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

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Zelensky's speech tonight, specifically the part addressed to the Russian people will go down in world history.

One day it may even bring down Putin. Revolutions start with the smallest sparks.

So many will die. For nothing.

Twitter thread, just 3 of the highlights below :

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Was an incredible speech.

 

[Bry Nylon]

I reckon Russian forces will make their move just before first light this morning.

FFS. What a world we live in.

 

[Juan Albion]

Reports of a 10km traffic jam on a road heading to Ukraine at 3am. Russian soldiers must have forgotten to turn their phones off. War in the 21st century - invasion tracked by Google.

 

[Juan Albion]

Yank surveillance drone doing its thing tonight.

 

[Juan Albion]

And an El-Al flight from Tel Aviv to Toronto just decided to get out of there in a hurry.

 

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Putin has decided to launch a special military operation

 

[Juan Albion]

About time Putin found something nasty on his doorhandle.

 

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PUTIN: "To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside: if you do, you will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history. All relevant decisions have been taken. I hope you hear me."

Shocking stuff in Putin's address right now

 

[lasvegan]

Sounds like it has just kicked off.

 

[Juan Albion]

Explosions reported in Kyiv and Kharkiv

 

[Juan Albion]

Kharkiv skyline liveshot. I don't think that is a cloud.

 

[golddene]

Sounds of war echoing through Ukraine, where will this go from here ?. Biden says he’s praying for their citizens caught in this invasion. Putin’s long game of destabilising the East of Europe seems to be coming to fruition, made easier by his successful interference in splitting the EU. Scary times ahead !

 

[Dick Head]

Putin announced it on the telly while the UN Council was sitting, making all their pleas for peace and restraint obsolete. Stay classy, Vladimir!

 

[Juan Albion]

Putin announced it on the telly while the UN Council was sitting making pleas for peace obsolete. Stay classy, Vladimir!

And almost certainly pre-recorded, so you can be sure the Russian chair of the UN Security Council knew exactly what was taking place as the others spoke. Thumbing their noses at the world.

 

[Dick Head]

And almost certainly pre-recorded, so you can be sure the Russian chair of the UN Security Council knew exactly what was taking place as the others spoke. Thumbing their noses at the world.

He knew. He spoke about ten or twenty minutes after it started kicking off.

 

[Juan Albion]

He knew. He spoke about ten or twenty minutes after it started kicking off.

Yes, he spoke after the fact once the attack was known. But he would have known before it happened,

 

[Juan Albion]

Air raid sirens in Kyiv

 

[Curious Orange]

This is just surreal - this actually feels close, and that it could escalate rapidly.

 

[Juan Albion]

This is just surreal - this actually feels close, and that it could escalate rapidly.

It IS close. It is happening next door to NATO countries, so, in effect, next door to all member states, given mutual defence agreements.

From a Canadian perspective, Brighton is closer to the Ukraine border than Ottawa is to Winnipeg.

 

[Juan Albion]

Good to see the ruble at a record low this morning.