re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Thread on Chernobyl - No Worries

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@DAlperovich
Incredible drone video of a Russian tank column ambush reportedly from 6th regiment near Brovary Region, Kyiv oblast. The audio looks to be an intercept of a Russian officer calling superiors to report the ambush and death of regiment commander

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So the administration is concerned Russia has control over labs containing biology specimens? Seems like something the US wouldn't care about

Pretty sure the US is already flat out warning of a biological attack now because of the lab takeovers

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Personally, I think the threat of chemical/bio attacks from the Russians is also wildly exaggerated.


That being said, it is my understanding that the link between the labs and the Russian threat is less to do with what the Russians may utilize from the labs and more so that the Russians may false-flag the pre-existence of chemical/biological weapons in Ukraine as a pretext for retaliating with their own.

It all seems like wild speculation to me though, and I doubt it will be used.

Edit: Wall Street Journal

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki lashed out at Russian claims that the U.S. was developing chemical weapons in Ukraine, warning it could be a pretext for Moscow to use such weapons itself. Russia on Wednesday alleged without proof that the U.S. was carrying out military biological activities in Ukraine. A senior North Atlantic Treaty Organization official said there are serious concerns that Russia is setting the stage to use chemical weapons in the war-torn country. “It’s the kind of disinformation operation we’ve seen repeatedly from the Russians over the years in Ukraine and in other countries,” Ms. Psaki wrote in a series of tweets late Wednesday afternoon. They “have been debunked, and an example of the types of false pretexts we have been warning the Russians would invent.” Ms. Psaki also accused China of parroting Russia’s claims and said, “We should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation using them. It’s a clear pattern.”

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Again, take or leave Psaki’s statement. But the “threat” she’s fearing is that the Russians/Chinese are using this to establish a pretext for the abandonment of international norms regarding the prohibition of chemical/biological weapons.

Edit: Occam’s razor would suggest that the motivation for the Russian misinformation on these labs is more of a Russian version of “aluminum tubes/yellow cake” that Bush used as a pretext for invading Iraq. Doesn’t mean the US was ever in danger of using nukes of our own in Iraq. It just provided a convenient excuse for an inexcusable war.

I hate that woman, but that was a laugh about who was going to answer the long and complicated question first. It was an over the top laugh as usual, but far from inappropriate

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Thank you sir.

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It was either linked in here pages back or I stumbled across it being shared on Twitter by someone else I follow. Seems to know his stuff, but I’m not a nuclear physicist either

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I hate that woman, but that was a laugh about who was going to answer the long and complicated question first. It was an over the top laugh as usual, but far from inappropriate

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But that’s the point. She laughed it off and pointed to the Polish President to answer the question. Whenever Kamala Harris doesn’t have an answer she just laughs her arse off and says something that has nothing to do with the question waiting for someone or something to come rescue her. Like when she was asked about the border a few months ago, she smarted off and said “And I haven’t been to Europe.” This isn’t funny in the slightest. I couldn’t imagine laughing about this. She talks like I do when I’m on mushrooms.

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But that’s the point. She laughed it off and pointed to the Polish President to answer the question. Whenever Kamala Harris doesn’t have an answer she just laughs her arse off and says something that has nothing to do with the question waiting for someone or something to come rescue her. Like when she was asked about the border a few months ago, she smarted off and said “And I haven’t been to Europe.” This isn’t funny in the slightest. I couldn’t imagine laughing about this. She talks like I do when I’m on mushrooms.

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I agree, and it's her biggest tell when she doesn't know what to do next, but I don't get the outrage on this one. It seemed pretty reasonable to me.

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I agree, and it's her biggest tell when she doesn't know what to do next, but I don't get the outrage on this one. It seemed pretty reasonable to me.

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In front of the Polish President? They’re not known to be the warmest people with a good sense of humor. Honestly this has to be going through the Polish President’s head:

There are plenty of things to get outraged about. This ain't one of them. You're gonna give yourself a goddamn heart attack, man.