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These might just be bitcoin mining programs, or any other bad actor trying to take advantage of the situation.
The mod team does not have the time nor the cybersecurity expertise to verify whether or not something like this is legit.
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Australia adding weapons and lethal aid to the Ukrainian fight alongside the non-lethal aid we'd already promised.
Australia have also offered our cyber-security assistance to help the Ukrainians repel any cyber-attacks launched by the Russians.
We're not in NATO and we're on the other side of the world but it makes me proud to see my country chipping in 🦘🇺🇦
> The destruction of a convoy of Chechen special forces near Hostomel on Feb. 26 officially confirmed by the President's Office.
https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1497771662615396354
Need some levity?
> so apparently Zelenskyy won the Ukrainian version of Dancing with the Stars in 2006 and the tape is even better than whatever you're imagining
>
> https://twitter.com/abughazalehkat/status/1497768813860896770
Ok...so, many countries have supplied game-changing weapons, ammo, and armor to Ukraine. What are the chances that Putin gets really butthurt (even more than he already is), lashes out and does something fucked up outside of Ukraine?
UPDATE: Widespread reports that Gazprom's 'financial director' died of suicide are not accurate.
https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1497774578344787968?s=20&t=aMf8-WLoMmDHxFQeT5WTWw
the main theory is that he expected to move in and the Ukrainians be either easily crusehed or just lay down their arms and surrender. he didn't expect this much resistance.
Though this is not confirmed.
So Rubio's tweet would suggest that the russian military have fucked this whole operation up and are now trying to regroup?
- Havent succeeded in any objectives
- Where expecting a short 3 day campaign to neutralise Ukrainian army and gov.
I’ve been shit upon for being an American commenting. But our military has capabilities to execute strategic actions via air without being detected. Why can’t we? Russia has their latest generation fighters being shot down by 50 year old tech. Just help! They can’t prove we did.
Quite happy, being told by his advisors that the war is going super well, and Ukraine is 99% occupied. Russia is clearing out pockets of resistance. I doubt he watches or believes real news. He thinks its all western propaganda.
Obviously none of us know but I wonder if Ukraine has a western army that might be waiting for Russian forces to really be struggling to stay operational to then go on offense from the Russians’ flank
Other then Kyiv still standing is there any positive coming out from the night. Like Russian tank convoys being destroyed or large personal aircraft being destroyed. I need something to keep my optimism going.
More Russian aircraft being blown out of the sky, apparently 50+ Russian tanks destroyed at an airfield alongside a Chechen warlord and some Chechen fighters (they’re known to make things bloody, it’s weird seeing them fight for Russia seeing as what Russia did to them)
The video of the person swearing at the shelling while making soup is fucking great
https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/1497768333655031812?s=20&t=vSC4ubKsSGsE6VK8eN41OA
Apparently some of those men may still be alive https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3413919-state-border-guard-service-there-is-hope-all-ukrainian-defenders-of-snake-island-may-be-alive.html
The Death of Stalin was meant to be a comedy film but I gather the leaders IRL and especially today really are that incompetent. Shame it had to cost innocent lives for this farce.
Well, now things are going to get interesting. The combatants have engaged with each other for 3 days, both sides have a pretty good feel for each other.
Soldiers are now exhausted. Supplies are exhausted. Tonight we saw that it was relatively quiet. RU soldiers are reorganizing, resupplying as best they can. Also getting much needed rest. RUSSIAN leaders are prob extremely frustrated and higher is now breathing down there necks to fix this. Hence they are desperately trying to come up with a winning plan. UA soldiers I hope are holed up, getting hot chow and resting In shifts. Hopefully changing their socks... next couple of days either victory or defeat will be galvanized. STEADFAST Ukraine, hold on with all you got!
My bet is Russia is keeping media around this conflict under wraps, also there’s so much buzz about propaganda, most pro/pro leaning Russian things are being removed from Reddit.
Probably because there either aren’t any Ukrainian POWs (i.e. they’re being killed if captured) or the Ukrainian POWs are being treated in ways that violate the Geneva Conventions
Perhaps. Depends on the type of round. Tank to Tank rounds are basically giant metal darts without what we'd think of as a war head. But they also have HE rounds for engaging unarmored units and infantry, and they propellent.
Depends on the round. A basic round is just a really big bullet, meant to create pressure with minimum stress on the chamber for maximum velocity. Not much big boom.
The Ukranians are still holding up pretty well via conventional means. But they have a civilian production line of Molotov cocktails. They'll figure shit out if they need to.
