Ukraine - Russia Conflict

[BMD]

Czechs cut gas usage to record low, down 29% from before Ukraine war #AInvest #Ainvest_Wire #RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussiavsUkraine #Russia
View more: https://t.co/RoG3eime4L pic.twitter.com/KjWjFEzkwA

— AInvest Wire (@Ainvest_Wire) June 2, 2023

Russian oil sales to India is generating billions - perhaps up to US$147bn - in rupees that Russia can't spend. India is proposing that the money is reinvested in Indian infrastructure. https://t.co/obErhNmrv4

— Ian Hall (@DrIanHall) June 1, 2023

Highly amusing that they can't spend it.

Armed Forces of Ukraine launched strikes on the port of Russia-occupied city of Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/rkHSNgMMKc

— Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (BlueSky too) (@Archer83Able) June 2, 2023

 

[BMD]

 

[BMD]

 

[Amarante]

Many in Europe still don‘t realize that if Russia had been successful with its military attack on Kyiv and subsequent subjugation of Ukraine, Moldova would have been next on the docket with the annexation of Transnistria. https://t.co/obUdVK1Dp2

— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) June 1, 2023

 

[randomradio]

You have no point. 2014 was what happens when you promise something important in an election an then do the opposite, and whatever it was it happened inside Ukraine and was a matter for Ukrainians alone.

It was never about Nazis and discrimination for a second, it was only ever about Russia losing economic markets and Sevastopol. The rest is an entire net of red herrings.

But ask yourself, do you ever hear any news/media broadcasts in civilised countries that sound like those from Russia?

So the usual strawman and red herring arguments. A coup must be normal for the Europeans then.

 

[Amarante]

So the usual strawman and red herring arguments. A coup must be normal for the Europeans then.

Liberty Guiding the People, Eugène Delacroix, 1831​

 

[randomradio]

Russian oil sales to India is generating billions - perhaps up to US$147bn - in rupees that Russia can't spend. India is proposing that the money is reinvested in Indian infrastructure. https://t.co/obErhNmrv4

— Ian Hall (@DrIanHall) June 1, 2023

We buy their oil and get them to invest the entire amount we paid in India...

The surplus with India could be as high as $40-50B a year.

The problem for trade with India is the Russians are quite self-sufficient in a lot of goods India can provide, and they need help with brand names and high tech products that India cannot provide, and they don't care much about our services like the West does.

 

[randomradio]

Many in Europe still don‘t realize that if Russia had been successful with its military attack on Kyiv and subsequent subjugation of Ukraine, Moldova would have been next on the docket with the annexation of Transnistria. https://t.co/obUdVK1Dp2

— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) June 1, 2023

With the West eroding the rationality of buffer states, Russia will naturally react aggressively.

But the Russians need to cross the Dnieper for anything much to happen in Moldova. But this war is Moldova's chance to get into NATO like Finland did.

 

[randomradio]

Liberty Guiding the People, Eugène Delacroix, 1831​

The opposite happened in Ukraine. No more liberté, égalité, fraternité, Ukraine's Napoleon's running the show now.

 

[BMD]

So the usual strawman and red herring arguments. A coup must be normal for the Europeans then.

You literally are a 'red' herring.

The opposite happened in Ukraine. No more liberté, égalité, fraternité, Ukraine's Napoleon's running the show now.

By what measure? Russia was pulling their strings beforehand, now they aren't. Political participation in Ukraine is higher than in India, as are civil liberties. Functioning of government is poor but there's a war on, so you can't expect it to be great.

Democracy Countries 2025

worldpopulationreview.com

 

[BMD]

With the West eroding the rationality of buffer states, Russia will naturally react aggressively.

But the Russians need to cross the Dnieper for anything much to happen in Moldova. But this war is Moldova's chance to get into NATO like Finland did.

The West has only once acted militarily in Europe since WWII, and that was to stop an actual genocide involving systematic rape and mass graves. How many times has Russia acted militarily in Europe since WWII?

1944-1960s - Militarily crushed independence movements.
1953 - East German uprising crushed
1956 - Hungary invaded.
1961-1968 - Vlora Incident
1968 - Invasion of Czechoslovakia
1991-1993 - South Ossetia War
1992-1993 - Abkhazia War
1992 - Transnistria War
1994 - 2009 - Chechen-Dagestan Conflicts
2008 - Russo-Georgia War
2009-2017 - Insurgency in North Caucasus
2014-Present - Ukraine

List of wars involving Russia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Russia is seldom not at war in Europe for over a century. Only something very unnatural takes that much maintenance. And you wonder why the buffer states want to join NATO.

