That's the grimmest car ad I've ever seen.
Seems to be rife on here tbh. If you where to believe half these stories the Russians would have no military left at this stage.
everything in russia is **** except for piss
Or the Ukrainian air force being shot down 3 times over. From official sources.
Keep an eye on the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
Some rumblings as to a situation developing there.
Wounded Russian troops that were present at the plant, what happened is unknown.
Absolutely the propaganda from both sides is incredible.
Putin is trying a Crimea again
Plenty of jobs in post office for these lads
Rumors of assassination attempt on Patrushev
Putin's Likely Successor Given Toxic Substance; Nikolai Patrushev Survives Assassination Attempt After Synthetic Poison Turned Him Severely ill (ibtimes.sg)
Just a cassette deck but the cassette deck does have the super modern auto reverse capability, selecting reverse in the car itself is not quite as assured, with the gear change feeling more like stirring a pot of porridge than changing gear.
Imagine holding a 'referendum' in the middle of a full blown war and with cruise missiles flying overhead. These Russians are beyond a joke at this stage.....the most ridiculous regime on the planet.
Only Kremlin could come up with such a stunt
It shows how desperate they have become
His conference room table clearly wasn't long enough. Rookie mistake.
If you read posts of some you would think Russia is stronk
According UK mod they lost a third of their troops in return for a pile of smouldering rubble they created, and of course Nato not only expanded but has Russia now as its sole focus, things have gotten so bad they are now hiring criminals out of prison for penal battalions.
Speaking of rubble
There may be trouble ahead-
The Swiss…
No problems laundering Russian money and gold tho
Russian Telegram channel Rybar released a report on July 18 about the Novaya Tuva movement- an anti-war organization comprised of activists from the Tuvan ethnic minority enclave.
Rybar accused the Novaya Tuva movement of disseminating anti-war propaganda and inciting ethnic discord within the Russian Federation. This report is noteworthy in the context of the recent increase in the formation of regionally-based volunteer battalions through Russia, many of which fall along distinct ethnic lines. ISW and others have previously noted the prevalence of non-ethnic Russian battalions fighting in Ukraine, which include troops from Chechnya, South Ossetia, Tuva, Tartarstan, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, and others.
These indicators suggest that Putin may be unwilling to conduct general mobilization in part due to a reluctance to mobilize large numbers of ethnic Russians. Rybar’s post as well as previous reporting on a "Free Buryatia” anti-war group bring to the fore the risk that Putin’s apparent desire to have non-Russians bear the brunt of the war at this stage could create domestic tension in these regions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on July 18 that Shoigu inspected the Eastern group and directed Muradov to prioritize the destruction of Ukrainian long-range missiles and artillery systems. This is the first time ISW has observed explicit mention of the Eastern force grouping operating in Ukraine in this phase of the war. The Russian MoD previously reported that the Central and Southern force groups took part in the capture of Luhansk Oblast under the leadership of Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin and Army General Sergey Surovikin.
The Eastern group of forces is likely comprised of elements of the Russian Eastern Military District (EMD), which have been active along the Izyum axis in Kharkiv Oblast. It is still unclear whether Muradov also directly controls operations around Kharkiv City. Muradov’s forces are operating in the Izyum-Slovyansk direction ostensibly with the objective of eventually seizing Slovyansk itself, and it is noteworthy that Shoigu did not direct Muradov to prioritize taking ground along this axis at this time. Muradov holds a lower rank than both Lapin and Surovikin, suggesting that the Kremlin considers the Izyum-Slovyansk area to be a lower priority than capturing territory in Donetsk Oblast as part of the wider Donbas campaign. The Kremlin likely is focusing military resources and high-rank leadership on localized and discrete gains around Siversk and Bakhmut, despite Shoigu’s earlier calls for the intensification of operations along all axes of advance.
Absolutely brain-dead
And unfortunately at this time the most dangerous.....
I don't know if it is braindead, but I suppose they are sticking by the letter of their neutrality (even more than we do?).
The longer this struggle with Russia goes on, the less acceptable such "neutrality", either as an EU member (like us) or a country deeply tied into the EU (like Switzerland) will become perhaps?
I think there was a similar issue involving Switzerland with ammunition they make for some weapons Germany was to send to Ukraine. Switzerland was the sole ammuntion supplier + would not allow re-export of any of the ammuntion into a war zone. Can't recall was that sorted out and they were able to source supplies of it somewhere else/contract for others to make it?
Switzerland was the sole ammuntion supplier + will not allow re-export of any of the ammuntion into a war zone
Which, considering the only point of ammunition is to be used in a warzone, is absolute horseshit of the highest order.
The Swiss's argument is cited in the article,
With regard to wounded civilians, the government was of the opinion that it is almost impossible to distinguish civilians from soldiers given that many civilians in Ukraine are taking up arms to defend their country. Instead, Swiss officials prefer to help the wounded by channeling humanitarian aid to civilian hospitals in Ukraine.
So, that's the stated reasoning for Switzerland's refusal. Still not the best look for Switzerland, and it begs the question if you can violate your neutrality based on a hypothetical, i.e. that some of the people you treat could be combatants, but you don't really know.
Taking this reasoning at face value, the Swiss interpretation of neutrality appears to be more rigid than the Irish one, where the latter did allow for some forms of support offered to political allies.
Yes...I don't know what the deal with that is either.
However, I think this was an old/defunct weapon no longer in use. Presumably when Germany had it in active use in their own army, they could make the ammunition themselves or at worst had another supplier and would not have been relying on Switzerland when they needed the weapon during a war!
I suppose the lesson may be if you buy a weapon off Switzerland, make sure you can produce the ammunition or get it elsewhere (or don't get involved in a war where you need the weapon)!
Their neutrality that helped nazis hide their money in their banks (another Swiss thing) is nothing to be proud of. Certainly nothing to be followed by other countries.
True, being neutral (esp. in the face of evil) never won any popularity contests!
The Swiss are doing their reputation great damage (and their arms industry), imho they haven’t thought this through,
what happens when journalists uncover Russian entities (probably don’t have to dig too deep into Panama/Pandora paper leaks) availing of financial services in Switzerland? There are whole banks deliberately setup with east European clientele in mind
Do they apply same “neutrality” to Russian money?
Anyways interesting article in Bloomberg, worst case scenario is 1.5% gdp drop EU wide this winter (keep in mind Covid was 3-4%)
Buying yourself and stockpiling for defence purposes is very different from buying to export to one side of an active warzone. One is neutral, the other is not.
a) not a warzone according to the aggressor
b) Ukraine is defending itself, that is precisely what the equipment would be used for. "defence purposes"
Now, the Swiss are the Swiss, but there really isn't a grey area there, if they were truly "neutral", they wouldn't export any equipment.
I think it is too easy to criticise Swiss neutrality during WW2, especially looking back on it 80 years later with the hindsight that comes with that. They were at one point totally surrounded by Axis nations. A lot is made of their hiding of Nazi gold but they did also shoot down German Luftwaffe fighters that entered their airspace.
More important is the question of their current neutrality and I can tell you that many people here are not ok with it with regards to the Ukraine - Russia conflict however I can understand their overall reasoning. Your neutrality once lost is not something easy to re-establish and would require (I imagine) a popular vote to overturn.
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