No clue man. Just posting the report of what the mayor of a Ukrainian city said.
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Where? Do you mean in Colorado? I hope the Russians will not bomb us, too!
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/100-year-old-veteran-attacked-in-longmont-dies
Hi mate. Where did you get this news from? Are you sure it is legit? If you speak/read Russian I would highly recommend to have a look at this. http://prportal.com.ua/Peredovitsa/...mifov-feykov-i-glupostey-kremlya-za-nedelyu-3
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Note to self: Filming and walking at the same time is generally a bad idea... especially in the middle of a conflict zone
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Apparently European countries are exempt from having to pay in rubles, despite some reports to the contrary.
https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-balks-over-rubles-for-gas-threat/
https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-balks-over-rubles-for-gas-threat/
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Quite a few things blowing up in Belgorod. I guess the Russians are getting a small taste of their own medicine.
As they say. tik for tok.
Singing What a waste of money! What a waste of money!
Or British and American people voting back Blair and Bush into the office even after they kicked off an illegal war.
I’m sure it is what
It’ll be interesting when this war against the nazis is over,
Obviously there's too much bullshit being spread in every direction, so it'll be interesting to see how much of it is actually true. It would be fairly fecking impressive, even by Russian standards, if they launched something like this without carefully explaining the dangers of Chernobyl. Obviously, Russian troops in general are just canon fodder, but they must be well aware that if they properly feck up to the point where they cause another "incident" with radiation being spread, then the likelyhood of intervention increases
A lot of them aren't criminals. A lot of them don't even know where they are. Many are picked up off the street at gunpoint and forced to do a 'week of military training or go to jail'. They're then put on a bus, given a gun when they step off and told to join a regiment. These are mostly kids. There are stories off fighting aged men in hiding in DBR so that they don't get forcefully conscripted.
Imagine going to the market to buy food, being kidnapped, put on a bus, and then forced into a military unit in god knows where whose commander will kill you if you don't point your 100-year-old rifle (that possibly doesn't even fire) at 'Nazis'. It's mostly these boys who are being blown up in tanks, left to bled out by their own soldiers, freezing to death in fields, or riddling their bodies with radiation poisoning. They deserve sympathy.
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Apparently Zelensky asked Biden to hold off sanctioning Abramovich, as he believes he is aiding in the peace talks. This may be a serious mistake. Abramovich is loyal to Putin only, and is probably Putin's most important oligarch.
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This makes no sense at all. So what is Abramovich going to do if he is sanctioned. Refuse to do the peace talks? Be less peaceful? What? Who gives a sht if your enemy is sanctioned. 'Oh Mr Zelensky I know we have a lot to discuss but I am not feeling to good these days. Its all these sanctions. Can you tell Biden to stop the sanctioning so we can talk nicely?' I mean wtf?
bizarre
Is Abramovich even an enemy of Ukraine? You just assume that because he is an Russian oligarch, but under Putin's rule he was pushed to the sidelines and is far from being "his most important oligarch", while on the other hand he has family in Ukraine.
So he has personal interest in peace for Ukraine and still some access to the Kremlin (though definitely not as much as in the 90s), which makes him a very good option to help with peace talks.
Ruble is touching 83 per dollar. How come it's not crashed?
It's being propped up by Russian reserves currently. There was a boost when Putin put forward his plan to make countries pay in Roubles as well. Time will be the most important factor with the sanctions as they are now. They aren't complete, so it's more of a slow bleed of Russian reserves (not that slow).
Russian Oligarch = Putin puppet. There is no other kind except the ones that wanted out and were either jailed or poisoned. Abramovich talks for Putin. Why do you think Putin allows him to go to the peace talks. If Putin ever allowed an Oligarch to play both sides or not be under his control he is fkd. Then they will all start serving their on interests. Thats why he takes them out. If Zelensky thinks Abramovich is his friend then Im lost for words
Ta for that.
You explain quite well why Abramovich doesn't distance himself more from Putin, he simply wants to survive.
Yet he isn't part of the closest circle around Putin anymore (that would be the oil/gas mafia, and he was essentially forced to sell his stakes in that business).
I won't say that Abramovich is a good guy or that he isn't involved in criminal activities to rob the Russian people, but I think one should be able to acknowledge that he might still have a soft spot for Ukrainian people.
“Soft spot”.
The Russian army did this. Nothing to do with Ukraine.
It would make no sense if this was a false flag operation.
Impact on the Russian army operations is too big. PR value is to small (no dead children...). Helicopter attack proves propaganda to be fake that Russia destroyed Ukraine's entire air force.
False flag would more likely be a kind of terrorist attack with civilian victims.
I like how everybody is thinking it must be a false flag because there is no way Russia can possible be THIS incompetent that two Ukraine attack helicopers can fly over not just 40km of occupied Ukranian territory with all the air defense units they have but also 40km of Russian territory with all the fixed air defense and radar systems they must surely have. Then they've also managed to return unscathed after the attack? Two slow af helicopters??? We'd of heard of it by now if shot down.
...but then the Russians are like "Yeh Ukraine did this, we ARE this incompetent".
Do you have a source for that mate?
Also, why would you need a false flag when you're already at war? If it happened before Putin invaded I think the chances of it being Putin would be eponentially higher but as it is, I think Ukraine did it. Unless the Russians know something about false flags that no one else does (how to promote support for a war that is already happening and heavily supported internally according to polls). It would be like the Gulf of Tonkin happening in 1970 (or something like that, if you don't buy that was a false flag).
Haha, relax guys I was taking the piss out of the Russian diplomatic playbook
At this stage of the conflict, I don't think there is any need for any false flag operations in Russia. If the Ukrainians still have the ability to flatten a few Russian military or supply installations, more power to them.
based on what exactly? I think it might be safe to acknowledge that murderers are also capable of love. So what. Why even make the statement? Means nothing. He is Putins puppet. Fk him.
ExactlyHe's also by far the highest profile oligarch and therefore the one Putin needs to be most wary of. He can't just lock him up or have him killed like he does the others, he is Russia's face to the West.
Not really sure I believe that last line given we know he knew about the intention to invade Ukraine and he sought to profit from the invasion by going into that Steel company. That sounds like a cold hearted arsehole looking to make a wad of cash from the war.
Helicopters are quite effective in that kind of attack because they can fly underneath the radar systems and use the terrain to hide. The US used Apaches in the first wave of Desert Storm for the same reason.