Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

[Dartz]

Shit what I think happened while I was driving home.


--The Russians still haven't landed at Odessa.

--One wonders if Naval infantry will be better than VDV

--Civilians attempting to leave Mariupol are shelled

--A civilian made bridge in Irpin is shelled and destroyed. A family are killed.

--Vladimir Putin seen close to human beings for the first time. CGI, or Compression artifacts? It seems likely it's the latter

--It still doesn't stop Zelensky trolling him at the next press conference

--America is attempting to broker a deal where Poland gets fancy new fighters in exchange for giving their Migs to Ukraine

--There's a lot of confusion and misinformation -- or maybe disinformation?

--Zelensky is still screaming for jets and a no-fly zone

--There seems to be another big attack on Kyiv

--A large number of Russian aircraft are taking off from Belarus for an air-raid.

--Are most equipped with dumb bombs? Has Russia run out of precision weapons

--Iron bombs and a night raid mean a lot collateral damage

--And more dead jets. Ukrainian air-defences are still operational. Somehow

--A Russian cruise missile attack has destroyed the terminals buildings at an airport

--Russia seems to be just about scraping the barrel - pulling in all kinds of civilian vehicles to cover losses.

--It is, supposedly, Russian doctrine. It looks like desperation.

--It's still a very deep barrel. There're a lot of weapons still to come

--No matter how much Russia looses, there's more to fill the space.

--The letter Z is now a fascist symbol. Zorro fandom is ruined forever

--The Belorussian minister of defence has resigned rather than send the troops in.

--American Express cuts Russia off.

--Russians are pivoting to Chinese payment cards

--The Zombie economy is still rotting from the inside out.

--A supposed leak from the FSB proposes June as the date of the ultimate collapse

--Ukraine looks like toppling around the same time. A race to collapse?

--It blames a lack of transparancy, and a tendency to write reports that give the correct answers, rather than the real answers.

--This is also, coincidentally, how an RBMK reactor explodes

--Speaking of exploding reactors, video from inside Zaporizhizia NPP- "Stop firing You are endangering the whole world".

--Fucking Morons. You utter fucking morons.

--For the most part, the story remains the same

--Russia is grinding forward

--Ukraine is still killing tanks. St Javelin protects

--Putin is still threatening the West

--What shape does that take when his air-force is struggling against Ukraine?

--The Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud looms, while Russia openly searches for evidence to manufacture about a Ukrainian bomb

--A Dirty Bomb - and Atom bomb. The narrative is building towards a justification

--Is it a genuine attempt - or a hideous bluff? To be seen to lay the groundwork, in the hopes of pushing people to the table.

--Or will Kyiv and Lyiv join Hiroshima and Nagasaki - a demonstration of nuclear power, overwhelming force, to force capitulation.

--It's the Tarkin doctrine in Real Life.

--NATO is unlikely to respond in kind. Hopefully.

--Using nuclear weapons against NATO courts a holocaust.

--Any response by NATO against Russia is the same

-- Russia seems to have very few other options left

-- What the fuck will China do?

--Meanwhile, Russia descends more and more into isolationist Authoritarianism

--The Electronic Iron Curtain may drop on March 8th, electronically cutting Russia off from the outside world.

--Is Russian defense minister Shoygu thinking of pulling a coup?

--Or are they going to give him the Polonium tea?

--The same supposed leak from the FSB tries to reassure --- it takes more than 1 man to push the button. Sane minds are still operating in Russia

--And Putin has to know, if that button gets pushed, he's dead.

--Above all else, dictators want to live. Dead dictators aren't in power.


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I don't particularly know what to think anymore. This is, overall, not going to have a nice ending for anyone. But, it's sort of a matter of what Russia drags down with it.