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The BBC did an in depth piece about a young Ukrainian soldier that's been fighting on the front line in Kharkiv. It was incredibly moving, I can't begin to describe the horrors Ukrainians are enduring. 
YouTube - BBC News: The making of a young Hero of Ukraine
St Pete politician demands Putin be charged
 for calling the war a “war,” since others sit in prison for this offense. >

St Petersburg seems to have quite a few politicians with courage and integrity. I hope they will be able to win in the end >

Similar to how Istanbul is comparatively more anti Erdogan, and Budapest is comparatively more anti Orban. Populist leaders often draw their support from smaller towns and rural areas. What little anti Putin sentiment there is is coalesced in the big cities. >

Historically St. Petersburg has been called the "cultural capital" of Russia, with people there generally being a bit more aligned with Europe than the rest of the country. So I think there should be more anti-Kremlin sentiment in St. Petersburg than in Moscow. >

I just woke up and read that as "Neanderthals will give 2.5 billion to Ukraine for infrastructure repairs"  and my first thought was "That's interesting.  Good on Neanderthals" >


"That's interesting.  Good on Neanderthals"

We prefer the designation "swamp Germans", if you wouldn't mind. >

Not just any snail, mind you. It's Archie the Snail. >

It’s actually a decoy snail.
Real snail is in Kiev already. >

The Ukrainian military is significantly stronger today than it was at the start of the war. They literally have more of everything and some weapons they likely only dreamed about. (GMLRS)   
This to me says we need to arm the Ukrainians to the teeth now if the Russians are looking for an off-ramp. Ukraine needs to be in the strongest possible position before this war ends. We need to give them GLSDB, Storm Shadow, F16's etc. >

If I was Ukraine I would immediately start building nuclear deterrents. I know proliferation is bad but it’s the only guarantee against Russian imperialism >

Said this a while ago, but after this war one of two things are going to happen:   

Ukraine joins NATO  
Ukraine builds nuclear weapons   

Ukraine will want a deterrent against future Russian aggression. Those two do that. If another NATO member blocks Ukraine from joining NATO after this war then I guarantee Ukraine will make nuclear weapons. >

This is really nice. Way to go Netherlands! Kudos. >

Truly a case for r/maliciouscompliance