The Invasion of Ukraine, Russia Threatens Finland/Sweden

[The North Polish Union]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

[Prima Scriptura]

Biden just said he could see Putin going beyond Ukraine...I'm not sure I share that myself...

I do. Because Putin is a psychopath, mad man in a butcher

[Tarsonis]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

watch Ukraine pull an Israel and end up invading Russia

[The Black Forrest]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

Not sure everybody uses telegram……

[The Huskar Social Union]

Not confirmed yet but according to the live map updates the Ukrainian army has allegedly pushed back the VDV forces occupying the Hostomel airport

Obviously take with a pinch of salt till confirmation comes out. There was a CNN reporter there earlier with the Russians so something might come from them if their reporter is still in the area.

[Kubra]

The same way India and Pakistan fought the Kargil War? I mean at this point we actually do have a real life example of two nuclear powers fighting a war with each other while exercising self-restraint so I'm not sure why you think any conflict between Russia and the US will result in the whole northern hemisphere being saturated with nukes.

We're comparing apples and.....incredibly impulsive oranges here.

Drinking game: Turn on the news and take a shot every time you hear the words "since World War 2".

Don't actually do this, you will literally die

Recreational alcoholism seems more and more like the move during these dark days. *shrugs*

Well, what do you suppose is different? I mean let's not kid ourselves into thinking the pakistani top brass are exactly sensible fellas, but they do have bombs and yet did not use them.

[Major-Tom]

Biden just said he could see Putin going beyond Ukraine...I'm not sure I share that myself...

Not now, at least. But Putin does have a habit of periodically rolling the war dice, so to speak, every several years. If Ukraine turns out to be fruitful for him, what's stopping him from casting his eyes on other nation-states in the next several years?

[New Ikesandria]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

Sigma grindset

[The Black Forrest]

Biden just said he could see Putin going beyond Ukraine...I'm not sure I share that myself...

Not now, at least. But Putin does have a habit of periodically rolling the war dice, so to speak, every several years. If Ukraine turns out to be fruitful for him, what's stopping him from casting his eyes on other nation-states in the next several years?

More buffer states? I can see that.

[The North Polish Union]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

Not sure everybody uses telegram……

Good thing I translated the post from Ukrainian then.

[Latvijas Otra Republika]

Appeasement on Line 1. Give an inch and they'll take a foot.

Oh, true enough, I just don't see any other territory that Russia has much interest in. Even naked imperialism has a reason besides wanting to take over everything.

Caucasus, Baltics, Central Asia. Even if it involves putting down internal domestic resistance in the CSTO. He needs to rectify 'the greatest geopolitical disaster' and 'tragedy' by whatever means.

[Avacquer]

Russians took over Chernobyl. Now, I don't understand what Putin is trying to do with radioactive-polluted city.

[Major-Tom]

We're comparing apples and.....incredibly impulsive oranges here.



Recreational alcoholism seems more and more like the move during these dark days. *shrugs*

Well, what do you suppose is different? I mean let's not kid ourselves into thinking the pakistani top brass are exactly sensible fellas, but they do have bombs and yet did not use them.

The dynamics of it were different, in my opinion. Pakistan and India were engaged in a brutal, horrific, yet still all too neighborly conflict. Should the US or European powers decide to engage with Russia, it no longer becomes a regional conflict; but a global one.

I myself think that fears of nuclear war are a little unfounded and hysterical, but at the same time, why take the risk?

[The Black Forrest]

Not sure everybody uses telegram……

Good thing I translated the post from Ukrainian then.

Oh your link text was the message? Ok. I clicked the link and it asked for a signup…..

[The Nihilistic view]

How does NATO intervene without starting a nuclear war?

Containing boots on the ground to Ukraine. Maybe Belarus as well.

It's basically a rerun of the 1st Gulf War.

[FNU]

Russians took over Chernobyl. Now, I don't understand what Putin is trying to do with radioactive-polluted city.

Chernobyl is 80 miles from Kiev. There's a road that connects the two, it's basically a straight shot into the heart of Ukraine.

[Mestovakia]

Russians took over Chernobyl. Now, I don't understand what Putin is trying to do with radioactive-polluted city.

Round 2?

[Continental Free States]

The same way India and Pakistan fought the Kargil War? I mean at this point we actually do have a real life example of two nuclear powers fighting a war with each other while exercising self-restraint so I'm not sure why you think any conflict between Russia and the US will result in the whole northern hemisphere being saturated with nukes.

We're comparing apples and.....incredibly impulsive oranges here.

Given how much Pakistanis and Indians hated each other at the time, I'm not sure who's the apple here tbh.

[Diopolis]

Russians took over Chernobyl. Now, I don't understand what Putin is trying to do with radioactive-polluted city.

Staging point for an assault on Kiev. Especially now that the airport is no longer in Russian hands.

[Prima Scriptura]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

I have to ask, how are Poles reacting to this? Poland, along with countries have been in my prayers.

[El Lazaro]

Boomer arguments are boring.

Dismissing this as a boomer argument is lazy. He’s an aging politician who’s been the effective ruler of Russia for 20 years, barely younger then Brezhnev when he dragged the USSR into Afghanistan. We’re talking about a man who reportedly watches the videos of Gaddafi’s death in a worry that he might end up like that.

Putin has looked like middle-aged, half-bald egg since forever. If you could convince me that any person is a clone/reptilian/unkillable cyborg, it would be him.

[Kaltovar]

Wow, I was REALLY wrong about this. I thought at most they would invade a small piece to bite off which was already largely pro-russian and just try to hold onto that. I was skeptical even that an invasion of any kind would take place, given that Russian state media seemed to be saying the West was trying to trick them into invading.

Never in my wildest dreams did I expect a full scale invasion of the whole of Ukraine! I've traditionally held that would be the dumbest thing Russia could do, but thinking about it ... Is it in for a penny in for a pound? They were already going to get the hell sanctioned out of them for taking even just a single inch, and the west has made it pretty clear they didn't intend to do much beyond sanctions, so like ... What was the remaining incentive not to proceed with the full invasion?

I guess the main concern Russia has right now is going to be protracted, low intensity conflict if they intend to stick around for a while because again ... Not like the West is going to shoot at them.

I'm sort of afraid Ukraine will last for a few days as an organized state, and then it'll be up to individual Ukrainians to basically spray random Russian platoons in ambush attacks. A lot of the really motivated romantic types got assassinated by "Mysterious" drone bombs quite a while ago. How motivated and well armed is the average Ukrainain citizen to spend their life in suicidal ambush tactics like that?

[Kathol Rift]

Switzerland resists imposing own sanctions against Russia

Looks like they're still supporting the EU sanctions though, just not adding their own on to that.

[Heloin]

"Hostomel Airport repulsed the Russians. Just now. Enemy landing destroyed. The plan to seize the runway to receive a landing party from Russia failed."

watch Ukraine pull an Israel and end up invading Russia

“You thought I was trap in this war with you. No. You’re trapped in this war with me!”

[Major-Tom]

We're comparing apples and.....incredibly impulsive oranges here.

Given how much Pakistanis and Indians hated each other at the time, I'm not sure who's the apple here tbh.

Suppose that's a fair point. I just don't see the benefit in throwing kerosene on an already volatile situation.