Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[draggs]

US drones flying over the eastern Black Sea probably trying to find the Moskva and get some decent pictures/video of it. Anonymous DoD official said it's still afloat and moving east so either adrift or under power. Either way it's out of the fight probably indefinitely

 

[St.Davis]

Be careful, this is a man who each time is proven wrong, comes twice as smug.

Levels of his smugness after this will probably blind us all

You probably ought to read the rest of the thread before making posts like these. The ship was hit, but the damage doesn't appear to be as ludicrously catastrophic as insisted.

The amount of cocksucking for Putins Tik Tok Towelheads around here is shameful.

Saying that they look like they're enjoying themselves is sucking their cocks? What, don't you agree?

 

[Givi]

The amount of cocksucking for Putins Tik Tok Towelheads around here is shameful.

Lol get ready faggot. Forwarding this comment to Kadyrov right now. Get your apology ready because you'll be on Chechen national TV soon.

 

[Elbereth]

You probably ought to read the rest of the thread before making posts like these. The ship was hit, but the damage doesn't appear to be as ludicrously catastrophic as insisted.



Saying that they look like they're enjoying themselves is sucking their cocks? What, don't you agree?

I have better information sources than this thread

 

[St.Davis]

I have better information sources than this thread

And what do they say about the damage to the Moskva?

 

[draggs]

I have better information sources than this thread

No-bark Noonan is a better information source than this thread

 

[Elbereth]

LOL WINNING

How is Ukraine totally not screwed? NATO led them down a path of lies to agitate Russia and Russia went in and fucked up Ukraine's military and took their territory. Their cokehead leader should have sat down with Putin at the end of February and sorted this out.

I am sure NATO convinced him not to though. Sanctions aren't working (surprise!) and the Euros are fucked (they deserve it).

W-I-N-N-I-N-G

"Sanctions don't work"

Biggest part of Russian budget is oil export. Here are prices for barrel of oil on markets.

Pre-war all oil was 90-ish for a barrel. Nowadays Urals oil (so Moscow one) is for 66 and steadily going down. This is one of most measurable effect of sanctions. However, there are many more.

I don't know on how high does of copium you have to be to think that situation for Russia is in any way good.

 

[St.Davis]

No-bark Noonan is a better information source than this thread

There are precisely 0 reliable sources on the current conflict. This thread is honestly an useful resource merely because people post a lot of conflicting sources, which allows one to sift information for nuggets of truth, rather than relying purely on singular biased sources.

 

[UVB-76]

Every country brings civilian contractors to do shit behind the lines, and those civilian cars people keep pointing to are almost certainly owned by some company the Russian military has contracted.

Does this look "contracted" to you? What kind of logistics company is still running 30 year old vehicles without paying out the ass for repairs and fuel inefficiency?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Biden is right about everything, and Russia's actions in Ukraine are ‘genocide’

"As President Joe Biden emphasized, there are official prerequisites for defining genocide, but I think it is absolutely right that more and more people are saying and using the word ‘genocide‘ in terms of what Russia is doing in Ukraine, what Putin is doing."

Has Castro Jr. ever said anything about the Uyghurs when that was the current thing?

 

[Elbereth]

There are precisely 0 reliable sources on the current conflict. This thread is honestly an useful resource merely because people post a lot of conflicting sources, which allows one to sift information for nuggets of truth, rather than relying purely on singular biased sources.

This is the most unbiased thread I've ever seen

 

[draggs]

Does this look "contracted" to you? What kind of logistics company is still running 30 year old vehicles without paying out the ass for repairs and fuel inefficiency?
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Has Castro Jr. ever said anything about the Uyghurs when that was the current thing?

When Canada's parliament voted to declare China's genocide of the Uighurs a genocide last year, Commiecuckdeau and his entire cabinet abstained. When asked by the media about it, Commiecuckdeau said it is a "very, very serious" term and must only be used when it is "clearly and properly justified."

AKA his pozhole belongs to Beijing. Not Moscow.

 

[St.Davis]

This is the most unbiased thread I've ever seen

The thread isnt unbiased, but there is information from multiple viewpoints. The fact a significant portion of the users in the thread lean in one direction doesn't change this. You shouldn't trust any singular thing you read, even if it agrees with your position.

You're not really pretending that your "Better Sources" are unbiased, are you?

Does this look "contracted" to you? What kind of logistics company is still running 30 year old vehicles without paying out the ass for repairs and fuel inefficiency?

