[OFFICIAL] Ukraine Thread

[AtW]

A diligent Ukrainian builder

18-60 men are being mobilised and can't legally leave the country.

[Whorty]

Minnie does seem a bit more unstable than his normal seesaw self.

Has he ever been stable? I do wonder how people like him copes in the real world. He's a very strange individual.

[darmstadt]

https://www.ft.com/content/30850470-...9-01497064a7b7

[jamesbrown]

Has he ever been stable? I do wonder how people like him copes in the real world. He's a very strange individual.

Well, as stable as a space hopper in an earthquake. There are degrees of headless chicken, but minnie seems to have gone to 11.

[jamesbrown]

https://www.ft.com/content/30850470-...9-01497064a7b7

It will be interesting to see how they respond to that. They want to help, but they don't really want the West united against them because it's bad for business. But you never know - they will have to decide. I think the US and CN are due to meet in Rome tomorrow.

[SueEllen]

18-60 men are being mobilised and can't legally leave the country.

Some men older than that are still fit enough to keep their hand in. Unfortunately for OwlHoot they would also be the type to refuse to leave the country of their homes let alone the country of their birth.

[SueEllen]

Did they or didn't they?


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/...aid-from-china

A United States official says Russia has asked China for military equipment to use in its invasion of Ukraine, a request that heightened tensions about the ongoing war before a meeting between senior US and Chinese officials in Rome.

In advance of the talks on Monday, White House NSA Jake Sullivan bluntly warned China to avoid helping Russia evade punishment from global sanctions that have hammered the Russian economy.

“We will not allow that to go forward,” he said.

The White House said the talks in Rome will focus on the direct effect of Russia’s war against Ukraine on regional and global security.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said in recent days, Russia had requested support from China – including military equipment – to press forward in its ongoing war with Ukraine. The official did not provide details on the scope of the request. The request was first reported by the Financial Times and The Washington Post newspapers.

The Biden administration is also accusing China of spreading Russian disinformation that could be a pretext for President Vladimir Putin’s forces to attack Ukraine with chemical or biological weapons.

Beijing on Monday accused Washington of spreading “disinformation” over China’s role in the Ukraine war, ahead of talks between the two countries’ envoys in Rome.

Without directly addressing US media reports of a Russian request for help from Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said: “The US has been spreading disinformation targeting China on the Ukraine issue, with malicious intentions.”

[NotAllThere]

First casualty of war and all that. I'll read the definitive history in twenty years. It's a little daft to think that both sides aren't using disinformation. But it's really stupid to think that those of us who accuse Russia and China of this aren't aware of it.

[Paddy]

Russian police detained more than 800 people for protesting Moscow's "military operation" in Ukraine Sunday
Some of the riot police had the letter "Z" in the colours of the Russian flag on their helmets, the AFP reporter said.

[SueEllen]

Lucky Ukrainians - Grant Shapps (or is it Michael Green) said he will open his home to a refugee. Unfortunately Morph said he won't unless his wife agrees as he is aware that you need to be around to help the Ukrainian be comfortable and he doesn't have the time.