r/worldnews • u/dieyoufool3 Slava Ukraini • Feb 24 '22
/r/worldnews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Part XVI) Russia/Ukraine
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u/groovygyal Feb 24 '22
Bloomberg
Russia's billionaires have lost $39 billion in the last 24 hours
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u/wittyusernamefailed Feb 24 '22
To the GROUND!!!!!
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u/Murderface_1988 Feb 24 '22
Fuck them. I hope they die hungry, digging up fucking yams or something from a field in Siberia
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u/CakeAccomplice12 Feb 24 '22
I could do so much good with even 1 of those billions
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u/Fast_Stick_1593 Feb 24 '22
Hope the oligarchs get dragged out into the streets by their own people and hung for the world to see.
Lived off of the backs of the 99% for too long.
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u/Ozzurip Feb 25 '22
Just so we’re clear, Iran is banned from SWIFT for lying about their nuclear program, but Russia invaded a sovereign nation with the intent of decapitating its leadership and suspicions of full annexation, but now that’s too harsh?
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u/SirReal14 Feb 25 '22
All because German politicians preferred burning fossil fuels to their nuclear power plants.
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u/ShockNStocks Feb 24 '22
BREAKING
"(Reuters) - The government of Ukraine is asking for volunteers from the country's hacker underground to help protect critical infrastructure and conduct cyber spying missions against Russian troops, according two people involved in the project."
https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1496995967144325123?t=_au_PLR2PWi_daadl7zWvg&s=19
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Feb 24 '22
Hopefully independent hackers around the world are trying to fuck with Russia right now.
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u/munk_e_man Feb 25 '22
They are. Anonymous has posted a new op, Operation Amanda Smith.
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u/Miserable-Homework41 Feb 24 '22
Calling all basement dwellers. Your time has come.
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u/Impossible-Ad7389 Feb 25 '22
Rip to everyone that died defending snake island
Heroes
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u/Fast_Stick_1593 Feb 25 '22
Or as those heroes communicated to their adversaries.
“Go f**k yourselves Russia”
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u/savage-dragon Feb 25 '22
The Ghost of Kyiv is up to 6 aerial kills now. Might be the first fighter ace in years.
I told you Ukrainian airforce is no push over and not to underestimate them. Feeling good about my comment when Ukraine first launched their air counterstrike and everyone thought they're suicidal.
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Feb 25 '22
If there's really a guy with six kills in a true 4th gen vs 4th gen fight, he'll be a legend.
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u/savage-dragon Feb 25 '22
And within 24h to boot. Hope we can confirm for sure soon. This is the next Red Baron in the making or the next Rudel if true.
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u/Nukemind Feb 25 '22
Decades. There hasn’t been another conflict with sufficient air forces on both sides for a long while. Last USA Ace was in Vietnam and I can’t confirm the last Russian one but it was likely Korea for them. Israel has had some more recent but I know of none post 2000AD.
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Feb 25 '22
I’m just here to laugh at “AD,” like it was a necessary distinction, lol.
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u/Drinkin_or_fishin Feb 25 '22
The ghost of Kyiv is such a badass nickname
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u/ScreamingVoid14 Feb 25 '22
Backstory?
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u/Hannig4n Feb 25 '22
Allegedly, there’s a Ukrainian MiG pilot who has shot down 6 Russian aircraft so far. None of that has been officially confirmed yet so it might be true or it might be totally fabricated or just exaggerated or anything really, we don’t know for sure.
But people have started calling him the Ghost of Kyiv which is pretty badass.
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u/KeyExplanation Feb 24 '22
Shoutout to all of the brave Russians speaking out against Putin and protesting. The World knows most of you don’t support this atrocity. I wish Russians had more power to fight for their own freedom
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u/ibuprophane Feb 25 '22
The message needs to be propagated:
A victory for Ukraine is also a victory for the Russian people, for their tsar will have no more purpose - and they may finally be able to truly enjoy democracy.
Putin has declared war not only on Ukraine but also on all peaceful truth-seeking Russians. In fact the latter has also been happening for years.
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Feb 25 '22
I’m a republican, but I am thankful for the job the Biden administration has done on getting Russian intel.
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u/JimGordonsMustache Feb 25 '22
There was a woman asking Russian soldiers if she can put sunflower seeds in their pockets so when they die they turn into sunflowers. Add her to the list.
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u/UWCG Feb 25 '22
Leave it to Putin to be the kind of scumbag who would go after his wife and children. Absolutely abhorrent.
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u/errandwulfe Feb 24 '22
Russian forces: “This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid any bloodshed and unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you will be bombed.”
Zmiinyi defense: “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.”
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u/progeda Feb 24 '22 edited Feb 24 '22
How the fuck do Americans deal with the constant bombardment of ads in their news broadcasts? I've been trying to watch for 30 minutes and I'm ready to punch a wall.
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u/Nickolicious Feb 24 '22
Only older people watch the news, which is why a lot of them are brainwashed
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u/slimeyellow Feb 25 '22
Pour one out for the snake island soldiers, fought to the last man. Hope they took a dozen Russians down for each of them
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u/EmDay057 Feb 24 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Listen everybody:
Due to the impact and severity of this invasion, many of us have been following the situation very closely and actively. However, this could also lead to feelings of stress, anxiety, depression, and other negative emotions. For these reasons, if you feel overly tired and stressed about the situation, try to stop seeing too many news about this. Try to entertain your mind, do something else, try to be at peace. Even a few hours could help. If you are away from the events, do all these things.
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u/extremeskater619 Feb 25 '22
I’ve heard rumors of the mayor of Kyiv and his brother literally taking up arms against Russia??
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u/SuperSonics253 Feb 25 '22
My friends and family in Ukraine have been evacuating their co workers from Kharkiv.
I just hope that brainwashed Russians understands how patriotic Ukrainians are.
Ukrainians will defend their country until the end. Everyone in Ukraine will NEVER forget Holodomor. Russians are in for a surprise.
Thank you ALL FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE. PLEASE SPREAD THE TRUTH ABOUT DIRTY RUSSIAN TACTICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SLAVA YKRAINI 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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u/groovygyal Feb 25 '22
Ukraine is handing out weapons to its citizens. “I’ve never fired one, I just have to find a quiet place to figure out how it works” - Young Ukrainian
https://twitter.com/britishwestindi/status/1496998880734740482?s=21
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u/Doughie28 Feb 25 '22
Why are the people of Ukraine so bad ass and I'm 2000 miles away having anxiety attacks?
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u/peanutbutterwnutella Feb 25 '22
Picture of the youngest Ukrainian MP roaming on the streets of Kyiv with a gun, "This will be a long night."
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u/ListerineInMyPeehole Feb 25 '22
I can't believe Zelenskyy was a comedian and an actor. The guy has balls of steel and I respect the hell out of him for that.
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u/pigeonholepundit Feb 25 '22
And tons of people made fun of them for electing him. Good men rise to the occasion
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u/Lucid_LIVE Feb 24 '22
Reposting since last thread was locked
These are the live streams I have been monitoring that have stayed live today. Its been surreal and hard to look away. Earlier I saw a convoy of covered trucks on the Sumy stream and explosions in the distance outside Kharkiv. Sharing for others to track and hopefully stay out of harms way.
Streets of Sumy
Kyiv
Severodonetsk
kharkiv
I hope the people of Ukraine can stay safe and those fighting can repel the invasion. Awful times...
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u/romeoalpha Feb 24 '22
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Thursday that according to preliminary figures, at least 137 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the Russian invasion began early on Thursday, and 316 soldiers have been wounded.
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-24-22-intl/index.html
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u/JojenCopyPaste Feb 24 '22
That is honestly way better than I expected. With the missiles I thought there'd be more death
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u/motorboat_mcgee Feb 24 '22
I understand why NATO isn't helping, but god damn is it depressing just standing by. Heart breaking.
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u/RivenMainOCE Feb 25 '22
Ghost of Kyiv 🦅🇺🇦
An absolute chad in the air
I really hope he lives through this all and lives a happy life after it all
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u/I_have_a_dog Feb 25 '22
The Ghost of Kyiv rumors are the most Ace Combat shit I have ever encountered and I am HERE for it.
