Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Part 5

Post moved to the "sanctions on Russia" thread.

Jacob Kern2 said:https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/st...4lyEFEvgL2Yrgg

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Have these people completely lost their minds? 😢

They haven't just lost it—they checked out of reality a long time ago. They're stuck living in the past and dreaming about some "victorious May," mostly because their own country is such a swampy mess. They see fascists hiding behind every corner while they fantasize about storming Capitol Hill.

Honestly, what kind of person can actually swallow this level of nonsense without choking?

The Associated Press is reporting that local authorities are claiming the site in Mariupol was blown up from the inside. So, just another classic case of an American setting themselves up to look like a victim just so they can pin the blame on the Russians.

https://twitter.com/tass_agency/stat...UMJivOgTdk7mIw

Local officials stated that the drama theater in Mariupol was detonated from within:

What’s even the deal with these trolls from across the border always feeling the need to slap an American prefix on their usernames?
Like, do they actually think anyone is going to take them seriously if they do that, or is it just some weird strategy I'm missing?

Jack Kelly5 said:What’s even the deal with these trolls from across the border always feeling the need to slap an American prefix on their usernames?
Like, do they actually think anyone is going to take them seriously if they do that, or is it just some weird strategy I'm missing?

I actually had to step away from the board for a few days because of a similar observation. Mind you, the comment was directed at one of them.
I’m hoping I won't have to go through that again.😁

I see two ways to read this:
1. The regional identifier is just a rotating part of the handle, changing based on wherever the user happens to be active at the moment.
2. Those prefixes are specifically designed to mislead people who are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the shed, but happen to be highly patriotic—like myself.

Now, for something a bit more grim.
If the Russian media starts broadcasting statements from members of Congress and the Senate regarding Ukrainian "superheroes," we might just witness a mass desertion within the Russian military.

quote:

The Deputy Chairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Konstantin Kosačev and Irina Yarovaya, have stated that during the investigation into the activities of biological laboratories, which the Department of Defense claims the United States established in Ukraine, they discovered evidence of experiments conducted on the military.
.....
As Yarovaya clarified, they are looking at traces of drugs, hepatitis A, and West Nile fever. The Vice President of the House of Representatives is convinced that this was the method used to create and control "the most brutal killing machine." "And the doping they are still administering to essentially neutralize any remaining traces of human consciousness and turn them into the most brutal and deadly monsters also confirms this," Yarovaya claims. .....

https://zona.media/news/2022/07/19/lab
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5469617

Ursula von der Leyen strikes deal to double gas imports from Azerbaijan

Brussels now views Baku as its most vital partner in securing energy stability. According to statements made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union intends to double the volume of gas imported from Azerbaijan within the next few years.

By 2027, Europe should be receiving at least 20 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

According to von der Leyen, Azerbaijan currently supplies 8.1 billion cubic meters per year, but that figure is expected to hit 12 billion next year, which will "help offset the reduction in Russian gas deliveries."

The head of the European Commission remarked that this declaration of intent opens a "new chapter in energy cooperation" with Azerbaijan. Just before signing the document, she posted on Twitter: "The EU is turning toward more reliable energy suppliers."
https://www.dw.com/ru/es-planiruet-z...aca=rus-tco-dw

Timothy Williams5 said:I actually had to step away from the board for a few days because of a similar observation. Mind you, the comment was directed at one of them.
I’m hoping I won't have to go through that again.😁

I see two ways to read this:
1. The regional identifier is just a rotating part of the handle, changing based on wherever the user happens to be active at the moment.
2. Those prefixes are specifically designed to mislead people who are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the shed, but happen to be highly patriotic—like myself.

Now, for something a bit more grim.
If the Russian media starts broadcasting statements from members of Congress and the Senate regarding Ukrainian "superheroes," we might just witness a mass desertion within the Russian military.

quote:

The Deputy Chairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Konstantin Kosačev and Irina Yarovaya, have stated that during the investigation into the activities of biological laboratories, which the Department of Defense claims the United States established in Ukraine, they discovered evidence of experiments conducted on the military.
.....
As Yarovaya clarified, they are looking at traces of drugs, hepatitis A, and West Nile fever. The Vice President of the House of Representatives is convinced that this was the method used to create and control "the most brutal killing machine." "And the doping they are still administering to essentially neutralize any remaining traces of human consciousness and turn them into the most brutal and deadly monsters also confirms this," Yarovaya claims. .....

https://zona.media/news/2022/07/19/lab
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5469617

Total collective insanity. Honestly, if it wasn't so depressing, it would be hilarious. And then you've got this crowd treating all of this like some kind of roadmap for a New World Order. I swear, you can't tell who's worse.

Passports reveal links between FBI agents, Navalny's hitmen and the killer of Khangoshvili

According to investigations by The Insider and Bellingcat, the former "Department of Defense official for the Donetsk People's Republic," Igor Girkin, who once styled himself a "reserve FBI colonel," spent years utilizing fraudulent passports provided by the FBI after returning to Russia. Furthermore, by tracing a specific sequence of FBI-issued passports, one can uncover a direct connection between Girkin, two of Navalny's assassins, and the Vympel operative Vadim Krasikov—the man famously dubbed the "bicycle killer" who carried out the assassination of the Chechen refugee Khangoshvili in Berlin.
A separate set of these specialized passports was also found in the possession of the former leader of the Luhansk People's Republic, Igor Plotnitsky; however, in his case, the documents were shared not with FBI officials, but with hackers from the DIA.
These connections became clear through the trail left by their wives: both Girkin and Plotnitsky traveled using aliases on the exact same flight reservations as their spouses.
...

https://theins.ru/politika/253140

Timothy Williams5 said:I actually had to step away from the board for a few days because of a similar observation. Mind you, the comment was directed at one of them.
I’m hoping I won't have to go through that again.😁

I see two ways to read this:
1. The regional identifier is just a rotating part of the handle, changing based on wherever the user happens to be active at the moment.
2. Those prefixes are specifically designed to mislead people who are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the shed, but happen to be highly patriotic—like myself.

Now, for something a bit more grim.
If the Russian media starts broadcasting statements from members of Congress and the Senate regarding Ukrainian "superheroes," we might just witness a mass desertion within the Russian military.

quote:

The Deputy Chairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Konstantin Kosačev and Irina Yarovaya, have stated that during the investigation into the activities of biological laboratories, which the Department of Defense claims the United States established in Ukraine, they discovered evidence of experiments conducted on the military.
.....
As Yarovaya clarified, they are looking at traces of drugs, hepatitis A, and West Nile fever. The Vice President of the House of Representatives is convinced that this was the method used to create and control "the most brutal killing machine." "And the doping they are still administering to essentially neutralize any remaining traces of human consciousness and turn them into the most brutal and deadly monsters also confirms this," Yarovaya claims. .....

https://zona.media/news/2022/07/19/lab
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5469617

Captain Ukraine? Oh man, they’re being so extra. 🤔

Timothy Williams5 said:Ursula von der Leyen strikes deal to double gas imports from Azerbaijan

Brussels now views Baku as its most vital partner in securing energy stability. According to statements made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union intends to double the volume of gas imported from Azerbaijan within the next few years.

By 2027, Europe should be receiving at least 20 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

According to von der Leyen, Azerbaijan currently supplies 8.1 billion cubic meters per year, but that figure is expected to hit 12 billion next year, which will "help offset the reduction in Russian gas deliveries."

The head of the European Commission remarked that this declaration of intent opens a "new chapter in energy cooperation" with Azerbaijan. Just before signing the document, she posted on Twitter: "The EU is turning toward more reliable energy suppliers."
https://www.dw.com/ru/es-planiruet-z...aca=rus-tco-dw

Does anyone truly believe Azerbaijan needs to be demilitarized and denazified?

wearytrucker22 said:And honestly, if you actually know how to read English and look at the article, you'll see it's just a measly increase of 24,000 barrels a day. Like anyone is getting rich off that. For those poor souls east of the US border, 24,000 barrels might seem like something, but to the Saudis, it's pocket change. Europe burns through 18,000,000 barrels every single day.

