Russo-Ukrainian War Thread - Page 11

On March 01 2022 15:10 Dav1oN wrote:
Kharkiv was just bombarded from the planes by what sounded as a vacuum bomb into heavily populated area

On March 01 2022 18:06 SkrollK wrote:


If this is confirmed, I hope Putin is convicted internationally for war crimes.

Stay safe, stay strong.

On March 01 2022 19:05 Manit0u wrote:
Was it confirmed that the city was bombed by planes? A few days ago Russians have sent TOS units towards Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/fpleitgenCNN/status/1497519335350452231

They pack thermobaric rockets which have the double effect of blast wave + vacuum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91yFP9E9Yg

On March 01 2022 20:44 Sadist wrote:
Are we getting more peacetalks today?

I hope there can be some negotiated ceasefire before things get really ugly.

On March 01 2022 19:33 Biff The Understudy wrote:

This video is horrifying.. Imagine being on the wrong end of that thing.

On March 01 2022 16:54 Artisreal wrote:

Undoubtedly the denazification in West Germany was a joke. The Sowjets were much faster and more thorough in that regard.
At least it is propaganda with a speck of unpleasant truth (for the times).

On March 01 2022 21:29 justanothertownie wrote:

And yet, nowadays there are far more nazis in Eastern Germany.

On March 01 2022 21:14 0x64 wrote:
I really don't understand the logic behind NATO or Europe not stepping up for the control of the sky.

Yes Nukes are a risk, but that risk will be the same or worst the slower we react.

When there is a 60 km column on an easily targetable road, where are the shelling we so kindly offered in the Balkan and Syria?

On March 01 2022 21:19 Manit0u wrote:


Yeah, it's pretty much a WMD - if you don't get hit by the blast you'll suffocate afterwards as they suck out all oxygen in a large area.

On March 01 2022 21:56 Biff The Understudy wrote:

Horrible. How is this kind of crap even allowed

On March 01 2022 19:33 Biff The Understudy wrote:

This video is horrifying.. Imagine being on the wrong end of that thing.

The list of those cutting ties or reviewing their operations is growing by the hour as foreign governments ratchet up sanctions against Russia, close airspace to its aircraft and lock some banks out of the SWIFT money messaging system. With the ruble plunging and the U.S. banning transactions with the Russian central bank, operating in Russia has become deeply problematic. Some companies have concluded that the risks, both reputational and financial, are too great to continue.

For some companies, the decision to exit Russia is the conclusion of decades of lucrative, if sometimes fraught, investments. Foreign energy majors have been pouring money in since the 1990s. Russia’s largest foreign investor, BP Plc, led the way with its surprising announcement on Sunday that it would exit its 20% stake in state-controlled Rosneft, a move that could result in a $25 billion write-off and cut its global oil and gas production by a third.

The stake was the product of a protracted battle in 2012 for control over TNK-BP, a joint venture between the oil giant and a group of billionaires. It’s now weighing whether to sell its stake back to Rosneft, according to people familiar with the situation.

Shell Plc followed on Monday. Citing Russia’s “senseless act of military aggression,” it said it is ending partnerships with state-controlled Gazprom, including the Sakhalin-II liquefied natural gas facility and its involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, which Germany blocked last week. Both projects are worth about $3 billion. Kwasi Kwarteng, the U.K. business secretary, met with Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden on Monday to discuss the company’s involvement and welcomed the move.

“Shell have made the right call,” he tweeted. “There is now a strong moral imperative on British companies to isolate Russia. This invasion must be a strategic failure for Putin.”

Equinor ASA, which is Norway’s biggest energy company and majority owned by the state, also announced it will start withdrawing from its joint ventures in Russia, worth about $1.2 billion. “In the current situation, we regard our position as untenable,” CEO Anders Opedal said.

France’s TotalEnergies SE, which is involved in major liquefied natural gas projects in Russia, said it will no longer provide capital for new developments in the country, a modest concession to the mounting political pressure. Among other major energy companies, Exxon Mobil Corp. oversees the Sakhalin-1 project with Rosneft and companies from Japan and India.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you see more announcements coming down the line about exits,” said Allen Good, sector strategist at Morningstar.

Pressure on others with sales and joint ventures in Russia is mounting. Daimler Truck Holding AG, one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, said it will stop its business activities in Russia until further notice and may review ties with local joint venture partner Kamaz PJSC. Labor representatives said they “consider it appropriate” for the world’s largest truck maker to also offload its shares in Kamaz, the company’s works council said in an emailed statement.

Volvo Car AB and Volvo AB, the truck maker, also announced they are halting sales and production in Russia. Harley-Davidson Inc. said it has suspended its business in Russia, which along with the rest of Europe and the Middle East accounted for 31% of its motorcycle sales last year.

General Motors Co. said it was halting shipments to Russia, citing “a number of external factors, including supply chain issues and other matters beyond the company’s control.” GM exports about 3,000 vehicles a year to Russia from the U.S. In Japan, most of the major carmakers said business with Russia would remain as is, though Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it would meet to assess the risk of operating there.

Others are seeing their stock prices plummet. French carmaker Renault SA fell as much as 12% Monday; Russia is its second-biggest market and its AvtoVaz subsidiary, where Renault holds a 68% stake, makes Lada-brand vehicles that command about a fifth of the Russian market. Renault also makes Kaptur, Duster and other vehicles at its own plant in Moscow.

Ford Motor Co. said it wasn’t planning to pull out of its joint venture in Russia with Sollers to produce commercial vans, at least not yet. “Our current interest is entirely on the safety and well-being of people in Ukraine and the surrounding region,” Ford said in a statement. “We won’t speculate on business implications.”

Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. said they’ve blocked certain Russian activity from their payment networks to comply with international sanctions.

On March 01 2022 22:07 Acrofales wrote:

Doesn't look like it does much precise aiming either. I guess because it levels a city block anyway, so who really cares if you can precisely target the building where the army is hiding if it's going to take down the hospital, school and residential flat in a couple of hundred meters radius anyway