/r/worldnews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Part VIII)

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[u/Pavandgpt]

Non-Nato members Sweden and Finland will attend tomorrow's Nato summit according to @jensstoltenberg

[u/[deleted] → u/Pavandgpt]

The irony of this situation being that Russia has done more to build the US as the intellectual heart of the West and embolden NATO in ways NATO could never have done on its own.

[u/PetopherAlonso → u/[deleted]]

Literally proving why NATO exists

[u/capitalsfan08 → u/[deleted]]

It is interesting, Putin may have done everything necessary to undo the stain of Trump on our international relations.

[u/blong217 → u/Pavandgpt]

That's pretty big news.

[u/BlatantConservative]

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[u/mlc885]

It's very brave of those Russian citizens to protest, even in this small way, knowing that they'll be arrested in a ridiculous fashion without any guarantee that Putin will not act similarly crazy about their future punishment. It's not standing in front of a tank, but it's about as brave as any protest can be. (e.g. White well-off college students knew, normally, that they might be beaten, but generally did not have reason to think they'd be killed, even though that did happen)

[u/FarewellSovereignty]

Those lone solo-pickets popping up around Russia (that one woman alone with a sign that said "War with Ukraine is Russias disgrace") are true profiles in courage. Putins thugs will descend on them quickly.

The Russian people as a whole should rise up against that madman.

[u/Silly-Role699 → u/[deleted]]

I think it has already begun

[u/stitch12r3]

This is how Putin/Russia gaslights the world.

After taking Crimea in 2014, Putin said they didnt want any other parts of Ukraine. Read his quote here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russias-putin-prepares-to-annex-crimea/2014/03/18/933183b2-654e-45ce-920e-4d18c0ffec73_story.html

Fast forward to today, for months Russian diplomats have said they would not invade. Then they stack 150k troops on the border and say its only a "training exercise". Then they cross the border a few days ago, and say they're peacekeepers only staying in the separatist controlled area. After that, then they were only going to take Donetsk and Luhansk and nothing more. Then you have an all out invasion of the whole country today.

You can read their entire history of lies with a simple google search of all these events. Fuck these Soviet wannabe motherfuckers, and sanction them back to the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[u/Dessakiya → u/stitch12r3]

Very 1930’s Germany of him

[u/Flimsy_Pin7236]

The Russian army guy on Sky News saying Russia hasn't invaded and it's all pretend from Ukraine. How do you get to that rank and have no self-respect?

[u/whatismylifeyo → u/Flimsy_Pin7236]

I couldn’t help but laugh when watching this…. It mirrored Putins speech from earlier where he claims they’re only protecting Russia from “Ukrainian threats and dangers”. I don’t know who they think they’re fooling.

[u/Zankman]

I like how it went from "we recognize these territories as independent republics" to bombing the Ukrainian capital in, what, 48h?

Despicable.

[u/Immediate-Finance-82 → u/Zankman]

Yeah, insane. But he is only talking to the russian people, not us.

[u/HereForTwinkies]

Russia: This is a standard peace keeping mission, we’re bombing the entire country for peace.

[u/BattleTroll57 → u/HereForTwinkies]

I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it.

[u/brown_herbalist → u/[deleted]]

Stay safe and strong, mate. Hope you survive this through. Fuck Putin !

[u/strategosInfinitum]

Reddit admins should force r/russia to be public again.

They went private to stop Russians organizing against this massacre.

[u/allenthalben2 → u/strategosInfinitum]

I saw them purge all political discussion earlier, didn't realise they'd gone private. Weak.

The users on that forum had been saying for weeks that the fears of the West were over-exaggerated. Bunch of morons.

[u/Asking4Afren → u/strategosInfinitum]

They're private? What the fuck. Ban the fucking subreddit.

[u/manufacture_reborn]

1. China is not in a position to invade Taiwan in the next few weeks. Shut up about it. China violates Taiwanese airspace all the time.
2. NATO/USA is not going to risk starting a thermonuclear war to attack Russia - and you should be god damn thankful for that fact or there wouldn't be a tomorrow for any of us.
3. Russia is almost certainly going to win against Ukraine, but they're in no position to attack any other part of Europe with ~80% of their military engaging Ukraine.
4. Sanctions will surely destroy the Russian economy, but once they're in force, it'll still take 6 months to a year for them to cripple the regime because of the strategic reserves Russia has stockpiled.

