Is something going on in Ukraine?

[notacos4u]

Yep. In a matter of weeks, as you said, we went from open discussion, freedom of speech, to, censorship/communism. But, when this all shakes out, because it will, it will all be burnt down, then the rebuilding will begin. .Gov has/is backed against the wall, too much shit has been exposed, and not all of "We The People", are stupid and/or blind. I think, in the long run, we will win, and these psycho's of the world, will be a non-issue. Have faith. Mac

I hope you‘re correct, but call me a skeptic.. I’m amazed at how many people just bury their heads in the sand and have absolutely no idea what is really going on…. Just look at the Hunter Biden laptop, the number of people that never and probably still that have no idea about it, but when polled about it, said it would have changed their vote…. Too many are complacent, and self absorbed, and prefer to be ignorant and be too distracted by their phones and social media, than to see what is in fact going on around them

 

[LRRPF52]

most americans are only exposed to the narratives provided by the liars.
what you advocate (apparently) is to let this happen and let people's opinions be based on the lies from only one side.
sorry, but i cannot agree with you here, even if i believe your heart and data are sound.

Most Americans aren’t watching the corporate media anymore. If your takeaway is that I’m advocating for them, nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve been an enemy of the presstitute messaging as far as I can remember. All the men I respected either yelled at the TV when the nightly Russian assets like Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw ranted about how bad the US is in thinly-veiled agitprop, or others referred to media as lies and a joke. This dates back to the 1970s.

Look at Joe Rogan vs Tucker Carlson vs CNN ratings.

There is a battle going on right now for your attention. It gets its biggest funding from the legacy corporate owners who are trying to pivot smoothly into digital and online media, followed by foreign intelligence services who use illicit funds and their home nation primary industries to fund propaganda campaigns for their own interests.

China has pushed into the space where Russia dominated in that market from the 1930s-1991, but Russia never went away.

You’re falling into the myopia trap again based on years of behavioral programming, and that needs to be erased and replaced with the critical thinking pillars. If you do not do this, you will continue to be easily misled by masters of propaganda.

 

[theLBC]

 

[theLBC]

Most Americans aren’t watching the corporate media anymore. If your takeaway is that I’m advocating for them, nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve been an enemy of the presstitute messaging as far as I can remember. All the men I respected either yelled at the TV when the nightly Russian assets like Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw ranted about how bad the US is in thinly-veiled agitprop, or others referred to media as lies and a joke. This dates back to the 1970s.

Look at Joe Rogan vs Tucker Carlson vs CNN ratings.

There is a battle going on right now for your attention. It gets its biggest funding from the legacy corporate owners who are trying to pivot smoothly into digital and online media, followed by foreign intelligence services who use illicit funds and their home nation primary industries to fund propaganda campaigns for their own interests.

China has pushed into the space where Russia dominated in that market from the 1930s-1991, but Russia never went away.

You’re falling into the myopia trap again based on years of behavioral programming, and that needs to be erased and replaced with the critical thinking pillars. If you do not do this, you will continue to be easily misled by masters of propaganda.

they see the lies in social media, shared and not suppressed like conflicting opinions.
in any case...what most people see, if anything, is a constant stream of lies.

 

[lariat]

Ukraine is awash in NATO hardware. The whole country was being turned into a military base, and the fact that they had so many units on the border of Donetsk indicates very strongly that they were about to invade it. So, here is the opinion of a guy with embedded sources. He is on the burn list of the swamp, and I'll listen to someone like that over the Marxist media, the neocons, and their internet legions who search out any Wrongthink and attack it.

Larry C. Johnson: 'The Ukrainian Army has been Defeated. What's left is mop-up'

Question 1-- Can you explain to me why you think Russia is winning the war in Ukraine? Larry C. Johnson-- Within the first 24 hours of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, all Ukrainian Ground Radar Intercept capabilities were wiped out. Without those radars, the Ukrainian Air Force lost...

www.unz.com

This one comment: "And this attempt to coerce Russia with sanctions has now made it very likely that the U.S. dollar’s role as the international reserve currency will show up in the dustbin of history."

I have alluded to this in the past. The US is fucking up royally by speeding up the demise of the dollar as the world reserve currency. Long term, there WILL be takers for everything that Russia produces. Is this short-term dustup worth losing even more ground on the dollar's world status?

 

[GreenGO Juan]

Did y’all hear the speech Biden... read recently.

Remarks by President Biden Before Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting | The White House

Business Roundtable OfficeWashington, D.C. 6:10 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. My name is Joe Biden, and I come from Delaware which has more corporations incorporated than all of the rest of the country combined. (Laughter.) And I know the Business Roundtable because in the days when I...

www.whitehouse.gov

 

[Sako man]

It looks like Poland is seriously thinking about capturing considerable part of western ukraine by military force. From historical prospective, a big part of that area used to belong to Poland, so poles may see an opportunity to get it back... Of course, Poland got to have O.K. from the U.S. And so, Biden will meet them in a couple days. Not sure if he gives his O.K. or not, but ukie situation is getting very serious and extremely dangerous very fast. It also looks like Belarus may get envolved in this situation to counterbalance potential polish move towards western ukraine.

Right, and this is a really bad deal. I understand that Poland does not need Russia on it's borders, but this is that much closer to drawing in feckless NATO into a European ground war, one we will enter if NATO joins. Russia most likely plans on drawing Ukraine down the Dnieper river, and if that's the case then there would be some buffer room for Poland, which might be the best of all available options left.

I hear all these warhawks just chomping at the bit, ready for us to join in, it's reckless and idiotic. These are the same people who have no real idea what it would mean. At least it's the one thing Liberals and the NeoCons can agree on. It's so nice to know they can see eye to eye on something.

 

[LRRPF52]

This one comment: "And this attempt to coerce Russia with sanctions has now made it very likely that the U.S. dollar’s role as the international reserve currency will show up in the dustbin of history."

I have alluded to this in the past. The US is fucking up royally by speeding up the demise of the dollar as the world reserve currency. Long term, there WILL be takers for everything that Russia produces. Is this short-term dustup worth losing even more ground on the dollar's world status?

The dollar is increasing in significance as the global reserve currency. The reasons are multi-factorial, but again are based on our unique place geographically, industrially, and strategically. The US is isolated and protected from any foreign rivals on our borders because we have none. You would have to cross two giant oceans to try to wage war on the US soil.

Then when you look at our food production, energy, diversified industries, and self-sufficiency in production/consumption for energy, food, timber, minerals, etc., it makes the US market the safest place for foreign investors to park their cash and investments.

Trillions of dollars in FDI have flowed into the US over the past few decades. We see hundreds of billions in FDI most years. Most of what is perceived by Americans about our economy is a lie built on a century+ of lies.

 

[LRRPF52]

Non-biased coverage of Russian logistics:

 

[kortik]

Russia now asks to be paid in rubles for oil and gas exported to other countries. This is getting interesting... Petroruble? I think no matter how it will work in real life, it is likely going to make U.S. dollar, lets say, a bit less appreciated by a whole group of countries which rely on oil/gas imports.

 

[LRRPF52]

This is all a well documented and written about goal to bring about the fall of the USA and the NWO. It's not a secret at all. There was many videos and articles stating this much before Russia invaded. The petro dollar has to go in their eyes. Our government is intentionally making sure it happens and our children will suffer for it and knowing this we stand by and watch.

Russians and Chinese entered into the Gasprom and Rosneft deals in 2013 to the tune of $670 Billion for 30yr and 25yr contracts to help stabilize Oil/NG flow to China and cash flow to Russia. All of that Oil/NG comes from Sibersk, but Russia was only providing 11% of Chicom Oil/NG at the time and now they’re screwed because Haliburton and Slumberger just pulled out of Sibersk extraction operations.

Russia is so handicapped, they don’t have the technical skills or tooling to extract their own Siberian Oil/NG in extreme cold, so they have relied on the US and Canada to do it for them in the private sector. Those guys just literally pulled out.

Nasdaq: Why are Haliburton and Slumberger pulling out of Russian operations?

