Apparently this is somewhere between Kherson and Odessa
It was mind blowing. Daly is firmly in Gemma O'Doherty territory.
The links she has to some of the most dodgy people in the world need to be publicised heavily.
Her and Mick Wallace's trip to Syria in 2017 was organised by a guy called Declan Hayes, who is an Assad propagandist and a Nazi.
If you don't believe me, here's the evidence.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-irish-mail-on-sunday/20180408/283729839849460
Hayes has written the following books:
Daly returned from that 2017 Syria trip and put a motion before the Dail that was based on full blown Russian disinformation which claimed that the White Helmets were organ harvesting from children.
It would make a lot of sense……
War is a costly venture for the ordinary tax payer.
But its a very profitable venture for a small select few.
The longer the fuel price is high the more putin makes, and you can be sure his military are not getting paid overtime.
Okay but the war isn't physically preventing the export of grain/fertilizer from Russia (just making the logistics a little more difficult) The income from which is vital to Russia, even more so in a war economy with sanctions. Hypothetically Putin could try it, but it wouldn't make any sense.
Yes he is right saying Ukrainians can be gorgeous, but holy shyte he is a total cretin seeing their plight as an opportunity to pickup women.
I think the best laugh was that he returned home not alone to find his political position under fire, but that he no longer had a girlfriend.
I hope she went postal on his wardrobe before she left.
They can probably keep going in the battlefield, they can do all their own war materials.
It is trying to keep the population in check long term that is going to be the bigger problem.
Also sooner or later some of the ones he relies on to keep that population down might reckon the grass is greener working for someone else.
The likes of Stalin did it through pure fear that his henchmen like Kaganovich (a Ukrainian btw), Yezhov, Beria, etc meted out to all.
Hell even some of them or their relatives perished in the outgoing incessant madness.
Take with a pinch of salt, but it's a translation from an FSB officer in Russia, whistle-blowing their thoughts on the current situation
If true, interesting insight to the situation from a certain FSB perspective
Russian History - this was a meme i frequently saw in college RE Russian History being summed up with one statement
Putin signs law to steal from Russians he doesn't like
The fertilizer and food are the only things he has that can bring the West to it's knees, the West won't see starvation but Russia and China dominate global calorie production and stored supplies.
Russia's dominant position in Oil and Gas are secondary.
Putin now controls 25% of global wheat exports, that's the 2nd most important food in the world after Maize, which is on track to double in price by month end.
How arable is our Irish soil?
He doesn't want to occupy Ukraine. As you rightly say, it would be an insurgency nightmare for years to come.
He's not trying to take the country, he's trying to wipe out the armed forces and militias, particularly the ideologically-motivated ones. People laughing about Russian covoys have entirely missed the point - where are the Ukrainian convoys? They don't exist. Ukraine has no way of moving large forces around the country. They have no mobility. They are hiding out in school gyms and getting wiped out one by one. Yes they have some stingers and javelins and even some drones to inflict some damage back but once they show their location they are being wiped out with rocket attacks.
The likely negotiated outcome is that Donbas (and probably some area beyond) will become part of Russia (or they will be independent with Russian puppets installed; same difference) and the rest of Ukraine will provide a binding guarantee to remain neutral, not join NATO, demilitarize etc. Russia will keep hammering them and then offering negotiations until they agree to this.
Russia has already halted fertiliser exports. Famine is his next move.
The west needs to wake up and call the bluff. If Putin want's to end the human race, he has always had that power and ability, yet he hasn't made that call. I say call the bluff; That way you demonstrate that humanity is worth something whereas not doing something demonstartes humanity isn't worth saving.
It is not in Putins interests to exterminate Russia and his own children.
interesting, i wasnt sure
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/thousands-of-serbs-march-in-support-of-russia-in-belgrade/
I think that a lot of Ukrainians would rather die than get into bed with the Kremlin
Will Ukraine have a viable economy without access to the black sea? They'll have to keep Odessa at all costs.
Ru/Ua mainly export wheat to Middle Eastern/African/Asian countries. Ukraine is still exporting (albeit switching to their rail network to support).
By the time famine truly hits the West, his economy will be sub-zero
The famine won't hit the West, it will hit the middle East and India. So in essence Putin's actions will be effecting some of the poorest people on the planet.
If we wriggle our way out of this mess the number one aim of the human race should be the complete nuclear disarmament of every country on the planet.
Nice thought but the reality is it will never happen.
Putin has the proverbial "ace up his sleeve" whilst he holds the nuclear deterrent. His ultimate demise, in whatever form it comes, will have no impact whatsoever on either nuclear disarmament or even reductions by any subsequent leader. Then you have China. This is another country that sees imagined threats to itself not just from the western world but globally. Add to this mix Israel, rogue nations like North Korea, and the likes of India and Pakistan who have such a deep seated hatred for each other that there's not a cats chance in hell of them ever relinquishing their nuclear arsenals. In a world such as this the USA and the West will only be honing their nuclear capabilities, as opposed to reducing or disarming them.
I have no doubt whatsoever that at some time - now or in the near or far future - the world will end as a result of nuclear confrontation.
As a side note:
I don't for one minute give credibility to the predictions of prophets, seers and the like. Yet my attention was drawn to the fact that Nostradamus predicted that inflation and starvation will befall us in 2022, writing, “So high the price of wheat/That man is stirred/His fellow man to eat in his despair.” He additionally predicts for 2022 that, "For forty years the rainbow will not be seen".
Whether through nuclear weapons, or if there is a God then his judgement that enough is enough and mankind will end: We have created our own Sodom and Gomorrah.
Well this is reported by the main Israeli newspaper, so not really any side
https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-israeli-man-killed-in-ukraine-returning-to-israel-for-burial/
I wonder will India love Russia as much if its people are inflicted with famine…
Lol, that doesnt include himself of course.
Not yet it but it's been recommended and it's more in response to carriers cutting them off and not shipping it.
They have an enormous land border most of it to the West and the EU. Lack of Black Sea access would be a negative, but not that much of one, especially as post war the EU and the West will be very keen to support them. And keep the beady eye on them.
Sounds like speculative bullsh1t
Anti-war sentiment up in Russia? 1,700 in Moscow and 1,500 in St Petersburg are the bulk of them.
Around 3,500 anti-war protesters have reportedly been detained across Russia today, according to Russian news agency Interfax citing the interior ministry.
"More than 140,000 Ukrainians have returned to the country since the beginning of the attack by the Russian Federation, most of them men, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine."
I hope the guns are flowing in along with the anti-tank weapons.
The Ukrainians are destroying Russian armor at a rate of 3 to 1. Ukraine has a vast pool of manpower with some military training, of which resolve and morale are high. There's also a continuous flow of weapons flowing into the country, at least a dozen planeloads a day.
Russian is a vastly stronger military in terms of material, but the reality is that they haven't achieved any of their goals, and they are running into serious supply/logistical problems as well as having difficulty taking and holding key cities.
I expect Russia to keep making gradual gains up to a point, but unless something dramatic happens, their progress is simply not good enough, especially with the pressure of a worsening economy trying to support this war. I don't know what's going to happen next or in the long run, but I wouldn't be totally surprised to see the Russians having to negotiate a way out of this from a position of weakness.
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