Posts by wiredseal7

What started as "one burned mobilization office" quickly spiraled into "20 mobilization offices torched."🤦

The Americans really need to hire some better scriptwriters at this point.

Just like everything else, the bad news filters from Russia have pivoted to mobilization—pure smearing and a massive FUD campaign. Probably just another desperate attempt to spark protests over the draft, similar to what they've been trying to stir up in Iran lately following that woman's death.

Hannah Alvarez2 said:Are you kidding me? I know the Moscow to Mexico City routes are booked solid, and yeah, I know our neighbors can be a little... "particular" 😁, but I had no idea they were this brain-dead.

Just picture some poor Russian guy who spent every last cent he had left after inflation just to grab a plane ticket and bail out of Russia before being sent to the front lines—only to land in Mexico City and see Putin's face and the Z everywhere! 🤣

Checked Google, but it doesn't look like 🙂 there are any one-way flights for $500 in the next few days.

This guy was claiming it:

edit: looks like there aren't any direct flights available—only layovers—until mid-October, so maybe there's actually some truth to this...

Anthony Taylor393 said:It wouldn't be a bad move—if our local Putin supporters just decided to pack up and head over to Putin voluntarily. A little humanitarian relocation for the idiots, I guess.

👍

Swiss people aren't allowed to serve in foreign militaries—well, except for those Swiss guards protecting the Pope.
An ideal solution for us, and maybe even for our neighbors too.

But from what I'm reading, flights from Mexico City to Moscow are already fully booked...

Timothy Williams5 said:A massive traffic jam has formed, stretching all the way from Moscow to New York City and continuing deep into Finland. Traffic is flowing south of Moscow, while another line starts at the Russian-Belarusian border and heads toward Poland. (Map)
https://twitter.com/ukraine_map/stat...GmJPFqr4gJoTjw

The disinformation campaign kicked off fast—standard operating procedure. ☕

I took a look at Google Maps—nothing out there to suggest any kind of mass exodus is actually happening. Just empty streets.
Traffic along the Russian border is basically non-existent right now—no major convoys or anything. Actually, things are getting pretty backed up on the Polish side heading toward Belarus, though that's probably just a bunch of trucks.

And how exactly would they even cross the border? They’d just get turned back immediately—first by the Russians, then by the Americans or the Finns, or whoever else is checking for visas and permits.

stormybear25 said:The European Commission just went and eased its coal sanctions against Russia, effectively giving EU companies the green light to trade, ship, and bankroll Russian supplies to third-party nations. Brussels is spinning this by claiming it’s a necessary move to prevent sanctions from messing with "energy security." Unbelievable.
https://twitter.com/JavierBlas/statu...84673070329857

They've finally hit rock bottom.
Looks like the 'evil gnome' is going to make a killing on coal this winter. Energy markets work like a series of connected tanks—you mess with one part, and the prices just spiral everywhere.

He mentioned that mobilization is leaning more toward war veterans. Still, he claims they aren't pivoting to that "meat grinder" tactic—which is already the standard playbook for Ukraine—just yet.

But look, it shows they’re running low on people. They want to wipe out that Ukrainian advantage, and if they don't mobilize, they won't.

I doubt they'll pull the nuclear trigger easily—but once they annex parts of Ukraine, if an offensive like the one in Kharkiv pushes them toward somewhere like Kherson and they run out of conventional moves? Then anything goes.
The bigger threat to Ukraine and the West is really just the pressure to stop fighting and let the whole mess freeze.

Now we're just waiting for equally aggressive, bellicose rhetoric to come out of Kyiv and Washington, D.C.—it’s pretty obvious nobody's looking to blink here.

Benjamin Taylor6 said:Maybe Putin decides to address the nation tomorrow. Who knows? It might end up being nothing more than a whole lot of nothing—kind of like that speech they gave at Red Square during Victory Day this year.

