Putin signs a law to prohibit people from leaving the country with more than $10k in foreign currency. Trying to prevent capital flight…

— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) March 1, 2022

No Spin Ag said:

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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What sucks is that when the rest of the world inevitably intervenes, it'll be urban fighting for everyone instead of picking the Russians off in the open fields and roads from the air. NATO and the US especially should have been preparing to intervene on a large scale months ago and launched air strikes as soon as Russia went across the border.

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I'm with you. I mean, I still don't want troops on the ground, but if we end up sending planes later, we might as well do it now and save a lot of lives.

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wangus12 said:

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JobSecurity said:

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An assassination attempt on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, prepared by an "elite group of Kadyrovtsi (Kadyrov's thugs)," has been prevented in Kyiv Oblast, @NSDC_ua secretary Oleksiy Danilov said. They were terminated.

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 1, 2022

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I unfortunately have the sinking feeling that he'll go down as a martyr before this thing ends

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According to Videos and Reports on the Ground, Russian Ground Forces have taken the City Center of Kherson which has been under Siege by Russian Forces for the last 2 days after being encircled yesterday in this picture Russian Combat Units can be seen arriving at the Main Square pic.twitter.com/0JfmfDo5am

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 1, 2022

Zhytomyr: 10 houses destroyed, 3 caught fire, windows smashed in city hospital. 2 killed, 3 wounded. Rescuers looking for survivors under rubble https://t.co/FNrcIeufeT via @UKRINFORM #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/yWVGq9x0gW

— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) March 1, 2022

Russian military hardware parked in the center of Kherson tonight. Looks like the Russians captured the city. pic.twitter.com/dmr6kciFBp

— CaucasusWarReport (@Caucasuswar) March 1, 2022

AgsMnn said:

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wangus12 said:

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JobSecurity said:

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An assassination attempt on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, prepared by an "elite group of Kadyrovtsi (Kadyrov's thugs)," has been prevented in Kyiv Oblast, @NSDC_ua secretary Oleksiy Danilov said. They were terminated.

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 1, 2022

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I unfortunately have the sinking feeling that he'll go down as a martyr before this thing ends

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Any chance there are some contracted US people guarding Z?

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IDaggie06 said:

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AgsMnn said:

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wangus12 said:

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JobSecurity said:

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An assassination attempt on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, prepared by an "elite group of Kadyrovtsi (Kadyrov's thugs)," has been prevented in Kyiv Oblast, @NSDC_ua secretary Oleksiy Danilov said. They were terminated.

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 1, 2022

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I unfortunately have the sinking feeling that he'll go down as a martyr before this thing ends

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Any chance there are some contracted US people guarding Z?

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Remember that the propaganda machine goes both ways. While this very well may be real, it could just be making stories up to get outside nations to act faster.

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aunuwyn08 said:

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The level of economic isolation we're imposing on Russia can be just as escalatory as conventional military action against their forces. They will likely pose an existential threat to his regime (and as in the case of autocracies - his life) in the medium and long-terms.

What is our response to a nuclear ultimatum given to the west to restore economic ties? The west needs to move in absolute lock-step in their policies towards Russia, and must be prepared to provide concessions to deescalate. If we place Putin in a lose-lose situation we better be prepared to meet threats with strength.

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kingj3 said:

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Devil you know is often better than the devil you don't. And the reality is that we don't know what Russia without Putin will be.

I would love to see a truly free Russia, but the odds are we'll just get another dictator - and maybe a worse one

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K2-HMFIC said:

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aunuwyn08 said:

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The level of economic isolation we're imposing on Russia can be just as escalatory as conventional military action against their forces. They will likely pose an existential threat to his regime (and as in the case of autocracies - his life) in the medium and long-terms.

What is our response to a nuclear ultimatum given to the west to restore economic ties? The west needs to move in absolute lock-step in their policies towards Russia, and must be prepared to provide concessions to deescalate. If we place Putin in a lose-lose situation we better be prepared to meet threats with strength.

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Off Ramps and face saving options are part of this.

But that's what the US/EU can do…domestic constituencies are another conversation…those are where Putin ends up drinking some polonium laced tea.

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G Martin 87 said:

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I see a lot of understandable confusion over Putin's long-term strategy here, coupled with a lot of "he must be insane!" comments. You have to look at a map and think historically about where the threats to Russia, and specifically Moscow, have come from. Twice in the past 200 years, and both from Western Europe. In any Russian leader's mind, losing Ukraine to an expansionist EU/NATO that is absorbing most of their former Warsaw Pact satellite buffer states cannot help but be perceived as an existential threat. We must tread VERY carefully here, irrespective of the horrors we are seeing. Wrong moves can trigger atrocities far beyond Ukraine. Moreover, the sanctions being imposed by both Western countries AND businesses based in the West (e.g., Exxon, Apple, etc) are dangerous too. Isolate Russia too much, and again the perception of West vs Russia will be all too easy for Putin to claim.

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Dorm 15 said:

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Drones, somebody tell me about drones

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TH36 said:

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Dorm 15 said:

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Drones, somebody tell me about drones

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Ukraine could use more of em.

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TH36 said:

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Dorm 15 said:

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Drones, somebody tell me about drones

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Ukraine could use more of em.

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JJxvi said:

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Putin is essentially a mafia boss who's territory is Russia. it only ends two ways for that state. Revolution or destruction in war (whether that happens all at once or all of its territories are gradually conquered/fall apart piecemeal). So far the peacemeal thing has been happening with Putin aggressively gluing the vase back together.

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