This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Continues to boggle the mind that Russia is sustaining Iraq war level casualties every 3/4 days.
Shows Putin's dedication to his mission for a small strip of land and willingness to burn his country's future to the ground. Guess this will be his legacy when it is all done. We (the collective West) just need to ensure that it happens.
Is there. market of ex F-16 pilots that Ukraine can tap into? Lots of countries fly them, so there has to be a lot of ex pilots out there with recently used skills available for hire.
Why can’t you accept that democracies reflect genuine public opinion?
Is NYC’s mayor Adams spreading ‘Russian propaganda’ when he steps up to the podium and mentions problems arising from absorbing waves of immigrants?
The issues are real, and trying to pretend it’s just ‘Russian propaganda’ and not genuine public expression against policies that created the present is dumb.
Ever stop and ask yourself how its ’hybrid war’ for Russia to allow a few dozen migrants into Finland, but if you point out the same thing happening on a much grander scale to this country it’s suddenly a blessing?
Vietnam is creating an enviable economy built on trade. Gettin close to Russia risks trade with the West, and nations that respect sanctions. Dicey game to play.
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AP write up on Putin's visit to North Korea. He's like a Charles Dickens character extending his little bowl to Fatty Un. "Please sir, I want some more".
Russia has fallen so far that it's come to this. Begging for help from NK.
https://apnews.com/article/putin-kim-jong-un-russia-north-korea-05f0ed66f9978ac1ba34f2d708ad7504
Russia has fallen so far that it's come to this. Begging for help from NK.
https://apnews.com/article/putin-kim-jong-un-russia-north-korea-05f0ed66f9978ac1ba34f2d708ad7504
And against a country bordering it. Russia had every possible advantage going into the war, not the least of which were logistics and the ability operate air assets out its own adjacent country. Their ability to project power anywhere else in the world against an enemy with a pulse is laughable.
trump must have been in charge of infrastructure week in Russia too
"In St. Petersburg, the authorities arranged water treatments for city residents. Anyone can take a walk under this newfangled fountain. It’s good that the boiling water didn’t burst, otherwise casualties would not have been avoided.For the price of just one rocket, dozens of which are launched across the territory #Украины once a week, it would be possible to repair the pipes along this entire avenue."
"In St. Petersburg, the authorities arranged water treatments for city residents. Anyone can take a walk under this newfangled fountain. It’s good that the boiling water didn’t burst, otherwise casualties would not have been avoided.For the price of just one rocket, dozens of which are launched across the territory #Украины once a week, it would be possible to repair the pipes along this entire avenue."
"Italy is preparing to include “a batch” of British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles in the next round of military aid it supplies to Kyiv, according to reports in the Italian media.
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto will present the plan to the Italian parliament by the end of the month, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported based on sources.
The move will make Italy the fourth Nato ally to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine, after the UK, France and the US, which recently started supplying its ATACM missiles.
The shipment is likely to further isolate chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has been refusing to equip Kyiv with German-made Taurus missiles despite calls from inside his coalition to do so.
Unlike other western powers, Rome is still insisting that weapons it supplies are only used inside the borders of Ukraine."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...rth-korea-ukraine-kim-russia-war-latest-news/
Russia has always had one thing that the west will never have,.. patience.
...and a very high tolerance for misery and pain.
I suppose the one side benefit Putin sees in developing better ties with NK is that he can increase friction between NK and SK. SK has sold some weaponry to Ukraine, and donated more, but they are also rumored to have supplied a lot of 155 mm artillery shells to Ukraine via secret transfers. They have a lot of them, and they can make a lot of them. It is wise of them to keep some transfers a secret in order to keep NK in the dark over their stockpile.
Keeping SK anxious about the intentions of NK helps Russia keep some armaments off the market for Ukraine.
Keeping SK anxious about the intentions of NK helps Russia keep some armaments off the market for Ukraine.
They've been failing for about 400 years now. So, kudos to their patience.
Autocracy buys a lot of patience.
Misery and pain is always more acceptable when you get to select those who will have to carry it...
Perhaps the WH was also trying to ensure Zelensky was safer away from Kiev to manage the invasion?
Ukraine let Russia take Novooleksandrivka. They figured more Russians would choke to death trying to pronounce it than in the fighting.
I had never heard that.
Here's what I found when I googled. Apparently there were discussions about relocating Zelensky from Kiev to Lviv (also in Ukraine) if it looked advisable. Lviv is where the US moved its embassy staff shortly before the invasion. So that makes sense.
U.S. officials discussed Ukrainian president leaving capital if Russia attacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would relocate to Lviv in western Ukraine, about 50 miles from the Polish border.
www.nbcnews.com
I had never heard that.
Here's what I found when I googled. Apparently there were discussions about relocating Zelensky from Kiev to Lviv (also in Ukraine) if it looked advisable. Lviv is where the US moved its embassy staff shortly before the invasion. So that makes sense.
U.S. officials discussed Ukrainian president leaving capital if Russia attacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would relocate to Lviv in western Ukraine, about 50 miles from the Polish border.
Looks like @SA_Hawk got suckered in by the Trump/X disinformation machine (again)
Too slow and too few, but France commits to training 24 F-16 pilots over a 2 year span.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-fighter-jet-training-nato-france-russia-1914109
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-fighter-jet-training-nato-france-russia-1914109
Fighter jets now escort Putin's jet... While he's inside Russian airspace. That doesn't seem normal.
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-fighter-jets-escort-russia-1914242
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-fighter-jets-escort-russia-1914242
A guy who is bootlicking fat boy in N. Korea shows how desperate Russia is. The only thing his subs are launching are slavic farts.
Well, I guess it is better than being put in prison or "accidentally" falling out of a window.
I would like to thank the Government of India as my MIC ETF holdings continue to ascend
About time. Jake Sullivan is in India currently making sure that American weapons and tech aren't transferred to butt lick.
I guess this could be a thread..
Interesting story on NPR yesterday about tunnel warfare. I’m sure both sides are using underground hideouts and tunnels in an attempt to escape the technology of the other side.
Interesting story on NPR yesterday about tunnel warfare. I’m sure both sides are using underground hideouts and tunnels in an attempt to escape the technology of the other side.
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www.npr.org
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