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Happy to wake up and see Ukraine still holds against mordor!
Ukrainians shot down two cargo planes last night, carrying Russian occupants.
Another false flag operation in Vasilkyv airport - Russian occupants, dressed in police uniforms drove to the airport and shot the security guards. Those false flag operations are super scary for me personally and they can also be used for Russian propaganda. Fights are still happening for that airport.By the way somebody in this thread mentioned mobile crematorium, here's a video for it: https://youtu.be/mVPTqHZqdz0
If Ukraine holds further, I want to believe hungry and sleep deprived Russian occupants will walk back to their mordor homeland on foot.
They've been brainwashed and lied to by Russian media that they will be welcome in Ukraine as saviours that will free them from "drug addict nazi regime" (Putins word) but they're learning the truth the hard way. Every city, every district they enter they are met with swarm of bullets from all the sides. They gave civilians 18.000 of AK in Kiev.
Zelensky was offered help by US to evacuate his reply is: "War is happening here, I need ammo, not a taxi"
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Suspect that those actions happen more in the TV than real life, the usual trick is to arm and train the people you are backing.
It happenned in Crimea.
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Makes sense. On other hand our (NATO) weapons and preparation is superior to Russia. Half of their equipment is falling apart while on journey.
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Some insights from that discussion on Lithuanian tv:
- the sanctions that are being imposed now are too late - they should've been imposed a decade ago when Putin annexed Crimea. He is ready to endure even more of them. He's smart. He got it all calculated.
- Economic ties work only with truly democratic countries - once you get too involved with regimes those ties start controlling you from taking real action.
- In Crimea there were "mysterious green men" - russian fighters w/o russian uniforms and Putin told they weren't russians. Why NATO can't do the same? Military invasion without flags and say basically the same thing - it wasn't us. The thing is - Putin is a thug. A man of action. And while we discuss, read documents and articles, wonder if we can act this and that according to international laws, Putin just goes and fucks shit up. NATO was involved in a war with Serbia. Their pretext? War in the middle of Europe. We can do this again.
- the sanctions that are being imposed now are too late - they should've been imposed a decade ago when Putin annexed Crimea. He is ready to endure even more of them. He's smart. He got it all calculated.
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Watching a discussion on Lithuanian TV again, great insights here.
Main threat for Putin isn't NATO, nazis, drug addicts in power or whatever, main threat for him is democracy in his neighbouring country. That's what he hates.
Kiev is sort of symbolic for him, he just wants to decapitate the government and raise Russian flag there.
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Thank you UK!
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Zelensky will probably meet the occupants in the city center of Kiev - they shot this video because there's russian propaganda stating he fled the country: https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1497261190120095745
So crazy to think that he met all the leaders personally, had talks and shit and now his fate is uncertain - I'm afraid of the worst.
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This is lovely - open it in another tab and ddos all the websites in the link. All the websites in the list are down. https://stop-russian-desinformation.near.page/
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I agree but they're on the good side. On our side. On the civilised world side. On human rights side. Freedom of speech. Western values and everything that comes with it.
And without them Russia could take my country back in 6 hours. So I am very happy to see US soldiers in my country.
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You make it sound like NATO expansion is a bad thing 🥴
It's the only thing that keeps the civilised world safe and mordor at bay. But nice try!
Also: Ukraine is Sovereign, free country, with democratically elected government. Sovereign countries have a right to choose what unions they want to join.
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What kind of bullshit is this? Pretty much every one in eastern europe can be labeled as "anti-russia nazi". Also what about that decision of US that was made in 4 February 1990? Something to do about soviet union?
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Not your casual commute to work: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1497207999424774163
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Newest map from Nexta twitter https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1497204108620668929/photo/1
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Allegedly Russia ordered 45000 body bags.
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More news from Kiev: Russian occupants tried a false flag operation - took over a couple of ukrainian military trucks, dressed up in UA army uniforms and were heading towards the city center.
They've been identified and neutralised.
