Russia Invades Ukraine. Again

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SECOND

Monday, February 28, 2022 4:46 AM

Putin is still trying to avoid using concentrated missiles and airstrikes to destroy Ukrainian defensive positions, to preserve his narrative of this not being a real war and not requiring that sort of use of firepower. As damaging as the strikes on Kyiv and other cities have been so far, we haven’t really seen the full capabilities that the Russian military has and can bring to bear, the way it has, for example, in Syria, or in fighting in Chechnya in the early 2000s.

Russian media is simply not portraying the war. To date, they’re claiming that the only fighting that’s happening is around the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the proxies that Russia recognized, and they’re not showing fighting across the country, they’re not showing any Russian casualties, and rather than showing Russian footage, they’re trying to take Ukrainian footage out of context and use that to portray the war.

The Kremlin-run media is trying to draw a very sharp distinction between the Ukrainian population, which they seem to expect will greet Russia as liberators and Russia has no quarrel with them, and the regime in Kyiv, which they portray as being neo-Nazis and drug users. I do not know where that one came from. And it’s this interesting balance where I think it’s a mix of them trying to pitch to the Russian people that this is not a war against Ukraine, it’s a very targeted intervention to get rid of the regime.

We, frankly, were wrong about how rational the Kremlin was, and it seems very much that they have drunk their own Kool-Aid, so to speak. They may have actually believed that all they needed to do was take out the government in Kyiv that they do see as this foreign-imposed fascist government, and the Ukrainian population would be completely okay with that, which is just not the case.

https://www.vox.com/2022/2/27/22953539/ukraine-invasion-putin-russia-b
affling-war-strategy

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, February 28, 2022 6:36 AM

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Originally posted by second:
Putin is still trying to avoid using concentrated missiles and airstrikes to destroy Ukrainian defensive positions, to preserve his narrative of this not being a real war and not requiring that sort of use of firepower.

How refreshing.

In Canada they evoke Emergency War Powers when people are peacefully protesting.

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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."

SECOND

Monday, February 28, 2022 6:44 AM

You know you’re an unpopular leader when Sweden is sending your enemy 5,000 anti-tank missiles.
11:48 AM · Feb 27, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1497992054663782403

IKEA joke: Unfortunately they will come shipped in a bunch of pieces that you have to assemble with an Allen wrench.

Sweden to send 5,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3415150-sweden-to-send-5000-antit
ank-weapons-to-ukraine.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, February 28, 2022 6:49 AM

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Originally posted by second:
IKEA joke: Unfortunately they will come shipped in a bunch of pieces that you have to assemble with an Allen wrench.

Fortunately, you don't have to go out and buy an Allen wrench set if you don't have one since it comes in the box.

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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."

CAPTAINCRUNCH

Monday, February 28, 2022 7:31 PM

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Originally posted by second:
IKEA joke: Unfortunately they will come shipped in a bunch of pieces that you have to assemble with an Allen wrench.

Here's another joke: The Russian Ruble sank to a new all-time low, trading at 117.62 RUB/USD. Since Jan. 1, 2022, the ruble has depreciated by as much as 47.33% against the USD. Conflict in Eastern Europe is fueling the currency's destruction. At present, I measure Russia’s inflation at 69.4%/yr.

@Angry_Staffer
This. Russia is clearly returning at least partially to their Syria tactics. Cluster munitions, MLRS (rockets) fired indiscriminately into population centers, etc.

@evangershkovich
the images coming out of Kharkiv right now may be the most heartbreaking yet. civilians laying dead in the streets still holding the jugs of water and bags of food they had run out to get

https://www.cnn.com/webview/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28
-22/h_3f8430b31eee03b3ae6403b11099cf6b

Russian Central Bank to raise key interest rate from 9.5% to 20%

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/27/bp-abandons-stake-russ
ian-oil-giant-rosneft/

BP to ‘exit’ its $14 billion stake in Russian oil giant in stark sign that Western business is breaking ties over Ukraine invasion

These don't feel small. They don't feel like decisions that get undone if a cease fire agreement is reached, or Peace is agreed upon. These feel loooong term.

THG

Monday, February 28, 2022 7:33 PM

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Countries across the world are wreaking havoc on Russia's economy, cutting the country off from the rest of the economic would in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Russia Economy In Collapse As Ruble Sinks, Interest Rates Double

THG

Monday, February 28, 2022 8:03 PM

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Putin's Failure As A Leader Drives His Resentment Of Ukraine Democracy

SECOND

Monday, February 28, 2022 8:09 PM

For the life of me I don’t understand why Dems aren’t falling over themselves to praise how Biden has handled things and express immense relief that he, rather than a fully compromised Trump, is leading the global response, but this delusional nonsense is what’s filling the void:

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Grandpa Dementia and his crack team at the White House seem intent to sideline American leadership. He has surrounded himself with progressives who harbor an animus against the historic role of the United States.

https://jabberwocking.com/democrats-need-to-back-biden-more-loudly-on-
ukraine/

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

THG

Monday, February 28, 2022 8:21 PM

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The State Department has closed the U.S. embassy in Minsk, Belarus, and is allowing non-essential staff at the U.S. embassy in Russia to leave due to the war in Ukraine. "We took these steps due to security and safety issues stemming from the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, February 28, 2022 8:28 PM

Republicans mock Biden for spending weekend in Delaware, while war rages in Ukraine
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/28/republicans-mock-bide
n-spending-weekend-delaware-w/

Joe Biden wake up !!!

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