Is this the post?
Not necessarily, Russian friend of mine I was speaking to over the weekend, and has always been skeptical of anything from Govt controlled media ( which is the only medial available now) and believes them even less, and is pretty well aware of what's happening in Ukraine, yet cannot convince her Mother that what she is being fed by Govt media is all lies. Generational brain washing.
Not forgetting desertions are supposed to be rampant.
I wonder if the EU said deserting Russians are welcome into the EU what would happen.
They could be held in humane conditions until Russia could take them back, possibly post Putin... I know this could take time.
Why do you have to always play the man and not the ball. What I think is irrelevant (and I support CAP by the way) and I agree that globalisation has resulted in wastelands in the West. What you consistently fail to acknowledge is the reasons behind those changes: it is cheaper to manufacture in China than the west which allows companies to price their products lower and thus sell more of them. Reshoring will result in the price of products rising, thus denying more people from having those goods.
It can be argued that this would be far more sustainable from an environment, social and resources perspective, but ultimately you are asking people to have a lower standard of living. It's the same problem that green policies consistently run into. If people can't tolerate a carbon tax, they are hardly going to tolerate an oil shock are they?
If you think people should have less stuff, then just say that. Saying we should suffer "economic pain" is just language used to hide the enormity and severity of the ask.
Godspeed Ukraine - Slava Ukraini
Have we heard anything yet from the likes of Mattie McGrath, Mark MyCherry and other Tds seeing as they were fighting against the dictatorships of Covid Vax certs and the like afew weeks ago? No doubt they'l do like that Jamie Bryson up north and make out this war is like an attack on Rural Ireland or somesuch guff!
The political fall out from this will be interesting as people will be distancing themselves from Putin and Putin-esque policies. Escpecially in Ireland politicians will see the abuse Wallace+Daly are getting and will be thinking of the next election, and aswell the outpouring of support and solidarity the people are showing the refugees.
Lukashenko doesn't have the internal support like Vladimir Putin to launch them into a war that nobody wants. It's clear that Moscow's plan was always to have Belerus involved in it (at least as a back up plan).
Lukashenko ain't stupid. He prizes his own leadership/self preservation above anyone elses. If he gets dethroned by the army then he has nothing but a jail cell. There will be nobody to fly him to Russia.
Belarus is interesting. It’s not Uber loyal to Moscow as sometimes portrayed and there’s been a high level of dissent within the country that has of course been brutally crushed and the opposition crushed or exiled to the EU. Given the right set of circumstances it could be ripe for a revolution like Ukraine. Hence lukashencko’S “caution”.
Thanks to the putin sponsored referendum he had it written into law he or his government were immune from prosecution for crimes committed while he or they were in office ,
He would would use the excuse Putin made him do it and he was only protecting his people
That video seems to be showing a targeted assassination. It follows a dark SUV which seems to be being driven at very high speed to the point it even slides around a corner, it pulls up to the mall entrance, where presumably someone gets out and enters the mall then the overkill munitions streaks down and takes out the mall in order get the person/s from the SUV. It's like something from a game or movie.
Gonzalo lira....a quick google of him shows what sort of a prìck he is....
Thanks for that help finding the link....
And also his weakest area of support for his rigged election was in in Minsk where he got 64%. That ain't great considering he "won" the election with 80%.
All things considered, I think he still would have won his election, the figures were just miles off being accurate. But considering it was rigged as f**k, a rigged 64% may mean he doesn't have a majority in the capital city.
Other areas of weakness he has is around the Western border with Poland. A lot of those would have access to Polish media in Brest and Grodno. They'll know exactly what is going on in Ukraine.
There are some interesting comments about it here. Apparently the missile hit 7 hours after the truck pulled in.
No but then again they aren't known for making any sort of intelligent statement.
Looks like Arnie ruffled a few feathers in the Kremlin...
The question is not so much whether people in Belarus or even Russia are seeing what's unfolding in Ukraine in its totality, but whether they're amenable to information being provided. We can see even in our own societies that there are people banging on about Ukrainian propaganda or western propaganda in the face of overwhelming video evidence of what the Russians are doing. Take that idea and transplant it to a country where the prevailing culture is suspicion of what the west is saying and it seems like a fairly hard problem to surmount. Add in the fact that Russia and Belarus are countries where you can be severely punished just for questioning your government and the problem gets harder still. Some may be aware of what's going on but just choose to stick their head in the sand and look after themselves.
Then there was Germany's last hope of turning the war the battle of Kursk, but the Soviets got every detail of the German plan from the British who had broken the enigma code, what likely would have been a German breakthrough turned into a Soviet trap for them.
Just a small correction. Polish decoders have cracked Enigma Code.
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/polands-decisive-role-cracking-enigma-and-transforming-uks-sigint-operations
He must be popular in Russia so.
He is but it's also a very powerful and well crafted video. It shows how worried they are because of it.
If I remember correctly, the Poles laid the groundwork by reverse-engineering Enigma and even had a mechanical computer like the Bletchley Park Bombe for message decryption, but once the Germans added two more rotors the poles didn't have the capacity to do decrypts. It was some time after that that they provided their Enigma knowledge to the western allies. If the Poles had cracked Enigma to the extent needed to decode encrypted German messages, there would have been no need for Bletchley park. And that is in no way intended to take away from the Poles' terrific work and achievement without which Enigma probably would have remained...er...an enigma (sorry) throughout the war.
Never gets old
The peacekeepers putting manners on the natives
Can't crash if it doesn't open
Situation in Mariupol not looking good. Looks like the Russians have taken the airport - map below is yesterday, still waiting for an updated one
But you can see the airport is in one of two defended sectors - So i take the above tweet as indicating the airport sector has been abandoned
Interesting video from an Australian Logistics / Defense analyst on why the Russian invasion "special military operation" has gone so spectacularly wrong
TLDR: Russian have spunked their defence budget on nuclear deterrent, parity with US Navy and 'wunderwaffen' / superweapons all while letting their infantry troops and equipment rot away through neglect and corruption.
Ukraine have spent every last penny on a territorial army prepared to fight russian invasion.
Spoiler Alert:
If the west really wants Ukraine wants to win this war, then it can be won
@liamtech
Situation in Mariupol not looking good.
Well, yeah. The Russians literally have the city surrounded. Obviously, given enough time, they will completely take the city. Saying that I am thinking of the defenders of the city at this time sounds a bit glib from my comfortable position getting reports on the situation, but f*ckin' hell, they're beyond courageous to be fighting to the death, and I'm sure future generations of Ukrainians will proudly remember their sacrifice and refusal to surrender vs. overwhelming odds against them. I'm amazed they've held out as long as they have.
We still need a solution to the nuclear problem.
One of the heads of the Nuclear Threat Initiative was on Bill Maher this weekend, he made it clear there's no ace up our sleeve there - we could intercept, MAYBE, one ICBM, or warhead. Russia has thousands it is capable of launching simultaneously.
I actually dont know what to make of the above - a Pro Russian 'Anti Russo-phobia video' - released today; -and.. apparently aimed at the west???
I mean honestly - this is bizarre.
I think it's mostly Azov Battalion down there. They know full well if they surrendered, they would killed by the Russians. Amazing effort down there.
Saying that, once the Russians take what's left of Mariupol, Putin may take that as his win. He has gotten rid of his Nazi's, taken most of Donbass & Luhansk and just call it a day. It could be his get out.
Ukraine also get rid of their nazi problem and the Azov Battalion go down as National Heroes.
It's a bit of a grim scenario that may suit all sides.
Something to do with some kind of "pecking order" among dog breeds ???
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