Don't know if it's "dozens" but definitely a fair bit of kit
@Wibbs
Or if it is Kremlin spin it's along the lines of "look we do allow dissent, you Western pigdog lackeys of imperialist USA!" kinda thing. Maybe with a sideorder of putin setting the tone for his subjects that when he pulls out it was because he heard the cries of his peeeeple.
Again, don't really see what it would achieve. It's not like people would go, "I saw the protesters getting beaten up in Russia, but one newswoman gets a slap on the wrist for same, so it's all fine, now." Wouldn't fool anyone in the West who's halfway engaged with the situation.
Putin has long painted himself as the kind of man who likes to 'leave it in'. Pulling out of Ukraine on the basis of public outcry would also require him having to admit that he lied to his people about the scale of the operation and that Russia isn't so mighty as he made out. Given Putin's lust for power, I cannot see him doing anything that would undermine his image or that would even threaten to.
An 18 y/o Ukrainian girl who sought refuge in Germany has been raped by an Iraqi man & a Nigerian man while in refugee accommodation. Both men have Ukrainian citizenship. How the f*ck could you do that to your own fleeing war. Opportunistic parasites. Unfortunately, she will not be the only victim of exploitation.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10614551/Ukrainian-18-year-old-refugee-gang-raped-two-men-board-German-hotel-ship.html
They just don't bother to make a pretense of it anymore. Mask fully off.
Who's Bella? Is there a reason I should care she got a nose job at 14? I NEED ANSWERS!
I saw a report on Al Jazeera the other night from one of the border crossings (I think it was Poland).. police are having to keep a constant eye out for human trafficers.
And apparently someone in Clare was offering accommodation to refugees for sex:
Of all the rats that conflict brings out of their nests, those who would take advantage of refugees are up there with the absolute worst.
Allegedly. Source is the German equivalent of the Daily Mail. I'm not saying it didn't happen, I'd also be holding reservations until a more reputable outlet has information.
Ballsy. I wonder if the Russians will ease off.
Well there are two "ukranian" men that can be sent back to ukraine. Think rapists can be executed in times of war. They can clear mines
We've donated the Sugarloaf to Ukraine?
I'd say they didn't use there Ukrainian citizenship to get through the border
Jaysus… I hope those boats and sailor sinks to the bottom of the sea
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To be honest, maybe I am just old, but the before and after photos of her nose look the same
to avert a default on interest payments Russia may be able to use roubles to pay their debts as they are frozen out of access to the other main currencies, this could be a bargain basement chance for their creditors to get their hands on seriously distressed currency at a knock down price.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60750642
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Horrendous destruction
We can forget about the notion that a post-Putin Russia will magically transform into a democratic utopia if we just dangle the carrot of lifting sanctions when he's gone.
I don't disagree that the West will have to normalise relations with Russia at some point in the future, but autocracy is embedded in the entire political system. It may be personified by Putin, but it is not his creation.
At best, we’ll have to settle with dealing with a less-worse face of it in the future.
First quote. Iceland?
Second quote: The drones were not the deciding factor in that war. An asset, yes like any other asset, but there have been a number of assessments since which looked at the numbers, Azerbaijan would have won drones or no drones.
Third quote. I’m sure that now this has been brought to public attention, the Russians will shortly set about fixing that. Idiots. Did they learn nothing from 1982?
lets hope they have somehow mined the waters
What's your take on how the war is going on a military front from both sides?
I'm just assuming he will be in power for a very long time regardless of how this war goes.
was it a ‘wheel’ rolling away
An interview with someone who was responsible for protecting Polish government trips incuding Iraq during war can be shortened to his words: get a place for a monument and bookmark the date. That trip is insane from the security point of view on all levels. If it gets hot they might not have a way out.
USAF Global HAWK keeping a close eye on Russian Navy Battlegroup approaching Odessa. No Doubt its feeding tactical data to Ukranian forces. It would be great if the Ukranians possess anti-shipping missiles.
The bit in bold can often be a part and parcel of Russian propaganda and how they operate and how they can seem to Western eyes so obvious and clumsy. It's not because Russian people and similar who live un controlled autocratic states are any less sophisticated, but there are differences. We're so used to dealing with alternative viewpoints and narratives and lots of them and from birth and we have many 'fathers and mothers' of those viewpoints.
In autocratic states that's not the case to nearly the same degree. Those states and cultures differ in this regard. They have one viewpoint, one narrative and one 'father and mother' of those viewpoints and narratives and from birth. That's how the society is controlled. Now the viewpoint can be wide enough and you can debate within them, but there are accepted barriers you just don't cross. Within this framework you can make people believe anything, or believe it enough, or ignore the cognative dissonance and get them to swallow total nonsense because they're afraid of crossing those accepted barriers in their society.
Very like the hold religion and religious faith can have on a population and top down crowd and societal control is a big part of that too. You can have extremely intelligent well read people who've been born into and grown up in a religious background who will go along with the contradictions and cognitive dissonance inherent in that.
In both autocratic states and religion we forget that those barriers and surities are a comfort to those within them who buy into them. To step beyond that is both heresy and very scary. Especially if you live under those barriers.
If they could have made the guy talk they could have kept going but feed complete crap to the Russians and try trap them.
I can see no lack of volunteers for his firing squad.
Same as every war that was ever fought. Its us minions that need to look at our willingness to put our lives on the line for a nutter back at base facing nothing more dangerous than a trip down the stairs after he rolls out of the silk sheets.
This is potentially a stupid question. But are all planes required to show up on that. Hardly a stealthy operation if a playstore app can track you. But then again, if they're not tracked how do commercial flights manage to avoid them? 🤔
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