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Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by arcanon »

_xnmw wrote: post #9

Canadian here on the ground in Ukraine, on the Eastern side (Kharkiv). The situation is pretty serious as everyone’s talking about war, and I personally am stocking up on non-perishable food items. The prevailing opinion seems to be that Russia is just flexing muscles, but I personally believe a full scale invasion is in the works. The idea that Putin is trying to extract concessions doesn’t make sense to me, because…

Kharkiv and the T-34 factory that built the tanks which stopped the Nazis from invading Moscow is one of the most remarkable stories in history. The timeliness of Mikhal Koshkin’s armor column can not be understated. This is especially interesting because the T-34 platform was invented by J. Walter Christie, an American! The story has got it all for a major blockbuster. Its worth reading about Christie’s life.

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by drran »

ceilingcorner wrote: post #79
drran wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Historical region called Russia (Русся), but suffix -sia (-sia) was dropped in Slavic language, because it means this/there: Russia (Русся) -> Rus` sia (Русь ся), Rus` there. Russia founded by descendants of Russia town, now called Old Russa (Старая Русса), which left their town due to epidemic of plague of Justinian.

Russia didn't exist until nearly a thousand years after the plague of Justinian. Unless you just mean the plague? In either case, Rus comes from the Scandinavians, not from the Slavs.

Read the docs.

https://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/a/a011458.pdf

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by shashurup »

coldcode wrote: post #38

If you are a Russian "president" and have domestic troubles like a crappy economy and lots of Covid, always remember the 34th rule of acquisition "War is good for business".

What lots of covid??? Is there some new source of information I'm not aware of?

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by robertobanderas »

pvg wrote: post #49
robertobanderas wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aye, fixed.

The more important guideline there is really 'Don't post regular news articles, for the most part'

Ukraine is important in tech industry, given crazy amount of outsourcing and strong tech sector which are mostly american companies (e.g. Lyft, Snapchat, Oracle, Google, Ring)

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by robertobanderas »

ufmace wrote: post #45

The NATO part seems curious. I was under the impression that NATO does not generally accept membership from nations that don't currently control their claimed territory, and that part of the reason Russia seems to like biting off small chunks of neighboring countries was thought to be that those nations couldn't reasonably join NATO as long as the Russians were there.

There is a precedent - Cyprus and North Cyprus which is controlled by Turkey.

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by pvg »

robertobanderas wrote: post #85
pvg wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The more important guideline there is really 'Don't post regular news articles, for the most part'

Ukraine is important in tech industry, given crazy amount of outsourcing and strong tech sector which are mostly american companies (e.g. Lyft, Snapchat, Oracle, Google, Ring)

Everything is important in some way, HN is just not a good place to discuss regular news. As the guidelines mention.

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by robertobanderas »

fokinsean wrote: post #41

This along with the simultaneous rise in tensions over china/taiwan is concerning.

If i were in Putin's shoes I would've coordinated attack on Ukraine with Chinese attack on Taiwan. That would've split US attention and resources.

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by kvgr »

throwawayay02 wrote: post #69
kvgr wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The difference is that the while world on the fact that Ireland is self governed. Almost no one agrees that Criema is Russian.

I don't think that is true. I think most people would agree the people in Crimea understand they speak Russian, have a Russian passport, can travel inside Russia, pay taxes to the Russian government, their children are schooled in Russian topics. Culturally the majority probably feel quite Russian, or as Russian as any other "republic" of the Russian "federation". There are countries with less cultural and linguistic…

Well it is more of... Hungary takes tanks and goes to Romania because there is large hungarian population and aquires some of their land with 50% romanians and if they leave they take their property. They started giving hungarian passports left and right in the past... with some kind of hope of leverage on other countries. Not as mas or menos independent community that wants(at least some part) to leave as is happening in spain.

Re: Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions

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Post by indysigners »

robertobanderas wrote: post #88
fokinsean wrote: post #41

This along with the simultaneous rise in tensions over china/taiwan is concerning.

If i were in Putin's shoes I would've coordinated attack on Ukraine with Chinese attack on Taiwan. That would've split US attention and resources.

US have fought in two theaters at the same time before, remember?
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