The Russia-Ukraine War has begun

[Grandma Bates]

Wikipedia is already on it....

 

[Free]

Ukraine's detention of oligarch close to Putin angers Moscow

The detention of fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of a pro-Russian opposition party and a close associate of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been met with enthusiasm in Kyiv and irritation in Moscow.

apnews.com

Oh, and what is Putin going to do about it? Declare war on Ukraine?

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Both Finland and Sweden want to join NATO possibly put in for it in "weeks." Most of the video was about Finland holding off The Soviet Union for 120 days in late 1939 to early 1940. Part is that Finland is ready with a vast underground area with a shopping mall, go kart track, swimming pool under Helsinki. Also a vast underground drinking water resevoir and a stockpile of medicine that'll last for months.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Ukraine's detention of oligarch close to Putin angers Moscow

The detention of fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of a pro-Russian opposition party and a close associate of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been met with enthusiasm in Kyiv and irritation in Moscow.

apnews.com

Oh, and what is Putin going to do about it? Declare war on Ukraine?

He is they guy that some speculated that would have been put in charge of Ukraine if they were able to have taken Kyiv.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

He is they guy that some speculated that would have been put in charge of Ukraine if they were able to have taken Kyiv.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

CNN: For the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US is providing Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials viewed as too much of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago.
The $800 million list is driven not only by direct requests from Ukraine, but also in preparation for a new type of fight on the open plains of southeast Ukraine right next to Russia, terrain that plays into Russia's natural military advantages.

Why the Biden administration is giving new, heavier weapons to Ukraine

For the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US is providing Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials viewed as too much of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

A new official stamp in Ukraine.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Finally a Twitter account which makes sense:

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Wikipedia is already on it....

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

ETA: I think she's channeling, among others, St Olga of Kyiv, who was certainly not someone with whom you'd want to tangle

Olga of Kiev: One saint you do not want to mess with | All About History

Queen, saint and total bad-ass, Olga of Kiev is one of history's deadliest women

www.historyanswers.co.uk

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

One thing I'm finding interesting is that it was believed that the Russian Military had gone on a major improvement binge after the problems shown in Chechnya and Georgia. They were supposed to have improved their logistics, but something prevented that from happening. Incompetence, grift or a simple lack of resources, that has to stick in Comrade Putins craw.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Well they've got improved weaponry and such, yes. Question though is: how much of it? Most of the shiny new toys are probably not build in big numbers.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

One thing I'm finding interesting is that it was believed that the Russian Military had gone on a major improvement binge after the problems shown in Chechnya and Georgia. They were supposed to have improved their logistics, but something prevented that from happening. Incompetence, grift or a simple lack of resources, that has to stick in Comrade Putins craw.

According to this thread, the reforms after Chechnya and Georgia put in place by Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov were working, but he upset many of the military and industrial elite (who benefited from all the graft and corruption) that they managed, in 2012, to oust him and have him replaced with the current incumbent, General Shoigu, who is far more easy-going.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Well they've got improved weaponry and such, yes. Question though is: how much of it? Most of the shiny new toys are probably not build in big numbers.

That was one of Germany's problems in World War II.

 

[Free]

Andrew Callaghan and Channel 5 brought their gonzo journalism to Ukraine

But perhaps most unsettling of all (to American viewers) is seeing the mirror images of our QAnon cultists and MAGA true believers reflected in the victims of Putin’s propaganda machine. Much like their unlikely partners here in the States, pro-Putin Russians see the whole war as a faked Western plot to undermine their country, and it’s likely no amount of evidence could ever dissuade them.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

So, I first ran into this guy on a dna channel reacting to him. And I think his video after he left Russia has been shared somewhere in this thread, so to riff off of the whole qanon/maga/pro-putin cultists....

 

[Tirellia]

Russian warship Moskva has sunk - defence ministry - BBC News

Oops.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Russian warship Moskva has sunk - defence ministry - BBC News

Oops.

I'm -pretty- sure that sunk is past severely damaged.

 

[danielravennest]

Well, if you've got a new missile that needs testing, may as well make it a *useful* test.