Russia invades Ukraine

Ukraine just received a generous shipment of American missiles.

Though so far they are being used to attack non-military targets.

A few days ago, a Rescue Tugboat was sunk.

Today, three Drilling Platforms were hit. Hopefully this does not result in an oil spill.

In other news, Ukraine is banning the Russian language, Russian Music, and Russian literature.

Nothing says "Democracy" like a good old-fashioned book burning.

I recommend all Russia vs Ukraine Threads be renamed to “Pro-Ukraine Cheerleading Squad”. With any slightly counter-pentagon narrative messages being immediately deleted it would be a much more accurate title.

one of the biggest hoax and psyops out there right now

Biden, never a genius but a man who has participated in many elections cannot believe funding a war in Ukraine is good for his reelection chances. Does old man Biden have enough gusto to stand up to his handlers?

I think his strategy of keeping Russia out of world affairs and draining Russia of its military equipment over the next few years is brilliant.

Three years from now when Biden is no longer president you can write Biden and tell him how much you admire him.

Three years from now when Putin is (a) dead (b) in exile (c) in hiding or (d) in jail, you can write to him and say how much you admire him.

Russia would be best to declare their false victory before the US election.

Lol. What a biased web site. "The Ukrainians valiantly fought off the Russians killing x generals, y oligarchs, and z rude soldiers."

"The Russians, throwing a temper tantrum over their crushing losses, bombed a hospital full of cute, innocent babies and kicked a kitten."

Very entertaining stuff. 🤣

Russia doesn't need to burn books. State censorship and the absence of freedom of speech does the job.

Inflation, the World economy, and international and domestic supply chains are the worst they have been in about a half-century.

We're on the cusp of a large conventional war in Europe and Hawks are licking their chops at the prospect.

Tens of thousands of bodies pile up in Eastern Europe as the US Military Complex grows fatter off new contracts as their deadly wares are used and replaced.

Pretty much every NATO country is significantly increasing Military Spending and rhetoric, with Russia doing likewise. For example, yesterday, Canada announced 40 billion in NORAD spending, and today, Russia announced significantly-expanded military spending.

We are ramping up for a potential civilization-ending Nuclear arms race as Russia and the US again increase warheads, a move begun three years ago when the US unilaterally withdrew from the INF Treaty.

Last week, Russia deployed additional nuclear-capable batteries in Eastern Europe, and is increasing and developing multiple-warhead ICBMs, with one being tested just yesterday.

This is not what "brilliant" looks like.

State censorship is everywhere. It's nearly as pervasive in America and the West. RT is shuttered most everywhere while the US government funds Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, and Polygraph.info to push Western narratives, these being prominently promoted in news feeds.

The Ukraine recently banned 11 political parties. Assets of the largest opposition party were seized just yesterday. Thousands have been jailed, and some killed, based on suspicion and politics. TV stations and newspapers arbitrarily deemed "Pro-Russian" are banned, as are musicians and authors, including laureates like Doestevsky, Pushkin, and Solzhenitsyn.

Ironically, Doestevsky was sentenced to death for reading banned books, while the latter two lived in the West. Solzhenitsyn was outcast and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for stark novels critical of Soviet rule, but qualifies for a Ukraine ban because his Soviet Citizenship was restored in 1990 and he returned to Russia in 1994.

The current conflict is exploited to clear the playing field and settle grudges, a tactic already common in the Ukraine prior to the current war. At least three recent Ukraine leaders have been charged with Treason.

Before Ukraine became NATO's "useful fool", it was the Pariah of Europe. Ten years ago, EU leaders condemned and boycotted the Ukraine for being corrupt and violent, after Prime Minister Tymoschenko was beaten, jailed, and had her assets appropriated.

reuters.com

Europe's presidents shun Ukraine over Tymoshenko

Olzhas Auyezov

International pressure mounted on Ukraine on Thursday over its treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, but Kiev warned that any boycott of the European soccer championship next month would only hurt the intere...

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You do understand that it was the pro-Russian government in Ukraine that made Tymoschenko a political prisoner because she supported EU integration and NATO membership? And it wasn't until after the Maidan revolution that she was freed by a pro-EU parliament.

Ukraine is at war with Russia and is fighting for their very survival. And it is also a hybrid civil war as there are Ukrainians in the east who are on the Russian side in the conflict. The parties that have been banned are those that represent those in the east who are fighting and supporting the Russian invaders. Pretty sure that when a political party takes up arms against their government, you really don't need to keep them around. They have made it pretty clear that they are not interested in politics and just want to kill you.

Just checking in to see how my woke friends are doing and wanted to find out how badly Russia has been destroyed. Are there any generals left? Has the entire army mutinied and deserted? Has Putin been overthrown? Does Ukraine own all of Ukraine? Has Russia collapsed to stone age? Have they lost all weapons? This is supposed to have happened a few months ago, just checking to see how it's going

So, what are you proposing? A full withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine sounds like it would alleviate all of your concerns.

The point is Ukraine has long been one of the most authoritarian corrupt Oligarchical Kleptocracies, and never more so than now. We're just looking the other way now.

FWIW, billionaire Poroshenko, who was installed post-Maidan, has also been charged with Treason by Zelenskyy. Same-O, Same-O.

Suppression of Free Speech, bans on Music and great Literature, Political roundups and Imprisonment, assassinations by Secret Police... these are all happening in the Ukraine. These aren't Hallmarks of Democracy.

You might excuse them all as requirements of their war effort. But these don't happen in other wars. And they were happening in the Ukraine before the war.

aljazeera.com

Ex-leader Poroshenko returns to Ukraine to face treason case

Former president could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of charges he dismisses as fabricated.

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I proposed nothing.

I posted facts, not opinion.

What are you proposing?

I've seen you post suggesting extermination of all 145 million Russians. Germany tried something similar 80 years ago.

Many of your posts have been Removed. Zero of mine have. What does that say?

"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line."