Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital

[tgw]

42 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Yeah, it would be a very long and brutal winter indeed, but almost certainly a very short one for almost all of us, if anyone would survive at all. The world has suddenly become a crazy place, where apparently all of a sudden one deranged potentate gets to decide if we all live or die. 

frightening: it's all already planned. timing and location of tactical nukes actually take weather into account, especially winds at high and low altitudes and precipitation to help guiding the fallout onto the enemy and sparing other countries.

 

[tgw]

from kyivindependent.com:

 

 

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Romania to hold tender to repair railway line to Odesa region.

The Romanian Ministry of Transport has announced a tender to repair the Giurgiulesti-Galati railway line allowing an increase of transportation of goods to Ukraine through Moldova from Romania’s second largest port in Galati. The repairs are estimated to take about 60 days and will cost about $275,000.

 

 

 

This is a brilliant move because that bridge links Moldova and Romania.

Edited May 1, 2022 by tgw

[sammieuk1]

Very enterprising ???? Ukrainian businessman Iurii Vysoven is turning wreckage from a downed Russian fighter plane into souvenir key chains

 

 

[Chris.B]

5 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Very enterprising ???? Ukrainian businessman Iurii Vysoven is turning wreckage from a downed Russian fighter plane into souvenir key chains

 

 

Why isn't he out there on the front with a gun in his hand?

 

[RJRS1301]

6 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

Why isn't he out there on the front with a gun in his hand?

 

Because he may not achieve much with a gun, but can create memories as an entrepreneur.

Ship em via Amazon, make money for rebuild of the country?

 

 

[heybruce]

2 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Well if it does let's hope it stays with US & Russia alone. 

Location doesn't matter.  The electromagnet pulses from a few high altitude nuclear explosions would destroy most satellites in orbit and fry digital electronics around the world.  The entire global economy would shut down for an indefinite period of time.

 

A high altitude test in 1962 disrupted electrical systems in Hawaii, which was 900 miles from the detonation.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime  That was during the days of vacuum tube electronics.  Modern technology is far more sensitive.

[Bkk Brian]

another one bites the dust ????????

 

Tenth Russian General Reportedly Killed in Ukraine

 

According to open-source data followed by the Kyiv Post, his death would be the tenth among Russia’s corps of generals in Ukraine since Feb. 24.

Video posted on social media showed the alleged command post being struck by what appeared to be Grad rockets fired from a multiple-launch rocket system or systems.

 

https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/tenth-russian-general-reportedly-killed-in-ukraine.html

Edited May 1, 2022 by Bkk Brian

[balo]

I wonder how many Ukrainian generals have been killed, we never hear all the numbers.  

 

[tgw]

7 minutes ago, balo said:

I wonder how many Ukrainian generals have been killed, we never hear all the numbers. 

Ukrainian troops remain immortal until the Ruzzians are vanquished. and that's okay.

[Jingthing]

10 minutes ago, balo said:

I wonder how many Ukrainian generals have been killed, we never hear all the numbers.  

 

Fair enough but obviously Ukraine would have many fewer in the first place so ratios might be more informative.

 

If you're suggesting that non Russian state media is largely biased towards Ukraine I wouldn't disagree. 

 

But nothing to lose sleep over considering how evil the war criminal Putin side is 

Edited May 1, 2022 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, Kwasaki said:

Well I'd be annoyed if my motorbike would not start. 

 

I'm certain my "pet" cockroaches aren't worried.

[Kwasaki]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

I'm certain my "pet" cockroaches aren't worried.

Yeah horrible creatures but so amazing how they can adapt and survive an insect dinasor.

[Bkk Brian]

Got a couple of wannabe's on here I think....lol

 

‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK

 

Online operatives were found to be ordering followers to target western media outlets and politicians, according to research funded by the UK government, which plans to share it with major online platforms and other governments.

 

The study details how the Russian president’s regime is trying to manipulate public opinion on social media, as well as in the comments sections of major media outlets.

 

Targets include the social media accounts of Boris Johnson, the British prime minister; the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz; and the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk

[Kwasaki]

56 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Because he may not achieve much with a gun, but can create memories as an entrepreneur.

Ship em via Amazon, make money for rebuild of the country?

In the east of Ukraine there's a city now that only takes rubles as it's currency.

[ozimoron]

11 minutes ago, tgw said:

a motorcycle is very likely to survive an EMP without damage.

