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[Gatorubet 30,233]

If Putin goes nuclear, Austin is ready…..except that Phillips asshole.

 

[956 Worldwide 34,710]

A senior Russian diplomat to the UN in Geneva has resigned, multiple sources are saying.  It would be the highest ranking Russian diplomat or official to do so.

Edited May 23, 2022 by 956 Worldwide

[Enchubben 5,510]

So I assume this dude is no longer welcome in Russia, no? 

[956 Worldwide 34,710]

3 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

So I assume this dude is no longer welcome in Russia, no? 

Maybe his tour in Geneva was coming to an end anyway and he just decided to NOPE out of a return to Moscow. Not a bad play. 

[Chad Fuck 17,673]

Maybe his tour in Geneva was coming to an end anyway and he just decided to NOPE out of a return to Moscow. Not a bad play. 

Gonna be another round of polonium tea served.

[Trey3216 15,346]

14 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

On the one hand, creepy and scary as fuck for Ukrainians.

On the other hand, they are dropping the charade that it was about Naziism, threats to Russia, etc, and because they are acting like everything is going well, it's going to be really fucking hard for them to try and mobilize/conscript the civilian Russian population.

Oh, it's about Naziism alright.  It's just that they're the Nazis, not the Ukrainians.  

[atomheartbevo 89,657]

Somebody won’t be welcome in Russia

 

[atomheartbevo 89,657]

 

[atomheartbevo 89,657]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

A senior Russian diplomat to the UN in Geneva has resigned, multiple sources are saying.  It would be the highest ranking Russian diplomat or official to do so.

Huge

 

[27-25 2,047]

Russian tanks have entered Kyiv.  Can Putin just declare victory and go home now?

 

[956 Worldwide 34,710]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Huge

 

He’s not the chief— they have an Ambassador.  He’s listed in the UN Geneva Blue Book as a Counselor, which is decently high ranking within the diplomatic mission. 
 

[956 Worldwide 34,710]

Savage. 
 

[CooterBrown 18,007]

I hope that diplomat cut a deal with the Swiss to stay there because he absolutely can't go back to Russia now.

[atomheartbevo 89,657]

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

Fuck em. I am sure we can find kids from other countries that want to study here. 

[atomheartbevo 89,657]

I think I figured out what bugs me so much about these state TV shows. When you have one person speaking and the camera pans around to the other talking heads, they all appear to be on the verge of speaking.  

It’s like they are all actors with scripts and they are impatiently waiting to say their lines and move on.  Their “discussions” were probably written hours in advance and they come across as exaggerations because they are acting how they think the audience (of one) wants them to act.   

[JesusSweatDuck 17,781]

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Fuck em. I am sure we can find kids from other countries that want to study here. 

Like China? /ducks

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

2 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Like China? /ducks

Their students are already here. I was thinking Africa, Latin America and, well I don't know, Eastern Europe. 

[Chad Fuck 17,673]

26 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Their nuclear death cult is something.  Holding the world hostage is totally something a mature nation on the world stage should be doing.  It's totally not something a petulant toddler would do.  "I want my iPad or I will rub my radioactive shit all over the walls!"  

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

This would be interesting to see develop. 

Spoiler

Britain has backed in principle a proposal by Lithuania for a naval coalition “of the willing” to lift the Russian Black Sea blockade on Ukrainian grain exports.

The Lithuanian foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, proposed the plan during talks with the UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, on Monday in London.

 

“Time is very very short. We are closing in on a new harvest and there is no other practical way of exporting the grain except through the Black Sea port of Odesa,” he told the Guardian. “There is no way of storing this grain and no other adequate alternative route. It is imperative that we show vulnerable countries we are prepared to take the steps that are needed to feed the world.”

Landsbergis proposed that a naval escort operation – not run by Nato – could protect the grain ships as they headed through the Black Sea and past Russian warships. He suggested that, apart from Britain, countries that were affected by the potential loss of grain such as Egypt could provide the necessary protection.

“What we have seen now is just the beginning. The worst is yet to come in the next five to seven weeks when the first harvest arrives and there is no place to put it, so that means people in northern Africa, the Middle East and south-east Asia will be paying exorbitant prices for wheat, corn and the other commodities they need to put food on their table”. He said Ukraine needed to export 80m tonnes of wheat alone this year and the only option was through Odesa,.

His plan, under gestation for weeks, would require demining parts of the Black Sea to ensure safe passage, as well as the agreement of Turkey, which guards the entrance to the Black Sea.

