Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[RX-78]

The Ruble is fucking finished. Worse than holding a 2017 ICO shit token now.

https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-suspends-forex-sales-to-september-9-central-bank-01646776207?tesla=y

There has to be an angle to this, surely to fucking God putin didn't just stumble blindly around without realizing this would happen.

 

[Snickerdoodle]

Saw this guide on how to talk about the war. Obviously no bias detected
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annexation of crimea would be kind of based, i have to be totally transparent right now

 

[Smity Werbenjagermanjensen]

Turns out my prediction that Putin might have cancerAIDs may actually be true after all, it would explain this very sudden & seemingly underprepared invasion if he were dying as it's literally his last chance to take Ukraine by force before he croaks. Reports are alleging he has bowel cancer.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mad-vlad-western-intelligence-suggests-putin-terminally-ill-reports

I also wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out he had formally diagnosed dementia instead, and either decided to start the war with Ukraine before his mind deteriorates beyond the ability to direct & control his own armies or he mentally declined to the point he just thought it was a good idea to go ahead with the war without making sure the tires were rotated.

"“The unnamed source is claiming that Putin is suffering from terminal bowel cancer, with his ‘puffy face’ a sign he is enduring chemotherapy or on steroids,” YorkshireLive reported"

I know this is probably bullshit, but the headline "Vladimir Putin dies of ass cancer" will be an entertaining one.

 

[BradCarter]

Turns out my prediction that Putin might have cancerAIDs may actually be true after all, it would explain this very sudden & seemingly underprepared invasion if he were dying as it's literally his last chance to take Ukraine by force before he croaks. Reports are alleging he has bowel cancer.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mad-vlad-western-intelligence-suggests-putin-terminally-ill-reports

I also wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out he had formally diagnosed dementia instead, and either decided to start the war with Ukraine before his mind deteriorates beyond the ability to direct & control his own armies or he mentally declined to the point he just thought it was a good idea to go ahead with the war without making sure the tires were rotated.

Two out of the three biggest countries in the world have literally demented leaders? Do you really think our sins so grievous and God so unforgiving?

 

[Lards and Lasses]

Turns out my prediction that Putin might have cancerAIDs may actually be true after all, it would explain this very sudden & seemingly underprepared invasion if he were dying as it's literally his last chance to take Ukraine by force before he croaks. Reports are alleging he has bowel cancer.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mad-vlad-western-intelligence-suggests-putin-terminally-ill-reports

I also wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out he had formally diagnosed dementia instead, and either decided to start the war with Ukraine before his mind deteriorates beyond the ability to direct & control his own armies or he mentally declined to the point he just thought it was a good idea to go ahead with the war without making sure the tires were rotated.

This is pathetic. Stop posting this trash.

 

[draggs]

Two out of the three biggest countries in the world have literally demented leaders? Do you really think our sins so grievous and God so unforgiving?

Three out of three, the third one literally cannot cope with being satirized as a bear furry from a series of children's books a hundred years old

You are not allowed to escape Clown World

 

[6MillionCoofs]

There has to be an angle to this, surely to fucking God putin didn't just stumble blindly around without realizing this would happen.

He didn’t.

He’s basically said he would do this for over a decade. He knows what doing this would mean.

 

[Generic Retard]

You know what? I had just assumed they were modernized based off the first article and Poland's NATO status, but your comment made me take a look, and here's what I found:

I was wrong: Poland may have just pulled of the grift of the century

These Mig-29s are so old and shitty that they had to put out a grounding order because of all the accidents.

They didn't lift that order until 2019, when only a portion of the planes were found still airworthy, lol.

Poland might have just sent a haul of deathtraps to Ukraine, lol.


article link

At least some of those were probably already 2nd hand jets taken over by Germany from the GDR and then sold to Poland für 1€ per piece (no joke).
Germany sold about 20 MIG-29s to Poland in 2003, keeping 1 as a museum piece

 

[Ahriman]

Sam weighs in

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

This is pathetic. Stop posting this trash.

I've only posted it once.

 

[No. 7 cat]

You know what? I had just assumed they were modernized based off the first article and Poland's NATO status, but your comment made me take a look, and here's what I found:

I was wrong: Poland may have just pulled of the grift of the century

These Mig-29s are so old and shitty that they had to put out a grounding order because of all the accidents.

They didn't lift that order until 2019, when only a portion of the planes were found still airworthy, lol.