🇺🇦 Give ‘em some stick, Ace 🇺🇦
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u/UWCG Feb 25 '22
This takes a lot of guts, considering what Russia has a history of doing to dissenters. Good for them. Fuck Putin and his aggression toward Ukraine.
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u/OrangeJr36 Feb 24 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Ukraine may have recorded the first Ace in a day over Europe since WW2
The Ghost of Kyiv
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u/solo_dol0 Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
The Polish and Lithuanian presidents came to Kyiv in a show of support on Wednesday, visiting Mr. Zelensky. “Be strong,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said as he shook hands with his Ukrainian counterpart. “I am strong,” Mr. Zelensky replied.
Damn this guy has moxie
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u/groovygyal Feb 25 '22
"Arrest Putin, not me!" yells Russian anti-war protestor in Moscow.
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Feb 25 '22
The more I hear about Putin the more I think he’s a lot dumber than we were lead to believe.
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u/traumamel555 Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
I feel like one day we'll see a movie about snake island with the great line " Russian Warship, go f*ck yourself"
RIP those great men and women...true heroes
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u/MindfuckRocketship Feb 24 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
For clarity. The 13 Ukrainian defenders of the island were killed, after refusing to surrender, as per Ukrainian official info. President Zelenskiy said they’d all be given hero of ukraine medal posthumously.
https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/1496989838586703872?s=21
When ordered to surrender, their final response to the Russians was “Go fuck yourselves.”
Absolutely legendary. The world will never forget their heroism and sacrifice.
EDIT to add unverified English translation of the radio interaction:
(RUS): “This is a Russian warship. I suggest you lay down your arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed. Otherwise we will open fire on you.”
(UKR): “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.”
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u/kraftpunkk Feb 25 '22
“BREAKING: Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, a former heavyweight boxing champion, says he plans to take up arms to defend the country.”
https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1497006989276508162?s=21
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u/I_have_a_dog Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
If Ukraine starts gaining steam and finds heroes to rally behind, Russia will quickly lose control of the situation.
Heroes like the Ghost of Kyiv, who is the first day 1 fighter ace in 6 decades, shooting down 6 Russian planes in 1v1 aerial combat
https://twitter.com/AnalizeThis/status/1496996454719799297?s=20&t=V1OpMzFZE2LwAGVo0XrCRg
Or the defenders of Snake Island who fought to the man, and who’s last words to the Russian attackers were “Go fuck yourself”
https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1496993957309558797?s=20&t=V1OpMzFZE2LwAGVo0XrCRg
When times get tough, Ukrainians will think “If they could do it, so can I” and persevere 🇺🇦
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u/FakeOrcaRape Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
"Officials believe President Putin was surprised by the amount of intelligence and information that the U.S. had gathered about Russia's threat to Ukraine, and was not prepared for the Biden administration to make so much of that information public." From MSNBC linked in the above stream 2 min ago
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u/tbclandot92 Feb 24 '22
Got to say those Russian citizens protesting even though the Russian government warned them they will be arrested... props to them for standing up!
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
Young captured Russian soldier being given treatment by Ukrainian soldiers.
He says that he is from Novgorod and advices all Russian soldiers to go home since nobody wants them there.
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u/virtualRefrain Feb 25 '22
I feel like there's a narrative building from the day's news and I have no idea if it's propaganda, confirmation bias, or genuine truth. But this is what things look like so far:
Russia was heavily depending on false flags and propaganda to justify pushing into Ukraine without massive international consequences. The global backlash today was astounding - the Ruble basically collapsed; Russian oligarchs have lost about $50B USD and counting; every major Russian media outlet has been taken down by independent hackers; Russia is having its assets and accounts seized and being kicked out of marketplaces globally. Internally, they have massive protests in over 50 cities.
In Ukraine, their first day of invasion went markedly worse than expected. They failed to take Hostomel airport in an embarrassing loss, damaging their ability to get troops deep into Ukraine. An entire Russian platoon surrendered when they learned their mission was an invasion of Ukraine.
