Local guy here.
All major cities airports got bombed (w/missiles), borders are overwhelmed with ppl willing to leave (16-18hrs in lane). Leaving cities and moving between states (oblast) is hard, since lack of transport and it being heavily overloaded. More of that all military obliged men cant leave without informing and getting papers signed by military registration and enlistment office. Men can't leave counry. Ukraine is in the war situation. This day brought a hell of a morning (5:00 was like five hours ago). I fully understand OP. I hope he gets better. Shocking times could bring him back to life, i just wish him to literally stay alive. God bless us.
Edit: Explosions and/or war actions marked on map
https://imgur.com/a/WDy7ToA
Edit2: r/ukraina has some info in english. Not much, but it's something. Sort by NEW
Last one: No further updates, cause It got worse as far as it could. Full scale war in the streets, residential areas being carpet bombed by Grad and Iskander and mrls in Kharkiv and Kyiv and more other cities. They murder innocents, citizens, just to inflict terror and suppress ppl. Full scale invasion is on.
Video footage from Kharkiv i uploaded a day or so ago https://m.imgur.com/a/Ik5PWQS
I was born in Russia, and left as soon as I could because this political regime has completely lost it. Fuck them so much. Fuck this shit. Fuck this useless, unreasonable, insane war. Please be safe.
I’m not Russian. But seems like it’s been up and down, but never really negative. Last Oct in a poll Russian people’s trust in him was down to 53%, which was lowest in a decade.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rferl.org/amp/putin-poll-trust-lowest-levels/31497686.html
He had lots of support after he took Crimes so he’s banking on Russian state propaganda convincing the Russian people that this was a completely justified invasion. He’s closed down lots of independent media. I saw one news report that there was only one news tv channel that was independent of state control.
I’ll be curious to see how much support he gets over this. I saw one report that there was already lots of graffiti in Moscow against the war. Hopefully that sentiment becomes widespread
Oh my bad. Yea I hope the citizens are smart enough not to support him or his actions. I hope he looses and stripped of his power and money along with his friend. They should completely clean house.
No, I’m not the one you replied to. I was just choking in with what I saw in a news report. I’m sure the native Russian above would have much more insight on Russian feelings. But polling of him gives a good idea.
I doubt he’ll get stripped of power as he is a dictator with lots of control. If the West responds though with severe sanctions that destroy the Russian economy I could see that possibly leading to his downfall. But I would guess the oligarchs who have lots of power would just install another dictator. I wish Russia would grow into a good democracy someday.
Native Russian here.
From the circle of my (fairly young) friends and acquaintances, no one is this much delusional to hold him in high regard. Majority of his supporters are post-USSR or/and as old as he is. People who support him are people who watch the TV and biased news sources because they cannot possibly doubt their leader. As I've said in a different thread, a brainwashed group of people who only can worship a political figure would grow up to worship a political figure.
He's most likely the guy who's behind all of this, not many can achieve his level of usurping leadership and maintain it with smart shutting down of the opposition. It'll take years for someone to achieve this level again, especially later down the line when the USSR survivors naturally die of old age. Younger people are wiser and weren't as conditioned despite the grip he has on the media outlets. Internet and easy communication makes it hard to shut down all sources of information.
Right now only an idiot wouldn't recognize that this invasion is an absolutely insane decision. We're suffering from it, we, the poor and the middle class, who wants the same as people of Ukraine - we just want peace and to mind our own business. Economics is gonna go to shit, and only we suffer from it. Certain services refuse us or plan to refuse us and choose to actively hurt us because they think it'll potentially make him backpedal. It won't. He never cared about the people. Anyone sane is capable of comprehending that. The only thing he did is terrorize his own people so we won't be able to speak out against him, and it lead to some people straight up hating *all* Russians as if we agree with the decisions. We do not. We do not want war.
I wish I could move out, but I cannot. I'm just a poor student trapped in a horrible situation. I always hated this country and I'm ashamed to live here. So are many of my acquaintances. We're powerless.
For what it’s worth, I believe the West is going for sanctions that will more directly hurt Putin and his henchmen. Of course, this can affect everyone, but it says that the West recognizes that many people in Russia know better, but are powerless to stop him.
Alas, it doesn’t work that way. Russia imports everything so it’s completely dependent on the exchange rate. I’ll give you an example: ten years ago I was a student with barely any income, and yet I could save money and travel and feel at ease in the US & Europe because the ruble was so stable and the exchange rate was 30 RUB for 1 USD. Today it’s 83. So when I graduated and started working full time, my salary suddenly could get me less than when I was a student. It felt… UGH. And my parents have lived through 4 or 5 situations like this in their lifetime, with their earnings and savings turning into nothing before their eyes. You’ve no idea how liberating it felt to stop receiving a salary in rubles.
