Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

How well is the war this going for Russia?

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blyatskrieg

    Votes: 249 10.6%

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I ain't afraid of no Ghost of Kiev

    Votes: 278 11.8%

  • ⭐⭐⭐ Competent attack with some upsets

    Votes: 796 33.7%

  • ⭐⭐ Stalemate

    Votes: 659 27.9%

  • ⭐ Ukraine takes back Crimea 2022

    Votes: 378 16.0%
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Chechens gather the bodies of dead Ukrainians (link)



Hard to tell if these bodies are Ukrainian based on the uniforms, but I do know that one of guns next to them belongs to Ukrainian army only. Not sure about the others atm.

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Vince McMahon said:
Do you know the definition of "desertion"?
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Yes, because unlike you I have served. Ironic but desertion is quite applicable to you, despite the lack of military service experience.

Why? Oh, because Zelensky have literally ordered to arm up every man 18-60 years old. So you guys are (-un)willing combatants, so if you fled, no matter prior or during an invasion, you're automatically become deserters.

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Elbereth said:
Also, just so you know. In Moscow and I'm preety sure also in Saint Petersburg, people are expected to pay for their rent, for their children's education and bunch of other things in USD or EUR
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Simply not true. Virtually all transactions subjected to accounting are FORCED to be paid in Ruble, if you are not an export/import firm (and if you are, you have to have special bank account for said activities), by Russian tax code.
While, theoretically, there might be cases of unregistered tutors and landlords who would ask costumers to pay them in Euro or Dollars, it's impractical, because you would not be able to use foreign currency inside of Russia itself (and if you going in foreign exchange too many times, auditors would like to have a word with you and your unregistered taxable income).
Only time when you could pay for anything with Euro/Dollar was after default in the 90s, after Ruble became near worthless and extremely volatile to the point that prices for any goods in Ruble would change almost every 15 minutes.(And, sadly, the same situation might happen in Ukraine after the war, if Western Powers cut financial support to Ukraine and let it fall into default).
I would assume similar policies are implemented both in Poland (with addition that you can sell goods/services not only in Zloty, but also in Euro) and prewar Ukraine, though i do not possess any knowledge about this matter.
 
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Retired Junta Member said:
Investigating dead civilians in former war zones isn’t necessarily easier. Which is why a lot of war crime trials just drag on for decades.
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But there isn't any real choice in the matter. Even if you get an unbiased outsider inside the warzone, he will get in the way of people engaging in life or death situations and will very likely cause more deaths by obstruction. The investigation itself will be near impossible, with only the victim's families (if they can be identified) as witnesses, no physical evidence and no ability to discern if the act was made by individuals or organisations.
Only in Hollywood films this kind of investigation will bear fruit.
 
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Getting tard comed said:
A man can become a women.
A women can become a man.
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This is why I want Putin to launch the nukes. Not because of your political shit here, but because for some reason in the last ~5 years motherfuckers everywhere on the internet suddenly stopped understanding that "women" is plural and that "woman" is singular. I don't get it. How do people know how to use man/men but not woman/women properly? I see this constantly and I do not wish to be The Noticer of Kyiv but it never ends.
 
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Vince McMahon said:
He ordered martial law and the Rada voted for it. Was there an explicit order by the President of Ukraine to arm E V E R Y O N E?
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the arm up order have come day or two after Russia entered your motherland, martial law was ordered just recently.

man, how come that I'm more aware what is going on in your country than you?
 
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draggs said:
Spreading dem cheeks for Chimputin is in who's best interests again?

Can I see the citation for "the world" "losing trust" in the West's financial dominance? Assertions don't count. China and Russia and Iran sadly don't count.
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Why don't they count? And please add in why India doesn't count while you're at it.

America has just shown everybody that if you want political independence you can't rely on the SWIFT system. Other systems were already in their nascent form (e.g. CIPS) and have just received a massive impetus to be adopted. This is the most basic two step logic: (1) SWIFT has been politicised to punish the USA's rivals. (2) SWIFT cannot be relied on if you go against the USA's wishes. What's to dispute? Do you think there can't be a rival to SWIFT? Furthermore by its very nature as a tool for exchange, a system that doesn't exclude people is going to have more value than a system with fewer participants. By cutting off people from SWIFT, the value of SWIFT as a whole becomes less than a competitor which doesn't. Again - simple two step logic.

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Where is this "world"? Europe? Nope. South America? Nope. North America? :story: Africa? Nope. Asia? Nope. There are zero signs that anyone is interested in casting off New York and London for Beijing and Moscow. India can't even be bothered to make Russia a top ten supplier of its oil. Saudi Arabia gonna sell oil in yuan redditor pointing goes here! Yeah, months later and nothing. People should stop confusing rhetoric with action because it makes them mess their pants over muh US finally gon get it! Idiots can enjoy their new commodities-based blah blah blah system that will never amount to anything other than as a new way for China to exploit Russia's weakness. This epochal shift in global economics does not exist except inside the heads of those seethin n copin
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We'll see in a few years time, I guess. You're emotive rants and whatastory emojis, or me.
draggs said:
What industries are being destroyed? By America's refusal to buy Russian oil that it wasn't buying anyway? Europe will wean itself off Russian energy sooner rather than later, that's what sophisticated diverse economies that produce incredible amounts of wealth can do. No destruction of industry required, they aren't one trick ponies like Russia or two trick like China
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Energy prices are soaring in Europe. That wrecks industry. How could it not? One German company alone forecast laying off 40,000 jobs if Germany cut off Russian oil.

Anyway, you're not one of those posters that can be reasoned with so unless you come back with something spectacularly worth engaging with, I'll leave it here.
 
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