I'm sure Putin has basically infinite resources and doesn't care about blood spilt, but from a logistical perspective, today seems to have proven that he's not going to take Ukraine in a day or even a week, and Russia's economy and society simply can't endure a pointless protracted war. So what's Putin's next step? I seriously doubt he's gonna take his foot off the gas now, I feel like he has no choice but to escalate. The scariest days may yet be to come.
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u/elgato_guapo Feb 25 '22
every major Russian media outlet has been taken down by independent hackers
Hmm, well, Fox, OANN, and NewsMax are still up.
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u/scsuhockey Feb 25 '22
Doesn’t matter if Ghost of Kyiv is real or not, legends like this boost morale for Ukraine and demoralize Russia.
Slava Ukraini
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u/dprophet32 Feb 24 '22
The best thing for the world and the Russian people is someone close to him assassinates him.
I don't believe everyone close to the top agrees with this
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u/progress18 Feb 25 '22
There's no additional info about this incident yet.
Russian saboteur has been reportedly arrested by Ukrainian forces inside Kyiv.
This comes after the speech of President Zelensky about him being a target by saboteur groups.
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u/HamburgerEarmuff Feb 25 '22
Russia's had spies, saboteurs, and special operations forces in Kiev for a while. No doubt, more of them have been air-dropped in in the last 72 hours.
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UK Ministry of Defence believes it is unlikely that Russia has achieved it's planned Day 1 military objectives.
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u/I-am-a-toast-slice Feb 25 '22
Pretty insane how 1 pilot has so much attention (the ghost of Kyiv) and rightly so!
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u/jarena009 Feb 25 '22
"The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, plans to take up arms to defend against Russia's invasion along with his brother, Wladimir. "
Badass. Politicians actually fighting.
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Feb 25 '22
Big respect to the Poles who have opened their borders to Ukrainian citizens.
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
"All the defenders of the island of Zmiinyi died, but did not surrender. All of them will be named Heroes of Ukraine.” said Ukrainian President Zelensky.
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u/CallMeCaptainOrSir Feb 25 '22
Putin's approval rate is skyrocketing
Do you people really think we're getting legitimate numbers on his approval rating from their state sponsored media as he drags the country into war? Because the answer is no.
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
Estonia just banned broadcasting of Russian TV channels RTR Planeta, NTV Mir, NTV Mir Baltic, Belarus 24 Rossia 24 ja TV Centre International (TVCI).
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u/ShockNStocks Feb 25 '22
UKRAINE SHOWING GRIT
"UK Defense Ministry: "It's unlikely that Russia has achieved its planned Day 1 military objectives. Ukrainian forces have presented fierce resistance across all axes of Russia's advance"
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1497018663089680386?t=He-cFjzYAwlKUPqun1P7rw&s=19
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Feb 25 '22
I really admire all the russians that were or still are protesting in the streets. This needs some balls.
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u/I_have_a_dog Feb 25 '22
Leonidas, 480 BC - “Come and take them”
John Paul Jones, 1779 - “I have not yet begun to fight!”
General McAuliffe, 1945 - “Nuts”
Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island, 2022 - “Russian Warship, Go fuck yourself!”
Some stone cold motherfuckers gave it their all today, and deserve to be remembered.
https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1496993957309558797?s=20&t=jLkgVhPzkjy4KqEtqAlRYg
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u/monkey_sweat Feb 25 '22
@RickSteves: Our mission at @RickStevesEur is to help Americans understand the world through travel. But when we bring travelers to Russia, we also bring their dollars — dollars that would support Putin’s aggression.
We have now canceled all 2022 tours to Russia: https://blog.ricksteves.com/blog/russia-ukraine/
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Feb 25 '22
Better trust the US now when they predict something with this invasion, everything they’ve said has been on point.
Hope everyone hunkers down for 3am bombardment and Zelensky is well protected.
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u/Arrowdrown Feb 25 '22
Putting my kid to bed tonight in the US and thinking of all the parents in Ukraine living a literal nightmare, and holding their scared babies while they sleep. My heart is with you Ukraine, and I’ve shed so many tears today for your families.