“This would be a non-military humanitarian mission and is not comparable with a no-fly zone,” he said. “In this endeavour military ships or planes or both would be used to ensure that the grain supplies can leave Odesa safely and reach the Bosphorus without Russian interference. We would need a coalition of the willing – countries with significant naval power to protect the shipping lanes, and countries that are affected by this”.

Nato as an alliance should not take a role, he said.

After meeting Landsbergis, Truss said the UK would want British naval ships to join the escort if the practicalities could be sorted, including demining the harbour and providing Ukraine with longer-range weapons to defend the harbour from Russian attack. The UK is in discussions with allies about the plan and it would probably need US agreement to be activated

Truss said: “What we need to do is deal with this global food security issue and the UK is working on an urgent solution to get the grain out of Ukraine”.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned of “a hurricane of hunger” if Ukrainian grain is not exported. The world’s 41 least-developed nations import a third of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia. Soaring food prices have already driven inflation levels in Egypt to the highest level since mid-2019.

 

[Brisketexan 105,119]

19 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

This would be interesting to see develop. 

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Britain has backed in principle a proposal by Lithuania for a naval coalition “of the willing” to lift the Russian Black Sea blockade on Ukrainian grain exports.

The Lithuanian foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, proposed the plan during talks with the UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, on Monday in London.

 

“Time is very very short. We are closing in on a new harvest and there is no other practical way of exporting the grain except through the Black Sea port of Odesa,” he told the Guardian. “There is no way of storing this grain and no other adequate alternative route. It is imperative that we show vulnerable countries we are prepared to take the steps that are needed to feed the world.”

Landsbergis proposed that a naval escort operation – not run by Nato – could protect the grain ships as they headed through the Black Sea and past Russian warships. He suggested that, apart from Britain, countries that were affected by the potential loss of grain such as Egypt could provide the necessary protection.

“What we have seen now is just the beginning. The worst is yet to come in the next five to seven weeks when the first harvest arrives and there is no place to put it, so that means people in northern Africa, the Middle East and south-east Asia will be paying exorbitant prices for wheat, corn and the other commodities they need to put food on their table”. He said Ukraine needed to export 80m tonnes of wheat alone this year and the only option was through Odesa,.

His plan, under gestation for weeks, would require demining parts of the Black Sea to ensure safe passage, as well as the agreement of Turkey, which guards the entrance to the Black Sea.

“This would be a non-military humanitarian mission and is not comparable with a no-fly zone,” he said. “In this endeavour military ships or planes or both would be used to ensure that the grain supplies can leave Odesa safely and reach the Bosphorus without Russian interference. We would need a coalition of the willing – countries with significant naval power to protect the shipping lanes, and countries that are affected by this”.

Nato as an alliance should not take a role, he said.

After meeting Landsbergis, Truss said the UK would want British naval ships to join the escort if the practicalities could be sorted, including demining the harbour and providing Ukraine with longer-range weapons to defend the harbour from Russian attack. The UK is in discussions with allies about the plan and it would probably need US agreement to be activated

Truss said: “What we need to do is deal with this global food security issue and the UK is working on an urgent solution to get the grain out of Ukraine”.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned of “a hurricane of hunger” if Ukrainian grain is not exported. The world’s 41 least-developed nations import a third of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia. Soaring food prices have already driven inflation levels in Egypt to the highest level since mid-2019.

 

Won't work.

What will work is sending in unarmed freighters with unarmed de-mining escorts.  And KNOW that Russia will sink one of them (and western powers should offer that carrier "insurance" for the potential vessel loss, since private carriers will not).  Then, once it does, Russia will have chosen its path.  After that, send freighters with naval escort, authorized to take defensive measures to protect humanitarian supplies.

Let Russia openly wage war on the global food supply.  Fucking let them hang themselves.   Dole out as much rope as you can, they are masters at crafting their own nooses.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Brisketexan

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

So we have the Harpoon solution. 

 

[Brisketexan 105,119]

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

So we have the Harpoon solution. 

 

Doesn't solve for the Russian subs in the Black Sea that will sink grain freighters.

Which, again.....I say "let them."  Announce an unarmed convoy.  Parade it through the bosporous with much fanfare.   Follow it on satellite the entire time,,,,,so the world will get to see Russia attack an unarmed freighter, on a humanitarian mission, live.  Make Russia go full Russia in front of the whole world.  Alternatively, emasculate Russia by sending ships right past them, loading up with grain, and then heading back to the people who need it.  Either way, Russia loses.

