The War in Ukraine

[Cassius_Smoke]

I do worry about what happens with the sanctions if Russia pulls out.
It would be a perfect opportunity to force them to decommission all their nukes, or the sanctions stay in place. Unfortunately I suspect everyone will just release their grip and walk away like all the Agent Smith clones after the burley brawl.

[fishbowlhead]

Hopefully as the Kremlin finally starts to fully understand the sanctions and the damage they are doing already to Russia, they will really turn against Putin and deal with it Internally.

I say hopefully, i don't see this happening though as Putin seems to have an absolute iron grip.

[Cassius_Smoke]

He'll go into hiding. With any luck he'll be found hiding in a basement like the Russian royal family (rest their souls) and shot.

[Cassius_Smoke]

The Ukrainian defence minister said they now have more tanks and vehicles than they've had in 6 years worth of manufacture. Both the ones gifted by other countries and all the ones hauled back from the Russians.

[fishbowlhead]

At least the Russians are keeping up their donations to Ukraine.

[fishbowlhead]

Article that gives a rough outline on how Putins inner circles operate. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...UABo6?ocid=mmx

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-04-ea-pulls-all-games-and-virtual-currency-bundles-from-sale-in-russia-and-belarus

EA has withdrawn the sale of all its games, content and virtual currency from Russia and Belarus

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-04-nintendo-status-update-confirms-eshop-payment-processing-is-suspended-in-russia

Not Nintendo's doing but eShop has now stopped processing Russian payments, likely because the rouble has gone to the dogs

[Neon Ignition]

https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-teams-harrowing-account-of-their-violent-ambush-in-ukraine-this-week-12557585

A Sky News team is fired upon by a death squad

[Neon Ignition]

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Shows how in Russia's pocket and full of **** the UK Government really are

Russia has also blocked Facebook, Youtube and Twitter throughout the country

[briareos_kerensky]

Russian commanders moved closed to the front lines and have been killed by snipers

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The An-225 is a complete write-off

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The head of the Baikur cosmodrome, vital for space operations around the world, has adorned launch vehicles with Russian invasion markings

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[Cassius_Smoke]

Reports coming that Ukraine has reclaimed the reactor that was being fired upon.
Also, Chernobyl has been surrounded trapping the Russians in a highly irradiated environment.

[briareos_kerensky]

Sergey Burkatovskiy, creative director at Wargaming (World Of Tanks, World Of Warships, World Of InsertMilitaryVehicleHere), voiced support for the Russian invasion, and was fired. Worth noting that Wargaming is a Belarus company and previously donated to the Ukranian Red Cross.

[Asura]

Sergey Burkatovskiy, creative director at Wargaming (World Of Tanks, World Of Warships, World Of InsertMilitaryVehicleHere), voiced support for the Russian invasion, and was fired. Worth noting that Wargaming is a Belarus company and previously donated to the Ukranian Red Cross.

Really dumb move, regardless of which side of the conflict you're on. If you make a high-profile real-world military themed videogame, in times of actual war, you should be smart enough to shut the **** up.

[briareos_kerensky]

Especially when your company has a studio in Ukraine.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Mazepin has been dropped by HAAS. Can't blame them... He was **** anyway.