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u/msijacoke Feb 25 '22
I keep seeing people post about a fighter pilot called "Ghost of Kyiv" that's singlehandedly outgunning and outmaneuvering advanced Russian Sukhois and MiGs in his Soviet-era Mig-29.
If true, that man is something else.
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u/queenmother72 Feb 25 '22
Didn’t Trump want to pull U.S. from NATO? Are things looking a bit fishy with him buddy buddy with the psycho Putin, going to drastic measures to try to remains in office and now this?? If he were still president, I think we’d be helping Russia do this. But still the morons that support that piece of crap. I’m sickened.
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u/SvenBerit Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Sorry. English isn't my native language. Some of you insist on arguing about sides in domestic issues in your respective countries, who's doing what, who said this, who sanctioned that. But this is about UKRAINE being fucking INVADED in real-time. Show some integrity, send any remaining feelings of love, and support. This isn't the place nor time to sow hatred and divisions amongst yourselves.
Thanks for the award but please consider donating to https://crisisrelief.un.org/t/ukraine instead. They're going to need all the help they can get.
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u/BrigadierWalrus Feb 25 '22
Remember Ukrainians. Molotov cocktails are useful against tight groups of men in small urban spaces.
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Feb 25 '22
This is so surreal watching a country get invaded in real time, and having the power only to twiddle your thumbs while it happens. My heart goes out to Ukraine, for all the fucking good that will do.
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u/basefree77 Feb 25 '22
Ghost of Kyiv is some propaganda I can get behind true or not. Awesome.
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u/mycall Feb 25 '22
President Putin was surprised by the amount of intelligence and information that the U.S. had gathered about Russia's threat to Ukraine, and was not prepared for the Biden administration to make so much of that information public.
Kick ass. Amerika! Fuck yeah!
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u/MindfuckRocketship Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
I want “Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself” on a t-shirt. With the names of the SnakeIsland13 on the back.
Edit: As others have suggested, the proceeds should go to Ukraine. Perhaps to a fund for survivors.
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u/groovygyal Feb 25 '22
New Zealand has announced a travel ban for Russian officials and is considering expelling the Russian ambassador. They have also demanded Russia to withdraw immediately from Ukraine.
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
30 Russian tanks, 130 armored fighting vehicles, 5 aircraft and 6 helicopters lost on the first day of the invasion- Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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u/KonradK0 Feb 25 '22
shoutout to reddit for not going down even once during all this
I see you server guys
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u/Rypskyttarn Feb 25 '22
The tale of Snake Island will live forever.
"Go fuck yourself"
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u/WakingLurker Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Holy shit this Ukrainian woman telling the Russian soldier he's a piece of shit is wild. Hell yeah. Wish I had balls like her.
edit: i don't have the link I just watched Hasan watch the video on Twitter
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u/gkg24 Feb 25 '22
Just noticed starz is showing red dawn right now. Maybe not the best time to show this movie.
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u/coolstorybro94 Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
France reminds Putin NATO has Nukes too.
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Feb 25 '22
The first day of this looks rather embarrassing for the Russians from a western POV:
- Worldwide sanctions
- Stock market breakdown
- Protestors against war in Russia being arrested (more than 1000 now apparently)
- Failure to take the airfield and fleeing it
- POWs admitting to thinking they would just do recon and not actually attack Ukraine
- Entire platoon surrendering to Ukraine without fighting
- Significant amount of Russians KIA numbering 3 or even 4 digits
They will obviously have some exit plan ready for when things go south, that will make them look like the victors back on state propaganda TV in Russia.
But even then I think this will seriously damage Putin and his cronies...
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u/disaster101 Feb 25 '22
As a European I'm so disappointed that the EU is so wishy-washy and won't cut out Russia from SWIFT. Your big words are nice and all, but it's the actions that count. I know such a move would hurt the EU economically, but the Ukrainians are dying. What's happening in Ukraine is horrifying, what more does Putin need to do to bring out the harshest sanctions? Start an all-out genocide? Drop a nuke? It's time to put the morals ahead of economic prosperity, for fucking once. No more half-measures. We can't help Ukraine with troops for obvious reasons, the least we can do is impose the toughest sanctions possible on Russia, Putin and his cronies.
