Comment from the Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis.
It would be a bit more convincing as an anti- war/Putin message, if it had a few " F**k Putin and his Illegal war in Ukraine" Placards showing. As it is propaganda wise, it's right up Solovyov's and Marguerita's alley. They will turn what could well be genuine sympathy for Russian's killed into an outpouring of support for Putin and the war.
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Posted this earlier, it gets even better with a translation.
Look at the state of these orcs 🤣
I'm not talking about the Russian government...
Your point seems to be that people are willing to place flowers on the destroyed tank, therefore people should be willing to have anti-war protests in front of the embassy.
Its not a very cogent argument given that one is ostensibly in support of the war and govt policy and one would be against it.
Loving the combat buggy...
Over zealous police shocker.
You can not (in good faith anyway) equate people leaving flowers on the tank clearly in respect and support of Russian troops with those actively protesting the war.
James Vasquez, an American fighting in an otherwise Ukrainian unit which received orders yesterday to deploy to Bakhmut. On Mriya Report he said they were in high spirits just "moving from one bad neighbourhood to another". Mentioned they had a lot of very good equipment and the units snipers have recently received thermal scopes.
And a reminder of why they are Orcs, not humans:
The Georgian League, I think it is, even has a former Yakuza in their ranks. I'd want him onside more than Steven Seagull.
The Chinese said they would deal with their territory issue when the moment is right.
Not sure if this was mentioned already but I only just heard about it.
Background: In the mid 19th century the Chinese ceded a lot of territory in Outer Manchuria to the Russian Empire as they were already fighting in two different wars and the Russians were about to invade and drag them into a third. In modern day Russia this area includes the cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk.
Recent development:
“China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has just issued new regulations on map content, which require the addition of old Chinese names to the current Russian-pronounced geographical names of eight places along the Russian-Chinese border,” Radio France International in Chinese reported on Feb. 23.
It's not quite as provocative as the 9-dash line in the South China sea but it's definitely interesting and I'm sure the significance of it won't be lost on the Russians.
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If you try quite hard to twist it to be sure.
I've never visited the Baltics but when all this is over I'm going to have to go there. They seem like great people, especially the Lithuanians (they have previous with China too).
You are describing part of home field advantage. For the Ukrainians it's kill or have your family raped and murdered. However it's different for the occupying force, the motivation is different, their home may come under threat but they can end the threat by leaving occupied territory, so it's not backs against the wall for the russians in the same way but now it's a more equal jeopardy. They can no longer control the situation and force Ukraine to react to them, now Ukraine can force Russia to be reactive. It's like a technically great boxer, who is almost impossible to get a clean shot on, round after round you can wear him down to inevitable defeat unless of course he can hit you back and genuinely hurt you, thereby creating jeopardy, now you must pay a price for every engagement and he can launch an attack of his own, you no longer control the fight.
Well worth the approx half hour watch.
Russia’s economy is in the toilet and we should see more protests from unemployed workers (although I’m sure Putin will offer them employment, if not payment) as this year unfolds.
The IMF/world Bank are part of the problem by accepting Russia’s clearly fictional economic data, some of which they have stopped supplying.
Ironically Russia May be getting too little for their gas and oil from India/China as if they are losing money they might stop producing, which will drive up prices for other producers.
More from people on the ground in bakhmut..
When the population are constantly fed propaganda that their forces are superior and that the non war/special military operation is merely to liberate their Ukrainian brothers. It's going to be hard to maintain the lie as Russian infrastructure, in Russia, burns. I would say the Russians already have almost total control of their population, by attacking them in Russia, the Ukrainians are supplying them with evidence that the propaganda dream is fake. If anything instead of increasing support, it will make Russians question their leadership.
I'd argue this Russian army is not one that has made a lot of "sane" decisions
True. Twitter back up and running again now.
And fictional bombers
Cannot blame Russia for that.
That Musk acting like a dildo.
In Lithuania after a burnt out Russian tank was draped with flowers by local ethnic Russians this bin was installed by the city.
"for flowers, candles & Soviet nostalgia”
And people on all sides obsessing over whether a town or city "falls" when it actually doesn't matter, save to the poor bastards dying over it. Oh sure, the fact Russia and the might of the Russian forces took 8 months to take said town against a force with bugger all of an air force and out of date tanks doesn't exactly play well, save to the gullible. And they still haven't taken it. But in the end it doesn't matter.
Even if Russia had suffered no "feints", no "tactical withdrawals", found the "biolabs, Satanists, nerve gas and weaponised seagulls", and took Kiev, lined Kiev's leaders up against a wall and called it Russia, that's the point where Russia's real war starts. Invaders of all stripes don't read history books and are doomed to repeat the same mistakes and end up in future history books. Rinse and repeat.
The US took Iraq within a month. Total defeat for the defenders. They took Afghanistan equally "easily", just as the Soviets had before them. And that was when the invaders casualities started to really pile up. After they'd "won". And Russia hasn't even "won" yet and how many cardboard boxes of their youth go back to the soil of Mother Russia's hinterlands already?
If a people and nation don't want you there, you WILL lose and you WILL leave. The only horrific question that remains is how many dead men, women and children pile up before this becomes overwhelmingly obvious to the invaders. The terrible irony is that Russians of all peoples should have learned that lesson well, after tens of millions died to make the actual nazis and their tyrant lose and leave. They celebrate this benediction of loss and sacrifice every year carrying garlanded pics of long dead ancestors through towns and villages and it seems they have learned nothing. Such is the human condition.
Global outage at the moment it seems.
Watch out for hospital windows, strange tea or tourists interested in Cathedrals.
Dammit, I didn't get a mention! Guess I'm "Etc..." oh well. Fair play on the honest username there.
The danger of Bakmut falling has been real for a good while, and it's increasingly likely now. The AFU have at least been sharp enough to fall back and regroup when this kind of thing happens. It's still within their gifts to hold out, and if anyone can it is them, but I hope they remain sharp about how they play this.
I feel that Ukraine have played this battle very smart so far, while the Russians have obliged them by throwing scores of thosands of bodes into the meat grinder that had become Bakmut. The AFU could have better served setting up a stronger defense line futher west, but by holding onto Bakmut they gave the Russians a political target to throw so much of their energy at and churn up so many of their forces. If they do win this town, it will be at such an insanly stupid price to the point of it being a Phyrric Victory to match some history's worst examples.
Very interesting. Only part way through, but there is no credibility to Russia’s claims of only minor GDP loss in 2022. And the World Bank/IMF only parroting Russian sources, and not surprisingly their economy is actually in a tail spin.
I heard a variant on that before: If a Newspaper asks a question in its headline, the answer, which you will learn after reading the actual piece, is typically No.
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