Forgive me, but how is this pro-Putin in any way? It looks like a regular question to me, no need to be so confrontational about it.
How likely do you think it is that the anti-invasion protests in Russia will eventually convince Putin to cut his losses and leave Ukraine? Wishing you well
Asking an Ukranian poster "when will you stop resisting and welcome us" is disgusting however way you are looking at
I hate him and I rebel against him in every chance I ve got.
If you are not lying, apologies, but I have friends over there in Kyiv, up in arms fighting for their lives, (educated middle class Ukrainians who never touched a gun before) you should understand the frustrations coming in your wayGood. Please control yourself the next time you get the urge to send someone a misguided, insulting PM. PMs are reportable too, you know.
Don't take just my word on it okay? Trust your instincts, it isn't called survival instinct for no reason.@ncmxm спасибо
@Dr Iron Arc thank you! You've always been and remain incredibly supportive of me (as well as other forum members) and I am immensely grateful to you for it. I hope my story doesn't get you too upset. You're a very kind and beautiful soul. I know how much you love to deny it at any cost and get mad at anyone who talks about you positively, but please, do me a big favour and lets not do that dance right now. Thank you for being my Internet bestie for these two years, in case it's goodbye or even if it isn't. For as long as I am able to be online and reach you, you're being super helpful by just talking to me, being supportive and maybe offering some advice. Love you to the moon and back
A bit of a practical advice moment - I have packed some stuff into my handbag and put it next to my apartment's door in case I'll have to run for some reason. I'd also take it with me whenever I'd leave the house in case I'd be locked out. Here's what I packed:
- My ID
- All cash I have (which is, unfortunately, not a lot). Small notes in a front pocket, bigger notes hidden inside.
- My two credit and one debit card (mostly useless at the moment but who knows?)
- All the meds I regularly take or might urgently need (except for the ones I already don't have, sadly)
- A small notepad and a couple of pens in case I need to take some notes
- A powerbank, two phone chargers and two USB cords
- A couple of lighters (cheap crap but those are the best I could get), small scissors
- Personal hygiene stuff, a small pack of wet wipes (could use a bigger one), hand sanitizer
- A couple of energy bars as a small snack
- A can of soft drink because I am a complete and utter idiot and only bought two huge ass bottles of water that I have no way of carrying around and I apparently don't have a single small, packable plastic bottle in the house. I plan to buy a small water bottle ASAP, it might take time but so far isn't outside of realm of possibility.
- A packable bigger tote bag in case I need to also pack something bigger on the go
- My keys
So a few questions to the fellow forum members who are not terrified stupid like me:
1) Does packing some food and drinks that would require hot water to make (quick oats, mash potato pack, instant coffee with sugar) makes sense or is it stupid of me to assume they will be of any use in an emergency?
2) Does packing a second power bank makes sense or is an overkill that will only make the bag heavier and bulkier?
3) Does packing a foldable knife sounds like a good idea (practical) or the worst idea ever (can get in trouble with police/military, or get it taken away by someone who'll use it on me)?
4) Any suggestions on what else should I put in this bag?
Let's operate on a hopeful assumption I will be able to read your responses. Thank you in advance for all suggestions and support. And in case this will end up really being the oddest goodbye thread on the forum, it was super nice knowing all of you and I wish you peace in all meanings and interpretations of this powerful word.
It absolutely breaks my heart to know you are in this situation. I wish there was something we could do to help you get out of there.
(said without irony) in apartment buildings so they can get Russia to attack civilians.
As far as I can tell people are determined to resist, mostly not because we're very hopeful, but because there is really no other choice but to resist. Most people don't really believe that Putin can be trusted anymore (because he was swearing he has no plans to attack us in the first place) and therefore don't really believe his peace offers are not BS just to look better in the eyes of the world. If you want an example of how the public feels, you might've heard this story (was definitely on CNN) about a small group of soldiers on a small island that were approached by a huge ass Russian warship that sent them an oficial announcement "This is a Russian warship. We offer to surrender, lay down your arms to avoid the bloodshed or we'll bomb you" and the only response they got wasn't some official determined refusal to surrender, condemnation, threat of retaliation, or valiant statement about protecting our country but a very short and simple "Go fuck yourself, Russian warship". Those were the famous last words as the soldiers were immediately struck and killed in an explosion after that. That's what the general reaction is like - the willingness to resist is mostly the "fuck everything, we're doomed anyway, let's go out with a bang" attitude.
I'd say extremely unlikely. Putin doesn't give two shits about his own people beyond his closest circle, unfortunately, and I think the whole world knows his attitude towards protests. In order for the protests to have a real effect on him they have to get super massive to the point when he will be genuinely scared for his own safety, and in order for that to happen the Russian people would need to face a threat to them from his actions that is so massive that it will outweight the very real threat of being beaten, arrested, tortured and thrown in a horrible prison for protesting. If the Putin is insane enough to directly threaten NATO, the people might get so scared that the protests will get supert massive and violent and Putin will feel a real pressure from the public. But he probably isn't that insane. The slightly more realistic possibility is that people in his closest circle will get so pissed about the losses they suffered from his decisions that he will begin to worry about them using their wealth to bribe his guards to look the other way for a second and to hire a very nice hitman to take Putin out in something that will later be portrayed as an attack by some rogue Ukrainian/oppositional/pro-NATO/far left/far right terrorist.
Goddamn psychopath...100% agree with you. @motel rooms, you are not only blessed with awesome humor, but your insights are so intelligent and insightful.It's hard not to admire that spirit, but it's fucking frightening that it probably means Putin will realize that installing a puppet regime is useless & that he'll decide to annex as much territory as he can instead.
who bravely gave a damn about the cowardly war criminals threatening them, even if it turned out to be the last thing they said.
I have heard on the Venus Project, but have not delved into it. I worked for a global firm with offices across the world and went to many of them through the years.
Well, according to official Russian propaganda (sorry, I don't have a milder term on my mind) the whole world that isn't China is afraid of Russia and is conspiring to undermine it as much as possible, and ideally to completely destroy it so that it isn't a threat. In reality he's probably more worried that the NATO wants to undermine his personal power and power of his government rather than Russia as a country. But I am no expert on what is on his mind, I can only guess. For example, I have no idea if he's genuinely paranoid and convinced there we're secretly conspiring with NATO to let their army attack Russia with missiles from our territory, and therefore he will really cease fighting if Zelensky accepts neutrality as if we weren't neutral to begin with, or if Putin really wants to annex as much as he can and tries to convince our army to lay down their arms to then quickly capture territories and pretend that our people were excited that he came here to protect us from "Nazi drug addicts" and let us join Russia just as we always wanted. In case of the latter, please know that you have first-hand evidence of the person in Eastern Ukraine that I don't know a single person here, no matter how terrified, that would want any part of Ukraine to become a part of Russia and many people are willing to stand to their death to make sure it doesn't happen, including civilians making fucking Molotovs at home, so if that is the lie he spins there is no guarantee that people in any country next to Russia (that isn't China) wouldn't suddenly want to be liberated from their awful govenment next...
Very profound words. I always knew you're a beautiful soul @whywere. People like you should be in power, then the world will be a much better place.
I am with you @Nessie heart and soul as we are all together. When one hurts, we all do. I said a prayer for you last night and I stand with you 100%. You are such a kind, caring spirit and to have to deal with a jerk like Putin, is just so, so wrong.