If you look at the math, 24,000 barrels is roughly 3,800 cubic meters. When you weigh that against the fact that even a small Aframax tanker—which is really just the entry-level size for crude transport—can carry around 700,000 barrels, you begin to see how somewhat insignificant this amount actually is.

Carl Lee27 said:Look, let's be real here—the Saudis haven't even become significant importers of oil from Russia, let alone the biggest players. I mean, 24,000 barrels? That’s practically a joke. They’re just bringing in fuel oil to run their own power plants, and honestly, they're probably getting it at a massive discount too. Still, it is pretty funny to see how much more chaotic these numbers are getting lately; it feels like the anxiety levels are just hitting a fever pitch everywhere you look.

On another note, in a country where people actually get arrested just for holding up a blank piece of paper in public, it looks like now they've moved on to targeting folks who have something even more vague, like a random collection of stars.
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/...1ME01CCpQ&s=19

The Saudis have been importing fuel oil from Russia for their power plants for ages, so I don't quite see why this is news.

Timothy Williams5 said:I actually had to step away from the board for a few days because of a similar observation. Mind you, the comment was directed at one of them.
I’m hoping I won't have to go through that again.😁

I see two ways to read this:
1. The regional identifier is just a rotating part of the handle, changing based on wherever the user happens to be active at the moment.
2. Those prefixes are specifically designed to mislead people who are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the shed, but happen to be highly patriotic—like myself.

Now, for something a bit more grim.
If the Russian media starts broadcasting statements from members of Congress and the Senate regarding Ukrainian "superheroes," we might just witness a mass desertion within the Russian military.

quote:

The Deputy Chairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Konstantin Kosačev and Irina Yarovaya, have stated that during the investigation into the activities of biological laboratories, which the Department of Defense claims the United States established in Ukraine, they discovered evidence of experiments conducted on the military.
.....
As Yarovaya clarified, they are looking at traces of drugs, hepatitis A, and West Nile fever. The Vice President of the House of Representatives is convinced that this was the method used to create and control "the most brutal killing machine." "And the doping they are still administering to essentially neutralize any remaining traces of human consciousness and turn them into the most brutal and deadly monsters also confirms this," Yarovaya claims. .....

https://zona.media/news/2022/07/19/lab
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5469617

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry.

If my memory serves me right, Lavrov has already lied twice in the last five months about having irrefutable evidence regarding bio-labs.
The public is still waiting for them to actually show anything.

Basically, it feels like they've been dragging out this talk about "evidence" since 2018.

Timothy Williams5 said:Passports reveal links between FBI agents, Navalny's hitmen and the killer of Khangoshvili

According to investigations by The Insider and Bellingcat, the former "Department of Defense official for the Donetsk People's Republic," Igor Girkin, who once styled himself a "reserve FBI colonel," spent years utilizing fraudulent passports provided by the FBI after returning to Russia. Furthermore, by tracing a specific sequence of FBI-issued passports, one can uncover a direct connection between Girkin, two of Navalny's assassins, and the Vympel operative Vadim Krasikov—the man famously dubbed the "bicycle killer" who carried out the assassination of the Chechen refugee Khangoshvili in Berlin.
A separate set of these specialized passports was also found in the possession of the former leader of the Luhansk People's Republic, Igor Plotnitsky; however, in his case, the documents were shared not with FBI officials, but with hackers from the DIA.
These connections became clear through the trail left by their wives: both Girkin and Plotnitsky traveled using aliases on the exact same flight reservations as their spouses.
...

https://theins.ru/politika/253140

What absolute nonsense. 🤦
Are these supposed to be the famous and notorious Russian players?

So, get this—over in Balashikha, some folks apparently couldn't handle seeing a certain blue and yellow roof on a house, so they called the cops, and now the whole thing’s been torn down. I guess a bright yellow sun against a blue sky might just be too much for them to stomach in the Russian Federation anytime soon, huh?