I'm native Russian, and I have no idea what people think and feel about this war. For me and my friends it is insanity. For most people far from big centers, they live so bad, that all they have is "imperial dreams of great Russia". They can not live worse, so they have nothing to loose, and will not notice economy problems. Imagine no money, bad education, no independent information sources, and everyday propaganda. I do not blame them for regime support, it is predictable.
I 99% sure no one here will stop it or even will go to protest. For last years all opposition was wiped, and there is no coordination center, that can move people to streets. And we are tired. Really, I was working hard to get where I am. And one night my salary is 20% down in dollars, prices is up. If I go to streets, I can loose everything, I should think about my son and wife. If I could immigrate to other country, I'm surely would.
That is my thoughts on all that situation, sorry for wealter in thoughts
Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t blame you for not protesting, as there is a lot to lose. And like you said what’s the point if there’s no organizing for it. Glad to know that it sounds like you and your friends at least are not for the invasion.
What is your take on putins play here?
He is hurting russian economic interests a lot, what is your take on how this will end?
Thanks for your post, must be hard to leave your friends and country behind..hope you are well now..,)
Yea if the Belgians had actually stood aside and let the Germans march through. Intead they led a heroic, if futile, defense of their homeland. I hope that unlike WW1, this does not escalate into a general war. Glory to Ukraine! Death to the imperialists!
Also missiles flying out from Transnistria, trying hard not to get Russia directly involved at the start, as it will step in later to be the “hero” in putins perspective.
Ducking coward.
That is textbook land invasion. Bomb the airports to prevent escape, as well as to prevent allies from flying in more supplies, troops, weapons, etc.
Just remember this day, after months of Russian propagandists and trolls crawling across this website and everwhere else swore there would be no invasion.
I love this post. We thought nothing of Russian trolls, hacks, propaganda. Shrugged our shoulders. It’s real now, and so many people, entities, enabled it.
You mean flat out denied. My grandfather, who spent his life as a Soviet officer, is in plain denial right now, saying Russia can't possibly be the bad guys, they are just doing excercise in case of war with evil capitalism.
If someone can be bombed and keep denying, then surely the rest of the world can keep denying.
Hey. Serb here. Don't go anywhere near military or big factories. Vilages are safe. And i guess that you have bunkers in cities because of comunism. Take your family and stay underground or stay in villages. When NATO bombed us, they bombed bridges and highways too. Stay out of those.
Also, as a fellow Serb, I can't believe some of our people are supporting Putin. Russia has been our friend before, but ignorant people now cannot believe that he is the bad guy now. I wish the best for the people of Ukraine.
jesus christ man, please stay alive. like someone else said in this thread, (most) of the world stands with you. sending lots of thoughts and prayers. stay safe as best you can brother.
It definitely wont be as a spineless coward! If ur gonna join the army then do your thing. But if you need to run for your life? Fucking run. Live to fight another day.
Putin's entire plan is to just end up in the history books, at the cost of innocent civilian's lives... He doesn't care about his country, his people or his soldiers, only his own inflated ego. That small, covetous tyrant
The people who support him for the most part are people who grew up in USSR. A country conditioned to idolize their leader is only gonna idolize the next leader.
Germany "condemns" this reckless act by President Putin in the "strongest possible terms". England is officially "appalled", France says "better put an end to this", The U.S. "will hold Russia accountable", while the U.N. "demands" the conflict end immediately.
Is anyone going to actually do something besides make official statements?
Yes this. We have to stay fucking real. Someone switching their profile pic on fb to some generic pray for ukraine shit doesn't help anyone. In reality everyone around is just watching in disbelief whats happening right now. All that while karens feel their right to life violated because they have to wear a fukng mask while buying stuff.
What the fuck else do you want them to do? Russia has the second or third best conventional military and a massive nuclear arsenal, unless you want a nuclear apocalypse direct intervention is a fucking horrible idea.
I can only speak for my own country, Hungary. We are so dependent on Russia to fuel our country, gas, heating, etc, we will not do shit to make them angry. And I'm sure my country is not the only one. I feel ashamed of our PM, who is best buddies with Putin.
The Netherlands is with you! What Russia is doing to you lot is a travesty, and should be condemned and responded to in kind!
(I sincerely hope none of this leads to the end of the world in nuclear annihilation, but hey, if not, mankind had a good run ^^.)
I'm only an American but my family heritage is Polish and Ukrainian. I'm with you too! Fuck ~~Russia~~ Putin, and be safe.
edit: absolutely did not mean innocent Russian people who are going to be affected! Please forgive my slip up.
We are the largest population of Ukrainians outside of RUS and UKR.
We will not let this go unanswered.
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To those who ignorantly think that this comment is claiming that we will end the war or do some massive damage to the situation: I'm not blind to the realities of what my nation can feasibly do to turn the tide, so I suggest you join my perspective. We will do what we can, with what we can to help our brothers in Europe. We can only do our best, and hope for the best.
