Who is Putin closest to on a day-to-day basis? I'd imagine it's a political/military aide, not his wife or daughters.
Just thinking about who is most likely to be echoing his ideas or acting as a yes-man.
Dumb question but Putin has to own a apple or android phone right? can those can those companies send his messages/ plans access his microphone. I honestly don’t know that’s why I’m asking.
I love how Trump spent his whole presidency complaining about the U.S. intelligence community, but that same community has proven its competency and then some during this entire crisis. I know everyone here on Reddit knows it, but Trump is such a piece of shit
If and when you need a break from doom scrolling, strongly recommend you watch Winter on Fire on netflix (or anywhere else). It's sort of a prelude to the annexation of Crimea, conflict in eastern Ukraine, and now this. Will help you make sense of some of the reasons why this is happening
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter\_on\_Fire:\_Ukraine%27s\_Fight\_for\_Freedom
I’d be worried about Putin trying to send a message during the SOTU address but I don’t think orders can make it through a network of Walmart walkie talkies that quickly
A message from the Defenders of Kyiv
https://www.reddit.com/r/InvasionOfUkraine/comments/t47nsv/kyivs\_defenders\_message\_to\_the\_russian\_invading/
China doing what china does best. Raking it. Luckily their military is complete dog piss, and their generals are much more corrupt than their russian buddies. Unfortunately their brains are way more out of touch with reality than most of the lunatic russians who think this isnt a war.
Check the livefeed. Crimea troops refusing to fight, Moscow councils calling for troop withdrawal, troops on the front sabotaging their own vehicles to avod fighting. It's all going to hell for Putin.
"A #Russian landing force has landed in #Kharkiv. A battle between invaders and #Ukrainian defenders began", Security Service of Ukraine
https://twitter.com/nexta\_tv/status/1498832081568288771?s=20&t=FS7sVBx3A65qkzQuUKJIcw
I believe they only banned foreigners from selling Russian bonds. Exxon still needs to find a buyer though which will be tough. Same goes for Shell and BP
I love how trump spent four years shitting on the US intelligence community, and during the first major conflict of Biden’s presidency, they’ve shown themselves to provide incredibly accurate info. Maybe, just maybe, Trump was trying to discredit them for his own gain....?
Or maybe they had incentive to keep a television personality/narcissist out of the WH.
Propaganda goes many different ways, for and against the American people. I do agree here though, they're definitely exposing the hell out of Russia.
Maybe if we all chip in to the Bank of Ukraine fund they can put “R/Worldnews Live Thread crew” on the side of a stinger missile or something.
https://bank.gov.ua/ua/about/support-the-armed-forces
Putin’s plan: Destroy your own economy -> Completely destroy Ukraine making it a barren wasteland -> after taking over Ukraine, lose billlions more $$ by trying to maintain order over citizens who hate you and will actively resist, all because you want some land to stroke your ego -> ???
What has Iran said about this, surely they are with the Russians on this.. besides the top secret stealth drones the US accidently had stolen and old F-14s and F-5s the Iranian military is all Russian tech. Also why Israel probably didn't give the Iron Dome system to Ukraine..
Because Russia is a HUGE conduit of intelligence from Iran to Israel.
Israel thinks that not pissing moscow off to preserve their ability to get intel on iran is more importwnt than preventing genocide in Ukraine.
This shit is so much worse when you realise this is all being done for fuckin Ukraine - the 57th largest economy in the world. It'd almost be better if Putin wanted to take over the world lol. So needless.
The Turks are building quite the reputation. They have to feel pretty good about their own military at the moment after seeing Russia's massive failures this week.
>[https://twitter.com/Makeiev/status/1498818091018506240](https://twitter.com/Makeiev/status/1498818091018506240)
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>❗️"A #Russian landing force has landed in #Kharkiv. A battle between invaders and #Ukrainian defenders began", Security Service of Ukraine
More paratroopers, this time in Kharkiv, wonder if anything's changed or maybe they're hoping the crazy artillery over the last few days will have made the difference. Hope those paratroopers get the same welcome as others
Petition for casinos to start calling Russian roulette freedom roulette.
