Putin today announced the sale of gas for rubles to unfriendly countries.

Is a month too long for you to cover an area the size of the UK? Do not relax there, given the rich traditions of Bandera in Ukraine, there are at least a few more months of total cleansing ahead.

This is not rubbish, but a direct challenge to Russia throughout the global financial system as part of the first response to the economic sanctions imposed by the West.

Europe will buy gas for rubles, try to think about this thought slowly for a deeper understanding of the meaning of what is happening.

You are walking on very thin ice trying to justify Nazism. In Russian cities there are no streets of Stepan Bandera, as in forty cities of Ukraine. There are no Nazi torchlight processions in Russia. In Russia, it is not customary to glorify Nazism. If there is something similar in other European countries, the current events in Ukraine are a chance to wonder if they want to continue doing this, risking running into a "denazification" operation. Russian troops are not liberating Ukraine, they are engaged in its "demilitarization". Without an army and weapons, you can jump as much as you like.

Paper, sugar.. How about gas for rubles? 

And here's something really special on Biden's instagram - his congratulations to the people of Iran on the new year (Nowruz) lol. It looks a little ridiculous, but what can you do just to annoy the Russians. Remind me which one of them is a professional comedian - Zelensky or Biden? Biden's jokes seem definitely funnier to me lately.

Easy, illusions don't interest me. Curiously, you are more concerned with what kind of planes the Russians will fly than what you will eat. While valiant Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting untold losses on Putin's army (according to Ukrainian propaganda), the disruption of the sowing campaign in Ukraine has already taken place. And Ukraine is the breadbasket of all of Europe (was).

Послание США и НАТО Зеленскому больше похоже на послание Гитлера Паулюсу под Сталинградом - "Умри доблестно во славу Салорейха!"

This is not true, the MS-21-310 modification is equipped with the Russian PD-14 engine, which is produced at the UEC-Perm Motors plant. This is the first domestic aircraft engine for civil aviation after the collapse of the USSR. Only four countries in the world make aircraft engines for civil aviation, and Russia is also in this club. The problem with bringing domestic components to 100% is that this market is dominated by Boeing and Airbus, but after the imposition of sanctions, they eliminated themselves, so now this is not a problem.  

In fact, a much bigger problem is the sanctions from ASML, a manufacturer of lithographic equipment. Without this equipment, it is difficult to develop domestic microelectronics, regardless of the amount of cash injections into this area. Here, Russia may fall into a strategically disadvantageous dependence on China, which has achieved significant success in its import substitution, although it seems that ASML equipment is not available in China either. It is definitely in Taiwan, but that's a completely different story.

In short, it always arrives strictly only at the place where reconnaissance drones or space satellites recorded firing at the positions of Russian troops. An exception to this rule is military infrastructure objects confirmed by intelligence (military airfields, fuel and ammunition depots, etc.). This operation is also Putin's performance for NATO combat generals, who are closely watching what is happening and they are not brainwashed by inspiring propaganda, they soberly assess what is happening. Putin shows NATO the capabilities of modern Russian weapons and how to fight - without general mobilization, without numerical superiority and without burning entire neighborhoods with fire.

NATO does not get involved in this war - so the lesson is learned correctly. Biden said yesterday that the Kinzhal hypersonic missile is basically nothing special, it's just almost impossible to stop. It flies for 1000 kilometers at a speed of Mach 10 in a cloud of hot plasma, invisible to missile defense radars and at the same time able to maneuver. It is capable of hitting buried objects protected from nuclear weapons or, for example, an aircraft carrier. NATO thought it was a cartoon, because they have nothing like this in their arsenal, but it turned out to be a reality. Didn't the Russian Solntsepek system impress you? This is the one that destroyed the barracks at the express training center for reservists the night before yesterday. For the townsfolk, what is happening is a tragedy, but for the military, it's just work. And the Russian military is doing a good job.
Of course it's a success. What makes you think that a blitzkrieg was planned? From Russia, about 200 thousand soldiers take part in the operation, against 300 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (whom the West has been pumping up with weapons for many years and trained by NATO instructors) and with a total length of the front line of 3.5 thousand kilometers. Now look at the map of hostilities (if you do not believe the data of the Russian Defense Ministry, take the data that is published in the West). Or is it presented in the Ukrainian media as a tactical lure of Putin's soldiers to their territory before a decisive march on Moscow?  

Really?

Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine (by Time)

Ukraine Neo-Nazis Infiltrate EVERY LEVEL Of Military & Government (by The Jimmy Dore Show)

Ukraine's far-right children's camp: 'I want to bring up a warrior' (by The Guardian)

This is not Russian propaganda, these are investigations and reports from the Western media. Enjoy.

Kyiv has been surrounded by Russian troops on three sides for more than two weeks. The southern direction remains open to allow the maximum number of residents to leave the city, in order to minimize civilian losses during the assault on the city. What Putin really got wrong in my opinion is that he hardly expected that the Ukrainian military would use civilians as human shields. In the practice of warfare, this is regarded as a war crime.

I call on all civilians of the Kyiv to leave the city as soon as possible, while there is such an opportunity. The exit through the humanitarian corridor will be fraught with additional risks, and you may have to go through a search for Nazi tattoos on the body, bruises on the shoulder from the belt of the machine gun, calluses on the finger from the trigger, and through a detector for the presence of traces of explosives and powder gases on the skin. This standard procedure may not seem like the most pleasant experience of your life.

It means that someone was attracted from the second group, mostly the letter Z flashes on military equipment.

The uniqueness of this operation is that Russia does not have a numerical superiority over the well-armed and motivated regular troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this contradicts all the canons of military science (the attacking side must have a three-sixfold numerical advantage). The success of the operation is largely due to Russia's dominance in the air and preventive strikes with high-precision weapons on military infrastructure.