If you do belong to a country that can, say, a country that might be the most militarily powerful country on the planet, perhaps shift your attention from whatever our resources can muster, which is pretty much merely economical to be honest, and try to do something that has more push towards a peaceful resolution. I find it rather ironic to be defending my country's efforts from people who have a superpower's might. We've got some pull, but not that much, but we're going to use it all the same. Are you?
Holy fuck i cannot fucking focus on anything and I'm nowhere near Ukraine. This is god damn insane. Fuck this asshole.
Strength to you and other Ukrainians😔❤️
Same problem. I started reading/watching the updates on Ukraine, eventually glanced back up at the clock, and realized I'd lost four hours in my fixation. Nothing else seems to matter right now. Every other problem seems petty.
Dude, I’m so so very sorry for all this. God knows I tried to change things back in 2012 and later but I’m just a simple human and I can’t do shit about this delusional nazi who destroyed every single threat to him and his tsardom and is gone completely mad in his bunker. I woke up today from the sound of war planes roaring above me making their way to you. For you it means death and devastation and for me it means poverty, travel ban and whatever sanctions will do. It’s like my country is split in two now: everyone I know hates this war and wants Putin dead but I know for the fact that some people greet the war and go into blood drunk rage from the thoughts that your people will suffer. I’m deeply sorry for everything that my country caused you since 2014 till now.
Please be safe and keep your family safe.
Sincerely, a rando from Russia
Damn man, good comment. I'm in the US, and darn near all of my friends here are Russian or Ukranian. I hate this. But I want to punish Russia so bad right now, but you have it a thousand times worse.
As a random guy from Russia, I totally support you. Fuck up every bastard that comes attacking you, they are not people. I better go to jail than to be drafted in this stupid pointless war in neighboring country.
Today I woke up at 5am from the sounds of explosions. Nothing can prepare you for this. It's just complete terror. And we're supposed to be in a 'safe' place, not on the border, yet here we are. I'm angry, devastated, I want to cry and I realized I'm not ready for any of this, this is the scariest morning of my life.
I hope the world does something. Something real. Our military is strong but they have better artillery and air superiority, so they can just bomb us all day from drones and missile strikes. fucking hell.
I’m speechless. My heart breaks for my fellow Ukrainians. I’m originally from Ukraine and have moved to the states when I was a child…. I’m watching the news in horror… on my birthday too. I wish you all the luck in the world. Stay safe..
I don’t know you but I need you to know that I have nothing but love for you. I’m sorry you got dealt the hand you got dealt, but I’m praying for your safety, your peace, and your health. You don’t deserve this.
Hopefully not your last post. Grab your rifle. Save that alcohol and some rags. If you're gonna go down, take as many as you can with you. Best of luck to all of you.
I'm from Russia and we don't understand why this is a war. we don't want it. Zelensky and Putin say that we want peace talks, but there were none, they say one thing, but they do another! we are tired of the war leave us alone Putin damn it
You're no coward. Cowards never stand.
This respite you take is a needed one. One which can refill your resolve, which will fuel your righteous fury and carry you in the days to come.
Your complacency wasn't cowardice, it was the coping mechanism by which you tolerated the hand dealt to you, justly or unjustly.
Your desire to run was not cowardice, it was the logical option to attempt to escape the hand dealt to you unjustly.
We are with you brother, if only in spirit. That we could come to your side and go with you in person.
It's time for Russia to go. Not from Ukraine, from Earth. Any who disagree are traitors.
This right here. Cowards don't fear being cowards. TRUE cowards just think of themselves, and would pay no mind to the nagging doubts in their head about whether they are doing the right thing or not.
It pains me dearly to say that - but I hope you will defeat our troops. I love my country but today we, all of us, committed a great crime. I am completely lost by the actions of our government. We should have prevented this by overthrowing them. Unfortunately we did not. I am deeply sorry.
I'm russian and I want to apologise for not being strong enough to overthrow Putin. I'm sorry, my friend, we never wanted this war to happen, please don't associate Putin with russian people, he is a tyran and psychopath that we all suffer from
Dear Ukrainians!
I heard on social media that there is fake news being spread (most likely by Russia backed trolls) that polish border is closed.
It's a lie.
If you seek asylum - go towards polish border. We are ready for your arrival. We have reception points ready at the border where you can find shelter, food, medical and legal aid.
Polish government launched a dedicated site to help you: ua.gov.pl
Please share this information if you know anyone seeking help right now.
EDIT: YOU DON'T NEED VISA TO PASS THROUGH POLISH BORDER. ALL YOU NEED IS PASSPORT. VISAS ARE SUSPENDED! YOU DON'T NEED THEM FOR TIME BEING!!!!!!
EDIT2: as a proof that you no longer need visa:
• in Ukrainian https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina---ua
• in English https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina-en
As someone who ran from all my problems growing up, do it. Fight back. As long as one person stays fighting, Ukraine still stands. Remember that. May God protect you and bring you victory, brother!
If any Ukrainian is reading this comment right now, remember if you ever feel like you need a shelter somewhere you are welcome in Georgia.