Poland might have just sent a haul of deathtraps to Ukraine, lol.


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The Poles must still have some of the ol merchant blood flowing in their veins.

 

[Big Meaty Claws]

What are YOUR honest thoughts about this whole conflict? Like how do you guys feel about it?

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Afaik there are some internationally funded Biolabs in the Ukraine. Russia complained about them during some speech.
Are they evil? Perhaps the reason for the invasion or at least a priority target ? A nothingburger or outright Non-existent ?
Hope you dont want to know, because the thread turned out inconclusive after the "rational and unemotional discussion of only the facts"
by pro-UKR and pro-RUS sides turned into a pro/anti-Globohomo slapfight.

Im pretty sure the Labs exist, but beyond that, afaik nobody really knows (except for the US and local partner companies running them).
And as you can imagine, having a chat about Biolabs is just not exactly sane anymore after COVID!s 2 weeks turned into "until we have a better excuse for inflation".


Also, the chineese are now asking the US about the Biolabs too. Imo this settles them as being real.
That being said, these are amongst around 300 worldwide so this is seemingly more of a reasonable security concern than "OMG COVID 2 TRUST Qs PLAN" stuff.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/china-demands-answers-from-us-for-26-biolabs-in-ukraine-/2528207

Spoiler: Article

China asked Washington on Tuesday to release “relevant details as soon as possible” regarding alleged US biological laboratories in Ukraine.

“According to the data released by the US itself, the US has 26 biological laboratories and other related facilities in Ukraine which has indeed attracted great attention,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a news conference in Beijing.

A similar claim was made Sunday by Russian Defense Ministry that there was “evidence of a US-financed military biological program developed in Ukraine.”

Moscow said the lab was “revealed during Russia’s special operation in that country.”

“All dangerous viruses in Ukraine must be stored in these laboratories. All research activities are led by the US. No information is allowed to be disclosed without the permission of the US side,” claimed Zhao, according to a transcription of the news conference.

He claimed the Pentagon “has absolute control” over these alleged labs.

Russia's war on Ukraine has drawn international condemnation, led to financial sanctions on Moscow, and spurred an exodus of global firms from Russia.

The West has also imposed biting export restrictions on key technologies that are now prohibited from being sent to Russia.

At least 406 civilians have been killed and 801 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, according to UN figures.

But the international body has maintained that conditions on the ground have made it "difficult to verify" the true number of casualties.

As many as 2 million people have fled to neighboring countries, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

“Under the current situation, we call on all parties concerned to ensure the safety of these laboratories, starting from the health and safety of people in Ukraine and surrounding areas and around the world,” said Zhao.

“In particular, the US, as the party that knows these laboratories best, should announce the relevant details as soon as possible, including which viruses have been stored and which research has been carried out,” he said. “The revelation of the US bio-military activity in Ukraine is just the tip of the iceberg.”

“The US Department of Defense controls 336 biological laboratories in 30 countries around the world under the names of ‘cooperating to reduce biosecurity risks and strengthening global public health,’” Zhao added.

How many Kiwis know about biological warfare? The USSR had an extensive program and developed some real nasty stuff, occasionally some of it got out (Sverdlovsk anthrax leak) so they relocated to Vozrozhdeniya/Komsomolskiy Islands in Uzbekistan/Kazakhstan (which ruined the surrounding areas) to avoid exposing Soviet citizens to pathogens. The US is doing the same; China and Ukraine are great places because they already have the infrastructure and educated population to facilitate such work.

The US isn't going to do this work in CONUS (Plum Island and all the other evidence of getting caught experimenting on Americans notwithstanding) so it is entirely possible.

We already have more than enough evidence to connect the dots, nobody cared. Why would anyone care about Russian findings? The media would simply not report on them.
Plus, we would have to consider that the invasion kicking off with rocket artillery and cruise missiles would give ample time for the biolabs to Shut It Down, so nothing really incriminating is going to be found.

They can and they will but when people panic they make mistakes, and hopefully its just a bunch of paperwork/hard drives instead of a nasty strain of Eastern Equine Encephalitis or worse getting out into the wild.

Biolabs could be nothing, it could be big or it could be a minor thing. We won't know but our grandkids might learn the truth, eventually.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

What are YOUR honest thoughts about this whole conflict? Like how do you guys feel about it?

It's fat and I wouldn't have sex with it.

