The Russia is getting more evil thread

nKoan · 2022-03-04T18:07:42.862Z

I mean, on a practical level, with all the sanctions all these companies probably cannot guarantee sales or delivery.

Juan_Raigada · 2022-03-04T18:13:06.228Z

Rouble keeps collapsing despite Russian efforts.

Mike_Hernandez · 2022-03-04T18:13:17.950Z

Has this consideration actually been a factor in the calculus of the various entities that decide to pursue armed conflict to change the status quo? Its the whole “we don’t negotiate with terrorists in order to prevent future terrorism” kind of thing to me. Does the failure of X, Y or Z country to achieve its goals via military means factor in (to a significant degree) the next country considering such options? I’m skeptical, although giving Putin an inch here does leave a nasty taste in my mouth.

Scotten · 2022-03-04T18:14:24.982Z

One of those shared Twitter lists claims FecesBook is now blocked in Russia. Ironic they are OK with poisoning social media but don’t want to face the same music.

wisefool · 2022-03-04T18:29:02.926Z

Business Insider

Russian shoppers swarm Ikea stores to stock up ahead of closures

Ikea is among a number of major US and European companies to halt services in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

Ikea pulling out. Putin getting there with the glory days of the soviet republic.

Woolen_Horde · 2022-03-04T18:31:19.098Z

Queue like it’s 1985!

KevinC · 2022-03-04T18:34:26.531Z

So glad everyone gets to suffer. Ukrainians more than Russians, but still. Good job, Putin, you fuckin’ asshole.

Ginger_Yellow · 2022-03-04T18:34:38.576Z

Menzo:

scottagibson:

why the heck does a state teacher’s pension fund hold a $13m investment in a Russian bank?

Maybe a good question, but that’s $13 million out of $26 billion, so .05% of their holdings? Not a big deal.

Yeah, for comparison, their holding of Microsoft is $442m. And at a quick glance they have/had plenty of other Russian holdings: Yandex, Lukoil, Polyus, Mobile Telesystems. It’s not particuarly surprising for a very large pension fund to have international companies in their portfolio.

Dejin · 2022-03-04T18:42:27.675Z

Tweeter is BBC Correspondent — (no Twitter blue check, but can confirm there is an official BBC News page with his name and matching image saying he’s a BBC security correspondent).

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Gordon Corera

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NEW - Russian commanders have been killed after they felt they had to move closer to the front lines, western officials say. Deputy Commander of the 41st combined arms Army killed by sniper fire. A divisional commander and a regimental commander also killed.

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Gordon Corera

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Russian commanders moving further forward to get more control and impetus behind operations which have, in some cases, badly stalled. Those commanders are trying to impose their own personality on the battlefield but this in turn, is placing them at greater risk, w. officials say

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Gordon Corera

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Fragilities in systems,combined with remarkable Ukrainian resistance,has shocked Russian commanders, western officials say, and is having a psychological impact on Russian troops because of ferocity of the fight. But for all the problems, they are likely to adapt,say w. officials

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MikeJ · 2022-03-04T18:45:08.412Z

I didn’t see this posted, but it’s a fast-moving thread. A bit of historical background on protracted war:

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry – 3 Mar 22

Collections: How the Weak Can Win – A Primer on Protracted War

This week, in an effort to fill in some of the theoretical basis for thinking about how weaker powers think about fighting against or defending themselves from stronger powers, I’m going to g…

A lot of good stuff, one sample paragraph:

Finally, it is precisely in a context of a protracted war that the expensive, stiff sanctions that much of the rest of the world has placed on Russia matter . Putin, I suspect, hoped that he could win this war quickly, after which he could present the sanctions – which I also very strongly suspect he thought would be far weaker than they have been – as useless and counter-productive, damaging the economies of NATO member states. But the longer Ukraine can protract the war, the longer those sanctions have time to degrade not only the will, but also the military capacity of Russia. In this sense, Ukraine actually can , indirectly, through world opinion, strike at the industrial base which powers the Russian war effort. Consequently, since both Ukrainian war-making capabilities (due to foreign weapon donations) and Russian war-making capabilities (due to the crippling effects of sanctions) in the long-run depend on international will and support, Ukraine has to wage their war with a lot of attention to global opinion; Russia had to do this too and it is fair to say they failed before they knew they needed to care. The longer the war is protracted, the more that global opinion will matter, as the sanctions and imported javelins and Bayraktar TB2s bite deeper.

scottagibson · 2022-03-04T18:57:17.948Z

More anecdotal evidence of shit maintenance.

