AntoMaria7
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DIY-HP-LED
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Another country that will be emboldened and trouble for Vlad, there are several like that, a legacy of the Soviet Union and a rich hunting ground for the CIAUkraine: 'Nobody is adding to the escalation except Putin,' says Georgia's Zurabishvili
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili reacted to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Georgian leader said she was "not too convinced" by Russian President Vladimir Putin's assurances that he is willing to stop attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Zurabishvili added that the only party that is escalating the war in Ukraine is Putin himself.
Speaking to FRANCE 24 a day after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, French-born Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili predicted that Moscow will fail in Ukraine just like it failed in Georgia in 2008, saying that "whatever happens, tomorrow's Ukraine will be anti-Russian".
She added that the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia "never changed the determination of the Georgian people to join Europe and NATO" and that she backed Ukraine's bid to join the EU.
The Georgian leader rejected the argument that the West was in any way escalating the current conflict. "Nobody is adding to the escalation except Putin," she said.
"He just used the pretext of so-called danger to justify for himself and for the Russian population his acts of aggression," she told FRANCE 24.
However, Zurabishvili, who is also a former French diplomat, regretted the West's "self-restriction" in the past "not do something that might provoke" Putin.
The Interview - Ukraine: 'Nobody is adding to the escalation except Putin,' says Georgia's Zurabishvili
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili reacted to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Georgian leader said she was "not too convinced" by Russian President Vladimir…www.france24.com
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Zelensky fan gear floods the internet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been hailed a “hero” and a “savior” over his impassioned defense against the Russian invasion, and now his supporters can show their fandom with everything from artwork to aprons.
On e-commerce sites such as Etsy, more and more Zelensky-centric products appear to be popping up by the day. Several shirts feature images of the actor-turned-politician, emblazoned with some of his most famous quotes.
“I need ammunition, not a ride,” one $18 shirt says, showing the Ukrainian leader solemnly standing in front of his country’s blue and yellow flag. The response is reportedly what Zelensky gave to an offer from the United States to evacuate him from Ukraine last week.
A $19 mouse pad on the site Redbubble.com is one of several products that also feature the Zelensky quote, which can also be slapped on stickers, iPhone cases, outerwear and notebooks.
For $5, one Etsy seller is offering what they’re calling a “Ukraine charity cross stitch,” complete with the “ammunition, not a ride” phrase and embroidered sunflowers, Ukraine’s national flower, which has become a symbol of resistance.
The seller, who said the price of the item is to cover the cost of materials, requires proof of at least a $20 charity donation to a Ukraine-focused charity before they will ship the design. Zelensky, the seller said in a message about the cross-stitch, “has made headlines with his brave solidarity with his people. This famous quote sums it up pretty well.”
A $28 giclee print being sold on Etsy depicts Zelensky walking in military gear with a pair of wings through a bed of sunflowers.
Even newborns can show their support for Ukraine’s 44-year-old president — for $25, buyers on a site called TeeShirtPalace.com can purchase an “I Stand With Ukraine” infant bodysuit that shows Zelensky sporting Captain America-esque gear and the message “Captain Ukraine.”
Other Zelensky-inspired knickknacks take aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin. A $28 Etsy sweatshirt shows an illustration of Zelensky with a not-so-subtle “Puck Futin.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been hailed a “hero” and a “savior” over his impassioned defense against the Russian invasion, and now his supporters can show their fandom with everything from artwork to aprons.
On e-commerce sites such as Etsy, more and more Zelensky-centric products appear to be popping up by the day. Several shirts feature images of the actor-turned-politician, emblazoned with some of his most famous quotes.
“I need ammunition, not a ride,” one $18 shirt says, showing the Ukrainian leader solemnly standing in front of his country’s blue and yellow flag. The response is reportedly what Zelensky gave to an offer from the United States to evacuate him from Ukraine last week.
A $19 mouse pad on the site Redbubble.com is one of several products that also feature the Zelensky quote, which can also be slapped on stickers, iPhone cases, outerwear and notebooks.
For $5, one Etsy seller is offering what they’re calling a “Ukraine charity cross stitch,” complete with the “ammunition, not a ride” phrase and embroidered sunflowers, Ukraine’s national flower, which has become a symbol of resistance.
