re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Russian Air Force cargo planes are currently airborne and heading toward Central Siberia.

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From the alternate reality of DD Geopolitics -

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Six Russian Air Force cargo planes are currently airborne and heading toward Central Siberia.

Russia is currently rumored to be preparing for a massive Summer offensive.....

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Um... wait. Isn't the Ukraine front in the opposite direction? Is this how the Heroes of the Russian People start their big offensive...? I mean, that's what we're being told, right...?

Oh... wait.

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A number of Russian Air Force transport and airlift assets are fleeing Moscow tonight as Ukrainian attack drones target the area.

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1x Tu-214ON
2x Tu-154B-2
3x Il-76MD
1x Tu-152M
1x Tu-134AK

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This is the second Moscow-area airfield evacuation forced by Ukrainian attack drones this week.

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More on the 21st Century Potato Famine -

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“Yesterday [Monday], I met with representatives from various business sectors, including agriculture. It turns out that we don’t have enough potatoes,” Putin said during a televised meeting.

“I spoke with [Belarusian President] Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko. He said, ‘We’ve already sold everything to Russia’.”

The previous day, Lukashenko’s press office joked that Belarus had already planted additional potatoes.

Belarusians have reportedly been complaining for months about the poor quality and limited supply of potatoes in stores. In April, authorities in Minsk allowed for price hikes on potatoes, cabbage and onions. By early May, Lukashenko admitted that potato shortages were becoming a problem.

Meanwhile in Russia, potato prices have soared. According to state statistics agency Rosstat, retail prices rose 92% last year. By May 2025, year-over-year prices had climbed by 166.5% — making potatoes the fastest-rising food item in the country and setting a record for the highest annual increase since the start of recorded statistics in 2002.

Russia has also become the world’s most expensive market for wholesale potatoes. According to the agricultural analytics firm AB-Center, wholesale prices jumped 285.5% year-over-year by early April, rising from 11.4 rubles ($0.14) to 42.4 rubles ($0.53) per kilogram (excluding VAT). By comparison, the global average stands at about 17 euro cents (roughly 15.5 rubles) per kilogram.

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Maybe the North Koreans can send some of their potatoes. They're famous for their potatoes and their huge food surpluses.

Just whatever you do, don't tell the Russian public where vodka comes from...



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The poll, conducted between April 24 and May 4, 2025, surveyed 2,021 Ukrainian citizens aged 18 and older in territories under Ukrainian government control. According to the survey, only 11% of respondents said they primarily speak Russian at home.

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The Kyiv Independent

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In either scenario, I would suggest there is a strong likelihood of war, unless in the case of Russia losing and being greeted not as complete villains but potential future partners for peace. That is the key difference between WWI and now. We don't have to be necessarily vindictive in how we approach Russian reintegration or Ukrainian rebuilding. Within a decade of the end of WWII, the first Treaty of Paris was signed between two former Axis powers and countries they fought in a war, which set the stage for what became the EU. If we can repeat that lesson between Russia and Ukraine, we can most definitely prevent another war.

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I don't know, there is really nothing to suggest that we will be open to integrating Russia in any meaningful way post-war no matter what they do (and historically a lot of that is their own doing as well, it isn't just us being "mean" to them). Trump is probably the most likely President to do that, but realistically unless the trajectory of his administration changes we are going to get someone further to the left of Biden when the pendulum swings back in 2028, and who knows what the state of the conflict will be by then if it hasn't been "resolved". If there was a time to try to integrate and influence Russia, it is before the power vacuum that Putin's exit will create.

I also believe we might both be half right in that no matter which road we go down there is a broader conflict toward the middle of the century coming.

It is funny, who’d believe that Ukrainians would be upset and mad at their invaders and those bombing their homes, stores, schools and killing hundreds of civilians.

Obvious propaganda.

Trump had been attempting to build a bridge with Putin, but haven’t you noticed Putin has played those efforts?

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Trump had been attempting to build a bridge with Putin, but haven’t you noticed Putin has played those efforts?

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Does every single comment have to cover every single thing currently going on? I didn't know I was expected to give a full breakdown of the current happenings every single time I posted, my mistake.

Crazy that you expect so much from me, but you still won't give me a yes or no answer to a question from months ago.

SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre
@StratcomCentre
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Summary of Last Night's Strikes on Russian Military-Industrial Targets

Ukraine’s Defense Forces, including the Armed Forces, Special Operations Forces, and the Security Service (SBU), have conducted coordinated strikes on key Russian defense industry sites:

Dubna, Moscow Region

Target: "Kronstadt"

Specializes in unmanned aviation systems

Produces drones: Orion, Alien, Lightning, Thunder, Termite, Helios, Sirius

Includes ground control systems

Russian air defense (PPO) was active but failed to stop the strike

Target: Rainbow Plant

Manufactures guided missiles of various types:

Air-to-air, Air-to-ground, Ground-to-ground

Known missile models: KIMI-101/555, RI-69, ZA-59MK

These weapons are used by Russia to strike civilian areas in Ukraine

Moscow Region

Target: AT "Angstrem"

Develops and manufactures microelectronic components

Supplies critical parts to the Russian military-industrial complex

Confirmed strike at the facility

Dmitriyevsky Compound, Ivanovo Region

Target: Chemical Production Facility

Produces organic chemicals for:

Explosives and propellants

Rocket and aviation fuel additives

Supplies components to various Russian defense enterprises

Explosions confirmed at the site

Ongoing Operations These strikes are part of a coordinated Ukrainian campaign targeting facilities that directly support Russian military aggression. The campaign is ongoing.

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Its propaganda because its an obvious point in a skewed survey

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It is an obvious result, but why would you think the survey is skewed?

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It is an obvious result, but why would you think the survey is skewed?

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Because it doesn't include the people that Russia is disputing want to be part of Russia?

Its kind of an obvious statistical method that you want a varied, "random" population to get any kind of meaningful results.

In this case, meaningful results aren't achievable because of conditions.

The people who did the survey know that. They weren't expecting any different answer than the one they got. So why do it at all? So you can say you did a survey and write stories about the results that support your point.