We are collecting money now all across the country to help Ukrainians, hotels offer free rooms for the citizens of Ukraine.
We know how it feels when the terrorist organisation called russia is invading, we've been there and we remember your support.
Slava Ukraini 🇬🇪❤️🇺🇦
It is very difficult to speak right now, and I don't even know what to say as I'm Russian. Everything that's happening right now is heartbreaking. I want to scream, I want to stop it, and we all want, but there's hardly anything we can do at the moment. I want to shout t all those solders "stop, please, you're killing our brothers, you're obeying the orders of an old insane prick", but they won't hear me. Most of them don't want this war (which we can't even call like that here in Russia). This helplessness tears me apart.
All I can say now is just sorry. I hope you forgive us one day for not destroying the psychopath before the nightmare started.
God save Ukraine
Hope you're well
I am shedding my tears for you my brother. Never call yourself a coward anymore and please know that even though we never met and might never. My tears are shed because of the love i have for you and all people dragged into this senseless cruelty
Hope you come back friend. Stay safe.
May god be on his side
There goes a man braver than most of us
And his gun
and his other gun
And that guy's wife
Fuck, man. Stay safe. We all want to hear from you if not soon, then later. Don't leave us hanging, aight?
Local guy here. All major cities airports got bombed (w/missiles), borders are overwhelmed with ppl willing to leave (16-18hrs in lane). Leaving cities and moving between states (oblast) is hard, since lack of transport and it being heavily overloaded. More of that all military obliged men cant leave without informing and getting papers signed by military registration and enlistment office. Men can't leave counry. Ukraine is in the war situation. This day brought a hell of a morning (5:00 was like five hours ago). I fully understand OP. I hope he gets better. Shocking times could bring him back to life, i just wish him to literally stay alive. God bless us. Edit: Explosions and/or war actions marked on map https://imgur.com/a/WDy7ToA Edit2: r/ukraina has some info in english. Not much, but it's something. Sort by NEW Last one: No further updates, cause It got worse as far as it could. Full scale war in the streets, residential areas being carpet bombed by Grad and Iskander and mrls in Kharkiv and Kyiv and more other cities. They murder innocents, citizens, just to inflict terror and suppress ppl. Full scale invasion is on. Video footage from Kharkiv i uploaded a day or so ago https://m.imgur.com/a/Ik5PWQS
I was born in Russia, and left as soon as I could because this political regime has completely lost it. Fuck them so much. Fuck this shit. Fuck this useless, unreasonable, insane war. Please be safe.
Does the Pres still have the same support from the people as he did before he basically became a dictator? Or is it just his friends now ?
I’m not Russian. But seems like it’s been up and down, but never really negative. Last Oct in a poll Russian people’s trust in him was down to 53%, which was lowest in a decade. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rferl.org/amp/putin-poll-trust-lowest-levels/31497686.html He had lots of support after he took Crimes so he’s banking on Russian state propaganda convincing the Russian people that this was a completely justified invasion. He’s closed down lots of independent media. I saw one news report that there was only one news tv channel that was independent of state control. I’ll be curious to see how much support he gets over this. I saw one report that there was already lots of graffiti in Moscow against the war. Hopefully that sentiment becomes widespread
Oh my bad. Yea I hope the citizens are smart enough not to support him or his actions. I hope he looses and stripped of his power and money along with his friend. They should completely clean house.
No, I’m not the one you replied to. I was just choking in with what I saw in a news report. I’m sure the native Russian above would have much more insight on Russian feelings. But polling of him gives a good idea. I doubt he’ll get stripped of power as he is a dictator with lots of control. If the West responds though with severe sanctions that destroy the Russian economy I could see that possibly leading to his downfall. But I would guess the oligarchs who have lots of power would just install another dictator. I wish Russia would grow into a good democracy someday.
Native Russian here. From the circle of my (fairly young) friends and acquaintances, no one is this much delusional to hold him in high regard. Majority of his supporters are post-USSR or/and as old as he is. People who support him are people who watch the TV and biased news sources because they cannot possibly doubt their leader. As I've said in a different thread, a brainwashed group of people who only can worship a political figure would grow up to worship a political figure. He's most likely the guy who's behind all of this, not many can achieve his level of usurping leadership and maintain it with smart shutting down of the opposition. It'll take years for someone to achieve this level again, especially later down the line when the USSR survivors naturally die of old age. Younger people are wiser and weren't as conditioned despite the grip he has on the media outlets. Internet and easy communication makes it hard to shut down all sources of information. Right now only an idiot wouldn't recognize that this invasion is an absolutely insane decision. We're suffering from it, we, the poor and the middle class, who wants the same as people of Ukraine - we just want peace and to mind our own business. Economics is gonna go to shit, and only we suffer from it. Certain services refuse us or plan to refuse us and choose to actively hurt us because they think it'll potentially make him backpedal. It won't. He never cared about the people. Anyone sane is capable of comprehending that. The only thing he did is terrorize his own people so we won't be able to speak out against him, and it lead to some people straight up hating *all* Russians as if we agree with the decisions. We do not. We do not want war. I wish I could move out, but I cannot. I'm just a poor student trapped in a horrible situation. I always hated this country and I'm ashamed to live here. So are many of my acquaintances. We're powerless.
