The fact that Moses is even boasting about nuclear annihilation is just crazy...
Obviously the West would respond, so...
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The fact that Moses is even boasting about nuclear annihilation is just crazy...
Obviously the West would respond, so...
And In really important news https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldn...astic-surgery/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...P?li=BBnb7KzIn mid-February, Britain’s Defense Ministry started using social media in a way it never had done before: to share military intelligence on a foreign conflict.
Now, usually twice a day, the ministry tweets out a colorful blue graphic that summarizes its latest assessments about the state of play on the Ukrainian battlefield — where Russian troops are, what moves they’re making, which regions are most under threat. Sometimes these messages include a map with arrows showing anticipated lines of attack.
The United Kingdom has substantial resources in the region and banks of analysts back in London. These intelligence updates, as they’re called, are just the tip of the intelligence iceberg and sometimes detail what’s available on other open-source outlets. But they are nonetheless a constant feed of tactical information.
Russia has noticed. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman commented last week that Ukraine was “under the leadership of Britain’s highly experienced intelligence services.”
Analysts say British and American officials are making some of their intelligence public in hopes of countering Russian narratives, rallying allies and even reaching people in Russia, though the latter became more difficult last month after the Kremlin restricted social media content within the country.
“The extraordinary thing about this war is how we’ve dominated the information space right from the beginning. We’re doing it to crowd out any propaganda from the Russians,” said Jonathan Eyal, associate director at RUSI, a London-based defense think tank. And compared with 2014, when Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea, “it’s 180 degrees difference from how Putin ran rings around us.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-g...115858854.html
The Daily Beast
Russian General Lets Slip a Secret Plan to Invade Another Country and Seize Ukraine’s Entire Coastline
As Russian troops tighten their grip on the strategic port town of Mariupol, their strategy is finally becoming clear. Russian military commander Rustam Minnekaev now says the second phase of President Vladimir Putin’s “special operation” is focused on establishing a “land corridor” from the Donbas all the way to Moldova, which would cut off the rest of Ukraine from the sea.
“One of the tasks of the Russian army is to establish full control over the Donbas and southern Ukraine. This will provide a land corridor to the Crimea, as well as influence the vital objects of the Ukrainian economy,” Minnekaev said Friday at a meeting with the Union of Defense Industries, as reported by the Russian state-owned Interfax. “Control over the south of Ukraine is another way out to Transnistria, where there are also facts of oppression of the Russian-speaking population.” Transnistria is a separatist region of Moldova that has so far not been officially involved in the war despite hosting a Russian military base since the 1990s.
The general’s words suggest that Moldova’s sovereign borders would also come under threat from further Russian expansion. Phony efforts to protect Russian-speaking peoples have often foreshadowed Putin’s imperial invasions.
In reality, Russian speakers have been struck down in the hundreds in eastern Ukraine during the brutal invasion.
If successful, the strategy would include taking the port of the former seaside resort town of Odesa near the Moldovan border, which has suffered sporadic bombardments but no full-fledged invasion so far. Russia’s warship Moskva was hit about 75 miles off the coast of Odesa two weeks ago, before it sank en route to Crimea.
The refocusing of troops from northern Ukraine to the southern regions of the country has further choked Mariupol, where Ukrainian troops and civilians are holed up in a steel factory surrounded by Russian troops. Satellite imagery identified a growing number of graves outside the port city, where Ukrainian officials say up to 200 new graves have been dug since April 3.
Russian General Announces Plan to Invade Moldova after Ukraine
A Russian general announced plans to occupy the Transnistria region of Moldova on Friday.
Speaking at a defense industry meeting, Brigadier General Rustam Minnekayev, acting commander of Russia’s Central Military District, stated that the Russian Armed Forces plan to “make passage” into the region — in Moldova’s East, bordering Ukraine and less than 30 miles from the port city of Odessa — to create a “land corridor to Crimea,” Russian media reported. Such a corridor would also purport to connect the Russian mainland to Transnistria.
Minnekayev stated that the measure was part of Russia’s second phase in its war in Ukraine, which involves establishing full control over the Donbas Region and Ukraine’s coast along the Black Sea. No timeline was provided for the maneuver to begin, however.
