Ukraine / Russia

[JT88]

Leaders like Putin have been the problem with Russia for a long time now... He's a chip of the old block... It's not 1932 anymore, bro. He needs to go, and soon.

Been praying for all involved and those who are going to suffer from this insanity... Ukraine has already suffered greatly in the last hundred years

 

[noharleyyet]

Accurate info is hard to find...I can't attest to the veracity of this link...

Ukraine: 40 mile-long Russian convoy on way to Kyiv twice as long as previously known

40 mile chain of military vehicles seen nearing Kyiv

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Irrelevant]

Can someone fill me in one why we're allowing Russia to invade through Belarus and not impose sanctions on them as well?

 

[Beignet]

Can someone fill me in one why we're allowing Russia to invade through Belarus and not impose sanctions on them as well?

They've had em in place and nations around the world keep adding more.

Article is a few days old, and I'm sure more have been added since.

 

[Irrelevant]

Can someone fill me in one why we're allowing Russia to invade through Belarus and not impose sanctions on them as well?

ah, I guess I could have taken the 3 sec to google

EU to impose new sanctions on Belarus this week -EU official

The European Union is planning to impose new sanctions on Belarus this week for helping the Russian invasion of Ukraine, hitting exports, oligarchs, central bank and cutting Belarusian banks off from SWIFT, a senior EU official said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

 

[noharleyyet]

Can someone fill me in one why we're allowing Russia to invade through Belarus and not impose sanctions on them as well?

I've heard the expression that Belarus was Putin's mosh pit;

US sees ‘no indication’ to back Ukrainian claim Belarus has joined Russia’s invasion

Ukraine says Belarusian troops entered north of Kyiv, but US says it has ‘no confirmation’ of the reports.

www.politico.eu

 

[JDH]

I always figured a squadron of A10s was the only way to stop an armored column, but I guess I didn't think of poor maintenance being the other solution . . .

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Just happened to think about this this morning. This article is what I found when I googled "Ukraine a 10s".
Wouldn't It Be Great to Give A-10s to Ukraine? - War Is Boring

 

[JDH]

Can you elaborate?

Did I miss the elaboration?

 

[Beignet]

Did I miss the elaboration?

He knew too much and was whisked away in unmarked vehicles during the dark of night after making making allusions in the initial post.

 

[BigHornRam]

Sign of Putin's desperation? (Since this is money and finanace thread )

Could Putin be exploring cryptocurrencies to bypass western sanctions?

Debate rages over whether Russian banks could use crypto such as bitcoin as an alternative currency exchange

www.theguardian.com

 

[VikingsGuy]

Just happened to think about this this morning. This article is what I found when I googled "Ukraine a 10s".
Wouldn't It Be Great to Give A-10s to Ukraine? - War Is Boring

I keep remembering the "Highway of Death" Gulf War I.

 

[JDH]

I keep remembering the "Highway of Death" Gulf War I.

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Yeah, at first it was hard for me to wrap my mind around how we can see the convoy on sat but can't do anything about it. Then I remember how Ukraine is about the size of Texas.

 

[JLS]

Did I miss the elaboration?

I don’t think so.

 

[noharleyyet]

I keep remembering the "Highway of Death" Gulf War I.

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I’ve had the same thought Dan, oh what a squadron of A10’s could do.

But it’s not gonna happen.

 

[SAJ-99]

I don't want to be in the prediction business, but this is something to watch. NATO has had patrol flights in the Black Sea for years. Seems Russia would test Turkey's resolve and ability to enforce the blockage pretty quickly. IF this escalates, it will probably be in an incident here.

Turkey to implement pact limiting Russian warships to Black Sea

NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia's assault on Ukraine a "war" on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea.

www.reuters.com

 

[RobertD]

The things I'm seeing now say the 40 mile caravan

- isn't that long end to end, there are gaps
- is dealing with some breakdowns and problems

Other side of the coin, really starting to look like the Leningrad comparison could be coming to fruition (hopefully not that awful) but something like a siege to isolate Kiev and eliminate supply lines into the city.

This will be, to quote the Ballad of Buster Scruggs, "what tells the tale" as a Ukrainian city under siege will provide a whole new level of suffering in the city.

The Western strategy of support and supply will be tested here too, and I expect more fervent demands from Western citizens for punitive action against Russia.

I do not know how this thing is supposed to end, wish there was am opportunity for mediation and a peaceful end to this conflict

 

[88man]

Putin invaded Georgia in 2008
He took Crimea in 2014
He meddled in US elections in 2016
He has been testing the waters since he came to power. He poisons and/or locks up his opponents and rigs Russian elections. Every time the West did nothing and he got away with it. Some people even throw a little praise his way.

We have to do something. I will say it again, the price we pay today will be far smaller than the price in the future.

Meddled in the elections> Now I heard it all. Of course he did.

 

[JLS]

Had a really good conversation with my middle daughter about the conflict this morning. It’s crazy the enormity of potential consequences involved. Surprisingly, she wasn’t mortified when I bought up the fact I was surprised an assasination attempt hasn’t occurred. She also understood the danger of a power vacuum if one were to succeed

I told her that her generation may not need to worry about climate change impacts after all.

 

[Redman]

I and some others on here know how this mess ends.

 

[NoWiser]

I and some others on here know how this mess ends.

Care to enlighten those of us who don’t?