Ukraine

[Alefroth]

I wonder how Germany respond if they were attacked.

[Holman]

North Korean expeditionary soldiers are surely aware that their families are registered. If they surrender, their loved ones will suffer.

If this sounds crazy, it's how NK defectors have always been treated.

[Daehawk]

[Daehawk]

[Jaymann]

Was that because he endorsed Harris?

[Daehawk]

[Blackhawk]

[Russia is Done!]

India is Killing China!

F16 Destroys Russia!

Civil War Erupts! (in Iran)

Civil War Erupts! (in Russia)

Putin is Done!

North Korea Has Fallen!

It's War! (China and Japan)

It's War! (China and North Korea)

It's War! (Israel and France)

It's War! (Israel and... Ireland?)

These are the actual titles of that creator's videos. These are not news. These are absurd.

[Holman]

In the latest Ukraine news, apparently NK soldiers (who have never before had unfettered internet access) are absolutely gorging on porn.

[raydude]

In the latest Ukraine news, apparently NK soldiers (who have never before had unfettered internet access) are absolutely gorging on porn.

Spoilered because of language. And for people who haven't seen HBO's Generation Kill:

Spoiler:

Cpl. Ray Person : Yeah, yeah, you should quote me on it, you know what, you should definitely quote me on it, this whole thing comes down to pussy! Look, if you take the Republican Guard and comp their asses for a week in Vegas, no fucking war!

Evan 'Scribe' Wright : So the war is not about oil or WMDs.

Cpl. Ray Person : No, in the opinion of this Marine, its about pussy.

Evan 'Scribe' Wright : And its not about Saddam.

Cpl. Ray Person : No, Saddam is just part of the problem, if Saddam invested more in the pussy infrastructure of Iraq than he did in his fucking gay ass army, then this country would be no more fucked up than say, Mexico.

Sgt. Brad 'Iceman' Colbert : Ray, please shut up... thank you.

[Holman]

Of course, under classic Stalinism, even victorious NK soldiers would be sent to the Gulag due to their exposure to corrupting Western influences.

[Pyperkub]

In the latest Ukraine news, apparently NK soldiers (who have never before had unfettered internet access) are absolutely gorging on porn.

Spoilered because of language. And for people who haven't seen HBO's Generation Kill:

Spoiler:

Cpl. Ray Person : Yeah, yeah, you should quote me on it, you know what, you should definitely quote me on it, this whole thing comes down to pussy! Look, if you take the Republican Guard and comp their asses for a week in Vegas, no fucking war!

Evan 'Scribe' Wright : So the war is not about oil or WMDs.

Cpl. Ray Person : No, in the opinion of this Marine, its about pussy.

Evan 'Scribe' Wright : And its not about Saddam.

Cpl. Ray Person : No, Saddam is just part of the problem, if Saddam invested more in the pussy infrastructure of Iraq than he did in his fucking gay ass army, then this country would be no more fucked up than say, Mexico.

Sgt. Brad 'Iceman' Colbert : Ray, please shut up... thank you.

That's pretty funny! (I had never seen it before)

[Max Peck]

I guess we're going to see how well the Norks can fight.

Ukraine says forces clash with North Korean troops for first time

Ukrainian troops have clashed with North Korean forces for the first time, according to senior Ukrainian officials — a development that would open a “new page of instability in the world,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, speaking to South Korean television network KBS, said that there were “already contacts” between the two sides, and that Ukrainian officials expected a “more significant number” in the next weeks, which they would “review and analyze.”

Russian forces had provided the North Korean troops with “training of a one-month period,” which is now being shortened, sometimes to one week, “so that they can get engagement on the battlefield,” Umerov said.

A Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed Wednesday there had been “small-scale clashes” between Ukrainian and North Korean soldiers, but he did not provide further details.

[Brian]

Ukraine is my biggest, immediate concern post election.
I hope we send the remaining promised F16s and assorted munitions as after Jan, that well is going to dry up immediately.

Granted, other nations have stepped up but without the US, I fear for their future.

[Max Peck]

I guess we'll soon see Trump's masterplan for ending the war. Personally, I suspect it involves an AGM-114R-9X and precise knowledge of Zelenskyy's location.

