International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V8

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Yea speed he has is actually kinda crazy, not first guy hes helping.

Better than chechens here , video from mariupol few months back



Why was his blouse still on? Cut the shirt off, hit him with morphine/painkiller, check the entrance and exit wounds, flush them out with saline (saltwater), bandage it up, keep direct pressure on the wounds, and get him to an aid station/hospital, FAST.

It may seem callous but when you're trying to save as many as you can, you have to have your methods down pat. Speed = Life.
 
I heard China and India are getting $39 a barrel discounts on Russian oil. They are taking full advantage of the fact that Russia has lost most of it's market. So who is really licking who's balls?


US Oil WTI - Oct 2022
US Oil WTI - Oct 202293.23‎-0.54%
93.23
MARKET OPEN • AS OF AUG 24, 11:36 AM EDT
‎-0.51 (‎-0.54%)

That's the U.S. price per barrel as of today.

Yeah, Russia is getting power screwed, but they did it to themselves. Only one person to blame here. A $60 price drop for those buyers against the market? Russia is giving oil away at that price.
 
US Oil WTI - Oct 2022
US Oil WTI - Oct 202293.23‎-0.54%
93.23
MARKET OPEN • AS OF AUG 24, 11:36 AM EDT
‎-0.51 (‎-0.54%)

That's the U.S. price per barrel as of today.

Yeah, Russia is getting power screwed, but they did it to themselves. Only one person to blame here. A $60 price drop for those buyers against the market? Russia is giving oil away at that price.
I don't know where you are coming from with this. Yes Putin is the architect of all the shit that is hitting Russia, I'm just pointing out that China and India are taking full advantage of the situation. So who is really licking who's balls? Both China and India would drop any pretense of support for Russia if it suited them in a heartbeat.
 
I don't know where you are coming from with this. Yes Putin is the architect of all the shit that is hitting Russia, I'm just pointing out that China and India are taking full advantage of the situation. So who is really licking who's balls? Both China and India would drop any pretense of support for Russia if it suited them in a heartbeat.

I'm saying you're right! :)

Look at the price. If the standard market price for oil is $90+ USD and the only price people are willing to pay for your oil is $30+ USD, yeah, you're getting hosed. :)

Russia has to beg them to buy their oil, because China/India can afford to buy elsewhere.
 
I'm saying you're right! :)

Look at the price. If the standard market price for oil is $90+ USD and the only price people are willing to pay for your oil is $30+ USD, yeah, you're getting hosed. :)

Russia has to beg them to buy their oil, because they can afford to buy elsewhere.
I read your post differently first time around. Yeah I agree :)
 
I'm saying you're right! :)

Look at the price. If the standard market price for oil is $90+ USD and the only price people are willing to pay for your oil is $30+ USD, yeah, you're getting hosed. :)

Russia has to beg them to buy their oil, because China/India can afford to buy elsewhere.
Curious what kind of storage capacity India and china have, I imagine their reserves are full
 
I donated my Ukrainian F stamp and envelope signed by the artist to Krakow Deli and Smokehouse they where so impressed they could not fantom the value and will look into the value of it. They gave me a replica of a famous painting by a local artist of Zelensky called Resolve. They where selling them for 100 dollars each for Ukrainian aid.

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They simply can't allow their ukrainian brothers to try and apply the Poland model. It would mean the end of the corrupt to the core authoritarian regime in Moscow. Bomb Ukraine into the middle age and use the external enemies card to fool your people into silence. Destroy the lives and economy of the people in both sides with war only to have the 'elite' thugs secure in their fancy armchairs. What is fantastic, is the unexpected response they got so far. That has put uncertainty in the well being of their rich asses. As long as ukrainians are able to counter punch, Maidan for the old farts in Kremlin is inevitable.
Absolutely. The very idea of democracy gives an autocrat like Putin nightmares. That disease cannot be allowed to spread to Russia.
 
Curious what kind of storage capacity India and china have, I imagine their reserves are full
I heard India is full to capacity.

Also the problem is Russia can't easily get rid of it's gas. Many were claiming they would just sell to Asia, as if gas is a fungible commodity but it really isn't because the pipeline capacity simply does not exist to enable such a pivot. Russia has really shot itself in the foot.

Putin's actions really remind me of the fable of the Frog and the Scorpion. It had a sweet deal going with Europe, supplying much of it's energy. And ironically, that fable has it's origin in Russia.

A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I am sorry, but I couldn't resist the urge. It's in my nature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
 
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Latest round of excuses on why Russia has yet ended the war in Ukraine and why it continues with massive Russian loses:" Because we do not want massive casualties of civilians". Please stop with the nonsense Russia. As they fire hypersonic and subsonic rockets into housing complexes of course to avoid civilian casualties.

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Russia’s Defense Ministry has a new excuse for why it is faltering in the war in Ukraine: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed—without providing evidence—that Russian forces are being careful to avoid civilian casualties, which he says is slowing down their progress.

“Every effort is being done to prevent civilian casualties. It certainly slows down the advance,” Shoigu told a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Wednesday, according to TASS. “But we are doing it on purpose.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/russi...ays-slow-pace-of-war-in-ukraine-is-on-purpose
 
I've read that they inherited like 40% of the Soviet defense plant but I didn't know about the research, thanks.
SAM systems mainly had been produced in Russia...
The same old 1970 ies OSA machine ( it is SA-8 Gecko □)...
Russia even in 2007 th had claimed that they had modernised it...
Russia years ago had aporox 400 ...
Ukr....doesn't looks that had improved them and dunno how much they had...
Strela 10..
Russia : 350..Ukr : 150

C-300.
Loooks that Ukr had 6 batteries...Russia: at least 2000 launchers some years ago...
Tor...
Russia's product...
Russia had at least 171 machine already years ago.
Buk..
Russia's stuff.
Ukr 72.
RUS ~440...
Pantsirj.
Modern post USSR era SAM...
Russia in 2017 claimed that they does have 110...
Production continues ....
Dunno how much they does have now.
 


Papa's got a brand new bag.
No wait, I mean papa's in a brand new bag.
 
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Putin reinstates Stalin-era decree

"Russian President Vladimir Putin recently reinstated a Soviet-era award, giving women who have ten or more children a single payment of a million rubles (worth $16,747 USD, as of publishing).

The honorary title and certification of "Mother Heroine" are given to the mother once their tenth living child turns 1 year old.

According to Putin's decree, mothers will still be eligible for the award if their child dies as a result of war or from an act of terrorism, or in an emergency situation."

Putin reinstates Stalin-era decree (msn.com)

Ten or more children?!?!?

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