If those are civilian contractors then they'll not be from an actual logistics' firm. I don't know how the Vodka Niggers do their contracting, but it's entirely possible they allow individuals to offer their services alongside actual "real" companies. Alternately; they might just be commandeered vehicles from The Ukraine being driven by soldiers, I can't comment authoritatively.

 

[Elbereth]

You're not really pretending that your "Better Sources" are unbiased, are you?

When did I say any of that?

 

[borsabil]

What do they have to do with America? Dunno, ask wrong about everything anti Americans who brought up muh 250 year rule and pointed to several historical empires that roughly fit it so it's now an axiom or something.

The hollowing out of the US economy? Utter degeneracy on every level? What's left of the West? You're talking about 70% of global GDP there, what's left indeed.

Gimme dem buzzphrases.

I give you guys are utterly ignorant of the United States, how vast it is, what power and vitality it has. You guys sound like every commie and fascist of the 20th century wishcasting piled on wishcasting piled on wishcasting about the hollow degenerate Muricans. It's wishcasting all the way down.

70% of global GDP? Is that right?

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/real-gdp-purchasing-power-parity/country-comparison

Russia's real economy is about the same size as Germany's. China overtook the US economy about 10 years ago.

How does America make it's money? The US economy is 80% services, compared to 60% in Russia and 50% in China. That's why it runs massive and ongoing trade and fiscal deficits because it does not possess sufficient industry, whether that be manufacturing, mining or agriculture, to pay for all the stuff it needs.

As for degeneracy? The US government has just announced an official policy to encourage the chemical castration of it's own children. Enough said.

If you were an actual patriot, instead of a shit flinging coomer, you'd be awake to how fucked your country really is. Instead you'll cope and seethe.

 

[JosephStalin]

We were out walking this morning and encountered a neighbor from Ukraine. Pretty sure they have family/friends in Kyiv. Guy looks much happier these days.

Have medical appointment tomorrow. Doctor originally from Russia. Great doctor, great lady, fights for her patients. Know she's pretty upset over the war, too.

Hate seeing good people here hurting over this war. Believe it will go on for a long time, unless there's regime change in Moscow. Sucks to see all the shit that's happened due to one asshole.

Folks, I would suggest this. No matter which side you have favored in this war, once the books start coming out about the war read them. Read even the ones from people you may not agree with. Look at as many different viewpoints as you can. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Only way you can get anything like a balanced, complete picture of what happened.

 

[St.Davis]

When did I say any of that?

When did I say the thread was unbiased?

 

[Kickster]

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/real-gdp-purchasing-power-parity/country-comparison

Lmao the third world country version of copium

 

[Elbereth]

When did I say the thread was unbiased?

Well I said that.

What is your logic?

 

[Givi]

Does this look "contracted" to you? What kind of logistics company is still running 30 year old vehicles without paying out the ass for repairs and fuel inefficiency?
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Has Castro Jr. ever said anything about the Uyghurs when that was the current thing?

Those are clearly LPR/DPR troops. Their use of civilian trucks (especially construction trucks since they're naturally armored against small arms fire) to move around has been well documented since 2014. They very clearly did not have the amount of trucks or logistical capability to support the massive amount of troops that they've been mobilizing for this war. Russia gives them all the handouts they can in terms of captured vehicles but depending on when this picture was taken (especially if early war) then they were using basically anything (including 4 door sedans) to move troops around in the early stages.

I have been following the war closely since it started and haven't seen a single confirmed recorded use of civilian trucks (especially like that) by the russian army, though I'm sure it happened at least a couple of times because in war time, shit gets commandeered. Even Chechnya donated 50 4x4s to the DPR a month or so ago.

 

[White_N]

"Sanctions don't work"

Biggest part of Russian budget is oil export. Here are prices for barrel of oil on markets.
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Pre-war all oil was 90-ish for a barrel. Nowadays Urals oil (so Moscow one) is for 66 and steadily going down. This is one of most measurable effect of sanctions. However, there are many more.

I don't know on how high does of copium you have to be to think that situation for Russia is in any way good.

On your own graph, you can see a periodic increase in prices above the pre-war ones. I decided to get a daily price chart, and it was chaotic. On March 23, the price per barrel reached 101, and on April 12, it was only 78.

Here are the pre-war prices. You can see that prices at the beginning of the year were even worse than post-sanctions.

Undoubtedly, there is an economic struggle going on, and it is too early to talk about the results, but this is very far from the collapse of the Russian energy economy.