Russia invades Ukraine

[Cheese]

SitRep - 03/02/25 - Trump wants rare earth metals in return for U.S aid to Ukraine?

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886514362455875806


Russian losses per 03/02/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff. +1300 men

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886323004881142026


Ukrainian drones struck the Astrakhan gas processing plant & Lukoil refinery in Volgograd overnight.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886323738007756941


Reports indicate that Armen Sarkisyan, president of the "DNR" boxing federation and founder of the "Arbat" battalion, was killed in an explosion in Moscow.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886361587507659088


Ukraine reports 62,948 people missing as of February 2025, including military and civilians.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886511228228448369

[Johnny Makarov]

Like how much of an a-hole are you when this is considered reasonable...

I thought the orange rapist was going to flip and give all the US weapons to Russia when he got elected. Because Putin told him to

SitRep - 03/02/25 - Trump wants rare earth metals in return for U.S aid to Ukraine?

[dissentowner]

How is this still a thing? I thought the orange goblin was going to end this 24hrs after being elected?

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Like how much of an a-hole are you when this is considered reasonable...

I thought the orange rapist was going to flip and give all the US weapons to Russia when he got elected. Because Putin told him to

Zelenskyy offered this months ago.

[Huntingwhale]

Russians occupy a lot of those lands. Want access to those deposits? Give us what we need to clear out the trash. As well, if you are digging for those minerals alongside us, the Donbas will need protection. Security guarantees.

Zelensky has been offering up those minerals to Trump for a while now in exchange for security guarantees. I personally don't trust Trump to keep his word about anything, but in the perfect world that's more than a fair tradeoff to help push out an invading force.

[Itse]

This seems like Zelenskyi trying to play Trump.

In exchange for you helping us get our land back, we will give you the right to invest in making that land profitable again.

Obviously the details would be everything, but if Zelenskyi manages to pull off a deal like this, it could essentially mean locking the US in for the rebuild part too.

[Cheese]

Ukraine reportedly proposed continuing Russian gas transit in exchange for the return of ZNPP & stopping attacks on energy infrastructure—but Russia refused.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886714495650640125


The Ukrainian company Robotized Complexes has unveiled the "Plyushch" ground drone with a 10m retractable mast. It can serve as a radio relay or EW station, operating remotely & silently.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886704544295301122


UAV operators of the 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade, together with units from the 38th Marine Brigade, struck two Russian IFVs with infantry and a tank on the Pokrovsk front.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886702928368476350


Defense Express: Ukraine has been allowed to strike deep into Russian territory with Western weapons. "The situation regarding restrictions on using Western weapons for strikes on Russian territory has indeed changed for the better.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886805948418736412


Budanov denies that the North Koreans have left the Kursk region: "their activity has simply decreased due to heavy losses

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886799731692560589


IIHF extends Russia and Belarus’ ban from international hockey through 2025-26 due to security concerns.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886799405841346683


Russia recruits 1,000 Ukrainian children into Yunarmiya in occupied Zaporizhzhia.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886795850724090128


Russia’s Lavrov compares Trump’s ‘America First’ to Hitler-era slogans, warns US policies threaten diplomacy. He claims Washington must accept a multipolar world and stop resisting Russia’s rise.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886789056605921298


Squid games

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886784953553158192

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Defense Express: Ukraine has been allowed to strike deep into Russian territory with Western weapons. "The situation regarding restrictions on using Western weapons for strikes on Russian territory has indeed changed for the better.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886805948418736412


Budanov denies that the North Koreans have left the Kursk region: "their activity has simply decreased due to heavy losses

https://twitter.com/user/status/1886799731692560589

North Korean being out of troops = didn't leave, they are one with Kursk.


Ukraine being allowed to strike deep into Russian territory is an interesting one as this is occuring since the Trump administration.