The seller, who said the price of the item is to cover the cost of materials, requires proof of at least a $20 charity donation to a Ukraine-focused charity before they will ship the design. Zelensky, the seller said in a message about the cross-stitch, “has made headlines with his brave solidarity with his people. This famous quote sums it up pretty well.”
A $28 giclee print being sold on Etsy depicts Zelensky walking in military gear with a pair of wings through a bed of sunflowers.
Even newborns can show their support for Ukraine’s 44-year-old president — for $25, buyers on a site called TeeShirtPalace.com can purchase an “I Stand With Ukraine” infant bodysuit that shows Zelensky sporting Captain America-esque gear and the message “Captain Ukraine.”
Other Zelensky-inspired knickknacks take aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin. A $28 Etsy sweatshirt shows an illustration of Zelensky with a not-so-subtle “Puck Futin.”
Zelensky fan gear floods the internet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been hailed a “hero” and a “savior” over his impassioned defense against the Russian invasion, and now his supporters can show their fandom with everythin…
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Visa, Mastercard blocking Russian banks from networks
Multiple Russian financial institutions are being blocked from the networks of Mastercard and Visa after governments around the world announced sanctions following Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
“The invasion by Russian military forces over the past week has been devastating for the people of Ukraine. Our thoughts continue to be with those impacted,” Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said in a statement on Monday.
“As a result of sanction orders, we have blocked multiple financial institutions from the Mastercard payment network. We will continue to work with regulators in the days ahead to abide fully by our compliance obligations as they evolve,” he added.
The Mastercard chief executive also noted that $2 million would be channeled to Save the Children, the Red Cross and their employee assistance fund to further aid those affected by the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
Visa also announced on Monday that it is taking actions to work in compliance with the announced sanctions.
“Visa is taking prompt action to ensure compliance with applicable sanctions, and is prepared to comply with additional sanctions that may be implemented,” Visa said in a statement.
The credit card company added that it would also be providing a $2 million donation to the U.S Fund for UNICEF.
“During the past few days, all of us at Visa have watched the tragic scenes in Ukraine with deep sadness and disbelief. Our hearts go out to the many people and families seeking safety, shelter and peace following the invasion of Ukraine,” the statement continued.
The announcement follows several rounds of sanctions that the U.S. and other governments have imposed against Russia in response to its invasion into its neighboring country.
The sanctions have targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s foreign minister, certain Russian banks from the SWIFT international banking system, Russian elites and their families, sovereign debt and a host of financial institutions, among others.
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Multiple Russian financial institutions are being blocked from the networks of Mastercard and Visa after governments around the world announced sanctions following Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
“The invasion by Russian military forces over the past week has been devastating for the people of Ukraine. Our thoughts continue to be with those impacted,” Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said in a statement on Monday.
“As a result of sanction orders, we have blocked multiple financial institutions from the Mastercard payment network. We will continue to work with regulators in the days ahead to abide fully by our compliance obligations as they evolve,” he added.
The Mastercard chief executive also noted that $2 million would be channeled to Save the Children, the Red Cross and their employee assistance fund to further aid those affected by the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
Visa also announced on Monday that it is taking actions to work in compliance with the announced sanctions.
“Visa is taking prompt action to ensure compliance with applicable sanctions, and is prepared to comply with additional sanctions that may be implemented,” Visa said in a statement.
The credit card company added that it would also be providing a $2 million donation to the U.S Fund for UNICEF.
“During the past few days, all of us at Visa have watched the tragic scenes in Ukraine with deep sadness and disbelief. Our hearts go out to the many people and families seeking safety, shelter and peace following the invasion of Ukraine,” the statement continued.
The announcement follows several rounds of sanctions that the U.S. and other governments have imposed against Russia in response to its invasion into its neighboring country.
The sanctions have targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s foreign minister, certain Russian banks from the SWIFT international banking system, Russian elites and their families, sovereign debt and a host of financial institutions, among others.
