Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510748410994905088

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

The Russians can say everything and anything they want, it doesn't matter. No one believes them, and no one should believe them.

The Russian military and economy is worthless at this point.

Russian military and economy is worthless? And how do you come down to that conclusion? The Russian armed forces returned Ukraine to the stone age, they're on the verge of securing the whole Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, and they opened a land route to Crimea. On the economic front, the European economies are facing crisis due to Russia demanding ruble payments on their gas and other commodities.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510694167441293314

This is Israeli foreign minister..

Judea declared war on Germany in 1939

It seems Judea declared a war on Russia in 2022.

 

[khansaheeb]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510285734896353282

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510286246609833986

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510287060996870156

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510288389530136581

Seems like Russian forces are slowly getting routed.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510699596657352706

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510671553121370112

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510770090656120836

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510665057956515845

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510726114058162183

Gary's criticism of the west is harsh, but not without merit. If the sanctions that are imposed on Russia today were imposed right after the invasion of Crimea, then Russia may well have not invaded Ukraine today. The cost of sanctions would have also been easier for the Europeans to bear.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

The effects of the Russian-launched TOS1-A on Ukrainian soldiers. Looks like the effects of Russian forces' missile rain of Azov Neo Nazis and their complicit Ukrainian nationalists are beginning to show.

Spoiler: Graphic

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510741337867534340

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510776248657760257

 

[jhungary]

Russia is using gas, minerals, and food in order to exact a maximum pain on the West. There is already inflation that is skyrocketing, and recession is around the corner.

Besides, Russia abandoning the fiat money has its gradual effect. So the Western elites want to play both bad cop and good cop at the same time.



Could be your darling Azov Neo Nazis.

Inflation in the west started WAY before this war, that start from Disrupted Supply Chain issue since April 2021, which altered the supply and demand balance, and that in turn started with COVID 19 Travel restriction limited flight and shipping due to longer quarantine time.

Current US Inflation Rates: 2000-2024

The annual inflation rate for the United States was 3.5% for the 12 months ending March, compared to the previous rate of 3.2%, according to U.S. Labor Department data published on April 10, 2024. The next inflation update is scheduled for release on May 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET, providing information...

www.usinflationcalculator.com

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510753422219390988

Russia is now a pariah state

 

[jhungary]

If you listen to what they say, they never had the intention of capturing Kiev. The purpose of this move was to tie down Ukrainian troops and prevent their redeployment futher east.

The critical area is the Donbass.

A feint is a feint, you "Poise" to attack, so your enemy is forced to put troop inside the area for defence, hence tying down the enemy troop, if you really do attack, then that would not be a Feint, that is an attack.

Which is what the Russian do, they went in 150 km (didn't quite get the last 6) into Ukraine, when you travel 100 miles down into Enemy Territories, that no longer a "Feint"

On top of that, when it got stuck near Irpin and Bucha, Russia redirect Force from the East from Sumy and go across North Eastern Ukraine to try to attack Kyiv on the East, that also does not indicate it is a Feint...

And finally, they have dug defence position, if this is a feint, your territories gain is temporary, you don't dig defensive position to try to protect your gain.....

Which mean either the attack toward Kyiv is not a Feint Attack, or Russia is so incompetent and do not even understand how "Feint" attack work..

This pay in roubles move is also just for political purposes to create the impression Putin's Russia and it's economy are stronger than it actually is. The same can be said for the rebound in the value of the rouble, a combination of strict capital controls on outflows and as you mentioned high interest rates are artificially raising the value of the Rouble. Again, it's largely for political purposes but only serves to mask the real state of the Russian economy.

This pay in Roubles tactic doesn't change the fundamentals of foreign currency transactions, it only changes the order in which foreign currencies are converted to Roubles (by the Russian banks that aren't yet sanctioned) then received by a Russian exporter such as Gazprom, rather than the other way around. It doesn't really change anything.

Yeah, the pay in Rouble deal is so that they don't need to change it within themselves, so you converted the currency for them. This does not play into anything.

Which does beg the question why the Russia attack now. They are just out of (or beginning to out of ) a COVID recession, this is probably the worse point in time to start a war when your country itself still healing from the COVID issue, I mean, they must have see this coming and still invaded, which really do speak of the mind of Putin.

This war right after COVID recession is probably going to be equal to committing economic suicide.,..

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510778996149084162

The Russian military….the scum of the earth

 

[jhungary]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510726114058162183

Gary's criticism of the west is harsh, but not without merit. If the sanctions that are imposed on Russia today were imposed right after the invasion of Crimea, then Russia may well have not invaded Ukraine today. The cost of sanctions would have also been easier for the Europeans to bear.

I would say if the West did this sanction after Russia attack Georgia back in 2008, this would not happen today, EU and the West collectively lost that right to bitch about having to pay high gas price at the pump because this is more or less self-inflicted when they care about cheapness rather than security and future. This short-sightness is what getting the West in the predicament in the first place. And why thousand Ukraine are killed. Yes, The West got off easy.

This will serve as a reminder tho, you can't depend on "Cheapness" as one or more country WILL take advantage over. The West will not simply look at Russia tho, it will also look at China as well, they will see how they can diverse away from the Chinese investment to avoid similar thing happen in the future. So Putin here is not doing the Chinese a favor....

Definitely, Ukrainian push in Kherson is so far only been probing their defences with light infantry.

They are waiting

They are probably looking at Point of Entry, force deposition and so on, if Russia is smart, they would stop letting Civilian out of Kherson or move them to another city.