I am pretty sure Trump is very pissed of by Putin refusing his peace plan and we see this with the deal with Ukraine aid for minerals (which are currently mostly in the Donbass and under Russian control).

https://www.politico.eu/article/krem...rth-resources/

"If we call things as they are, this is a proposal to buy help — in other words, not to give it unconditionally, or for some other reasons, but specifically to provide it on a commercial basis," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday.

Well yeah...that's the point.

[Firebot]

wrong thread

[bc-chris]

"If we call things as they are, this is a proposal to buy help — in other words, not to give it unconditionally, or for some other reasons, but specifically to provide it on a commercial basis," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday.

kinda like what russia did to get north korean troops for the meat grinder??

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Firebot

Ukraine being allowed to strike deep into Russian territory is an interesting one as this is occuring since the Trump administration.

I am pretty sure Trump is very pissed of by Putin refusing his peace plan and we see this with the deal with Ukraine aid for minerals (which are currently mostly in the Donbass and under Russian control).

Trump also has a pattern of doing the opposite of whatever the previous guy was doing, just because.

I can also very easily see Trump getting rid of the restrictions essentially because he doesn't get the reasoning behind them. Which in this case is good, because the reasoning was always faulty.

Plus he just isn't careful and wants to leave his mark everywhere.

Reportedly many Ukrainians thought Trump would be a better president for their interests, and so far it seems they could be right. Or at least not wrong

In any case, if Russia was thinking they only need to last until Trump comes to power, that clearly didn't play out the way they hoped.

There has to be a lot of people in Russia asking what the plan is now.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Itse

Trump also has a pattern of doing the opposite of whatever the previous guy was doing, just because.

I can also very easily see Trump getting rid of the restrictions essentially because he doesn't get the reasoning behind them. Which in this case is good, because the reasoning was always faulty.

Plus he just isn't careful and wants to leave his mark everywhere.

Reportedly many Ukrainians thought Trump would be a better president for their interests, and so far it seems they could be right. Or at least not wrong

In any case, if Russia was thinking they only need to last until Trump comes to power, that clearly didn't play out the way they hoped.

There has to be a lot of people in Russia asking what the plan is now.

As long as the aid keeps flowing to allow Ukraine to continue to defend itself.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Itse

Trump also has a pattern of doing the opposite of whatever the previous guy was doing, just because.

He even criticized the guy that made that stupid USMCA deal that was so bad for the US.

[Fuzz]

Two top Russian colonels plunge from high windows with one killed and the other left fighting for life as spate of mysterious deaths involving Putin officials continues

A top Russian colonel has died after mysteriously plunging 50ft from a window, while another was seriously injured from a similar fall in the latest spate of suspicious deaths involving Kremlin officials.


Colonel Alexey Zubkov - an employee for the Russian Investigative Committee - is fighting for his life after he plummeted 40ft from a bathroom window, according to Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ments-14363275


They just completely gave up on fancy covert operations like using Novichok and have resorted to what works and is reliable. Gravity. It does seem though they found the magic number, and it's more than 40 feet, but 50 is cool.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ments-14363275


They just completely gave up on fancy covert operations like using Novichok and have resorted to what works and is reliable. Gravity. It does seem though they found the magic number, and it's more than 40 feet, but 50 is cool.

The great thing about throwing a guy out of a window is everyone knows what happened while you can still call it an accident.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ments-14363275


They just completely gave up on fancy covert operations like using Novichok and have resorted to what works and is reliable. Gravity. It does seem though they found the magic number, and it's more than 40 feet, but 50 is cool.

That's the whole point. They want people to know he was killed.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ments-14363275


They just completely gave up on fancy covert operations like using Novichok and have resorted to what works and is reliable. Gravity. It does seem though they found the magic number, and it's more than 40 feet, but 50 is cool.

Originally Posted by CroFlames

That's the whole point. They want people to know he was killed.

Over under on when this is happening in the States?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Over under on when this is happening in the States?

I can't see it happening in the U.S. because past government officials that opposed Trump at least have security detail.

Oh wait, never mind.

[undercoverbrother]

Odd doesn't seem to imbed


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Q9PGDFDLE

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