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Civilian donations to a state military? I don't really think that's a thing...pretty sure this is a scam.
I don't think so. My Ukrainian friends have shared this link as well.
Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
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#602Updates from Russia today: - City centers are blocked by policy to prevent protests/marches - Arrests of people at protests - Volgograd airport has been closed - Russians lining up at banks to withdraw cash, bank limits put in place midway through the day
so the Russian people aren't entirely enthusiastic about this. Maybe they'll have another revolution.
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#603Does anyone have any projections for how this war will go? Is the Ukrainian military powerful? Will this turn into a guerilla war, or will it go the way of total war? Or will it result in total capitulation? And another key question. What will Western governments actually do? What if the war gets really bad? Does the West actually have the balls to put real, biting sanctions on the regime? And will this crash the eco…
Ukraine will most likely get steam rolled. They don't have the numbers on their side. However, the west is not going to get directly involved. No one wants this to escalate and risk destabilizing Europe over Ukraine. They'll provide Ukraine with material and diplomatic support. That's about it. Western Europe (or the U.S) isn't going to get into a shooting war with Russia over Ukraine.
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#604> "To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside: if you do, you will face consequences greater than any of you have faced in history. All relevant decisions have been taken. I hope you hear me."
The speech of a bully, of an aggressor. The only correct reply is a direct retaliatory attack on his offensive positions.
or just assassinate him.
If you're really clever, get all Sun Tzu on him and feed his fears until he chokes on them.
Most bullies are cowards. Threats and ultimatums like that come from a place of weakness. Did you hear America saying anything like that when they invaded Iraq? No, because they weren't scared.
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#605A lot of HN commenters looking really stupid today after this thread a few weeks ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30220841
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#607Kharkiv, 25 miles to Russia. Just want to say that we are strong, we are confident about our army and I hope that everything will be fine. I'm sorry that I share content like this on this platform, but that's my reality
(I apologize for posting this here, but I was hoping for a one-time exception.) I am trying to help my programmer friend escape Ukraine, along with their elderly family: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30451497 The problem is, I don’t know anything about Ukraine. I have money, and I can book an Airbnb in a neighboring country for them. But I suspect (apropos nothing) they’ll discover that there’s no way to leave…
Where there are still trains those are your best bet right now but this could change minute to minute.
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#608In his 1997 book The Grand Chessboard Zbigniew Brzezinski did say that if Europe went to war again it would start in Ukraine. Some choice quotes: “Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire.” “However, if Moscow regains control over Ukraine,…
So many commentators did not live through post-USSR 90s to completely miss the mentality and culture which shapes Putin's decisions. First, you need to understand values of a person, then their goals, then their methods to achieve the goals. 90s in post-USSR countries were a relatively free environment (from state prosecution) and it naturally selected for individuals which wanted as much power as possible and were w…
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#609I really hope the world comes down hard on Russia with sanctions and support for Ukraine, but I’m afraid that so much of Europe depends on Russian gas that they won’t risk getting cut off. Which begs the question: how did Europe allow itself to come to depend so heavily on Russian energy? And how quickly can Russia pivot to buy energy from elsewhere (for a reasonable price)?
And how did the entire world allowed itself to depend on China for... pretty much everything? Middle-eastern oil too. It is globalization, which, in principle, is a good thing. Maybe nor for climate change since we are talking fossil fuels, but if a country has an abundance of resources, it would be a shame not to trade. If Russia needs the world and the world needs Russia, there is more chance for the conflict to en…
To be clear, my grievance isn’t trade in general, but complete dependence on resources from a country helmed by a hostile dictator (to that end, I completely support weaning ourselves off of China).
Re: Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
#610Updates from Russia today: - City centers are blocked by policy to prevent protests/marches - Arrests of people at protests - Volgograd airport has been closed - Russians lining up at banks to withdraw cash, bank limits put in place midway through the day
so the Russian people aren't entirely enthusiastic about this. Maybe they'll have another revolution.
Who would be enthusiastic about a 45% drop in the local currency