[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[raymondo]

He's not a good loser is he?

Now the demographic catastrophe that he has presided over for a generation, will cause a dearth of future warriors. His solution: ban birth control for those he thinks should be providing Russia with those warriors. It's like something out of some far-fetched science-fiction movie. Dystopian doesn't begin to describe it.

Just a thought - an alternative solution might be to not aim for decades of confrontation with the West. Confrontation isn't obligatory.

Very dystopian he'll be starting baby farms soon, captive women, willing men, CCTV to see who's working the 60 hour week...

 

[raymondo]

Re 17059... here's the size of that Russian jet drone shot down by friendly fire in an attempt to stop it crash landing in Ukrainian territory. It's huge .

 

[peterward]

Interesting substack article from Phillips O'brien who is a geopolitical strategic professor/expert from St Andrews Uni.

Basically spells out Biden has given up and has no real plan re Ukraine, Trump would be a disaster but silver lining is that Harris may well be better/tougher than Biden?

Globally, its the most consequential election of our lifetimes Imho.

Weekend Update #101: Biden throws in the Towel

Also: Why Harris Must Win, Stoltenberg Admits a Mistake, Ukraine Withdraws from Vuhledar

phillipspobrien.substack.com

 

[Eric the meek]

Re 17059... here's the size of that Russian jet drone shot down by friendly fire in an attempt to stop it crash landing in Ukrainian territory. It's huge .
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That looks large and expensive. Let's hope it's really, really, expensive.

 

[Eric the meek]

How the war in Ukraine bankrupted Russia:



TL,DR: Watch from 11.00 onwards. Russia had $56bn of its reserves left at the end of 2023. It's current war economy spend rate is estimated to be $4.4bn, per month.
If these figures are true, in theory at least, the money will run out in early 2025.