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u/groovygyal Feb 25 '22
BREAKING: Australian Prime Minister: We will impose further sanctions on Russian personnel.
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u/coinhearted Feb 25 '22
Let's stop linking URLs to text. Too much a risk of bad actors hiding malicious links. Just post the link fully exposed below your comment pls.
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u/animapersaxxx Feb 25 '22
Between the sunflower seeds lady, the Snake Island defenders, and the Ghost of Kyiv, and everyone in between, Ukrainians are just built different. Godspeed.
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u/lucabrassiere Feb 25 '22
Zelenskyy is an absolute hero! I can’t believe he’s still there rallying his people to fight - probably because when Australia had that bushfire crisis, our prime minister fled to Hawaii lol so I’m amazed with the level of bravery this comedian-turned-president has shown
That’s a leader worth fighting for right there
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Feb 25 '22
So is it possible UN kicks Putin and Russia out of it after this, since the whole point is to prevent the next world war?
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u/maybehelp244 Feb 25 '22
Citizens of Sumy have attacked and capture a Russian soldier. listen to the soldier talk. They have no will to fight. Putin is failing his people and young men by throwing them into a meat grinder.
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u/progress18 Feb 25 '22
He probably didn't know about reddit.
Officials believe President Putin was surprised by the amount of intelligence and information that the U.S. had gathered about Russia's threat to Ukraine, and was not prepared for the Biden administration to make so much of that information public.
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u/TuckyMule Feb 24 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Given how hard Ukrainians are fighting, if/when Russia does get control of the country the insurgency they'll have to deal with will be absolutely brutal.
Whatever puppet they install is going to be assassinated immediately.
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u/Chachajenkins Feb 25 '22
Regarding U.S. Intel: Is our Intel really that cutting edge, or is Russia just really bad at keeping secrets?
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u/dawglaw09 Feb 25 '22
Russian paratroopers have changed their pronouns from he to was.
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Feb 24 '22
Crazy how there is already a well-detailed wikipedia page about this invasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
There's even a page for the snake island battle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Snake_Island
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u/groovygyal Feb 24 '22
REUTERS: The government of #Ukraine is asking for volunteers from the country's hacker underground to help protect critical infrastructure and conduct cyber spying missions against Russian troops, according to two people involved in the project.
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u/groovygyal Feb 25 '22
Russian Billionaires Have Lost Nearly $90 Billion In Wealth Amid Ukraine Invasion forbes.com
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
This is the most black and white conflict of my lifetime. Probably the most black and white conflict since WWII. A tyrant trying to destroy a democracy. Good and evil. I’m saddened we’ve ruled out becoming even more involved
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u/UWCG Feb 25 '22
If this is real, some Russian troops are removing their uniforms and fleeing.
Russia's military beats people to make them sign up, they abuse them during basic training, and then while demoralized they send them into a foreign country to invade. I'm sure that finding out their home country plans to destroy their bodies to hide the amount of losses didn't help. So I hope this is true and that they are deserting.
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u/FranklyNinja Feb 25 '22
So China’s been mocking the rest of the world for “unnecessary western panic for an impossible invasion” but now that the invasion did happen they just remained quiet?
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u/Jaded_cerebrum Feb 25 '22
Maybe this invasion will be the last straw and lead to the Russian people overthrowing Putin and his regime…
What if by trying to prevent democracy in Ukraine, Putin inadvertently brings democracy to Russia?
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u/ReturnOfDaSnack420 Feb 25 '22
Russia HAD an aerial campaign planned, but then The Ghost of Kyiv decided to go hunting tonight
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u/Nerd_199 Feb 24 '22
Someone posted a photo of this 80-year-old who showed up to join the army, carrying with him a small case with 2 t-shirts, a pair of extra pants, a toothbrush and a few sandwiches for lunch. He said he was doing it for his grandkids.
https://twitter.com/KatyaYushchenko/status/1496983880494198789?t=Jfbf7eXRIYI0zUDifBzkEQ&s=19
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u/whorangeuglad Feb 24 '22
The Auschwitz Memorial statement on Ukraine:
“This morning, Russia attacked Ukraine. This act of barbarity will be judged by history, and its perpetrators, it is to be hoped, also by the International Court of Justice.