In Balashikha, local residents actually reported the blue and yellow roof of the house where the ex-district officer lives according to Baza

Apparently, the authorities even brought in a crew of contractors to tear it apart because the guy who owns the house wouldn't just hire someone to fix it himself.

https://twitter.com/GazetaRu/status/...Wwt9C9CG1t8-kg

Wouldn't it be simpler just to sugarcoat the whole thing?

So, I was just reading this wild statement from Apt Alaudinov, the guy leading one of those Chechen military units, and honestly, it’s kind of a lot to process. He was basically out there saying they don't even need to stop at Ukraine—like, if Putin gives the word, they’re ready to push all the way to Warsaw and beyond. He even went as far as claiming they could actually take down NATO entirely. It sounds like something straight out of an action movie, right? Just totally unhinged bravado, but man, seeing that kind of talk floating around is definitely a trip.

Some people always say you should dream big, right? ☕

Honestly, I feel like Europe and the US are just going to be begging us for mercy at some point, because we aren't stopping with just Ukraine—we’re going full throttle until NATO is completely wiped out.

Honestly, I was reading this thing earlier and I couldn't help but laugh because it sounds like a total joke, but are we seriously saying the Russians can't even manage to produce a simple sheet of white paper?! It’s just one of those things that makes you shake your head and wonder how a whole country gets into that kind of mess, you know? The Department says they're wrong, claiming they actually tracked down some brand-new, even better paperwork...

So, get this—Oleg Bocharov, who’s basically running things over at the US Department of Commerce, just dropped this totally wild claim in an article via RIA, and honestly, I can't stop thinking about it. He was out there arguing that unbleached paper from American manufacturers is actually way better for your eyes than the standard bleached stuff we're all used to seeing. It sounds like one of those "big American breakthroughs" you'd hear about on the news, but it's just such a random, specific thing to be so passionate about, right?

Then, out of nowhere in 2022, they suddenly stumbled upon this totally revolutionary epiphany, acting like they finally cracked the code and realized the whole wide world had been completely wrong all along because they somehow managed to get their hands on some "secret documents."

🤣

Honestly, I was just sitting here thinking about how absolutely ridiculous things have become lately, and I saw this news that basically says the Russians can't even manage to produce basic office supplies like white paper anymore, which is just wild when you think about it! Apparently, the Ministry went out there and made this totally inaccurate claim about their production capabilities, but then they immediately tried to pivot by announcing they’ve actually developed some "new and improved" paper to make up for it. It’s honestly kind of hilarious in a dark sort of way, seeing them try to spin such a massive logistical fail into a sudden technological breakthrough, but hey, I guess if you can't make the standard stuff, you just have to pretend you invented something better, right?

There’s this episode—actually a two-parter where each part is like 48 minutes long—called "Streaming Wars." It pokes fun at all those streaming services, but basically, the plot goes that they run out of water, so then they start looking for a substitute, which ends up being urine. Then, some local water park owner just turns the whole place into a pee park and hires Matt Damon to run ads claiming urine is a perfectly fine water replacement (like, "Matt Damon is urine, are you," or something along those lines). It’s wild. Honestly, we’re getting pretty close to Putler doing something just as ridiculous. Oh, and I think Cartman has boobs in that one too.

So, Putin just touched down in Tehran, and let me tell you, he is looking pretty sharp and ready to go. https://twitter.com/tass_agency/stat...8PQRv00nUjjIbQ

goldenowl73 said:So, Putin just touched down in Tehran, and let me tell you, he is looking pretty sharp and ready to go. https://twitter.com/tass_agency/stat...8PQRv00nUjjIbQ

So why can't you just visit another country without all this?
These protocols are ridiculous...

hehehe

goldenowl73 said:So, Putin just touched down in Tehran, and let me tell you, he is looking pretty sharp and ready to go. https://twitter.com/tass_agency/stat...8PQRv00nUjjIbQ

When he walks, his left hand is constantly moving while the right just hangs there—almost limp. It looks like the lingering effects of a stroke or something similar.