Russia invades Ukraine (pt II)
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Kyiv comes under huge bombardment leaving a pulsing glow over the sky
Ukraine landed a significant blow on Russia Saturday after it killed a large group of bloodthirsty Chechen special forces dispatched to assassinate the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian ambassador: Russia ‘handing out gas masks’ ahead of potential chemical attack - Washington Examiner
Russian forces are distributing “gas masks” among their troops in eastern Ukraine, according to a senior Ukrainian official who suggested that Russian forces might orchestrate a chemical attack under false pretenses.Ambassador Oksana Markarova told reporters at the Ukrainian Embassy in...
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What the Russian media is saying about the war in Ukraine
The Kremlin's hold on Russian media coverage appears to be slipping, which could present President Vladimir Putin with a fresh challenge, as he faces domestic and international opprobrium for his attack on Ukraine.
Okay. Gotcha. Here is the Russian magic. Even if the EU (as the EU, vice NATO) were to do something robust and decisive, as the Russians would call it NATO anyway, since there is a 90% overlap between members of the two groups. In the Russian view, all the NATO allies are merely puppets of Washington and will do whatever Washington tells them to do.
Well Russia has officially entered Kharkov city center…
Gee these city names are already reminding me of the top 5 places that you don’t want to be in the Second World War.
Gee these city names are already reminding me of the top 5 places that you don’t want to be in the Second World War.
This is what Day 5? It took five days for the Russian Army to get vehicles into Kharkiv? That is not good for the invasion timetable.
Plus driving vehicles through the main boulevards is not controlling the city. I suspect that really controlling will be a lot harder.
Outside of LPR/DPR, Kharkiv is the city that has the highest percentage of Russian-speakers (although maybe Odesa has that "honor.")
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Taking major cities is always tricky. Especially when you are fighting against armies instead of rock throwers. But it does seem that everyone who invades Ukraine seems to either go in thinking about encirclements or are forced to do them.
Someone needs to remind Belarus that they will need the rest of the world more than they need Russia...this is not a winner for them, no matter what the outcome of the war.
This is not a question about what Belarus needs, but what Lukashenka needs. He had to cheat his backside off to “win” the last election, and he needs Putin’s help to remain in power.
He is not as concerned with Russia effectively absorbing Belarus in five years time. He’d be dead now if not for Russia, so however Russian troop presence in Belarus hurts Belarus, it’s worth it in Lukashenka’s view.
a member of the ukraine parliament
ok, perhaps reliance is a mis characterization, but there is a reliance to ensure supply and price stabilization. Russia is our second leading net importer of petroleum behind only Canada. ( we import more from Mexico, but we export more than we import to Mexico) .
Doesn't she know that if you have a gun in a political add that you have to reference God at least once.
I don’t understand in all this, why so many on the right, which is my lean, keep characterizing the keystone pipeline as Significant in keeping the US energy independent. It wasn’t American oil to begin with. The majority of that oil wasn’t for the US Market . That oil was to be piped from Canada to Houston to be sold on the world market to help control the price of oil. It was to make rich people richer. Keeping supply readily available and prices low to end users was a windfall.
We should have listened to Patton
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Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
The order means Putin has ordered Russia's nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch.
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