When the most morally respected and admired country to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in your invasion is the United Arab Emirates... yeah that's not a great look
A little more than an hour before the sun rises on Ukraine. And I'm hoping to raise my glass right along with it.
My heart goes out to the freedom fighters across Ukraine
SLAVA UKRAINI
I live on the west coast (best coast) of the United States. It blows my mind that as I start to think about going to bed, Ukraine is beginning to wake up and see if they are still Ukraine.
Russia has to be waiting for everything to arrive and then launch an attack. That's why it's so quiet. And Putin did say something major has to happen before Monday.
If it was really necessary to use it I think it is much important to give it to the children than to use it in adults. I dont remember why but the effects on the tyroid were much worse on kids.
Fine by me if that’s the case. I live close to lots of major metro areas and guaranteed to be in the fall out zone on the 0.000000001% chance that shit goes south. Rather have it and not need it.
No, they don't. Ukraine still has AA and planes flying. In fact, they've bombed a couple of convoys.
Air supremacy means that the enemy cannot do anything in the air, nor counter your own aircraft any longer.
uranium does not deteriorate fast. The only way to get rid of nukes is to re use the uranium for something else. The demon core is a famous example, it was made to be used as a nuke and then Japan surrendered so it was repurposed.
several thousand years, however if the silo doors aren't maintained or any of the other components besides the warheads, well, the warheads are useless without the rest of the missile.
Per Bellingcat, leaked telegram channels state that the Russian General Staff has ordered troops to take Kyiv by Monday, no matter the costs of human life
https://mobile.twitter.com/MTemnycky/status/1497763614391943171
This is to avoid an all out humiliation situation come business hours on Monday Morning when all financial institutions reopen and Russians will feel how hard Puto fucked up.
Technically extremely unethical as the oligarchs aren't shooting the missles themselves.
Better to starve them economically, will hurt *way* more than just one lost yacht.
We know what #Putin’s plan was:
- air dominance in first 12 hours
- Destroy #Ukraine military comms in 36 hours
- Bypass major urban areas,cut off Eastern Army,encircle #Kyiv & get govt to flee within 48 hours
-Install puppet govt within 72 hours
He is still 0 for 4
Watching grandmothers prepare molotovs while putins tanks run out of diesel on Ukrainian roads warms the cockles of my cold dead heart
Even if Vlad takes Kyiv, imagine trying to occupy a country full of such proud badasses.
This is going to fuck Russia for a generation at least and I’m all for it.
Russian people. Now is the time to take your country back and join the civilized world
Well he actually bought hook line and sinker what the FSB told him about how they would be welcomed with flowers if they just called the Ukrainian government Nazis and drug addicts.
I’m getting worried about the encirclement of the forces in eastern Ukraine though. If they don’t hold the southern front, the forces in the Dombas will be encircled
While true, you’ve got to consider the difference in invading a country you share borders with versus invading a country on the opposite side of the world. US likely would’ve taken Baghdad faster if it was able to move troops and supplies so quick and easily.
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Australia adding weapons and lethal aid to the Ukrainian fight alongside the non-lethal aid we'd already promised. Australia have also offered our cyber-security assistance to help the Ukrainians repel any cyber-attacks launched by the Russians. We're not in NATO and we're on the other side of the world but it makes me proud to see my country chipping in 🦘🇺🇦
Hit 10k, y'all know the drill. [New thread here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/t2eq8j/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
> The destruction of a convoy of Chechen special forces near Hostomel on Feb. 26 officially confirmed by the President's Office. https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1497771662615396354
Need some levity? > so apparently Zelenskyy won the Ukrainian version of Dancing with the Stars in 2006 and the tape is even better than whatever you're imagining > > https://twitter.com/abughazalehkat/status/1497768813860896770
Russians should act fast before the SWIFT cutoff to exchange their rubles for Robux
I could see Putin going "it's not fair they are getting so much help. This was our lesson for Ukraine, and now we are moving back to Donbas."
Ok...so, many countries have supplied game-changing weapons, ammo, and armor to Ukraine. What are the chances that Putin gets really butthurt (even more than he already is), lashes out and does something fucked up outside of Ukraine?
Nobody knows for sure. But not likely.
Almost none.
UPDATE: Widespread reports that Gazprom's 'financial director' died of suicide are not accurate. https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1497774578344787968?s=20&t=aMf8-WLoMmDHxFQeT5WTWw
So what exactly are telegram channels and how are they being used by the Russians?
Telegram is just a messaging app like Whatsapp
It’s like WhatsApp.
