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Russia invading Ukraine is a Psy-Op, they are not carpet bombing civilians and public infrastructure, they are only targeting Neo-Nazi military locations, but this scum are using civilians as human shields. Part of why this "invasion" is looking drawn out, is because Russia is securing locations for civilians to safely exit, and, they are actually "encircling" these cities and forming a 'military cauldron' (look up the definition), in the hopes of the Ukranian Neo-nazis to surrender. Don't believe the mainstream news Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, in fact it is the very opposite. China aiding Russia for military aid? For what? Russia supplies arms to China, this is another bogus story from the West.

You want to inform us what Russian media and propaganda puts such ideas into your head?

Quote from WZP

You want to inform us what Russian media and propaganda puts such ideas into your head?

You don't have to believe and choose a side. If you want to get your news from the Western media, so be it. Your decision, your choice.

Quote from inc0gnito

Sanctions will hurt Russia in the short-term yes, but in the long-term this will hurt the the USA more. The death of the Petrodollar might be sooner than previously thought.

Can you elaborate on that? I don't see USA will be hurt in the long run. Indeed, they are the winner of this conflict pretty much in every sense

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Can you elaborate on that? I don't see USA will be hurt in the long run. Indeed, they are the winner of this conflict pretty much in every sense

I would guess he means the creation of alternative systems to SWIFT.

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China aiding Russia for military aid? For what? Russia supplies arms to China, this is another bogus story from the West.

This would've been the most hilarious news of the decade, except people actually believe this stuff.

Quote from serdar

This is a war between America and Russia, and unfortunately Ukraine is just a collateral damage for USA.

Putin is seen as a political genius by some people but this attempt to invade Russia proves that he is just another Impulsive angry man who can be manipulated and triggered easily.

NATO has started to loose its appeal in recent years: Macron calling NATO brain-dead, Germany improving its relationships with Russia with expansion of Nord Stream 2, none of NATO countries spending as much military expenses as USA asks from them etc. These all were too concerning for USA, that's why they needed to create a common enemy again. By triggering Russia by interfering Ukraine's internal affairs, supporting the coup, offering to Ukraine NATO memberships (although USA promised that he wouldn't expand in neighboring countries of Russia in previous international agreements)

At the end, USA played its cards well, and Putin took the bait and invaded Ukraine. And what happened:

1. NATO's popularity increased drastically. More and more countries want to join to NATO (Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Moldova and Serbia)

2. NATO member countries finally increased the amount of military budgets, which was something USA complained about for a long time. (Germany commits €100 billion to defense spending after Putin's attacks)

3. USA has all the excuses to impose ANY sanctions to their only competitor. Now countries are racing each other to introduce a new sanction to Russia every day. This situation gives competitive edge to USA pretty much in every trade field.

Again, Russia couldn't be more wrong by invading a sovereign country. But I hope people would see a bit more than the surface of the iceberg which Western media is imposing non-stop.

I just want you to imagine, what would be USA's reaction if Mexico would decide to join Russia with a military pact of which only reason to its existence is 'to defend' the world against Russia. Do you think in that case, USA wouldn't have invaded Mexico? Just like they did in Iraq with false claims of massive chemical weapons?

Putin was stupid by taking the bait. Now Russia is lonelier than ever. Russian civiilians will suffer a lot due to sanctions and hatred growing towards them all over the world. Europe will face many economical problems themselves due to high inflation and massive immigration wave from Ukraine.

Can you guess who would benefit the most out of this conflict now?

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Great analysis and these kinda strategies have been imposed by the West for years. Another winner during this conflict imo is China, their ''neutrality'' was maybe unexpected but staying in the shadows of these conflicts helped their overall image which was on a low before, not to mention Russia (and other countries isolated by the West) will be even more dependent on them in the future.

You are so right on this mostly hurting everyone in the region btw. The witch hunt continues as well, every country that has ties with Russia or is neighboured to Russia without being part of the Western zone will be hurt. The prices in Russia itself have already skyrocketed and the common folk are struggling.

With all that said Russia (Putin) is still to blame for acting the way it did as you said, all invading Ukraine did was hurt the region and hurt Russia itself. It was a faillure.

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Can you elaborate on that? I don't see USA will be hurt in the long run. Indeed, they are the winner of this conflict pretty much in every sense

“The oil market, and by extension the entire global commodities market, is the insurance policy of the status of the dollar as reserve currency,” said economist Gal Luft, co-director of the Washington-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security who co-wrote a book about de-dollarization. “If that block is taken out of the wall, the wall will begin to collapse.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/mark…ng-yuan-chinese-oil-sales

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I would guess he means the creation of alternative systems to SWIFT.

SWIFT is just a minor nuisance if we look a the bigger picture.. The status of the dollar as the world's reserve currency is at stake. The YT video below explains this eloquently and is simple to understand (but is kinda long-ish around 45min long) but is very well presented IMO.

Quote from inc0gnito

You don't have to believe and choose a side. If you want to get your news from the Western media, so be it. Your decision, your choice.

Poor Ukrainian refugees are now my neighbors so I don't have to watch any TV to know what they are going through. WAKE UP!

Here is the reason why Russian athletes should be removed from international stage:

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Here is the reason why Russian athletes should be removed from international stage:

What's written on the papers can anyone translate?

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Here is the reason why Russian athletes should be removed from international stage:

Nazi fans.

DISGUSTING DISGUSTING DISGUSTING, not just a crime against humanity anymore but a crime against nature and a crime against the children of tomorrow! This is like agent orange all over again in Vietnam.

Here is a vid to see how chemical warfare destroys GENERATIONS. Warning: shocking content!

Everyone acting like covid is over and are not wearing face mask anymore.

Quote from Rains

Everyone acting like covid is over and are not wearing face mask anymore.

And ?

If you are afraid wear a mask and get vaccine. Simple as that.

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And ?

If you are afraid wear a mask and get vaccine. Simple as that.

And?

Acting like that's the solution is a sure fire way to create variants after variants. There's a reason most variants are popping in UK because that's where restrictions aren't placed anymore. Telling me it's as simple as that? Don't come to me with a shocked pikachu face when there's a VOC out there that actually does the job to off humanity from this world.

Wearing a mask is frankly more simple than your "live like there's no covid" solution. Simple as that.

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Wearing a mask is frankly more simple than your "live like there's no covid" solution. Simple as that.

hospital workers wear masks every single day. haven't heard them complain like a b****

That being said, I wish we could take the masks off. I certainly don't enjoy it.

Brave woman

There is radical ppl on the right and in the LEFT