Visa, Mastercard blocking Russian banks from networks
Multiple Russian financial institutions are being blocked from the networks of Mastercard and Visa after governments around the world announced sanctions following Russia’s invasion into …
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DIY-HP-LED
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Fighters just move into the rubble which blocks streets too, since the target has been hit, it won't likely be hit again, when there are plenty of fresh ones around. Wait till the anti tank weapons and stingers arrive en mass and are deployed, urban warfare will be an infantry fight with forces at close quarters fought in rubble and artillery will be largely useless.Ukrainian hospital building destroyed in shelling: Parliament
A Ukrainian hospital building was destroyed by shelling on Tuesday, according to a Telegram posted by the Ukrainian Parliament.
The post accuses Russian forces of targeting a hospital in the second-largest Ukrainian city, Kharkiv.
U.S. officials have said that Russia is targeting schools, residential buildings and hospitals, but Russia has thus far denied targeting civilians during the conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a war crimes investigation against Russia for their actions.
At least 136 Ukrainian civilians were killed in the past six days of fighting, according to the U.N., but the total is likely much higher.
Ukrainian hospital building destroyed in shelling: Parliament
A Ukrainian hospital building was destroyed by shelling on Tuesday, according to a Telegram posted by the Ukrainian Parliament. The post accuses Russian forces of targeting a hospital in the s…
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Live video in Ukraine delivers war weapon Putin did not see coming
Olena Gnes is a weapon of war that Russian President Vladimir Putin clearly did not count on.
Gnes, a Ukrainian tour guide, can be seen live on American television from a bomb shelter in Kyiv, clutching her five-month old baby as her two other children huddle next to her. In clear English, she stares down the camera, brands Russia the aggressor, and challenges the West to do more to stop the war in Ukraine.
Change the channel, and there is another mother. Her name is Oksana, and she is live from a crowded subway station with her two children. Flip again, and find video of a solitary Ukrainian woman confronting a bewildered Russian soldier on a street corner, handing him seeds so that sunflowers will grow when he is buried following Russia’s failed effort to overrun her country.
This is unlike any war coverage viewers have seen: dominated by regular people, urgent faces and voices, mothers and wives and children, speaking live to the world in real time. And it is largely due to a piece of technology that fits easily in a backpack.
What viewers are seeing now — and what Vladimir Putin probably did not think about — is what happens when television can throw off that anchor.
In place off all that equipment and the support personnel required, news outlets now have access to something called LiveU. It was first adopted by bloggers, allowing them to air live video on social media. But the technology continued to improve and quickly became a TV news staple. A professional LiveU unit — and others like it — fits in a backpack and costs about $1,500. For another $45 a month, you have constant contact with a cloud-based internet connection anywhere in the world. It works with a small portable high-grade camera, or with the camera on a smartphone.
All of this makes it extremely difficult for any government to control the narrative anymore. In Beijing, 4,000 miles from Kyiv, Chinese President Xi Jinping may have hoped to adapt Putin’s tactics for any potential strategies regarding, say, Taiwan. What he’s seeing live was most likely not part of his planning playbook, either.
And so, mothers like Olena and Oksana are now the faces of war. Their children are who viewers think of as Russian tanks advance on Ukrainian cities. If the attack moves into an urban warfare phase — fighting block by block, house by house — more of those faces will show up live on home screens around the world.
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Olena Gnes is a weapon of war that Russian President Vladimir Putin clearly did not count on.
Gnes, a Ukrainian tour guide, can be seen live on American television from a bomb shelter in Kyiv, clutching her five-month old baby as her two other children huddle next to her. In clear English, she stares down the camera, brands Russia the aggressor, and challenges the West to do more to stop the war in Ukraine.
Change the channel, and there is another mother. Her name is Oksana, and she is live from a crowded subway station with her two children. Flip again, and find video of a solitary Ukrainian woman confronting a bewildered Russian soldier on a street corner, handing him seeds so that sunflowers will grow when he is buried following Russia’s failed effort to overrun her country.
This is unlike any war coverage viewers have seen: dominated by regular people, urgent faces and voices, mothers and wives and children, speaking live to the world in real time. And it is largely due to a piece of technology that fits easily in a backpack.
What viewers are seeing now — and what Vladimir Putin probably did not think about — is what happens when television can throw off that anchor.