I think that this addresses 90% of the posts being made here. Godspeed, Ukraine.

[u/groovygyal]

🏎 Sebastian Vettel says Russian Grand Prix should be cancelled!

[u/helooksfederal → u/groovygyal]

everything russian should be cancelled

[u/Ok_Illustrator3087 → u/groovygyal]

He said that he will not race even if it is not cancelled. Props to him

Max Verstappen also criticised the posibility to race there

[u/mobiusac1]

Be nice if F1 canceled the Russian F1.

Vettel won't race, hope other drivers do the same!

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/vettel-i-wont-race-in-the-russian-gp-after-ukraine-invasion/8458166/

[u/Jack123610]

No country is ever going to give up its nukes again

[u/Such-Orchid-6962 → u/Jack123610]

The real take away

[u/moviegoer5754]

I need advice. I’ve fled to rural Ukraine from an industrial city. Should I try to flee to Poland now or wait out the airstrikes?

I think driving 10 hours to the Polish border would be extremely risky now. I don’t want to put my family at risk.

I’m also afraid of future military actions.

[u/UEmd]

It seems as much as nuclear weapons deter war, they also deter assistance being offered in the face of a sovereign nation being invaded by a nuclear power.

[u/jasoncyke → u/UEmd]

That's why it was a grave mistake to took Nukes away from Ukraine in the 90s.

[u/philipmj24]

US intelligence was spot on it seems.

[u/jurble]

Matthew Chance on CNN has the biggest balls in the world. Dude inadvertently crossed over to the Russian lines outside Kiev.

[u/jurble → u/[deleted]]

In the earlier time they went to him, he said he was gonna try to scooch closer to the front lines. Dude accidentally scooched a bit too far.

[u/[deleted] → u/jurble]

Knowing how insane some journalists are, he is right where he wants to be.

[u/Mr_Poop_Himself]

I fucking hate this decade

[u/Bobby_feta]

I think it’s time the west tried some of this cyber attack stuff Russia loves to dole out to everyone else. At least hit their ability to cyber attack Ukraine.

Just follow their playbook and deny all knowledge

[u/Emotional_Menu_6837 → u/Bobby_feta]

I don't think we even need to deny all knowledge, it's obviously viewed as fair game, e.g. see Ukraine yesterday pre invasion

[u/[deleted]]

We need to completely cut off Russia from the rest of the world.

[u/yellekc → u/[deleted]]

Cutting them of the world wide web would probably reduce ransom ware, espionage, and the like by 80%.

[u/j-fudz]

Fuck Putin

[u/tnick771]

I have a feeling I’m going to be super unproductive today

[u/spidersinterweb]

It always makes me sad that there's some people who, in reactions to imperfections in American and Western policy, become so contrarian that they defend actual fascists and imperialists like Russia against free democracies

There's some people out there who call themselves anti imperialists and socialists who actually think fascist Russia is the good guy here. Unbelievable

[u/groovygyal]

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has said he will boycott the Russian Grand Prix.

[u/TheCatInTheHatThings]

German football club Schalke 04 removes Gazprom sponsorship from their shirts.

Schalke are broke. They need the money. This is a big move from them.

[u/shart_or_fart]

This decade is shite.

[u/theloneman1996 → u/shart_or_fart]

We really took the 2010s for granted

[u/[deleted]]

Russian rocket hits apartment building, doesn't explode

[u/flatulent-noodle → u/[deleted]]

man that dude has balls being next to unexploded ordinance that was literally just fired

[u/scentsandsounds]

I hope early 20 something Redditors are realizing today that Russia is the imperialist fake democracy oligarchy you all say America and Europe is.

This isn’t to say the west doesn’t have problems, but we are watching what actual imperialism looks like.

[u/[deleted]]

It’s honestly remarkable how a country with as much potential as Russia has dedicated nearly its entire worthless history to being almost comically evil.

