Ukraine war/President/news

[Drip_Torch]

I was young but I still remember the fear on my mother's face during the Cuban crisis. She was WWII Vet - she knew, she understood she experienced.

Yes, and now we're the people putting nukes in Cuba and Putin is JFK.

NATO expansion into Ukraine = NATO anti missilies systems/weapons 450km from Moscow.

Russian expansion into Ukraine = a broken nuclear nonproliferation agreement and Russian weapon systems (be that what it may) less than 200 kms from Warsaw, Poland - A country the previous Soviet empire was quick to invade with the Nazis, on September 17, 1939.

Putin is no JFK and "we're" not putting nukes in Ukraine. Good grief.

[LazyChris]

I was young but I still remember the fear on my mother's face during the Cuban crisis. She was WWII Vet - she knew, she understood she experienced.

Yes, and now we're the people putting nukes in Cuba and Putin is JFK.

NATO expansion into Ukraine = NATO anti missilies systems/weapons 450km from Moscow.

Question how many former Soviet republics that are now Nato have Nukes? Pretty sure the answer is Zero. the anti-US shrieking is getting fairly loud.

[Drip_Torch]

(Psssst, a 6th thing you should know about NATO's Air Shield - as of a couple weeks ago it doesn't show up on the map.)

Ping-->off.

[Mazdatruck]

Question how many former Soviet republics that are now Nato have Nukes? Pretty sure the answer is Zero. the anti-US shrieking is getting fairly loud.

It's not all about nukes. It's about NATO anti missile systems that can shoot down nukes, part of a over all offensive weapon system. The US attacks, Russia attacks back, US shoots down their missiles and then counter attacks.

Not wanting world war 3 is "anti US" now?

Insanity.

[Mazdatruck]

Here is Putin talking about anti missile systems closing in on his borders in 2016.

[Mazdatruck]

Putin is no JFK and "we're" not putting nukes in Ukraine. Good grief.

JFK had to decide if he could tolerate offensive weapons 90 miles off his border.

Now Putin has to decide if he can tolerate offensive weapons on his border.

[The_quiet_one]

Yes, and now we're the people putting nukes in Cuba and Putin is JFK.

NATO expansion into Ukraine = NATO anti missilies systems/weapons 450km from Moscow.

Russian expansion into Ukraine = a broken nuclear nonproliferation agreement and Russian weapon systems (be that what it may) less than 200 kms from Warsaw, Poland - A country the previous Soviet empire was quick to invade with the Nazis, on September 17, 1939.

Putin is no JFK and "we're" not putting nukes in Ukraine. Good grief.

Exactly , thank you

[Silverstarqueen]

Putin is no JFK and "we're" not putting nukes in Ukraine. Good grief.

JFK had to decide if he could tolerate offensive weapons 90 miles off his border.

Now Putin has to decide if he can tolerate offensive weapons on his border.

He has threatened the nuclear option and then complains other countries are strengthening their defense against nuclear?
He must think they are nuts to listen to him, but they have to sit there and listen. He has shown he is 100% untrustworthy, so nothing he says means anything. Until he just blows the place up.
What is their response to this huge pile of steer manure that he places on the table?

[Jx3]

Maybe start a thread titled "I hate the USA, and these are the reasons I made up to hate them".

Ukraine Russia war News... come on, you can do - I know you can.

Agreed! Such a shame that certain posters just can't seem to grasp the topic of this thread.

The OP made it quite clear in the first post on page 1 what this particular thread is for (and more specifically, what its not for!)... but in case you missed it, here it is again:

I am setting this up separate from the other discussion forum to provide NEWS and UPDATES on what has now been considered a WAR.
My heart and support goes out to Ukraine and Ukrainians worldwide.

I ask that this thread be limited to news and information ONLY about the war in Ukraine.

If you have comments, please take them to the other pre-existing thread.

<SNIP>

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION

Drip, I haven't always seen eye-to-eye with your posts on other threads by any means but I have to say that I very much appreciate your time and effort posting actual "on topic" NEWS and UPDATES on this thread! Your patience with the few members of the Putin apologist crowd constantly trying to derail the thread is admirable.

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[Mazdatruck]

He has threatened the nuclear option and then complains other countries are strengthening their defense against nuclear?
He must think they are nuts to listen to him, but they have to sit there and listen. He has shown he is 100% untrustworthy, so nothing he says means anything. Until he just blows the place up.
What is their response to this huge pile of steer manure that he places on the table?

Russia is threatening to defend itself.

Joe Biden called for regime change in Russia as he pours 10's of Billions into killing Russians.

Nobody is threatening the United States except : "We will hit you back if you keep trying to kill us and destroy our country"

However to the US - anyone not submissive to the US is a "threat".

[gertlush]

Putins birthday today, does that count as war news?

[Tyrian-Quill]

Putins birthday today, does that count as war news?

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Keeping up with keeping up - Ukraine Russia war NEW

Death toll after Russian missile strikes in Zaporizhzhia rises to 14, authorities say

Source: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ru ... index.html

[Drip_Torch]

Rolling across wires right now. Something's gone bigly boom on, or near, the Kerch bridge.







No details yet, but Happy Birthday Vladimir!

[Babba_not_Gump]

Hope I'm not stepping on your toes Drip_Torch, but just came across this.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u ... -in-russia

Ukrainians claim to have bombed a Russian airbase using a drone.
The base is roughly half way between the Ukraine border and Moscow.

[Drip_Torch]

Hope I'm not stepping on your toes Drip_Torch, but just came across this.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u ... -in-russia

Ukrainians claim to have bombed a Russian airbase using a drone.
The base is roughly half way between the Ukraine border and Moscow.

Not at all.

I've been holding off on that one, only because I'm not sure of the source. I looked at some satellite footage from around 2:45 pm (local) and there was nothing obvious showing, but the north end of the runway and apron were obscured by clouds. The other report I saw claimed it was a much larger drone (Bayraktar TB2) and that Russian air defense had shot it down.

Back to the bridge. It looks like another smoking accident, (initial report 2 fuel tankers exploded on the rail tracks) but I'm still scratching my head over this photo... what's that in the water?





Oh, bad luck, looks like the Kerch Bridge has gone Kaput. Road spans have gone down with a splash and the rail bridge doesn't look like it's doing well at all. It seems to be undergoing some type of rapid oxidization process.



Great video ---> https://twitter.com/i/status/1578605119012077568

As is typical with these types of things, RIA (Russian State News) is reporting a rail tank car on fire.

In other news, Vladimir Solovyov is going to need anti-depressants soon. Today's report is bleak, I can't imagine what tomorrows will bring.

Russian Media Monitor ---> https://twitter.com/i/status/1578595525548380162

State Duma Defense Committee's head Andrey Kartapolov's take on the matter...
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ETA: Regarding the Kerch Bridge, there are some videos coming out showing the explosion. (s?)

https://t.me/bazabazon/13718
https://t.me/bazabazon/13721?single
https://t.me/bazabazon/13724

It's an interesting download viewed frame by frame.