Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

The New Coffee Room

  1. TNCR
  2. General Discussion
  3. The Ukraine war thread

The Ukraine war thread

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
2.8k Posts 28 Posters 293.3k Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • George KG Offline
    George KG Offline
    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #1172

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

    1 Reply Last reply
    • JollyJ Offline
      JollyJ Offline
      Jolly
      wrote on last edited by
      #1173

      Shell sales...

      https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-says-north-korea-supplying-russia-with-artillery-shells-2022-11-02/

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

      1 Reply Last reply
      • taiwan_girlT Offline
        taiwan_girlT Offline
        taiwan_girl
        wrote on last edited by
        #1174

        Somewhat related. Size of Ukraine vs US

        ![alt text](b74ad96a-dade-4d7a-b799-3e5145083c09-image.png image url)https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftheodora.com%2Fwfbcurrent%2Fgraphics%2Fareacomparison%2FUP_area.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0b5ed132e7e6256d4ecbba66791bd099da3a8e3e66148283deedcbd4ec642d1f&ipo=images

        1 Reply Last reply
        • MikM Away
          MikM Away
          Mik
          wrote on last edited by
          #1175

          Russia backs down, stays with grain deal.

          https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkey-calls-russia-s-bluff-and-forces-putin-into-huge-u-turn-after-black-sea-drone-attack/ar-AA13EohN?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=1dce31662e5f482aa40eb760dd9f71ad

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

          1 Reply Last reply
          • RenaudaR Offline
            RenaudaR Offline
            Renauda
            wrote on last edited by
            #1176

            Meduza io is a Russian news source published in Latvia. The link describes the mobilization clusterfuck in just one district:

            https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/11/02/like-having-a-tank-operator-fly-a-plane

            Elbows up!

            1 Reply Last reply
            • MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #1177

              How do you win a war with an army that doesn't want to fight?

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

              1 Reply Last reply
              • RenaudaR Offline
                RenaudaR Offline
                Renauda
                wrote on last edited by
                #1178

                His concern is not only that any conceivable deal will appear as a loss, but a deal that truly ends the fighting will be followed by a reckoning. So long as the war continues Putin is protected to a degree by patriotic urges to support the motherland when it is in peril, and also the opportunities war provides for censorship and tight control of all dissent. Without the war the consequences of his folly will be exposed. The legacy will not be expanded territory but instead a contracted economy, continued international isolation, a diminished reputation, and a multitude of disillusioned followers, bereaved families, and traumatised veterans with nothing to remember with pride.

                Why Putin prefers war to diplomacy:

                https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/why-putin-prefers-war-war-to-jaw?r=17wfy3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

                Elbows up!

                1 Reply Last reply
                • MikM Away
                  MikM Away
                  Mik
                  wrote on last edited by Mik
                  #1179

                  Maybe he is ill and his endgame is to die in office rather than be removed. It's difficult to see any other possible benefit.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  • George KG Offline
                    George KG Offline
                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #1180

                    "Crimea, mobilized"

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    • George KG Offline
                      George KG Offline
                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1181

                      FgsyJKgXoAAn4O4.jpeg

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                      RenaudaR 1 Reply Last reply
                      • George KG Offline
                        George KG Offline
                        George K
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #1182

                        How Russian Soldiers Ran a "Cleansing" Operation in Bucha

                        The first man arrived at 7:27 a.m. Russian soldiers covered his head and marched him up the driveway toward a nondescript office building.

                        Two minutes later, a pleading, gagged voice pierced the morning stillness. Then the merciless reply: “Talk! Talk, f--ing mother-f--er!”

                        The women and children came later, gripping hastily packed bags, their pet dogs in tow.

                        It was a cold, gray morning, March 4 in Bucha, Ukraine. Crows cawed. By nightfall, at least nine men would walk to their deaths at 144 Yablunska street, a building complex that Russians turned into a headquarters and the nerve center of violence that would shock the world.

                        In this image from March 4, 2022, surveillance video provided by the Ukrainian government, Russian troops lead nine men at gunpoint to their headquarters on Yablunska Street in Bucha, where they would be tortured and executed.

                        1000.jpeg

                        The men were picked up as part of what Russian soldiers called “zachistka” – cleansing. They hunted people on lists prepared by their intelligence services and went door to door to identify and neutralize potential threats.

                        Later, when all the bodies were found strewn along the streets and packed in hasty graves, it would be easy to think the carnage was random. Residents asking how this happened would be told to make their peace, because some questions just don’t have answers.

                        Yet there was a method to the violence.

                        What happened that day in Bucha was what Russian soldiers on intercepted phone conversations called “zachistka” — cleansing. The Russians hunted people on lists prepared by their intelligence services and went door to door to identify potential threats. Those who didn’t pass this filtration, including volunteer fighters and civilians suspected of assisting Ukrainian troops, were tortured and executed, surveillance video, audio intercepts and interviews show.

                        More here:

                        https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/ap-russia-war-crimes-ukraine/

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                        George KG 1 Reply Last reply
                        • George KG George K

                          FgsyJKgXoAAn4O4.jpeg

                          RenaudaR Offline
                          RenaudaR Offline
                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by Renauda
                          #1183

                          @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

                          FgsyJKgXoAAn4O4.jpeg

                          Blocking units and shtrafbats are right out of the Joe Stalin playbook on warfare.

                          Elbows up!

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          • MikM Away
                            MikM Away
                            Mik
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #1184

                            Looks more like WWII every day.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            • JollyJ Offline
                              JollyJ Offline
                              Jolly
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #1185

                              Why surrender?

                              If you're going to die, take some of the bastards with you.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              • MikM Away
                                MikM Away
                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #1186

                                Ex KGB guy says Putin won't nuke. FWIW.

                                https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex-kgb-sleeper-agent-on-russia-s-nuclear-threats-putin-is-not-a-suicide-bomber/ar-AA13KIuc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0577bc36b81b4e60bba38f94ba1b5b2e

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply
                                • MikM Mik

                                  Ex KGB guy says Putin won't nuke. FWIW.

                                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex-kgb-sleeper-agent-on-russia-s-nuclear-threats-putin-is-not-a-suicide-bomber/ar-AA13KIuc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0577bc36b81b4e60bba38f94ba1b5b2e

                                  taiwan_girlT Offline
                                  taiwan_girlT Offline
                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #1187

                                  @Mik Somewhat related, President Xi of China has said that nuclear weapons should not be used in Ukraine.

                                  With China one of the last "friends" of Russia, this is a pretty strong message for Russia.

                                  Nuclear Weapons Must Not Be Used in Ukraine

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  • George KG Offline
                                    George KG Offline
                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #1188

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    • MikM Away
                                      MikM Away
                                      Mik
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1189

                                      Resistance springs eternal.

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassination-attempt-on-pro-russia-judge-who-sentenced-british-prisoners-to-death/ar-AA13MpW4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2208d9de941c4c219f99596bf70c16f8

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      • JollyJ Offline
                                        JollyJ Offline
                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #1190

                                        U.S. trained...

                                        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-recruits-us-trained-soldiers-pentagon-focused-on-halting-attacks-on-ukraine-infrastructure-live-updates/ar-AA13zOI8?li=BBorjTa

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        • RenaudaR Offline
                                          RenaudaR Offline
                                          Renauda
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #1191

                                          Fog of war…

                                          Link to video

                                          Elbows up!

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups