Russian artillery shelled Sydorove, Mayaky and Zakitne at Sloviansk direction, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
That happened yesterday east of Kherson.
Today there has been an explosion in Crimea.There's lot of old weapons been transported through the region so possibly an accident
I lived in Tashkent for awhile, lovely Country and people. Would not mind going back there agai, even under the present circumstances.
Moscow flight going into Crimea now
Presumably they'll have no problems keeping the Tupolevs flying and in spare parts. Although some of their MBT components were from the west I think?
Some good news
Ukrainian Troops Are Pushing Back The Russians In The South
Russia keeping the pressure on Germany by dialing back the pressure on their gas pipeline and reminding them who's boss?
Wouldn't put in past the cnuts.
That's been going on for a while now but seems to be flying under the radar as most of the world's media seem to be focused on the Severodonetsk salient. I'd say that Nova Kahovka would be an even bigger prize than Kherson though. Not only does the city provide a crossing over the Dnipro via the hydroelectric dam and power station there, a crossing that is a lot harder to destroy than the bridges near Kherson, it's also the starting point of the Crimean Canal, the primary source of drinking water for Crimea. If that were to fall back into Ukrainian hands, it would give Ukraine a boot on the throat of the Russian presence on the peninsula.
Only way to end it is maybe to give up the disputed zone to Russia, but not Mariupol , or any of Ukrainians coast. Give Russia the Dombas region, but rename it The Dumb Bastard region, only if with this deal Ukraine gets full EU and Nato membership.
A compromise, but they can't get an inch of Ukraine soil with out such a deal, or Putin will only regroup and go again in time. Needs to end here, and only EU and Nato membership ends it forever
There's lots of second hand parts in Russian yet!
You can't cede as much as an acre of land to the fcukers or the precedent is set for them to come back for more. In fact they really need to push them out of Crimea too as complete punishment for their invasion. Not only will they have gained nothing they will have lost an extremely important piece of real estate. Leaving them in Crimea means Ukraine is always at risk of attack from the Black Sea and Crimea itself. I'd shell it til there wasn't a single living thing on the penninsula rather than leave the Orcs there.
When all that is done, set up a ring of defenses all along the border and beef up their radar and anti-aircraft/missile defenses.
If by 'crushed' you mean that the Russian forces currently occupying Ukraine need to be routed, I agree. Western forces need to act with a firmer hand in some way at least. I would start with getting a corridor in the Black Sea to allow Ukrainian shipping safe passage.
If by 'crushed' you mean Russian forces driven all the way back to Moscow and the country essentially conquered - probably never going to happen. The one situation I'm pretty confident Putin would launch the nukes in would be if Russia faced succumbing to an invasion.
Putins other friends will be there too
5 people wounded as result of Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, armchair view of damage
Land may end up on the negotiating table and China do not have a deranged leader. They have their own problems, like the ongoing zero-COVID mess, where their economy will go and a declining population. They are also more connected to the world economy than Russia so sanctions would cause them far bigger problems.
And that's all before they even do battle with Taiwan and the US!
You mean the exact same problems that Russia had when they invaded Ukraine?
No, China would be more exposed on account of its global economic ties and their urgent need to keep growing. Taiwan can defend itself and it has a very big bear in its corner. Russia is largely a backwater service station, even if he wants it to be a Tsarist one!
Macron is a French parody at this stage, saying only way to resolve this is for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia.
Two things on this.
land will be conceded to Russia in the end. There will not be the appetite to continue this in perpetuity
If Russia invaded your country would you be okay with your hometown and surrounding area being given to Russia to stop (probably for a short time) attacking?
No, but when the rest of the world decides enough is enough, there’d be little choice
The rest of the World has decided enough is enough regarding Russias annexation of land.
They will have to run out of gun powder some time soon surely.
Listen to the New York Times podcast
I believe that there’ll be an increased push for peace over coming weeks and even the Americans have started to express concern about the black hole of money and weapons and the one way flow of intelligence. And before we know it, those same leaders who’ve been backing zelensky will be back talking to putin.
this time next year I think we will be talking about the Donbas in the way that we talk about Crimea
Listen to the podcast from the New York Times.
What 'talking to Putin' is there to be done? Macron's tried a number of times and has gotten nowhere.
What does Putin want? All of Ukraine, apparently, and possibly other countries if that is in any way feasible. He's shown his hand on this, and if anything has doubled down or even tripled down since February. Therefore, even if he were to agree to a ceasefire, his ambition regarding Ukraine would remain the same and a ceasefire would give Russia time to recuperate.
From a Ukrainian point of view, there's no point in a peace deal with Putin unless the peace deal has a cast iron guarantor, as they know he'll just try again whenever it suits, otherwise.
But, and this is extremely important, if the West drops its support of Ukraine, it will full confirmation of something Putin has long thought - that the West hasn't the stomach for a long fight. That it's flabby and weak and cannot take the austerity generated by war, whereas Russia is strong, and its people are stoic. That they'll be able to withstand the sanctions and take Ukraine in the long run.
Not the kind of thing you want to be confirming to your enemy and would be a profound undermining of any feeling of collective security in the West.
The sound of Severodonetsk
Imagine living in the house behind these bums.
Get drunk and forget about everything and death will come to you soon cause you can't go home.
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