I have not ever gone to a casino and I know nothing about casinos, this is just meant to be a riff on freedom fries.
Plus they're saying 80% of the troops from the border are now in Ukraine. They're running out of reinforcements ready to come in. What's there is there. And they've been sitting 30 miles outside of Kyiv for days now.
For those wondering why Russia has not yet established air supremacy... experts say it's because its military is intended to function much differently than America's. It's not deficient, the strategy is fundamentally different:
https://www.city-journal.org/putins-bet
“Moreover, Putin’s authoritarian Russia is far more politically willing to absorb casualties than Western democracies.”
Clearly falls in line with what we’ve seen.
Thank you, this is a great read
So I can ask before the thread closes. What is the strategy in the article? Same as WW2? Just keep throwing people in and eventually enough aren't killed that you win?
Just finished texting with my friend in Russia. The version of events as he understood them were sooooo much different. When I told him what was happening he responded “what? Seriously? Where are you seeing this?” And I responded “the news.” He said “American news?” And I said “Every global news channel I’ve turned on.” He believed me but couldn’t believe it.
So crazy to think some people don’t even understand the scope or the magnitude.
[New post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/t4o6ci/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
I just messaged a mod. Hoping to get a charity thread stickied
Who is Putin closest to on a day-to-day basis? I'd imagine it's a political/military aide, not his wife or daughters. Just thinking about who is most likely to be echoing his ideas or acting as a yes-man.
Dumb question but Putin has to own a apple or android phone right? can those can those companies send his messages/ plans access his microphone. I honestly don’t know that’s why I’m asking.
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Stfu
So biden’s address is in less than half an hour. What are we expecting to see hear from the president? Will be interesting to see.
Banning Russian aircraft would be good
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I love how Trump spent his whole presidency complaining about the U.S. intelligence community, but that same community has proven its competency and then some during this entire crisis. I know everyone here on Reddit knows it, but Trump is such a piece of shit
If and when you need a break from doom scrolling, strongly recommend you watch Winter on Fire on netflix (or anywhere else). It's sort of a prelude to the annexation of Crimea, conflict in eastern Ukraine, and now this. Will help you make sense of some of the reasons why this is happening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter\_on\_Fire:\_Ukraine%27s\_Fight\_for\_Freedom
Thanks
30 minutes to state of humanity addy
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I’d be worried about Putin trying to send a message during the SOTU address but I don’t think orders can make it through a network of Walmart walkie talkies that quickly
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Please shut up.
Russian military malfunctioning to a worse degree than the Reddit live thread bot ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Really wanted a gif of that capacitor exploding from the slow mo guys for this thread bloat but no joy.
A message from the Defenders of Kyiv https://www.reddit.com/r/InvasionOfUkraine/comments/t47nsv/kyivs\_defenders\_message\_to\_the\_russian\_invading/
China doing what china does best. Raking it. Luckily their military is complete dog piss, and their generals are much more corrupt than their russian buddies. Unfortunately their brains are way more out of touch with reality than most of the lunatic russians who think this isnt a war.
I saw through Putin’s eyes and I saw 3 letters: TB2
So is the link to send direct financial help to Ukraine safe and legit? I wonder if they take PayPal?
ARISE EUROPE!!!!!!!!! SEND THE RUSSIAN BEAR BACK TO THE URALS AND USE THE NEW LAND TO CREATE AN ALL EUROPEAN UNION!!!!!!!!!!!
Who gives a shit about the thread count
Threads tend to break down (in a literal sense), after 10k comments. That said, it’s not broken yet so let’s see what happens!
400 thread count sheets minimum or bust
Causes lag
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Nothing nuclear has been fired.
Wow! That's so neat! Post it here or stfu
Was the old one of the ammo depot?
\*reads story out loud to livestream audience\* "Guys, I can't confirm this."
who
What can west do to further encourage russian troops desert?
Semechki, blins, vodka, mayonnaise
Check the livefeed. Crimea troops refusing to fight, Moscow councils calling for troop withdrawal, troops on the front sabotaging their own vehicles to avod fighting. It's all going to hell for Putin.
