Russia - threadbanned users in OP

The Russians claim!

You have missed the 40 years of murdered and imprisoned journalists in Russia. Take the hint Boxcar, the Russias are telling you lies, and you are happy to swallow the ****.

Anyway Poles, Georgians, Americans, Irish, British Germans fighting who have legally enlisted in the Armed forces of Ukraine are entitled to the protections afforded to combatants.

It is a get-out-clause. precisely because it allows Putin and others to form military groups they can pretend are not pursuing national interests while holding up their blodd covered hands up and declaring 'it wasn't me', while still being able to expect their not our military to be covered by the GC.

You are confusing me with Prigozhin, who is the one who has ordered his mercenaries to not take any Ukrainians prisoners. Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.

Not to mention I just agreed with you that Russians in Wagner are covered by the GC.

Yes; duly noted and memory banks updated accordingly.

The bridgehead in the Dnieper estuary near Kherson is almost totally useless. The Russian defensive line doesn't start until the opposite river bank, the bridgehead reported is on a marshy island which the only supply line is again via boats across the river.

Its also not the first time this has happened either - last year a group of 10 or so soldiers went out to one of those villages, placed a flag, got shelled, went home. A propaganda exercise but nothing more.

If their anticipated offensive consists of bridgeheads in a marsh with no vehicle support then they are screwed. They will be shot to sh*t by artillery while being limited by the terrain slowing their advance, and having a river to their backs impeding both retreat and supply.

attacking Kherson spit, or the upper Dnieper section between ZNPP and Nova kakhovka - that all has merit and would not be a turkey shoot for the opposition. Landing in the marshy middle achieves nothing other than twitter points for claiming territory (that had no garrison in the first place)

Sure, and thats' what we are seeing now in Ukraine, but they will wean themselves away from corruption over time. Starting the process was the important step. Once a strong rule of law becomes established, corrupt practices find it harder and harder to survive. Bear in mind, even in the most tightly regulated societies' you will find corruption.

A village on the Baikal Plateau suffers a massive fire - a furniture factory and 8 houses are burned

The fire in the village of Balyaga started at the Rassvet furniture factory, but then spread to houses due to strong winds.

According to Russian media reports, the fire could spread further due to strong winds.

https://twitter.com/OjefChJLrbqC7cu/status/1650788806600302592?s=20

I think your wrong,

If we couldn't get consensus on Russian sanctions what makes you think that suddenly everyone will jump on china , just because they sink one or several US ships , Taiwan won't go the way of Ukraine,they will be cut of and blockaded before anyone else get close,they have the ability to keep everyone else's navy at bay out to over 1400km +

Regarding Taiwan if the US has submarine superiority they could sink any Russian ship that approaches Taiwan. Don't forget the US could also use long range missile's to sink the Chinese navy while they're at it. Not to mention the damage Taiwan would do themselves. IMO if the two go to war both sides will lose their Pacific fleets. China's only option would be to drop paratroopers on the island and that wouldn't go well.

Yeah, and they almost exclusively used airpower to do it and weapons systems they have not supplied Ukraine with, apart from some M777 Howitzers, which are the only thing used in that conflict that has been supplied to Ukraine.

With 4 US and at least 3 foreign generals calling for 4th gen fighters to be supplied to Ukraine, it seems to me that the US wants the counter offensive to fail and for Ukraine to not win and achieve it's objectives.

I'd be inclined to think though that this fire in a furniture factory, was a "genuine accident" rather than a Maguire & Patterson" type fire. Seems like it was a major employer in the village, and will of course pose serious problems for them, but I doubt it was linked to the war in Ukraine or an insurance claim.