With sweeping international curbs making it difficult to conduct energy-related business in Russia — even with state-owned clients — this Houston, TX-based company took the public action. Halliburton added that it had already stopped transportation of “specific sanctioned parts and products” to Russia sometime back.

This way, HAL joined the lengthening list of oil and gas producers cutting ties with Russia as risks to finance and reputation mounts. However, it became the first energy services firm to unravel the Russian connection.

Larger rival Schlumberger SLB followed suit by announcing stoppage to investment and technology supply to its Russian venture while closely monitoring the “dynamic” situation. SLB’s disclosure heightened its concerns about the war.

China and Russia are extremely weak and vulnerable in this area, even after bribing hundreds of US politicians and businessmen for decades, even with dominant control over the information networks and propaganda. Most everything that people think they know is so far from reality as to provide them with an empty deck of cards from which to stack their concepts of the world.

 

[MarinePMI]

You gotta remember that Russians are primarily conscripts, with very few professionals to run the leadership framework. They have incrementally degraded in capability and training not only since the Soviet Times, but during them, not that they were ever highly technically or tactically competent.

A lot of that is due to the waves of attrition to prime age males from Great War, Russian Civil War, WWII, Krushchev Era, the 1980s, and final official collapse, and general distrust of conscripts.

They don’t even let enlisted work on their fighter aircraft, and use maintenance officers to do the hands-on work. Maintenance really isn’t in their culture.

Circus acts seem to be common tricks and stunts they like to demonstrate with their special military units. Beatings have been a long tradition and major problem in their army. A lot of conscripts are killed each year from internal organ damage from the junior leaders, who see beatings as a way of enforcing discipline and channeling their own personal inferiority/bad lot in life. Several young Russian friends and acquaintances I knew were genuinely worried about just basic conscript service because so many dudes get severely injured or killed.

Beatings have been the norm for centuries in the Russian Army.

Oh, my post was made half in jest. I am VERY familiar with Russian military doctrine, Order of Battle, their difficulties internally, and their state of readiness.

 

[LRRPF52]

Russia now asks to be paid in rubles for oil and gas exported to other countries. This is getting interesting... Petroruble? I think no matter how it will work in real life, it is likely going to make U.S. dollar, lets say, a bit less appreciated by a whole group of countries which rely on oil/gas imports.

Opposite will happen. This whole abortion makes the dollar far more valuable. Regional conflicts push cash and investments away from them. Say you’re a large European or Asian holdings firm. You see Russia kick this off. Where do you look to put your investor’s money?

A. Invest in Chinese Yuan
B. Invest in Russian Ruble! (Insert mongoloid face here)
C. Invest in the Eurozone, right next to Ukraine conflict!
D. Invest in the US, far away from all this mess, with the biggest economy in the world, billions of dollars floating around every day, with record-low unemployment rates.

Look at what’s happening with the Euro:

And now the US dollar:

Russian Ruble:

 

[7.62willdo]

Goodbye petrodollar…….

 

[Sako man]

Russia now asks to be paid in rubles for oil and gas exported to other countries. This is getting interesting... Petroruble? I think no matter how it will work in real life, it is likely going to make U.S. dollar, lets say, a bit less appreciated by a whole group of countries which rely on oil/gas imports.

The dollar is increasing in significance as the global reserve currency. The reasons are multi-factorial, but again are based on our unique place geographically, industrially, and strategically. The US is isolated and protected from any foreign rivals on our borders because we have none. You would have to cross to giant oceans to try to wage war on the US soil.

Then when you look at our food production, energy, diversified industries, and self-sufficiency in production/consumption for energy, food, timber, minerals, etc., it makes the US market the safest place for foreign investors to park their cash and investments.

Trillions of dollars in FDI have flowed into the US over the past few decades. We see hundreds of billions in FDI most years. Most of what is perceived by Americans about our economy is a lie built on a century+ of lies.

