Russia invades Ukraine

I checked, they refrained from that in case of future negotiations. So it is as you said.
 
Azas said:
I'm fluent in russian.
русский корабль - russian ship
иди нахуй - direct translation for this is: go on the dick/dong/tool. In vulgar sense of the term. So, go fuck yourself is little bit softened :D
хуй - is 'penis' in russian but very vulgar.
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The "aj u kurac" or "idi u kurac" barely registers as insult in the south slav world. It's like level 1.
 
Just for the record, the men of Snake Island are alive and in Russian captivity in seemingly ok shape, there's no ghost of Kyiv, tons of videos that had explanation A were tomorrow relabeled with description B, what was reported/labeled as Ukrainian troops were Russians and vice versa.

There is no way for us to know the truth by live monitoring of social media 24/7.

Ukrainians are on intentional disinformation campaign, which is logical, understandable. They also refuse to broadcast state of their forces, again a smart move. But for us this means that "news" that aren't verified from multiple official sources (Ukrainian and European) may not be the truth, and they certainly won't be verified one hour after posting on Twitter.

Here, have a look at people discussing in this thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/t3elvw/_/hyrtwwr

Edit : this is why it feels stressful and tiresome. I've not exposed myself to any Russian channels/broadcasts or whatever, I only follow stuff from "our" side of things since 24th and I still feel absolutely, utterly bombarded by propaganda. I know Ukr has to do it but bloody hell it's tiresome. Those "news" are not meant for me, they're for local consumption.
 
Zare said:
Edit : this is why it feels stressful and tiresome. I've not exposed myself to any Russian channels/broadcasts or whatever, I only follow stuff from "our" side of things since 24th and I still feel absolutely, utterly bombarded by propaganda. I know Ukr has to do it but bloody hell it's tiresome. Those "news" are not meant for me, they're for local consumption.
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This is what I have been saying from the beginning. Ukraine is building a national will to resist via patriotic stories, as has every country invaded in a nationalistic war ever. Just now, on Twitter.
 
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I don't want to get too dramatic, but I have been wondering: Is there any international legal mechanism that would be activated if Russia dropped a nuclear bomb on Ukraine?
 
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Former Belgian cyclist Johan Museeuw (r) received a phone call from Andrei Tchmil (l) on Sunday afternoon. In a video on Facebook, Museeuw tells what Tchmil had to say. "We used to fight a lot of wars on bicycles, but now I'm in the middle of a war, Andrei told me. I live on the border area 100 kilometers from where there is fighting. And they are moving." "He (Tchmil) said he sent his wife and their 1-year-old son away to Romania to protect them, but that he himself is going to stay there. I'm going to fight. I'm going to defend it." Museeuw does not say whether Tchmil means that he wants to defend his house and possessions or actively participate in the fight, but Tchmil certainly takes the worst into account. "Johan, I wanted to hear from you again. I don't know if I'll be there tomorrow or the day after."
Andrei, thanks for the call. And I really hope from the bottom of my heart that we can keep calling each other."
Andrei Tchmil was born in the Soviet Union,
he previously held Russian, Moldavian and Ukrainian nationality, and was naturalized as a Belgian in the late 1990s.
Stay strong, Andrei!
 

This is a bit surreal. Missile alarms, creepy bells of the catedhral, an Ukrainian on the radio sending a missile message, occasional car and creepy silence.

Videogame? No. New reality.

Could be the toughest night for Kyiv yet.
 
Perun said:
I don't want to get too dramatic, but I have been wondering: Is there any international legal mechanism that would be activated if Russia dropped a nuclear bomb on Ukraine?
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None that I know of.
 
Perun said:
I don't want to get too dramatic, but I have been wondering: Is there any international legal mechanism that would be activated if Russia dropped a nuclear bomb on Ukraine?
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They won't. It's too close to the EU and neighbouring countries would be affected by the fallout.

Dropping a nuke would also mean retaliation. Total war.
 
Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
And if there was one, how could it be enforced against a regime who are willing to nuke their neighbours?
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I'm unable to answer that question, because you imply something I believe to be factually incorrect.

Edit : not wanting to sound grim but there is plenty of WMDs to drop as terror method before nukes, even if you're such a sneaky bastard that you'd be willing to detonate a low-yield briefcase in some sort of a false flag thing. Consider American nukes and context such as firebombings of Tokyo. Nukes came iterative.
 
Spaldy said:
They won't. It's too close to the EU and neighbouring countries would be affected by the fallout.

Dropping a nuke would also mean retaliation. Total war.
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No. Russia has the ability to use tactical nukes, which have a yield in the 1-5 kt range (1/20th to 1/4th the strength of Fat Man) and consume the vast majority of their fissile materials.
 
Perun said:
I don't want to get too dramatic, but I have been wondering: Is there any international legal mechanism that would be activated if Russia dropped a nuclear bomb on Ukraine?
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Yeah, they'll probably be thrown out of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Maybe WHO as well.
 
If Xi Jinping wanted it enough, this would probably end. But he's quite comfortable taking the back seat, waiting and biding his own time.
 
Xi's neutral position is great for him. Rest of the world in eachother's faces and losing power in front of his eyes.
 
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