We all already know some of the reasons why Russia and Ukraine have conflicts as reported in many media today
and this tends to be the attitude of Russia's Separatism
and this war will not easily stop or there will be peace
Can the international world as the United Nations (UN) bridge these two countries so that they can make peace or to stop the Russian attack on Ukraine
The war is not just between Ukraine and Russia. Its war between Europe and Russia and the frontline is Ukraine, where Russian bombs are killing innocent Ukrainian children. As for the issue of international relations, The most powerful thing is political and economical isolation, which of course is very bad for everyone but may help to stop war. Ukraine was simply the excuse, Putin doesn't want NATO next to his country, which was also a country that belonged in the Soviet Union, a large part of their territory is Russian and their citizens are Russian - speaking for the very same reason. The war isn't going to stop anytime soon, unless Zelensky surrenders and meet Russia's demands, something which is currently highly unlikely. Putin will keep going till he gets what he wants, one way or another. |
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Are the doctors pockets full now or are they still begging people to take a useless toxin shot? https://ibb.co/RQFKKk0 Your chart still shows absolutely nothing that relates to vaccine efficacy. I've explained this before, so not sure why you persist in posting it. What point are you attempting to demonstrate? BTW - on a totally unrelated note, did you know that more people die in plane crashes now than a hundred years ago? Time to get rid of that crappy modern technology and go back to building stuff out of wood and bits of string, amirite? ~snip~ It's surprising that we're still talking about vaccine efficacy, something which can be statically proven, while unvaccinated people account for the largest percentage of deaths or severe illness, which would require hospitalization in an ICU. I believe that we're heading towards the end of the pandemic, it's an undeniable fact that vaccines played a vital role in reducing the amount of total deaths (6,054,087 till now). |
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Despite if it's Satoshi or not, I doubt that he is but anyway, it's outstanding that someone kept Bitcoin for that long. Who knows, was this wallet lost for over a decade and recovered just now? Was he waiting for the right moment to wake up? Was he actually holding on purpose since 2010? There are a lot of questions, unfortunately, we'll never receive the corresponding answers. I doubt about the second though, since we're way far from November's ATH, while the market isn't at its best state currently.
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Oil prices have lost value the past 2 days (WTI Crude and Brent oil), dropping from $130 to approximately $110-112. Certainly not reassuring, but I guess it's better than nothing. Unleaded 95 petrol now costs 2.158/liter and diesel 1.998/liter in my area, a slight increase from my previous post. Rumors mention that the UAE might increase production, in an effort to replace Russia's imports, however, my knowledge on the subject is limited.
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In a world, where Bitcoin exists, all sanctions are pointless.
All sanctions are pointless, since they aren't directly hurting the governments (Putin in this case), but its citizens. On top of that, the condition in Europe has worsened after Putin's invasion, oil, natural gas and energy costs have skyrocketed for the whole Europe and US, banning oil imports will severely hurt us all. |
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Comparing to the past isn't of much use, the technology wasn't as advanced and conditions were much worse (The Spanish Flu appeared during or after WW1, if I remember correctly, due to the mass transportation of soldiers and the poor hygiene and living conditions). [...] After Russia's invasion, a WW3 wouldn't surprise us, while other countries could take examples from Russia, and follow the same tactics (see Turkey and Greece).
One reason that the pandemic became a global event is because countries (and economies) are so intertwined now, much more than in the past. Previously a new virus arising in China might have remained in China, but in the 21st Century anything that arises anywhere is likely to spread around the globe. On the war side, though, the fact that countries and their economies are so intertwined should disincentivise aggression. It's a major reason that big countries haven't attacked each other directly since WW2, whatever damage you can do to your opponent will also cause huge harm to your own economy. Of course there have been proxy wars and small-scale aggression, but never enough to cause a major economic reaction. What we are seeing now with Russia is a country (or rather a man) who is testing the boundaries of what he can get away with. The level of sanctions and companies disentangling themselves from Russia is unprecedented, and will cause huge damage to Russia... and hopefully (provided he doesn't resort to nuclear weapons) provide a clear example for the future that this sort of aggression will come with a huge cost. Couldn't have said better myself, due to globalization, mass transportation of people is a daily phenomenon, thousands of people are travelling within the globe, and can be at the other side of the earth, within a few hours, which in a situation of a pandemic, it could be disastrous. Even with closed borders, there are still people entering and exiting a country, for trading purposes (imports, exports, supplies and so on). Thus, it's almost impossible to contain such a contagious disease. This was also the main reason the Spanish Flu was so widespread, killing millions of people. The virus was said to originate from infected soldiers in military camps, and then brought overseas due to the WW1. It's not a simple coincidence, that in both cases, mass transportation played a vital role in the pandemic's progression. |
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May Russia be wise in taking over Chornobyl and not use it rashly. One nuclear reactor that once exploded had a very terrible effect, don't let it happen again.
I've heard Putin's remarks about nuclear, and I believe that Putin and Russia are not so barbaric to destroy the world without really strong reasons.
You have to be seriously fucked in the head to think that there might possibly exist "really strong reasons" to destroy the world. Or you're just shitposting random phrases with no clue what you're talking about. There are unconfirmed rumors that the annexation of Chernobyl might have caused a possible radiation leak, due to loss of power. Not sure if has been proven otherwise, however, it's certainly not positive that Russia is capturing nuclear power plants. Things can easily take a turn for the worst. |
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I'm sure that the Ukrainian government is corrupt and has oppressed many people within its borders at various occasions, BTW, which is why I wouldn't donate to their official BTC addresses or anything like that.
To be fair, Putin and his rich buddies are largely responsible for corruption in Ukraine over the past 15+ years. And If things go his way enough, it wouldn't be a surprise if a chunk of the donations end up in the pockets of Russians. So you're not wrong. People are now booking Airbnb's in an effort to financially assist Ukrainians. While I'm not against donations, handing out your hard-earned money to some government BTC address doesn't actually guarantee you that it's being put into good use, helping those in need. As others have already mentioned, Ukraine is one of the most corrupt nations in Europe, according to Guardian (2015), that's not the point though. From my point of view, the Airbnb concept of donations doesn't sound bad. |
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A little update, today I had a day off, we're pretty much changing prices on a daily basis, increasing in increments of 3-5 cents at a time, it's depressing. These photos got sent to me by a colleague, prices are updated at almost the same time, every day, somewhere between 2-4 o'clock. Both photos display the new updated prices, one is for fuels while the second one is for heating gas oil. They are expected to rise even further in the upcoming days, it's making life slowly miserable.   |
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I don't believe (or at least I find it hard to believe) that Putin actually wants to blow up Ukraine's nuclear plants. The fire that broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant wasn't within the reactor's area, although things can easily take a turn for the worst, shelling it is potentially sending a message, by showing a sample of what he is capable of doing.
I highly doubt it that the purpose of the attack was to cause a nuclear explosion, because that would eventually mean the end of humanity as we know it. I'm not excluding this scenario by any means, if Putin's invasion isn't successful, he might as well take the whole world with him, rather than face NATO and the EU, he won't have anything else to lose, and that's what makes him dangerous.
Totally agree i think putin is trying to keep civilian casualties as low as possible in this war to not further provoke NATO members that's why we haven't see any major bombing campaigns and airstrikes (which the russian army is very capable of doing ). I don't know if you missed it but Putin has bombed civillians deperately and repeatedly. He has targeted residential areas, hospitals and schools where no military infrastructure is located: https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1499633290004905985Luckily we have internet and everyone can see Putin's war crimes. Putin on the other hand doesn't admit that any kind of bombing has been committed by his side. I can't understand if he actually thinks that the world is stupid and isn't aware of the bombarded cities. Let's blame the Ukrainians, they are bombing their own cities just for show, it's all a conspiracy theory. |
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How do you intend to use your bitcoin? Is it completely worthless?
There's nothing you can do but save yourself the conflict and save the hardware wallet. If there is no Internet, no cryptocurrencies, you have to wait for the situation to be conducive to moving away from the war zone and it seems that Ukrainians has gone to neighboring countries, then it is time to act on accessing hardware wallets. From Ukraine's side, Bitcoin could provide safety of assets, your BTC will be there no matter what, even if banks collapse, or Ukraine enters EU and switches to Euro. You won't be able to use them if the internet/service is down, but at least your money will be safe. From Russia's side, though, as I've mentioned before, sanctions by EU aren't actually hurting Putin, but his citizens, who saw Russian Rubble crashing and losing more than 30% of their money's value within a few days. In that case, Bitcoin would be useful to maintain the value and the integrity of your money. |
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Of late, so many things(terrible things)has been happening in the world, people dying like Mosquitoes,now everybody wants to be involved in fraudulent acts, teenagers of 17,18,19 doing ritual.... Are these all signs of end time??
God help us.
You are exaggerating, how many have died already? If you compare this time to past that happened like these, it is way more chaotic, people died here and there. Remember Spanish flue, remember the holocaust, remember the wars that have already happened way back. There are more people that have died, and it is not close enough for you to be over reacting. The only thing that makes it worst now is because it is broadcast, sympathizers here and there, putting gas to fire, making it worst even more. Dramas are created, media lies in front of you, information that are aired are misleading, making the the one who is right a culprit and the the aggressor are the ones who are being seen as a hero. If we see it clearly, books are now disregarded and history is forgotten, where knowledge is acquired from social platforms, with unknown credibility. While the post contains some kind of exaggeration, the millennial generation is bound to live many similar disasters. Comparing to the past isn't of much use, the technology wasn't as advanced and conditions were much worse (The Spanish Flu appeared during or after WW1, if I remember correctly, due to the mass transportation of soldiers and the poor hygiene and living conditions). I am now reading a book about pandemics, a few decades ago, scientists believed that transmittable diseases (such as Covid) have been eradicated, only to be proven wrong a few years later (SARs or MERs are a few examples). Sometimes, all these incidents around the world are too much to swallow, what's even worse is that the worst is yet to come. After Russia's invasion, a WW3 wouldn't surprise us, while other countries could take examples from Russia, and follow the same tactics (see Turkey and Greece). |
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I think Putin's apologists will soon have something else to worry about. It looks like protests in Russian cities are gaining intensity, despite beatings and arrests by the police. Obviously pro-Putin media isn't gonna report on it, and other outlets have been banned or voluntarily packed up due to new censorship laws, but there is still Telegram and other apps.
Holding cells are filling up so I'm guessing shooting at crowds would be the next step.
On top of that, I've also read that Russians are fleeing to Finland due to fear of Putin implementing requiring citizens to enlist the army and go to war against Ukraine. I didn't check the validity of the source, but it doesn't sound impossible. I had also seen a few protests, during the first days of the invasion, but haven't seen anything similar since then. First of all, Russia has been banned from all major social media, while Putin of course isn't going to announce that there are protests against the ongoing war. |
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Putin warned Ukraine back in 2014, he said if they try to join NATO he would invade their country. They did try to join NATO and Putin shows that he is not in the making empty threats business. He is simply honoring his words.
In light of the current situation, Ukraine's desire to join NATO is clearly justified. Ukraine was concerned about Russian aggression, especially after the Crimea, and wanted protection. NATO membership became a shared goal for the majority of Ukrainians after Russia's military occupation of Crimea. Who is Putin to deny them that right? Regardless of how you spin it, aggression against a sovereign state with a legally elected government can never be justified. No matter what the issue, Ukraine's sovereignty and independence must be respected by all powers. Putin is a war criminal and it is time for Western countries to stand up to this aggression. Of course it's justified, Putin never actually stopped making threats and provoking Ukraine, this current situation was foreseeable for the past decade at least, especially after the annexation of Crimea to Russia. Certainly, invading a country isn't justifiable by any means, while Putin's threats are definitely real and concerning. There needs to be a stop to his madness, but I don't see it happening. |
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The rising fuel prices really make me worry. It was to be expected that a new major conflict is going to make the energy prices soar, but at the rate we are seeing right now is alarming. The gas stations seem to change their prices two times a day. What is very surprising right now is that Diesel prices are even more expensive than normal fuel. Diesel was usually cheaper than other fuel types, but since Russia is a big exporter for Diesel that doesn't hold true anymore.
The big issue with rising fuel prices is that we already have high inflation rates last year. Food prices are rising, construction materials are at an all time high, and now fuel and energy prices are following. If this continues than we could face a inflation spiral that will increase all other prices too. Once all the consumer prices reach new all time highs, wages have to rise also. I wonder how the politicians are going to solve that dilemma.
That's something I also noticed in the gas station. The past week or two, we've been changing the prices almost on a daily basis, it appears that diesel is increasing in larger increments than petrol. For instance, on Wednesday, we received a notification to update the prices, petrol increased from 1.998 to 2.028, while diesel increased from 1.728 to 1.778, respectively yesterday, petrol rised from 2.028 to 2.058, and diesel up to 1.848. Thus, you can easily notice that petrol rises in increments of 2-3 cents, while diesel those of 5-7 cents. It's astonishing that these changes happen almost on a daily basis. |
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About a month ago I wrote this in this thread: I don't really keep an eye on oil prices--or even gas prices--but I'd guess that if gas were to start going for over $4/gallon, I'd be hearing about it on the news. But even still, gas was more expensive than that back in 2004 or so, when the dollar was worth slightly less. So $3.50/gallon is high but not record-breaking high, and I know it's way more expensive in other parts of the world.
At the time I think gas was going for $2.57/gallon or thereabouts, which was the price it'd been at for months. Now I look out my window at the local gas station and a gallon of gas is going for $4.38! That gigantic leap has happened in the past week or so (as I said in my previous post I don't track oil/gas prices), certainly it's been since the Russia/Ukraine war. I can't imagine this is going to get any better anytime soon, and this is going to hit a lot of innocent bystanders hard in their pocketbooks. Not just in the US but around the world--I'd imagine in Europe it's even worse. <snip>these sanctions are not hurting Russia, they might be hurting its citizens but not Putin himself. As a result, Crude oil prices have surpassed $118/barrel, which is subject to worsen in the near future.
That's the truth, brother. Putin, like all world leaders, is insulated against the effects of sanctions; it's the average citizen that takes it up the butt because of stupid, stupid political decisions. I work at a gas station for the past 3 years, thus, I was the first to notice price fluctuations. Usually, the prices would gradually increase with the start of the tourism season, somewhere from April to June, till they stabilize somewhere in August, where it's the peak of the tourism season in Greece. Undoubtedly, fuel was always expensive in Greece, and in the past, I didn't bother much about a 2-3 cent increase, but now it has gotten out of reach. My car is sitting at almost empty, if I am to fill it up to the top, I'll need approximately 40-45 liters, which equals to approximately 90-95 euros. This is about 1/7 or 1/8th of my total monthly income. |
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I don't believe (or at least I find it hard to believe) that Putin actually wants to blow up Ukraine's nuclear plants. The fire that broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant wasn't within the reactor's area, although things can easily take a turn for the worst, shelling it is potentially sending a message, by showing a sample of what he is capable of doing.
I highly doubt it that the purpose of the attack was to cause a nuclear explosion, because that would eventually mean the end of humanity as we know it. I'm not excluding this scenario by any means, if Putin's invasion isn't successful, he might as well take the whole world with him, rather than face NATO and the EU, he won't have anything else to lose, and that's what makes him dangerous.