In his remarks, Minnekayev cited the strategic value of the region, claiming “control over the south of Ukraine is another exit into Transnistria, where there are also facts pointing to the oppression of the Russian-speaking population.” Transnistria is a separatist region of Moldova — comprised primarily of Russian speakers — akin to Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine, which has been autonomously run by a pro-Russian faction since 1990. It is not internationally recognized by any country, including Russia, though nearly 1,500 Russian troops are stationed in the region and its trade is primarily conducted with the Russian mainland.
Ukraine’s armed forces had previously warned on April 2 that Russia was mobilizing troops in Transnistria, though this was initially denied by Moldova. Ukraine believes that such mobilization is a prelude to attacks on Odessa, Ukraine’s largest port city and a gateway for its international trade.
Russia’s occupation of Transnistria would expand the conflict with Ukraine to another European nation-state, since it began in late February of 2022.
More ominously, in his remarks, Minnekayev said that Russia was now “at war with the whole world, as it [was] in the Great Patriotic War.”
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-genera...142124312.html
He doesn't announced ""invasion".
Also about Moldova and Transnistria: Russian troops are now located in Transnistria as peacekeepers. Russian army is located in Transnistria since WWII - at this territory is located the biggest Soviet strategical ammo depot in Europe and solders keep it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobasna_ammunition_depot
There was war 1990-1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria_War , and after peacekeepers arrival in 1992 there is no war anymore for 30 years.
It was clear from beginning.
How Poland sees end of war
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Now Finland and Swenden want to join NATO also to prevent more Russian invasions
for "Trumped up" reasons...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...gHp?li=BBnbfcL
“We have known for 100 years that there is evil on the opposite side of the border, but now I think people have woken up,” he said. “They understand that we must be prepared.”
What a rotten shame!
Finland has always polled as being one of the top countries in the world on the "Happiness Scale", with excellent school systems, well-managed economy, great healthcare, healthy lifestyles, etc., resulting in people being able to live and raise their families in a safe, healthy, and vibrant society. Now, here they are, having to deal with a "fear" that's been underlying for decades. A fear that one day they would be attacked by Russia and have to fight to defend all they have built for themselves. And for what?
It seems inevitable that Finland, along with Sweden, will have to take a time-out from their positive lifestyles to deal with the insane dictator they have as a neighbor by joining NATO - which they never wanted to be any part of from the beginning.
What goes around - comes around:
As each day passes NATO forces get stronger and better armed and positioned. No Army can continually lose as many tanks, trucks, armored vehicles, missiles and missie launchers, warships, aircraft, munitions', and troops, as Russia has, without getting weaker. Even a nine year old would understand this. NATO (the Free World) is getting stronger exponentially - and Putin's Russia is getting weaker exponentially. I imagine one could consider this an important element of NATO's long-term defensive (or offensive???) strategy.
MACRON WINS ANOTHER TERM!!!
Thank God!
I'm curious as to what the US Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense were doing in Kiev. I'm assuming it wasn't to chat about their favorite Justin Bieber songs.
“Western sanctions are pummeling Russia's economy”.
(Link below)
The IIF estimates Russia's gross domestic product will shrink 15% this year and 3% next year. Goldman Sachs predicted a smaller but still significant contraction of 10% in 2022.
Official figures show 95,000 workers in Russia were furloughed and nearly 60,000 laid off in the first four weeks of the war. Those figures are set to rise dramatically as the war continues and Western sanctions take a more severe toll on Russian civilians.
Russian fossil fuel exports, which makes up 40% of Russia's budget, could be on the chopping block. The EU on Tuesday banned Russian coal imports and some European nations are calling for bans on Russian oil and gas which would cost the country $250 billion to $300 billion in export losses, according to IIF.
Consumer prices in Russia are expected to rise by a staggering 20% this year, two-and-a-half times the rate in 2021.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sanctio...conomy-effect/
There’s no doubt that Russian controlled State media is providing conflicting information regarding the impact of the sanctions - rendering the people who are effected the most by these sanctions (the Russian People) ignorant to just how bad things are, and how much worse they can get if Putin isn’t stopped.
I imagine most of what they discussed will remain confidential, but according to the article linked below, Blinken told Zelinskyy that U.S. physical diplomatic presense in Ukraine will continue which I thought was significant. The U.S. plans to reopen its Embassy in Kiev which has been closed since 2019 - and a new U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine has already been appointed. They plan to do this is two weeks...Wow!.
