Lounge of Russian-Ukrainian War

uncledick

Woodpecker
Catholic
Articles like this are unsettling

Toronto couple eager to volunteer in Ukraine, and willing to fight

If citizens start going over to Ukraine to go and fight, or provide humanitarian aid, they will eventually get blown up, mistreated, etc etc.

As this drags on, stories like this could incite the general populace along with the talking heads constantly banging the war drums.

I could see the West getting involved in the long run. The best solution would be a quick end to this conflict, but it seems that insurgency propaganda is being pushed both here and in ukraine.

Being a foreign fighter in other nations/peoples wars is a surefire way to be horribly imprisoned, gulaged, tortured and or executed if your a POW. The Russian government has stated as much. If Russians catch foreign fighters, they will be jailed, sentenced to hard labor for life and possibly terminated depending on their actions in the war ( plus the other unpleasant technics that state approved messages don't mention). While the common enlisted or conscripted Ukrainian POW gets soup, sandwiches, and shelter, with a promised eventual merger back into society after the dust settles.

These naïve westerns have no idea the pain and suffering that may come to them. Some may and they may not have made lightly the decision to go, but for the majority, the western propaganda machine is sugar coating the heroics of war and promoting foreign interference with nary a mention of the horrors of being a long term POW without any "international or UN" protections.

From Newsweek:

"I wish to make an official statement that none of the mercenaries the West is sending to Ukraine to fight for the nationalist regime in Kyiv can be considered as combatants in accordance with international humanitarian law or enjoy the status of prisoners of war," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Thursday, Russia's Tass news agency reported.

In reading that, it mean they can do to you whatever they damn well please and are only limited by the imaginations of the Russian or Ukrainian prison guards and wardens.

Personally, being caught by either Russians or Ukrainians as a outsider merc during a hot war, would be one of the most terrifying prospects I could imagine. This is a brother vs brother war and cousins are best to stay far away.
 
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RexImperator

Crow
Gold Member

Papaya

Peacock
Gold Member

Czech media is reporting not only admittance to NATO is off the table for Ukraine but EU membership is as well.

Doesnt this basically completely obsolesce Zelensky? My intuition is this is why hes so desperate for the “ no fly zone” Hes panicked

I predict Lil Voldy resigns and seeks asylum somewhere with an robust poofter community within the next 30 day ( or less)

Globohomo can milk Putin as the villain long enough for the next crisis pivot or two and then back to Trump once he declares for 2024
 
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Max Roscoe

Ostrich
Orthodox Inquirer
Interesting turn of events.
Could it be that governments are actually behaving more rationally than corporations, and that we will soon see overtures being made to Russia as the world tries to move past this debacle, realizing what enormous economic and social impacts it would have on everyone?

Germany of course is still buying Russian energy (Russia is banned from SWIFT payments, unless you are buying Russian energy and then it's ok because reasons), and the gasoline and food cost increases that the world would face would have disastrous effects (not least of all in the USA where the average family doesn't have $1,000 for emergencies and they are saying food costs could increase up to $1,000 a month).

I don't put *anything* past US media, but it will be really difficult for them to cover up all the evilness of the Zelensky regime, from the pledges to commit war crimes, to the rampant corruption (It's not just Hunter Biden and the Pelosi's who are getting sweetheart deals there--a LOT of US officials are deep in fraud there), to the weirdo Nazi stuff to the irrational acts like firing on Russian fireman at the nuclear site... at some point it should be obvious how evil Ukraine has been acting... yet I have no faith in my fellow American to see it.

Things aren't looking great now, but Putin is a far superior strategist than anyone on Team Globohomo, so I am hoping he has really thought this one through, and we will see a strong victory and quick return to peace and stability.
 

CaliforniaBased

Robin
Catholic
RT telegram channel confirmed blocked in USA on desktop computer and cellphone version. The block comes from the phone number you used to sign up on telegram for. If I use my Mexican VPN it still comes up as blocked. My VPN provider no longer does Russian servers; still has Ukranian.

