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Tommy Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 05:28 PM Feb 2022

Russian "peacekeepers" ordered to Eastern Ukraine.






BNO News @BNONews · 5m

BREAKING: Putin orders peacekeeping mission in Donetsk and Luhansk
4:21 PM · Feb 21, 2022·TweetDeck


Don't worry. They're just "peacekeepers."

Just like Trump told his followers to "peacefully" go to the Capitol on January 6th.

I'm sure nothing bad will come of this.
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Russian "peacekeepers" ordered to Eastern Ukraine. (Original Post) Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 OP
The sanctions need to start today Johnny2X2X Feb 2022 #1
Nationilize every penny! Now! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #2
Psaki says it already has, US banks pulling funds from Russia equites which are in freefall ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #3
It seems everyone knows it... Eyeball_Kid Feb 2022 #4
Putin is in cloudcuckooland right now. ananda Feb 2022 #6
+1,000! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #9
Hadnt heard cilla4progress Feb 2022 #5
link uponit7771 Feb 2022 #8
That's not sanctions against Russia, that's sanctions against two regions in active rebellion. Lancero Feb 2022 #15
ah, well ... that's toothless uponit7771 Feb 2022 #16
I'd wait until EndlessWire Feb 2022 #11
Since Donetsk and Luhansk sarisataka Feb 2022 #13
Oh, let's not be fussy. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #14
They are already there . .. . Lovie777 Feb 2022 #7
Yes. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #10
Ahh yes. The Russian Sudetenland. Zorro Feb 2022 #12
+1, IIRC that's the very excuse Hitler gave to attack that area uponit7771 Feb 2022 #17
WW Z, no doubt Shanti Shanti Shanti Feb 2022 #18

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
1. The sanctions need to start today
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 05:31 PM
Feb 2022

Russia is invading Ukraine, hammer them.

Seizing the international assets of all of Russia's richest families that prop Putin up would be my first sanction.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
3. Psaki says it already has, US banks pulling funds from Russia equites which are in freefall ...
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 05:35 PM
Feb 2022

... now and next the economic war begins.

Putin has a rainy day fund for Russia but it aint gonna last ... this move by Putin is REALLY dumb

ananda

(28,866 posts)
6. Putin is in cloudcuckooland right now.
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 05:41 PM
Feb 2022

Nothing good is going to happen for him or Russia
from now on.

Lancero

(3,003 posts)
15. That's not sanctions against Russia, that's sanctions against two regions in active rebellion.
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 06:52 PM
Feb 2022

Those two area's were already written off in regards to sanctions, since, well, active rebellion.

"To be clear: these measures are separate from and would be in addition to the swift and severe economic measures we have been preparing in coordination with Allies and partners should Russia further invade Ukraine."


So, yeah. Entirely separate thing.

EndlessWire

(6,537 posts)
11. I'd wait until
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 06:11 PM
Feb 2022

his tanks actually cross into Ukraine. Then I'd go with that. Diplomacy will soon be over. Ukraine isn't going to "sue" for peace. They are going to fight.

And, eff Belarus, too.

EndlessWire

(6,537 posts)
14. Oh, let's not be fussy.
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 06:38 PM
Feb 2022

He invaded when he took Crimea.

But, when History writes this chapter, Putin will not be able to say it was the other guy's fault. He isn't going to be defending some sovereign country's honor. He will be crossing the border with tanks, probably accompanied by satellite images for posterity. That's what we want. We want images to show the entire world.

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