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there was no ukraine invasion the military operation was executed to catch the ukranian regime that violated human rights,
Nice euphemism. Not an invasion but a military operation. I'm pretty sure when Wehrmacht entered Poland it was also a military operation, not an invasion to them. When the US went to Vietnam it was also a military operation. Does it change anything? Civilians are being shot at, shelled, bombarded, their houses burn, their children bleed. Stop spreading Putin's propaganda and accept the facts. They are using artillery and planes to bombard residential areas and lying to their own citizens saying that they're using precise strikes and targeting only military objects. Russia is one big joke starting from their lying politicians and ending with their junk equipment and lack of supply lines. Yesterday some Russian soldiers run out of fuel and went to a police station to ask for some. Of course they were captured and disarmed. The stupidity of the Russian army has no limit. you act exactly like a nazi, stop supporting nazis and racism, let go of wokeism, and hand out zelinski to putin for trial at the UN. also all lefties that put fuel into this war by selling weapons need to be put to their nuremberg trials. and also all conservatives siding with this woke movement that created the crisis. What woke movement? Putin is killing Russians in Ukraine right now. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/europe/gallery/ukraine-girl-killed/index.htmlHe is a war criminal and will be arrested one day, or Russians will kill him themselves. But Putin claims he's not bombing residential areas, that's propaganda! (My comment is sarcastic, of course). It's a shame, he's a criminal and should be executed, his days are numbered. Many Russian solders are not even aware of what's happening, many of which are barely 18 years old, bombarded by propaganda and fueled by hate and lies, thrown on a battlefield, not knowing what they're fighting for, leading to their death. Putin doesn't differentiate much from Hitler himself. |
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I started this thread back on 8th of October, recording an eight-year-high record, with petrol surpassing 1.75/liter and diesel 1.45/liter, while heating gas oil costed 1.12-1.15 if I remember correctly Fuel prices have skyrocketed in the past few months, on a worldwide scale. Here in Greece, the average price per liter for 95 Unleaded petrol is 1.75, while for diesel it's approximately 1.45. A huge surge is also expected, in the soon-to-be launched season of heating gas oil, which is expected to start within the next few weeks, with a rumored price of at least 1.10/liter. Currently, we're sitting at 2.06/liter for 95 Unleaded petrol and Diesel 1.85/liter, it's astonishing that 1.75 appeared too high a few months ago, only to be proven wrong shortly after. Crude prices are just blasting off to space. The last time I checked, Brent Crude was trading at $118 per barrel, which is almost 100% higher than the rate we were having one year back. And the biggest joke is that all of this is just helping Putin. He is earning billions of USD in additional revenue, with each $1 rise in the crude oil price. The US and it's NATO allies are becoming a laughing stock here. On one hand they are imposing embargoes which results in a price spike for crude oil. And on the other hand, Putin is getting richer as a result.
As you've already said, and I've mentioned in the past, that these sanctions are not hurting Russia, they might be hurting its citizens but not Putin himself. As a result, Crude oil prices have surpassed $118/barrel, which is subject to worsen in the near future. |
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~snip~
On the subject of listening to Putin, there is a rule in war: Anything the enemy says is disinformation. You do not believe, nor not believe it , you simply ignore it completely insofar as that is humanly possible. Your decisions are based on facts, actions and your own intelligence.
This applies to anything they say, including "we want a diplomatic solution", "we are here to free you", etc... The enemy is not your friend and is not going to give you anything that can help your efforts.
On how Putin΄s Russia is behaving, yes, I find quite a few similarities with the Nazis in WWII - the right to impose their views by force, despising minorities, blaming the foreign for your own weaknesses...
Of course, and it's not Russia bombing whole cities, neighborhoods and hospitals. These damned Ukrainians are rapidly building houses where the Russian army are launching missiles! (of course and I'm sarcastically speaking) On top of that, their so-called diplomatic solution involves meeting all of Russia's demands, (which simply means surrendering their territories and becoming a Russian outpost, like Belarus). The war continues with an irreducible pace, I never expected such an outcome. |
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