DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
All that "North Korean" ammunition obviously isn't all coming from North Korea...
Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-25
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All that "North Korean" ammunition obviously isn't all coming from North Korea...
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
No he hasn’t, Russia controls less than half of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia that he claimed as annexed in September 2022.
Of course they're a reputable news outlet, but their reporting based on anonymous sources shouldn't be taken as an offer from Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
Three of the sources, familiar with discussions in Putin's entourage, said the veteran Russian leader had expressed frustration to a small group of advisers about what he views as Western-backed attempts to stymie negotiations and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's decision to rule out talks.
...For this account, Reuters spoke to a total of five people who work with or have worked with Putin at a senior level in the political and business worlds. The fifth source did not comment on freezing the war at the current frontlines.
ska invita
back on the other side
the way these things work is there are private conversations behind the scenes at all times
then there are public signals sent from sources and spokespeople. whats happening here i believe is pubic signal sending - it is not an expose by reuters, it is deliberate. "saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond." - of course this is message sending.
i dont really give a shit if the wider british press report it or not, fuck the propaganda press, i expect nothing less, but this is clearly what is happening anyway.
How is Reuters not also the "propaganda press" when British newspapers take a lot of their foreign coverage from them, AFP, and the AP?
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
What is to gain for Ukraine from such an offer? Because there will be other conditions which basically neuter their statehood and military capabilities, as in the earlier much mentioned offer of 2022 (which was really a demand for surrender). And in the last few weeks we yet again have evidence of how Russia will behave in occupied territory. It’s no peace if you live the wrong side of the line.
Offers like this are rumoured periodically in a kind of shit posting way, to try and paint the west as aggressors by not pursuing ‘peace’, a peace that means subjugating a nation and boosting the power of a global bad actor. Insincere bollocks. Fuck that.
Offers like this are rumoured periodically in a kind of shit posting way, to try and paint the west as aggressors by not pursuing ‘peace’, a peace that means subjugating a nation and boosting the power of a global bad actor. Insincere bollocks. Fuck that.
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
hmm nothing to gain Russia has offered to freeze the war if the Ukrainians gives over each of the area that the Russian Army is currently trying to take control off
they don't have full control of these 4 sectors but offer peace if Kyiv just hands them over
some friggin peace deal
they don't have full control of these 4 sectors but offer peace if Kyiv just hands them over
some friggin peace deal
Russia's removal of Estonian border markers 'unacceptable' - EU
A total of 24 buoys on the Estonian-Russian border were removed on Thursday, Estonian officials say.
www.bbc.com
The European Union has denounced Russia's removal of buoys marking the border with Estonia on the Narva River.
A total of 24 out of 50 buoys placed to mark sailing routes were removed in the early hours of Thursday, Estonian officials said.
Tensions over the border have risen since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said "such actions are unacceptable".
"This border incident is part of a broader pattern of provocative behaviour and hybrid actions by Russia, including on its maritime and land borders in the Baltic Sea region," he said in a statement.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Of course it's deliberate silly, he's trying to sow doubts in the western allies.
He could have peace tomorrow if that's what he actually wants.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Nothing says peace loving like dropping high explosive on a B&Q.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
The worst of timesRussia's removal of Estonian border markers 'unacceptable' - EU
A total of 24 buoys on the Estonian-Russian border were removed on Thursday, Estonian officials say.www.bbc.com
The European Union has denounced Russia's removal of buoys marking the border with Estonia on the Narva River.
A total of 24 out of 50 buoys placed to mark sailing routes were removed in the early hours of Thursday, Estonian officials said.
Tensions over the border have risen since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said "such actions are unacceptable".
"This border incident is part of a broader pattern of provocative behaviour and hybrid actions by Russia, including on its maritime and land borders in the Baltic Sea region," he said in a statement.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
11 dead, 18 staff/customers missing. They also dropped another bomb on the city streets in a shopping area, no news on casualties there.
The idea is to make Ukraine’s second city uninhabitable and drive civilians out, as part of the plan to create what Putin refers to as a ‘sterile area’ on the Russian border, with no viable life within a specific boundary. Other hawks in Russia have suggested making the whole of Ukraine ‘sterile’.
ska invita
back on the other side
Ridiculous from Zelensky - just going to annoy his key ally with this blackmailing to go to a shit 'conference'
Ukraine peace talks: Zelensky urges Biden to attend Swiss summit
The Ukrainian president says his US counterpart's absence would "only be applauded by Putin".
www.bbc.co.uk
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TopCat
Putin fanboy
The ante is getting upped.
www.theguardian.com
Ukraine war briefing: Macron, Scholz agree Kyiv should use allies’ weapons against launchers in Russia
Nato secretary general says alliance members should allow deep strikes, which White House says it doesn’t ‘encourage or enable’. What we know on day 826
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Dropping high explosives on weddings perhaps
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Really need some discussion about whether this is just Macron breast beating for France or a wider issue about him trying to nudge the EU into its own military organisation or a bigger say in NATO.The ante is getting upped.