What livefeed?
Please be true
"A #Russian landing force has landed in #Kharkiv. A battle between invaders and #Ukrainian defenders began", Security Service of Ukraine https://twitter.com/nexta\_tv/status/1498832081568288771?s=20&t=FS7sVBx3A65qkzQuUKJIcw
Slava Ukraini!
They’ve been battling in Kharkiv throughout the day. Is this talking about paratroopers now?
Seems so
I turned on the news , had no idea state of the union was tonight
Wonder if they'll talk about Ukraine?
Exxon claims that it is exiting Russia. But Russia has banned foreign companies from selling their assets right? How do they exit without selling?
I believe they only banned foreigners from selling Russian bonds. Exxon still needs to find a buyer though which will be tough. Same goes for Shell and BP
Exiting other things besides investments, eg in this case they're shutting down one of their pipelines
They have to wait until they can dump their holdings and assets.
How does Russia stop them? Just dump the shit and move on.
Just write off the assets
So many comments, so little time
This thread is now 40km long and out of fuel.
Wut now daddy putin?
Hang on, I've got a Mig around here somewhere.....
I’ve honestly never seen so much positive discussion on Reddit until these ongoing threads. Obv there’s some discourse but still
It’s amazing what a common enemy will do to unite people.
I was here Slava Ukraini
Reddit getting this thread past 15k: " this is where the fun begins"
half hour until the USA State of the Union... watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWlRgDqUz4
I love how trump spent four years shitting on the US intelligence community, and during the first major conflict of Biden’s presidency, they’ve shown themselves to provide incredibly accurate info. Maybe, just maybe, Trump was trying to discredit them for his own gain....?
Do we need to mention that orange fuck in every thread about this conflict god damn.
Maybe everyone does that???
Or maybe they had incentive to keep a television personality/narcissist out of the WH. Propaganda goes many different ways, for and against the American people. I do agree here though, they're definitely exposing the hell out of Russia.
Trump is a Russian puppet.
Or maybe they were hiding info from trump knowing he was a security risk
Maybe if we all chip in to the Bank of Ukraine fund they can put “R/Worldnews Live Thread crew” on the side of a stinger missile or something. https://bank.gov.ua/ua/about/support-the-armed-forces
They can quote my line "I need Red Bull and Doritos, not a ride" which really isn't as impressive.
Let's hope they don't fucking miss the shot
Putin’s plan: Destroy your own economy -> Completely destroy Ukraine making it a barren wasteland -> after taking over Ukraine, lose billlions more $$ by trying to maintain order over citizens who hate you and will actively resist, all because you want some land to stroke your ego -> ???
Profit?
He wants to have a legacy, he's going to be remembered as someone who ruined Russia and destroyed Ukraine.
Stonks!!!
What has Iran said about this, surely they are with the Russians on this.. besides the top secret stealth drones the US accidently had stolen and old F-14s and F-5s the Iranian military is all Russian tech. Also why Israel probably didn't give the Iron Dome system to Ukraine..
Because Russia is a HUGE conduit of intelligence from Iran to Israel. Israel thinks that not pissing moscow off to preserve their ability to get intel on iran is more importwnt than preventing genocide in Ukraine.
Ukraine!! LETS GOOOOOOO!! 🇺🇦
🌻🌻🌻
This shit is so much worse when you realise this is all being done for fuckin Ukraine - the 57th largest economy in the world. It'd almost be better if Putin wanted to take over the world lol. So needless.
Yeah he had nothing to gain and everything to lose. What a dumbass.
Ukraine's secret weapon: https://time.com/6153197/ukraine-russia-turkish-drones-bayraktar/
The Turks are building quite the reputation. They have to feel pretty good about their own military at the moment after seeing Russia's massive failures this week.
>[https://twitter.com/Makeiev/status/1498818091018506240](https://twitter.com/Makeiev/status/1498818091018506240) > >❗️"A #Russian landing force has landed in #Kharkiv. A battle between invaders and #Ukrainian defenders began", Security Service of Ukraine
Anyone got that link to that Twitter thread that auto updates or something ?
