A couple of days ago you said the attacks never happened and the Russians merely manipulated imagery from Ukraine.
Now you're saying they did happen?
This was discussed Kermit.
"We do not support."
Support is to actively assist, so the US have said they are not actively assisting Ukraine in attacks on Territory outside Ukraine.
This US presidential administration is not like the previous one, they do not put liars, bluffers or idiots out in press briefings. They chose their language carefully and "we do not support" is clearly not "we condemn". That distinction is deliberate, the US do not care about Ukraine hitting targets in Russia they are just not helping them do it.
Do Ukraine need to do an offensive maneuver as Russia might hopefully inplode into civil war soon
Once it kicks off there will be no little or resistance to reclaiming occupied area's.
Prigozhin wants power he is as bad if not worst than putler
Hope the helfires are delivered where they hide particularly the one without explosives but carves up the body
There'll always be good an bad.... from my experience, Russian's have definitely leaned towards the bad side of the spectrum, among other nationalities.
you ruined kermit's biased presentation
Uh...
Wish them luck
Nice start to the day...
I think insurgents are going to be a key ally in the next while. Whether they are aided by Ukraine or working off their own bat (or maybe supportedvia oligarchs or something) doesn't matter a whole lot.
Spent a lot of time in Russia when i travelled on my motorbike years ago. They are a lovely people on the whole. Are there bad ones, yeah for sure of course but no more or less than anywhere else.
I see another cross border raid in full swing
These raids into Russia are doing 2 things. Showing yet another red line is bullshit. If Russia doesn't nuke for attacks into Belgorod they won't attack with raids into Crimea.
They'd also give Putin a way out if he ever gets driven out of Ukraine. He can claim he's successfully won by defending mother Russia and driving the invaders out of Belgorod.
Think the Bradleys look cool with that new style
You can't be a Nazi if you accuse others of being Nazi? Right?
Russian logic.
It must sting if you're not a neo Nazi in Russia knowing the dictator head of your country was the handler for the head of a Nazi group in Germany.
Governance of Putin carries through to today.
Edit: believe there was a bit of a coffufle in Ireland at the start of this recent invasion of Ukraine with diplomats expelled who had links to IRA and unionist groups. Attended to both camps.
Not much signs of any internal discontent that could lead to any civil war ,
Maybe a few years down the line maybe but not anytime soon
was looking at that, a great development, not only for Ukraine, but anyone using legacy eastern bloc air defences.
no more "air defence it running out"
What Russians are before they are conscripted / kidnapped ect, into Putins military is one thing, What comes out the other end is something else entirely. I've lived in Moscow, but mostly in the republics, and the difference could not be greater. Until they get to know you ( All Russians are naturally mistrustful, whatever part of Russia they live in. Not so surprising given their history) after that they've fine, and I'm still in touch with most of them. And recently ( yesterday ) one of them, who nearly tore the head off me back if Feb-Mar last year, because I criticized Putin, has come round almost ( but not quite) 360 degrees. Where she lives has been inundated with Russians fleeing Crimea and the occupied area's in Ukraine. House prices have soared because of the increased demand, and competition for the available jobs has also intensified. Govt services are practically non-existent, and generally prices are rising, so living standards are falling proportionally. This is all on a basic level how ordinary Russians are affected, but now the cemetery's are also showing the results of the war. What she had to say about the Government would blister paint off walls, and while she did not mention Putin directly as in by name, he was definitely included. big change indeed!! The Russians you meet abroad, are generally the more well to do ones, most people in the republics don't ever get out of Russia because that takes money, and that's not something they have too much off. For the majority of them, Ukraine is their first ( and last) trip out of Russia.
It's nice to hear they are being inconvenienced.
Politicians come and go of course, but as I mentioned before, the Military / Defense bosses know 100% what the security situation is, and strategically, they are in for the long haul so their words carry some very heavy weight, not mention the defense contracts, which are seriously big business where the US economy is concerned. Militarily, they are crippling Russia at a cost that is basically peanuts when taken as a fraction the US total defense budget.
Maybe time to start taking these boys serious......
Yup. so much for all the talk about sanctions being ineffective, and only hurting the west etc, They are hitting and hurting ordinary Russians, and now with the proposed new compulsory extra and unpaid working hours directive, it will apply more heat to the pot, creating more internal pressure on the system, until it will eventually explode.
Rather the biased take. Unsurprisingly so, from Visegrad24. Woe betide anyone trying a little geopolitical statesmanship besides arming Ukraine, instead of just rah-rah-rah’ing against the orcs.
Macron’s OPSEC speech was far more nuanced, and completely pro-Ukrainian.
That ‘de-escalation’ he aspires to? It should follow a military victory by Ukraine and then that ‘negotiation’ to be, accordingly, “on Kyiv’s terms”.
Yup, France and Germany played pals with Putin for too long and too far. They’ve been busy doing their mea culpa since March 2022. On that goes-
A little unfortunate for the sake of balance, that you left the UK, of ‘London Laudromat’ fame and with a long-ruling political party up to its hair root in Putin’s money still to this day, out of your last post finger-pointing France & Germany.
Hey-Ho.
Maybe, but they are now participating in the support of a murderous regime and are therefore guilty of same by association.
Meanwhile: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/01/fear-is-contagious-but-so-is-courage-the-ukrainian-soldiers-training-to-retake-bakhmut
God speed to them, may they survive as best as possible and kill as many Russians as possible when driving them out.
Why are they burning records ? Why not move them to a safe place , eg Moscow
Could be evidence of corruption .
+1
Transporting them to safety might not be possible, especially if there's a risk of imminent capture of the facility in question. In that case, burning these documents is often the best option, although ideally, you'd want to be doing a better job than that.
The Japanese Embassy burned all of their confidential paperwork before handing over the official declaration of war to the US Government, although famously several hours safter the attack on Pearl Harbour had taken place. Likewise, the US Embassy in Saigon tried to burn as many of their documents as possible before the city fell in 1975, so it's not really uncommon.
Would you say that all of them are willing supporters of Putin? And don't put too much heed in the Kremlin 80% figures. Especially now that the chickens are coming home to roost. There has been problems in the provinces recently when the military arrived to collect their quota of conscripts. All is definitely not well in Putin's alleged paradise, and there's a very big difference between forced and voluntary participation.
Does seem to be turning very Hunger Games like. The Capital takes and take, and the Districts have finally had enough.
I don't have any historical reference but I suspect that ,going by the past we might expect the next rulers of Russia to be Ukraine.
Thing is ,though why would they want Ruzzia's ** problems?
It feels like there may be a tipping point coming soon,but I can't say what it is going to look like.
**childish name calling I know.Won't happen again even if they deserve it.
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