Ukraine and Russia event discussion

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28949582

sigh

i think i'm going to not read the news today

[Kalahari Inkantation]

russia's newest strategy, by the way, is to capture as many large/densely populated cities on the eastern border as possible, forcing ukraine to inflict significant civilian casualties if it wishes to reclaim them and undermine the ukrainian government's international and local support in the process

[Commander Fuckass]

HABBENING!

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4804623-russia-invades-ukraine-calls-draft/
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/ukraine-enacts-compulsory-military-draft-n94906

Jesus Christ.  We all knew this was inevitably going to happen, but there's simply no way to prepare for the sheer agony of seeing confirmation that this is actually legitimately occurring.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://news.yahoo.com/rights-adviser-putin-says-russia-invading-ukraine-105913686.html

this poor woman just signed her death warrant

in other news,

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/08/14/world/europe/putin-says-russia-will-do-its-utmost-to-stop-bloodshed-in-ukraine


list of things i want to hear right now:

• not that

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.ibtimes.com/russian-invasion-breaks-budapest-memorandum-may-prompt-nato-action-1672790

Sure.  Maybe in some other lifetime.

[ME##]

http://www.ibtimes.com/russian-invasion-breaks-budapest-memorandum-may-prompt-nato-action-1672790

Sure.  Maybe in some other lifetime.

*NATO breaks out the paper wrist slappers*

[Kalahari Inkantation]

In a talk Friday afternoon, Putin compared Ukrainian troops firing at civilians and surrounding cities in eastern Ukraine to Nazi invaders who laid siege to the Soviet siege of Leningrad in 1941-1944.

putin, the master of completely inappropriate and deliberately disingenuous comparisons

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.bbc.com/news/ukraine-to-seek-nato-membership-yatsenyuk

Headlines like these are some of the most depressing to read.  I'm so sorry this is never going to happen, Ukraine.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/russia-journalists-attacked-while-investigating-secret-soldier-burials.html

What a complete surprise !!

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.bbc.com/news/ukraine-to-seek-nato-membership-yatsenyuk

Headlines like these are some of the most depressing to read.  I'm so sorry this is never going to happen, Ukraine.

also, reminder that support for nato in ukraine is at 47% as of june (from being in the mere teens prior to the initial invasion), i'm certain it's beyond 50% by now

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/29/putin-dont-mess-with-nuclear-russia

seriously can we do something about this guy

this is getting insane

and quite personal

and as a us citizen living on the outskirts of the largest city in the country i'm beginning to genuinely worry about my safety so long as putin exists

[Kalahari Inkantation]

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remember what it looked like a few weeks ago

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The momentum was in Ukraine's favor.  They were going to win.

[YPrrrr]

I wonder how Russia would react to Ukraine building a border wall. Probably as an act of war, but on the other hand, Russians love walls

[Daddy]

russia's newest strategy, by the way, is to capture as many large/densely populated cities on the eastern border as possible, forcing ukraine to inflict significant civilian casualties if it wishes to reclaim them and undermine the ukrainian government's international and local support in the process

so it's sort of like israel and gaza

except with who is invading who