The new Prime Minister is on his third appointment if I'm correct, leader of a similar party previously served as his deputy prime Minister, i get the feeling this isn't going to be a SF effort,it was well documented exactly what would happen if they did win nobody wanted to share a bed with them ,
You'd be wondering are the party thought of like Sinn Fein were here. Sinn Fein topped here. But could not make a government.
A coalition with similar interests groups gives them close to 80 seats , I don't see any discussions on it won't happen, other than some guessing it might be difficult it might be easier than people realise
Only saw a snippet on the news with the guy going to the president so thought he was likely to form a government. Just obviously wouldn't like to see others countries going down that road as well .We shall see .
Haven't they just elected a pro Putin guy that is likely to lead a government that might be a problem .
It looks like Slovakia is a nothing bar. The party topped the poll at 23% of the vote. But it seems a mammoth task for them to go in coalition with anyone else to form a government.
What new government in Slovakia?
There definitely seems to be few signs of fatigue within some countries to keep the full support up for Ukraine that has to be a worry wonder will the situation in Slovakia and the new government have much impact .For all the failures of Putin it seems he can keep going at some rate at least.
On the west/US's foot this person will disappear off the media's radar.
Now imagine if this was the other way around. They'd be paraded through Red Square and on national television singing the Russian national anthem.
Hopefully not prempting anything but the above would show the maturity in countries and the likelihood of pilots defecting which way.
That's a big win. The only thing worse for the Russian air force then losing jet's is losing a pilot whether dead or alive.
Don't see them risking an amphibious assault on Crimea, if US money cut this would effect all operations across Ukraine ,
Ukraine may be planning a major amphibious landing in Crimea but the US lack of funds may affect this plan. Pity this only encourages Putin and will lengthen the war.
Could also be an fsb agent or even a double agent.
All be figured out.
My faith in humanity is restored.
Even worse they could block any transfer of US technology, more Abrams,F16s could get pulled,they only received 6/7 Abrams in the current shipment, this has potential for knock on'a elsewhere too
I say that's the fear zelensky has or even the fear that will I still get 100% this funding in 1,2 possibly 5 years time if this continues.
Thats even more embarrassing then for Putin - if his mighty army is being hockeyed around the place by a Ukrainian army that hasnt seem a penny of western support cos of all the corruption!
Isn't it.
⬆️ He'd make one hundred of Musk.
A few months back certain posters here claimed this would never happen and any talk of cracks in coalition were pure Russian propaganda. The BBC article sums up current state of affairs quite well. Makes sad reading, hopefully not the start of a trend
Ah so it's the Ukraine is the most corrupt country propaganda angle. I need to break out the Bingo board again.
You can "go on and on" if you like. You'll be going into the Spam folder or so to speak from now on anyways.
Great answer. Diplomacy on rocket fuel.
Current deal with congress to avoid Shutdown is to last 45 days one of the terms was no additional funding to Ukraine, that's puts the middle of November till this gets an extension or another deal but if Republicans aren't willing to play ball this could have serious issues
Hopefully this is sorted soon for Ukraine. The last thing they need is lack of ammo or artillery coming through to them as will definitely slow their advance.
Second paragraph refers to post no 99169
Glad to see you back. We need a few boardies on here who know what they are talking about
QSure one of them have to be the most corrupt . But what is the difference between the least corrupt and the most corrupt ? Is it .002759% or something like 2.14295% ?
It was claimed during 2014 that they took in 1.4 million Ukrainian refugees
Yeah, that’s exactly where the money is going.
“Very much worried': Senior EU official fears Ukraine aid stolen by corrupt groups” https://www.brusselstimes.com/450687/very-much-worried-senior-eu-official-fears-ukraine-aid-stolen-by-corrupt-groups
“Pentagon watchdog: U.S. struggled to track military aid to Ukraine” https://www.axios.com/2023/07/21/ukraine-military-aid-stolen-us-tracking
“Ukraine Fires Officials Amid Corruption Scandal, as Allies Watch Closely“ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-firing-western-aid.html
“With Billions Going to Ukraine, Officials Warn of Potential for Fraud, Waste” https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-billions-going-to-ukraine-officials-warn-of-potential-for-fraud-waste-11655121601
I could go on and on and on. Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on Europe. I doubt war has changed that very much.
Without wanting to derail the thread, I have to say that I'm very disappointed in what he has become. As a casual student of aeronautical and space engineering, I have been following his career from the very moment he went to Russia to buy up some old Russian engines shortly after Spacex was formed. While his drive and achievements with Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, the Dragon capsule, starlink and of course the soon-to-fly-again Starship and the Super Heavy Booster, not to forget the incredible Raptor closed-cycle engine, is to be lauded, he does undermine the work of his engineers and technicians with the absolute nonsense he comes out with. It's little wonder Gwen Shotwell has taken over at Boca Cica.
Some here have described his projects as "vanity projects", however Nasa and almost every western country and company that now look to space, beg to differ. Spacex' s Falcon rockets ( plus Dragon) are currently the only method for the US and European astronauts to get to Space, ( Boeing have yet to fly a crew in theirs), since the war in Ukraine. Plus, the Artemis Project, which is humanities return to the moon, is relying on Starship ( in development in Texas) to work. People forget that there are almost 24,000 people working for Musk and they're not all nutcases.
He's an important individual, but is beginning to believe his Messianic hype and is in serious danger of destroying decades worth of advancements in engineering for the good of humanity. If the Artemis program fails, or if the support for SpaceX's and NASAs endeavours evaporates, he only has himself to blame.
It is widely known that he has serious back pain issues over the last number of years and has been self medicating with some seriously strong pain-killers. His erratic and moronic behaviour coincides with this long period of self medicating. In my opinion, he's better off retiring and allowing his executive engineers and managers to get on with their work before he does something idiotic. Or worse, some idiot does something to him.
Also, while the Ukrainian armed forces were very quick to recognise and exploit the power of Starlink, the US Government have been asleep at the wheel in this regard.
It's probably counting the population of the occupied / annexed regions
We are not banned from sending direct military aid. There is nothing in our constitution about neutrality.
However we are giving significant aid to Ukraine as well taking a significant number of there population into our country. Rather than going head to head with people who are against military aid we train there troops in mine clearing which we are very good at. As well we are training them in combat medicine.
We do not have a significant military or have weapons development expertise so not much point in us going down that roi
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