Very interesting, we can't forget the fact that we have or had a viable legal system that protected business, that is changing slightly under the current administration, but this protected the dollar and made it safer to invest here. China can screw investors around, as many Chinese companies have done, and their government will look the other way as there is no real legal system in place. So the Yuan is not safe, and many countries understand that, but the dollar once again is loosing ground as our country looks weaker and weaker. The dollar is directly linked to our projected strength.

As far as energy goes all we have to do is turn the taps back on, and not answer the phone. This was our strategy a few years ago, and what a difference it made, all the difference in the world apparently.

 

[LRRPF52]

These large companies do not have a moral compass. They want money above all else. Knowing this the big question is, why are so many companies willingly given up revenue to "protest" their fake outrage against Russia? I think it's because they are virtue signaling to the master minds of this great reset to secure their spot in the pecking order.

They definitely don’t want to be seen supporting Russian gas and oil operations after Russia invaded Ukraine. The reason doesn’t matter, only that they did it and now Russia and China just raped themselves, after thinking that they had secured some type of mutually-supportive long-term energy deal back in 2013-2014. If China sees an 11% reduction in Oil/NG imports, on top of every other problem they have going on right now, that could trigger the rapidity of a Chicom collapse.

Who were the biggest manufacturers of anti-Haliburton propaganda during OIF? Leftist media fed by Russians, not altruistic journalists fighting the cause of truth and justice.

 

[jb313]

Check out the machine gun

 

[Cowpokey]

Check out the machine gun
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I should probably know this already, but what does the white Z stand for?

 

[LRRPF52]

Very interesting, we can't forget the fact that we have or had a viable legal system that protected business, that is changing somewhat under this administration, but this protected the dollar and made it safer to invest here. China can screw investors around, as many Chinese companies have done, and their government will look the other way. So the Yuan is not safe, and many countries understand that, but the dollar once again is loosing ground as our country looks weaker and weaker.

As far as energy goes all we have to do is turn the taps back on, and not answer the phone. This was our strategy a few years ago, and what a difference it made, all the difference in the world apparently.

Dollar has only been increasing in value though. See my post above with the graphs. Euro, Yuan, and Ruble are all trending downwards. Yuan is in a 30 year downward trend, but Chicom media propaganda paid for and pushed by MSNBC/CNN etc. would have you believe they are the eminent next super power. Here’s the Yuan over the past year:

China, especially by getting in bed with Russia, only hurt themselves. The coordination between Xi and Putin for this invasion could likely signal the end of the Chinese system as we know it, not by our doing, but their own. They better pray Iran doesn’t do something stupid in the Persian Gulf, because that’s where China really gets their energy more than anywhere. (Russian oil had increased to 13% by 2017 for China). See that Iraq 9%? Now you know why China Diary Bushes took us to war there. Why should China fight for their own oil security when they have been bribing stupid US politicians for decades?

And even with China manipulating our military entanglements, they’re still screwed. US says, “That 20 year war sucked. Oh well. We won’t do that again."

 

[MtnCreek]

US uses the usd and our economic system to crush countries and that insures dollar dominance. Good to know.

 

[lariat]

The dollar is increasing in significance as the global reserve currency. The reasons are multi-factorial, but again are based on our unique place geographically, industrially, and strategically. The US is isolated and protected from any foreign rivals on our borders because we have none. You would have to cross two giant oceans to try to wage war on the US soil.

Then when you look at our food production, energy, diversified industries, and self-sufficiency in production/consumption for energy, food, timber, minerals, etc., it makes the US market the safest place for foreign investors to park their cash and investments.

Trillions of dollars in FDI have flowed into the US over the past few decades. We see hundreds of billions in FDI most years. Most of what is perceived by Americans about our economy is a lie built on a century+ of lies.

Your data only goes to 2018, long before the trillions we see now that have been injected. FDI is not relevant to what is being discussed. But, I'll play along with your scenario. Direct investment in the US is totally different than commodities trading. FDI is a longish term play, commodities are short term and extremely exposed to currency valuation moves. Look at your graph - it shows acquisitions, not a large investment in expansions. That should tell you that they are not purchasing to expand existing business in the US market - its a clue.