Ukraine war briefing: Macron, Scholz agree Kyiv should use allies’ weapons against launchers in Russia
Nato secretary general says alliance members should allow deep strikes, which White House says it doesn’t ‘encourage or enable’. What we know on day 826
Silas Loom
A lome the lenthe of a yerde
Or just that he wants NATO gifts to be used more effectively, which means strikes on the Russian airbases from which attacks are launched on supermarkets.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Dropping bombs on the funeral party of people you bombed to death earlier.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
It’s hard to say. He is an opportunist and likes being in power.
The worst kind
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Take away the just and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with this . However the bigger picture is that he has lobbied over the years for the EU playing a bigger role in its defence from calling NATO brain dead , to advocating a bigger European arms production and its own security policy , to calling for a bigger European role in NATO.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Pressure on Biden to let Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons
Several Western allies have signalled they are open to Ukraine using their weapons against Russia.
www.bbc.co.uk
Steven Seagal looks like shit these days but what comes out of his mouth is even worse
Staring down at a prepared text, the Under Siege star dispassionately urged those in attendance to “come together and fight for truth and justice” against Nazi propaganda after the Russian president awarded him the Order of Friendship for his “great contribution” to international cultural cooperation.
Reciting a list of the Kremlin’s fantastical claims about Ukraine about as convincingly as if he were reading the ingredients on the back of a cereal box, Seagal wondered aloud why the world would not wake up to Ukraine’s supposed history of “human trafficking, organ trafficking, narco trafficking, child sex trafficking”—just about all the traffickings—“bio-chemical warfare labs, fascism and nazism.”
“And these are the things that we still tried to make them our brothers,” he said clumsily in English. “This war that we are currently embroiled in was started and financed by the West, and has come to involve the entire world in the fight against good and evil.”
uk.news.yahoo.com
Staring down at a prepared text, the Under Siege star dispassionately urged those in attendance to “come together and fight for truth and justice” against Nazi propaganda after the Russian president awarded him the Order of Friendship for his “great contribution” to international cultural cooperation.
Reciting a list of the Kremlin’s fantastical claims about Ukraine about as convincingly as if he were reading the ingredients on the back of a cereal box, Seagal wondered aloud why the world would not wake up to Ukraine’s supposed history of “human trafficking, organ trafficking, narco trafficking, child sex trafficking”—just about all the traffickings—“bio-chemical warfare labs, fascism and nazism.”
“And these are the things that we still tried to make them our brothers,” he said clumsily in English. “This war that we are currently embroiled in was started and financed by the West, and has come to involve the entire world in the fight against good and evil.”
Steven Seagal’s Acting Career Hits New Low in Nutso Kremlin Speech
Action star turned Putin pal Steven Seagal delivered a painful speech at the Kremlin on Thursday as he was presented with an award for his dubious accomplishments as the Kremlin’s special diplomatic representative to the U.S.Staring down at a prepared text, the Under Siege star dispassionately...
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hiraethified
Jeez. What a fucking moron.Steven Seagal looks like shit these days but what comes out of his mouth is even worse
Staring down at a prepared text, the Under Siege star dispassionately urged those in attendance to “come together and fight for truth and justice” against Nazi propaganda after the Russian president awarded him the Order of Friendship for his “great contribution” to international cultural cooperation.
Reciting a list of the Kremlin’s fantastical claims about Ukraine about as convincingly as if he were reading the ingredients on the back of a cereal box, Seagal wondered aloud why the world would not wake up to Ukraine’s supposed history of “human trafficking, organ trafficking, narco trafficking, child sex trafficking”—just about all the traffickings—“bio-chemical warfare labs, fascism and nazism.”
“And these are the things that we still tried to make them our brothers,” he said clumsily in English. “This war that we are currently embroiled in was started and financed by the West, and has come to involve the entire world in the fight against good and evil.”
Steven Seagal’s Acting Career Hits New Low in Nutso Kremlin Speech
Action star turned Putin pal Steven Seagal delivered a painful speech at the Kremlin on Thursday as he was presented with an award for his dubious accomplishments as the Kremlin’s special diplomatic representative to the U.S.Staring down at a prepared text, the Under Siege star dispassionately...
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