In place off all that equipment and the support personnel required, news outlets now have access to something called LiveU. It was first adopted by bloggers, allowing them to air live video on social media. But the technology continued to improve and quickly became a TV news staple. A professional LiveU unit — and others like it — fits in a backpack and costs about $1,500. For another $45 a month, you have constant contact with a cloud-based internet connection anywhere in the world. It works with a small portable high-grade camera, or with the camera on a smartphone.
All of this makes it extremely difficult for any government to control the narrative anymore. In Beijing, 4,000 miles from Kyiv, Chinese President Xi Jinping may have hoped to adapt Putin’s tactics for any potential strategies regarding, say, Taiwan. What he’s seeing live was most likely not part of his planning playbook, either.
And so, mothers like Olena and Oksana are now the faces of war. Their children are who viewers think of as Russian tanks advance on Ukrainian cities. If the attack moves into an urban warfare phase — fighting block by block, house by house — more of those faces will show up live on home screens around the world.
Live video in Ukraine delivers war weapon Putin did not see coming
This is unlike any war coverage viewers have seen.
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hanimmal
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This is going to be a big deterant from Chinese support.Looks like Russia is trying to strong arm Western Companies from leaving.....
Russia tries to stop Western companies fleeing the country
Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to stem the flow of Western businesses fleeing the country over his decision to wage war on Ukraine.www.cnn.com
most have already gone.....bye bye
I think you are talking about this post that you might have misread and kept piling on.
https://www.rollitup.org/t/should-the-us-shed-blood-for-ukraine.1070104/post-16825682
AntoMaria7
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Omg i can’t
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BudmanTX
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i'm kinda thinking so to.....
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Russian people face 'catastrophe' as ruble crashes and sanctions bite
Everyone expected the Russian attack would be devastating for Ukrainian lives and businesses, but Canadians who study Russia and its economy say they have been startled by the invasion's catastrophic impact on Russians thanks to sanctions imposed by Western nations.
A plunging currency, a doubling of interest rates, empty shelves, a closed stock market, lineups at banks that are in danger of going broke — Canadian Russia-watchers say the repercussions of the invasion on Ukraine are affecting Russians at every level and are only now being understood.
One question everyone is asking is whether this will weaken President Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
"I think it's a catastrophe all around, but I think it is a catastrophe in particular for the common people, for, you know, the regular folks," said Norman Pereira, whose family escaped through China from the St Petersburg area in 1919 during the Russian Revolution.
The 80-year-old professor emeritus of Russian studies and history at Halifax's Dalhousie University still has family in Russia whom he keeps in touch with and is married to a Russian. Pereira, whose name is of Sephardic Portuguese origin, says the crash in the ruble and other economic impacts are already beginning to plague every aspect of life — and that's apart from battlefield casualties.
Like others I spoke to, Pereira was surprised by the brutality of the invasion, the weight of Western sanctions against Russia and the widespread consequences for the Russian economy.
"I misread the situation, I didn't think Putin would act so rashly. It's a disaster, a tragic mistake," he said in a phone conversation on Monday. "That may be putting it too kindly."
Pereira says that in a country where more than half of the population live on $6,000 US or less a year, it is the poorest who always suffer the most. But he says the growing middle class, especially in St. Petersburg and Moscow, has also been hit hard by the sanctions.
"The sanctions may not affect the people at the top very much, but it's going to affect the middle class, and it'll affect the people in the countryside. They're always the ones who take the brunt of it anyway."
In a country whose leader has become increasingly dictatorial, it is hard to see how a revolt by the middle class could make Putin relinquish his hold on power. Despite that, many — including Russian chess grandmaster and human rights activist Garry Kasparov — have proposed that the only real solution to the current crisis is the fall of the Putin regime.
Economist Dane Rowlands, a professor at Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, was also surprised by the power and effect of Western sanctions on Russia.
"They've gone a lot further and a lot quicker than I thought they would in terms of the breadth of the sanctions," he said on Monday. "They've really only left one remaining door open, and that's the financing of oil and gas purchases for the European countries."
Rowlands was also surprised that the Russian central bank was not expecting to see its overseas reserves cut off — one more bit of evidence that Putin underestimated the global reaction to his moves on Ukraine.
For the Russian economy, huge oil and gas resources have turned out to be a liability as well as an asset now that many foreign imports have been halted by sanctions. Sometimes seen as part of the phenomenon called the "resource curse," an economy can become so dependent on its wealth from a single source that it does not do enough to diversify. Instead, like Venezuela during the boom years, it buys what it needs.
