Current Affairs Ukraine

[verreauxi]

Interesting thread that paints a rather grim picture in parts of it

 

[JammyP]

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I am honestly surprised if he isnt an RS

 

[stipe]

those tanks destroyed in vid you watched are Russian ones or the good guys'? please say former

I seen both, though latest one on r/combatfootage is Ukrainian armor destroyed by Separatist forces, very NSFW

 

[PhilM]

Interesting thread that paints a rather grim picture in parts of it

Indeed. The suggestion is that the Russian army is reorganising and changing tact, which could mean large scale and devastating attacks from land and air.

It all depends how far the rabbit hole they're willing to go because the Ukrainians are showing a strong resolve and supported financially and militarily.

If the Russians do eventually win, you can't see it being a simple occupation and they may lose even more troops, armour and air assets in the meantime.

The real fighting will still be in the East.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

I seen both, though latest one on r/combatfootage is Ukrainian armor destroyed by Separatist forces, very NSFW

so Putin called on seperatist forces from all the way Donbas? Cuz there was non in Kharkiv last I checked

 

[Deleted member 48881]

can you pls tell me Legs if you know how long can the Russian market remain closed? like for a week or even longer? As I read, if it remains closed rouble cannot go any lower, but there must be some headaches in the long run probs?

 

[stipe]

so Putin called on seperatist forces from all the way Donbas? Cuz there was non in Kharkiv last I checked

Its Eastern front, Separatist backed by Russians clashing with Ukrainian forces in the East, they attacked from those two Separatist Republics.
While from the South direction (Crimea) another Russian battle group advancing trying to catch Ukrainians from the back (pincer movement)

3 different fronts i believe, Kyiv, from Crimea and East

 

[BlueTX]

Apparently he’s been at it for a while:

War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin

In 2014, Russell Bonner Bentley was a middle-aged arborist living in Austin. Now he’s a local celebrity in a war-torn region of Ukraine. His journey reveals a troubling development in Putin’s information war.

www.texasmonthly.com

 

[Efcjake]

They've been watched for a long time for there to be 12 of them known and ready to be expelled.

 

[everton fan number one]

can you pls tell me Legs if you know how long can the Russian market remain closed? like for a week or even longer? As I read, if it remains closed rouble cannot go any lower, but there must be some headaches in the long run probs?

I would imagine it would mean the seizing up of money and investment, lack of clarity and confidence over the value of stock in Russia. Anyone invested in stock in Russia, including institutions, would get poorer too. Foreign investors would get spooked.

 

[Efcjake]

Two fingers up to them from Trudeau to Canada

 

[PhilM]

They've been watched for a long time for there to be 12 of them known and ready to be expelled.

Lots of ‘diplomats’ and ‘attaches’ in embassies are in fact resident spies filling an official role, which means they have diplomatic status. Occasionally, there’s tit-for-tat expulsions of them by both sides.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Get it up ya Putin

 

[Deleted member 48881]

I would imagine it would mean the seizing up of money and investment, lack of clarity and confidence over the value of stock in Russia. Anyone invested in stock in Russia, including institutions, would get poorer too. Foreign investors would get spooked.

appreciated mate