US and NATO escalation of conflict with Russia is leading to war

[Polymathic]

That's cause so many of them are part west asian.... for lack of a better term.

Western Eurasian Steppe.

Interesting fact : Slavic is more closely related to Sanskrit and Persian than it is to other European languages

 

[GhostSixFour]

Europe gas goes to even higher record prices, good job Europe

I don't think you quite realise who holds the cards with Europe's energy problem

Blegh. I have a contract for gas and electricity. My prices can't go up for the next three years.

 

[Mortymoose]

Vlad better not screw up my Febraaierie, only six more days left and that Ruski bastard wants to feck up the world.....

 

[rambo919]

Western Eurasian Steppe.

Among others.... Russia has actually been forced to be a frontline territory against multiple waves of Asian invasion from different groups.

 

[Cray]

Does the rock hate the ant it crushes?

Sometimes people just do things because they can. You don't need to hate someone to kill him.... he just needs to either have something you want or to be irritating in some way.

Hate implies you care enough about someone to bother to actively hate.... banal indifference is more often than not the cause of evil than hate. I think everyone focuses so much on projected hate out of fear and envy.... and as a way to make themselves feel better than insignificant in the face of a giant.

Indeed, the banality of evil, as exemplified by Adolph Eichmann.

 

[etienne_marais]

So it has been declared a war? not just foreplay?

As far as I know war has not been officially declared by either side.

Lets me wonder, those that lived during the whole appeasement of Hitler drama, did they also have to endure these sort of preludes we getting bombarded ...get on with it already

 

[backstreetboy]

Will wait for Joe Biden to say it else it's just FUD.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

I am not sure how much gas the EU has stored as a reserve.

basically none:

EU gas supplies on 'safe side' for winter even if Russia cuts tap

Russia supplies about 40% of the EU's gas. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

they've been using the reserves for months to slow the price hikes, if Russia closes the taps they are completely fahked

 

[BBSA]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496098550593331206

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Russia is the aggressor in this situation, as they started to mass troops and military equipment near the borders of Ukraine, even setting up camps in Belarus near the Ukrainian border

that's an annual event, not an aggression

NATO has been doing drills in Latvia (i.e. directly on Russia's border) annually for years as well ... and they started it by expanding east in the first place

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496098550593331206

an almost 400% increase in price yeear-on-year ... "better position" my ass

 

[The Trutherizer]

Nice religion you got there.... pity you have to resort to the use of force to implement it.

That's par for the course for religions though. Rofl.

 

[Unhappy438]

Details of sanctions being imposed on Russian banks and individuals today​

This is what Boris Johnson said in his opening statement about the sanctions being imposed today.

Today, the UK is sanctioning the following four five Russian banks: Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank.
And we are sanctioning three very high net worth individuals: Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg, and Igor Rotenberg.
Any assets they hold in the UK will be frozen, the individuals concerned will be banned from travelling here, and we will prohibit all UK individuals and entities from having any dealings with them.
This is the first tranche, the first barrage, of what we are prepared to do: we will hold further sanctions at readiness, to be deployed alongside the United States and the European Union if the situation escalates still further.

 

[daveza]

 

[rvZA]

What fckn WW3?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

so when do we bend down and Kiss our Collective asses goodbye?
Nuclear war even this far south isn't pretty.

Essentially we will be slowly poisoned and not go out in one big bright light.
so more time to loot and steal essentially.

 

[Unhappy438]

Uefa set to move Champions League final in wake of Russia-Ukraine crisis​

The movement of Russian troops into east Ukraine now makes it virtually certain the fixture will be moved, with the governing body having been monitoring the situation since last week.

Uefa set to move Champions League final in wake of Russia-Ukraine crisis

European football’s governing body is holding talks about moving the 2022 showpiece game away from St Petersburg

www.independent.co.uk

 

[neoprema]

This wouldn't have happened if you would all get damn vaccinated!

 

[Agent_Smith]

Ugh, war. What is it good for... Good God, ya'll...

 

[Cray]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496098720076767236