 

[Protistology]

What are YOUR honest thoughts about this whole conflict? Like how do you guys feel about it?

Either a Sabbatean dialectic or the last gasp of Nationalism. Can't decide, there's evidence for both.

 

[MadStan]

How the fuck is Russia going to survive this? No idea.

This is not per Putin's "master plan". If the plan is to sell your oil to China as your customer of last resort think again - China will squeeze Russia for a price that makes them slaves to China's needs. China can get oil from anywhere, but soon Russia won't be able to sell it except to a few countries. China is the only country they can sell to that the USA and EU can not effectively sanction. All others who take his oil will be swiftly fucked up the ass by the USA and EU.

Meaning China gets it oil for super-cheap and Russia loses.

And Russia's share market is going to be a fucking joke when - if it ever - reopens. They are going to pass all these laws stating you effectively can't sell your stock...I mean, anyone who thinks Putin had this all worked out needs to rethink it, because this is not going to any game plan.

His game plan was a swift victory, minimal civilian deaths, minimal solider losses and a minimum of sanctions. Not happening.

 

[Dave_Ph]

He's trying to goad.me into a slap fight

Are people starting to realize who Ms Nuland, daughter of Elana Kagan is?

Not just a follower of Klaus Schwab

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/19/who-is-victoria-nuland-a-really-bad-idea-as-a-key-player-in-bidens-foreign-policy-team/

Now do Krysta Freeland, the Finance Minister in Canada who decided to freeze the truckers banks accounts, stood next to Fidel Jr as he announced emergency measures and later said some of those emergency powers should be permanent.

If Wikipedia is suspicious of her maybe she's glowing a bit. Definitely not an accolade of Klaus Ernst Blofeld

Wikipedia
'While there she attracted the attention of the KGB, which tagged her with the code name "Frida", and Soviet newspapers, who attacked her as a foreigner meddling in their internal affairs over her contacts with Ukrainian activists. The KGB surveilled Freeland and tapped her phone calls, and documented the young Canadian activist delivering money, video and audio recording equipment, and a personal computer to contacts in Ukraine. She used a diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Moscow to send material abroad in a secret diplomatic pouch,"

 

[Random Internet Person]

Turns out my prediction that Putin might have cancerAIDs may actually be true after all, it would explain this very sudden & seemingly underprepared invasion if he were dying as it's literally his last chance to take Ukraine by force before he croaks. Reports are alleging he has bowel cancer.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mad-vlad-western-intelligence-suggests-putin-terminally-ill-reports

I also wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out he had formally diagnosed dementia instead, and either decided to start the war with Ukraine before his mind deteriorates beyond the ability to direct & control his own armies or he mentally declined to the point he just thought it was a good idea to go ahead with the war without making sure the tires were rotated.

"“The unnamed source is claiming that Putin is suffering from terminal bowel cancer, with his ‘puffy face’ a sign he is enduring chemotherapy or on steroids,” YorkshireLive reported"

I know this is probably bullshit, but the headline "Vladimir Putin dies of ass cancer" will be an entertaining one.

And the west will call this our death of Stalin.

Three out of three, the third one literally cannot cope with being satirized as a bear furry from a series of children's books a hundred years old

You are not allowed to escape Clown World

And if people cheer him because he banned simps and sissy men in his country or banned a pride parade, wow they’re easily impressed .

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Turns out my prediction that Putin might have cancerAIDs may actually be true after all, it would explain this very sudden & seemingly underprepared invasion if he were dying as it's literally his last chance to take Ukraine by force before he croaks. Reports are alleging he has bowel cancer.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mad-vlad-western-intelligence-suggests-putin-terminally-ill-reports

I also wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out he had formally diagnosed dementia instead, and either decided to start the war with Ukraine before his mind deteriorates beyond the ability to direct & control his own armies or he mentally declined to the point he just thought it was a good idea to go ahead with the war without making sure the tires were rotated.

You trust a Pentagon US official, a former CiA spook, cited in a British paper cited by the the dailywire,

Four indicators this is obvious bs.

 

[Meat Target]

Saw this guide on how to talk about the war. Obviously no bias detected
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"Putin, end the war!"

This war should teach terminally-online shitlibs that stern words and scowling don't intimidate strongmen like Putin. It works on cuckservatives, but anyone with cojones will cringe at most; usually, they just laugh.

Edit: oh, what am I saying? Shitlibs never learn.