A new video has surfaced which appears to indicate a missile of some kind striking Bryansk. We can't actually see any projectile but we can definitely hear one and see the explosion:
Sounds like a missile or rocket alright.
Forest fires in Russia are spreading at an exceptionally fast pace this year - the area covered by the fire is twice as large as in the same period of 2021, the Russian branch of Greenpeace said.
In the same period of 2021, 915,600 hectares of land were burnt, while now it is 2.2 million hectares.
I expect serious attempts to engage in peace talks this week after Blinken's visit to Ukraine at the weekend. The implications for the west in a prolonged war is becoming increasingly apparent. While Russia will end up weakened, economic turmoil in the west will have major consequences also. Middle Eastern, south American and most Asian countries refuse to join in sanctioning Russia. The invasion is viewed by most people in the world as a European problem. Even in Europe most people are losing interest in the war. For the first time since the invasion occurred it's no longer the main headline on the Guardian web page. Most people have short attention spans.
Nah
What I find extremely amazing the fact that Russia ,itself, is not being counterattacked by Ukraine - so Russia does NOT have to do any active defensive actions on its own territory.
You think most people in Europe have lost interest, or is it that the rag press in the UK have lost interest. While it is a European war and a European problem that hasn't stopped other countries responding, such as USA, Australia, Canada.
The fallout of what Russia is doing will hit most countries in the world, so while they aren't looking to get involved they will get dragged into it. Economically this is WW3
In addition to unfortunate cases of spontaneous combustion a railway line has been put out of commission.....natural causes or?
It is.
What you have though is the unique situation where both sides are denying it's happening.
Designed to kill and maim civilians
Edit (Stupid boards): in reply to joseywhales above not approving Eastern European countries joining eu
If that was the criteria for countries gaining entry to the EU then I doubt the then current members would have allowed Ireland join in 1972
That derailed locomotive looks like more like a landslip rather than explosion?
Probably but hey might as well get them a bit more paranoid 😉
The French election is a pretty big story for a day or so, seeing as LePen didn't win that story will be gone by the end of today as its just back to as we were now.
Yeah because their military have demonstrated that they would be competent enough to mount such an operation NOT!
And that's not even taking into account that their airborne capability has been decimated by Ukrainian forces.
I think we can clearly label this show as Comic Fiction!
The vast majority of the Russian army is held up in Ukraine and their state television is talking about opening up a new front? What sort of delusional headbangers are these sorts of people?
Whilst I am certain it is anatomically impossible, I believe there is however a slight risk that if Ukraine ends up in a position where it seized land from Russia after this conflict, I might defy the odds and actually laugh my bollocks off.
I do think party gate or something else was briefly was top of the guardian homepage as well
Ukraine need to make push for Moscow… it’s a sitting duck
I think they should help Moldova take back Transnistria once they kick the Russians out of their lands.
Well we (in Western democratic countries) elect our politicians to think deeply and worry about + focus on this big stuff every work-day so we don't have to. Otherwise you'd burn yourself out (for nothing...as you can't affect it much).
Why should we care if countries outside Europe are self interested, consider it all a "European war" and won't back sanctions (or even condemn the invasion in the UN as a bare minimum) to preserve relations with Russia or seek to benefit from knock-down prices of Russian natural resources?
The one thing Europe (EU/EU members) should do about that is look to itself first, take note of the names and remember it the next time they come looking for something in particular (which they inevitably will I expect) and tell them to go and shove it.
BTW there will be no peace I think until Russia is interested in such. There's no sign of that yet and the way they waged war seems to make negotiated settlement harder.
Even if Russia was to turn over an entirely new leaf today, say agree a ceasefire at a minimum and put serious proposals, they are generating a vast amount of hatred and bitterness inside Ukraine I imagine which will make the necessary concessions tougher to swallow.
This is something NATO have been aware of for years regarding the suwalki corridor,and first thing Sweden done when Russia invaded Ukraine was to reinforce Gotland and NATO have reinforced the suwalki corridor.
Sending a nuke over the Baltics to create an EMP wouldnt only affect NATO troops it would affect Russian troops in Kaliningrad as well.
And at the first sign of Russias troop movements,NATOs would send their first response battlegroups thats ready within hours.
Also NATOs baltic fleet,frigates and submarines and Swedens corvettes they need to take out,not to mention airforce.
And i highly doubt Finland is going to sit and watch their neigbours being invaded.
Hmm, not quite as impossible as Roy Keane's injunction
but still pretty challenging...
And then US B1 and B2 bombers arrive a couple hours later and take out all that stuff you moved in your cunning plan, not to mention AWACS fly in from outside the EMP zone shortly after and see all that you thought would remain hidden.
Josewhales approves and sharpened the knives.
Absolutely. Ukrainian forces should just rol over the border and mop up the 1,300 Orc troops stationed there. Apparently there is a massive Orc arms dump there.
Never mind that the effectiveness of an EMP burst very much up for grabs.
Well I can only say my own and other experiences are incorrect then. But to correct, the issue was a wider look at Germany's psyche in backfooting its support for Ukraine. One thing I've learned is some certainly do not like any critical observations of Germany, even where they relate to simple things like queueing. Thing about such observations, is that they tend to be based on real experience. But as I said if you think otherwise so be it.
But as you point out In Germany - such things are always a pleasure. Ireland eh!
Ps. As you say
"I don't mean this in an accusatory or judgemental way, it's just my observation"
That goes both ways fella
One thing I've learned is some certainly do not like any critical observations of Germany, even where they relate to simple things like queueing.
Mention towels on sun loungers and they go absolutely ape...
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