Japan tried FDI in the 80's, and everyone thought they were going to buy up the whole US. Where are they now?

Your graphs are making my point. A strong dollar is the Federal Reserve model that allows the purchase of foreign goods and services at a lower price relative to other currencies. Printing trillions in money is not moving in same direction as that goal; it will be a little while before graphs representing that stupidity comes out. Additionally, Haliburton and others will move right back in once they get concessions that they want. Oil will flow from Russia again. None of this leaving Russia for virtue signaling points is permanent.

 

[jb313]

I should probably know this already, but what does the white Z stand for?

i have no clue, I have heard a couple different theories, maybe deter friendly fire, maybe symbolism like swastika
I even asked a Russian guy but he did not give me an answer,

 

[RUTGERS95]

Right, and this is a really bad deal. I understand that Poland does not need Russia on it's borders, but this is that much closer to drawing in feckless NATO into a European ground war, one we will enter if NATO joins. Russia most likely plans on drawing Ukraine down the Dnieper river, and if that's the case then there would be some buffer room for Poland, which might be the best of all available options left.

I hear all these warhawks just chomping at the bit, ready for us to join in, it's reckless and idiotic. These are the same people who have no real idea what it would mean. At least it's the one thing Liberals and the NeoCons can agree on. It's so nice to know they can see eye to eye on something.

lol, liberal world? hardly

 

[Im2bent]

Z German of course who else would have a gat like that. @TheGerman

 

[7.62willdo]

Z German of course who else would have a gat like that. @TheGerman

Any WW1 German soldier?…..

 

[lariat]

Right, and this is a really bad deal. I understand that Poland does not need Russia on it's borders, but this is that much closer to drawing in feckless NATO into a European ground war, one we will enter if NATO joins. Russia most likely plans on drawing Ukraine down the Dnieper river, and if that's the case then there would be some buffer room for Poland, which might be the best of all available options left.

I hear all these warhawks just chomping at the bit, ready for us to join in, it's reckless and idiotic. These are the same people who have no real idea what it would mean. At least it's the one thing Liberals and the NeoCons can agree on. It's so nice to know they can see eye to eye on something.

Consider this: NATO has already entered the fight by sending in arms. Just because no one wants to say it out loud doesn’t mean it isn’t true. If giving aid and comfort to the enemy is considered an action against the State by us, then by extension we should be adults enough to admit that NATO is actively engaging against Russia. Guaranteed the Russians recognize it as such, though how they ultimately address it is to be seen.

 

[babyguppy]

Check out the machine gun
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That a " Pulemyot Maxima PM1910 comprised a 7.62mm water cooled Russian machine gun adopted in 1910 and modelled closely on the original Maxim gun developed by Hiram S. Maxim." ??
russian machine gun aka maxim

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

What I see in this graph is a diversified plan. You can shut off a couple of those suppliers and get a one percent increase from the rest and never miss a beat.

Dollar has only been increasing in value though. See my post above with the graphs. Euro, Yuan, and Ruble are all trending downwards. Yuan is in a 30 year downward trend, but Chicom media propaganda paid for and pushed by MSNBC/CNN etc. would have you believe they are the eminent next super power. Here’s the Yuan over the past year:

China, especially by getting in bed with Russia, only hurt themselves. The coordination between Xi and Putin for this invasion could likely signal the end of the Chinese system as we know it, not by our doing, but their own. They better pray Iran doesn’t do something stupid in the Persian Gulf, because that’s where China really gets their energy more than anywhere. (Russian oil had increased to 13% by 2017 for China). See that Iraq 9%? Now you know why China Diary Bushes took us to war there. Why should China fight for their own oil security when they have been bribing stupid US politicians for decades?

And even with China manipulating our military entanglements, they’re still screwed. US says, “That 20 year war sucked. Oh well. We won’t do that again."

 

[babyguppy]

Can't the USA give Ukraine it's nukes back?
- I'm sure we stashed them somewhere
edit -
We should toss in a few anti-ship missiles

 

[TheGerman]

Goodbye petrodollar…….

lol you guys are looking at this all wrong.

