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Russia/Ukraine conflict
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SwedishAdvocate
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Russian blogger Zhivov [...] describing the situation on the left bank of the Dnipro river. He says Ukrainian artillery is uncatchable at the moment and is taking apart the Russian advancing positions.
twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1737031254288032031
twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1737031254288032031
An essay from The Thoughtful Dane,
"We can win this
My son got a call on voice chat when he was playing Fortnite. A Russian guy. I was in the next room and overheard the conversation. I quickly went to his room and asked him to hang up and we had a talk about Russian influence operations.."
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"We can win this
My son got a call on voice chat when he was playing Fortnite. A Russian guy. I was in the next room and overheard the conversation. I quickly went to his room and asked him to hang up and we had a talk about Russian influence operations.."
We can win this - Thoughtful Dane
My son got a call on voice chat when he was playing Fortnite. A Russian guy. I was in the next room and overheard the conversation. I quickly went to his room and asked him to hang up and we had a talk about Russian influence operations. The call didn’t get much further than what’s … Continue...
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SwedishAdvocate
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This was posted in the "Tesla Unionization" thread. I wrote a reply, but I'm guessing many of you can write better replies than I did. So feel free to add to what I wrote.
My reply:
My reply:
1. Really?... Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Germany's debt as a percentage of GDP about half of what the US has? I see that you joined the forum just a couple of months ago... Are you possibly getting money from the Russian Dictator by any chance?...
[...] But hey... Nice try.[...]
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SwedishAdvocate
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Let's hope this is the beginning of some good old Soviet food queues...
Allegedly:
queue for chicken eggs in Lyubertsy Moscow region
twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1737476614546509938?s=20
Allegedly:
queue for chicken eggs in Lyubertsy Moscow region
twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1737476614546509938?s=20
SwedishAdvocate
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Source is two tweets. Embedded below under the graphics.
Russia has forced out at least 4 million people from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
It has replaced them with Russian citizens or foreign migrants: 1/2
800,000 Russians have already settled in Crimea (1 million according to some estimates);
300,000 are planned to be moved to Mariupol;
100,000 migrants have been forced to work in the ns territories.
2/2
twitter.com/United24media/status/1737455476390887906
Russia has forced out at least 4 million people from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
It has replaced them with Russian citizens or foreign migrants: 1/2
800,000 Russians have already settled in Crimea (1 million according to some estimates);
300,000 are planned to be moved to Mariupol;
100,000 migrants have been forced to work in the ns territories.
2/2
twitter.com/United24media/status/1737455476390887906
I don't know if this channel has been brought up before. He doesn't upload a lot but when he does it's usually something very insightful.
Tiger
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To me it is nothing new that Russia is breaking every rule in the written or unwritten book. Russia lives by the rule All Is Fair in Love and War.
Are they now sending chickens to the front lines to join the meat waves?
He's been posted before. Early in the war he was publishing more often. Of the video sources his is one of the better quality out there.
A couple of videos showing what the mine clearing teams are facing daily.
They highlight another problem caused by a lack of supplies. Instead of disposing of them in situ, they dig them up and move them so they can be destroyed in piles in order to conserve their own explosives.
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They highlight another problem caused by a lack of supplies. Instead of disposing of them in situ, they dig them up and move them so they can be destroyed in piles in order to conserve their own explosives.
Swedish, but with English subs
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navguy12
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Another example, in that same vein:
‘It’s the time you’re meant to be with your family’: the continuing plight of Ukrainian PoWs
Families desperate for news of loved ones held by Russia know the longer they are there the harder their recovery will be
www.theguardian.com
SwedishAdvocate
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Seems to be one of the reasons why Orbán is against Ukraine...
SCOOP: BYD to announce plans for Hungary EV plant as early as Friday
Talks with Hungarian gov at final stage
EV/battery plant expected in Szeged [...
twitter.com/Petercampbell1/status/1737894398107521297
SCOOP: BYD to announce plans for Hungary EV plant as early as Friday
Talks with Hungarian gov at final stage
EV/battery plant expected in Szeged [...
twitter.com/Petercampbell1/status/1737894398107521297
Tiger
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EU should now
BitJam
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I blame this on Ukraine and Zelensky. Not only did they violate the terms for prisoner exchange, they publicly bragged about the violation!
Moscow denounces return of Mariupol commanders sent to Turkey in prisoner swap
Moscow denounces return of Mariupol commanders sent to Turkey in prisoner swap
President Zelenskiy flies men back to Ukraine as Russia says Turkey has violated terms
www.theguardian.com
Moscow freed some of them in September in a prisoner swap brokered by Ankara, under terms that required the commanders to remain in Turkey until the end of the war.
“We are returning home from Turkey and bringing our heroes home,” said Zelenskiy who met Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan for talks in Istanbul on Friday.
I 100% back Ukraine in their war to oust the Russian invaders but that doesn't mean everything Ukraine does is right. When this violation happened last summer and many people were delighting in it I said it was a terrible idea. There is now very little incentive for Russia to exchange high level prisoners or to exchange prisoners with a conditioned release. It's heart breaking. They f'ed around and found out.Would agree when principled actors are involved, the incentive to exchange high level prisoners diminishes.
Not making excuses for Ukraine for any skullduggery, but they may understand the Russian playbook better than us.
Russia is most certainly not a principled actor and their longstanding pattern is one of hostage taking such as with Western journalists and others they kidnap and imprison on false grounds to use for their nefarious leverage. One might argue that future repatriation of hostages/prisoners will remain mostly a matter of what extortion item(s) can be immediately given to Putin for that exchange.
Would add - as noted in this case the deal was "brokered" by Turkey, one of many parties Putin hopes to bend towards his favor and to flummox the West. This is to suggest there are several angles Putin is interested in that other ethical persons may not be inclined to oblige.
Dead meat waves being mowed down if they go forward or they go back. Only difference is just whether the bullets are made in the West or made in China/North Korea.
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