Ukraine, Russia, and the West

Makes sense. They’re still in the confusion phase until Gutfeld comes up with the perfect smarmy angle on this thing.

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So they should sheeple?

Looks like Russia is mounting a renewed assault on Hostomel Airport.

https://twitter.com/ConflictsWW/status/1497249030853697538

Given that Deutche Bank literally made a special deposit window for drug cartels, I’m not optimistic.

Ukrainian civilian running back and forth in the road to try to slow down a convoy of Russian military vehicles. Incredibly bravery and stupidity and heroism all rolled together.

https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1497190358173818907

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The opposite of sanctions is what is happening. Germany is buying more gas from Russia.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/european-energy-firms-rush-to-buy-russian-gas-even-after-attack

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Jesus Christ Italy come on

https://twitter.com/barnes_joe/status/1497194009038626842?s=21

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1497214498280808453

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Former US Ambassador to Russia

https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1497245777147564033

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Pretty soon they’ll have to activate the Super Duper We Really Mean It This Time Task Force. Serious action!

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https://twitter.com/charlieweissr/status/1497193181707919364

(note for the football newbs: Weis got paid 24m after being fired from jobs at Notre Dame and Kansas)

Of course.

https://twitter.com/mgoblog/status/1497249633894113309?s=21

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1 is a hard sell for me as it could seriously broaden the conflict, but everything else seems very reasonable. Not against 1 either, just a hard thing to do.

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I dunno man. Sometimes there’s not a good answer. But I still think it’s quite a bit more likely than not that Ukraine loses this war, and there’s no reason to fight to the last man, let alone to start encouraging civilians to get themselves killed trying to fight tanks and spark a bunch of reprisals.

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Never mind SWIFT blocks. This will do it

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https://twitter.com/beverstine/status/1497234452128354307

Blue check mark journalist.

Well one way to get a lot more international pressure on Russia would be if livestreams of Russian soldiers committing atrocities against civilians start coming out.

I’m getting new insight into Iraq and Afghanistan, looking at it from the other side.

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The EU is currently ironing out the details to put Russia under double secret probation.

sounds like russia has mixed control of melitopol, and potentially no other gains so far?

80 tanks and 516(!) armored vehicles neutralized by ukraine.
also puts russian deaths at 2800.

This might be their one chance to not live under the yoke of Russian oppression for the rest of their lives. I imagine the Holodomor is also still the lived experience of many people’s parents or grandparents.

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