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Trent Telenko

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Alright, here is another Mud & truck maintenance post. Look at the tires in the video immediately under the wheel hubs. That is oil from the wheel hubs leaking onto those tires from the hub to the ground. The seals on those wheel hubs have failed due to dry rot. 1/2 twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/…

Illia Ponomarenko @IAPonomarenko

Intact Pantsir S1 captured by Ukrainians near Bashtanka https://t.co/lAom7PMwQQ

3:06 PM - 4 Mar 2022 7K 1.8K

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Trent Telenko

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One or more of those Pantsir-S1 wheel assemblies have seized from a lack of lubrication because of leaks through the dry rotted seals. It takes about a year of not moving a vehicle for that to happen. Those poor Russian conscripts are so screwed. 2/2

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Illia Ponomarenko

@IAPonomarenko

Intact Pantsir S1 captured by Ukrainians near Bashtanka https://t.co/lAom7PMwQQ

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Dejin · 2022-03-04T18:59:51.542Z

Reuters – 4 Mar 22

Ukraine to join NATO cyber defence centre as 'contributing participant'

Ukraine will join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) as a "contributing participant", the NATO-accredited military research institution said in a statement on Friday.

Although honestly this sounds more like we’re getting more information from Ukraine than vice-versa.

“Ukraine could bring valuable first-hand knowledge of several adversaries within the cyber domain to be used for research, exercises and training,” CCDCOE Director Colonel Jaak Tarien said in a statement on the CCDCOE website.

The CCDCOE, which is based in Estonia, would benefit from Ukraine’s “valuable experience from previous cyberattacks”, the statement said.

Ginger_Yellow · 2022-03-04T19:01:10.003Z

Dejin:

several adversaries within the cyber domain

GRU, Fancy Bear, other names for GRU…

Dejin · 2022-03-04T19:05:06.938Z

Washington Post reporter, from Pentagon Briefing — this is an excerpt, click on any tweet for the full thread:

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Dan Lamothe

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Ninety-two percent of Russia’s combat power assembled at the Ukrainian border pre-invasion is now in Ukraine. That’s up from about 90 percent in a Pentagon assessment yesterday.

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Dan Lamothe

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Strikingly, Ukraine has a “significant majority” of its aircraft still available against Russia after nine days of invasion, senior U.S. defense official says. For days, U.S. has said the airspace was contested.

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Dan Lamothe

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Official frames the shelling on the nuclear plant in part as a likely play to gain leverage on everyday Ukrainians by seizing control of electrical power.

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Dan Lamothe

@DanLamothe

No “appreciable” movement has been made on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. That column of tanks and armor remains north of the city, seemingly stalled. Senior U.S. defense official attributes that to Ukrainians blowing up a bridge and “direct attacks” on vehicles.

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Ginger_Yellow · 2022-03-04T19:13:23.720Z

Beginning to think they’re just going to sit outside Kyiv, shut the power off, bombard it with artillery and wait.

SeaGreen · 2022-03-04T19:20:39.415Z

Yes. Grind. Not sure how they can do that given what’ll be happening in Russia but evidently they believe they can.

Ginger_Yellow · 2022-03-04T19:24:34.323Z

BBC News

War in Ukraine: BBC suspends its journalists' work in Russia

The temporary suspension comes in response to a new Russian law which threatens reporters with prison.

Headline is about the BBC but the more important stuff is in the copy, which has several independent news outlets in Russia closing down permanently in the last couple of days and many journalists fleeing the country.

SeaGreen · 2022-03-04T19:29:12.989Z

Every time I look at a BBC map of Ukraine the Russians are less near Kyiv. They appear to be advancing backwards. Multiple competence factors at work…

Strollen · 2022-03-04T19:33:05.179Z

Woolen_Horde:

Russia apparently doesn’t know or doesn’t care that killing Zeleknsky is only going to make him the biggest martyr in Ukraine’s history.

I’m sure they know he’ll be a martyr, but as inspirational figure Zelensky is more valuable alive than dead.

I’m guessing the Vice Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko doesn’t have his chrisma,

Gordon_Cameron · 2022-03-04T19:37:27.356Z

SeaGreen:

They appear to be advancing backwards.

Perhaps they have that ‘Tenet’ technology…