It appears the stakes are being raised!
Personally, I think the U.S. and its allies have taken about all the shit from Putin they're going to be taking. I think that message to Putin is clear:
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-...-22/index.html
Excellent. Again, people always love to complain about the person in charge because that's what people do, but I think Biden has been excellent during this. Strong, clear, and steadfast.
Let's see what happens.
Also while I'm here, I've heard that when the Kremlin released those photos and video a few days ago where the Russian defense secretary was saying they've taken Mariupol, Putin looked rather ill. His right hand was clutching the table and never moved, and he looked quite at unease and uncomfortable. Is that right?
There's been rumors going around for over a year that he has Parkinson's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD-jVuD-I-U
After grandpa's Alzheimer, Putin looks like young boy. Matt, what do you think: Baiden still remember who he is?
Handshake with thin air: whom he sees in front of him? Mr. Washington? Pope Francis?
https://youtu.be/UO_FPpVhE70
Mr. Alzheimer still think what ruble is 200 per dollar?
It is now 3% stronger than year ago (year 2021, not February'22). Countries and companies demand ruble for to pay for gas. Month ago EC declared what such payment is violation of sanctions, but few days ago agreed what it isn't. Welcome to world of fast changes.
https://tradingeconomics.com/currencies
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Matt, do you dreaming about default of Russia still?
Russians Have Already Committed So Many War Crimes, It Will Take Years to Tally Them All Up
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—It was the terrible stench they remembered as they left Mariupol. Before Russian airstrikes it was a city of nearly half a million people. Today dead bodies are still rotting under the debris of bombed buildings while only a few hundred Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold on.
It is possible to escape from a burning city but the smell—like the pain of loss—stays with you for a long time.
Shells crashed around the Lyubomirsky family and their friends as they carried a stretcher and pushed a wheelchair 11 miles from their still-burning home. The seven of them could not stop talking about the “demons” that destroyed their happy life.
Most of the refugees, who had been trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol without food or supplies for weeks, were Russian-speakers. The very people President Vladimir Putin claimed he wanted to protect.
Ever since he sent the army to Ukraine, Moscow has denied killing any civilians and baselessly blamed the atrocities on Ukraine.
The four members of the Lyubomirsky family and their three neighbors escaped on April 7 from the hellish war zone, their city now resembling Dresden after the bombings of World War II. “You might know the smell of rotten meat but this was deeper. The smell of rotting human bodies and of bodies being burnt in crematoriums was everywhere,” Mariupol siege survivor Vitaly Lyubomirsky told The Daily Beast.
The latest debate in Kyiv is about who should document the crimes of this war and how. Independent international groups including Amnesty International are preparing reports focusing on airstrikes targeting the civilian population, and soldiers raping civilian women, torturing or executing civilians, or burning bodies of the victims. Thousands of Ukrainians including more than 200 children have been killed in the war.
more:
https://news.yahoo.com/russians-alre...004656631.html
Coming on the heals of Anthony Blinkens visit to Ukraine are reports indicating the U.S. is raising the stakes on Putin.
Putin has had plenty of time to find an off-ramp for his failed attempts to overthrow Ukraine, and it appears the time has come for the gloves to come off.
The "Strategy" appears to be very simple, and that's to support Ukraine in defeating Putin so badly on the battlefield (and economically) that he won't be a threat to anyone going forward.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/25/p...egy/index.html
If engaging in mutual mudslinging about which President has what physical conditions, just look for videos and reports for "putin parkinson's tremors" on the Internet - there are about 461,000 results (0.54 seconds), including some videos from the British Daily Express, and reports from publications such as Newsweek.
Listen, I'm in a bit of a down to earth mood at the moment, so I'll try to level with you.
I get it, you don't like Biden because in your eyes he's perceived as the enemy. That's simply not true though, and this whole thing of "Russia vs. West" is completely made up in your mind. It's not real, and is just playing on events that happened before any of us were born.
Please always remember, Russia is the agressor in this situation, not NATO or the West. You can try to mold the facts in your mind as you wish to make yourself believe that NATO is the agressor, but at the end of the day, Russia is the one who invaded Ukraine and completely leveled various towns and cities causing an untold amount of death and destruction. The West didn't invade Ukraine, Russia did. Always remember, Russia is the one who picked this fight.