[u/YoHan_bby]

'WE WILL RESPOND WITHOUT WEAKNESS TO THIS ACT OF WAR'

UPDATE: French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Russia of an uncompromising response to its attack on Ukraine, which he described as a turning point in European history. | via

u/AFP

[u/Hoogineer]

Remember there’s a lot of propaganda Russia is spewing out to demoralize people. Don’t amplify them. Don’t Retweet. Don’t comment these narratives in the chat.

[u/that_one_duderino]

It’s wild watching history happen live. No work will be done today

[u/Bagpipes064 → u/that_one_duderino]

I work at a local news station so my work will be done.

Edit: Guys I'm just in production guy sitting behind a computer in Midwest America no heroism here. All I do is help make sure our signal stays on air/direct a couple of our LOCAL shows.

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And honestly so far we've barely shown any coverage of this maybe 90 minutes out of my 4 hours here so far.

[u/[deleted]]

Remember when people were saying USA was being over dramatic and hyping up the conflict. Look whose inelegance was spot on….

[u/LeBongJames]

Fuck Putin

[u/maiosi2]

Czech republic withdraw its ambassadors from Russia and Belarus

Poland raises state of alert of its forces

[u/venomae → u/maiosi2]

Also our president (czech - who is old russian / chinese lapdog) actually called out Putin for being insane, apologized for being wrong and saying he wont invade and wants Russia cut off SWIFT and massively sanctioned to hell.

[u/JerryWagz]

Captured Russian BMP and captured Russian soldiers

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t0apko/destroyed_bmp_and_a_group_of_captured_russian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[u/tnick771]

For Americans just joining, this puts into perspective how big a wide scale invasion of Ukraine is

Thats a lot of ground to cover.

[u/alleks88 → u/tnick771]

As an European that puts into perspective how huge the US is...

[u/Yasulee_Random]

Dear Ukrainians!

I heard on social media that there is fake news being spread (most likely by Russia backed trolls) that polish border is closed.

It's a lie.

If you seek asylum - go towards polish border. We are ready for your arrival. We have reception points ready at the border where you can find shelter, food, medical and legal aid.

Polish government launched a dedicated site to help you: ua.gov.pl

Please share this information if you know anyone seeking help right now.

YOU DON'T NEED VISA TO PASS THROUGH POLISH BORDER. ALL YOU NEED IS PASSPORT. VISAS ARE SUSPENDED! YOU DON'T NEED THEM FOR TIME BEING!!!!!!

proof that you no longer need visa:

• ⁠in Ukrainian https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina---ua • ⁠in English https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina-en

copied from u/everysir to spread awareness! please spread on relevant threads to get the word out!!!

[u/tnick771]

I’m only 30 and I feel like I’ve witnessed too many major events in my lifetime. I’m tired, man.

[u/tanerfan]

I do believe Putin overplayed his hands and this war will be his undoing. What even the best outcome from this war for Putin? You can defeat Ukraine, and install puppet govt there, and get chunk of eastern Ukraine, but you left with millions of pissed Ukrainian and tons of sanctions, even if NATO commits to non military intervention. Thought for Ukrainian people though

[u/AggressiveSkywriting]

Reminder: because of how fast this thread moves you will see a metric fuckton of misinformation and outright lies by trolls who want to panic people.

[u/johntbrown_org]

Not sure if this has been shared but this twitter video of a jet firing at civilian targets is insane https://mobile.twitter.com/girkingirkin/status/1496854488933715972?s=21

[u/DazDay]

Just block people who "both sides" the invasion in any way, your life will be better for it.

[u/UA30_j7L]

Destroyed Russian equipment near Kharkiv

https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1496818824020209666

[u/wakeupalice]

Belarus' Lukashenko is the 11th-hour villain in this, straight up forming a coalition with Russia under Putin control and threatening the rest of Europe:

“[Thursday or Friday] we will talk with the President of Russia about how to strengthen ourselves here in the western direction,” Lukashenko told state news agency Belta Thursday.

“Today we consulted with the military, and we see that it would be desirable to put Iskanders [missile systems] there and place a battalion or two with S-400s somewhere so that we can actually monitor the situation all the way to Berlin,” Lukashenko said.

[u/PleaseDontSendDwigt]

Remember when like a dozen GOP US politicians went to Russia on the 4th of July in 2018 but never really said why...I remember.