Think the number of Russian bots will dwindle after Monday? You know, once their checks start bouncing and a bag of Doritos costs as much as a car.
It makes no sense but I always forget that Australia and New Zealand are not apart of NATO even though they basically are lol
I made sure to get some Ukrainian vodka tonight instead of Russian.
At what point does Putin consider NATO countries sending weapons to support Ukraine and act of war by NATO on Russia?
Whenever the fuck he wants to. You think we are scared of that bitch boy? We'll send Ukraine whatever the fuck we want
At no point.
BREAKING: The Office of Ukraine's President confirms that a convoy of Russian-Chechen special forces was destroyed yesterday
Source?
Russia has been prepping for months how the hell do they have logistical issues at day 4
They likely assumed to could walk on in and control major cities with minimal resistance.
the main theory is that he expected to move in and the Ukrainians be either easily crusehed or just lay down their arms and surrender. he didn't expect this much resistance. Though this is not confirmed.
If they didn’t expect this level of pushback.
Hubris. They have never fought another military the caliber of Ukraine’s since WWII.
They burned through a lot of supplies waiting around for "millitary drills" ironically. Also, the millitary is probably corrupt and selling supplies.
Soldiers selling fuel to get some extra bucks.
So Rubio's tweet would suggest that the russian military have fucked this whole operation up and are now trying to regroup? - Havent succeeded in any objectives - Where expecting a short 3 day campaign to neutralise Ukrainian army and gov.
Wow, that's the first time I've seen something from an official source that has made me think Ukraine may actually be able to hold off Russia.
Yes, supply lines seemed to be stretched so they are most likely regrouping, getting supplies in and making another push in the next few days.
I’ve been shit upon for being an American commenting. But our military has capabilities to execute strategic actions via air without being detected. Why can’t we? Russia has their latest generation fighters being shot down by 50 year old tech. Just help! They can’t prove we did.
Its quite possible they are we would never know
> They can’t prove we did. Yeah they can.
if you really think that isn't happening already i don't know what to tell you
Who's to say we aren't?
If the Russians start being blown up by weapons the Ukrainians don't have, do you think they'll be suspicious
Because if they do prove it it could kick off World War 3.
You can't prove we are not
You have to wonder wtf is Putin doing right now…but in all seriousness what is he doing right now. This has backfired in his face as of right now.
Quite happy, being told by his advisors that the war is going super well, and Ukraine is 99% occupied. Russia is clearing out pockets of resistance. I doubt he watches or believes real news. He thinks its all western propaganda.
Not giving a fuck. Clearly.
Wtf is going on general TBH
No cause you’re right
Getting a nice bj from lukashenko
How big do we think Putin is..guessing small.
Putin really didn't respect Ukraine at all, and it's going to cost him everything.
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I corrected it almost instantly.
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Wait, has Australia entered the game?
Obviously none of us know but I wonder if Ukraine has a western army that might be waiting for Russian forces to really be struggling to stay operational to then go on offense from the Russians’ flank
I mean, they are getting a ton of support from the US right now.
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Lmao top comment said “suicide. Right.”
Thought this was old from 2014?
Epsteined?
That's a weird way to say he was shoved off his balcony
Collateral damage.
"suicide"
That years old, no?
Gas pipeline hit in kharkiv https://youtu.be/QuCNU4iYWOY https://youtube.com/shorts/CVJ8fbzWKLY?feature=share
Other then Kyiv still standing is there any positive coming out from the night. Like Russian tank convoys being destroyed or large personal aircraft being destroyed. I need something to keep my optimism going.
Not much happened tonight so that’s good
Actually, elongating is probably the single most important strategic ‘win’.
More Russian aircraft being blown out of the sky, apparently 50+ Russian tanks destroyed at an airfield alongside a Chechen warlord and some Chechen fighters (they’re known to make things bloody, it’s weird seeing them fight for Russia seeing as what Russia did to them)
a chechen general was killed
I think another Russian plane got sploded
Mental note, don’t ever mess with Ukrainians… These mfs don’t care.
The video of the person swearing at the shelling while making soup is fucking great https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/1497768333655031812?s=20&t=vSC4ubKsSGsE6VK8eN41OA
they were threatened with the one single most important thing they cared about - their freedom and liberty
No, they DO care.
They slay!
https://youtu.be/X-I7DMSz9Hs you’re welcome
Wow
0-4 Putin
2-1 ?
"Russian warship, go fuck yourself" needs to become the new "Let's roll".
