The War in Ukraine

[RJN]

It’s the second largest country in Europe! (second only to Russia)

Thats what I mean! I should have known more about it

 

[funky]

Thats what I mean! I should have known more about it

I don't think you're that much different to the majority of Western countries. Anything east of Germany is one big cluster of countries. Most people wouldn't be able to tell you which of the Eastern Bloc are ex Soviet and which are not. Western Businesses tend to cluster them as well - most international departments will have a UK boss, German, France, Spain, Italy, then Scandinavia lumped together, and then "CEE". Culturally it's all a blur for most people.

You're right it is absburd. But then most people in the UK wouldn't be able to tell you the difference between India and Pakistan.

 

[Soldi]

Probably just a formality but Lithuania has declared a state of emergency.

 

[Pingu]

Probably just a formality but Lithuania has declared a state of emergency.

It had better be, I’m going there tomorrow.

 

[win_the_game]

Probably just a formality but Lithuania has declared a state of emergency.

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have all invoked Article 4 of the Nato treaty as they feel their security and sovereign integrity is at risk.

 

[ButterTart]

Fucking Hell. I don't really know what to say about this other than that I hope the people of the Ukraine can stay strong, the sovereignty of all European nations remains intact, and Putin is soon killed in the most horrific, inhumane, degrading way imaginable.

 

[jivafox]

I can’t get my head around just living your life normally one day and then living in this the next.

Spoiler

 

[Loufoque]

What an awful day.

My bf is Russian, and he cried when he woke up this morning. He told me he finally realised he can never go home.

My first Teams call was with a Russian colleague / friend I have known for 10 years. She had to disconnect because she couldn't stop crying.

This is horrific for Ukrainians, and also awful for decent, non-brainwashed Russians (yes, they exist) whose country is being destroyed by a lunatic.

 

[jivafox]

This is so dystopian

 

[K.C.]

The Ukrainian people didn't even get a chance. He just marched in

 

[Penelope]

Wait what?

How does Putin go from "we're peacekeeping the separatist regions" to sending tanks to Kyiv in the space of just 24 hours?

Because he was lying all along.

 

[Madison]

Is this any different to us pronouncing Paris different to the French? Genuine question.

Yes. The English Kiev is taken from the Russian name. It feels wrong to use the name of their oppressors. And unlike the French, Ukraine has repeatedly asked everyone to change.

 

[Ellie]

Bloody hell. Just when you think he couldn’t get more stupid.

 

[Kratz]

Imagine being corrected by Laura Ingraham

 

[RS]

Bloody hell. Just when you think he couldn’t get more stupid.

Wow and the way this anchor is saying how the Ukrainian president looked pathetic.

 

[auretz]

I have lots of memories of visiting Lviv, this is really surreal and painful to watch. I spent a year living in Russia in 2010 as part of my degree and not a single one of my Russian friends is in favour of this, but they feel completely powerless over it. It's really scary.

 

[funky]

Bloody hell. Just when you think he couldn’t get more stupid.

Jesus Christ on a frigging bike

There is just too much to unpack here and the worst thing of all is that you just know there are millions of Americans sat at home nodding along, somehow in full agreement that this wouldn't have happened if Trump was still President.

 

[funky]

Wow and the way this anchor is saying how the Ukrainian president looked pathetic.

That shook me. The American (right wing) rhetoric is just unbelievable. It hadn't occured to me that anywhere in the West would anyone be attacking the Ukrainian government right now as weak, but come on down Fox News...

 

[Penelope]

Svetlana Loboda HAS SPOKEN

 

[Soldi]

Liz Truss KICKS the Russian ambassador out of a meeting.

NO PORK FOR HIM!

 

[GNL]

Liz Truss KICKS the Russian ambassador out of a meeting.

NO PORK FOR HIM!

She just hasn't worked out how to use Zoom yet

 

[win_the_game]

Fuck.

 

[VoR]

What the fuck?!

 

[Soldi]

.

 

[Penelope]

I'm not trusting the clickbait merchants at the Independent on something that big until there's a second source.

 

[Penelope]

Let’s hope it affects Belarus worse like it did in 1986.

I'm not entirely sure I'd 'hope' nuclear waste affects a country which voted en masse against its current regime and then got very violently repressed.

 

[Soldi]

I'm not entirely sure I'd 'hope' nuclear waste affects a country which voted en masse against its current regime and then got very violently repressed.

Yeah fair point, deleted.

 

[RS]

That shook me. The American (right wing) rhetoric is just unbelievable. It hadn't occured to me that anywhere in the West would anyone be attacking the Ukrainian government right now as weak, but come on down Fox News...

What a cunt! I wasn’t sure if she was supposed to be pro-Russia or just hates the ”weak”.

 

[Indie]

Fuck.

what was this?

 

[VoR]

what was this?

The Independent claiming that the Russians had destroyed the Chernobyl nuclear facility.

 

[Penelope]

I'm not trusting the clickbait merchants at the Independent on something that big until there's a second source.

LOL

 

[RS]

This is the President’s real account?

 

[ZZ]

I'm just sad.
I hope this ends very very soon.

 

[Soldi]

This is the President’s real account?

Yep. Sky News showed it not long ago.

 

[GNL]

@Soldi pls this isn't the time.

 

[Lucille]

omg

 

[Kratz]

UEFA pulls the Champions League Final from Russia. That was faster than I expected.

 

[Madison]

I guess it doesn’t really matter, but any idea why has he reported the Chernobyl news to the Prime Minister of Sweden in particular ?

 

[Madison]

Police arresting protestors in cities across Russia.

 

[auretz]

Protestors in Saint Petersburg chanting "нет войне" (=no to war).