What speech? Nobody actually sat there all night waiting for 🤣

hollowdriver13 said:There was some chatter going around on Twitter about this too—the theory is that the UK is buying them for UA through some sort of "middleman" setup involving an African country.
It would definitely explain why those RAF C-17 Globemasters are racking up reward mileage like crazy lately. 😁

The other theory is that it’s just what the Americans intercepted while it was en route to Yemen.
But people were already whispering even earlier about Sudanese ammo plants shipping gear over to Ukraine.

The real kicker—and it's almost funny—is how much everyone mocks Russia for buying drones from Iranians (which, let's face it, are turning out to be pretty sophisticated and dangerous, much to the Ukrainians' dismay), while the Ukrainians—or rather, the British colonialists acting on their behalf—are busy scavenging scrap metal across Africa.

Anthony Hill5 said:With the sanctions firmly in place, Russian oil imports have already ceased, but let’s be honest: even if those sanctions didn't exist, Rosneft would have likely pulled the plug on supplying the refinery regardless. Given that reality, wasn't the only logical course of action to simply step in and take temporary control of the refinery ourselves?

The European Union is set to export some 38 million tons of wheat this year—a figure that sits right alongside Russia’s output. So, how am I supposed to swallow this tired narrative that the EU is somehow stealing or buying up Ukrainian grain because we're facing a shortage here? It is utterly absurd to suggest we are desperate for supplies when the EU is simultaneously footing the bill for Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in financial aid. Honestly, is it not laughable?

Not yet—that doesn't kick in until December. And I wasn't talking about Canada.

bluemason3 said:https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig3_322856138

Based on this, the biggest exporters are Canada and the EU. Ukraine and Russia don't even seem to be major players, unless things have shifted drastically over the last five or six years.

In the years leading up to the war, both Russia and Ukraine were among the top exporters—if not the absolute biggest players.

hollowdriver13 said:

Here’s a map of the Baltic Sea ports used for fertilizer exports—take a close look at St. Petersburg and the surrounding area:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...9559515203&z=6

So, the Russians are exporting fertilizer through Russian ports on the Baltic Sea, which is part of Europe. Technically, saying their fertilizer is "stuck in European ports" isn't a flat-out lie, it's just some really creative interpretation of the truth.

Let me say it one more time so we're all on the same page: "There are no sanctions on Russian fertilizer."

The Russians themselves actually chose to hold back exports, figuring it would trigger an agricultural crisis. Now that they see it's backfiring, they're suddenly playing the "humanitarian" card, acting like they'll hand out the fertilizer for free—but of course, there are strings attached, specifically demanding the lifting of sanctions. And I don't get why people insist sanctions don't affect Russia when the Russians themselves constantly make lifting them a condition for everything.

If Druzba gets shut down, the biggest winners will probably be the Canadians, provided they play their cards right.
Karma's a bit of a beast, isn't it?......
And honestly, watching Russia essentially sanction themselves is always interesting; you can see exactly how shutting off the valves hits their budget.

It's all about those ports in the European Union—just how they're being handled.

The President of the United States is just playing games now—it’s like watching a tired magician try one last cheap trick to distract from how empty the hat really is.
Vladimir Putin told Secretary-General Guterres that there’s about 300,000 tonnes of Russian fertilizer just sitting around in ports across the US—and apparently, they're willing to hand it over to developing nations for nothing.

When Putin talks about "European ports," he’s clearly not just talking about some random docks—he’s aiming straight at the European Union, regardless of how you try to spin it.

It feels like the EU is just sitting on those fertilizer reserves as a rainy-day fund they can grab whenever they feel like it—so it would be "unfortunate" if they didn't make it to Africa. Vladimir Putin basically caught them red-handed; he’s calling out their hypocrisy in front of the rest of the world while they try to point the finger at Russia for the shortages.
It’s the same old story—they blamed Russia for the grain shortages, only to watch it all get diverted from the starving nations and sold off at a premium to the European Union instead.

If they shut down Druzba, the only ones actually "winning" will be the Canadians—as long as they keep tightening the screws.
Karma’s a bitch—it always comes back around eventually.
Self-sanctioning against Russia is always a joke—watching how cutting off their supply lines ends up hitting our own budget just as hard is nothing new.

The fuel from Belarus flows right through Poland—if that shuts down, Canada isn't going to be left hanging without gas.

It’s not all doom and gloom for developing nations—coal exports in Tanzania just saw a massive spike.
Wheat prices are jumping again—it’s just one more thing hitting the grocery budget while everyone stares at the headlines. It feels like we're just watching a slow-motion train wreck with global supply chains.
They're switching back to coal—get ready for some serious smog over the US this winter...

hollowdriver13 said:So, Russia is basically asking the UN🤣 to get the EU to back off on those sanctions against them. Their "peace offering"? They’re supposedly willing to hand over 300,000 tons of fertilizer to developing nations to help ease the global food crisis—even though there aren't even any sanctions on fertilizer to begin with. Just a move to soften the blow, I guess.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacifi...states/2686720

Call Putin a humanitarian if you want, but clearly, those sanctions just aren't doing much.

Maybe those supplies don't even exist in Russia.

https://twitter.com/VeraVanHorne/sta...zetjHCUOnbK10Q
Putin announced readiness to hand over 300,000 tons of Russian fertilizers that piled up in EU seaports due to sanctions to developing countries for free.

Does anyone actually know if this is legit, or where these "blocked" Russian fertilizer stockpiles are supposedly sitting in European ports?

Another possibility—and I mean, really consider this—is they just don't have enough ships to get it to those developing countries.
Plus, there's the assumption that the EU wants that fertilizer for itself since their own chemical plants are basically idling because gas prices are through the roof.

Then you've got word that Germany, in a move straight out of a communist playbook, has potentially already moved to expropriate Rosneft's refineries there.
As a comeback, the Russians have reportedly threatened to shut down the Druzba pipeline:
https://twitter.com/jaccocharite/sta...zetjHCUOnbK10Q
Well, looks like the Prussians just can't help themselves.

Nancy Gomez26 said:What does Putin actually gain by pulling out of all of Ukraine right now?

A State crippled by sanctions, stripped of Crimea, mourning 50,000 dead and at least twice as many wounded. Any talk of lifting those sanctions will inevitably be tied to massive reparations. NATO is positioned on his borders in ways never seen before, and Kazakhstan is steadily drifting out of the Russian sphere of influence. Weapon stockpiles have been gutted, conventional military capacity is severely depleted, and the military—the State itself—has suffered a massive blow to its prestige.
For him, this simply isn't a viable path. It either ends in a total battlefield defeat for the Rus, or a regime change at the White House. I don't see any other way this war stops.

Pretty much.
The West would rather push Ukraine into a catastrophic war—total destruction of cities and infrastructure, bankruptcy with debts they can't actually pay back, and massive depopulation—than just sit down and negotiate with Putin back in February to prevent this.

Regarding Kazakhstan, you only have to look at a map to see the mess they could cause just by blocking shipping and flights over the Caspian Sea if they get angry enough. There's no sustainable corridor there like there is for a NATO member like Ukraine. I expect Kazakhstan to keep playing both sides to turn a profit, but don't hold your breath waiting for them to join the Western bloc.

coastalbison6 said:Looks like the training for those Ukrainian pilots on the A-10 is finally wrapped up.
https://time.com/6207115/ukraine-tra...pilots-russia/

The A-10 is slow—Russian interceptors and air defenses would turn it into sitting duck territory—even if it is basically a flying tank and tough to take down.

The Su-25 is just better suited for this kind of mess:
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/su-2...rthog-for-cas/

If they get enough of them, sure, that's great—better than the dwindling number of Su-25s they're working with. But the real issue is the lack of trained pilots. What we're seeing here is just someone trying to train people on simulators, hoping they might actually get their hands on an A-10 one day...

gentlestag15 said:What are you even talking about? This woman is one of the main organizers pushing for Kherson to join Russia, so she’s being targeted because of that, not just because she happens to be a university president.
She’s got a Russian bodyguard, and honestly, that says everything you need to know about her standing.

