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Yeah Swalwell and another Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona decided to bring that up, apparently thinking the five thousand Russians studying in the United States are all children of Russian oligarchs...

I haven't seen any substantiation yet... This is what Russia is saying and Russian news outlets promoting it ATM when I Googled it.

It's not even conscription, according to the link provided, its registration. The whole argument seems to be a red herring since I've seen the exact same talking points elsewhere. It could lead to conscription in wartime but if your facing an existential crisis, saying it doesn't 'bode well' is...

Yeah the Jewish-Nazi President of the Ukraine has announced that Ukrainians in Russia should probably leave the country as soon as possible. There's an estimated two million Ukrainians living in Russia plus another one or two million working in Russia in various migrant style jobs. He's also...

Yeah it's probably the ol' Soviet Army. A lot of the trainers for the expanded Reserve Force are apparently from back in the day. Ukraine has been pretty active in peacekeeping operations but I don't think it's ever approached the range or scale of hundreds of thousands lol. Like their...

Some more indications of the buildup of 'Russian Peacekeepers' as they encircle Ukraine in order to contain their aggression. Also apparently Russian bots or whatever have been engaged in false reporting of various Twitter accounts analyzing Russian Affairs and that specific conflict in...

I'm sure most of those former Yugoslav Republics that broke away could vote to reunify with Serbia again if they want to. There might be some difficulties for those that are EU Members but ultimately I'm sure a pathway could be found.

More foreigners bailing out. For one example... Medical Students from India! Whole thread on the Twitter. Interesting to get the snap reactions from the students and how safe they felt being there or relieved they got out. Oh and in less important news, this guy made a speech.

Looks like crowds measuring in the tens were celebrating the news of Putin's announcement last night! Guess everyone else got evacuated which explains the sausage fest.

Very scintillating conversation going on... but if I may... Russian Diplomatic Facilities are undergoing more evacuations as well as the traditional burning of documents, such as this video out of the Odessa Consulate. It was the Kenyan Representative who most distilled the idea of this...

UNSC Security Council is gabbing on the thing. Huge powerful word salads from Brazil and India using a lot of words and platitudes of 'Can't we all just get along?' USA, Albania, Germany, Norway, Ireland and United Kingdom critical of Russia and calling for sanctions and the like. Kenya...

It's a good thing we have a thread discussing the goings on in Canadia.

Well he's still Presidential enough and not missing enough to make speeches at the moment. Supposedly Biden officials are encouraging him to hang out in Lviv, in Western Ukraine.

Putin's actually doing a press conference now. Providing his in-depth analysis of Ukrainian history. It's like doing a season recap before the final episode. :p

Oh no looks like Ukraine prematurely invaded Russian territory in the Rostov Oblast with more sabotuers backed by armored personnel carriers. Good thing Russia has all those soldiers there coincidentally. This never would've happened if Germany didn't give Ukraine those five thousand helmets...

Yep seems all but confirmed now. https://www.rt.com/russia/550139-russia-recognizes-independence-donbass/ Should provide a convenient casus belli for the long term for Russia regarding the Ukraine now. Any aggression towards the Donbass whether real or imagined could be made to justify a...

Standard is NATO wouldn't allow Ukraine to join unless the Crimea (and potentially the Donbass things) are resolved because NATO doesn't include countries with ongoing territorial disputes for the very reason Putin has brought up.

Putin "winning" a face to face meeting or summit with Biden by deploying tens of thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border for the better part of a year isn't how I'd characterize this. That Putin "needs" to withdraw soldiers from the border to earn a summit doesn't seem like a fair way to...

Whelp. There go my vacation plans. :(

Yeah... the term 'invasion' just like say 'occupation' can have negative connotations depending on how you use it, but it can also be used as a value-neutral statement of fact. You can invade and occupy a country and still be "liberating" it for example.