Russian Invasion of Ukraine

[unit-one]

Estonia has started a naval mission to protect the cables in the Baltic Sea. Finland has taken over the tanker. It's going to be a matter of time before ships heading for Russian ports will be stopped altogether.

One energy cable and three communication cables between Estonia and Finland were ripped this week.

 

[Keef]

Russia has likely shot down yet another airliner. This time it was an Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny that crashed this morning after attempting an emergency landing in Kazakhstan. Flight path data from flightradar24 and video from the crash landing indicate that the aircraft’s control surfaces were not working properly and that the pilots may have steered the aircraft by thrust and thrust differential.

Photos of the tail shows that it has been perforated by what looks like shrapnel from a missile. According to BBC, Russian media states that the flight was diverted due to fog and suffered a bird strike before landing.

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The orcs claim that it was mist. Very heavy, propelled, metallic mist.

Apparently the two countries are allied. In that case, Azerbaijan gets what it pays for.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[Joey D]

Talking to Russian pilots:

 

[McLaren]

Another campaign promise walked back. Shocking.

It followed Mr Trump, who had previously pledged he could solve the conflict within 24 hours, backtracking on that idea when he confirmed during a press conference talks would not begin until after his inauguration on January 20.

Keith Kellogg, a retired US general, told Fox News he would look to broker a "solid and sustainable" agreement to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine by May.

"I think they will come to a solvable solution in the near term. When I say near term, I would like to set a goal on a personal level, on a professional level," he said.

"I would say let's set it at 100 days and move back.

Trump backtracks on pledge to end Ukraine war within day

Donald Trump will aim to end the war in Ukraine within 100 days of re-entering the White House, the president-elect's pick for special peace envoy has said, rather than the previous 24-hour timeline that had previously been set.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Liquid]

Broken promises used to actually matter and be detrimental to someone's support. Post-truth politics suck the life out of us and make existence grim, grey and depressing. Nothing actually matters.

Useful to know that the Russian Federation control the Kremlin and will very shortly control the White House too.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[McLaren]

Trump's big plan to end the war is... do less than already being done whilst trying to threaten Putin. There's already heavy sanctions & other actions in place.

I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin - and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process. All of that being said, I’m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don’t make a “deal,” and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries. Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better. It’s time to “MAKE A DEAL.” NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Taxes. You're gonna threaten taxes? Maybe that would work on red state conservatives, but likely not sovereign nations that are already pretty decoupled from the world economy.