How do the Ukranians manage all the foreign people coming in? Especially those with no obvious ties to Ukraine? How can they trust them? You can't just jump from citizen to useful soldier that's conscious of all their duties and how to behave in the few minutes it takes to put a uniform on. How do they filter out the selfish adventurers? The head the balls? Those with criminal tendencies? Etc. Etc. What sort of duties do they give them? Is their main value as propaganda? No clue how any of that works, but if I was Ukranian, I'd be watching these new arrivals very closely.
Big walkout in Russian factory at Nizhnekamsk over wages issue linked to plummeting rouble. So it begins.
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Moscow Mick tweeted some video of a hick UFC fighter from Arkansas who was going off on a mad one about Hunter Biden and Ukraine.
This long drawn out battle is very damaging to Russia. As more time goes on their assets will be whittled away, with no resources to resupply. There is virtually unlimited supply of armaments/tech/intel to give Ukraine.
Imagine if Ireland was invaded by Britain. And an Taoiseach was watching his people, his friends, his loved ones die in a stupid conflict. Imagine 1 million people had to flee the country. What would you expect him to say? Meaningless diplomatic rhetoric? Ukraine is being ripped to shreds by Russia. Of course he is going to call out the foreign powers when this is happening.
It is challenging for the West to intervene because people seem more concerned about their own local concerns than people that they have never met dying. The DailyMail readers in their comments don’t want to get involved in the conflict in any way. And when the war is over and the history recorded, those readers will find a way to take the moral high ground
I read somewhere there's around 16,000 foreign nationals who 'signed up' to join the Ukrainian resistance, french/german/polish/britsh/american etc.
I think Zelensky's call for 'people around the world to come and assist' was an orchestrated play to bring in NATO special forces disguised as mercenaries.
Still no solid info on that convoy up the north
Might be explained by Ukrainian paramilitaries executing him for treason/score settling off their own bat, not with direct knowleded or approval from the Ukrainian government. To cover themselves the official line is coming out confused.
Indeed, however these smaller drones are limited to only lighter ordinance, and Russia will adapt, but they are definitely viable and if Ua start using them in numbers could have an impact. The larger Turkish drone is doing extraordinary damage to Russian armor.
The signs were there when the Russian navy retreated from the Cork/Kerry fishermen. 😉
One wonders how many of those are on "extended leave" from their "day jobs" 😉
One of the commentaries floated earlier that Putin wanted to expand Russia into a new Empire as his legacy. After this invasion and war on another sovereign nation that legacy is now in tatters like the reputation of the Russian armed forces.
When people say invest in the armed forces, this is the type of stuff you'd invest in.
There's no point in fighter jets if your airfields are bombed.
And also, one thing that struck me this week- Zelenskyy's attack on NATO , telling them essentially that they have blood on their hands if they don't implement the no-fly zone, I don't think went down well. I can understand someone who's in a war situation, wanting as much help as they think is possible, but it's shown me that one wrong move from the leadership of Ukraine, could see a turn in public support.
Continuing supporting them with weapons, especially drones, may well be the only thing we can do at present in terms of direct involvement on the ground.
I think, reading between the lines, this is part of the off ramp from the war for Russia.
Have Ukraine sign meaningless anti nuclear weapon pledge, get neutrality and claim that this is the great victory with the Russian people.
It's a clever parachute actually.
Expect to hear a lot more about Ukraine's dastardly nuclear threat and negotiations on it in coming days.
Seems a lot of foreign fighters have volunteered to fight in Ukraine, up to 3,000 Americans have signed up apparently
Initial reports suggested he was feeding information to the Russians and was therefore summarily executed by the SBU. However the Ukranians would surely not have celebrated him and offered condolences to his family if that was the case. (unless of course they were trying to deflect responsibility).
In any case it's an odd development, attempts to get closer to the truth are probably futile. The confirmed details are that he was shot dead and he was definitely a delegation member.
Seeing a lot of reports that Belarus military ordered units into Ukraine last week but there was chaos, military units fleeing, orders disobeyed, etc.
US/NATO/EU moving serous amount of kit into Ukraine, WP reporting 14 wide-body jets landing per day to deliver Javelins, Stingers, etc
No interweb then.
Ukraine's internal politics are very complex and wars have a nasty habit of things spilling over into old scores being settled. A Ukrainian politican with Russian loyalties has already been snatched, convicted of treason in a kangaroo court and executed in a matter of hours, body dumped on the street. As the days and weeks roll on I fear we'll see more of this kinda thing.
How/who do you mean?
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That was almost 30 years ago before social media.
The smaller punisher drones that the Ukrainians are using are apparently having good success. Undetectable by radar also.
I agree. And also, let's not forget there are people related to Ukrainians living outside of Russia in places like Moldova, who at least were in denial that there was a full on war in Ukraine. Whether these people are slowly changing their minds, i don't know but it shows you just what the ukrainian people are up against, in terms of achieving some support from their fellow citizens, both inside and outside Russia
I'm totally confused by this. If I were on the negotiations team I'd be far more afraid of Russian reprisals, unless he was trying to be very pro Russia offer.
The oligarchs may not get all their money back, but at least they'll get a very close approximation of their fancy lives back if Putiin walks into a pointy umbrella.
Yeah I don't get this- how are they spies and "celebrated" at the same time? The news reports don't seem to provide any clarity on this. And to have 3 people as part of your negotiating team as spies? My god, that's not good.
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