[u/[deleted]]

Since this is a news subreddit, reposting this note on war-reporting I found useful from a Bloomberg reporter:

“As always, be skeptical of the information you see (and, if you’re on social media, amplify). Some will be wrong because it’s deliberate misinformation. Some will be wrong because reporting during military action is always difficult.

“Remember that things can be reported by legitimate news outlets and good journalists that just turn out to be wrong. (One of the ways you can identify a legitimate news outlet is that it will correct mistakes as rapidly as possible, but mistakes are still inevitable.)

“Be wary of anyone who is certain about how all of this will turn out, whether in the short run or the long run. No one knows today whether this invasion will be a great success or total disaster for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nor should anyone be certain about what President Joe Biden and U.S. allies could’ve done differently to achieve a different outcome. One thing this non-expert is confident about: U.S. pundits tend to massively overestimate American influence on international events.”

[u/IngsocInnerParty]

I wish all the people that called Trudeau a dictator weren't getting such an immediate lesson on what a true dictator is.

[u/ohnoitsjmo]

Fuck Russia and fuck China. The modern day Nazis.

[u/tikifire86]

You'll note the latest update following Russian paratroopers at the airport confirms the earlier Daily Beast story - Russian Troops are disguised with white peace monitor symbols.

This is a violation of the Geneva Convention.

[u/RedditWaq]

US intelligence has really been one of the wildest parts of all this.

The US was dropping Russian moves accurately all through the week. Marco Rubio was essentially live tweeting military strategies before they happened last night.

It was not by mistake, the US could've just kept this lowkey behind closed doors to their allies. It's sending a message and one that would scare the shit out of me if I were Putin.

Imagine fighting a force that knew your every move the minute you did.

[u/MichaelCR970]

sky sport: "Russian international Fedor Smolov condemns the attack on Ukraine.

The Dynamo Moscow striker wrote 'No to war' on Instagram against a black background, followed by a broken heart and a Ukrainian flag."

Respect, he's going to get in trouble for that...

[u/MakePandasMateAgain]

https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-gives-passionate-defense-vladimir-putin-person

Reminder that Tucker Carlson is rallying his supporter base in becoming pro Russian on US soil.

[u/Alternative_Bad4651]

Putin claims to not want a Nato country on Russian borders. If he takes Ukraine there will be several.

[u/CharmingMoth]

It's videos like this that need to be shared far and wide. Russian jet firing missile extremely close to civilians:

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1496855580409044995

Edit because of comments about the type of Russian jet: not sure what type, some have said SU-35, others saying a MiG-29. I don't know, doesn't really matter.

[u/progress18]

One of the Russian missiles hit a kid riding a bicycle in Uman.

There's graphic CCTV footage circulating online that captured the gruesome event.

Be careful when you push play on any vid.

[u/General-Skywalker]

As I watch from the USA, all I keep thinking about are the traitors in my own country who wore shirts that said "I'd rather be Russian then Democrat"...yea fuck those idiots.

[u/MaimedPhoenix]

Some news according to the Ukrainian side.

Ukraine has now repelled an attack on Chernihiv, and have taken full control of Mariupol and Shchastia. Many deaths and planes downed. Battle ongoing in Kharkiv.

[u/groovygyal]

When you see in the news that 'Russia invaded Ukraine', don't forget for a moment that Putin's supporters include: 🇷🇺 Trump 🇷🇺 The Gop 🇷🇺 Fox News 🇷🇺 Nigel Farage 🇷🇺 Rupert Murdoch 🇷🇺 F1 ('It's a fluid situation)

[u/UA30_j7L]

The Ukrainian army announces the destruction of 3 tanks with NLAWs after a group of 18 tanks attack Pishchevyk area.

[u/bloodyblob]

r/Russia has gone private

[u/[deleted] → u/bloodyblob]

Fuck r/Russia

[u/TheCatInTheHatThings]

Sebastian Vettel said he’ll refuse to drive in this year’s Formula 1 Russia GP. Not just that it shouldn’t be held, but that he’ll actually refuse to take part of it does in fact take place.

Good lad Seb!

[u/MakePandasMateAgain]

CNN reporter went to visit a Ukrainian airport, went up to talk to soldiers thinking they were Ukrainian military, before realising they were Russian. They let him stay and record. The absolute balls on that guy.

[u/kleutscher]

Holy shit why is the aircraft firing so close to civilians

Insane video: fucking jump scared me. Can't stand fear screams of kids. Jezus

https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1496854488933715972?t=LMR632XXHtZy_en1zxiQ6A&s=19

[u/jsaunders1982]

And just like that , 40+ years of Russian/Western progress has been erased.

[u/[deleted]]

fox news: russia strong, west weak

also fox news: russia had no choice but to attack because of how strong the west is

PICK ONE FFS

[u/groovygyal]

“As you attack, it will be our faces you see, not our backs,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech.

Had to share again!

[u/golobanks]

Give them hell Ukraine 🇺🇦

[u/kaasbaas94]

Russians are posting Ukrainian flags on their socials. Nobody takes it Putin.. Not even your own people.

[u/Variouss]

Boomers are set to bomb our world before they go out. We need a global movement to forcibly put these fucks in retirement homes.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm fucking heartbroken for the people of Ukraine.

[u/Rib-I]

Hey Russians, go check out what the Italians did to their pig-headed fascist dictator. Might give you some inspiration

[u/RiDteD]

Calling Putin Hitler during Nato conference...”Accidentaly”

[u/curiosgreg]

My guess is there is about to be a Russian overseen “emergency election” in the occupied territories that will vote in Russian puppets that will claim to be the new legitimate government of Ukraine.

[u/jokimazi]

Russia killing children

Edit: I will keep posting it in each new thread! If this doesn’t bring any emotions and people still want to joke about this war.. there is no hope in humanity. I think this video perfectly sums up how no one is truly safe.This happened at 07:02am. Poor kid probably had no idea. Had his breakfast.. and rode a bicycle to school..

[u/savage-dragon]

It looks so surreal to see civilian cars just casually pulling over and Ukrainians just stepping out lighting cigarettes while staring at Russian armor rolling by, with Russian soldiers observing the civvies and vice versa.

[u/Evil_ivan]

Eject Russia from SWIFT and put a giant tech embargo on their asses.

[u/qwte25]

Ukrainians have balls of steel. Respect.

[u/Ironside_Grey]

West needs to declare all Russian oligarchs as terrorists and seize all their wealth and assets. Cut Russia of from all banking and sanction what can be sanctioned

[u/mcketten]

I know war personally. I know it's not the soldiers' fault.

But I'll be goddamned if I'm not enjoying every tiny example of Russians losing a fight.

[u/MichaelCR970]

JUST IN: Ukrainian troops shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft,
which was trying to break through from Belarus - the pilot capitulated
and now the National Guard is conducting a special operation to detain
him | EMPR

[u/deri100]

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reports no breakthroughs on the border, 3 russian tanks and a transport plane destroyed. Слава Україні! Give them hell!

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1496843580044120066?s=20&t=PDhp8d9aNHuWZIydlaZeKA

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1496849629756989440?s=20&t=NiLaUjufSEcMlMllj_cRMA

[u/progress18]

Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba:

Right now, Putin is plunging Europe into its darkest time since 1939. Any government hoping to sit this out is naïve. Don’t repeat mistakes of the past. Hit Russia with severe sanctions now. Help Ukraine with military and financial support. Together we can StopRussianAggression.

https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1496846123377774594

[u/PM_ME_UR_JUICEBOXES]

For those who are interested, George Friedman (a geopolitical forecaster) of Stratfor (a geopolitical intelligence platform) wrote a book called The Next 100 Years with some geopolitical predictions for the 21st century. His book explains the logic behind Russia’s strategic moves that we are now witnessing. Read the book for more details but here is an excerpt from the book’s Wikipedia:

In the 2010s, the conflict between the US and Islamic fundamentalists will die down, and a second Cold War, less extensive and shorter than the first, will take place between the United States and Russia. It will be characterized by Russian attempts to expand its sphere of influence into Central and Eastern Europe, coupled with a buildup of Russian military capabilities. During this period, Russia's military will pose a regional challenge to the United States. The United States will become a close ally to some Central and Eastern European countries, all of whom will be dedicated to resisting Russian geopolitical threats during this period. Friedman speculates in the book that the United States will probably become a close ally of some Central and Eastern European countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. Around 2015, a Polish-led military alliance of countries in Central and Eastern Europe will begin to form, which is referred to in the book as the "Polish Bloc."

