Jay Reimenschneider said:

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If these guys have assets subject to freeze, they're just as stupid as their commie predecessors.

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Sully Dog said:

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Will Russia respond by cutting off the pipelines to Europe?

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Captain Positivity said:

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Spaceship said:

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Hearing on Twitter that Russia has incurred over 5,000 casualties so far.

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These types of reports are going to be incredibly unreliable. Fog of war.

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Huge Grad bombardment somewhere east of Mariupol. The troops stand firm.

Good morning #Mariupol.

— микола швед (@herulerna) February 26, 2022

FireAg said:

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It's morning in Kyiv and the Ukes still hold the major cities…

I'm happily stunned…

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Ukrainian Coast Guard ship 'Grigory Kuropyatnikov' was attacked by an unmanned aerial vehicle.

The UAV was later targeted and destroyed. https://t.co/9tKKDjy5XR

— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) February 26, 2022

Cluster Munitions Canister found in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, these sort of Explosives are Banned by Multiple International Conventions due to the harm they can accidentally cause to Civilian Populations. https://t.co/muHdewMSvv

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 26, 2022

• One of the reasons Russia would want Ukraine is the farmland, probably some of the best from the old SU.
• Demographically, Russia cannot afford any protracted war or losses in Ukraine. They are already behind due to losses in WW2, and are not far behind China with regards to an uncorrectable fall off in the ability to sustain their nation via birth rates. Some believe China has already crossed the point of no return as the survivors before the 1 Child Policy are dying off. Those who didn't kill off their daughters to have a son, have VERY valuable daughters right now, and they are taking advantage of the "scarcity".
• I can easily see China using Russia as a patsy in this. Russia takes Ukraine quickly, as planned, with no Western meaningful resistance, they move on Taiwan. With things going as they have, it's been quieter on the Taiwan front and now China is adding sanctions to Russia in an attempt to "save face". Could be a scam, but the MO fits them, they can't be "wrong", even when they are. They have been poking everyone between Japan, S Korea, and Taiwan the last 6 months or more. If it's daytime and I'm hauling my rubber dog **** around over there, I hear a lot of tough talk on the emergency frequency as I fly between Japan and Taiwan. I also don't believe that the CCP can invade Taiwan as Russia has tried with Ukraine, Taiwan has been planning for this scenario for decades vs Ukraine not planning for weeks.
• I think Putin grossly underestimated the resolve of Ukraine. However, one only has to look at WW2 to understand the resolve of any of those people when Defending their land. Russia only advanced in WW2 after they bled out the Germans, offense is not what they do well as they have proven ever since WW2.
• Finally, assuming what we are seeing now holds up until the US stock market opens Monday, the Russians have lost no matter if they take stuff later on. The last few Friday's the markets have had bad days (last seller, turn out the lights), today up roughly 2% going into a weekend, the markets are not betting on a widening conflict or Ukraine losing, IMHO.

SidsBurnerAccount said:

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SidsBurnerAccount said:

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BREAKING: Reports that the US and European allies are reconsidering the option of disconnecting Russia from SWIFT

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022

Germany and Italy now said to be on board with cutting Russia out of SWIFT

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This needs to happen .. hit them with sanctions that cause internal issues for Putin, he still has to have support from the elite businesses and banks

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My thoughts too. Economically crippling sanctions and then make sure the people of Russia know it all goes away as soon as the current leadership is gone. Let them sort it out "in house".

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We should be freezing assets of Russian oligarchs and telling them they'll be unfrozen when they have a regime change

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https://t.co/W6ctoHWrNu

— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) February 26, 2022

amercer said:

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700 men?

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Jetpilot86 said:

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A few quick random thoughts, most already mentioned:

• One of the reasons Russia would want Ukraine is the farmland, probably some of the best from the old SU.
• Demographically, Russia cannot afford any protracted war or losses in Ukraine. They are already behind due to losses in WW2, and are not far behind China with regards to an uncorrectable fall off in the ability to sustain their nation via birth rates. Some believe China has already crossed the point of no return as the survivors before the 1 Child Policy are dying off. Those who didn't kill off their daughters to have a son, have VERY valuable daughters right now, and they are taking advantage of the "scarcity".
• I can easily see China using Russia as a patsy in this. Russia takes Ukraine quickly, as planned, with no Western meaningful resistance, they move on Taiwan. With things going as they have, it's been quieter on the Taiwan front and now China is adding sanctions to Russia in an attempt to "save face". Could be a scam, but the MO fits them, they can't be "wrong", even when they are. They have been poking everyone between Japan, S Korea, and Taiwan the last 6 months or more. If it's daytime and I'm hauling my rubber dog **** around over there, I hear a lot of tough talk on the emergency frequency as I fly between Japan and Taiwan. I also don't believe that the CCP can invade Taiwan as Russia has tried with Ukraine, Taiwan has been planning for this scenario for decades vs Ukraine not planning for weeks.
• I think Putin grossly underestimated the resolve of Ukraine. However, one only has to look at WW2 to understand the resolve of any of those people when Defending their land. Russia only advanced in WW2 after they bled out the Germans, offense is not what they do well as they have proven ever since WW2.
• Finally, assuming what we are seeing now holds up until the US stock market opens Monday, the Russians have lost no matter if they take stuff later on. The last few Friday's the markets have had bad days (last seller, turn out the lights), today up roughly 2% going into a weekend, the markets are not betting on a widening conflict or Ukraine losing, IMHO.

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