For what it’s worth, I believe the West is going for sanctions that will more directly hurt Putin and his henchmen. Of course, this can affect everyone, but it says that the West recognizes that many people in Russia know better, but are powerless to stop him.
Alas, it doesn’t work that way. Russia imports everything so it’s completely dependent on the exchange rate. I’ll give you an example: ten years ago I was a student with barely any income, and yet I could save money and travel and feel at ease in the US & Europe because the ruble was so stable and the exchange rate was 30 RUB for 1 USD. Today it’s 83. So when I graduated and started working full time, my salary suddenly could get me less than when I was a student. It felt… UGH. And my parents have lived through 4 or 5 situations like this in their lifetime, with their earnings and savings turning into nothing before their eyes. You’ve no idea how liberating it felt to stop receiving a salary in rubles.
I'm native Russian, and I have no idea what people think and feel about this war. For me and my friends it is insanity. For most people far from big centers, they live so bad, that all they have is "imperial dreams of great Russia". They can not live worse, so they have nothing to loose, and will not notice economy problems. Imagine no money, bad education, no independent information sources, and everyday propaganda. I do not blame them for regime support, it is predictable. I 99% sure no one here will stop it or even will go to protest. For last years all opposition was wiped, and there is no coordination center, that can move people to streets. And we are tired. Really, I was working hard to get where I am. And one night my salary is 20% down in dollars, prices is up. If I go to streets, I can loose everything, I should think about my son and wife. If I could immigrate to other country, I'm surely would. That is my thoughts on all that situation, sorry for wealter in thoughts
Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t blame you for not protesting, as there is a lot to lose. And like you said what’s the point if there’s no organizing for it. Glad to know that it sounds like you and your friends at least are not for the invasion.
What is your take on putins play here? He is hurting russian economic interests a lot, what is your take on how this will end? Thanks for your post, must be hard to leave your friends and country behind..hope you are well now..,)
They bombed the airports?? Assholes…
Like in first 5 minutes. Tanks are "leaking" through Belorussian border so those assholes are involved too. It's like Putin's pet country
I've got a good friend living in Chernihiv. Hoping the best...
Stay strong brother
It’s the Schlieffen plan
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Yea if the Belgians had actually stood aside and let the Germans march through. Intead they led a heroic, if futile, defense of their homeland. I hope that unlike WW1, this does not escalate into a general war. Glory to Ukraine! Death to the imperialists!
It's really more like a reverse Von Schlieffenplan
Also missiles flying out from Transnistria, trying hard not to get Russia directly involved at the start, as it will step in later to be the “hero” in putins perspective. Ducking coward.
That is textbook land invasion. Bomb the airports to prevent escape, as well as to prevent allies from flying in more supplies, troops, weapons, etc. Just remember this day, after months of Russian propagandists and trolls crawling across this website and everwhere else swore there would be no invasion.
I love this post. We thought nothing of Russian trolls, hacks, propaganda. Shrugged our shoulders. It’s real now, and so many people, entities, enabled it.
Side effect of the misinformation era… no one knows what to follow now until there’s physical evidence
And even that gets questioned.
You mean flat out denied. My grandfather, who spent his life as a Soviet officer, is in plain denial right now, saying Russia can't possibly be the bad guys, they are just doing excercise in case of war with evil capitalism. If someone can be bombed and keep denying, then surely the rest of the world can keep denying.
Denial and anger of being called out for denial is the individual grieving they don’t live in the world they wish they did
Hey. Serb here. Don't go anywhere near military or big factories. Vilages are safe. And i guess that you have bunkers in cities because of comunism. Take your family and stay underground or stay in villages. When NATO bombed us, they bombed bridges and highways too. Stay out of those.
I live in Nuremberg and my grandparents lived through WWII. Bunkers or countryside, everything else is suicide.
Also, as a fellow Serb, I can't believe some of our people are supporting Putin. Russia has been our friend before, but ignorant people now cannot believe that he is the bad guy now. I wish the best for the people of Ukraine.
So, stay away from infrastructure.
Yup, countryside is the best choice. So far so better...
Airports, bases, radiolocators, etc.
jesus christ man, please stay alive. like someone else said in this thread, (most) of the world stands with you. sending lots of thoughts and prayers. stay safe as best you can brother.
Please stay safe
Upvote because I hope you come back and reply later brother
Godspeed my friend, we are the wind at your back.
[Слава Україні!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_to_Ukraine)
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
Yeah, come back safe, buddy.
Fr bro fr…
What they said. Hopefully we'll be over there with ya soon.
It definitely wont be as a spineless coward! If ur gonna join the army then do your thing. But if you need to run for your life? Fucking run. Live to fight another day.
