Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022

[Elley Mae]

It’s as if P got a terminal illness notice from his Dr.

Jmo

 

[sunshineray]

Killing imagination?! imo. rbbm.
April 2021
Chernobyl captures imaginations, brings underground tourism 35 years after nuclear disaster - ABC News (go.com)
''John is one of many so-called "Stalkers," the name -- taken from the 1979 Andrey Tarkovsky film -- for illegal explorers of the 30 kilometer abandoned zone around the Chernobyl former nuclear power station. His group, Chernobylexplorer, is one of the agencies offering unauthorized tours of the zone that in 1986 was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

At one time, the "Stalkers’' attitude to Chernobyl were seen as unusual, but 35 years after the catastrophe, the site increasingly holds a different place in many Ukrainians’ imaginations. For some, it is becoming a place of inspiration and rebirth, and that now -- in a strange irony -- needs to be protected.''
Stalker | Trailer Legendado | HD - Bing video
15 sec in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine Chernobyl urbex tour - YouTube

I suppose watching nature take over and hopefully rebound is a good thing but I doubt that's why Putin wanted in there.

 

[zencompass]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-nato-feb24-2022-1.6362531


"NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Russia has launched war on Ukraine and shattered peace on the European continent."

"Stoltenberg called for a summit of NATO leaders for Friday. He spoke shortly after the transatlantic alliance agreed after emergency talks to further beef up its land, sea and air forces on its eastern flank near Ukraine and Russia."

"Russia has attacked Ukraine," Stoltenberg said. "This is a brutal act of war. Our thoughts are with the brave people of Ukraine."

"Peace on our continent has been shattered," he said. "This is a deliberate, cold-blooded and long-planned invasion. Russia is using force to try to rewrite history."

 

[shotgun09]

They know there will be no return fire. They can just hunker down, build a landing strip, plan whatever. This goes beyond anything I expected them to do. Why capture Chernobyl indeed.

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[Elley Mae]

I suppose watching nature take over and hopefully rebound is a good thing but I doubt that's why Putin wanted in there.

Could be used as staging area, no ones going to bomb there.

Jmo

 

[AliceInPain]

It’s as if P got a terminal illness notice from his Dr.

Jmo

<modsnip> I didn't want to say this before.
I was thinking this too! If he does, he will just destroy the world while he can.

 

[K9Enzo]

I reckon it’s to cause widespread fear of a potential radioactive leak. It’s all been sealed up for decades… he wants to wield the power and threat of unsealing it.

Agreed. It's a key landmark that was decommissioned and abandoned decades ago. This is a scare tactic that will sadly terrify people. IMO

 

[MagicRose99]

CNN puts it in perfect terms: Basically, Russia wanted a promise that Ukraine would not join NATO. NATO allies ignored this and this made Russia strike out to take control of Ukraine.

What does Putin want in Ukraine? The conflict explained - CNN

 

[Bit of hope]

Biden has spoken.....what should I think of it...

 

[Niner]

My nephew (USMC) just got deployed to Latvia

Welcome him to my country!

and Welcome to the Canadians!

 

[Bit of hope]

Agreed. It's a key landmark that was decommissioned and abandoned decades ago. This is a scare tactic that will sadly terrify people. IMO

Yes, it does...totally.

 

[whitelilac]

<modsnip> I didn't want to say this before.
I was thinking this too! If he does, he will just destroy the world while he can.

I had this thought too. I noticed he looks puffy in recent photos.

I have several artist friends in Ukraine.....one of whom just had serious surgery in Kiev. They are distraught and scrambling.

 

[Elley Mae]

Biden has spoken.....what should I think of it...

Not sure, listening to cspan, heard a ? About the sanctions, he said we’ll have to wait a month to see if they work.

Idk

Jmo

 

[Elley Mae]

However, Johnson indicated that the G7 nations were unable to come to an agreement on kicking Russia out of the SWIFT international payment system that is used to assist transactions by global banks. Ukrainian officials, led by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, had begged for the West to take such a drastic step.

Biden announces new Russia sanctions, GOP faults 'weak' leadership

….

This doesn’t help.

Jmo

 

[Simply Southern]

Welcome him to my country!

and Welcome to the Canadians!

Happy to see you, hope you are safe and well. I've been thinking about you for days.

 

[Elley Mae]

He wants it, yet he destroys it.


Jmo

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I guess this list is why we’ve had to keep Russia on side despite their leader being a
crazed and vengeful megalomaniac:

List of exports of Russia - Wikipedia

 

[Dontknow?]

KyivPost
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The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is under heavy fire with reports of hundreds of explosions. The city is one of the biggest Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea. Taking Mariupol would help Russia secure a direct land route to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

How NATO has expanded eastwards and infuriated Putin:

 

[zencompass]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-ukraine-russia-attack-1.6362554

Excerpts:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a new suite of "severe" sanctions against Russian entities after the country's president, Vladimir Putin, launched a series of unprovoked attacks on neighbouring Ukraine late last night.

The economic measures — which the government says were carefully coordinated with other G7 countries — are meant to hobble Russia's economy as its forces push further into Ukraine.

These sanctions are wide-reaching. They will impose severe costs on complicit Russian elites, and they will limit President Putin's ability to continue funding this unjustified invasion," Trudeau said.

Canadians are also barred from purchasing Russian sovereign debt and dealing with two state-backed Russian banks.

Effective immediately, Canada also will stop issuing export permits for Russian products and cancel existing permits.