Now, Rowlands says, with many imports cut off and the ruble falling sharply in value, store shelves are emptying.
"Russia obviously produces a lot of its own stuff, but they don't produce that much in the sense that it's a very resource-dependent country," he said. "They sell that stuff, and they buy what they want from outside."
It's not just consumers who have been affected but also industries, including oil and gas, that depend on imports of foreign parts and electronics cut off by sanctions and by restrictions on flights. Eventually, Rowlands says, those needs could be replaced by Chinese goods, but as North Americans have discovered, switching to a new source when supply chains break down is neither quick nor easy. Developing new supply lines is a task of years, not weeks or months.
Like Pereira, besides demonstrators, Sundstrom worries most about people at the lower income levels. People with debt, for instance, will now be burdened by central bank interest rates that have doubled to more than 20 per cent. Rising prices due to "massive" inflation will be devastating, she says, especially for people on government incomes or pensions.
"They're already not really enough to live on, but now they're going to be more and more useless over time," she said.
But Sundstrom says it's not just poorer Russians who are feeling the effect of sanctions. The many middle-class Russians who have grown used to being able to travel around the world will be stuck at home.
She says many ordinary people she knows have foreign bank accounts, and now they have lost access to them, while businesses can't get access to the capital they need. This time, Sundstrom says, Putin may have angered too many.
"I think that even within the inner circle — other than the most militant hard core people who are advising him — many people in the cabinet, many parliamentarians are going to start distancing themselves from him," she said. "He seems unhinged."
Everyone expected the Russian attack would be devastating for Ukrainian lives and businesses, but Canadians who study Russia and its economy say they have been startled by the invasion's catastrophic impact on Russians thanks to sanctions imposed by Western nations.
A plunging currency, a doubling of interest rates, empty shelves, a closed stock market, lineups at banks that are in danger of going broke — Canadian Russia-watchers say the repercussions of the invasion on Ukraine are affecting Russians at every level and are only now being understood.
One question everyone is asking is whether this will weaken President Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
"I think it's a catastrophe all around, but I think it is a catastrophe in particular for the common people, for, you know, the regular folks," said Norman Pereira, whose family escaped through China from the St Petersburg area in 1919 during the Russian Revolution.
The 80-year-old professor emeritus of Russian studies and history at Halifax's Dalhousie University still has family in Russia whom he keeps in touch with and is married to a Russian. Pereira, whose name is of Sephardic Portuguese origin, says the crash in the ruble and other economic impacts are already beginning to plague every aspect of life — and that's apart from battlefield casualties.
Like others I spoke to, Pereira was surprised by the brutality of the invasion, the weight of Western sanctions against Russia and the widespread consequences for the Russian economy.
"I misread the situation, I didn't think Putin would act so rashly. It's a disaster, a tragic mistake," he said in a phone conversation on Monday. "That may be putting it too kindly."
Pereira says that in a country where more than half of the population live on $6,000 US or less a year, it is the poorest who always suffer the most. But he says the growing middle class, especially in St. Petersburg and Moscow, has also been hit hard by the sanctions.
"The sanctions may not affect the people at the top very much, but it's going to affect the middle class, and it'll affect the people in the countryside. They're always the ones who take the brunt of it anyway."
In a country whose leader has become increasingly dictatorial, it is hard to see how a revolt by the middle class could make Putin relinquish his hold on power. Despite that, many — including Russian chess grandmaster and human rights activist Garry Kasparov — have proposed that the only real solution to the current crisis is the fall of the Putin regime.
Economist Dane Rowlands, a professor at Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, was also surprised by the power and effect of Western sanctions on Russia.
"They've gone a lot further and a lot quicker than I thought they would in terms of the breadth of the sanctions," he said on Monday. "They've really only left one remaining door open, and that's the financing of oil and gas purchases for the European countries."
Rowlands was also surprised that the Russian central bank was not expecting to see its overseas reserves cut off — one more bit of evidence that Putin underestimated the global reaction to his moves on Ukraine.
