The Brink of War?

[StevieWonders]

Not a land mines, but shells. It is typical mistake what does not native translators: in Russian and Ukrainian shells and land mines named "mines" - "мины"

Let's hope Khortose is reassured by that

[Brad the Impala]

Volley of Angels is child cemetery and memorial place for kids who were killed by Ukrainian nationalists at past 8 years.

The Alley of Angels in Donetsk, Ukraine is a memorial for children of Donbas killed during the War in Donbas.

Sounds like they weren't just killed by Nationalists. More propaganda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley_of_Angels

[StevieWonders]

From SWIFT to Russia - “Goodbye”

“ First, we commit to ensuring that selected Russian banks are removed from the SWIFT messaging system. This will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally.

Second, we commit to imposing restrictive measures that will prevent the Russian Central Bank from deploying its international reserves in ways that undermine the impact of our sanctions.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...omic-measures/

[Moses]

From SWIFT to Russia - “Goodbye”

“ First, we commit to ensuring that selected Russian banks are removed from the SWIFT messaging system. This will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally.

Second, we commit to imposing restrictive measures that will prevent the Russian Central Bank from deploying its international reserves in ways that undermine the impact of our sanctions.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...omic-measures/

some "selected banks" should we care? here are 600+ banks what are using SWIFT... by the way: there are about 20 banks located in Crimea, all not using SWIFT and all are working normally already 8 years... Russia has own international system for interbank messaging along with Chinese own system...

[StevieWonders]

some "selected banks" should we care? here are 600+ banks what are using SWIFT... by the way: there are about 20 banks located in Crimea, all not using SWIFT and all are working normally already 8 years... Russia has own international system for interbank messaging along with Chinese own system...

Excellent news Moses. We can all sleep easy tonight

[Moses]

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[Moses]

Correction: now in Russia are 331 bank, 5 of them are under sanctions.

[cdnmatt]

Now just watch Moses, in a few months when Russia's economy really begins feeling these impacts you're going to get all pissed off and blame the West. Can't possibly be the dear leader's fault for invading Ukraine... no, no... it'll be the West's fault for being a bully.

One thing I've never understood... nobody really knows, but tere's speculation Putin is worth around $200 billion USD. Whatever the amount is, it's massive and he's most likely the richest man in the world.

How are Russians who support Putin possibly ok with that though? Do they think he's just a really intelligent businessman, or are they totally fine with him being a criminal who plunders and pillages what should be one of the wealthiest nations on the planet while leaving his fellow countrymen to suffer widespread poverty?

For example, if it somehow emerged that Trudeau had a good $60 billion tucked away in personal wealth, I'm quite confident he'd have some explaining to do to the Canadian people. It'd make that recent trucker protest look like Sunday brunch at church.

[Dodger]

Correction: now in Russia are 331 bank, 5 of them are under sanctions.

This historic level of sanctions being imposed on Russia is in a state of flux which is understandable. I don't think the European Commission has released the actual number of Russian banks which will be blocked from SWIFT yet. They have simply announced the fact that a decision has been made to block select banks.

One could imagine that the blocking of SWIFT from select Russian banks is just a small piece of a very large picture with so many countries imposing sanctions simultaneously. it will probably take weeks if not longer to see how these small pieces fit together in order for Russia to realize the full impact.

Hopefully (for every ones sake) Putin will agree to negotiate some sort of compromise before more people die.

[cdnmatt]

Even the world's favorite eccentric billionaire is helping out. Activated Starlink in Ukraine, and is sending more modules to the country for communications and internet access that Russia can't knock out.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1497701484003213317