Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[kingQamaR]

If it comes to the collapse of the Russian economy on a large scale which will seriously hurt Russia, Russia will resort to Nuclear strikes, if the US was in place of Russia, the US will also do the same. some people are seriously underestimating the sensitivity of the situation and as far as Russians are concerned they will try their best to protect Russia against the incoming nukes in case of Nuclear exchange.

Putin has not "threatened nuclear war." He has put a part of his army on nuclear threat deterrent. Enough with the scaremongering, this type of reporting can damage the psychology and health of some people.on here

 

[HaMoTZeMaS]

DNR fighters claim to have captured Granitno.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498399758112763906

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498399968264134660

They shared pictures of damaged UAF equipement:
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i dont see somce conscript but rough and tough guys unlike claimed on Social media

 

[Qutb-ud-din-Aibak]

A Finnish just revealed why Finland is arming Ukraine...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498409536989937670

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498416997905936384

Russia immediately replied without name dropping anyone

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498418095068753920

 

[coffee_cup]

Mike you may not know this since your interaction may be limited to Pakistanis in the UK, but here in Pakistan we have our own bantu community known as the Sheedi who live along the Makran coast. We also are host to a small population of Somali refugees via UNHCR and play host to Nigerian's studying at AKUH and IIU.

Whilst sadly racism is everywhere because racism is taught behavior based on cultural or conscious/unconscious biases based on irrational factors such as skin color, and Pakistan is no exception, we have our own biases, but please don't judge us Pakistanis based on the actions of our overseas variants.

Thank you.

In fact, Pakistan is considered one of the least racist countries in the world. There was this report published few years back.

 

[Turingsage]

Those who do not know.
Ukraine had the third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons until it voluntarily handed them to Russia.
Russia repaid them my slicing off bits of Ukraine and the whole of Crimea.

Ukraine was the country with the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons when the Soviet Union collapsed​

The story so far: Russia has launched a large-scale military operation against Ukraine. The act was described as a “full-scale invasion of Ukraine” by the country’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Loud blasts were heard from the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa.
As Ukraine battles powerful Russian armed forces, leaders of the country have expressed regrets about giving up their nuclear weapons which they believe might have held off an invasion of their territory by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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When did Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons?​

At the time of its independence from the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine had the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. Things, however, changed when the country became a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1994 alongside Belarus and Kazakhstan, the other two countries that were left with nuclear weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
At the time of U.S.S.R. dissolution, Ukraine had an estimated 1,900 strategic warheads, 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), and 44 strategic bombers, according to the Arms Control Association of the U.S.

What is the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty?​

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start) was a bilateral treaty signed by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991. It limited the number of ICBMs and nuclear warheads that the countries could possess. The treaty went through a period of turmoil when the Soviet Union ceased to exist, casting aspersions on its legitimacy. Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus signed a protocol in Lisbon in 1992 making them “successor states” of the Soviet Union.
The treaty obligated the successor states to join the Nuclear NPT at the earliest and the nuclear weapons were to remain under the control of a “single unified authority” until then.
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Data | 50 years of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons treaty: will disarmament be achieved?​

Following the Lisbon protocol, differences between Russia and Ukraine on the latter’s status as a nuclear state came to the fore, raising concerns related to nuclear disarmament.
After extensive political manoeuvring, Ukraine ratified Start in February 1994 when it signed the Trilateral Statement along with the U.S. and Russia. Ukraine committed to full disarmament in exchange for economic compensation and security assurances.
The country had accepted economic assistance from the U.S. to dismantle missiles, bombers, and nuclear infrastructure, and agreed to hand over its warheads to Russia to be dismantled there in exchange for compensation for the commercial value of its highly-enriched uranium.
Ukraine transferred its last nuclear warhead to Russia in 1996 and dismantled its last strategic nuclear delivery vehicle in 2001.

What is the Budapest Memorandum?​

The Budapest Memorandum of Security Assurances is a political agreement between Ukraine, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S. It was signed in 1994.
According to the memorandum, signatories Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. agreed to respect the “independence and sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine” after the country agreed to give up its nuclear stockpile. Ukraine was also promised that its territorial integrity and political independence will be maintained and that the signatories will not use economic coercion against Ukraine to their own advantage.

Was the 2014 invasion of Crimea a violation of the Budapest memorandum?​

Russia annexed Crimea, a part of Ukraine, as its territory in March 2014. The move was criticised by governments around the world and called a direct violation of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. The Russian government, however, denied the charge and defended itself by raising questions about the legitimacy of the leadership in Kyiv.

• As Ukraine battles powerful Russian armed forces, leaders of the country have expressed regrets about giving up their nuclear weapons which they believe might have held off an invasion of their territory by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• After extensive political manoeuvring, Ukraine ratified Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in February 1994 when it signed the Trilateral Statement along with the U.S. and Russia. Ukraine committed to full disarmament in exchange for economic compensation and security assurances.
• Ukraine transferred its last nuclear warhead to Russia in 1996 and dismantled its last strategic nuclear delivery vehicle in 2001.

 

[KAL-EL]

Putin has not "threatened nuclear war." He has put a part of his army on nuclear threat deterrent. Enough with the scaremongering, this type of reporting can damage the psychology and health of some people.on here

Putin is many things, but one of them is not suicidal or wishing to commit National Suicide.

 

[Inception-06]

@Desert Fox 1 as written and said by you and also many other Members Drones have become the weapon of choice for the Ukraine, this are the key future tool for surveillance and destroying targets, the Russian neglected it to integrate this weapon system in a cohesive manner with their combine warfare doctrine and way to fight, while Pakistan and the rest of the world ordered it and exercised this weapon years ago ! I am happy that Pakistan has Turkeys help and partnership in the new art of warfare. Turkey Pakistan Brothership Zindabad - Long life ! But still I can’t believe that the Ukraines are doing the Drone game alone, the Drones are operated with the help from outside and the losses are refilled for example by Poland.

 

[LeGenD]

I have been to both places several times, China and Europe. I can guarantee you. Europe has no hope of competing with China.

Only the US is still competitive with China, and I see China surpassing the US in most fields within the next decade.

Let us see.

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The EU accounts for around 15% of the world’s trade in goods. The EU, China and the United States are the three largest global players in international trade.

 

[dBSPL]

 

[Qutb-ud-din-Aibak]

Moldova raises the white flag

Moldova to do everything to avoid involvement in Ukrainian situation - MFA​

The government is working to "preserve peace in the society, consolidate it and block calls for violence," the minister said

CHISINAU, February 28. /TASS/. Moldova will do everything to avoid involvement in the situation in Ukraine where Russia is conducting a special military operation, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Popescu said on TV-8 television on Monday.
"We are making every effort to avoid Moldova’s involvement in this conflict," he said. "It’s not easy, given the Transdniestrian conflict and the presence of Russian troops on our territory."
The government is working to "preserve peace in the society, consolidate it and block calls for violence," the minister said.

https://tass.com/world/1413593

 

[RescueRanger]

Haha I love this guys charisma and choice of hardware.

 

[dBSPL]

President Zelensky: "Russia, which commits war crimes, should not be a permanent member of the UN Security Council"

 

[lastofthepatriots]

https://imgur.com/a/mXKOE2g

 

[tower9]

And if people think they can push Russia against the wall, sanction them to point of economic collapse, send the latest weapons that are killing Russian troops, send people to fight Russian Troops, isolate Russia Internationally, exclude them from the world, cripple their currency, stop their trade and then think that somehow this will force Russia to submission and Russia will just sit back and let itself collapse without retaliating then that is just wishful thinking and ignorance.

The clowns in Washington really are this dumb.

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498415979038130185