The #russian #invasion into #ukraine was #planned *at least* #months in advance, as #china 's #ccp even #requested that they #delay the #attack till after the #chinese #winter #olympics https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chin.. Here we see again that #chinese #politics only cares for its own interests and not #global interests. They are clearly not ready to be a global #superpower .
And just as the #eu was #uniting against #russia on #ukraine - they all begin to #pullout of their #commitments https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/e..
The #uk 's #houseofcommons #unanimously broke #official #rules to #applaud #ukraine https://youtube.com/watch?v=63n6gRvIJNM So rarely do you see both sides of the house come together like this. I don't think #russia 's #putin knows what he has done.
Apparently #looters in #ukraine , people who are #hungry due to a lack of #supplies , are now being #warned they will be #shot by #police if #caught https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/l.. Things are truly #desperate . I feel lucky to have #lived in the #uk and #nz during these crazy times.
Interesting that #japan 's #toyota is hit with a #cyberattack just as #russia #invades #ukraine and #japan join in blocking #russian #banks from #swift https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/toyota.. I #suspect they are getting #attacked by either #russia or #china who would be #incentivized to take #advantage of this #situation ...
#british #military " #intelligence " MI6 #chief says that the #ukraine #invasion by #russia is about #lgbt rights: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/m.. We are completely fucked. How on earth did we allow this into our most #important #institutions ? This is literally the #permanent #state . No wonder they have not been able to make any proper #predictions when they see *everything* through a #political #lens ... *Idiots!*
Apparently #russian #propaganda is to #threaten #nukes https://www.zerohedge.com/political/russ.. Apparently #russia is concerned about #ukraine creating a #dirty #bomb . Honestly, if #ukraine will lose their land, as a last measure they should make it completely #unlivable . If the #eu sees some #radiation as a result, perhaps they should have done more to help their friend.
Looks like #bp #british #petroleum is getting out of #russian #oil giant #rosneft due to the #invasion of #ukraine https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/.. They are expecting to lose $25 #billion #dollars as a result. This in theory should also increase their #longterm #energy #security by not being #politically #dependant on an #unstable #government ...
So apparently #russia have been #targetting #nuclear #waste #facilities in #ukraine according to the #iaea https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressrel.. Apparently the #russian #army also fires #missiles at the #kyiv #dam , which could be #devastating to the #city filled with #civilians and the #zaporizhzhia #nuclearpower #station - the largest in #europe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=304..
Apparently #ukraine is now #enlisting *all* #civilians at any #age https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/b.. They call only for a #passport now.
#ukraine are creating their own #foreignlegion for #border #defence https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/341.. Apparently #uk #mp #liztruss #supports #individuals #fighting in #ukraine https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po.. Some suspect it could be a ploy to secretly send in the #sas without them being official #deployed ... Strange times.
Now #confirmed that #russia is committing #war #crimes by #targetting #civilian #buildings in #ukraine https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/14976..
Not sure about the #source here (although #infowars do have a habit of being correct), but apparently #ukraine #president #volodymyrzelensky has #rejected #evacuation #offered with the #us , instead asking for #weapons https://www.infowars.com/posts/ukraine-p..
Interesting, after a #vote in the #un , it looks like both #china and #india will not take #action against #russia 's #putin https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/u.. #ukraine is claiming that they are #stalling the #russian #invasion - but we'll see. It could also be #propaganda to try and boost #troop #morale ...
#china 's #ccp 's #president #xi #ryan is looking to #capitalise on the #russia #ukraine #conflict by pretending to try to broker #peace https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/presid.. Apparently #china is limiting their #purchases of #russian #commodities - they likely don't want to get #caught up in #financial #sanctions https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chin..
The #uk wants to kick #russia out of #swift , but #germany have said no: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/uk-pus.. Bare in mind that #germany also #blocked sending #defence #weapons to #ukraine ... #germany and the #eu have *a lot* to #answer for.