Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526397218760056834

$40B for Ukraine is close now.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

The war of attrition first leads to an energy crisis in EU, UK and USA and now a FOOD crisis as well.

 

[The SC]

A series of missile strikes were directed at the Kyiv region

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526379441445797888

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Latest: Ukrainian offensive in Izium, a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast has suffered a major setback with reported heavy casualties.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

Care to explain a bit??

Russia nationalizes Renault plant to revive “historical” Soviet-era Moskvitch car | EMIS

Russia has nationalized a plant formerly owned by French carmaker Renault and plans to use it to revive the famous Soviet-era Moskvitch, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in a statement on Monday (May 16th), cited by Moscow Times. “I've decided to list the factory as the city's asset and resume...

www.emis.com

Putin changes law on leased jets to keep them flying

The Russian president signs new law allowing foreign-leased jets to keep flying in Russia.

www.bbc.com

Russia says it controls $500 billion in Western assets to balance $300 billion of Russia's foreign reserves frozen by the West. If the West seizes Russian assets, Russia can do likewise.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526197550776299521

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526102901860577280

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Food Protectionism Is Spreading as Hungary Bans Grain Exports​

• Argentina, Turkey also moved this week to increase control
• Invasion of Ukraine has caused chaos in agriculture markets

By Megan Durisin,Slav Okov, andZoltan Simon
March 5, 2022

Governments around the world are taking steps to safeguard domestic food supplies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled trade and sent prices of key staples soaring



It has been going on unnoticed for months but when India announced the ban, it has triggered a worldwide awareness, something is not right.

Better stockpile some food at home.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526337077478039553

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526197550776299521

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526102901860577280

India has offers to buy Malaysian and Indonesia Palm Oil in exchange for sales of weaponries.

So far NO DEAL.

 

[Apollon]

Last 2 successions in Egypt were not particularly smooth. Oil producing countries in are not seems to have political stability as good as Russia. Morocco and Algeria were in the brink of war few months back. Nigeria, Angola and some oil producing countries in Africa also politically unstable. Security threat in form of terrorism and piracy also common in this region.

Russia has no political stability. You dont buy oil from a facist hellhole that dreams to conquer you one day.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526337077478039553

Russia agreed to allow the wounded Ukrainian or AZOV neo-NAZI soldiers to leave Azovstal Steelworks as long as they SURRENDER.

 

[Apollon]

Looks like Russian forces have taken Mariupol. This battle lasted 82 days.

I have updated relevant section in the repository thread.

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The city is completly destroyed and has zero value anymore. Since Russia lacks the funds to rebuild any infrastructure, its more a burden.

Very interesting to know that there are Russians in Berlin who still support Putin. The Russian community in the city is divided in loyalty

They are more and more seen as enemies here. Should be careful because it could backfire extremly against them.


Painting a Z on your car in Germany is a good way to get your windows smashed.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

There's no law in Iraq calling for the amputation of a thief's hand. The US tank crushed the car unlawfully no matter how one will look at it.

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Contradictory statements.



The treaty's focus is on whether or not the incendiary effect of a munition is incidental. Which logically ought to be determined not just by the technical classification and nature of the munition, but also by how and to what effect it is actually being employed by the ones firing it. Especially if it lends itself to dual use, and white phosphorous does much more so than a simple smoke grenade.

Thence, if white phosphorous is used not to illuminate, trace, create smoke or to signal, but to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons (reflecting the description made of an incendiary weapon in Article 1.1. of the Protocol), then white phosphorous will be considered a weapon indeed, and its use will be governed by the limitations stipulated for in the Protocol.

In other words, should white phosphorous be utilized to damage assets or kill enemy combatants located amidst concentrations of civilians, then this will be a war crime. Let alone if civilian areas are showered with it in order to cause terror and fear.

Obviously you have not read the treaty.
It is noted in the treaty that smoke munition has incendiary effects, but is still not incendiary weapons.

So the use of smoke munition can never be considered a war crime based on this treaty, regardless if the smoke munition contains White Phosphorus or not.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

The American M777A2 howitzers came to Ukraine without the AFCS digital fire control system. The system allows for automatic correction of fire by GPS, which allows you to increase the pace and accuracy of shooting. Why this electronic unit was removed is not clear, perhaps because of fears that the howitzer will fall into the hands of the Russian army. There have already been reports that one howitzer has been captured by Russia. It is worth noting that the M777 howitzer is quite good and the lightest in the world. One of the problems when using it in Ukraine may be the cost of ammunition, the price of a projectile from $ 60,000.

Russian troops used incendiary shells MZ-21 on Azovstal in Mariupol. The Ukrainian media immediately announced phosphorus ammunition, but in fact unguided rockets MZ-21 were used. The 9M22S projectile is designed for firing from the BM-21 Grad combat vehicle. The incendiary element of the projectile is a shell of hexagonal cross-section made of magnesium alloy ML-5, in the blind socket of which a pyrotechnic composition is pressed.

The Azov battalion surrendered in the city of Mariupol. The wounded are being taken out of Azovstal. The commander of the Azov, Denis Prokopenko, published a video message in which he de facto recognized the surrender of the Azov. "The defenders of Mariupol fulfilled the order, despite all the difficulties, they delayed the superior enemy forces for 82 days and allowed the Ukrainian army to regroup, prepare more personnel and receive a large amount of weapons from partner countries. No weapons will work without professionally trained military personnel, which makes them the most valuable element of the army. For the sake of saving lives, the entire Mariupol garrison fulfills the approved decision of the supreme military command and hopes for the support of the Ukrainian people."

The cost of of the GPS controlled shell Excalibur may be high, but ordinary shells does not cost $60k. Ordinary shells are much cheaper.

 

[jhungary]

It is simple.. Russia had almost $600 billion of foreign reserves in Western banks..and they were all frozen by the new sanctions.. Russia responded by confiscating the Western assets in Russia.. it already did worth $500 billion..

It did not worth 500 billions, it worth what it was worth at the time of siezure. Which if I have to guess, zero.

Because you don't have the French or whoever to pay you when you confiscated those site, Which mean those recovering site would not cost you any money but at the same time it will not make you any money. You may be able to craw something back from selling whatever it was inside that factory but you wouldn't be able to see it oversea as Russia have no capability to convert foreign currency to rouble, which mean it worth nothing.

Those site only worth 500 billions or so revenue if they were there to make whatever they are making, if they are not, then only asset worth anything. Which most asset would have been pull if they aren't nailed down before they were confiscated, which mean they only worth a fraction of their original revenue,