Ukraine's plan was to attack the Donbass in early March and have NATO declare a no-fly zone. Putin struck a preemptive strike when he realized that a clash was inevitable, and he himself declared a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Plus, he struck not from the east, where he was expected, but from the north and south, confusing all the cards for the generals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine lost this operation even before it began.

In winter, military exercises took place on Russian territory near the border with Ukraine, in which two groups participated - Z and V (west and east). Now a group of Z is involved in the operation. And where is the second group V? Probably in operational reserve, polishing uniforms for the parade, but this is not certain.  

There is also a medium-haul narrow-body airliner MS-21 by the "Irkut" corporation, an approximate analogue of the Boeing 737. It is really not easy to quickly replace all Boeings and Airbuses with domestic aircraft, but nature does not tolerate emptiness and the place vacated on the market after the departure of Boeing and Airbus will not be free for long. Western economic sanctions may cause Russia some discomfort, but Russia secured all strategically important areas from sanctions pressure in 2014, after the annexation of Crimea.

Madam, please stop the tantrum, my tone is quite calm. The "whole world" that hates Russia is just the USA and its lap dogs. South America, Africa and Eurasia (minus Western Europe) do not join the sanctions against Russia. In Western Europe, too, there are disagreements on this issue. This is a confrontation between the "golden billion" against the remaining seven billion, and you are not even in the majority to raise your voice against Russia. So shut the fuck up, please, or at least be more polite. You are not in a position to dictate your terms to Russia.

Давеча ещё разок Кинжалом ёбнули, на этот раз по ТЦ в Киеве. Ну как бы с одной стороны гражданский объект, а с другой стороны там хостились дюжина Градов, и на видео с дронов и на снимках из космоса это прекрасно видно. Глупые укры даже не поняли, что их спалили с воздуха, и попросили больше не снимать и не выкладывать в инторнет фоточки военной техники. Блять какие же вы дебилы, не понимаете смысл господства России в воздухе и возможности современного высокоточного оружия. Вчерашний Кинжал прилетел за тыщу километров с территории России и попал точно в перекрестие прицела, потому что оттуда стреляли по нашим позициям. Вот и вся история про бомбёжку гражданских объектов, не надо прятаться за спинами мирных жителей и не будет прилетать с неба на гражданские объекты.

В Сирии была промо-акция Калибров, на Украине сейчас промо-акция Кинжалов. За экспортными Калибрами (с ухудшенными характеристиками) потом очередь покупателей выстроилась. Кинжалы пока не продаются - слишком охуенные (даже если все характеристики ухудшить вдвое, как обычно делают на экспорт). Поищи тред на реддите с обсуждением вчерашнего эпизода, там публика изрядно охренела что дескать всего пицот кг тротила, а нихуя себе как мощно ёбнуло. Так потому что точно в украинские Грады попало и на скорости десять махов - вот и ёбнуло.

Don't you know that just recently another tranche was made to service Russia's external debt, and the payment from the blocked accounts was successfully completed. Although there was a real risk of a technical default, and Putin even gave instructions to service the external debt in rubles.

Russia has had a steady budget surplus for many years and its external debt is relatively low. I'll tell you more, now all imports to Russia are blocked by almost 100% and exports are blocked by only 30%. This makes Russia's foreign trade balance very strongly positive, although it was positive before. I hope you have enough economic literacy to understand that a positive foreign trade balance favorably affects the national currency. If you do not buy anything, but continue to sell, although less and at a discount, you will have more money, not less. Is it too difficult to understand?  

Rumors of the death of the already twice "torn to shreds" (the first time after the annexation of Crimea in 2014) of the Russian economy are greatly exaggerated. Try to learn how to live with it somehow.

Yes, it was a mistake, but is Putin's mistake? All the countries in the world watched how the US and Europe blocked the reserves of the Central Bank of Russia and obviously thought - are our own funds secure enough if they can be blocked so easily? The American dollar will soon lose the status of the world's reserve currency, this is obvious. Saudi Arabia's talks with China regarding the sale of oil for yuan have greatly disturbed Biden, and it is understandable why. America is waiting for a jump in hyperinflation in the near future. At the same time, Russia has not even introduced its counter-sanctions yet, and it has something to say about this. A little later, when the sanctions hysteria in the West subsides.

As one of the measures, the cessation of uranium supplies to the United States is now being discussed. This will make electricity much more expensive. I think Russia's economic response to sanctions will focus on simple basic things - electricity, gasoline, food. Due to the quantitative easing programs that have intensified against the background of the pandemic, these simple basic things have already risen in price noticeably (multiple!) even before the invasion of Ukraine. Russia is always ready to lend a helping hand to friendly countries, but not to unfriendly countries. Now there are 48 states in the list of unfriendly countries of Russia. And I think many of them will want to get out of there very soon, when they feel the economic burden from the consequences of their own short-sighted decisions more fully. Because hunger is not an aunt.

It doesn't matter how much money you have if truckers have blocked the roads due to high gas prices and the shops have run out of food. Think about it at your leisure.

In Kyiv on May 9 2022, a traditional parade will be held in honor of the victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany. It is naive and foolish to doubt it.

Well, that means they'll die. The right to live includes the right to die. The principled selfless position is worthy of respect, but according to Darwin's theory, it is not even the strongest who survive, but those who are able to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Legally, strictly speaking, the last war was declared by Russia to Japan in 1945 (and by the way, it has not yet been completed, since a peace treaty has not been signed). All other armed conflicts on the planet after that did not have and do not have the status of war.