Irelands border with NATO is almost half as long.
This map clearly illustrates the extent to which NATO is surrounding Russia --
They will join. Turkey wants money for their agreement.
Ah yes, I recall Auschwitz being a Nazi stronghold alright.
I commented when I saw him at his meeting with Macron back in February that he is face was puffed.
https://www.google.com/search?q=macron+and+putin+meeting+2022&client=ms-android-oppo-rev1&prmd=niv&sxsrf=ALiCzsbAfzvOgh0lNgpvP3kCIMQJaPZoag:1652465969124&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH8d64i933AhVHgFwKHbcSD74Q_AUoAnoECAIQAg&biw=360&bih=582&dpr=2#imgrc=9ka9nOn6fEzfbM
At the time the Russian's security services wanted to test Macron for COVID and he refused and only released his own test results hence the long table
Looks like Moldova will have to wait to be freeded by the Russians, they seem to be looking to invade and dezazifiy Poland next ,
Another planet stuff
I asked for a javelin for the sitting room wall
I'm hoping someone will bring me one of those tractors over as a souvenir.....
You should have said that then.
Why would I refute them? If conscripts can as you say refuse go into Ukraine, without fear of state reprisals either toward them or their families at home then why is there as you have said 1900000 of them involved in the war 🤔
I did and i have also seen the news since the war started,just explaining the strategic importance of the island
How did I insult you and why are not quoting what I said directly instead of picking out something that was directed at another user.
🤔
By we do you mean you? Is this you're interoperation speaking or your need to be king of the echo chamber
What part of the story is bothering you
Ukraine puts first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes.
KYIV, May 13 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court held a preliminary hearing on Friday in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion, after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder of a 62-year-old civilian.
Russia has denied targeting civilians or involvement in war crimes and accused Kyiv of staging them to smear its forces. The Kremlin told reporters on Friday that it had no information about a war crimes trial.
The defendant told the court he was Vadim Shishimarin, born in Russia's Irkutsk region, and confirmed that he was a Russian serviceman in a short, preliminary hearing. The court will reconvene on May 18, the judge said.
He will tell the court at a later date whether or not he denies the charge, his lawyer Viktor Ovsyannikov said.
Shaven headed and looking scared, Shishimarin wore a casual blue and grey hoodie and was led into the courtroom by police to a glass booth for defendants.
If convicted he faces up to life imprisonment over the killing in the northeast Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka, east of the capital Kyiv, on Feb. 28.
The Ukrainian prosecutor general's office said the defendant was a 21-year-old tank commander in the Kantemirovskaya tank division from the Moscow region. The prosecutor general had published a photograph of him ahead of the hearing.
In a statement ahead of the hearing, the prosecutor general's office said the soldier and four other Russian servicemen fired at and stole a privately-owned car to escape after their column was targeted by Ukrainian forces.
The statement said the Russian soldiers drove into the village of Chupakhivka where they saw an unarmed resident riding a bicycle and talking on his phone.
It said the defendant was ordered by another serviceman to kill the civilian to prevent him reporting on the Russians' presence and fired several shots through the open window of the car with an assault rifle at the civilian's head, and he died on the spot.
It did not say what evidence led to the war crimes charges. The SBU Security Service of Ukraine conducted the investigation into the case, it said.
State prosecutor Andriy Synyuk told Reuters the soldier was captured when he "gave himself up". He did not elaborate.
May they have many more worse days.
A friend of mine has gotten himself a Ukrainian lady friend and she gave him this stamp as a token of her esteem. Quite the collector's item apparently. (this photo taken in the midst of a heap of pints last night!)
I would say you have hit the proverbial nail on the head there.
Russians having a bad day https://twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1525123427220312067?s=20&t=bhMLlHlr24ynVwwxQhohOg
That's very interesting.
Would never even think about Romania and the Danube Delta being affected.
(also petroleum and gas) its always about resources.
It's a very important place.
To be fair, a few people don't even read the posts in here before posting, never mind links...
did nobody read the link?
That's some serious mortar
More here - Putin is seriously ill with cancer, and a coup has already begun in Russia – the head of Ukrainian intelligence (ukrainetoday.org)
From Sky News interview-
By Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor
Ukraine's head of military intelligence says the war with Russia is going so well, it will reach a turning point by mid August and be over by the end of the year. It is the most precise and optimistic prediction by a senior Ukrainian official so far.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Major General Kyrylo Budanov also said a coup to remove Vladimir Putin is already underway in Russia and the Russian leader is seriously ill with cancer.
His office is dark and stuffed with the paraphernalia of war and espionage, sandbags stacked on its windows, machine guns piled on the floor, a spare rifle magazine on his desk used as a paperweight. He is remarkably young to lead his country’s military intelligence agency at just 36 years, and speaks with the dry precision of his trade. He showed little emotion, smiling only once as he said in English, "I’m optimistic".
Budanov correctly predicted when the Russian invasion would happen when others in his government were publicly sceptical and now says he is confident about predicting its conclusion.
"The breaking point will be in the second part of August. Most of the active combat actions will have finished by the end of this year. As a result we will renew Ukrainian power in all our territories that we have lost including Donbass and the Crimea."
Russia’s tactics have not changed despite its shift to the east he says, and Russia is suffering huge losses though he would not be drawn on Ukrainian casualties.
He said he was not surprised by Russia's setbacks in the war.
"We know everything about our enemy. We know about their plans almost as they’re being made.
"Europe sees Russia as a big threat. They are afraid of its aggression. We have been fighting Russia for eight years and we can say that this highly publicised Russian power is a myth. It is not as powerful as this. It is a horde of people with weapons."
Imagine dying knowing you spent your last few months of your life, ruining the lives of millions.
I saw an oncologist on Twitter saying on Wednesday that one look at Putin tells him that he is dying and is on borrowed time.
Think once there is a veto Finland can join. Turkey wants something. Be a bad move to block Sweden and Finland. Piss a lot of countries off.
I hope his 4rsehole turns square and goes gangrene at the corners.
Sky News; Ukraine confirms Putin's health problems. Cancer.
turkey says they wont welcome finland and sweden into nato claiming both countries hosting kurdish freedom fighters ..
apparently has to be unanimous consensus to allow them join....
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