The intent of his post was to demonstrate a lack of empathy, not to discuss the technical possibility that motorcycles might be affected or not by electromagnetic radiation.

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

In the east of Ukraine there's a city now that only takes rubles as it's currency.

How does that effect the war in Ukraine?

[ozimoron]

4 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

In the east of Ukraine there's a city now that only takes rubles as it's currency.

So that's the equivalent of the argument about banning Russian in the Donbas region, right? Discrimination against Ukraine in their own country?

[RJRS1301]

13 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

In the east of Ukraine there's a city now that only takes rubles as it's currency.

and that is relevant  why?

 

 

[Mavideol]

18 hours ago, Chris.B said:

Vladimir Putin 'will undergo cancer operation in the near future

 

• Russian leader set for surgery, which officials insist is 'of no particular urgency'
• Power over Ukraine war will transfer to ally and Security Council chief Patrushev
• Putin has cancer, Parkinson's and 'schizophrenic symptoms': Telegram channel

 

Daily Mail

 

 

while there surgeons should try to fix his brain as well

[RJRS1301]

25 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Well I'd be annoyed if my motorbike would not start. 

 

Think you can outride the radiation fallout?

 

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, tgw said:

frightening: it's all already planned. timing and location of tactical nukes actually take weather into account, especially winds at high and low altitudes and precipitation to help guiding the fallout onto the enemy and sparing other countries.

 

Putin bragged about the nuclear heads and that's a big mistake.....as my father used to say ""Dog who barks doesn't bite"" if he wanted to use them he would have done so without bragging about it. What I can't figure out it's why Nato and/or US military doesn't go in, after all Ukraine asked for help not lie in Syria who didn't ask fro help but the US went in or Nato in Kosovo/Yougoslavia/Serbia also  the UN not moving in to help secure human corridors, what's the purpose of the UN, useless and should be dismantled, one of it's security members with veto power invaded a neighboring country braking the UN charter and they let it slide

 

[rudi49jr]

Over the last three months, six Russian oligarchs with Kremlin ties died under suspicious circumstances. Apparently they all committed suicide. Coincidence?
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10770211/Six-Russian-billionaires-executives-oil-giant-Gazprom-died-suicide-three-months.html

 

Not only is being a general in the Russian army a very dangerous job these days, so is being an oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin/Putin. You can have all the money in the world, but if you’re one someone’s (won’t say whose) sh*tlist it’s not going to help you one tiny little bit. 

[RanongCat]

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Prescient Russian lady

 

 

Which side  "she " on?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, RanongCat said:

Which side  "she " on?

Decency.

[RanongCat]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Decency.

Oh ok ! Not so clear for me  to say ! is like prediction of all dead anyway so why fight. Jst be happy  miserable like Rssians !

[Jingthing]

23 minutes ago, RanongCat said:

Oh ok ! Not so clear for me  to say ! is like prediction of all dead anyway so why fight. Jst be happy  miserable like Rssians !

She had Putin's number. 

[CharlieH]

Off topic posts and response removrd.

[ozimoron]

The British Foreign Office said on Sunday Russia is using a troll factory to spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine on social media and target politicians across a number of countries including Britain and South Africa.

Britain cited UK-funded expert research, which it did not publish. It said the research exposed how the Kremlin's disinformation campaign was designed to manipulate international public opinion of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, boost support for it and recruit new sympathisers.

 

https://nordot.app/893273374932680704?c=592622757532812385

[ozimoron]

In addition to slamming Russian President Vladimir Putin for military “incompetence,” the former commander also accused him of unleashing war crimes on Ukraine, beginning with “the illegal invasion of a neighbor and a democracy” and including “massacring” civilians, destroying cities and “using rape as a weapon of war.”

Stavridis said General Alexander Dvornikov, who Russia last month put in charge of its invasion of Ukraine, is “well-known to Western intelligence as the ‘Butcher of Syria.’”

 

https://thehill.com/news/sunday-talk-shows/3472752-ex-nato-commander-loss-of-top-russian-officers-amid-invasion-unprecedented-in-modern-history/

[Bkk Brian]

Another strike into Russia today.

 

Video: Russians film today’s explosion of an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region.

 

Explosions at military arsenal in Tomarovka of Belgorod region

 

https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/1-may-explosions-at-military-arsenal-in-tomarovka-of-belgorod

 

 

Edited May 1, 2022 by Bkk Brian