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Viktor Zeegelaar

Crow
Orthodox Inquirer
I barely follow the daily battle updates as I'm merely interested in the ramifications for the great reset global agenda, such as the escalation to a global conflict. However, what I gather is that the Russian army appears to be still Sovietized to me. When the Soviets attacks dwarf Finland in 1939 they lost in a guerilla war, whereas they had all the numbers etc. Now, shouldn't Russia already have gotten what they wanted in Ukraine? As in, Ukraine is such a disorganized entity. That tells me that Russia can manage their regional conflicts easily with their military, as they have the numbers and grit, but in a serious international war I doubt they stand any chance. That being said, in a real global conflict it'll be nuclear cause they know that they won't win on the battlefield, so in fact they don't even need to best or most advanced army in the world.
 

Ember

Hummingbird
Other Christian
Gold Member
RT telegram channel confirmed blocked in USA on desktop computer and cellphone version. The block comes from the phone number you used to sign up on telegram for. If I use my Mexican VPN it still comes up as blocked. My VPN provider no longer does Russian servers; still has Ukranian.

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Use this Telegram mirror channel: https://t.me/rt_news_mirror


RT has published an article on how to access them. The RT website is visible to me, I'm currently VPN'd to the Netherlands.


How to access RT.com​

If you can’t get news from RT due to government restrictions, here are some alternative ways to access our content


Serious attempts have been made in Western nations to silence RT, following Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine. The EU Commission has given regulators in the bloc’s nations powers to ban the media outlet. If you’ve faced difficulties accessing RT’s content due to those restrictions, here are some steps you can take to bypass them.

1. If you’re reading RT on your smartphone, you can use our Android app, which can be downloaded via this link.

2. On your PC, you can use the Tor browser (Brave browser also has a Tor facility), which can be downloaded here. RT’s website address in Tor remains the same: www.rt.com. If Tor doesn’t work for you, or is unavailable via regular means, you can resolve this issue by sending an empty email to [email protected] and you will be sent the necessary link.

3. Another way of circumventing restrictions is to use the Psiphon censorship-bypass tool, which can be downloaded for Windows, Android, and other systems. (Windows download here, direct Android download here, and other options here). Alternatively, you can use a VPN service of your choice.

4. You can also stay in touch with RT through Telegram by subscribing to RT’s soon-to-be-reborn channel there.
 
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droughtmeat

Kingfisher
Catholic
Not sure if this was posted yet. Russia is making spreading fake news a criminal offence. Subsequently, CNN, CBS etc. shut down operations in Russia. On the one hand, the channels' reaction is very telling. On the other hand, if a similar strategy were to be applied in the west, it would be used so that precisely the mainstream news outlets would benefit.


Global news media on defensive after Putin signs 'fake news' law​

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  • Summary
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  • Russian law threatens jail for 'fake news' spreaders
  • BBC chief says law appears to criminalise journalism
  • Moscow says Western media show anti-Russian bias
  • West has banned Russia's RT over Ukraine coverage
LONDON/LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new law that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news".
Britain's BBC said Friday it had temporarily halted reporting in Russia, and by the end of the day, the Canadian Broadcasting Company and Bloomberg News said their journalists were also stopping work. CNN and CBS News said they would stop broadcasting in Russia, and other outlets removed Russian-based journalists' bylines as they assessed the situation.

With Russia's attack on Ukraine drawing almost universal condemnation, Moscow has sought to hit back in the information war. Its communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, blocked Meta Platform Inc's (FB.O) Facebook, citing 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media. TASS news agency reported that Russia also restricted access to Twitter. (TWTR.N)
Russian officials have said that false information has been spread by Russia's enemies such as the United States and its Western European allies in an attempt to sow discord among the Russian people.

Lawmakers passed amendments to the criminal code making the spread of "fake" information an offence punishable with fines or jail terms. They also imposed fines for anyone calling for sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the media companies' moves to suspend reporting.
News executives said the new law would hamper independent reporting and imperil journalists, and that their organizations must balance the obligation to audiences to report the news with protecting journalists against retaliation.


Edit: And pidgin English will always look like a parody. BBC having a legit pidgin page is one of the more amusing aspects of diversity is our strength

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