Kalbear Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Old lady yelling at people genre will never get old: Remember how I said that things can escalate in war without anyone intending? Here's one way: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Nothing new. Russian planes violating air space in the Baltic Sea is a regular occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Probably why I'm a borderline hardliner on regime change. I can't watch this. But I have to. We all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ran said: Nothing new. Russian planes violating air space in the Baltic Sea is a regular occurrence. That makes sense, though them doing so while a war is going on is a bit more new and more likely to cause an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungtotte Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kalibuster said: That makes sense, though them doing so while a war is going on is a bit more new and more likely to cause an issue. Swedish aircraft were airborne and had eyes on fairly quickly, according to the press release, but it's light on details such as how long was the intrusion for, how far into the airspace, etc. All they said is it was "brief" and they had "full control of the situation". So by the sounds of it the Russians took a bit of a shortcut on the edge of our airspace, which while not nothing, doesn't really sound like something either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 In terms of reaction to the war: if this is true, fuck me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Just now, kungtotte said: Swedish aircraft were airborne and had eyes on fairly quickly, according to the press release, but it's light on details such as how long was the intrusion for, how far into the airspace, etc. All they said is it was "brief" and they had "full control of the situation". So by the sounds of it the Russians took a bit of a shortcut on the edge of our airspace, which while not nothing, doesn't really sound like something either. Yeah. Here's deja vu from 2019. Here's an NYT report on Russian activities in the Baltic from 2020, mentioning Gotland again. (Gotland is an amazing place to visit, by the by, if anyone's ever taking a long holiday around Stockholm. Five hours by ferry, or a much shorter trip by plane. Especially during Medieval Week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, polishgenius said: In terms of reaction to the war: if this is true, fuck me. Not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 18 minutes ago, Ran said: Nothing new. Russian planes violating air space in the Baltic Sea is a regular occurrence. I was going to say… that’s a fairly regular occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toth Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Just for anyone interested, the National Bank of Ukraine is still taking donations for humanitarian assistance: https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-rahunok-dlya-gumanitarnoyi-dopomogi-ukrayintsyam-postrajdalim-vid-rosiyskoyi-agresiyi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, polishgenius said: In terms of reaction to the war: if this is true, fuck me. That’s about as stupid as anything I’ve ever heard, if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 21 minutes ago, Ran said: Nothing new. Russian planes violating air space in the Baltic Sea is a regular occurrence. They have a tendency to do similar things round the north of Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Kalibuster said: hee That. Is. Something. I bet a lot of us have kinda forgotten a lot of stuff, right? This is making a really big point -- though I for one, can't quite articulate it, other than among arguments I've seen advanced that more or less attempt to explain or justify Putin's fear of NATO, which is why he should be allowed to eat up Ukraine, is this might lead to an armed Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Quote But what are Ukraine's reported casualties among its armed forces? The Russians claim 2,800 Ukrainian soldiers killed. The US estimate was 1,500 before Friday. The Ukrainians are refusing to give out their figures for security reasons. But ~2,000 seems plausible, even if the Russian figure is probably a lot closer to 5,000 than 500. It does seem likely that many more Russians than Ukrainians have been killed, with the Ukrainians on the defensive and apparently making much better use of things like UAVs. Also, Ukrainian sources claiming two more Su-35s shot down over Kyiv, unclear if by ground fire or Ukrainian fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 I unironically am glued to OSINTTechnical twitter, but this one is the best dry humor: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 @Werthead The heavy snowfall occuring and predicted for Ukraine. Good or bad for Ukrainian resistance? Will it freeze the ground and allow a wider advance by Russian forces, freeze the crap out of both side (General Winter entering the fight for Ukraine perhaps?) Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: @Werthead The heavy snowfall occuring and predicted for Ukraine. Good or bad for Ukrainian resistance? Will it freeze the ground and allow a wider advance by Russian forces, freeze the crap out of both side (General Winter entering the fight for Ukraine perhaps?) Thanks. Considering the apparent logistical problems the Russians have faced, I don't think it will give them an advantage. The ground may freeze but if they don't have fuel they'll have to skate to Kyiv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: @Werthead The heavy snowfall occuring and predicted for Ukraine. Good or bad for Ukrainian resistance? Will it freeze the ground and allow a wider advance by Russian forces, freeze the crap out of both side (General Winter entering the fight for Ukraine perhaps?) Thanks. More useful to look at temperature projections than snowfall. Snow can stick to a thin layer of frozen soil or even to unfrozen ground if it comes down fast enough or with a brief cold spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 31 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: That’s about as stupid as anything I’ve ever heard, if true. Per this article the University has backtracked: https://www.newsweek.com/college-backtracks-banning-teaching-dostoevsky-russian-1684080 Quote Nori said he had been invited by the university to deliver the four-session course on Dostoevsky, whose novels include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov, starting from next Wednesday. On Wednesday, the university released a statement on its social media accounts confirming the course would go ahead. "The University of Milano-Bicocca is a university open to dialogue and listening even in this very difficult period that sees us dismayed at the escalation of the conflict," the statement said. That they even considered it is appalling, but for a little bit of context this was an invited series of lectures, not a blanket ban of FD (from what I can gather) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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