If Russia gets across the Dnieper and looks like it might join up with Transnistria, NATO will return Transnistria to Moldova.

 

[BMD]

Another Storm Shadow has arrived in Berdyansk. Russian air defences demonstrated their normal level of effectiveness.

Strikes/explosions in Berdyansk. Presumably somewhere in the port area. At 0:17, you can also see traces of air defense missiles. pic.twitter.com/vcuX2mwotJ

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 2, 2023

 

[randomradio]

You literally are a 'red' herring.

Even your insults are red herring.

By what measure? Russia was pulling their strings beforehand, now they aren't. Political participation in Ukraine is higher than in India, as are civil liberties. Functioning of government is poor but there's a war on, so you can't expect it to be great.

Democracy Countries 2025

worldpopulationreview.com

India is far more democratic than most countries in the West.

Based on the 6 points mentioned, India should easily score 9s or 10s in all categories. Even point 4 favours India because our people are anti-incumbents.

 

[randomradio]

The West has only once acted militarily in Europe since WWII, and that was to stop an actual genocide involving systematic rape and mass graves. How many times has Russia acted militarily in Europe since WWII?

1944-1960s - Militarily crushed independence movements.
1953 - East German uprising crushed
1956 - Hungary invaded.
1961-1968 - Vlora Incident
1968 - Invasion of Czechoslovakia
1991-1993 - South Ossetia War
1992-1993 - Abkhazia War
1992 - Transnistria War
1994 - 2009 - Chechen-Dagestan Conflicts
2008 - Russo-Georgia War
2009-2017 - Insurgency in North Caucasus
2014-Present - Ukraine

List of wars involving Russia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Russia is seldom not at war in Europe for over a century. Only something very unnatural takes that much maintenance. And you wonder why the buffer states want to join NATO.

If Russia gets across the Dnieper and looks like it might join up with Transnistria, NATO will return Transnistria to Moldova.

How about listing all the wars fought by great powers post Cold War along with the casualty rates? Let's compare Russia and the US after that.

 

[BMD]

How about listing all the wars fought by great powers post Cold War along with the casualty rates? Let's compare Russia and the US after that.

We're discussing actions in Europe here. But you'll find that Russia/USSR was involved in some way or other in nearly every war fought by the West post-WWII, along with proxies like China and Iran. E.g. China supported the Taliban between 2001 and 2021, and it supported the Northern alliance against the Taliban before that. Now they're getting what they deserve. Russia and Iran supported mass-murdering militias in Iraq from 2003-2021, now they're getting what they deserve too.

Even your insults are red herring.

Even your coming backs are herring red.

India is far more democratic than most countries in the West.

Most ridiculous comment ever posted on the internet.

Based on the 6 points mentioned, India should easily score 9s or 10s in all categories. Even point 4 favours India because our people are anti-incumbents.

There's a gap between what you think and reality.

 

[BMD]

Russia's solution to ethno-social cohesion in Ukraine.

 

[BMD]

Russian people are getting poor because Russian Central Bank's assets were frozen by the West - the new message that Russian propagandists are trying to send their population.

Each rocket attack on Kyiv costs Russia millions of dollars. But Russian propagandists will never tell… pic.twitter.com/nAjNVp16Ju

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 2, 2023

From second strongest in the world.
To second strongest in Ukraine.

Soon to be second strongest in Russia.

— DB (@CanadaKenyaDad) June 2, 2023

 

[RASALGHUL]

The opposite happened in Ukraine. No more liberté, égalité, fraternité, Ukraine's Napoleon's running the show now.

No. Just because of passing of that Idiot language law, You can't say that russian speaking people were opressed.
Sorry but no.

 

[RASALGHUL]

We buy their oil and get them to invest the entire amount we paid in India...

The surplus with India could be as high as $40-50B a year.

The problem for trade with India is the Russians are quite self-sufficient in a lot of goods India can provide, and they need help with brand names and high tech products that India cannot provide, and they don't care much about our services like the West does.

@BMD you should be happy about this......
Funds are not given to Russia to fund this war... You happy my dear....

 

[RASALGHUL]

A coup must be normal for the Europeans then.

Granted there was violence & lawlessness for sometime but Yanukovych would have been ousted anyway( By MPs).