Russia, Ukraine and the West

[Carlin]

- Russian and Ukrainian troops fight only fifteen kilometers from Kyiv. They face each other at the Hostomel airfield, a strategic point for the control of the country's capital.
https://twitter.com/sydneetaylor/sta...18387871694870

- US officials expect the fall of Kiev possibly in the next 72 hours.
- Ukraine's interior minister announces 10,000 automatic rifles have been distributed to civilians in Kyiv.
- Ukranian officials say Russian forces have advanced closer to Kyiv.
- Russia has once against taken control of Snake Island in Black Sea.
- Battles ongoing in Sumy, Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine.

[Risto the Great]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I'd imagine Beijing is a little bit more emboldened to take Taiwan, probably sooner rather than later.

There it is. I agree.

[kompir]

Let's pretend I'm a full retard.

Why the SWIFT bullshit?

https://www.theage.com.au/business/b...25-p59znv.html

[Risto the Great]

We have an antiquated and faltering financial system already. Locking Russia out of SWIFT will only encourage new alternatives. USA will lose control of that process for to their diminishing relevance. Interesting times.

[Carlin]

10,000 Chechens part of the Russian forces going to Ukraine
https://youtu.be/Kxa3QUPNizA

Vladimir Putin's Speech on Ukraine and US Foreign Policy and NATO - 24 February 2022, ENG Subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qS6J-WbTD8

Russia threatens 'military and political consequences' if Finland, Sweden try joining NATO

[Karposh]

I thought this was an interesting discussion on Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The guy in the video, Konstantin Kisin, touches on a number of points here including the fact that many on the right did not expect Putin to actually invade Ukraine (myself included) and were left a little stunned by what's transpired over the last couple of days. He also touches on the issue of Ukrainian nationhood and whether it is a construct of old soviet-era times, as Putin has declared, or a legitimate nation in its own right. I mentioned this in an earlier post on this thread, while approaching it from a completely uninformed and ignorant position, and it seems there are more and more videos popping up discussing this very issue. From a Macedonian point of view, where our own identity has bee denied in the past and is constantly still being denied today by our neighbours, far be it for me to question Ukrainian nationhood but there seems to be a growing number of videos actually discussing this very topic. It's hard to believe anything that's being said at the moment (if I'm being honest) but, by the sounds of it, Putin will not be satisfied with just the Crimean peninsular and the eastern bits of Ukraine but all of Ukraine. Some are saying that the two most likely scenarios are: i) A division of Ukraine straight down the middle or; ii) A complete annexation of Ukraine by Russia. They aren't even talking about the possibility of Ukraine retaining some kind of sovereignty with the majority of its territory intact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5Zmq9YTUs

[kompir]

[Risto the Great]

Nothing is real!

[kompir]

Се е вештачко

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Becoming quite clear where Bulgaria inherited her denialism from....