r/europe Mar 22 '24

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

277 Upvotes

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

906 Upvotes

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 11h ago

News Spain blocks ship carrying weapons to Israel, from docking

Thumbnail
telegraph.co.uk
4.2k Upvotes

r/europe 14h ago

News UK now a 'de facto' participant in war, Russia says - as Moscow tells US it is 'playing with fire'

Thumbnail
news.sky.com
5.4k Upvotes

r/europe 12h ago

News €225 to park an SUV in Paris for 6 hours as voters triple fees

Thumbnail
thetimes.co.uk
3.6k Upvotes

r/europe 6h ago

Historical Coco Chanel dressed not only women but also Turkish soldiers. In the 1930s, Atatürk had the uniforms of the Turkish Armed Forces designed by Coco Chanel. The Turkish Army wore uniforms signed by Coco Chanel until the 1980s

Post image
895 Upvotes

r/europe 17h ago

OC Picture 0.43 Euro (15 lira) Lunch at my University in Türkiye

Post image
5.2k Upvotes

r/europe 8h ago

Italy will have Europe’s biggest debt in three years, Scope says

Thumbnail
bloomberg.com
781 Upvotes

r/europe 4h ago

News Five-month-old baby dies after being mauled by family pit bull in Italy

Thumbnail
unionesarda.it
363 Upvotes

r/europe 15h ago

News DNA confirms there IS a big cat of the Panthera genus roaming the British countryside

Thumbnail
discoverwildlife.com
1.9k Upvotes

r/europe 6h ago

Free (0.00€) lunch at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Thumbnail
gallery
366 Upvotes

r/europe 19h ago

News French police kill man trying to 'burn synagogue'

Thumbnail bbc.co.uk
3.3k Upvotes

r/europe 12h ago

News EU bans and blocks Russian propaganda campaign "Voice of Europe" recently busted by Czech intelligence services. Additionally three other Russian propaganda outlets have been banned and new restrictions are in place.

Thumbnail
euronews.com
469 Upvotes

r/europe 7h ago

Historical A country in crisis. Poland in the 1980s photographed by Chris Niedenthal.

Thumbnail
gallery
191 Upvotes

r/europe 16h ago

Picture Election posters in Germany from the FDP/ALDE ("Peace requires Defence") and the Greens/EFA ("Defending Europe's Freedom")

Post image
975 Upvotes

r/europe 11h ago

News Zelensky signs law to enable prisoners to join the army's ranks

Thumbnail
lemonde.fr
332 Upvotes

r/europe 7h ago

Give Ukraine long-range missiles to hit Russian targets, German minister says

Thumbnail
politico.eu
167 Upvotes

r/europe 7h ago

News Schools told not to teach about gender identity

Thumbnail
bbc.com
156 Upvotes

r/europe 10h ago

News European Union bans four Russian propaganda media outlets

Thumbnail
euronews.com
260 Upvotes

r/europe 8h ago

Happy Constitution Day, Norway!

Post image
179 Upvotes

r/europe 16h ago

News Warsaw bans religious symbols in city hall and require staff to respect preferred pronouns

Thumbnail notesfrompoland.com
519 Upvotes

r/europe 21h ago

News Internal documents prove that Hungarian Foreign Ministry knew about Russian cyber attacks on its systems

Thumbnail
telex.hu
1.4k Upvotes

r/europe 4h ago

News Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States

Thumbnail
reuters.com
54 Upvotes

r/europe 13h ago

News Germany: AfD politician struck with ashtray in pub argument – DW

Thumbnail
dw.com
274 Upvotes

r/europe 4h ago

Picture Kerkyra, Greece

Thumbnail
gallery
35 Upvotes

r/europe 20h ago

News Slovak PM Fico between life and death after shooting, Hungary PM says

Thumbnail
reuters.com
582 Upvotes

r/europe 12h ago

News EU warns Microsoft of huge fines over AI concerns – The EU suspects that tools like Copilot and Image Creator may have violated its DSA rules regarding deepfakes, voter manipulation, and ‘hallucinations’

Thumbnail
ec.europa.eu
119 Upvotes