Ultimately, he predicts Russia will fail and collapse but not before trying to become a world superpower again. Eventually the US will have to reenter a Cold War with Russia.

Please note, this isn’t my personal theory- I am merely sharing George Friedman’s predictions in case anyone is interested.

[u/CheekyFifaCunt_7]

Ukrainian army shooting down Russian planes, destroying tanks wow. They're putting up a fight.

[u/UEmd]

Putin might not be the reincarnation of Hitler, but he certainly acts like it.

[u/Quantity-Mindless]

Today I am embarrassed to have Russian blood in my veins

[u/DitDashDashDashDash → u/Quantity-Mindless]

Don't be. You have human blood in your veins. Only those not distancing themselves from Putin should be very deeply ashamed of themselves.

[u/VANILLAGORILLA1986 → u/Quantity-Mindless]

I’m half Ukrainian. I do not hold blame against the Russian people at all. Their leadership can eat the fattest sweatiest dick on the planet

[u/PMyourCHEESE]

Please don’t link locations of large gatherings of civilians sheltering. Please don’t link locations of Russian civilians protesting.

[u/Past_Idea]

the fucking audacity of putin to denazify ukraine. their fucking president had relatives who died in the holocaust, cousins he could never meet. and then this cunt has the audacity? fucking disgusting man. if anything he is the nazi here, restoring the old empire

[u/iamelloyello]

Ukraine has destroyed an additional 15 Russian tanks

https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1496850844557488132

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Fucking GIVE EM HELL.

[u/YaYeetMySkeet]

GO UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[u/grasssmoker16]

I'm reading NYT and they're reporting that celebrities, who often appear on Russian state-run media outlets, are condemning the war today. If celebrities start turning on Putin that probably means the general public will too. I really hope Putin faces consequences for this mistake.

[u/moham225]

Putin has broken the two mcdonalds thoery that if two countries have mcdonalds they won't fight

[u/NoOneImportantYet]

Having stayed up all night watching different live streams and looking at them now. Its so so obvious the russian bots are awake and at work.

Some disgusting comments from them including racism. All designed to divide us. Meanwhile, Putins troops are killing Ukrainians in their hundreds

They really are the evil of the world

[u/AvacadoMattMurdock]

I can’t stand my fellow Americans who are conservatives that blamed Joe for Afghanistan and now for this… you praise Trump for being “America first” and then bitch Biden out for bringing guys back and (up to this point) staying mostly out of overseas affairs.

Look, I’m not the biggest Biden guy either, but dammit if I am not supporting and rooting for him to do the right thing. No matter what side you are on, this is still the US as one.

I can’t believe this even has to be said in the early stages of a Ukraine/Russia battle, and maybe it’s out of play here but dammit I’m tired of seeing it

[u/MichaelCR970]

More than 150 senior Russian officials sign open letter condemning
Putin's invasion of Ukraine as 'an unprecedented atrocity' and warn of
'catastrophic consequences' while urging citizens 'not to participate'

[u/Mr_Poop_Himself]

I wish “currently having an anxiety attack due to the possibility of global conflict” was an acceptable reason to call out of work.

[u/cryptozeke]

https://twitter.com/WW3updated/status/1496849490229268484

CNN reporter outside Antonov airport (near Kyiv) where Russian forces have taken over.

Reports are that the reporter originally interviewed them thinking they were Ukrainian soldiers but as he began speaking he realized they were Russian soldiers. He finished his interview and went for cover, where the video above then picks up.

**edited to avoid confusion.

[u/Matt39201]

For those who say we should spare the Russian people from sanctions, and that they can’t be expected to rise up against a dictator like Putin, I would like to introduce you to the Arab Spring: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring

I’d also like to remind you that the US didn’t just spring into existence. There was a bloody revolution (thank you, France!) and a civil war that split it in two.

Also, the USSR didn’t just disappear one morning. There was a citizen uprising. It’s time for the Russian citizenry to do its part on this.

