You do appreciate that two of the BRICS nations are our geo-political adversaries, right?
Whose side are you on?
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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You do appreciate that two of the BRICS nations are our geo-political adversaries, right?
Whose side are you on?
The amount of idiocy in some posts here is amazing.
Still a great thread but…
Russia is denying that indirect talks with Ukraine to be held in Qatar have been cancelled. Supposedly there was a framework to stop attacking each other's energy and power distribution facilities.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...about-indirect-talks-with-ukraine-2024-08-18/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...about-indirect-talks-with-ukraine-2024-08-18/
Design and build of energy component protective gear is gonna be a booming career path, it seems.
There was some clown who vandalized switching gear in our region a year or so ago. The outage lasted a seemingly crazy amount of time before replacement gear could be installed.
Ukraine’s incursion into Russia could change everything, Mark Kelly says
“This really set Putin back on his heels,” he said of Russia’s president.Sen. Mark Kelly said Sunday that Ukraine’s decision to counter the ongoing Russian invasion by attacking Russia itself could change how that war plays out.
Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the Arizona Democrat said: “130,000 Russians have had to leave their homes and, at this point in this conflict, I think the Ukrainians did something unpredictable that could really change the tide of how this conflict’s gonna play out.”
At the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there were fears that if Ukraine and its allies expanded the war to Russian territory, a regional or global conflict could break out. The war, however, has largely settled into a stalemate, at least until Ukraine’s forces crossed into the Kursk region in Russian territory.
On Sunday, host Margaret Brennan asked Kelly if he was comfortable with American weapons being used on Russian soil now.
“I am at this point,” Kelly said. “The Ukrainians were illegally attacked by Vladimir Putin. ... He is intentionally killing women, children, old people. It was an illegal invasion. This incursion, and I’ll just, let’s characterize it that way for now. I don’t think the Ukrainians want to intentionally hold Russian territory for a long period of time, but this really set Putin back on his heels.”
Kelly added: “Since the invasion, now, over two years ago, we have, you know, periodically, as we should reevaluate, you know, how we’re going to conduct ourselves with regards to the Ukrainians’ use of the security assistance that we provide them. And I think it’s appropriate to continue to look at what their needs are.”
Ukraine’s invasion of Russian territory this month is widely seen as an attempt to take the pressure off its forces defending their territory from Russian invaders, as well as put Ukraine in a better position for any peace talks that might take place.
On Sunday, it was reported that Ukrainian forces had destroyed a second bridge in the Kursk region, limiting Russia’s ability to resupply its forces.
Kursk was the site of a massive tank battle between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in the summer of 1943; the Soviet victory there put the Germans pretty much into permanent retreat on the Eastern front of World War II. In August 2023, Putin commemorated that victory by calling that battle “forever one of the pinnacles of the great feats of our people.”
Kelly said that Ukraine’s offensive should teach Russians that President Vladimir Putin is not the peerless protector he has made himself out to be.
“He has always tried to characterize himself as somebody that is going to protect Russia,” Kelly said. “I think his citizens are seeing the results of what he has done in Ukraine that now they are somewhat at risk.”
(Hope is true.)
"Following the Ukrainian drone attack, the fire in Proletarsk, Rostov, is going from bad to worse. Following the explosion of another tank, there is a risk of detonation of other tanks nearby."
"Following the Ukrainian drone attack, the fire in Proletarsk, Rostov, is going from bad to worse. Following the explosion of another tank, there is a risk of detonation of other tanks nearby."
Dude needs to smoke more cigarettes and die. Ironic his daughter went to university in the US. What a cnt.
Hope this is not another scene from a video game.
To make up for it if it is.
To make up for it if it is.
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100% video game, but in your defense, the games are getting really good…
Also, Javelin is ATGM, not MANPAD.
"Ukrainian troops in a "Marder" BMP use their rapid-fire cannon to dismantle Russian positions during the assault on Mala Loknya in the Kursk region Russia"
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"SSO operators destroyed one of the crossings built by the Katsapas over the river"
