International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V15

[SandisLL]

Putin really had improved some figures...
Inflation and military orders had boosted up GDP %.
Recruiting for special operation had reduced unemployment % and created shortage of workforce : males in labour market. Notably more or lesser adequate males in good physical condition.
Factories and construction businesses needs to hire such workforce.

looks that Putin might afford to pay more for special operatiin than employers in civilian businesses....

 

[SandisLL]

One from factors boosting up inflation is parallel import.
For civilian stuff: still is possible to purchase almost everything : cars, perfumes, western alco, computers etc, fridges, TV etc ....easily.
Just because sanctions on banks ( mainly cos this) their businesses are using proxy companies in other countries....
Ofc these are adding % to price , it is just business....

 

[SandisLL]

I ofc don't know how sanctions impacts military related import.
About civilian stuff legal in russia is different: it is possible to lurk ad boards and sales offers for new or used stuff. Open texts, 0 politics in such boards / websites so KGB doesn’t cares...

 

[curryjunkie]

I listened to that yesterday, bear in mind the russkis lie through their teeth about everything, so their economy could be in much worse shape than they admit, interesting about peace being damaging because whose going to buy refinished T62 tanks..

 

[Ponchik]

Just read on the news that 2 days ago an Iranian drone with explosives attached to it came in from Belarus and flew 90 kilometers inside latvian territory before it crashed. Talking heads say we shouldn't worry, because surely it was meant for Ukraine, Fucking retards just accidentally sent it in the exact opposite direction.

 

[SandisLL]

This maybe really was Iranian drone....while entered from Belarus airspace....maybe it was one from these launched on Ukr and Lukashenko didn't managed to shot it down.

Ofc now will be excuses while this shows that Latvian MoD obviously is keeping air defense assets far from this area.
While in this picture is drone in Ukraine....journalists didn't hestitated just to use some random Pic.

 

[SandisLL]

Romania : looks that they does have russian drones remainings landed in Romania.
Most likely cos drone didn't had worked properly ....because Russia now is using all possible resources to gain as much land as it is possible before mud season will start ....not likely they will waste drones for other countries this moment. Max pressure on Ukr ASAP is their priority today.

 

[Boxiana]

All interesting and candid responses. Based on this video the average Muscovite has 2x the IQ of the average Brit.

 

[Cid]

The last guy in the video is going to mistake his window for a door.

All interesting and candid responses. Based on this video the average Muscovite has 2x the IQ of the average Brit.

It's one of the rare video's the guys made where the people he's interviewing aren't all a bunch of brainwashed morons.

Most of them are infuriating.

 

[curryjunkie]

It's one of the rare video's the guys made where the people he's interviewing aren't all a bunch of brainwashed morons.

Most of them are infuriating.

the young ones give generic roundabout replies because they dont want to fall outta windows, the older ones usually parrot state tv.

 

[filthybliss]

@Horiguchi'sEar do you really think that Putin doesn't want to annex all of Ukraine? Despite, his "peace proposals" requiring them to reduce their defense systems and the numerous statements that he has made in the past that undermine their autonomy as a state.

 

[PEB]

Ukraine is changing the way of war forever thanks to drones and incendiary drones.

 

[Captain Tenneal]

@Horiguchi'sEar do you really think that Putin doesn't want to annex all of Ukraine? Despite, his "peace proposals" requiring them to reduce their defense systems and the numerous statements that he has made in the past that undermine their autonomy as a state.

He doesn't need all of it, Russia just needs the bread basket and a right to the energy resources eastward. They probably would have setup a Ukraine as a buffer and would want to handpick the leader. Remember, they only went in initially with 30,000

 

[filthybliss]

He doesn't need all of it, Russia just needs the bread basket and a right to the energy resources eastward. They probably would have setup an Ukraine as a buffer and would want to handpick the leader. Remember, they only went in initially with 30,000

Forget what he “needs”, he didn’t need to get into this war…You keep characterizing him as a rational actor when he’s totally not.

 

[Badr Hari]

In Rus funny things happen in war times

A poster calling for signing a contract was hung in Kursk.
It would seem to be a normal situation. Only for some reason they photoshopped a Ukrainian serviceman onto the poster.

lmao

 

[curryjunkie]

He doesn't need all of it, Russia just needs the bread basket and a right to the energy resources eastward. They probably would have setup a Ukraine as a buffer and would want to handpick the leader. Remember, they only went in initially with 30,000

oh is that all? seems perfectly reasonable...

 

[PEB]

Video from a year ago I wonder how their opinions would have changed.

 

[Cid]

the young ones give generic roundabout replies because they dont want to fall outta windows, the older ones usually parrot state tv.

I think with young people it's disappointingly a pretty even split.

Would be nice to see a numbers crunch video of the data he's pulled.

 

[PEB]

Hey Russia who's knocking at your door.

 

[Jeffy37]

Forget what he “needs”, he didn’t need to get into this war…You keep characterizing him as a rational actor when he’s totally not.

It's a special operation. Not a war