For the Russian economy, huge oil and gas resources have turned out to be a liability as well as an asset now that many foreign imports have been halted by sanctions. Sometimes seen as part of the phenomenon called the "resource curse," an economy can become so dependent on its wealth from a single source that it does not do enough to diversify. Instead, like Venezuela during the boom years, it buys what it needs.
Now, Rowlands says, with many imports cut off and the ruble falling sharply in value, store shelves are emptying.
"Russia obviously produces a lot of its own stuff, but they don't produce that much in the sense that it's a very resource-dependent country," he said. "They sell that stuff, and they buy what they want from outside."
It's not just consumers who have been affected but also industries, including oil and gas, that depend on imports of foreign parts and electronics cut off by sanctions and by restrictions on flights. Eventually, Rowlands says, those needs could be replaced by Chinese goods, but as North Americans have discovered, switching to a new source when supply chains break down is neither quick nor easy. Developing new supply lines is a task of years, not weeks or months.
Like Pereira, besides demonstrators, Sundstrom worries most about people at the lower income levels. People with debt, for instance, will now be burdened by central bank interest rates that have doubled to more than 20 per cent. Rising prices due to "massive" inflation will be devastating, she says, especially for people on government incomes or pensions.
"They're already not really enough to live on, but now they're going to be more and more useless over time," she said.
But Sundstrom says it's not just poorer Russians who are feeling the effect of sanctions. The many middle-class Russians who have grown used to being able to travel around the world will be stuck at home.
She says many ordinary people she knows have foreign bank accounts, and now they have lost access to them, while businesses can't get access to the capital they need. This time, Sundstrom says, Putin may have angered too many.
"I think that even within the inner circle — other than the most militant hard core people who are advising him — many people in the cabinet, many parliamentarians are going to start distancing themselves from him," she said. "He seems unhinged."
CunningCanuk
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Roger A. Shrubber
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most of us don't give a fuck about any of it, but still vote in presidential elections....i've long said there should be a general competence test ebfore you're allowed to vote...morons got us trump
Jimdamick
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Actually, Russians actually aren't very good at war, i.e. Russia-Japanese War (1904-1905), & Afghanistan.
They beat Germany in WW2 simply by determination/numbers/weather & Hitler not listening to his generals.
What did Putin think he was going to do after he takes Ukraine, and he will do that.
What the fuck was he thinking?
This is not going to end well for Putin or Russia
Nations will help Ukraine, Russia, not so much.
They're on their own.
BudmanTX
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that's the way to use those drones Turkey gave you.....
and Turkey has also.....
www.cnn.com
and Turkey has also.....
How a 1936 treaty could force Turkey to take sides in the Ukraine war | CNN
Turkey has officially labelled Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a war, in a move that could potentially hinder some of Moscow's military activities in the region. Here's how it happened and what it means for the conflict.
DIY-HP-LED
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Taking western Ukraine with short supply lines to Poland and NATO is gonna be a problem for them and as long as the Ukrainians hold territory they will be supplied and can support partisan operations in the rest of the country. If they can hold out long enough, all of western Poland will become a giant NATO supply dump and training center for Ukrainians a regiment at a time, medium range AA missiles will be provided too as well as tanks and planes, but Ukrainians will be operating them. War is Hell and we are gonna make this one Hell for Vlad until mother Russia shits him out. There are 10 million fighting age Ukrainians, I'm sure NATO can scrap together a million man army in western Ukraine out of that, trained and equipped in western Poland and redeployed back home with an attitude.
captainmorgan
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He's a troll and only here to sow discord, fuck him and put him on ignore if he bothers you.
DIY-HP-LED
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A gotta tell ya the timing for this shit is almost magical, Donald with both feet in his mouth over Vlad and his base divided over the issue of Ukraine or love for Vlad the invader. CPAC was a comedy of errors and a PR catastrophe for the GOP, a carnival of lunacy lead by Trump. Even the "freedumb convoy picked the worst possible time to whine about being "oppressed" as mandates are dropping all over the place. Now Joe is gonna give the state of the union address focused on a war with popular support and Vlad is providing these kind of headlines as he speaks. Timing.
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Russia Targets Ukrainian Civilian Areas in Shift to Demoralize Resistance
Moscow bombards Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, as it switches to a new strategy in a bid to demoralize Ukrainian resistance after failing to achieve a quick victory.
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