You do realize there's zero chance Russia will win this war, right? Russia may be able to level some cities to the ground while raping, pillaging and torturing loads of people, but Russia will never win. From all vantage points, it's simply impossible for Russia to win. Russia might take a few hundred million people down with it during this war, but it will never win because it's impossible.
You do know that out here in the West we have absolutely nothing against the Russian people, right? Out here we're viewing the largest country on earth with an untold number of natural resources, and are left quite confused as to why Russia isn't one of the wealthiest and most advanced nations in the world. I promise you, out in the West, we'd love nothing more than the Russian people to kick your corrupt leaders to the curb and become the powerful nation that you should be. Hell, Angela Merkle spent her entire career adamant that she would bring Russia into the fold, but failed, and now publicly regrets it.
Us out in the West want the same as the Russians do. Nice life, good home, warm shelter, good good, loving friends and family around, social mobility so those willing can start a business and make the most of their ambitions, et al. We're all human, and we all want the same thing. For some unknown reason, Putin decided to wage this bullshit way that may end up in 1 billion or more of us getting killed, and for no reason except he's being an asshole who still lives in a world like it's 1930 or something.
I don't know, now I'm tired. Russia simply can not and will not win this war, so the whole thing is pretty stupid. We could always just work together instead, but apparently that's an impossibility becuase your current leader is a murderous asshole.
Finland and Sweden are set to announce simultaneous bids to join NATO next month.
Finnish newspaper Iltalehti said the two countries' leaders could meet in the week of 16 May to announce the bid to join the Western security alliance.
Stockholm and Helsinki have long pursued policies of military neutrality to avoid conflict with regional powers.
But during a visit to Sweden earlier this month, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said "everything had changed" when Russia attacked Ukraine and told reporters that Helsinki must be "prepared for all kinds of actions from Russia".
Swedish outlet Aftonbladet added that the US and UK have agreed to provide security support during the application process, citing government officials.
The UK and US support would reportedly include an increased number of troops in the Nordic nations, further intelligence co-operation, assistance in combatting cyber threats and an increased presence of NATO warships in the Baltic sea.
No. I don't like him because he is gerontocrat from US gerontocracy. The same way I don't like Pelosi. They wants to die in their chairs. Both do stupid things and shows how weak is democracy.
Both aren't leaders - both are puppets on the hands of clerks. They are national humiliations.
Ummm, ok. Well, alrighty then, not even sure what to say to that.
I think that sums up this war nicely, so I'll just leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLGwTggO8U
You guys are the barbarians, West is the Romans. We win.
Okie dokie... you do realize NATO is over 50% of the world's military might and has yet to fire off a shot, right? And you do realize the Russian military is already stretched thin, right?
There was also just a meeting hosted by the US in their German military base of 40 countries. Apparently, Biden has gotten pissed off at NATO's inaction and has decided to develop a new alliance. At least that's what it seems like, but too early to tell.
Nonetheless, the US has seemingly decided it's going to take the global leadership position again, just as it did after WWII to provide peace and stability to the world. That disappoints me a little is how the US allies aren't really stepping up to the plate, and this includes Canada. The UK and Poland have stepped up greatly, but while the rest are all definitely helping, it's unfair to allow the US to shoulder this burden like they're doing.
Nonetheless, this whole war is just stupid. You do realize this is nothing more than the delusions of grandeut of some old Russian man named Putin who wants to be written into the history books as a great Russian leader, right? This is 2022 though, so nobody cares about that type of thing anymore.
Russia has already lost this war. You have absolutely o chance. You might bring 200 million people down with you, and that'd be absolutely horrible, but at the end of the day Russia will not win this war. It's impossible.
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If you think either China or India are going to get behind Putin's bullshit delusions, you're sadly mistaken.
If you've been watching the news, you'll have noticed the US decided to step this up a notch.
So what pimple brained superstitious boob would bathe in "deer antler blood"
and what is it supposed to cure?
Parkinsons or erectile problems?
Putin gets exactly what he didn’t want:
He's getting more weapons forward, he's getting more NATO forward, and he's getting more America in Europe.”
(excerpts from the article linked below)
“The longer Ukraine's army fends off the invading Russians, the more it absorbs the advantages of Western weaponry and training — exactly the transformation Putin wanted to prevent by invading in the first place”.