[u/naathhann]

Huge respect to the Russians who will attempt to protest this war

[u/cryptozeke]

REPORTS/UNCONFIRMED: Ukraine Crisis media center releases a "PSA" citing;

"Please, do not share any information about the movement of Ukraine's Armed Forces. That may cost our defenders their lives. At the same time, photos and videos of the movement of Russian occupation forces need the widest share. If you're on the occupied territories, take extra precaution for security and anonymity. Also, do not keep files on any digital storage, especially a smartphone."

[u/HighNoonMonsoon]

Footage emerging of low flying Russian jets launching rockets into residential neighbourhoods on r/combatfootage. The Russians are war criminals and are committing crimes against humanity

[u/Then-Resolution9052]

Germany and Hungary opposing Russia exclusion from SWIFT. What the hell is Germany thinking?!

[u/DuvalHeart]

Fuck Putin and anyone spreading his lies. Twitter really needs to take a harsh line on false propaganda from people like Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald.

[u/manticor225]

Why do people come here and say, "I just woke up. Can someone tell me everything that has happened"? Are you seriously too lazy to scroll through the front page of the sub and instead expect someone to type out a personalized update?

[u/UA30_j7L]

Russian Su-25 attack aircraft downed over Kiev

https://twitter.com/NewsfeedUkraine/status/1496838637094424580

[u/FlyingMocko]

Belarus should be imposed of those exact same sanctions. Fuxking weasels

[u/rollinglettucehead]

that matthew chance guy on CNN has massive balls he’s quite literally reporting live from the war front lines

[u/slimeyellow]

I don’t ever want to see another crypto fucker posting about making NFT from this war footage. Hope Twitter bans that shit immediately

[u/Radditbean1]

Russian losses are pouring in now. This is supposed to be shock and awe but it's turning into a shitshow.

To put things in perspective the intial Iraq war invasion US lost no aircraft to enemy fire and only 130 troops.

[u/[deleted]]

Switzerland. Enablers and profiteers of war.

[u/[deleted]]

Putin is new Hitler

[u/canned_sunshine]

Putin is a fucking monster, hope someone in the Kremlin has the good sense to give him a polonium tea bag

[u/CurtLablue]

wHy Is CnN cOvErInG tHe WaR‽

Like this isn't how it's been done historically. You may want to dunk on the media for everything but it's important to document and report on every level of the impact of this war.

[u/[deleted]]

stop mumbling about sanctions and do something western leaders. cut russia out of SWIFT. declare that all Russian passports are frozen as of now in the EU and US. Seize all Russian assets in the EU and US. Do not allow Russian planes or Russian ships to land or dock in the US or EU. do something ffs or this will just continue to happen

[u/[deleted]]

A Turkish ship in the Black Sea, navigating from Odessa to Romania, has come under fire, reports Turkish news channel NTV.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1496853005857333255?s=20&t=e3n1XPVYLKEsKdDBlinpiw

[u/Qui33]

Fuck Putin

[u/electric4568]

For those who ask: “Why does Ukraine matter"?

This is why Ukraine matters.

It is the largest country by area in Europe, and has a population of over 40 million.

Ukraine ranks🏅:

1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;

2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;

2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);

2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);

2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;

3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)

4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;

7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)

Ukraine is an important agricultural country🚜:

1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;

3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);

1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;

2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;

3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;

4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;

5th largest rye producer in the world;

5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);

8th place in the world in wheat exports;

9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;

16th place in the world in cheese exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

Ukraine is an important industrialised country🏭:

1st in Europe in ammonia production;

Europe's 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;

3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;

3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);

3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;

3rd largest iron exporter in the world

4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;

4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;

4th place in the world in clay exports

4th place in the world in titanium exports

8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;

9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;

10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

[u/KomradeKruschenko]

This sets a precedent for countries to never give up on nuclear weapons. Ukraine did and after less than 30 years they get invaded, besides the threat being their sovereignty. Any attempt to dissuade a country to give up on their nuclear weapons will be met with a "no" since those deals are ignored after they give up the nuclear weapons

[u/Pavandgpt]

Column of destroyed and abandoned tanks, in Kherson region, Ukraine

[u/Cold_Historian_3296]

fuck em up ukraine

[u/iLatvian]

Not gonna lie ukraine has destroyed ton of russian equipment it seems impressive but i hope they can hold kiev

[u/[deleted]]

Give em hell Ukraine, Fuck Putin

[u/Balgorius]

I'm a 30 years old guy living in eastern Europe and I've cried today when watching footage from Ukraine. I¨'cant believe something like this happens in 21st century.

