Russia Ukraine Update Thread - part 2

Russian vengence attack on a recently liberated village called Ozerne in Donetsk region-again with the carpet bombing of a civilian area using indescriminate incendiary munitions-


I did try to find the vid without the music but no luck.

Russian stock market sees big falls across the board today due to alleged fears of martial law/mobilisation and the referendums in new areas of the south of Ukraine-

MOSCOW, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russian stocks plunged to their lowest in a month on Tuesday as Moscow reignited martial law fears with new legislation and plans to hold referendums on Russian-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine sped forwards apace.

Stocks hit their lowest since mid-August, with the dollar-denominated RTS index down 5.2% to 1,206.5 points as of 1309 GMT. The rouble-based MOEX Russian index was 5.1% lower at 2,305.7 points.

finance.yahoo.com...

A lot of things are not going Putin's way right now-which the MSM are all celebrating.
Yet I think the danger of the war spilling into other countries becomes more likely the more Putin is backed into a corner.

US response to the planned referendums in southern Ukraine is to hand over $300 BILLION of Russian frozen assets-to Ukraine!

❗️The #US Department of Justice has asked Congress to legalize the transfer of frozen #Russian assets to #Ukraine in response to the announced "referendums".
At least $ 300 billion of such assets are blocked in the United States.

twitter.com...
Putins gonna love that I'm sure.

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Well that's interesring. I wonder does Putin has Mongol blood ....

a reply to: Silcone Synapse


That's insane, civilian village and they drop that stuff there. Of course they will deny this too , and say Ukrainians did it.

a reply to: Silcone Synapse

He won't be best pleased, I'd guess.

a reply to: Kenzo
Its mental-looks like the inside of a snowglobe,or a Christmas movie.
But in reality a whole village melted and burned with lumps of magnesium based thermite kind of stuff.
Only rocks survive.
Literal hell from the sky.

Russian TV spewing more rabid hatred-this time bemoanng the missed opportunity of nuking the UK on the Queens funeral when all the enemy world leaders were there...Holy smokes Ivan that is low even for you.
Also threats to nuke Rammestein-presumably the airbase.

twitter.com...

Those people make Putin seem rather rational by comparison-could that be the plan maybe?

originally posted by: Kenzo
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Well that's interesring. I wonder does Putin has Mongol blood ....

Pretty much all Russian's have Mongol blood Poles too, eastern Germans also. You can see it in the eyelids.

The Mongols must be a pretty bad bunch when one looks at the length of the wall the Chinese built to keep them out

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Their mindset is something we cant understand fully, and they speak like if they are in point of no return now, maybe...


They have used that TOS-1 thermobaric rocket system also in Ukraine , which is also insane .

originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
US response to the planned referendums in southern Ukraine is to hand over $300 BILLION of Russian frozen assets-to Ukraine!

There's 330 billion USD plus in frozen assets and accounts across the world, plus a whole pile from oligarchs. It would be a just outcome if these funds were used to help Ukraine rebuild their nation following Russia's campaign of destruction.

Call it war reparations. Or, in Russian nomenclature, we can call it "special military operation reparations" if that will make them feel better.

a reply to: paraphi

Glorious Socialist redistribution of Capitalist's wealth, Comrade.

www.telegraph.co.uk...

Worth a read.

Blast. There's a paywall.

Apologies

If this is true , it really start to smell like total mobilization ?


There are Unconfirmed Reports that after 2359 Moscow Local Time tonight, it will be Illegal for Military Aged Men between the ages of 18-65 to leave Russia and all Territories Occupied by the Russian Federation.


❗️Biden's National Security advisor Jake Sullivan: We have information that Putin is preparing to potential mobilization measures.

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Wasn't Putin going to make a live address today?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Yes, but it`s late....Maybe he will tell about the mobilization ?

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news.sky.com...

Heads up,Putin is soon to address the nation of Russia-likley to announce annexation/referendum.


if embed doesn't work:
www.youtube.com...

For the sake of de escalation,I hope he doesn't announce full mobilisation,or changing from "special military operation" into "anti terror/war operation."
The russian stock markets are very jittery about it.

Sky news just said the address was supposed to begin at 8pm Moscow time-Its now been delayed,and at the time of writing its 9:20 moscow time.
Wonder what thats about..nothing good I expect.

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Thanks for the link

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: Kenzo

news.sky.com...

The author of that article forgot the word "sham" here:

"Russia is to hold referendums in occupied areas across Ukraine"

That should have said "Russia is to hold sham referendums in occupied areas across Ukraine".

Thankfully, the NATO general secretary came to the rescue on the same link, adding the word "sham".

"'Sham referendums' an 'escalation of war' says NATO general secretary

NATO's general secretary has hit out at Russia's "sham referendums" and said they do not hold any legitimacy."

The new mobilization draft bill that Russia's State Duma passed in its second and third readings today hasn't reached the Federation Council or Putin's desk. Yet the State Duma's website shows that it's already signed into law.

a reply to: Kenzo

Oh. Not a beacon of democracy, then?