[Bevo 13,576]

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Doesn't solve for the Russian subs in the Black Sea that will sink grain freighters.

Which, again.....I say "let them."  Announce an unarmed convoy.  Parade it through the bosporous with much fanfare.   Follow it on satellite the entire time,,,,,so the world will get to see Russia attack an unarmed freighter, on a humanitarian mission, live.  Make Russia go full Russia in front of the whole world.  Alternatively, emasculate Russia by sending ships right past them, loading up with grain, and then heading back to the people who need it.  Either way, Russia loses.

And whoever is on the ship.

[Born to Run 6,569]

And whoever is on the ship.

Let that Somali pirate dude be the Captain again.

[utee94 15,820]

Post on craigslist for a "free cargo ship, just pick it up on Black Sea."

[Neonmoon 38,129]

I know a guy

[NorthLoop 14,195]

29 minutes ago, Bevo said:

And whoever is on the ship.

Robots

[NorthLoop 14,195]

derp

Edited May 23, 2022 by NorthLoop

[Brisketexan 105,119]

35 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Post on craigslist for a "free cargo ship, just pick it up on Black Sea."

Fuck that.  First reply will be "can you deliver it to Buda?"

[F250 28,770]

9 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

I know a guy

 

He isn't looking so good these days.

[Steel Shank 9,424]

Robots

I did the robot for my dog this morning.

/csb

[MillerEP 30,455]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/starbucks-will-exit-russia-after-15-years-closing-130-licensed-cafes.html

Starbucks will exit Russia after 15 years, closing 130 licensed cafes
PUBLISHED MON, MAY 23 20229:15 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

 

[MillerEP 30,455]

 

[MillerEP 30,455]

 

[Samson's Wig 3,192]

7 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/starbucks-will-exit-russia-after-15-years-closing-130-licensed-cafes.html

Starbucks will exit Russia after 15 years, closing 130 licensed cafes
PUBLISHED MON, MAY 23 20229:15 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

 

Such a brave and bold move, Starbucks, belatedly getting out of the Russian game now that no one there can afford your shitty coffee anymore.

[MillerEP 30,455]

Destroyed 30 OMBR enemy car "Ural" with ammunition burns no worse than the cruiser "Moscow".

[MillerEP 30,455]

Denmark will hand over Harpoon anti-ship missiles and launchers to Ukraine, said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

The Czech Republic handed over to Ukraine fire support helicopters, tanks, missile systems - the Pentagon.

Kharkiv region, destroyed Russian DT-30 "Knight", multi-purpose two-link all-terrain vehicle on a crawler.
 

[MillerEP 30,455]

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1528790138582667270?s=20&t=d8XiT0uADQU7fuGFR86qxA

[Bevo 13,576]

6 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1528790138582667270?s=20&t=d8XiT0uADQU7fuGFR86qxA

Man, that took a long strange path to get there. I guess you have to keep the target in your sights until it hits.

[ABSR 5,311]

25 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

Such a brave and bold move, Starbucks, belatedly getting out of the Russian game now that no one there can afford your shitty coffee anymore.

... And since the supply chain is broken and they can't import all of the coffee and other items they want to sell.  Brave, brave corporate citizens! 

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

we should have kept them open to force the Russians to drink their crappy coffee. 

[MillerEP 30,455]

Lviv paratroopers destroyed a unit of the 76th Airborne Assault Division in Luhansk Region.

Video of the work of the "Honor" unit on the Russian crossing in Belogorovka, where more than 80 units of equipment were destroyed

Why not?

[MillerEP 30,455]

Trophy T-72B3

The invaders want to take out metal and grain from the port of Mariupol by rail, - adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko

[MillerEP 30,455]

^Another possible Major General

[Chad Fuck 17,673]

1 hour ago, MillerEP said:

^Another possible Major General

Why the hell would a Major General be flying low level combat missions?

[Brisketexan 105,119]

3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Why the hell would a Major General be flying low level combat missions?

Perhaps he had information vegetable, animal, and mineral?

[Nivek 16,927]

Apparently rank means little there. They are all cannon fodder.

[Chad Fuck 17,673]

Apparently he may've been working as a mercenary after having been drummed out of the armed forces. 

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-paratroopers-have-probably-neutralized-the-infamous-russian-aviation-general/

63 years old according to the article.  That's a bit on the gray side for front line expeditionary members, wouldn't you say?

[Brisketexan 105,119]

1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

63 years old according to the article.  That's a bit on the gray side for front line expeditionary members, wouldn't you say?

Gunny Highway is not amused by your shenanigans.