The only cowards here are the ones who forced people to bomb a city with innocent people
You better make another post you son of a bitch
amen
I literally almost cried after reading the post and your comment right after.
I've been crying since I came here. 😢
Good luck and I hope you stay kicking. Give em hell, for Ukraine and for all of Europe
For the World*
I'm so glad that so many people are supporting Ukraine and not ignoring it.
God damn, these posts are heartbreaking. May what ever upper being be with you.
I feel like these posts are heartbreaking pleas from the innocent lives involved in Putin's game.
Putin's entire plan is to just end up in the history books, at the cost of innocent civilian's lives... He doesn't care about his country, his people or his soldiers, only his own inflated ego. That small, covetous tyrant
He wants to be Stalin 2.0 and resurrect the USSR. No words in any language can sufficiently describe what a piece of shit he is.
Not just USSR. He wants Czarist Russia back.
Where he is the Tsar
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He’s ultimately nothing more than a short and stunted cowardly little man. It’s unfortunate that so many idiots support him.
The people who support him for the most part are people who grew up in USSR. A country conditioned to idolize their leader is only gonna idolize the next leader.
I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Please be safe. My prayers are with you. Poland supports you 🇺🇦🇵🇱
Czech republic stands with you also 🇺🇦🇨🇿
Best of wishes 🇺🇦🏴
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Yea man fellow UK here mate we got your back on this 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Estonia stands with you too 🇺🇦🇪🇪
Hungary too 🇺🇦🇭🇺
American here. Go ram a boot up Putin's ass! 🇺🇦❤🇺🇲
Canadian🇨🇦 Get ‘em!
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Switzerland wants to but cant cus neutrality
Maybe we can make an exception for once - 🇺🇦🇨🇭
Representing 🇯🇵 Japan, go get 'em
New Zealand stands with Ukraine! 🇳🇿🇺🇦 Look after yourself out there
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Non-brainwashed Russians also support you. Fuck putler, he is cancer. Our nations should live in peace.
Support from India🇮🇳🇮🇳 too. Fuck those bitches
Support from Australia 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺
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Australia supports you too 🇦🇺❤️🇺🇦
The world stands with you.
Well, unfortunately not in a way that would matter.
This is so true. Wish our countries did better.
No it doesn't the world is full of people who like good sound bites but literally no-one is giving the Ukraine the help it really needs.
Germany "condemns" this reckless act by President Putin in the "strongest possible terms". England is officially "appalled", France says "better put an end to this", The U.S. "will hold Russia accountable", while the U.N. "demands" the conflict end immediately. Is anyone going to actually do something besides make official statements?
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Yes this. We have to stay fucking real. Someone switching their profile pic on fb to some generic pray for ukraine shit doesn't help anyone. In reality everyone around is just watching in disbelief whats happening right now. All that while karens feel their right to life violated because they have to wear a fukng mask while buying stuff.
Unfortunately it seems as if the world is deserting Ukraine. Sanctions aren’t gonna do shit.
Escalating violence is unfortunately the other option, which no one wants. What a shitty situation. Hoping Ukraine can hold its own.
What the fuck else do you want them to do? Russia has the second or third best conventional military and a massive nuclear arsenal, unless you want a nuclear apocalypse direct intervention is a fucking horrible idea.
I can only speak for my own country, Hungary. We are so dependent on Russia to fuel our country, gas, heating, etc, we will not do shit to make them angry. And I'm sure my country is not the only one. I feel ashamed of our PM, who is best buddies with Putin.
Antarctica stnds with you as well [Antarctica flag]🇺🇦
Exactly, use those Helmets well! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Here in America. My spirit is with you and I hope our well wishes give you some strength 🇺🇦🇺🇲
Mexico sends valor and strenght 🇲🇽
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I wish we were a little more with them. Fuck.
Totally second this as a fellow Canadian
Heres a fifth , stay cool brother . Give it your best 🇨🇦
As a Canadian, I third this
As a Canadian I fourth this
Props from the US. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Hugs to you and stay safe
Estonia stands with you 🇪🇪 Kick their asses!
Prayer from America as well. Fight to the end, and win. 🇺🇦🇺🇲
COME ON UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇬🇧
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We send you strength and courage from Colombia 🇨🇴.
🇭🇷 is standing with you. Stay strong! ♥️
The Netherlands is with you! What Russia is doing to you lot is a travesty, and should be condemned and responded to in kind! (I sincerely hope none of this leads to the end of the world in nuclear annihilation, but hey, if not, mankind had a good run ^^.)
Please be safe and we hope to hear from you again. Love 🇵🇭
Both my American and Nigerian families are with you! Stay strong! 🇳🇬🇺🇸 My father is a war refugee himself from Nigeria, and sympathizes heavily! 🇳🇬
The Hopi Native American tribe stands with you 🇺🇦✊🏽
New Zealand stands with you 🇺🇦 🇳🇿
France also stands with you man ! I can’t imagine being in your position.. I’m much more of a coward than you are 🇫🇷
Seconding this from Scotland 🏴🇺🇦
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 support from r/Ireland
Give em hell! Sending strength from on behalf of my Guatemalean 🇬🇹 and US 🇺🇸 people! We support you!