Apparently some of those men may still be alive https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3413919-state-border-guard-service-there-is-hope-all-ukrainian-defenders-of-snake-island-may-be-alive.html
The Death of Stalin was meant to be a comedy film but I gather the leaders IRL and especially today really are that incompetent. Shame it had to cost innocent lives for this farce.
That movie was a comedy but many of the scenes are based on real events and dialogue. It really was that incompetent.
Kind of besides the point but that movie was phenomenal
Check out "The Great" as well
Well, now things are going to get interesting. The combatants have engaged with each other for 3 days, both sides have a pretty good feel for each other. Soldiers are now exhausted. Supplies are exhausted. Tonight we saw that it was relatively quiet. RU soldiers are reorganizing, resupplying as best they can. Also getting much needed rest. RUSSIAN leaders are prob extremely frustrated and higher is now breathing down there necks to fix this. Hence they are desperately trying to come up with a winning plan. UA soldiers I hope are holed up, getting hot chow and resting In shifts. Hopefully changing their socks... next couple of days either victory or defeat will be galvanized. STEADFAST Ukraine, hold on with all you got!
Russia has to get supplies to their forward troops and those supply lines are going to constantly harassed.
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My bet is Russia is keeping media around this conflict under wraps, also there’s so much buzz about propaganda, most pro/pro leaning Russian things are being removed from Reddit.
Probably because there either aren’t any Ukrainian POWs (i.e. they’re being killed if captured) or the Ukrainian POWs are being treated in ways that violate the Geneva Conventions
Bias. Same thing about how we never see Russian wins on social media. They don't get share as much as Ukrainian videos is my guess.
Because Ukrainians don't surrender.
not sure ukrainian pow’s are useful to putin propaganda wise
Russia pretty much has a ban on any social media - there is no invasion of Ukraine officially.
Because Russia cremates them via their mobile war crime producers, and because Russia broadcasts none of this war it is currently losing
Have Russia established an FOB yet?
I wouldn't give them ideas, I think they are basing this on Red Alert 1 strategy at this point
Yeah, they call it Belarus 😂
They dont even have fuel depots yet
Australia to send weapons to Ukraine via NATO https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/1497770362519523334?s=20&t=g6G9bKhdZL2fLGJ-\_cTQUQ
Can we just send Morrison in instead? Just one look at him and the Russians will run away in case they have to actually talk to him.
Just send a few Kangaroos - they’d probably win against the Russians at this rate lol
They were gonna send Emus but NATO didn't want to provoke Putin into using nukes.
"The Russian forces approaching Kyiv have ground to a halt due to a mass deployment of funnel web spiders around the edges of the city."
Nah, we're sending the Emu's mate.
Boomerang bombers.
Is Kherson still holding?
The bridge isn't
Kherson holds
Yes But it seems the Russians are going past it now and heading to kyiv
would taking tank rounds out of abandon tanks and making ied work?
Perhaps. Depends on the type of round. Tank to Tank rounds are basically giant metal darts without what we'd think of as a war head. But they also have HE rounds for engaging unarmored units and infantry, and they propellent.
Depends on the round. A basic round is just a really big bullet, meant to create pressure with minimum stress on the chamber for maximum velocity. Not much big boom.
Yes
The Ukranians are still holding up pretty well via conventional means. But they have a civilian production line of Molotov cocktails. They'll figure shit out if they need to.
Just use tank bodies to block other tanks
When the most morally respected and admired country to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in your invasion is the United Arab Emirates... yeah that's not a great look
Abstaining is not the same as voting no.
A little more than an hour before the sun rises on Ukraine. And I'm hoping to raise my glass right along with it. My heart goes out to the freedom fighters across Ukraine SLAVA UKRAINI
I live on the west coast (best coast) of the United States. It blows my mind that as I start to think about going to bed, Ukraine is beginning to wake up and see if they are still Ukraine.
Praise the sun
Russia has to be waiting for everything to arrive and then launch an attack. That's why it's so quiet. And Putin did say something major has to happen before Monday.
Yeah his economy is going to be fucked Monday morning.
Everything has arrived lmao, what else can they send without compounding their logistical issues. This isn't starcraft.
I read they will go full airborne forces into the city despite objections from the airborne commanders over casualty fears.
Where did he say this?
[A "leak" so take it with a pinch of salt](https://twitter.com/MTemnycky/status/1497763614391943171)
Just picked up some potassium iodine just in case. Hopefully I just wasted $30 and I never have to open the stuff.
My government gave those out to us a decade or more ago(Ireland) in case something happens at a UK facility. Everyone probably lost them now.
good to have
If it was really necessary to use it I think it is much important to give it to the children than to use it in adults. I dont remember why but the effects on the tyroid were much worse on kids.
sorry if its a dumb question🥲 but what’s the purpose of potassium iodide
> potassium iodine Is this for dirty bombs or for what?