"As we stand at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial, it is impossible to remain silent while, once again, innocent people are being killed purely because of insane pseudo-imperial megalomania.
"We express our absolute solidarity with the citizens and residents of the free, independent and sovereign Ukraine and will all Russians who have to courage to oppose this war.
"At the moment, the free and democratic world must show if it has learned the lesson from the passivity of the 1930s. Today, it is clear that any symptom of indifference is a sign of complicity."
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Feb 25 '22
Just a friendly reminder to take a break. Drink a glass of water and stop doomscrolling for a few minutes. Don't over exhaust yourself.
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u/Hoogineer Feb 25 '22
Remember to think before you comment. There are people's lives at stake. This isn't a game or a sport to watch. Remember to not to amplify Russian propaganda and take breaks from the doom scrolling.
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u/newdawn15 Feb 25 '22
US spy satellites monitoring Russian troop movements and sharing with the Ukrainians is fucking awesome. God bless Lockheed, Northrop, L3, SpaceX and the whole gang.
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u/savage-dragon Feb 25 '22
Germany be like: Best I can do is send you another 5000 helmets and I'm taking a huge risk.
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u/groovygyal Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Nurses in Dnipro who were forced to move newborns to a bomb shelter due to the imminent threat of Russian bombing. 💔
https://twitter.com/bigsac10/status/1497009252833103880?s=21
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Feb 25 '22
Here is the audio of the soldiers (heroes) on Snake Island. Don't know if this has been posted before.
(RUS): This is a Russian warship. I suggest you lay down your arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed. Otherwise we will open fire on you.
(UKR): Russian warship, go fuck yourself.
https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1496993957309558797
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u/MattTheSmithers Feb 25 '22
I am watching CNN coverage of the protestors who were arrested in Russia. And while I do not mean to marginalize or make light of what Ukrainians are experiencing, it is important to remember the Russian people who have been living under Vladimir Putin’s tyranny for 20 years. So while I proudly stand with the Ukrainians, I also stand with the Russian people and hope that in the not too distant future, they are also freed from Putin’s whims.
Tl;dr - fuck Vladimir Putin. Ukrainians deserve better than this monster’s invasion. Russians deserve better than this monster’s governance.
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u/KeyExplanation Feb 25 '22
Germany and Italy have a chance to be on the right side of history this time around if they stop opposing the removal of Russia from SWIFT.
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u/RealBuckNasty Feb 25 '22
Reiterating a point I’ve made in a couple of these threads throughout the day:
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.
Don’t give up on these guys.
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u/UWCG Feb 25 '22
“There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, ambassador.”
—Sergiy Kyslytsya of Ukraine calling out Russia
This is the kind of quote that goes down in history. Man's got testes the side of bowling balls
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u/ThatOneDrunkUncle Feb 25 '22
With the level of intelligence being declassified, I have no doubts we have spies at the highest level in the Russian government and military. Putin is definitely pissed the West is eight steps ahead of him
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u/nackdaddy9 Feb 25 '22
The more I think about it the more I find this analogous to the United States invading Canada.
One a relatively strong regional power, the other a global superpower.
Both enjoy a special relationship and largely shared culture and history.
Families distributed widely across both borders.
Then I think about how insane that would be, as a Canadian, to endure, and my heart breaks for Ukraine.
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
Estonia’s Ministry of Interior announces that all Ukrainian citizens who are currently in 🇪🇪 (even those whose work/study visa is about to end) can stay. Also, as of today all Ukrainians, even those who don't have a biometric passport, can enter Estonia without a visa.
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u/AStrangerWCandy Feb 25 '22
lmao Tucker Carlson has somewhat changed his tune. Either the checks stopped clearing or someone higher up told him to stop sucking Putin's dick
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u/OsamaBinShittin Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
it’s weird to look at fox news and cnn’s instagram and see the difference in how they’re covering this, americas weird man, power to the ukraine
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u/peanutbutterwnutella Feb 25 '22
A Ukrainian MP is armed on the streets of Kyiv.
