The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine.

[angrysoba]

Give them air cover. It's clear Putin doesn't want to escalate either. Otherwise he would have already escalated over the missile shipments, or the sanctions.

I would have been against it, but it is looking more and more necessary. Given that the war will slowly grind in Russia's favour towards an inevitable battlefield victory without NATO air power coming to the rescue, I now see it as worth doing.

Also: bonus video of Russian helicopter getting shot down.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1500038514037202947

 

[Andy_Ross]

BBC Rolling

A ceasefire agreed between Russia and Ukraine to allow civilians to leave the city of Mariupol is not being fully observed, according to the city council.

In a message posted on Telegram, the council said that fighting was taking place in the Zaporizhzhia region, which is where the humanitarian corridor ends.

Ukrainian officials are negotiating with the Russian side to confirm the temporary ceasefire along the entire evacuation route, the message said.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Or:

- NATO says NO because it doesn't want to start a nuclear war.

- NATO says NO because Ukraine was always just a sacrificial pawn in NATO/US geopolitical power games (maintain unipolar global hegemony).

Quisling

 

[Andy_Ross]

BBC Rolling

We just posted reports that the ceasefire was not holding at the end of the evacuation route out of Mariupol.

We are now hearing the city itself is still under shelling.

"The Russians are continuing to bomb us and use artillery. It is crazy," Mariupol deputy mayor Serhiy Orlov told the BBC.

"There is no ceasefire in Mariupol and there is no ceasefire all along the route. Our civilians are ready to escape but they cannot escape under shelling."

 

[Andy_Ross]

BBC Rolling

Evacuation of Mariupol has been postponed
The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol has been postponed, according to the Mariupol city council. It says the Russian side has not been observing the temporary ceasefire in place.
It says residents should disperse and find places of shelter, and that more information will be given soon.

A few minutes ago the city's deputy mayor told the BBC that Mariupol was still being shelled, and there are also reports that fighting is ongoing near the end of the evacuation route.

There’s continuous shelling in Mariupol, and along the agreed evacuation route, near the city of Orikhiv.
"It's not safe to go by this road because of these fights," he says.

 

[Mike!]

BBC Rolling

Evacuation of Mariupol has been postponed
The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol has been postponed, according to the Mariupol city council. It says the Russian side has not been observing the temporary ceasefire in place.
It says residents should disperse and find places of shelter, and that more information will be given soon.

A few minutes ago the city's deputy mayor told the BBC that Mariupol was still being shelled, and there are also reports that fighting is ongoing near the end of the evacuation route.

There’s continuous shelling in Mariupol, and along the agreed evacuation route, near the city of Orikhiv.
"It's not safe to go by this road because of these fights," he says.

Did anyone really think the Russians would keep their side of this deal?

Maybe Putin's and his loyal billionaires will have to use some of their own loot to fund the fight. After all what's the point of amassing all that money if they you aren't going to use it?
Also, by all accounts Russia has a huge gold reserve, they have been hoarding it for years.

What good will that do them if there's no one to exchange it with? Maybe they can come up with a way to eat it when the food starts running out.

 

[Ivor the Engineer]

Give them air cover. It's clear Putin doesn't want to escalate either. Otherwise he would have already escalated over the missile shipments, or the sanctions.

I may be being hopelessly optimistic, but perhaps the intelligence services have a good idea as to Putin's game plan and have advised the current policy of an economic war along with supply of decent weapons to the Ukrainians over direct NATO-Russian warrior to warrior combat.

I think this is a battle of perception rather than land. So long as Ukrainians are killing Russian invaders Putin can't directly use that without completely inverting reality, a task which will be hard to maintain over time given how trivial it is to bypass information lockdowns.

If NATO planes are shooting down Russian planes then Putin will have it all over Russian state TV to demonstrate the NATO aggression he's been defending Russian's from. The free press of other countries would confirm this reality when they report Russian planes being shot down.

 

[Andy_Ross]

BBC Rolling

Zara will close all of its 502 clothing stores in Russia from tomorrow, its owner Inditex says.
The global fashion business will close all stores of its eight brands: Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home, and Uterqüe.
Inditex tells the BBC it's drawing up a plan to support its 9,000 Russia-based employees while services are "temporarily" suspended.

Meanwhile, Samsung - the leading supplier of smartphones in Russia, ahead of Xiaomi and Apple - will suspend shipments to the country "due to current geopolitical developments".

And online payments company Paypal has also shut down services in Russia, condemning the country's "violent military aggression". It says it will support withdrawals "for a period of time".

 

[The Great Zaganza]

BBC Rolling

Zara will close all of its 502 clothing stores in Russia from tomorrow, its owner Inditex says.
The global fashion business will close all stores of its eight brands: Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home, and Uterqüe.
Inditex tells the BBC it's drawing up a plan to support its 9,000 Russia-based employees while services are "temporarily" suspended.

Meanwhile, Samsung - the leading supplier of smartphones in Russia, ahead of Xiaomi and Apple - will suspend shipments to the country "due to current geopolitical developments".

And online payments company Paypal has also shut down services in Russia, condemning the country's "violent military aggression". It says it will support withdrawals "for a period of time".

This will be a shock to many Russians.

 

[timhau]

Did anyone really think the Russians would keep their side of this deal?

This. A hundred times this.

 

[Andy_Ross]

BBC Rolling

Haas end driver's contract & partnership with Russian chemicals company.

Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has been sacked by the Haas team as a result of his country's invasion of Ukraine.

The US-based outfit have also terminated the contract of their title sponsor, the Russian chemicals company Uralkali.

Uralkali is part-owned by Mazepin's billionaire father Dmitry, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, through his company Uralchem.

 

[jimbob]

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