Russian invasion of Ukraine

[VorZakone]

 

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[Simbo]

I mean, fires do happen.

They sure do.

 

[the hea]

Report from a medical facility in Bakhmut. (Click the CC button for English subtitles.)

 

[VorZakone]

 

[Raoul]

 

[Cloud7]

That's right next to us and a very frequent tourist place for people down here to visit. No thanks.

 

[VorZakone]

Forget about Solovyov and Simonyan, we have a new one in town.

 

[Raoul]

Forget about Solovyov and Simonyan, we have a new one in town.

A predictable monetary propaganda win for Putin that Bout was no doubt forced to do given Putin just got him out of jail.

 

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[Raoul]

 

[Raoul]

 

[Raoul]

 

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[the hea]

First reports are saying 100+ casualties

 

[kundalini]

Report from a medical facility in Bakhmut. (Click the CC button for English subtitles.)

Thanks.

As someone who knows nothing about war, that was interesting viewing for me. I read the ISW report most days but it rarely captures the human aspect.

 

[Raoul]

Thanks.

As someone who knows nothing about war, that was interesting viewing for me. I read the ISW report most days but it rarely captures the human aspect.

Yeah same here. I wish Vice would make more Ukraine videos as well, as their style is much more interesting than ordinary media reports or tweets.

 

[The United]

A very long but interesting read.

The team history must not forget: Ukrainian soccer's fight to carry on


https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/4...-soccer-team-fought-back-amid-war-with-russia

 

[ShoePolish]

Seems there's been another dunk by Ukraine.

 

[Raoul]

Seems there's been another dunk by Ukraine.

Seems that a combination of Ukrainian SOF and anti-Russian partisans can do a lot of damage behind enemy lines.

 

[utdalltheway]

Good stuff. Their work along with the regular forces doing their part should help to further ruin the Russian will to fight. The Russians must be taught that they are no safe areas inside occupied Ukraine, or anywhere near the border.

 

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[Raoul]

 

[Carolina Red]

Seems there's been another dunk by Ukraine.

Very good

 

[Rajma]

Seems like a shift in tone at last regarding the delivery of longer range weapons both from the US and UK. Also, during the week we have seen Germany leadership basically green lighting the Leopards to be provided to Ukraine by countries expressing such desire. Hopefully, it can be done in relatively short timeframes and it doesn’t get unreasonably delayed.

 

[Raoul]

Not war related but speaks to the idiocy that seems to have gripped Russian media

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Not war related but speaks to the idiocy that seems to have gripped Russian media

And blatant racism too.

That whole clip makes Alex Jones look sane in comparison. Do they even know how difficult that is?

 

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[harms]

That’s odd — by all accounts it happened quite some time ago (and most likely Russia has mobilized more than 300k despite Putin promising that this would be the final number).

 

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[VorZakone]

EU agrees to 19B aid.

European Union member states have agreed plans to provide a $19 billion aid package for Ukraine in 2023 after Hungary dropped its opposition in return for funding from the EU.

Hungary had initially blocked the package last week, amid a long running standoff over EU aid. Brussels had called for EU funds for Hungary be frozen due to concerns over corruption and insufficient reforms to strengthen the rule of law.

On Monday evening, the EU struck a deal with Hungary. Under the new agreement, Brussels will give Budapest $6.1 billion in grants to "enable Hungary to foster its economic recovery from the Covid 19 pandemic and finance the green and digital transitions."

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-12-13-22/index.html

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Those 300,000 conscripts mean sweet feck all if they are as poorly equipped as the Iraqis were on the eve of the ground battle phase of Operation Desert Storm. And the Iraqis were estimated to be 650,000 strong at the time.

 

[VorZakone]

Those 300,000 conscripts mean sweet feck all if they are as poorly equipped as the Iraqis were on the eve of the ground battle phase of Operation Desert Storm. And the Iraqis were estimated to be 650,000 strong at the time.

Right. But the Ukrainians don't have the US air force.

 

[VorZakone]

Mind, no alarming messages have come out yet from Western intelligence agencies regarding Belarus' involvement. Not that I've seen, anyway.

 

[VorZakone]

What is the implication here?

 

[VorZakone]

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

What is the implication here?

They supported the Ukrainian forces at the very least, especially manning the NLAWs. It would not be surprising if Russians have been killed by British special forces since combat operations were everywhere around Kyiv.