[Blackhawk]

Ukraine is my biggest, immediate concern post election.
I hope we send the remaining promised F16s and assorted munitions as after Jan, that well is going to dry up immediately.

Granted, other nations have stepped up but without the US, I fear for their future.

+1.

Maybe Biden can push them a stockpile and loosen the restrictions prior to January. It might not be enough, but it'd be something.

[hepcat]

Honestly, I doubt he'll do anything. He proved in his last presidency that recognition is all he really wanted. After the election, he fucked off to play golf for 90 percent of his term. Only showing up when he thought there was a photo op or a way to get his name in the papers.

I contend that the worst that could have happened to Trump is his winning. He ran as a populist and now he's going to prove he can't fulfill those promises.

[Brian]

I wouldn't put it past him to withdraw all support from Ukraine merely out of spite.

Also, I'm sure his leash holder will be asking for that soon enough.

[Blackhawk]

Given that Trump is unlikely to be the candidate in 2028 (whether due to term limits or age), the GOP doesn't really need to bow to him like they used to. If they have Congress, and Trump is interfering with what they want to achieve, I'd expect to see President Vance sworn in.

[raydude]

I wouldn't put it past him to withdraw all support from Ukraine merely out of spite.

Also, I'm sure his leash holder will be asking for that soon enough.

This. Plus it's so easy to get him to do stuff. Just stroke his ego like he's another john in the red light district and he'll do whatever you want. His handlers have it made.

[Unagi]

All support will drop. Ukraine is history.

[LawBeefaroni]

All support will drop. Ukraine is history.

It won't just drop, it will switch. The US will actively share intelligence with Russia and Musk will probably tap Starlink.

Poland will be in jeopardy because we won't support NATO.

[El Guapo]

One question I have is what is the Biden administration able and willing to ship to Ukraine in the next three months before the barbarians take over.

Another question is to what extent is the EU able and willing to step up to fill in the coming U.S. gap in Ukraine, and in the common defense of Europe.

[Isgrimnur]

Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia

[Blackhawk]

Well, we called Putin's bluff.

I hope.

[LordMortis]

Or after the election, we saw some shit and raised the stakes before time is called. Scary.

[Alefroth]

Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia

Excellent news. I was wondering if the latest attacks on the energy grid would make that more likely.

[Isgrimnur]

Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov dies after falling from building

In the days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Shklyarov was quoted as speaking out in support of peace.

“I am against the war in Ukraine! I am for the people, for a peaceful sky above our heads!” he was quoted as saying in a Facebook post by Alexei Ratmansky, a Russian-Ukrainian former ballet dancer.

Ratmansky, a former director of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, had been collecting anti-war messages from other figures in the ballet world.

Shklyarov was married to Maria Shirinkina, a fellow dancer at the Mariinsky. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.

[Victoria Raverna]

Is this normal and temporary closure? Or sign of the west abandoning Ukraine?

[Holman]

Is this normal and temporary closure? Or sign of the west abandoning Ukraine?

It's a sign of countries getting their embassy staff out of harm's way as direct attacks intensify.

[Blackhawk]

The US (and Britain, apparently) just made a policy decision that makes us more of a direct target for Russian attacks. They're not likely to try and hit Alaska or anything, but we don't want to be leaving Ambassadors in 'accident' territory, either.

[Daehawk]

[Isgrimnur]

Russia fired new ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says

Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the U.S. and UK's allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced Western weapons, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a televised address, said Moscow struck a Ukrainian military facility with a new medium-range, hypersonic ballistic missile known as "Oreshnik" (the hazel) and warned that more could follow. He said civilians would be warned ahead of further strikes with such weapons.
...
A U.S. official said Russia notified Washington shortly before its strike, while another official said the U.S. had briefed Kyiv and allies to prepare for the possible use of such a weapon.

Kyiv initially suggested Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon designed for long-distance nuclear strikes and never before used in war.

But U.S. officials and NATO echoed Putin's description of the weapon as an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which has a shorter range of 3,000–5,500 km (1,860-3,415 miles).

[Kasey Chang]

Perun's analysis on what happens to the War in Ukraine after Trump takes power: