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Here is the link to help, use Google translate, screenshot of translated Web pages below. Also accepts Google pay (but I don't use that)
Why would they have the instructions in English on the screen?
The second one is true though as I think I saw it on reuters earlier today.
One thing is certain - the crippling sanctions and boycott of all things Russian will not be lifted until Russian troops withdraw from Ukraine (and that probably includes Crimea). We're into a whole new ball game now.
Well he pays their wages in fairness - could not expect anything but propaganda - beyond a joke watching them waffle off the garbage of faux accusations of war crimes and nazis. The Journalists that remain with RT after this conflict is over (regardless of how it ends) should never be employed in journalism again
How does it end? IMHO there is still a chance of a de-escalation - the trouble is the more time passes the more it becomes impossible for Putin to pull back from the brink - politically he has tied his faith to this war. Either Kiev Falls, or he falls. Or, preferably, someone does the honorable thing. Walks him to the Lubyanka - and ends this. Its horrifying that this is where we are.
16 children killed today, according to Zelenskyy. The sooner the intervention the more lives saved.
Hopefully both true
He has led from the start, American intelligence was right from the start.
For a change.
Thankfully, I dont think Russia have the capability to launch an all out war beyond Ukraine. I may have even over estimated their military myself. Although they were not using all their forces and the full power of their artillery and airforce yet, they seem devoid of morale already, disorganised, terrible logistics and poor strategy. Add on top of this their already tinpot economy is in ruins and will only get worse. No huge fanatical support domestically for this war or others either. Theyre in no position for a large protracted war never mind against nato.
Unfortunately vlad has nukes, which he is unlikely to use and he also will cause damage and many deaths in this invasion of ukraine before its over either way.
In that scenario even if America stayed out I believe the major European powers would have to intervene. Could they defeat Russia on their own in a battle of 'conventional' weapons? Going by what we've seen so far in Ukraine I'd say a tentative yes.
Russian press is still talking even tonight about dismantling Ukraine or alternatively turning it into a puppet regime under Putin's control. These guys are beyond deluded - it's as if they are drinking the same kool aid as that crank in the Kremlin.
Biden has done a great job at coordinating the worldwide response to this invasion and US intelligence predicted it when many thought it unlikely. There's nothing sleepy about Joe Biden.
Okay it's late, I don't often post, but...
Well the defiance of the Ukraine people I think has shrunk all our balls a bit, I don't know if I would be so brave.
A part of me though now is like ok, F%ck Putin, call his bluff, spin the dice. Send in the F18's and bomb that convoy into particles.
Keep the football nearby, despots don't want to die either. I guess more measured heads than me are needed.
But if that F%cker gets away with this again we are all in trouble.
I know the quote, all that's needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing (Putin doesn't care about sanctions), it seems so apt in this case.
In the evenings when I'm staring into the fire, this breaks my heart.
Can you imagine the bravery it takes for a civilian ( a plumber, shop keeper etc ) to walk up to a Russian tank, the last thing you will see is the muzzle flash.
How does this end? I dunno.
Time to turn on CNN
I don't think there's anything that would absolutely *compel* NATO allies to move in the scenario that you describe.
However, if NATO allied don't respond, it's a green light to Russia and China that they can go in and take any bit of vulnerable territory they wish with no risk of direct confrontation. The USA, especially, would find itself toppling down the world pecking order with one decision
In wars like this you have the initial shock, followed by the outrage, and then comes the acceptance, and the normalization. Putin will take Ukraine, as no one is going to stop him, only a matter of time.
Could it have been different, had it worked the way Putin thought it would work, they go in, over throw the Government, and put Putin puppets in charge. Is that the best outcome now, to surrender and allow it. I don't believe Putin was going after the people to kill them, it was all about taking control of the Government. Belarus is a former part of Russia, not at if he is going to invade Belarus, he seems happy just to have pro Putin puppets in charge as his neighbours.
If no one is going to step up, then you have to call it, you have surrender, why have a drawn out loss that ends up with thousands of innocent people dead.
Of course I want Putin DEAD, AND the Ukrainians to defeat them, but without help it's impossible.
They seem to be targeting the infrastructure now - TV tower in Kiev, power plants, mobile phone link towers. And government buildings in Kharkiv. Going to be harder for defenders if there is no power or water, and if command structures are disrupted. If they can surround Kyiv (and keep Kharkiv surrounded), while advancing in other places, then the Russians might have an advantage. You'd think the Russians don't want street to street fighting in the bigger cities.
But Ukraine is getting more weapons delivered, and they did start mobilising after the attack, which means new units are being formed all the time - if they can get them into play before there's any kind of collapse, then it's going to be bad for Russia.
Biden's State of the Union speech coming up at 2am (gmt). This will be interesting.
They have the story arseways, the Chechen unit apparently sent to snuff Zelensky have reportedly all been taken out.
Reportedly, allegedly, apparently!
God help the craythurs in America that use Fox as their primary source of news.
The Swiss company behind the Nordstream 2 pipeline went bankrupt. Can't say I am displeased.
For 20 years or so by now, Russian people have been trying to get rid of Putin....so far, he has defeated them all, and there's plenty of cases of sudden deaths, mysterious vanishings and long term prison sentences for those who have crossed him. It would have been done a long time ago, if the Russians themselves could have done it. Now maybe ( but its not a given) that the circumstances have radically changed, his career might be nearing its end.
Take it with a pinch of salt. Chechen elite squad apparently have “eliminated” zellensky… according to FOX screen runners.
Read the book and it's certainly an eye-opener.
Saw a comment here earlier speculating an attack on Kyiv might happen during Biden's State of the Union adress. I think that's quite possible. A couple of key moments in this conflict so far coincided with the start of a UN meeting.
It means they cannot even schedule the flight as they know it is already banned. It effectively knocks out huge tracts of the northern hemisphere and makes it impossible for Russian planes to fly anywhere within it.
Pakistan are absolute snakes, play everyone from China, Russia and the US off each other on the regular. On again and off again puppeteers of the Taliban and the government is pretty much run by their intelligence agency the ISI - as it's the only institution in the country with any coherency. And, unbelievably, they have nukes.
I recommend the book 'The Nine Lives of Pakistan' written by an Irish journalist who spent a decade there and was eventually ran out of it by the ISI.
And if Nato did not exist, he would still find a pretext to be in Ukraine...he wants the old Soviet Union back. He would do what he did in Georgia, flood the place with Russian passports and then send in the military to "Protect Ethnic Russians". worked before , why not again??
What exactly does an airspace ban involve I wonder? I presume it just means airports won't accept the flights to land. Perhaps withdraw flight control data?
Say for example a Russian aircraft, freight or passenger were to defy the ban and flew over the territory, it's not going to be shot down.
I've been wondering about that. If, say, Poland was attacked next year and called for help from fellow-members of NATO, what's to stop the same argument being invoked as is the case with Ukraine? "Ah well, it's not that simple, he's got nuclear weapons you see..." Claiming that it's different because Poland is in NATO but Ukraine wasn't wouldn't necessarily alter that stance.
Not that I'm calling for NATO action in the Ukraine, I'm just wondering if the failure to do so might give the easternmost NATO members pause for thought about the club they're in.
Different set of grandparents! But I second your lustful imaginary scenario. Ding dong...
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