The ruble is a weak, bullshit and shaky currency. As soon as someone manipulates it (probably China, especially if they can then 'bail out' whoever needs a handout in exchange for running/owning the gas contracts in Russia) it'll crash hard which then puts Russia on the path of hyperinflation and puts the fall of the Soviet Union on basically repeat, for a looong time.

Europe, because they've been complacent so long and run by complete fucking retards ends up losing 50% of their heating gas supply. They will more than likely double down and tell people that 'someone needs to give us free shit so we can have heat' instead of actually realizing that they can start turning reactors back on and opening coal mines. Lack of gas/oil basically skyrockets their cost of living as well as inflation. Not as bad as Russia, but they are fucked and in a depression for quite some time. Liberals/socialists trying to tax themselves into prosperity also has a possibility of uprisings and balkanazation.

Ironically, this all only helps the petrodollar.

This is also all assuming that we somehow get rid of the fucking cancer that is Washington, soon.

 

[TheGerman]

Can't the USA give Ukraine it's nukes back?
- I'm sure we stashed them somewhere
edit -
We should toss in a few anti-ship missiles

I'll be honest.

I don't know why a new doctrine of 'we are stationing nukes there and if X Y or Z happens, they are authorized to be launched'.

You've been given a specific, public warning. You and everyone else knows the outcome. Anything that happens afterwards is 100% on you because your actions have forced it to happen. It would be like you being mad at me because you decided to stick your finger in the blender.

Fuck this proxy war bullshit.

 

[jb313]

That a " Pulemyot Maxima PM1910 comprised a 7.62mm water cooled Russian machine gun adopted in 1910 and modelled closely on the original Maxim gun developed by Hiram S. Maxim." ??
russian machine gun aka maxim

yeah, they used to pull them on horse carts way back in the day,

 

[6.5SH]

I should probably know this already, but what does the white Z stand for?

Allegedly:

The Letter “V” represents the Russian Marines
The Letter “Z” represents units in the Eastern Military District
The Letter “Z” in a square represents the Southern Military District (Crimea)
The Letter “O” represents units from Belarus
The Letter “X” represents the forces of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Putin installed warlord of Russia’s Chechnya region.
The Letter “A” represents Russian Special Forces(SSO) like Spetznaz in its various operational units.

What Do Those Letters Mean On Russian Tanks And Vehicles?

Here is what we think all those letters painted on Russian military vehicles represent.

sofrep.com

 

[Mr.BR]

Seling gas and oil in Ruble is a two for one i am somewhat surprised they haven't been using this for all these years, first they get the USD or Euro when a customer buys Ruble to pay for oil and gas second every purchase as actively pumping the currency up. An additional side benefit is it actually forces the buyer to make a way to trade past their own sanctions.

While Russian oil can theoretically be somewhat quickly replaced in Europe if there was overcapacity,the natural gas can't, it would take 4-5 years and massive investment to revamp the whole system to replace Russian gas in Europe.

But considering Diesel market is already tight it would be a major pain for EU consumers, at some point this Sanctions induced 'suffering for Ukraine' is going to come to a boiling point , where farmers and Truckers will halt entire economies in protest. ITs already happening in much of Europe its just not front page news in an effort to keep the whole moronic ''we must sacrifice for Ukraine'' going

"The thing that everybody’s concerned about will be diesel supplies. Europe imports about half of its diesel from Russia and about half of its diesel from the Middle East,” said Russell Hardy, chief of Switzerland-based oil trader Vitol. “That systemic shortfall of diesel is there.”
Hardy said the shift to more diesel consumption over gasoline in Europe had helped to create shortages of the fuel. He added that refineries could boost their diesel output in response to higher prices at the expense of other oil-derived products to shore up supply, but warned that rationing was a possibility.

Brent Soars Above $120 Amid Short Squeeze As Trafigura Says Oil "Will Hit $150 This Summer"​

Oil pushed higher ahead of high-level meetings that may result in fresh sanctions on Russia, and as a vital Black Sea terminal may be disrupted for weeks following storm damage.
Overnight, Reuters reported that Russian and Kazakhstan oil exports via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) from the Black Sea may (read: will, now that all commodities are weaponized) fall by up to 1 million barrels per day (bpd), or 1% of global oil production, due to storm-damaged berths, a Russian official said on Tuesday.

