re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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And a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin that the Russian military is not moving or fighting at night: Most movement starts just before dawn and occurs during the day because they don’t have night vision and are not trained in night vision, which contributed to slower than expected progress.

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I mean, if you can't move at night and it is Winter with shorter days, how in the hell can movement be "slower than expected"? That should be obvious to pretty much anyone involved in planning the invasion. The Russians need to lay off the Vodka during game planning sessions.

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Buy Tito's from Texas.

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I like Finlandia and Effen, but now I just get the Kirkland’s brand and put it in nice decanters,

Crystal head is good too. I’m a sucker for a nice bottle

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Not arguing you, just bringing up they are lowering their use of nuclear power from 75% to 50% by ~2035, unless things have changed. Interesting that they are still building smaller reactors while doing this.

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All good. Not intending to argue either, just discuss.

It is a change of course for them from what I understand. These new reactors would start coming online in 2034 if I remember correctly. I think it’s 14 that they’re adding to current capacity and seem to be trying to develop/improve exports of nuclear reactors.

I caught on with the uranium shortage a little while back and invested some in a uranium company so I’ve been keeping up with it much more than before which was basically zero. 100% not an expert.

Also, this is a major reason why Kazakhstan is actually important, they control 40% of global uranium production.

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Until Saturday, Germany had clung to a longstanding practice of not permitting lethal weapons that it controlled to be transferred into a conflict zone. That stance bewildered some European officials, even more so after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion and launched missile strikes on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

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Reich incoming

Have to say, the last thing I expected from this conflict is Chechens being proud to fight for Russia.

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Surreal: a Ukrainian drives up to Russian invading soldiers, asks, did you break down, they respond, he says, maybe I could tow you back to Russia. They laugh. Then he tells them, Kyiv’s fine, many of your guys’ve surrendered. Drives off to only run into another broken down tank

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Twitter link with English Subtitles

Fricking savage

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Have to say, the last thing I expected from this conflict is Chechens being proud to fight for Russia.

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I would distinguish between Kadyrov’s thugs and normal Chechen people.

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Vindman….He's a garbage human being

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More bullshite from Trumpist.

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Damn, you're dumb.

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Germany will be, quite literally, in the dark along with much of Europe if they block SWIFT access. It's essentially a suicide pact.

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Pisses me off that the US was energy independent and was exporting oil and gas to Europe under Trump. We could be bolstering our own economy by cutting Russia out of the EU market and supplying them ourselves but potato in chief is too stupid to do it.

Oh and this is exactly why Trump put us in the position to be energy independent.

These people are Bad Luck Brian's in real life.

[BBC News] I escaped Kabul, now I’m in the middle of another war

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Afghans who fled the chaos and fighting after the Taliban took Kabul in August have been telling me of their shock at being caught up in the war in Ukraine.

"The situation of Afghanistan when the Taliban took over was better than what I'm seeing here in Ukraine. We are now escaping again, but this time to an unknown destiny," says Haidar Seddiqi, a 36-year-old former Afghan military officer.

Seddiqi tells me how he woke for morning prayers on Thursday to find his refugee camp in northern Ukraine thrown into chaos as the Russian invasion began.

"It was all over the news. People started shouting until eventually the authorities in the camp opened the doors and told us to escape."

They walked for more than 75 km and made it to the northern city of Chernihiv, which is now a conflict zone. Seddiqi is now trying to reach Ukraine's western border to escape.

Afghans walk on the road carrying possessioned in plastic bags
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Mr Seddiqi says he was among 250 refugees left stranded "in the middle of nowhere"

Fazila Haidari, 26, and her younger sister were flight attendants in Afghanistan. They ended up in Lviv, western Ukraine, after fleeing the Taliban.

They have been waiting in Ukraine to be resettled to a third country. They have been desperately seeking help, contacting anyone they know.

"We thought it'd be safe here but look at the situation. I've been calling UNHCR and other organisations, but no-one is answering our calls," Ms Haidari says.

“I was happy that I survived the Taliban, but I'm now wondering if leaving Kabul was the right decision because I'm now in the middle of another war."

They have now left Lviv to try and reach the Polish border.

There are an estimated 5,000 Afghans living in Ukraine, including 370 who fled in August when the Taliban re-took control of the country.

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