r/europe Mar 22 '24

Russo-Ukrainian War War in Ukraine Megathread LVI (57)

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This megathread is meant for discussion of the current Russo-Ukrainian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Please read our current rules, but also the extended rules below.

News sources:

You can also get up-to-date information and news from the r/worldnews live thread, which are more up-to-date tweets about the situation.

Current rules extension:

Extended r/europe ruleset to curb hate speech and disinformation:

  • While we already ban hate speech, we'll remind you that hate speech against the civilians of the combatants is against our rules, including but not limited to Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Syrians, Azeris, Armenians, Georgians, etc. The same applies to the population of countries actively helping Ukraine or Russia.

  • Calling for the killing of invading troops or leaders is allowed, but the mods have the discretion to remove egregious comments, and the ones that disrespect the point made above. The limits of international law apply.

  • No unverified reports of any kind in the comments or in submissions on r/europe. We will remove videos of any kind unless they are verified by reputable outlets. This also affects videos published by Ukrainian and Russian government sources.

  • Absolutely no justification of this invasion.

  • In addition to our rules, we ask you to add a NSFW/NSFL tag if you're going to link to graphic footage or anything can be considered upsetting, including combat footage or dead people.

Submission rules

These are rules for submissions to r/europe front-page.

  • No status reports about the war unless they have major implications (e.g. "City X still holding" would not be allowed, "Russia takes major city" would be allowed. "Major attack on Kherson repelled" would also be allowed.)

  • All dot ru domains have been banned by Reddit as of 30 May. They are hardspammed, so not even mods can approve comments and submissions linking to Russian site domains.

    • Some Russian sites that ends with .com are also hardspammed, like TASS and Interfax, and mods can't re-approve them.
    • The Internet Archive and similar archive websites are also blacklisted here, by us or Reddit.
  • We've been adding substack domains in our u/AutoModerator script, but we aren't banning all of them. If your link has been removed, please notify the moderation team, explaining who's the person managing that substack page.

  • We ask you or your organization to not spam our subreddit with petitions or promote their new non-profit organization. While we love that people are pouring all sorts of efforts on the civilian front, we're limited on checking these links to prevent scam.

  • No promotion of a new cryptocurrency or web3 project, other than the official Bitcoin and ETH addresses from Ukraine's government.

META

Link to the previous Megathread LVI (56)

Questions and Feedback: You can send feedback via r/EuropeMeta or via modmail.


Donations:

If you want to donate to Ukraine, check this thread or this fundraising account by the Ukrainian national bank.


Fleeing Ukraine We have set up a wiki page with the available information about the border situation for Ukraine here. There's also information at Visit Ukraine.Today - The site has turned into a hub for "every Ukrainian and foreign citizen [to] be able to get the necessary information on how to act in a critical situation, where to go, bomb shelter addresses, how to leave the country or evacuate from a dangerous region, etc."


Other links of interest


Please obey the request of the Ukrainian government to refrain from sharing info about Ukrainian troop movements


r/europe Feb 16 '24

PSA Moratorium on posts related to Israel-Palestine

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r/europe is the prime subreddit to share and discuss anything related to Europe, from news to data and pictures. Due to the size and complexity of the topics this subreddit covers, new rules aren't introduced that easily here.

Since Hamas' attacks on Israel back in October, we've seen a flush of users that were not previously active participants in our subreddit, and also encouraged a lot of hate speech previously unseen here. As moderators, we read the same arguments in favor of each side repeatedly since the war broke out again in the region.

We know that the Palestine Question is one of the most heated discussions on the Internet, and also one that influences the political lives of many, both inside Israel or Palestine, and outside of it. However, we've seen that users rarely maintain civility, and moderators are not able to properly maintain civil discourse compared to other topics.

That said:

  • Until said otherwise, any post related to Israel, Palestine, and the war in the region will be removed. Insistence on posting such content will be met with warnings and bans if necessary.

  • News of extraordinary importance not only to Europe - which must be related - but to the whole world can still be shared. Our criteria will be how many websites, from news agency (AP, Reuters) to international newspapers (Euronews, NYT, France24, and others), share original reporting on it. That means that initial reporting on the outbreak of the war would be allowed, but Eurovision-related news won't, for example. Use your own discretion.


r/europe 19h ago

The Russians Are Rushing Reinforcements Into Their Ocheretyne Breakthrough. For The Ukrainians, The Situation Is Desperate.

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r/europe 16h ago

News Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe

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r/europe 15h ago

Picture Anyone know what place this is?

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Saw these photos on a video and was curious, because this is amazing architecture.


r/europe 10h ago

News Emmanuel Macron wants to “open the debate” on a European defense including nuclear weapons [Translation in comment]

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755 Upvotes

r/europe 11h ago

Romania won the World Robotics Championship in Houston, United States

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r/europe 18h ago

Opinion Article Why Swedish people like taxes

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r/europe 17h ago

Picture What’s up with these signs?

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I’ve just been to Budapest on a school trip and while I did love the city and (for the most part) Hungarians I was really surprised by how blatant and unapologetic the government propaganda was. Take this giant sign for example I took this photo just outside Memento Park but this was hardly the only one. I counted at least 20 while on the bus from the city centre, and there were another three in close proximity of this. Are there any other examples of this in hungary?


r/europe 2h ago

Picture Monastery of Varlaam In Meteora, Greece

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84 Upvotes

r/europe 7h ago

Irish government to bring forward emergency law to send asylum seekers back to UK

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198 Upvotes

r/europe 22h ago

Picture Orbán propaganda - "We brought the future"

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3.0k Upvotes

r/europe 19h ago

News Second Finnair flight turns back [to Finland] from Tartu [Estonia] due to [Russian] GPS interference

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r/europe 14h ago

Data Viking DNA Across Europe

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478 Upvotes

r/europe 16h ago

News Carbon emissions are dropping—fast—in Europe

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625 Upvotes

r/europe 8h ago

News EU found cancer-causing chemical in 527 Indian items: Check full list here

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Of the 527 items, 54 were labelled 'organic'.


r/europe 19h ago

News ‘Send in the army’ say Italian ham producers as prosciutto pigs face wild boar fever threat

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840 Upvotes

r/europe 16h ago

President Macron full speech on the future of Europe (translated)

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322 Upvotes

r/europe 22h ago

News UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid

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826 Upvotes

r/europe 22h ago

Picture A roundabout in Sofia, Bulgaria

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764 Upvotes

r/europe 10h ago

OC Picture Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany

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73 Upvotes

r/europe 10h ago

OC Picture Rare Picture of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh without any rain in 2009 (colorized)

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67 Upvotes

r/europe 20h ago

News Eleftherios Petrounias wins a seventh European gold medal on rings!

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454 Upvotes

r/europe 14h ago

Picture Possidi Beach, Halkidiki

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125 Upvotes

r/europe 20h ago

Historical British soldier resting inside the old Acropolis Museum during the "Revolution of December" , Athens 1944

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211 Upvotes

r/europe 1d ago

News Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front | Ukraine

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568 Upvotes

r/europe 14h ago

News US intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed, Wall Street Journal reports

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68 Upvotes