Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Russia has very close ties to Netanyahu. Netanyahu was at a Russia day parade in Red Square as Putin's guest.

Netanyahu has been mute in support of Ukraine.

The trick by Orban is to be withdrawing from the ICC so that Putin can visit Hungary without being arrested in future.

Netanyahu, Trump, Putin, Orban and now Kim Jong Un. All part of the same club. Whatever name they or others wish to call it.

4 orc choppers irreparably shredded by a himars strike, including 2 of their modern ka-52's which are irreplaceable.

any news on the peace talks?or has donnie vonsh***zinpants forgotten about Ukraine…?

thats pretty much my take on it all too…what a fcuktastrophy all around!

Trump has inspired European countries to overcome any political reticence about defence self sufficiency, so while Trump collapses the US economy Europe can reequip a few shuttered car plants for military production.

You're working with a logical mind; the individuals in question would cross any divide to get what they want. Russia also need a new Mediterranean sea port after Al Assad collapsed. Lebanon won't be an option; Israel next, Gaza being turned to dust offers a prospective deal. In 'normal' times the American's would inevitably put an end to that, though these days with Trump Inc. God/Allah/Yahweh only knows.

Possibly , but he also needs to fund his war and keep the oligarchs on side. Money is his life blood.

Both European markets and the euro has benefited greatly already since February thanks to Trump

It’s the opposite, money is rushing in from insanity on other side to perceived stability and rule of law

Yesterday was the worse day on US stock markets since 2001 following weeks of red

Probability of US recession is at 53% now up 38% since Trump took office and the other shoe hasn’t dropped yet

Tarrifs causing Oil Prices to tumble combined with OPEC countries agreeing to increase production in May. This aspect of Trump at least won't be good for Russia.

I'm still of the opinion Russia won't sustain this war if Europe continues to up their game. With the latest mobilisation Ukraine will have to survive another summer of Russian assault's.

6 children killed in an attack on a playground.

NSFW images of bodies. :-(

https://bsky.app/profile/urikikaski.bsky.social/post/3llyx4hsjy22f

IMO all these autocrats (and full blown dictators) around the world seem to cooperate at times, scratching each other's backs regardless of their conflicting ideology so they can enhance their power and wealth and weaken democracies and multilateral institutions. I read Autocracy Inc. (Anne Applebaum) on this subject recently, and found it convincing.

What Orbán gets from it is the delegitimising of the ICC, making a monkey out of the EU/other member states trying to abide by treaties they signed, and a greater freedom to invite the war criminal Russians and maybe even Putin himself to Hungary for meetings in the future.

What Netanyahu gets is also delegitimising the ICC and weakening of his own isolation. You'll probably see Israel and the US start to bully and coerce other European countries to ignore the ICC and welcome him.

As mentioned Netanyahu himself had always been very friendly with Putin/Russia in the past, and Israel did nothing to help Ukraine. They can be more openly pro-Russia now if they like, given people who are at the wheel in the US are trying to cozy up to Putin as well. I think the Israeli govt. can probably forgive Putin's dalliances with Iran in the long run. I don't think Iran worries them much in truth at the moment, they probably think Trump will bomb it for them during his term.

definitely not opening that shite

I do hope hell is a real thing. A **** playground

No idea why you're calling on me to justify child murder. It sounds awful.

In case you're unaware, Israel a US ally financed by the US has killed about 100,000 children in similar fashion. I haven't seen you Express similar outrage for the Palestinian children murdered by the US/ Israel.

I haven't been following the war in Ukraine to the same degree after I was banned. Not much I can say here except it's very sad. I don't know if there's a way out for Ukraine anymore, the de-nazification sounds similar to ending Hamas. Ideologies are difficult to destroy.

Whataboutery. Repeatedly shifting the conversation away from the topic by bringing up an unrelated conflict.

Do you consistently speak out in this thread about other major crises around the world where hundreds of thousands have died, the Tigray war, the civil war in Sudan, the M23 conflict in the DRC, the violence in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Myanmar?

No. So even the whataboutery is hypocritical and selective concern.

well... that plus the oil, gas, titanium, rare earth and other minerals and the rich agricultural land "the breadbasket of Europe" the profits of which would be divvied out between himself and his oligarch associates.