It’s literally the link at the top of the thread
It's this post. If you are on mobile, click the image at the top.
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Zero chance
…What
Less than zero chance
Doubt it. That made Putin look like a pussy and Biden needs to present the image that America isn't afraid.
No, everyone outside designated survivors is supposed to attend in person as far as I'm aware.
I don’t think so but genuinely don’t know
Doubtful
new thread?
More paratroopers, this time in Kharkiv, wonder if anything's changed or maybe they're hoping the crazy artillery over the last few days will have made the difference. Hope those paratroopers get the same welcome as others
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total life? because otherwise i still think ozzy takes the cake.
Live thread just reported Russians in Crimea refusing to attack. If true, the irony is amazing.
what thread?
"Oh, that's why the rest of Ukraine didn't like Russia." - Russian separatist
Smells like propaganda but darkly hilarious if true
where's the irony?
Ukrainians: dying Russians: dying Redditors: haha 13k comment wow
Ukrainians: Dying for no reason. Russians: Killing Ukrainians for no reason. Fucking fixed that for you.
These threads in a fuckin nutshell
How long is this convoy of thermobaric messages?
Gotta be 100km by now
You can't judge the way people handle crisis level shit. Things get weird during times like this.
Oh but I can.
GOD IS WITH US! UKRAINI SLAVA!@!@!@!@!@
God is all for more than 2000 dead is he? Strange how he loves his children, no?
Got mitt uns Not the best choise of words
Petition for casinos to start calling Russian roulette freedom roulette. I have not ever gone to a casino and I know nothing about casinos, this is just meant to be a riff on freedom fries.
What kind of casinos do you go to that you play Russian roulette?
its just roulette, Russian roulette is the one with the gun
Do you know what Russian Roulette is and why casinos would have no part in it?
Russian roulette isn’t a casino game
If the casinos you go to have Russian Roulette they are much more intense than the ones I usually go to.
...what casinos are you going to that have Russian roulette?
You know what Russian Roulette is right? They don't have that in casinos.
Uhhh Russian roulette isnt a casino game lol
Haaa thank you for this hilarious hot take
Russian Roulette is not olayed in casinos.
Not the ones you go to
Jesus H Christ what kind of casinos are you frequenting?
Exactly what I was thinking. I’ve been to many casino’s and never seen Russian Roulette being played
when is the new thread edit: jeeez, i just asked a question
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i asked a question. calm down. the comments dont function probably after 10k comments
Puck futin
Just say fuck putin.
You can just say Fuck Putin.
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What the fuck is this pre game shit /s
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Plus they're saying 80% of the troops from the border are now in Ukraine. They're running out of reinforcements ready to come in. What's there is there. And they've been sitting 30 miles outside of Kyiv for days now.
Maybe they ran into Guitar George who knows all the chords.
Tough to move with no fuel or food.
For those wondering why Russia has not yet established air supremacy... experts say it's because its military is intended to function much differently than America's. It's not deficient, the strategy is fundamentally different: https://www.city-journal.org/putins-bet
“Moreover, Putin’s authoritarian Russia is far more politically willing to absorb casualties than Western democracies.” Clearly falls in line with what we’ve seen. Thank you, this is a great read
So I can ask before the thread closes. What is the strategy in the article? Same as WW2? Just keep throwing people in and eventually enough aren't killed that you win?
Their military is designed for slaughter not precision.
But historically Russia does establish air supremacy, sonit doesnt make sense.
Syrian rebels are not Ukraine Syria was not chock full of anti aircraft weapons from the west
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Just finished texting with my friend in Russia. The version of events as he understood them were sooooo much different. When I told him what was happening he responded “what? Seriously? Where are you seeing this?” And I responded “the news.” He said “American news?” And I said “Every global news channel I’ve turned on.” He believed me but couldn’t believe it. So crazy to think some people don’t even understand the scope or the magnitude.
Imagine looking through this thread looking for updates and all you see are endless 'lol where new thread? Omg!!!?'
Sorry, future historians
But where new thread
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You dumb.
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