Is Russia about to invade Ukraine? (5 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

Russia continues to mass assets within range of Ukraine - though the official explanations are that they are for various exercises. United States intelligence has noted that Russian operatives in Ukraine could launch 'false flag' operations as a predicate to invasion. The West has pressed for negotiations and on Friday in Geneva, the US Sec. State Blinken will meet with the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.

Certainly the Russian movements evidence some plan - but what is it? Some analysts believe that Putin's grand scheme involves securing Western commitments that NATO would never expand beyond its current composition. Whether that means action in Ukraine or merely the movement of pieces on the chess board remains to be seen.

VIENNA — No one expected much progress from this past week’s diplomatic marathon to defuse the security crisis Russia has ignited in Eastern Europe by surrounding Ukraine on three sides with 100,000 troops and then, by the White House’s accounting, sending in saboteurs to create a pretext for invasion.

But as the Biden administration and NATO conduct tabletop simulations about how the next few months could unfold, they are increasingly wary of another set of options for President Vladimir V. Putin, steps that are more far-reaching than simply rolling his troops and armor over Ukraine’s border.

Mr. Putin wants to extend Russia’s sphere of influence to Eastern Europe and secure written commitments that NATO will never again enlarge. If he is frustrated in reaching that goal, some of his aides suggested on the sidelines of the negotiations last week, then he would pursue Russia’s security interests with results that would be felt acutely in Europe and the United States.

There were hints, never quite spelled out, that nuclear weapons could be shifted to places — perhaps not far from the United States coastline — that would reduce warning times after a launch to as little as five minutes, potentially igniting a confrontation with echoes of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Russia Issues Subtle Threats More Far-Reaching Than a Ukraine Invasion

If the West fails to meet its security demands, Moscow could take measures like placing nuclear missiles close to the U.S. coastline, Russian officials have hinted.

www.nytimes.com

Blinken Will Meet With Russia as U.S. Pushes for More Diplomacy

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will meet with Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia in Geneva on Friday as the United States warns that Russia could soon attack Ukraine.

www.nytimes.com

How to think about war in Ukraine

Start with the Ukrainians

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[camdudetenger2018]

That's true, but a lot of people use that as an excuse for Russia invading Ukraine. Do you think that it's okay that Russia invaded Ukraine and is trying to conquer it?

nope its not ok

its like what did ukraine do to russia that was so bad

like did ukraine beat russia in many sports

 

[camdudetenger2018]

That's an extremely basic/simplistic understanding of Ukraine and Russian past.

It's much more than that and it wasn't 1917, it was 1922. Ukraine actually fought for independence but lost out to bolesheviks and Poland.

They have never considered themselves part of USSR. They were subjugated into submission by Stalin and the Holomodor.

Ask any ethnic Ukrainian if they are Russian.

if the russian royal family was still alive i wonder if they would have accepted there independence

 

[camdudetenger2018]

This all day long. Ukraine is not and never has been Russia, and Russia is not and never has been Ukraine despite the fact that they were a part of USSR, and certainly not by choice.

Any attempts to say otherwise is to rewrite history.

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[DaveXA]

have you heard of the apple tv streaming show for all mankind

Yes, I’m aware.

 

[efil4]

Its been posted here and on EE- Putins desire to split NATO ( divide US from Europe )

With that in mind...

 

[camdudetenger2018]

Yes, I’m aware.

then you know on the show that the ussr never broke up and they were the 1st on the moon

 

[MT15]

I wouldn’t doubt that this is true for a minute.

 

[MT15]

This is just evident.

 

[efil4]

5 hours to tell you in first 10 min i have no intention of stopping this war until Ukraine is mine is indeed too long.

 

[MT15]

Oh dear

 

[efil4]

Oh dear

He arrived early..ahead of schedule and they are saying that's why they were flying around, waiting.

 

[MT15]

Important to note they were military style drones, not some hobbyist or fringe group. It was a state action. There were 4 of them and they appeared to be operating independently.

 

[efil4]

Read it and weep

 

[Dragon]

Read it and weep

Europe knows this already and the Trump regieme is soon going to find out that they are on their own. The regieme is trying to do the same thing to Europe as Russia and will be met with the same resistance. New alliances is in the making and in the end - the US will stand alone.

Regarding technological theft - Several of the high end US tech companies has been caught "appropriating" research and technologies developed by European high tech companies. Just a few examples below

Nokia (Finland) → Amazon (U.S.) — 2023–2025 (multi-jurisdictional)
Nokia brought complaints against Amazon alleging use of patented video-streaming / cloud technologies without license; litigation was filed in multiple jurisdictions (including Germany, UK and U.S.). (Note: these disputes have included cross-claims and countersuits by Amazon in other forums.) Outcome: Reported settlement/resolution in early 2025 (confidential multi-year patent agreement between Nokia and Amazon reported).

Ericsson (Sweden) → Apple (U.S.) — multiple suits (2015–2022)
Ericsson brought patent suits and FRAND/royalty disputes against Apple in the U.S. and in several European countries (Germany, UK, Netherlands). These involved telecom/standard-essential patents (3G/4G/5G). Outcome: Multiple filings, negotiations and finally a global licensing deal announced Dec 2022 that ended the active disputes.

In August 2025, ParTec — a German supercomputing company — filed a patent infringement lawsuit at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Munich against U.S.-based NVIDIA. The suit alleges that NVIDIA’s DGX AI supercomputers infringe ParTec’s patented “dynamic Modular System Architecture (dMSA)” — a design ParTec says underlies the way CPUs and GPUs coordinate tasks in high-performance computing.

 

[efil4]

Europe knows this already and the Trump regieme is soon going to find out that they are on their own. The regieme is trying to do the same thing to Europe as Russia and will be met with the same resistance. New alliances is in the making and in the end - the US will stand alone.

Regarding technological theft - Several of the high end US tech companies has been caught "appropriating" research and technologies developed by European high tech companies. Just a few examples below

yes this was for my domestic folks lol.

We are ever so close to full isolation from allies and new partnerships with axis folks like Russia.

Disheartening 11 months so far and we still have 37 to go.

 

[efil4]

 

[Optimus Prime]

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.

In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jralso said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

Trump Jr has no formal role inside his father’s administration, but is a key figure in the Maga movement. His intervention reflects the antipathy among some inside the Trump team towards the Ukrainian government, and comes as Trump’s negotiating team is putting pressure on Kyiv to give up territory.


Trump Jr said the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was prolonging the war because he knew he would never win an election if it ended. He said Zelenskyy was a borderline deity on the left, but argued that Ukraine was far more corrupt than Russia.…….

US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr

Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU

www.theguardian.com

 

[MT15]