Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Get Ya Wig Split]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512133914000826386

 

[Vergennes]

woof @F-22Raptor

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512131462627270676

 

[Wood]

'Out to get the Russians': The 73-year-old Vietnam vet fighting in Ukraine​

Out of the thousands of foreign volunteers to have taken up arms in Ukraine, 73-year-old Florida retiree Steven Straub is perhaps the oldest. But he is hoping his combat experience as a veteran of the Vietnam war will come in handy in the fight against the invading Russian forces.

 

[Wergeland]

Russia is really getting hammered by sanctions and boycots. Never seem anything like it. Will it survive this onslaught?!

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512114366836924436

 

[bobo6661]

thats some new level of propaganda xD

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512109132349849607

#Kuzmin: ️The Russian Federation has decided to early terminate its powers as a member of the #UN Human Rights Council from April 7, 2022.

 

[sammuel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512111809691631620

now leaving kiev its act of good will

First time Russians admit to have lost thousands of troops.


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[bobo6661]

First time Russians admit to have lost thousands of troops.

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Yee i'm shocked they admitted it, looks like the losses are really huge

 

[Indos]

Russia is really getting hammered by sanctions and boycots. Never seem anything like it. Will it survive this onslaught?!

Russia is big country with big population, they will survive but the economic growth will be slashed of course. Russian oil and gas export are also not part of the sanction ( except by USA)

 

[Get Ya Wig Split]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512114366836924436

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512111809691631620

 

[bobo6661]

Russia is big country with big population, they will survive but the economic growth will be slashed of course. Russian oil and gas are not part of the sanction ( except by USA)

Russia loses a million people in historic population fall

Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday, a historic drop not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

www.france24.com

Russia Doesn’t Have the Demographics for War

The 1990s collapse in birth rates still impacts Moscow’s ambitions.

foreignpolicy.com

they had a problem with it already

 

[Wergeland]

Russia is big country with big population, they will survive but the economic growth will be slashed of course. Russian oil and gas export are also not part of the sanction ( except by USA)

Thats true
but everything has a breaking point.
No one could foresee Soviet collapse but yet it happened.

 

[oberschlesier]

Russia is big country with big population, they will survive but the economic growth will be slashed of course. Russian oil and gas export are also not part of the sanction ( except by USA)

Sure, it will survive, but the cost will be significant. Economic growth was already slashed after 2014 with light sanctions. Now this will be a deep recession. ( -10+% ), they can export gas and oil, but got a embargo on western technologies, which Russia does not produce and this will hit them. Reorientation on China would be difficult, takes time and I`m not sure, if they want this...

Economic growth will be slashed by 1-2% in the EU.

 

[LeGenD]

UPDATES

Russia have admitted heavy losses in Ukraine:

Putin's mouthpiece ADMITS Russia suffered 'significant troop losses'

Speaking on Sky News, Dmitry Peskov failed to reveal exactly how many Russian soldiers had died but said: 'We have significant losses of troops. And it's a huge tragedy for us.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Russia is booted from UN Human Rights council:

Russia Suspended From U.N. Human Rights Council

Russia is the second country to be suspended from the body.

www.forbes.com

Russia is coming to terms with Finland and Sweden joining NATO:

Russia says it would have to 'rebalance' if Finland and Sweden join NATO

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that if Finland and Sweden joined NATO then Russia would have to "rebalance the situation" with its own measures.

www.reuters.com

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Russia should learn to peacefully co-exist with its neighbors.

It is best to avoid war which cannot be won.

Russia is already blessed with lot of geography and natural resources; people and their needs should be priority.

 

[Wood]

Russia is big country with big population, they will survive but the economic growth will be slashed of course. Russian oil and gas export are also not part of the sanction ( except by USA)

Oil and gas is not directly sanctioned. But majority of countries (like India) cannot pay Russia in a currency that it can use. So there is an indirect sanction on Russian oil that limits its potential.

Russia is booted from UN Human Rights council:

Russia Suspended From U.N. Human Rights Council

Russia is the second country to be suspended from the body.

www.forbes.com

Russia is coming to terms with Finland and Sweden joining NATO:

Russia says it would have to 'rebalance' if Finland and Sweden join NATO

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that if Finland and Sweden joined NATO then Russia would have to "rebalance the situation" with its own measures.

www.reuters.com

Finland should thank Ukraine for deflating Russian military might. Putin is no position to do anything about Finland if it joins NATO.