 

[aprocast]

Check out the machine gun
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With all the disinformation we are being fed I wouldn’t be surprised if the ukes dragged it and the farm cart it is in out of a museum and painted a z on it

 

[theLBC]

skipped to interesting part

 

[lariat]

How the 2014 Economic Crisis Changed Russia's Economy

Just about everyone in the United States knows something about the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. That particular crisis started in the U.S. housing

geohistory.today

 

[theLBC]

 

[TheGerman]

Allegedly:

The Letter “V” represents the Russian Marines
The Letter “Z” represents units in the Eastern Military District
The Letter “Z” in a square represents the Southern Military District (Crimea)
The Letter “O” represents units from Belarus
The Letter “X” represents the forces of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Putin installed warlord of Russia’s Chechnya region.
The Letter “A” represents Russian Special Forces(SSO) like Spetznaz in its various operational units.

What Do Those Letters Mean On Russian Tanks And Vehicles?

Here is what we think all those letters painted on Russian military vehicles represent.

sofrep.com

This kind of gets into my theory that they thought they would be moving through Ukraine quickly as there would be little resistance. With the markings on the vehicles, it would make it much easier to both ID and task/route units from the air as well as at 'traffic jams' where multiple battalions were traveling through at the same time. Otherwise everything just looks like a tank.

But have a V or Z on it and whoever the controller is knows that V goes west and Z goes north at this intersection.

 

[theLBC]

This kind of gets into my theory that they thought they would be moving through Ukraine quickly as there would be little resistance. With the markings on the vehicles, it would make it much easier to both ID and task/route units from the air as well as at 'traffic jams' where multiple battalions were traveling through at the same time. Otherwise everything just looks like a tank.

But have a V or Z on it and whoever the controller is knows that V goes west and Z goes north at this intersection.

here's what i heard, which means little of course...

the azov and others were being massed around the donbass region and other hotly contested areas, for the assault to end the separatists once and for all. this was of course what graham and mccain were in ukraine in 2016 for...to promise them more arms to accomplish this. while public discussions over arms were heard by all, there is speculation that this was ongoing, much like arms got shipped into syria to start that war...

what i heard was russians knew this and rather than confront those forces head on, they split up into smaller units to streak past those forces into different parts of ukraine to get the ukraine defenses off guard and force them to defend their backs towards the rest of ukraine.

 

[Davo308]

One reason he uses his fake ass greenscreen Whitehouse set across the street from the Whitehouse is because visitor logs to the Whitehouse are public record.

Across the street not so.

 

[Mr.BR]

We haven't even started and there are already calls for billions in bailouts to energy traders here in EU , you know its might be the first bailout in history where we would practically bail out energy companies so that they can bail out Ruble

FT reported that Europe’s largest energy traders have taken the place of Europe's insolvent banks in calling on governments and central banks to provide “emergency” assistance to avert a cash crunch as sharp price moves triggered by the Ukraine crisis strain commodity markets.
The FT wrote that in a letter it had seen, the European Federation of Energy Traders, a trade body that counts BP, Shell and commodity traders Vitol and the margin-call stricken Trafigura as members, said the industry needed “time-limited emergency liquidity support to ensure that wholesale gas and power markets continued to function”.

“Since the end of February 2022, an already challenging situation has worsened and more [European] energy participants are in [a] position where their ability to source additional liquidity is severely reduced or, in some cases, exhausted,” EFET said in its letter, dated March 8 and sent to market participants and regulators.

It was "not infeasible to foresee . . . generally sound and healthy energy companies . . . unable to access cash", the letter warned, clearly ignoring that "generally sound" companies would have anticipated such a fat tailed scenario. The fact that they didn't suggests that they were either not "generally sound", or "healthy" and certainly did not plan accordingly. And yet somehow their stupidity and/or greed makes them eligible for bailouts?

