Meanwhile in Ukraine

[Smitty-48]

Russian artillery barrage in Kharkov.

https://twitter.com/olgatokariuk/status ... xmaTCQnnEw

BM-21 Grad 122mm rockets

[DrYouth]

The rouble has collapsed.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-e ... -isolation

The move will be one of the largest one-day slumps in the Russian currency’s modern history, similar in scale to the one-day declines recorded during the worst moments of the country’s financial crisis in 1998, when Russia defaulted on its debt. In mid-morning in Moscow, the Russian central bank raised its key interest rate from 9.5% to 20% in an effort to stem the rouble’s slump, and the country’s finance ministry ordered companies with foreign-currency revenues to convert 80% of their income into roubles.

[The Conservative]

This is a proxy war...once the players weaken Russia by supplying Ukraine...I'm waiting to see what happens to see which country flinches first.

[Smitty-48]

in terms of the Russian nuclear alert status

the Russians don't have DEFCON

in Russia the alert status is binary

"Peacetime" or "Combat"

under "Peacetime" alert status, the President of the Russian Federation does not have launch authority

so by upgrading to "Combat" alert status, Putin can now issue launch orders at short notice

under "Peacetime" the Russian strategic deterrent is in a launch on warning mode

the "Combat" mode is really about the tactical nuclear weapons, "Combat" mode is for battlefield use

[Hastur]

The rouble has collapsed.

Plan

1. Make war unpopular/painful for all russians
2. Pin war on Putin
3. Make ending war == ending pain
4. Profit (https://www.martinhash.com/forums/viewt ... 70#p355161)

[Hastur]

Sic semper tyrannis.

[The Conservative]

Sic semper tyrannis.

If Putin stays in power after this, the citizens will be told otherwise.The rest of the world may be right, but brainwashing a generation+ of people to think otherwise... well we know how that plays out.

This right now, Russia is Germany Pre WWII... you give time for Putin to put a spin on history for his people, and we may see what really comes of it. We can't keep having corrupt leaders stay in power, the sooner people realize that the better.

[Xenophon]

All I know is that all the people that hate me want Ukraine to prosper.

Putin doesn't seem so bad, comparatively speaking.

[C-Mag]

All I know is that all the people that hate me want Ukraine to prosper.

Putin doesn't seem so bad, comparatively speaking.

I can't escape that either.

Ukraine is a pawn to them.

[The Conservative]

All I know is that all the people that hate me want Ukraine to prosper.

Putin doesn't seem so bad, comparatively speaking.

Hitler didn't seem so bad either... just remember that.