A celebrated Ukrainian medic recorded her time in Mariupol on a data card no bigger than a thumbnail, smuggled out to the world in a tampon. Now she is in Russian hands, at a time when Mariupol itself is on the verge of falling.
https://apnews.com/article/mariupol-medic-body-camera-036cf9f28180e9525760d68bddbe4ee4
@Blue_Skyesr_here
I think Mariupol is fallen.
Tough break, but Ukraine can recover still.
@rokkinbobokkin @Blue_Skyesr_here what a fkn shit show...fk putin. i really try not to "hate" anyone-or wish anyone serious bodily harm...but ffs...that guy is an exception.
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
It's okay to be angry sometimes. Fk that guy. FR
@rokkinbobokkin @Blue_Skyesr_here
istg...i just wanna cry....jfc....
you know she's being tortured...fkkkkkkkkk
@FayreLylith @rokkinbobokkin Who knows if she's still alive 😔
@Blue_Skyesr_here @rokkinbobokkin
I read a different article on her (I think); i suspect those fks will keep her alive...she's in the hearts of all the ppl she helped & her countrymen-they'll probably use her for propaganda.
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
I've never wanted to take up guns on people before this.
I imagine I might have felt the same in the 1940s. This is.....very sad and disturbing and evil.
@rokkinbobokkin @FayreLylith I have had thoughts of going there to do something! I wanted to help somehow, it feels so hopeless to see what it's going on from here! Waiting for that man to give up and bring his soldiers back home (which is never going to happen).
@Blue_Skyesr_here @FayreLylith
It won't end for some time I'm afraid, and I believe they may need more volunteers.
@rokkinbobokkin @Blue_Skyesr_here i am so afraid that you are right. I'm even more afraid that it will expand. all it would take is one shot fm russia someplace outside ukraine for all of Europe to become involved...with the US close behind...WW III-kinetic.
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
This will sound bad, but I wish it would. Russia would be finished and pushed back to a new border near Moscow.
I'd be okay with that.
What about nukes you say?
Let him. It would be an ender for Russia against 30+ nations all scrambling jets all day at that point.
Russia would never dig out of it in our lifetimes.
@rokkinbobokkin @Blue_Skyesr_here ...ouch...the problem with nukes is that is assures mutual destruction. My fear is that nuke fallout would end life on the planet as we know it. Not necessarily kill everyone/thing but surely tip the system past any possible recovery & force the fall of...everything. All while the militaries of every militarized country do everything they can to destroy each other...I'd hope that there's another way...but I'm not optimistic...
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
No. It used to be mutually assured destruction (MAD). Technology in missile destruction has come a long way.
This is why he hasn't pressed the button so far. He knows it is a game over, for him alone.
@rokkinbobokkin @FayreLylith You mean like a strategic strike, kind of surgical and take him out?
@Blue_Skyesr_here @rokkinbobokkin imma defer to @rokkinbobokkin on that one. I have some insight, but i don't see everything. there's some high-speed tech out there, but the resulting fallout-even on a precision munition is still going to get picked up & distributed over a large area. i'd also bet there's a bit more complexity to the equation than just taking putin out. i'm not as connected as i used to be...
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
The point is, in this hypothetical hostage situation, if Putin pulls the trigger, he no longer has a shield to protect him.
@rokkinbobokkin @Blue_Skyesr_here ...what i'm suggesting is-he doesn't really have one now...pulling the trigger sets the entire world on fire...this war & the resulting mil responses fm russia/ukraine plus all the other countries helping out (bless them) are creating a dramatic impact on the planet (if we stop taking into account the crushing impact on human life in russia/ukraine rn). i guess that's my point-it's not just local to that geo area. it's already global.
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
He keeps not following through on his threats because my points are very valid. The threat is all he has, and there's a reason why Biden and NATO/EU leaders don't treat him like he's super scary.
As long as he's buried in Ukraine, he cannot do fuck all anywhere else because Russia no longer has the demographics to do it.
@rokkinbobokkin @Blue_Skyesr_here @rokkinbobokkin i didn't mean to imply your points aren't valid-they are spot on. i'm trying to look at the situation from from a 50K foot perspective...i think at this point it's no longer "just" russian & ukraine-so anything that happens (world supply of wheat as example) has impacts felt literally around the world.
@FayreLylith @rokkinbobokkin It definitely impacts all the corners of the world, I was listening to the news and they were talking about how Russia has been blocking exports from Odesa...for like 3 months now.
@rokkinbobokkin @FayreLylith It's a stand off that can last indefinitely...🙁. Meanwhile more people are going to continue dying or being forced into Russia.
Unfortunately, I don't have money to contribute to Ukraine either...
@FayreLylith @Blue_Skyesr_here
No. Not a counter strike that way.
Putin waves the nuke threat around like a person holding a hostage in a crime.
However, as we know from Israel's Iron Dome, anti-missile tech has come a long way in 50 years and our gov keeps mum.
If Putin fires one, he might pull it off, but after that, several NATO air forces will be activated 24-7, and the kid gloves come off super fast.
War becomes a given, and Russia has no capable defense at that point.