Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

[hashmander]

Russia Says It Will Quit the International Space Station After 2024 (Published 2022)

The withdrawal would end two decades of post-Cold War cooperation in space between the United States and Russia, which jointly built and operate the station.

www.nytimes.com

talking about they're building their own. they can't afford it. they were relying on money from NASA using them as a taxi service. then spaceX took over that role.

 

[OfTheCross]

Cool if it happens. @ me when they do it.

I'm not following the day-to-day cause both sides misinform.

When meaningful ground is actually gained or loss lmk.

As of rn I say Russia is winning because Ukraine lost control of a third of their country and most of their access to the seas. Taking back Crimea would be impressive af

 

[voiture]

Cool if it happens. @ me when they do it.

I'm not following the day-to-day cause both sides misinform.

When meaningful ground is actually gained or loss lmk.

As of rn I say Russia is winning because Ukraine lost control of a third of their country and most of their access to the seas. Taking back Crimea would be impressive af

When has a bigger army almost not taken territory when invading a smaller army? This was never in question....
Can they take the capital? Because as long that is standing, it doesn't matter how much territory they take. It's still a loss.

The world's second 'best' military cannot subdue a country in their own backyard?

 

[hashmander]

When has a bigger army almost not taken territory when invading a smaller army? This was never in question....
Can they take the capital? Because as long that is standing, it doesn't matter how much territory they take. It's still a loss.

The world's second 'best' military cannot subdue a country in their own backyard?

america could split its focus and take canada and mexico at the same time. from here on out i'll assume that china has the 2nd "best" military until they show their ass like russia did.

edit: for the bu bu bu vietnam, iraq and afghanistan folks. i'm talking about annexation (russia style), not failed nation building.

 

[Hood Critic]

Translation: Russia is lacking.

Tool supposed to be in arms reach, not in the trunk.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

i heard somebody talking about Crimea by October...

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

the influx of weapons, intel and $$$ to Ukraine is not going to stop. it really is just a matter of time imo unless Europe completely folds under Russian "demands". looking at this as a zero sum game, i gotta say that i like Ukraine in the medium to long term.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Russia's crude deliveries to China and India have plunged 30% from their wartime peak as concerns mount that Asia can't fully absorb Moscow's shrinking oil market

Crude flows from Russia to Asia hit their lowest four-week average in nearly four months in the lead-up to July 15.

markets.businessinsider.com

 

[Hood Critic]

At this point, are they lying to their citizens or themselves in order to cope.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Hood Critic]

The Russian central bank has printed a new hundred-ruble banknote, but banks have asked that it not be put into circulation at least until April. The reason is simple, no ATM in Russia can recognise the new banknote.

This is because every ATM is manufactured in the West, and since those companies have withdrawn from Russia, there is no one left to adjust the software for the new banknote.

Blue strip ruble on the way...

From nails to banking software, everything is unavailable in Russia. Even salt: in the middle of the aggression against Ukraine, Russians realised that they only produced 60% of their domestic needs and that they imported the rest – mostly from Ukraine.

The research debunked Russian lies. For example, in March, the Kremlin predicted (fabricated data) that despite the sanctions, it would earn much more from oil and gas than a year ago, due to rising prices, and that forecast was taken for granted by the biggest media authorities in the West, such as Bloomberg and famous journalist Fareed Zakaria.

In May, however, it turned out that revenues from oil and gas had been halved, and Moscow stopped publishing data on earnings from its most important products.

Russia irreversibly lost its position as a strategic exporter of raw materials. It turned out that its dependence on the European market is much greater than Europe’s needs for its raw materials. Russia cannot compensate for the departure of Western companies and technologies, as companies that made up as much as 40% of its GDP have left.

A lot of smoke and mirrors...

 

[hashmander]

when obama said russia doesn't produce anything, i thought it was more like "they don't produce anything that we use." but these fukkers don't even produce the things they use. they move geopolitically like they're self-sufficient.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Crimea by Oct...

 

[Kendom]

Crimea by Oct...

Let's do this. Crimea by October

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Russia-Ukraine war: 75,000 Russians killed or injured so far, says US – as it happened

Russia rejects US figures as ‘fake’, with the Kremlin’s official death toll for its forces still standing at just 1,351

www.theguardian.com