“The list of arms flowing to Ukraine is long and growing longer. It includes new American battlefield aerial drones and the most modern U.S. and Canadian artillery, anti-tank weapons from Norway and others, armored vehicles and anti-ship missiles from Britain and Stinger counter-air missiles from the U.S., Denmark and other countries”.
https://www.aol.com/news/putin-gets-...113212532.html
The longer this goes on the weaker Goliath becomes – and the stronger David becomes. It’s inevitable.
I believe that Finland and Sweden joining NATO next month as they are expected to do will be “coup de grace” for Putin.
I also believe the West if fully prepared for ANY additional threats that could come from Putin. It’s not like the West just started preparing for this a few months ago – it’s been preparing since December 25, 1991.
Merriam-Webster definition of gerontocracy: Definition of gerontocracy: rule by elders specifically : a form of social organization in which a group of old men or a council of elders dominates or exercises control.
Gerontocracy in Russia
From Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-r...-idCAKBN2BG2SO - March 24, 2021.
"Russia's Putin signs bill to lift age limits for top officials
President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Wednesday allowing civilian officials he has appointed to remain in their posts past the age of 70 if they choose, a government website said.
Previously, high-ranking officials were not permitted to stay on past 65, an age limit that was then extended to 70.
This limit will no longer apply to officials whose appointment and dismissal is decided by the president, according to the new law, signed on Wednesday by Putin, who is himself 68.
A constitutional amendment introduced in the summer of 2020 opened the door to Putin remaining in office until 2036, meaning he could rule until the age of 83."
Gerontocracy, plutocracy, or kakistocracy, or some mixture?
When you consider the fact that 99% of the world’s human population would prefer "Freedom" over "Tyranny" who do you think has the best odds? With the remaining 1% being the tyrannical rulers themselves, who ironically control the majority of their countries wealth., e.g., Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Nicolás Maduro, Bashar Al-Assad, etc.
Now that the dust has settled it's become clear to everyone on earth that this war of Putin's has very little to do with Ukraine. This has to do with something much much larger - and that's Freedom versus Tyranny. Democracy versus Communism/Authoritarianism. Good versus Evil. It's an effort by Putin to recreate the Soviet Empire in His Image, so the world can realize his greatness, where his legacy would shine a shelf with the Gods. That's what this is about.
Fortunately for 99% of the human population, the 15% who have stepping forward to slay the dragon are fearless, well-armored, and supported by the Laws of Nature - which even a glory-bound tyrant like Putin, with all his self-perceived greatness, can't change.
It's not a matter of who wins or who loses. It's a matter of one generation being able to pass the baton onto the next generation so they can at least have a chance at "freedom"... experience their own individual greatness....carve their own legacies.
Vladimir Putin will go down in history as the person who's done the most harm to the people of Russia, beyond the harm that he's caused to Ukraine and the rest of the free world. His legacy is already cast in stone. For him to change his legacy he'd have to have the capacity to change himself - and that's already been proven to be an impossible task.
Nature isn't designed to abide by propaganda.
Yeah, that Russian propaganda machine must be well oiled, eh? At first Moses was on here going off about how it's just a noble venture to get rid of a few Nazis in Ukraine.
Now it's "democracy is weak and will fail". Alrighty then...
In other news, Germany is now sending tanks. And US policy has quite obviously changed and became more aggressive.
Germany and Austria accepted payments in rubles for Russian gas. Poland and Bulgaria not accepted payments in rubles, gas export to Bulgaria and Poland has been stopped from today. Gas prices rose 17% at past week.
Switzerland has parted with past practice and adopted European Union sanctions designed to punish Russia for invading Ukraine, but has said its neutrality does not permit providing arms for use in conflict zones.
Note: Alternate suppliers of 35mm and 12.7mm ammunition used in the tanks supplied by Germany are readily available.
Is there a phase of the moon required
when he bathes in "deer antler blood"?
Candles ?
Incense ?
Incantations?
"Italicized half-Swastika" ( Z ) on the wall?
Bulgarian PM speaks about situation with gas in Bulgaria:
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President of Bulgaria announced, what Bulgaria will not support Ukraine with weapon or any other military help https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ons-to-ukraine Also Bulgaria will not allow to members of parliament to visit Ukraine.