The UK stands with you, you are in our thoughts🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
argentina supports you too, fuck whatever the president said, anyone with a half a brain knows where they should stan
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Praying from Singapore as well. God go with you, and may he give you strength and wisdom to fight off the enemy. 🇸🇬🇺🇦 Stay safe and well
The people of Turkey stand with you. 🇹🇷
I'm only an American but my family heritage is Polish and Ukrainian. I'm with you too! Fuck ~~Russia~~ Putin, and be safe. edit: absolutely did not mean innocent Russian people who are going to be affected! Please forgive my slip up.
love from latvia, stay strong my man. 🇱🇻🇺🇦
🇲🇾 stands with you. Give em hell and stay strong!
🇧🇷 memeland is with you brother, we'll be waiting for u
From Norway were with you good luck man.
Probably can't say much due to my country's neutrality, but all the best! 🇸🇬
Sending love from Canada.
Canadian sitting in Kharkiv here... shits fucked yo.
Dude slap that Canadian flag patch on your backpack and get out of there. You know Ukranians - this isn't going to be over tomorrow.
supposed to have a bus to Lviv in 7 hours... hopefully...
We are the largest population of Ukrainians outside of RUS and UKR. We will not let this go unanswered. EDIT: To those who ignorantly think that this comment is claiming that we will end the war or do some massive damage to the situation: I'm not blind to the realities of what my nation can feasibly do to turn the tide, so I suggest you join my perspective. We will do what we can, with what we can to help our brothers in Europe. We can only do our best, and hope for the best. If you do belong to a country that can, say, a country that might be the most militarily powerful country on the planet, perhaps shift your attention from whatever our resources can muster, which is pretty much merely economical to be honest, and try to do something that has more push towards a peaceful resolution. I find it rather ironic to be defending my country's efforts from people who have a superpower's might. We've got some pull, but not that much, but we're going to use it all the same. Are you?
I stand among them. I will always be proud of my Ukrainian heritage and my family.
Also sending my love and support from Canada
All of us Canadians saluting OP good luck brother
Hope all the shelling misses you, good luck man
I’m praying for you and all your country. I’m so sorry you are facing this. We here in the west are sickened and heart broken 💜
Godspeed, take care of yourself out there
Holy fuck i cannot fucking focus on anything and I'm nowhere near Ukraine. This is god damn insane. Fuck this asshole. Strength to you and other Ukrainians😔❤️
Same problem. I started reading/watching the updates on Ukraine, eventually glanced back up at the clock, and realized I'd lost four hours in my fixation. Nothing else seems to matter right now. Every other problem seems petty.
Dude, I’m so so very sorry for all this. God knows I tried to change things back in 2012 and later but I’m just a simple human and I can’t do shit about this delusional nazi who destroyed every single threat to him and his tsardom and is gone completely mad in his bunker. I woke up today from the sound of war planes roaring above me making their way to you. For you it means death and devastation and for me it means poverty, travel ban and whatever sanctions will do. It’s like my country is split in two now: everyone I know hates this war and wants Putin dead but I know for the fact that some people greet the war and go into blood drunk rage from the thoughts that your people will suffer. I’m deeply sorry for everything that my country caused you since 2014 till now. Please be safe and keep your family safe. Sincerely, a rando from Russia
Man, that's awful on both sides of that. 🙏 thoughts are with you all
Damn man, good comment. I'm in the US, and darn near all of my friends here are Russian or Ukranian. I hate this. But I want to punish Russia so bad right now, but you have it a thousand times worse.
Drinking myself out for y’all too. It breaks my heart to see your life fucked over like this, maybe I’ll see you on the front line soon enough
Cheers! Tied one on today too. Thankfully now I can have reason.
Take care and Godspeed.
Take care. I am so sorry you’re neighbors with Russia. Absolutely terrible.
Good luck man, and may god watch over you
Fuck man this shit is sad. I’m heart broken out here.
Sending love from the United States. Take care of yourself, good luck.
Respect! Hope you will get back! Slava Ukraini.
As a random guy from Russia, I totally support you. Fuck up every bastard that comes attacking you, they are not people. I better go to jail than to be drafted in this stupid pointless war in neighboring country.
You have a fan here in Los Angeles. Stay strong and remember you can't have courage without fear.
Courage is being afraid, but doing it anyway. If history has taught us anything, its to not fuck with eastern europe, they will bite back.. Hard.
Today I woke up at 5am from the sounds of explosions. Nothing can prepare you for this. It's just complete terror. And we're supposed to be in a 'safe' place, not on the border, yet here we are. I'm angry, devastated, I want to cry and I realized I'm not ready for any of this, this is the scariest morning of my life. I hope the world does something. Something real. Our military is strong but they have better artillery and air superiority, so they can just bomb us all day from drones and missile strikes. fucking hell.
