Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

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If the usa ain't putting troops in the ukraine then don't worry about.

if the usa does then...

There's already military advisors on the ground there tho and you could bet there's there's fukk ton of Black ops and spies over there rn. If the UK is moving this flagrant you KNOW we're already there too
 

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There's already military advisors on the ground there tho and you could bet there's there's fukk ton of Black ops and spies over there rn. If the UK is moving this flagrant you KNOW we're already there too
yeah they said advisors were there and yeah spec ops are definitely there..

but I ain't gonna be too worried yet until reg soldiers and on ground.
 

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Kremlin Slams ‘Alarming’ British Threat to Seize Oligarchs’ Property - The Moscow Times

This is the only thing putin fears. Remember that Russia is actually ruled as a partnership. Putin is the face/elected leader. The oligarchs/intel services are his constituency. It's one of those uneasy alliances. Putin can't allow the oligarchs to be sanctioned etc bc that fuks up all of their money. If he can't successfully use the Russian state to protect their interests they can easily replace him. At the same time the oligarchs as a whole have to help project the notion that putin is all powerful...if individual oligarchs start challenging him or act in a way that undermines their authority he will punish them, either publicly (remember those videos of putin embarrassing deripaska, or look at what he did to khorodovsky) or privately (killing Berezovsky).
 

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Kremlin Slams ‘Alarming’ British Threat to Seize Oligarchs’ Property - The Moscow Times

This is the only thing putin fears. Remember that Russia is actually ruled as a partnership. Putin is the face/elected leader. The oligarchs/intel services are his constituency. It's one of those uneasy alliances. Putin can't allow the oligarchs to be sanctioned etc bc that fuks up all of their money. If he can't successfully use the Russian state to protect their interests they can easily replace him. At the same time the oligarchs as a whole have to help project the notion that putin is all powerful...if individual oligarchs start challenging him or act in a way that undermines their authority he will punish them, either publicly (remember those videos of putin embarrassing deripaska, or look at what he did to khorodovsky) or privately (killing Berezovsky).

That fukking country is run like a modern day episode of Game of Thrones more than House of Cards smh
 

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Interesting video

Interesting video, but the ex-girlfriend analogy without any mention of Donetsk and Lugansk (or other regions with a significant Russian minority) was somewhat anoying.
The analogy stands only for the west (+center) of Ukraine.
Not the whole country.


The whole point of the conflict is that the east of the country does not want to cut ties with Russia, while it
is basically a requirement for Nato countries to do so, and for all countries entering EU to apply economic sanctions to Russia (in order to unify EU foreign policy).


Not sure how can one make a video about a conflict without mentioning the basic reason for it.
 

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Interesting video, but the ex-girlfriend analogy without any mention of Donetsk and Lugansk (or other regions with a significant Russian minority) was somewhat anoying.
The analogy stands only for the west (+center) of Ukraine.
Not the whole country.


The whole point of the conflict is that the east of the country does not want to cut ties with Russia, while it
is basically a requirement for Nato countries to do so, and for all countries entering EU to apply economic sanctions to Russia (in order to unify EU foreign policy).


Not sure how can one make a video about a conflict without mentioning the basic reason for it.

Yeah, he's got it with Putin's view of Ukraine as "one of us (Russia)" but he doesn't mention how part of Ukraine feels like that too and that's why Putin can actually pull moves. Still ,good video.
 

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Did anyone here know that the Crimea was always part of Russia, and that the 3rd Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev gave it to the Ukraine SSR as a gift to his own homeland; he was a Ukrainian afterall.

When discussing the so called territorial integrity of the so called Ukraine, these things are relevant factors.
 
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