Video here, graphic, nsfw
https://www.facebook.com/mykolakn/posts/10223293417297900There's a risk of more false flag operations happening.
P.S. Sorry for spamming here so much, but it's all I do these days - following the news and spreading the truth, fighting the misinformation and trolls
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It no longer operates though and is used for nuclear waste storage now.
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Russian warship, go f*** yourselves': Final words of Ukrainian border guards protecting Snake Island – just 40 miles from Romanian border in the Black Sea – before Kremlin navy opened fire killing all 13 of them when they refused to surrender
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Same legendary Garry Kasparov
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I've read somewhere that removing Russia from swift is not that big of a deal - it doesn't mean isolating it from the map of the financial world, the payments would just be slower.
But I'd absolutely agree with kicking it out from any international organisation - can't believe Russia is leading a UN security council in these days.
Also: they use Interpol to find and bring dissidents home. It's a mob ran country.
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People in the west are being played... People in post soviet countries know what's up and the atrocities Russia committed for centuries.
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Ok last story before I go to bed.
My girlfriend's grandfather came to Lithuania with the soviets. He wasn't a soldier, he was more of a politician kind of guy. He fell in love with my girlfriends polish grandmother and decided to stay here. 50 years later he still speaks Russian only and watches Russian news only (and it's all propaganda, like real propaganda).
I don't like visiting them because I don't speak Russian so my job is just eat and smile. And have a shot of vodka if I don't drive. I learned a Russian phrase "spasibo, nenada, ya za ruliom" - thank you, no need, I'm driving.
So on our last visit, a couple of weeks ago my girlfriend's cousin also joined us with cousin's boyfriend Maksim, who apparently serves in Lithuanian army. And he speaks Russian, too bad for him.
So they spoke with grandfather about army things, Maksim got strong hands so he got assigned to rocket launcher position, something something.... And then suddenly the grandfather looks at me, looks at Maksim and goes like: "Hey, but you Lithuanians always talk about how will you defend against Russia if they attack but both of you are wearing glasses. How on earth are you gonna defend your country when you're "ochkariki" (glass-wearers as an insult).
Maksim blushed and replied that actually he scored pretty good at shooting practices and he ranks towards the top. And then the grandfather starter talking about Ukraine (probably seen some things on Russian TV that's there constantly). Maksim goes like: but Ukrainians are friends, we train together.
What follows are shouts, drama, some more vodka, plates going off the table (probably a combination of old age and vodka and nerves) and grandpa leaves the room dramatically.
It hasn't got much to do with this thread but just random context of life in post soviet countries. My grandpa on the other hand was in jail for spreading western ideas and participating in an underground press. When he got out he was unable to get any decent job because he was blacklisted as an enemy of the state (previously worked at university).
Good night now. I hope not to find worse news tomorrow morning.
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A couple of points from discussion on local TV here in Lithuania: (yes we're big rusophobes - been occupied for half of the century with our families killed, etc.)
- Don't make European parliament a talk show - it must take action instead of talking
- European people, especially in the west Europe, the ones that were not occupied by the Soviets must learn and understand how evil the Russian regime is. And then urge their governments to act.
- EU must make haste with talks and procedures about integrating Ukraine to NATO and European Union. It's a decent country that's punished for this exact idea - of joining the civilised world.
- Embargo for everything Russian. No visas for Russians. No Russian export. Nothing.
- Nordhaus climate change club kind of concept but climate change is Russia.
- Don't make European parliament a talk show - it must take action instead of talking
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Makes sense. I wonder if recapturing those territories would be an option or is it a one way street. On the other hand Ukraine lost Crimea in 2014 and it doesn't look like they're getting it back any time soon.
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Just got back from the protest near German embassy here in Vilnius, Lithuania.
We had a talk with an ambassador to act swift (pun intended) and in general to act instead of talk.
Least we can do is push our governments to act so thank you guys who wrote their representatives in the government!
Slava Ukraini!