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President Zelensky:Had a call with @EmmanuelMacron. Informed about the situation on the battlefield and at Ukraine nuclear plants. Stressed the need of demilitarization of ZNPP. We also discussed cooperation on ensuring Ukraine's energy stability, in particular, protecting the system from air attacks

100 % agree with 1st para + was going to post similar.

The pretence of being this thoughtful, rational, analytical type (a military strategist as well as climate scientist and geopolitics professor/expert!) in boring walls of text...then it falls apart & the crazy comes out.

It is a bit maddening...!

Discussing Russia's "politics" + "elections" in the same breath as democracies (not for first time) is the worst of all. That is disgusting (not maddening).

Obviously, you are not a fan of Zelenski Forest, but when you, I and this generation are long gone, Zelenski's name will live on, it will be carved into not alone Ukrainian history, but world history. Cometh the hour, cometh the man, never a more apt saying was there, and few more deserving of the title. Books will be written about him, and movies made about his exploits. They will write songs about him and the Ukrainian people and Army. Of course, your hero Putin will go down in history too, with books written and movies made, but they will be about the horrors he inflicted in the world during his life. He will go down in the same league as Hitler, Pol Pot etc. All monsters

Sins of the Fathers, eh? Most people involved in that era of Germany as adults committing war crimes are dead or approaching death.

As Wassie pointed out, modern Germany is a completely different country now, accepting mass amounts of refugees for one.

Meanwhile Russia is attempting to tear it's way through a sovereign nation in 2022.

Germany was completely destroyed and dismantled, split in two for an entire generation. It has readily accepted and moved on from its past, all the while ensuring that those historical mistakes are never allowed happen again, into a stronger and fully democratic country that is the pillar of modern Europe.

Putting aside the fact that the Soviet Union visited plenty of barbarity on its own populace from 1922 onwards, as well as those of conquered nations.

Russia hasn't changed in those same 80 years, at least not by those milestones. It still has the exact same zero regard for democracy, equality, human rights, law etc that it did in 1945. Putin is the most corrupt leader in modern Russian history. He has zero interest in Russia, the wellbeing of the country or its population, only in himself.

1. End to large scale loss of Ukranian life and extreme violence.

2. Four oblasts and no to NATO

3. Mearsheimer points to the fact that USA would not allow Mexico or Canada to join an organisation with the USA as it's primary enemy. That has been Russia's complaint for a long time. It's already massive, growing bigger risks destabilising it. They did not go in with shock and awe like the USA did in Iraq. They wanted an end to discrimination against ethnic Russian's which Ukraine would not do and now they control the ethnic Russian regions. I could be here all day, I'm sure you understand the ceasefire violation escalations prior to the war? I think the question would be would Ukraine try to reclaim the four regions after such a ceasefire not would Moscow try to conquer more of Ukraine.

4. Very unlikely in my opinion. Maybe some but it looks like they're gearing up for a large offensive. The Russian's have walon all the tank war games etc.

They've won every event since 2015. I don't think they're as incompetent as they're made out to be.

It's a pen name.

woman who fights for workers rights.

Indeed, it has scarcely changed a jot from Tsarist Russia. Total disregard for human rights, personal freedoms, freedom of speech etc - it scarcely seems part of Europe at all under Putin.

Long article from a few days ago on nasty treatment meted out to workers to encourage "loyalty" to Russia in the Zaporizhzhia power plant.

Brutal, cruel and ultimately dumb as well (IMO) as usual. What else would you expect at this stage?