DEVELOPING NEWS Russia-Ukraine War Updates

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[TekNiKo]

Every time I look at the map. More territory is being occupied by the Russians. Also, looks like the capital is about to be surrounded

Russian strategy is to encircle and contain, they arent there to kill every enemy combantant. Kyiv will fall once all port access is gone, Odessa is there last access.

 

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[TekNiKo]

He is busy zooming into protests in Prague instead of freeing his country

 

[Aurelian]

I can understand why the US has a problem with Russia. It makes sense that you don't want to have a rival.

But I don't understand and I am baffled by Europe towing the US line- especially Germany. In history, Third World countries had to fight against colonialism- and that history is still relevant, of course. But today I think the European countries are as though they are colonies of the US and they need to gain their freedom from the US.

I don't see how the European interest is the same as the US interest- especially with Germany, the most clear example. Why is Germany putting US interests over its own?

I feel bad for the Europeans. I think they're going against their own interests, whether due to brainwashing or pressure.

Europe security is USA security and vis versa

 

[kickz]

WTF did this midget think was gonna happen? That NATO would stick their neck out for him and risk shooting down a Russian plane?

 

[TekNiKo]

WTF did this midget think was gonna happen? That NATO would stick their neck out for him and risk shooting down a Russian plane?

Another Somaliland beggar infiltrating the pro Ukrainian comments, dont these people ever get sick of their pandering?

in this video I was gonna post for @kickz I found it smh.

 

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[Omar del Sur]

Elon Musk too?????? I hope the alt-right crowd finds out about this and stops praising him. I'd like to mention also that I think it's hilarious that Third World anti-imperialist types are converging with alt-right Putin supporters. it's a strange but very real thing.

 

[The alchemist]

Liberalism (West) vs Techno-Authoritarianism (Russia, China, some others).

Hmmm, another ideological battle in the making like between Communism vs Liberalism of the 1900s. Same players again.

Believe it or not, China put things in stages, that a true Socialism, at least what they want to gain, is possible only through building up the nation to such strength it can function as a closed system. When you think about it, a lot of the downsides to Communism were the lack of computational capability that a command economy system requires. Namely, the Soviets had to plan the economy allocating things in the right proportion to strike an economic balance, central planners had to retrieve valid data from surveys that informed on the consumer demand and production quantity, and those values calculated had to reflect on the true value of economic exchanges, and then set production targets. Straight forward, the computational power was not there–everything had to be done manually–this lead to implosion.

Now, as sophisticated machines are built into the various institutions, changing how humans organize and work, there might be a possibility to achieve what was once a theoretical limit. AI (not AGI), and supercomputers with the combination of machine learning and low-cost sensors can be utilized to calculate the simultaneous equations, and allocate the resources, to optimize production time efficiently. You don't need silly ideas revolving around singularity or AGI to deal with these issues.

 

[Nilotic]

Make no mistake about it, the Russians are definitely the bad guys in this case; they are literally engaging in State decapitation and capture, and they're doing it all in order to create a greater Russia -- their shrill appeals to security guarantees notwithstanding.

Let's straighten some things out:

Ukraine is not a Nazi State and any suggestion to the contrary is merely a regurgitation of ham-fisted Kremlin propaganda.


There was no promise made (verbal or otherwise) to the Soviet Union by NATO regarding plans for future expansions to the East, so Putin's grievance inspired talk of betrayal is ahistorical.

NATO'S expansion does not pose an existential threat to Russia (the premier nuclear State), however, I do think that membership should not have been offered or intimated after Russia's 2008 war with Georgia because the Russians have made it abundantly clear that they would much rather destroy these Nations before allowing them to leave its orbit.


The Ukrainians were foolish to not have joined NATO in 1997-2004 -- when Russia was weak and less belligerent.


Washington failed to fully capitalise on the fall of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and only started flirting with the idea of inducting Ukraine into NATO when it became far too dangerous at the heels of Russia's emergence...


..And these are my only criticisms of Washington in regard to this terribly sad situation.


This war is purely a by-product of Russian Nationalism-irredentism and refusal to recognise the fact that Ukrainians have existed as a distinct population for 300+ years and should be able to decide who to establish relations with.

 

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Damn she deleted it good thing I did a screenshot

 

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[Omar del Sur]

Liberalism (West) vs Techno-Authoritarianism (Russia, China, some others).

Hmmm, another ideological battle in the making like between Communism vs Liberalism of the 1900s. Same players again.

Part of that China and Russia camp is Venezuela, Iran, increasingly Pakistan.

I think the more accurate description is multipolar. These countries are way different and have totally different systems. They're just united against the West for various reasons. Saudi is moving away from the US and towards Russia.

So there's not really a unified ideology.

But in terms of Russia and the US in particular- it would more be traditionalism versus liberalism. Russia would be at the head of a sort of traditionalist bloc. But Russia is.... sort of flexible in terms of who it works with. In the US, Russia appeals to conservatives. In Latin America, they cater to Marxist types. They work with pretty much whoever as long as you oppose the West.

 

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