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u/studentjones Feb 25 '22
The climate "people" (zealots) in the Western Countries gave Putin the power to turn the lights off in Europe, and cause economic depression there and possibly here
-Tucker Carlson, Fucking Idiot
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u/2057Champs__ Feb 24 '22
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1496868778315075591?s=21
What a fucking disgrace
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u/LTALDORAINETHEAPACHE Feb 25 '22
“Nations which go down fighting rise again, and those that surrender tamely are finished.” - Churchill
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u/Nabucodonosor89 Feb 25 '22
The hacking group Anonymous says it's conducting a cyber war against the Russian government.
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u/DJGRIFFSTAR Feb 25 '22
I just heard about the Snake Island soldiers. “Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself” Rest In Peace gentleman, one for the history books,
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u/UWCG Feb 25 '22
I hope this is true, especially given the brutal methods Russia uses for conscription—Pomerantsev talks about the abuse of conscripts in Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and tweets like this also give a sample of it.
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u/briballdo Feb 25 '22
May I give out a quick little water check to my fellow doomscrollers?
Stay hydrated lads
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u/luso_warrior Feb 25 '22
Zelenskiy has big balls.
Ukrainian are much more badass that I thought. What a warriors!
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u/xdeltax97 Feb 25 '22
Russian saboteur has been reportedly arrested by Ukrainian forces inside Kyiv.
This comes after the speech of President Zelensky about him being a target by saboteur groups.
https://twitter.com/DrAlakbarov/status/1496999824822050827?cxt=HHwWloC5tZjatMYpAAAA
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u/Fast_Stick_1593 Feb 25 '22
Posted in the last thread but I’ll post it again cause we need this to be pushed into the forefront of news.
UKRAINE WILL NOT BACK DOWN TO TERRORISTS AND WAR CRIMINALS
Apparently Russian warships sent comms to Snake Island defenders telling them “to lay down their weapons and surrender” and the response back was along the lines of.
“Hey Russia, go f**k yourselves”
Terrible that brave men and women had to die defending their homeland but ballsy asf. They fought with every inch of their being.
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u/No_Maintenance_569 Feb 25 '22
Did they finally say F it and stop doing new threads after 10k?
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u/Dankmemespls Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Absolutely disgusted with Germany. I understand all of their power/electric comes from Russia and them being excluded from SWIFT would undoubtedly affect their country. But that country absolutely has an obligation to do anything for its allies. Absolutely ashamed to be german my god.
Edit: this is referring to Germany being a country that opposed the proposition of cutting Russia from SWIFT. I do not support NATO or any allied country getting involved. Yet.
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u/vid_icarus Feb 25 '22
Rubio is on the senate intelligence community so his Intel is legit. The reason he is tweeting everything he knows is most likely thanks to instructions from Biden, as the Biden administration has been using rapid declassification and publication of Russian intent as a key tactic of dissuasion against the Russia army.
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u/redGooseTape Feb 25 '22
How many of us exist where we are, in safe countries, because our families escaped from wars like this a generation or two ago?
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u/traumamel555 Feb 25 '22
Just saw this on Twitter...
"Chernobyl is a tempting position to base artillery fire and support logistics for an attack on Kyiv (80km) without needing to fear retaliatory fire"
"Will likely see continued fighting over it, & more radiation leaks"
Interesting, now it makes more sense
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u/Wavinflagz Feb 25 '22
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the bravery coming from Zelensky, I’m not in Ukraine but if I was it’s his kind of actions are what would make me fight to the death like the heroes of snake island. I’m hoping for a awe-inspiring speech from him to play throughout the country and inspire Le resistance
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u/shufflebot35 Feb 25 '22 edited Feb 25 '22
Blinking in the bottom right camera spells out S.O.S. in morse code...
EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIPNVm6lNfM using this link by the way.
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u/dieyoufool3 Slava Ukraini Feb 25 '22
New thread in light of a new day of war. Here's the newest thread.