Smart
Yep you wasted it
Fine by me if that’s the case. I live close to lots of major metro areas and guaranteed to be in the fall out zone on the 0.000000001% chance that shit goes south. Rather have it and not need it.
Trust me, you did
This is extraordinary. Russia have not even got air supremacy yet
Ghost of Kyiv vs 600 fighters Russia aint got a chance
While I love that happening, I don't get how. The difference between both air forces is enormous.
CNN just reported that the Ukrainian-Hungarian border is a lot easier to cross right now vs the Polish one. You only need a passport. Spread the word!
I’m pretty sure they do. Russia has a massive airforce and Ukraine doesn’t.
The Ghost will take care of that.
Yes but the Russians are also flying over a country packed full of anti air weapons.
Lol according to redditors Russia’s Air Force is in collapse
They've lost 4 troop transports in 24 hours. Thats not what air superiority looks like.
CNN reports otherwise https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/index.html
No, they don't. Ukraine still has AA and planes flying. In fact, they've bombed a couple of convoys. Air supremacy means that the enemy cannot do anything in the air, nor counter your own aircraft any longer.
So is there a shelf life for nuclear weapons or are we indefinitely stuck with them?
uranium does not deteriorate fast. The only way to get rid of nukes is to re use the uranium for something else. The demon core is a famous example, it was made to be used as a nuke and then Japan surrendered so it was repurposed.
Give or take a few hundred or thousand years
It costs a lot of money to keep up a nuclear weapons. But as long as someone has them someone else needs to as well.
several thousand years, however if the silo doors aren't maintained or any of the other components besides the warheads, well, the warheads are useless without the rest of the missile.
There is a half-life but it's pretty long I belive
Hundreds or thousands of years for the nuclear material. The bombs themselves idk.
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Blink of an eye
Per Bellingcat, leaked telegram channels state that the Russian General Staff has ordered troops to take Kyiv by Monday, no matter the costs of human life https://mobile.twitter.com/MTemnycky/status/1497763614391943171
This is to avoid an all out humiliation situation come business hours on Monday Morning when all financial institutions reopen and Russians will feel how hard Puto fucked up.
Like they cared about collateral damage that much before?
Where's the Bellingcat source for that?
Typical management logic
I laughed way too hard at this I'm sorry
Making these dudes work weekends, smh
Otherwise the oligarchs will get angry. Something tells me...
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That’s right, watch the ruble crater on Monday
Would you rather see Putka Gaddafi’d or tried before a court?
He'd control the Russian courts
court
Tried before a court in a democratic Russia.
You know which one
Why not both? 🤠
Going to sleep. Keep fighting Ukraine.
New ~~drinking~~ sinking game: whenever Russian troops bomb infrastructure, sink an oligarch's superyacht.
Technically extremely unethical as the oligarchs aren't shooting the missles themselves. Better to starve them economically, will hurt *way* more than just one lost yacht.
Nah just sell it and send the funds to Ukraine.
We know what #Putin’s plan was: - air dominance in first 12 hours - Destroy #Ukraine military comms in 36 hours - Bypass major urban areas,cut off Eastern Army,encircle #Kyiv & get govt to flee within 48 hours -Install puppet govt within 72 hours He is still 0 for 4
Watching grandmothers prepare molotovs while putins tanks run out of diesel on Ukrainian roads warms the cockles of my cold dead heart Even if Vlad takes Kyiv, imagine trying to occupy a country full of such proud badasses. This is going to fuck Russia for a generation at least and I’m all for it. Russian people. Now is the time to take your country back and join the civilized world
Bro blew a 3-1 lead
Well he actually bought hook line and sinker what the FSB told him about how they would be welcomed with flowers if they just called the Ukrainian government Nazis and drug addicts.
Thanks, Marco!
I’m getting worried about the encirclement of the forces in eastern Ukraine though. If they don’t hold the southern front, the forces in the Dombas will be encircled
That is an insane goal if you think about how long it took the US to take Baghdad in 2003. Even with a far better supplied military it took 3 weeks.
While true, you’ve got to consider the difference in invading a country you share borders with versus invading a country on the opposite side of the world. US likely would’ve taken Baghdad faster if it was able to move troops and supplies so quick and easily.
And Ukraine has had way more support from other nations than Iraq. Saddam had little to no friends.
https://twitter.com/rihoterras/status/1497537193346220038?s=21 the plan
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