Sacrifice for Ukraine

 

[Mr.BR]

Ukraine Blocks Trans Women Refugees: "They Are Men, Must Go Back & Fight"​

according to the Italian newspaper La Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest-circulation newspaper.
The paper quoted a trans woman who shared her experience at the hands of the guards: "They are men...they must turn back and fight."
The story has been picked up by a handful of European newspapers, including the UK-based Guardian. Trans women who spoke with the two newspapers described "humiliating" searches by border guards, and other perceived depredations, before being denied further passage.

As strange hands searched her body and pulled back her hair to check if it was a wig, Judis looked at the faces of the Ukrainian border guards and felt fear and despair.
"Ukrainian border guards undress you and touch you everywhere," Judis says. "You can see on their faces they’re wondering ‘what are you?’ like you’re some kind of animal or something."
Judis is a transgender woman whose birth certificate defines her as female.
Legally, there is no reason why she should not be allowed to pass with the thousands of women who are crossing Ukrainian borders to safety every day.
Yet, on 12 March at about 4am, after a long and humiliating search, border guards determined she was a man and prevented her passage into Poland.

Trans woman ? Never heard of her

 

[RGStory]

Check out the machine gun
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Tachanka!!!!!! You've returned!!!

"Hey! Machine gun cart from Kiev!
You're our Joy and our Pride!"



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[RGStory]

here's what i heard, which means little of course...

the azov and others were being massed around the donbass region and other hotly contested areas, for the assault to end the separatists once and for all. this was of course what graham and mccain were in ukraine in 2016 for...to promise them more arms to accomplish this. while public discussions over arms were heard by all, there is speculation that this was ongoing, much like arms got shipped into syria to start that war...

what i heard was russians knew this and rather than confront those forces head on, they split up into smaller units to streak past those forces into different parts of ukraine to get the ukraine defenses off guard and force them to defend their backs towards the rest of ukraine.

Ain't that the same shit Putin said to justify the Soviets joining Hitler and invading Poland?

Something along the lines:
"We knew Poland was thinking about attacking us, so we did it first."
"We knew that Hitler was going to attack us, so we seized the Baltic states and eastern Poland as a buffer to foreign aggression."
"We've been fighting against the NWO since 1919!"

 

[Mr.BR]

Check out the machine gun
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Chinese trike ? Must be some Ukrainian booty, also the water-cooled MG only used by Ukraine and Donbas militias.

 

[Bender]

This one comment: "And this attempt to coerce Russia with sanctions has now made it very likely that the U.S. dollar’s role as the international reserve currency will show up in the dustbin of history."

I have alluded to this in the past. The US is fucking up royally by speeding up the demise of the dollar as the world reserve currency. Long term, there WILL be takers for everything that Russia produces. Is this short-term dustup worth losing even more ground on the dollar's world status?

This is all according to plan

 

[Mr.BR]

Its not that the Russians will take over anything in regards to petrodoloar, its just that now doubts have been sown into how secure dollar holdings actually are , it's not like there is some alternative there to replace it , but i think that many central banks and individuals will start hedging part of their investments away from USD ,Euro,GBP even Swiss Franc , now that that its been demonstrated how arbitrary assets can be seized .

But more than petrodolar i would be worried if i was a Swiss or French banker now that shady businessmen, corrupt politicians, criminals started looking on how to safely squirrel away the money they taught was safe if your care.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

If there's any left over I'd like one.

Chinese trike ? Must be some Ukrainian booty, also the water-cooled MG only used by Ukraine and Donbas militias.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Digital currency will be the solution.

Its not that the Russians will take over anything in regards to petrodoloar, its just that now doubts have been sown into how secure dollar holdings actually are , it's not like there is some alternative there to replace it , but i think that many central banks and individuals will start hedging part of their investments away from USD ,Euro,GBP even Swiss Franc , now that that its been demonstrated how arbitrary assets can be seized .

But more than petrodolar i would be worried if i was a Swiss or French banker now that shady businessmen, corrupt politicians, criminals started looking on how to safely squirrel away the money they taught was safe if your care.