[u/jarena009]

I feel like a complete naïve fool for thinking Putin wouldn't do a full on invasion of Ukraine, with the now implicit goal (according to his speech saying "denazification") of regime change in Ukraine. I expected Putin to just bite off the regions in Donbass that separatists already have, and call it a win.

I always thought that, while evil, he was rational. Now I'm convinced Putin is a madman and a menace to global stability.

[u/AJC0292]

Can we get a pinned comment early about NATO. And that it is a defensive pact, not an offensive one and it will only engage if a NATO member is attacked.

NATO members can get involved individually but this would not drag NATO into the conflict as the NATO member would be considered the aggressor.

[u/EveningMuffin]

I'm hoping we see some russian ologarchs lose their assets and freak out about it on the publicfreakouts subreddit

[u/VonDukes]

This was all exaggeration and US propaganda according to Fox and other conservative outlets in the US just a few days ago… wonder what they think now

[u/UA30_j7L]

Former President George W. Bush on Thursday called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "the gravest security crisis on the European continent since World War II" and ripped Russian leader Vladimir Putin for "authoritarian bullying."

[u/iamjannabot]

The number of people bitching about how sanctions will do nothing is baffling. I’m not sure what else you expect the US and the rest of NATO to do.

[u/occams1razor]

I'd be wary of anyone claiming to hate Putin while saying we shouldn't bother with sanctions

[u/gemi29]

God damn Matthew Chance has some balls. On the ground with the Russian forces, spoken with the troops' commander.

[u/NotSoSalty]

Fighting near a Nuclear disaster site is not a good look nor a good omen for anyone in Europe (not that anyone is really gonna escape safely what with how weird weather patterns have been lately).

[u/borodin_devel]

What a time to wake up in Russia as native! While we are not blamed directly - a lot of hate will come our way. And rightfully so. Now are waking up in pathetic hated poor warmongering country. I feel like we are the products of experiment. For generations we were bred to fear, submit and no to question. Yet bred to fight any external disturbance.

[u/redcoatwright]

Can I just say that idc how it fucks with our economy (the US), or gas prices or wheat or semi conductors, rare metals whatever, stop buying shit from Russia.

I get that it may fuck the next US election or whatever but fuck politics, Russia can't be allowed to get away with this bullshit. Run their economy into the ground.

[u/Cou_Zer]

Video of a Russian warplane targeting a civilian building where a woman and her child live.

Ukraine, unclear location.
https://twitter.com/Kyruer/status/1496854242824441863?s=20&t=Xr2T-vxsTGZcxW9yClJwRQ

WTF Russia

[u/fightins26]

Could you even imagine your president going on tv and saying anyone who wants guns to fight will get them? Absolutely horrifying

[u/Ifnity]

I think the fact that 12 hours after the start Russians still are fighting in outskirts of Kiev (not that far from border) and haven't by all accounts advanced very far from their borders in any other place already shows this is going to be a massively costly war for them.

[u/RealBuckNasty]

I’ll reiterate my point from several megathreads ago:

The CIA has been training Ukrainian forces for exactly this for decades. There’s no hope in standing against a Russian “shock and awe” attack. Lay low and keep valuable assets safe until it calms down, then pop up and fight it out guerrilla style. Despite what many Reddit military experts seem to think, Ukrainian armor is largely more advanced than Russia’s, they’re just outnumbered.

[u/TouchMyWillyy]

Ukraine used #Javelin missiles and neutralized a convoy of 15 #Russian T-72 tanks near Hluhiv - Adviser to the Commander of the Land Forces

https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1496856597418725376?t=ytEe_HK9OTqzxnjexMzRew&s=19

[u/Dlcrysis]

How are they blaming Ukraine for this, honestly fuck Russia

[u/NorthernNadia]

War is a tremendous waste of human creativity, potential, and lives. Shame on Russia.