/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 11, Part 1 (Thread #113)

Best quote from this article "Except it turns out that Russia’s foreign reserves strategy had a major flaw: About half of the money was held overseas in foreign banks—and now Russia can’t get to it."

Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 05:37 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 04:26 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 04:22 UTC

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Latvian volunteers are sending 20,000 "hedgehogs" to Ukraine for piercing tires of Russian occupation vehicles.

As well, they are bringing pickup trucks to carry machine guns

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1500325466795872259?t=LOUunocMPbu2-3k-AyKFWg&s=19

Comment by Dat_Mustache at 06/03/2022 at 05:27 UTC

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Someone posted this in the last thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF9KretXqJw

This is a lecture given by a Finnish intelligence officer who specialized in Russia, it's culture and leadership.

It explains a lot about what we're seeing currently, and possibly what is to come in the future. This lecture was given in 2018, 4 years ago. And everything the Colonel says in this video is exactly whats happening today.

Edit: I'd watch the video at 1.25x or 1.5x if you can read that fast.

Comment by Sanehka1803 at 06/03/2022 at 05:47 UTC

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All government owned Russian media is reporting that Ukraine was developing a dirty bomb (so far only in Russian). It’s incredible how Ukraine/US intelligence announced Putin’s every move.

Comment by I_have_a_dog at 06/03/2022 at 05:32 UTC

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From what I’m seeing, Putin didn’t expect:

1. Sanctions as severe and far reaching as what were imposed recently

2. Ukrainians to fight for every inch of their soil

3. ``` Russian Morale and equipment condition to be abysmal ```

4. US and NATO to supply a seemingly endless train of ATGM and AA missiles to Ukraine

The FSB and GRU must be the sorriest excuse for an intelligence community that I have ever heard of.

I’m pretty sure contracting with Best Buy to put the Geek Squad on the job would have worked out better for Putin than the absolute fucking crayon munchers he currently employs.

Comment by BasicLEDGrow at 06/03/2022 at 04:35 UTC

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Thanks to all the posters for helping me stay informed. I appreciate everyone's time.

Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 05:55 UTC

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"Lieutenant Kovalensky said he learned Russia would invade Ukraine only the evening before the tank columns began moving, and that soldiers at the rank of sergeant and lower were not told where they were driving until after crossing the border." NYTimes

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1500336947805528067?t=N9l6_qSDTj6YdEMmbtPmlg&s=19

Comment by boraboradreaming at 06/03/2022 at 04:23 UTC*

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Situation in Mariupol.

Really difficult. The Mariupol it used to be is destroyed.

The occupants have shut down electricity, mobile networks, water utilities. The city is sieged and daily shelled. The hospitals, residential and government buildings are bombed.

There are thousands wounded and killed!

The major of Mariupol is pleading for HELP!

Please share. Here is his interview in Russian. I know many of you do not understand but this is trusted source of information. I have relatives living in Ukraine.

Edited: From what he is saying the russian forces are trying to destroy as much infrastructure, get rid of people so they can have easier connection to Crimea. They already destroyed a dam built to block the water to Crimea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtcOnKIISo[1][2]

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtcOnKIISo

2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtcOnKIISo

Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 04:20 UTC

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Comment by hopeitwillgetbetter at 06/03/2022 at 06:45 UTC

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The Ukrainian military has just released its operational report as of 6am local time, noting its forces have been “fighting fierce battles to maintain certain borders”.

A defence operation in the eastern part of the Donetsk operational district is underway while efforts are focused on defending the city of Mariupol, the military said.

According to the report, Russian forces were stopped from an advance towards the Dnipropetrovsk region from Balaklia and an operation to defend the city of Chernihiv is underway.

The report references the “heavy losses in weapons, equipment and personnel” alongside the losses of 88 Russian aircraft and helicopters.

“Some enemy pilots who catapulted and survived were found by Ukrainian soldiers. They have received medical treatment and are already testifying about the Putin regime’s crimes against humanity,” the report read.

Due to the resistance of the entire Ukrainian people, Russian troops have been “demoralised” with “extremely low moral and psychological state ... due to awareness of the real state of affairs” Ukraine’s general staff of the armed forces said.

Source:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/05/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-nato-gives-green-light-to-bombing-with-lack-of-no-fly-zone-says-zelenskiy[1] (just popped 10 minutes ago)

1: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/05/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-nato-gives-green-light-to-bombing-with-lack-of-no-fly-zone-says-zelenskiy

Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 10:01 UTC

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Comment by smt1 at 06/03/2022 at 04:26 UTC

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good post/thread on r/AskHistorians about the oligarchs/russian government:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/t6z8xb/we%5C_have%5C_heard%5C_the%5C_term%5C_russian%5C_oligarchs%5C_so%5C_often/hzgz4vm/[1][2]

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/t6z8xb/we%5C_have%5C_heard%5C_the%5C_term%5C_russian%5C_oligarchs%5C_so%5C_often/hzgz4vm/

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/t6z8xb/we_have_heard_the_term_russian_oligarchs_so_often/hzgz4vm/

Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 05:31 UTC

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Comment by elbartooriginal at 06/03/2022 at 05:48 UTC

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Cheers for 10 days of free Kyiv.

Comment by llahlahkje at 06/03/2022 at 04:32 UTC*

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Pro tip I read from previous Ukraine resistance to Russian domination: Paint dinner plates black and place them upside down in the road to get vehicles to stop to investigate before proceeding (since these will resemble mines).

While they are stopped they are a much easier target for molotov cocktails.

If it is a tank -- aim for behind the turret. The air intake / engine port is generally there.

If an AP transport -- look for a vent (the invaders need to breathe after all) and aim for that.

It is easiest to do so from a higher height, obviously.

EDIT: Might be buried but obviously don't do this alone. If you've got a group of tall buildings around your trap that's ideal -- multiple molotovs available on each side since it's not likely to be one vehicle.

If you don't have live communications establish a first, second, etc -- fire your rounds and GTFO so you all can do this again.

Comment by sendokun at 06/03/2022 at 05:11 UTC

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-weighs-three-way-000147123.html

Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden throwing their full support behind backfilling Poland with F-16s if they were to hand over their Russian planes, saying they would work to ensure there was funding to finance the transfer.

For anyone familiar with current US Politics, how ridiculously rare that a Democrat and a Republican can actually agree on something. And they both agree that we need to help Ukraine in anyway we can …

Comment by unhingedmicrowave at 06/03/2022 at 06:50 UTC

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we’re near the romanian border and are hoping to get there soon 🥺 thank you so much for the well wishes you guys

Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 09:01 UTC

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Comment by [deleted] at 06/03/2022 at 07:54 UTC

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Just hoping one day I wake up to the mega thread “Putin to step down, withdraw forces from Ukraine”