Political impacts of Ukraine war

[HavokFour]

Meanwhile, Estonia's PM wants more Russian refinery destruction and Finland's wants the EU to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians.

Estonia is calling for increased aid to Ukraine so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces can "reduce Russian oil refineries to rubble"

Prime Minister Kristen Michal condemned the agreements reached between the U.S. leader and Putin

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Orpo Trumpin ja Putinin dieselsopimuksesta: ”Hirvittävä pettymys”

Toimet bensan hinnan alentamiseksi ovat edelleen neuvoteltavana, kertoi pääministeri Petteri Orpo Ylen Ykkösaamussa. Hän torjui leikkaukset eläkkeisiin.

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[The Bread Guy]

I think he could argue extenuating circumstance in that case, lot's of evidence that Russian officials use dubious methods to ensure enlistment quotas are met. That's assuming he survives to make his case....

Goes to sentencing, maybe, but not guilt.

 

[Rifleman62]

Any new sailings following this deal will take time to arrive and will give Congress time to potentially actually act.

That's a Joke.

 

[brihard]

That's a Joke.

Possibly. It only takes three Republicans who decide to join unanimous Dems to
pass something in the house at least two Republican reps have already said they’ll sponsor action on this.

 

[HavokFour]

Imaginary truce already broken, by Russia.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2109323166556496293

 

[Retired AF Guy]

He’s been a Russian asset since 2016.

Possibly before that!

 

[HavokFour]

Ukraine seems to have kicked off a strike campaign against Yandex’s data centers, hitting three of them so far. Massive cloud and digital services provider, basically like going after Google/Amazon infrastructure. This will have some real economic impact if it keeps up.we’re seeing some real time lessons into critical infrastructure resiliency.

Doing the world a great service, too.

Russian bot traffic has dropped dramatically in the past few days after Ukraine knocked out Yandex’s biggest data centers, with a third attack happening last night. Cloudflare reports that bot traffic from the Yandex network has dropped to just 0.4% of the maximum number of HTTP requests recorded in the past two weeks. It initially dropped to around 57% on Oct. 8, which happened when Ukraine hit a Yandex data center housing two supercomputers in Sasovo, Russia, located around 195 miles to the southeast of the Kremlin. A second, bigger Yandex campus in Kaluga, about 220 miles to the west of Sasovo, was knocked offline yesterday.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russian-disinformation-bot-traffic-nearly-eliminated-overnight-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-multiple-of-russias-google-data-centers-ukraine-intensifies-bombing-of-yandex-data-centers-in-response-to-moscows-strikes-on-kyiv-data-centers

 

[RangerRay]

If there was any doubt before, Trump is now telling the truth about how he feels about Putin, Russia and Ukraine.

Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been

Russian Strikes Against Civilians; Do Ukraine And Europe Understand What They Must Do?

phillipspobrien.substack.com

It obviously took a real toll on him. Having to pretend that he was not wholeheartedly committed to Putin or desperate for a Russian victory, that he did not despise Ukraine and Zelensky, was really difficult. Donald Trump has been serially disloyal and unfaithful to every person in his life, except for Vladimir Putin. He craves the affection and approval of the Russian dictator, loves talking with him, loves doing Putin’s bidding and, most of all, loves being with him. Even in the midst of Trump’s most outrageous lies (remember when he was going to send Ukraine Tomahawk missiles in September/October 2025?), the truth was there for those willing to see it. At exactly that time, he also hung a picture of himself next to Putin very prominently in the White House (above a picture of himself with a granddaughter). His real affections were always there for those who wanted to admit it—indeed they were on display.



Now, the lying is over. Donald is free to be what he always wanted to be and to sing it loudly to the world. He, and by extension the government of the United States of America, is Vladimir Putin’s friend and partner. He will help Putin, protect Putin, and do what he can to get the best possible deal for Vladimir Putin.

This time he probably cannot go back. The expressions of intense emotion of the last 24 hours are too clear for even the most gullible of the press (and that is most of them) to ever again start writing about the next, supposed Trump “pivot” to Ukraine. Trump is free now. His heart can sing the song he has always wanted to sing, and the American people can no longer deny that the USA is run by a Russian useful idiot or agent of influence (depending on the nomenclature you prefer). Personally I prefer agent of influence, because vast sums of money are also involved. Trump not only loves Putin, he wants to get paid. I tried to describe this concept not long after Trump’s second term began.