Political impacts of Ukraine war

[Gordon Dundas/]

POTUS is off on another social media episode.

One of the many.

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Glad to to know Donnie's all over this .....

 

[Kirkhill]

Former Estonian president: Not enough air defense in the world to meet Ukraine's needs

Former President Kersti Kaljulaid told ERR that defense industry representatives say there is currently not enough air defense equipment in the entire world to meet Ukraine's needs and the situation for Ukrainians has deteriorated.

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Discussion of the support given to Ukraine and their continued frustration at what might have been and what is.

 

[HavokFour]

POTUS is off on another social media episode.

One of the many.

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Case in point.

Ukrainian forces strike Russia's Syzran Oil Refinery, drone production facility in Taganrog, military confirms

The General Staff said a direct hit and fire were recorded at the Syzran refinery, part of Russia's state-owned oil giant Rosneft. The AVT-6 primary oil refining unit and the facility's tank farm were hit, according to the statement.

kyivindependent.com

 

[HavokFour]

Early voting for the State Duma elections has started, here's how one votes in the occupied territories.

Soldiers with ballot boxes make the rounds.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2100252110453358997

 

[KevinB]

Early voting for the State Duma elections has started, here's how one votes in the occupied territories.

Soldiers with ballot boxes make the rounds.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2100252110453358997

Entirely not shocked -- oh look Putins wins again - you could have printed the article a few days ago -- the vote wouldn’t change...

 

[GR66]

Entirely not shocked -- oh look Putins wins again - you could have printed the article a few days ago -- the vote wouldn’t change...

With 102% of the vote!

 

[RangerRay]

Early voting for the State Duma elections has started, here's how one votes in the occupied territories.

Soldiers with ballot boxes make the rounds.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2100252110453358997

A template for ICE to run patrol polling stations later this year?

 

[daftandbarmy]

Smells like a little corruption

Africelebz on Instagram: "More than $140 million in cash was reportedly seized during a September 23, 2026 raid by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on the offices of former Defence Procurement Agency chief Arsen Zhumadilov in Ukraine.

3,661 likes, 663 comments - africelebz on September 24, 2026: "More than $140 million in cash was reportedly seized during a September 23, 2026 raid by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on the offices of former Defence Procurement Agency chief Arsen Zhumadilov in Ukraine. 😳 The...

www.instagram.com

 

[HavokFour]

We're back to a green light on Ukrainian made patriots.

President Trump and I had a meeting where we discussed general matters. After that, our negotiating teams held a separate, long meeting. The agreement is as follows: we will brief the European side and discuss these details with them; the Americans will speak with the Russians; and in ten days, we will come back with views and results in some shape or form.

As for a trilateral Ukraine-U.S.-Russia meeting, the American side proposed preparing it and meeting at the technical level. We are waiting for the United States to propose a date. The United States proposed the United Arab Emirates as the venue for such a meeting.

There are concrete agreements regarding Patriot licenses. At our meeting, President Trump stressed that he had made his final decision: Ukraine will receive licenses to produce Patriot missiles.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2103442977041375472

 

[HavokFour]

The Russian population's reliance on the oligarchs, and not the Kremlin grows ever stronger. This has a lot of backfire potential for Putin, there are already many areas in the East that are entirely reliant on private firms instead of local government, even for law enforcement.

Moscow has mandated that businesses take steps to protect themselves. The Kremlin warned in an official decree last month that any company that doesn’t take responsibility for its protection against Ukrainian drones could face temporary state seizure.

Now, businesses across Russia are leasing air-defense systems from defense firms or building their own, said people close to Russia’s business elite and defense sector. Job advertisements show that some are even hiring gunners to shoot down drones.

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[WSJ]Overwhelmed by Ukraine’s Drones, Russia Tells Businesses to Defend Themselves​

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[HavokFour]

Some of you might remember a particular Canadian family that uprooted and moved to Russia to escape to more "traditional values".

It's stupid prizes time.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105947628190015751

 

[MrWhyt]

Some of you might remember a particular Canadian family that uprooted and moved to Russia to escape to more "traditional values".

 

[YZT580]

Some of you might remember a particular Canadian family that uprooted and moved to Russia to escape to more "traditional values".

It's stupid prizes time.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105947628190015751

tough way to earn your Darwin award.

 

[RangerRay]

Some of you might remember a particular Canadian family that uprooted and moved to Russia to escape to more "traditional values".

It's stupid prizes time.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105947628190015751

“Yeah, going to move my family to a fascist, expansionary empire waging a war of attrition for the last four years. What could possibly go wrong?”

But staying in Canada is “risky”.

Dumb f*.

 

[ArmyRick]

Entirely not shocked -- oh look Putins wins again - you could have printed the article a few days ago -- the vote wouldn’t change...

The Voting card looked something like this?

• Putin, Vladimir
• Putin, Vladimir
• Putin, Vladimir
• Putin, Vladimir

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

“Yeah, going to move my family to a fascist, expansionary empire waging a war of attrition for the last four years. What could possibly go wrong?”

But staying in Canada is “risky”.

Dumb f*.

 

[HavokFour]

“Yeah, going to move my family to a fascist, expansionary empire waging a war of attrition for the last four years. What could possibly go wrong?”

But staying in Canada is “risky”.

Dumb f*.

Scanning through their Youtube channel.

The family appears to have briefly returned to Canada the previous winter for a "working vacation" just to make some money to continue living in Russia, so whatever they're doing in the motherland for ends meet isn't paying enough. They also were neighbors with an Australian family that had to return to Australia permanently because they weren't meeting the income requirements for a visa, and I'd say didn't want to sign a military contract either.

Said Australian family were several years ahead of them, they'd been trying for nearly a decade.

This family is ignoring the very same warning signs.

 

[Nvlgzr]

Scanning through their Youtube channel.

The family appears to have briefly returned to Canada the previous winter for a "working vacation" just to make some money to continue living in Russia, so whatever they're doing in the motherland for ends meet isn't paying enough. They also were neighbors with an Australian family that had to return to Australia permanently because they weren't meeting the income requirements for a visa, and I'd say didn't want to sign a military contract either.

Said Australian family were several years ahead of them, they'd been trying for nearly a decade.

This family is ignoring the very same warning signs.

To quote the famous philosopher, Forest Gump “stupid is as stupid does”.

 

[brihard]

“Yeah, going to move my family to a fascist, expansionary empire waging a war of attrition for the last four years. What could possibly go wrong?”

But staying in Canada is “risky”.

Dumb f*.

If he joins the Russian army he could potentially face criminal liability under the Foreign Enlistment Act.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

If he joins the Russian army he could potentially face criminal liability under the Foreign Enlistment Act.

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....