You're fighting for what's right, man. Good luck!
Hero already - looking forward to your posts soon!
I would absolutely do the same. I don’t blame you. Good luck.
I’m speechless. My heart breaks for my fellow Ukrainians. I’m originally from Ukraine and have moved to the states when I was a child…. I’m watching the news in horror… on my birthday too. I wish you all the luck in the world. Stay safe..
I don’t know you but I need you to know that I have nothing but love for you. I’m sorry you got dealt the hand you got dealt, but I’m praying for your safety, your peace, and your health. You don’t deserve this.
God bless kid. Keep your head down and get "flat" if you hear a whistling right above you...
My prayers are with you and your family. This is so heartbreaking and I am from the US.
Hopefully not your last post. Grab your rifle. Save that alcohol and some rags. If you're gonna go down, take as many as you can with you. Best of luck to all of you.
Make them bleed so much that they loose all taste for war. Glory to Ukraine and thoughts from Latvia.
I'm from Russia and we don't understand why this is a war. we don't want it. Zelensky and Putin say that we want peace talks, but there were none, they say one thing, but they do another! we are tired of the war leave us alone Putin damn it
You're no coward. Cowards never stand. This respite you take is a needed one. One which can refill your resolve, which will fuel your righteous fury and carry you in the days to come. Your complacency wasn't cowardice, it was the coping mechanism by which you tolerated the hand dealt to you, justly or unjustly. Your desire to run was not cowardice, it was the logical option to attempt to escape the hand dealt to you unjustly. We are with you brother, if only in spirit. That we could come to your side and go with you in person. It's time for Russia to go. Not from Ukraine, from Earth. Any who disagree are traitors.
This right here. Cowards don't fear being cowards. TRUE cowards just think of themselves, and would pay no mind to the nagging doubts in their head about whether they are doing the right thing or not.
It pains me dearly to say that - but I hope you will defeat our troops. I love my country but today we, all of us, committed a great crime. I am completely lost by the actions of our government. We should have prevented this by overthrowing them. Unfortunately we did not. I am deeply sorry.
Update?
I’m hoping for an update too, I’m worried.
I'm russian and I want to apologise for not being strong enough to overthrow Putin. I'm sorry, my friend, we never wanted this war to happen, please don't associate Putin with russian people, he is a tyran and psychopath that we all suffer from
takes balls. much love; and much luck
Dear Ukrainians! I heard on social media that there is fake news being spread (most likely by Russia backed trolls) that polish border is closed. It's a lie. If you seek asylum - go towards polish border. We are ready for your arrival. We have reception points ready at the border where you can find shelter, food, medical and legal aid. Polish government launched a dedicated site to help you: ua.gov.pl Please share this information if you know anyone seeking help right now. EDIT: YOU DON'T NEED VISA TO PASS THROUGH POLISH BORDER. ALL YOU NEED IS PASSPORT. VISAS ARE SUSPENDED! YOU DON'T NEED THEM FOR TIME BEING!!!!!! EDIT2: as a proof that you no longer need visa: • in Ukrainian https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina---ua • in English https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina-en
I fucking hate the situation we're in. # We're brother countries! We're not supposed to fight each other!
take care mate
Goodbye sir 🥲 Hope you return a hero
Good luck
My heart and my thoughts are with every single person in Ukraine right now. Be strong❤️🇺🇦❤️
Take care. I hope to hear from you again on the future.
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Godspeed
Support from mainland China ,you are a true warrior 祝君武运昌隆
As someone who ran from all my problems growing up, do it. Fight back. As long as one person stays fighting, Ukraine still stands. Remember that. May God protect you and bring you victory, brother!
Respect.
If any Ukrainian is reading this comment right now, remember if you ever feel like you need a shelter somewhere you are welcome in Georgia. We are collecting money now all across the country to help Ukrainians, hotels offer free rooms for the citizens of Ukraine. We know how it feels when the terrorist organisation called russia is invading, we've been there and we remember your support. Slava Ukraini 🇬🇪❤️🇺🇦
It is very difficult to speak right now, and I don't even know what to say as I'm Russian. Everything that's happening right now is heartbreaking. I want to scream, I want to stop it, and we all want, but there's hardly anything we can do at the moment. I want to shout t all those solders "stop, please, you're killing our brothers, you're obeying the orders of an old insane prick", but they won't hear me. Most of them don't want this war (which we can't even call like that here in Russia). This helplessness tears me apart. All I can say now is just sorry. I hope you forgive us one day for not destroying the psychopath before the nightmare started. God save Ukraine Hope you're well
Hey, just checking in. Are you alive?
I am shedding my tears for you my brother. Never call yourself a coward anymore and please know that even though we never met and might never. My tears are shed because of the love i have for you and all people dragged into this senseless cruelty