Being told this is fairly reliable for info on the situation in Ukraine. let me know if it isn’t. https://liveuamap.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#/media/File:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg

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Patrick Armstrong with an interesting take that explains the surprising scope of the operation: Putin is expressly attempting to prevent a repeat of 1941. Predicts conditions Putin will offer and possible end states

https://patrickarmstrong.ca/2022/02/25/russia-ukraine-1/

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beautiful painting at the top of the page

here it is big https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Levitan_nad_vech_pok28.jpg

*edit: “Above the Eternal Peace” by the painter Isaac Levitan, 1894

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Hmm, kinda reminds me of the church in Disco Elysium. Especially in this [official?] wallpaper image: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/discoelysium_gamepedia_en/images/d/df/Church.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20191127112306

Wonder if they used it as inspiration.

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Oh wow, strong resemblance

*this appears to be a real church in Plyos, Russia , but its location does not resemble the painting. more info

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There’s plenty of churches like that across orthodox nations tbh

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TBF I feel like people don’t get that the USSR had to forcably annex the ukraine well before ww2, this isn’t just a ww2 but lib this time wank.

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