VorZakone
What would Kenny G do?
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/10/politics/iran-sanctions-ukraine-russia-blinken/index.htmlThe new sanctions include additional measures on Iran Air, the national carrier, Blinken said. “Anyone who proves assistance to Russia … is perpetuating the war, is perpetuating the conflict,” he added.
Will do.You tell ‘em. But keep an eye on the forum rules while you do.
Iran should impose sanctions on the US for a laugh..And new sanctions to be imposed.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/10/politics/iran-sanctions-ukraine-russia-blinken/index.html
Iran should impose sanctions on the US for a laugh..
“Anyone who proves assistance to Israel… is perpetuating the war, is perpetuating the conflict,”
You've no idea about me, what my daily fix is but if helps you to get up there on that very tall horse of yours...Will do.
In the meanwhile, keep an an eye on those YouTube videos where you can see people die and have your daily fix. Don't forget to share the links.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrlr87e5eloSpeaking in St Petersburg, President Putin sent a clear warning to the West: don’t allow Ukraine to use your long-range missiles to strike Russian territory. Moscow, he said, would view that as the “direct participation” of Nato countries in the war in Ukraine.
“It would substantially change the very essence, the nature of the conflict,” the Kremlin leader continued. “This will mean that Nato countries, the USA and European states, are fighting with Russia.” He claimed that, for missile launches into Russia, Ukraine would require data from Western satellites and that only servicemen from Nato member states would be able to “input flight missions into these missile systems”.
Nuke KievRealistically, what would an escalated response from Russia be?
Time Magasine wrote this about possible escalations:Realistically, what would an escalated response from Russia be?
Some Moscow hardliners advocate using tactical nuclear weapons against wartime targets to shock the West into sobriety. More moderate experts have floated the idea of a nuclear bomb demonstration test, hoping that televised images of the signature mushroom cloud would awaken Western publics to the dangers of military confrontation. Others call for a strike on a U.S. satellite involved in providing targeting information to Ukraine or for downing an American Global Hawk reconnaissance drone monitoring Ukraine from airspace over the Black Sea. Any one of these steps could lead to an alarming crisis between Washington and Moscow.
The problem is... how? Russia's military exports are barely existing at the moment, there is only so much more they can produce and sent elsewhere.One thing I can completely forsee is him massively ramping up the military support of various state and non state actors across the world who are in direct competition with tjr West and fomenting unrest.
Thought these things were a bit of a gimmick at first, but are apparently quite effective at burning out entire trench lines. Seems to be getting extensive use but no doubt Russia its frantically working on its own version.
Not weird at all.Is it weird that I can't help feeling sad about the effects of these tactics on wildlife?
Not weird at all.
https://www.ukrainer.net/war-affects-animals/
Nope. The environmental impacts of war are horrible. We can often see these effects on things like elephant populations in African countries struck by civil war. And it obviously goes much deeper than that. The amount of ecosystems that get destroyed this way is absolutely depressing.Is it weird that I can't help feeling sad about the effects of these tactics on wildlife?
Nope. The environmental impacts of war are horrible. We can often see these effects on things like elephant populations in African countries struck by civil war. And it obviously goes much deeper than that. The amount of ecosystems that get destroyed this way is absolutely depressing.
You’re completely right on that. But as sad as that is, it’s not destroyed forever. Nature is brilliant like that. Many parts of the Westwall for example are now among the areas with the highest biodiversity in Germany and offer space for many threatened species. Or the areas that were once close to the wall surrounding east Germany have become one of the biggest or maybe even the biggest connected ecosystem in the country.That video in particular bothered me because modern farming techniques have already decimated biodiversity and hedgerows and treelines like those are the last refuge for native wildlife. So seeing them get incinerated is so sad.
That has bothered me and other people I know from the beginning. I worry that now Russia has become isolated from the west, how will that impact Russia's native wildlife. Maybe they've got their own conservationist taking care of everything, I hope so.Is it weird that I can't help feeling sad about the effects of these tactics on wildlife?
Thought these things were a bit of a gimmick at first, but are apparently quite effective at burning out entire trench lines. Seems to be getting extensive use but no doubt Russia its frantically working on its own version.
I've seen videos from Russian positions after being hit by this. Turns out, it's not that terrible and even a wooden shelter keeps you easily alive. What this does seems to be mostly destroying cover and allowing to clearly identify the actual positions and allowing to attack them, much more than actually injuring/killing soldiers directly.Gruesome stuff thermite when used as a weapon. Hope it doesn't catch on for humanity's sake. Especially if the Russians start using it.
A key finding from the new US intelligence is that, for more than a year, the Russian government quietly embedded an intelligence-gathering unit within RT focused on influence operations globally. That activity has been part of US officials described as a big expansion of RT’s role as an arm and mouthpiece of the Kremlin abroad. The activity goes beyond propaganda and covert influence operations to even include military procurement, according to US officials.
According to the report, at least since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the goal of separating Germany from the Western alliance and making it an advocate for Moscow has been intensively pursued using hybrid means. Unlike for France or Italy, it has been analyzed that there is actually a chance of this happening in the case of Germany.
https://www.tagesschau.de/investiga...ussland-putin-deutschland-massnahmen-100.htmlThe Putin regime's calculation: Germany is a weak target in the Western world, and the German population, the Kremlin is said to have analyzed at the time, is easier to influence and divide than other nations in Russia's opinion. The political extremes, especially right-wing populists, could be strengthened through targeted propaganda and disinformation, society could be divided and the state destabilized.
1 million dead or injured being reported by the WSJ.
1 million is the combined number for both Russian and Ukrainian losses (with the Russian ones being estimated at around 200k dead and 400k injured). It's still a hefty size of a population, especially if you add up those who left the country, be it for purely political reasons or those who were fleeing from mobilization. As you've said, it's mostly the young people — and mostly the most capable (with good education and working prospects), so it's not just a demographic issue but also a massive brain drain.It will be really interesting to see what the birth rates in Russia look like this year. Not that Putin won’t fudge it somehow. A million killed and injured, and potentially a million who have emigrated. I bet 90% of them will be aged 18-35.
Ah, I missed that bit.1 million is the combined number for both Russian and Ukrainian losses (with the Russian ones being estimated at around 200k dead and 400k injured). It's still a hefty size of a population, especially if you add up those who left the country, be it for purely political reasons or those who were fleeing from mobilization. As you've said, it's mostly the young people — and mostly the most capable (with good education and working prospects), so it's not just a demographic issue but also a massive brain drain.
Presumably one of the largest ammo depot blasts so far.