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Live Updates: Putin Orders ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine
- Gatsky 5y agoNote the thinly veiled threat of nuclear war in Putin's speech directed at foreign nations. > "To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside: if you do, you will face consequences greater than any of you have faced in history. All relevant decisions have been taken. I hope you hear me." If there is some way of interpreting this other than a guarantee of MAD, do enlighten me.
- livinglist 5y agoI wish for long lasting peace on Earth!
- nine_zeros 5y agoHumans will end humans. Not climate change, not disease and not declining populations.
- boznz 5y agoIdiots will end humans, please dont put me in the same class as these guys
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- monkeybutton 5y agoWhat a waste this will be.
- MichaelMoser123 5y agolooks like its ten seconds to midnight. Very sad moment indeed. Putin seems to be completely mad...
- oliwarner 5y agoI think he thinks the liberal western world has shown it will do everything to avoid midnight, including letting Russia do whatever the hell it damned well likes. They have UNSC allies. Cryptocurrency makes it near impossible to sanction them, or stop them funding whatever they like. Short of the war we're too afraid to wage, there's little we can do. Seize assets? Great. That might make it uncomfortable for Putin's allies but it's soft power when you consider that Putin can reimburse any losses. Don't get me wrong, I'm not cheerleading for a world war, but at this point, it's hard to see the advantage of avoiding it. Sacrificing Ukraine only shows the world how powerless we are if you're holding nukes, which is obviously a dangerous statement given the long-running conflicts around the world.
- MichaelMoser123 5y agoi think that real sanctions can do quite a lot - it would make a real difference, if state run enterprises like Gazprom and the big banks would no longer be able to mobilize any money on the markets. I actually do wonder, why measures such as a shutdown of swift have not been announced yet.
- oliwarner 5y agoIt's still winter. Much of Europe relies on Gazprom directly for natural gas and perhaps more pervasively, for a lot of low cost natural gas to maintain market stability. Indeed, Gazprom's recent inaction to stabilise supply has seen wholesale prices rocket. I can't imagine the chaos if Gazprom were ordered to cut the supply off. By which I mean to say, Russia has bargaining power here too. It's not just pointy sticks.