also a lot of defending putin in general

ive reported the post

[the ocean 67,601]

2 minutes ago, The Siren said:

there was a post few pages back that said "yaaas ussr" or whatever they said

 

1 minute ago, Surf Noir said:

 

also a lot of defending putin in general

 

plus the same user also posted the status update about prep+
 

i went back and reported everything including the status update

[West Coast 45,795]

This is some Anschluss bullshit, he's a mad man.

[The Siren 30,521]

Just now, the ocean said:

 

 

plus the same user also posted the status update about prep+
 

i went back and reported everything including the status update

they did say something about having DID but idk

[West Coast 45,795]

5 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

also a lot of defending putin in general

the madness of it all. 

[the ocean 67,601]

3 minutes ago, The Siren said:

they did say something about having DID but idk

 

a family member of mine has DID and it usually doesn’t affect your self control

 

and in the rare cases where it does there’s usually measures that have been put into place to make sure the person is safe and doesn’t cause any trouble

 

i do not speak for people with DID since i don’t have it but since afaik there’s no users with DID besides them i’m just trying my best to explain

 

this doesn’t mean what they’ve said is remotely acceptable by any means - having DID doesn’t excuse you from criticism

Edited February 24, 2022 by the ocean
capitalized DID for clarification

[YUNGATA 14,955]

Thank you for making reports, it's really useful as clearly this thread has had a lot of traction overnight.

[The Siren 30,521]

 

i think this just reports on old info, right?

[The Siren 30,521]

 

 

[the ocean 67,601]

Just now, The Siren said:

 

 

 

an entire village amount of people have been arrested and that’s just the ones we know

 

awful awful

[The Siren 30,521]

Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization

https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3412114-zelenskij-pidpisav-ukaz-pro-zagalnu-mobilizaciu.html

 

 

🔊 Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar informs:

 ❗️ Defensive battles are being fought in the south near Kherson.
 Mechanized units of the Armed Forces recaptured the road bridge and established themselves on the left bank of the Dnieper.

 

 

#Очаків - there is a shelling of the unit. An acquaintance just called

 

 

 

[caitlyn valliulina 4,425]

im trying my hardest to just ignore everything whilst still spreading awareness bc i cant deal w the anxiety of a war right now

[bluechemtrails 26,770]

49 minutes ago, House of Balloons said:

Poland is setting up camps for fleeing ukrainians! 

Germany and Berlin are also preparing for the arrival of refugees:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-offers-poland-help-with-refugees-ukraine-2022-02-24/

[caitlyn valliulina 4,425]

i think we all just need each other rn.