Right, so I guess "initiative organizers" are getting blown up now too. At this rate, we'll be targeting internet activists next.

Anyone can hire security if they want to play it safe.

Megan Thomas5 said:A civilian role in an occupied city? Yeah, right. Is targeting an occupier's representative considered terrorism now?

Don't try to dictate the rules here.
Legal proceedings—sure—but assassination? No. Let me repeat: she’s a university president. Whether you call it treason or not doesn't change the fact that it's a 100% civilian job. Just like anywhere else in the world.
The CIA, as I mentioned before, still goes after civilian scientists—university professors in Iran, for instance—so it's pretty clear what they are.

Besides, it's not like the population should just stop breathing, eating, going to school, seeing a doctor, or—generally speaking—surviving just because they're under occupation.
But that's not how the Kyiv clique thinks—they're busy pushing Nazi-style laws where you could face 15 years in prison just for, say, accepting food.

George Robinson43 said:It is truly remarkable to watch those pro-Russia agitators whine about the collaborators who are getting exactly what they deserve.

Absolutely priceless. 🙏 🙏

How easy it is to put on those blue-and-yellow glasses and cheer for terrorism. Priceless. 🙏 🙏

Bryan Booth82 said:Just a small but vital correction to that inaccurate claim... the Ukrainians actually crossed the Oskaloosa River... so, when you mention the laws of physics, they certainly apply here.

Best regards,

If you check the live map, the front line is right on the Oskil.
https://ukraine.liveuamap.com/

crimsoncyclist71 said:He didn't actually say any of that, but I think we all get where his head is at lately...

What do I care about Russian troubles or this whole war, other than sharing the fate of the people "on this side" via my heating bill?☕

This guy is a joke. No, he didn't say it (which I wasn't claiming either), but his whole map is a mess. Wide Ukrainian arrows crossing the Oskil river? Liman without Russians? You have to agree that doesn't match what's actually happening on the ground.

Russia pulled a brutal blitz offensive that worked because it was fast—but they're finding their footing now and, logically, they've dug in at the river as a defensive line.
If it's hard for the Russians to move large troop numbers into Kherson, the same laws of physics apply to the Ukrainian troops at the Oskil river—which, let's be real, is wide and exposed.

gentlestag15 said:The rector of the Kherson Faculty was seriously injured in an explosion over in Kherson. Apparently, the Russians pushed her into that position, and her bodyguard didn't make it. It’s pretty ironic considering she was one of the first people out there calling for Kherson to just fold into Russia.
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/...65739512991746

A purely civilian role, not even a government position, and they attempt an assassination?
The Ukrainians have really leaned into terrorism—very Mossad-style.

Check out this Twitter warrior 😬

https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/sta...AjsKuL7LzwvFHA

Apparently, Ukraine already teleported across the Oskil river—they’ve supposedly snatched Svyatov and Liman and are charging straight toward Severodonetsk, Lugansk, and even deep into the Russian Urals.

It’s not even about the sanctions—it's more about what the future holds for the Ukrainian economy. We're looking at a massive fire sale:
https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/0...e-wall-street/

It feels like a bit of déjà vu—reminds me of those botched privatizations we saw back in the day where Western interests just swooped in to clean up.

Honestly, you don't even have to state the obvious—in a war zone like this, everything is going to be sold off for pennies on the dollar—especially when Uncle Sam decides only certain "vetted" Wall Street firms get a seat at the table.

It’s basically a textbook case of American plundering—from the "people's revolution" straight to the final bill being collected.

analogbear5 said:Anything popping up on the NATO servers?

Nothing. These kinds of links—where you just end up with some peacekeeper graphic—keep redirecting whenever you type the domain into a URL under NATO control:
https://psb4ukr.natocdn.net/logos/links/psbnews.svg
Basically, NATO is still resolving addresses for those problematic materials.