The Ukraine war thread

[jon-nyc]

I agree with Reanuda that this could be a happy byproduct rather than the goal of the announcement.

[jon-nyc]

My god.

[Mik]

When did NATO attack Russia? The planes? meh.

[Renauda]

Alex Jones’ face begs a brick.

[Renauda]

Russia’s terms for a puppet Ukraine:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/02/what-is-russia-demanding-in-its-peace-memorandum-to-ukraine-a89307

Not sure what purpose Witkoff serves in this other than straight man to Trump’s loon act.

[jon-nyc]

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

Alex Jones’ face begs a brick.

I was thinking howitzer.

[Renauda]

Actually it’s Russian colloquialism for someone acting the arsehole idiot. Goes like this

рожа его просит кирпич.

[Wim]

@Renauda 'Prosit' as in 'ein Prosit der Gemūtlichkeit'?

[Renauda]

No it’s the third person singular form of the verb просить (procit’) meaning “to ask, request or,as in this context, beg”.

[Wim]

@Renauda I should have seen the link with 'prosim' (Slovakian for please).

[bachophile]

[jon-nyc]

Lol

[Renauda]

Kerch Bridge Operation breakdown:

https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/53942

[Mik]

This is what the Iraq insurgency might have looked like had they had the West's intelligence and weaponry behind it.

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-navy-officers-sabotage-submarines-in-black-sea-fleet-as-putin-faces-army-unrest/ar-AA1Gs9Ke?cmp_prftch=2

[Renauda]

Amid all else happening in the world at the moment, the Kremlin continues its nonsensical demands and posturing:

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/54607

In other news Trump admonishes Obama and Trudeau over excluding Putin from their number:

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-g7-russia-china-added-carney-canada-2086202

Fact check

It was Harper, not Trudeau who was Canadian PM when Putin got the boot:

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_checking/trump-says-trudeau-responsible-for-russias-g8-removal-which-took-place-under-harper/article_8b0c1406-a17f-5e7a-a2c6-8c5f168d3eb1.html

[jon-nyc]

So Zelensky did everything Trump asked him to do, signed away mineral rights, agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, and Trump still cut off previously funded weapons supplies.

A lesson to all here.

[89th]

Trump would never mislead, what are you talking about?

[Mik]

He may be trying to shut the war down, hoping that the recent events in Iran have given Putin pause. If so I think he’s wrong.

[Renauda]

@Mik

He may be trying to shut the war down, hoping that the recent events in Iran have given Putin pause. If so I think he’s wrong.

Ya think? I am more than certain Trump is dead wrong. Just last week in the wake of the US strike on Iran, Putin stated:

On June 20, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, he said just that: “I have said many times that I consider the Russian and Ukrainian peoples to be one people. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours.” He went on to add: “We have an old rule. Wherever a Russian soldier sets foot is ours.”

https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/55622