Ukrainian War Developments

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foxmulder

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In my opinion, in last 3 days, Russia was just demonstrating they were serious so that Ukraine government would come to senses. Now, Russia realized Ukraine government will not surrender so they would start using their full force. Let's be real, Russia did not use its Air Force or artillery forces at all yet. Just airdrops and some mechanized units have been used.
 

sndef888

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And I've been to Taiwan and HK numerous times in the recent years. My best friend lives in Taiwan right now. You cannot possibly visit Taipei and HK and think Taipei is less Chinese than HK. Culturally speaking, Taipei is more like southern China than even Shanghai is.

Think about it this way, 10% of Taiwanese population lives in the mainland. There are a whole lot of Taiwanese people with spouses from the mainland. There are a whole lot of Taiwanese businesses operating in the mainland. There is a lot of ties between the two sides of the strait. This is not like 20 years ago when Taiwanese and HKers all thought they were richer and more sophisticated than mainlanders.

Sure, they don't donate money to China. Why would they donate money to a place that's trying to conquer them? But are they scared of pissing China off? They sure are. If anything, the Ukrainian conflict will convince more Taiwanese people that they are by themselves and should be on their best behaviour in their dealings with the mainland.
I wonder how this ukraine war will change attitudes of taiwanese. Previously many of them used to have a false sense of security that the whole world would back up a so called free democracy, and that an invasion was unthinkable in the modern era.

The entirety of the western world leaving ukraine out for rape after fanning the flames for years must be very shocking to these frogs under the well.
 

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You'd think they're only fighting VDV or spetznaz in Kiev, but so far only one visually confirmed dead VDV soldier from the assault on Antonov airport. All captured soldiers seem like regular infantry.
 

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I'm surprised the BBC published this. I thought the Ukrainians weren't nazis?

Africans fleeing Ukraine report discrimination at borders​


Africans trying to escape from Ukraine are complaining of difficulty and discrimination at land borders into the EU.
Ruqqaya, a Nigerian medical student who was studying at university in Kharkiv, walked for 11 hours overnight to arrive at Medyka-Shehyni, at the border with Poland this morning.
At the border she was told by border guards to wait as Ukrainians had to be let through first.
She says she has watched busloads of people, who she described as white, being allowed through the border while only a handful of Africans have been selected from the queue.
Ruqqaya is trying to get to Warsaw to catch a flight she has booked home to Nigeria.
Another group of students say they are stuck on the border with Przemyśl where Ukrainian border guards won’t allow them to pass.
“This is not happening to Ukrainians,” says Timothy Adegbile, a medical student in Lviv.
However, a Polish border force spokesperson says: "Everyone who arrives at the Polish border from Ukraine is being allowed entry regardless of nationality."

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