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The Russian-Ukrainian [War]
JusticeforPluto
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The biggest news recently has been the fact that the Battle for Mariupol is mostly over, with the renaming Ukranian forces and some civilians trapped inside the Azovstal steel works. Kherson 's airport, under Russian occupation, also keeps getting bombed somehow. The east around Donetsk seems oddly quite, either this is the best Russia can muster or they haven't made their big play there yet.
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So that's a strong list of people that either have direct influence on the outcome of the war, that held positions that would have direct impact on the outcome on the war or that were correct on their predictions of how this war was going to develop. Can see the interventions here:
Just saw Zeihan's interview, talking about how Russia feels that they need to control a lot of territory that does not belong to them far beyond just Ukraine for security reasons (even though nobody is going to invade a country with nukes), how the Russian demographic crisis means that is now or never, particulary interesting is the question about inmigration, in short, between racism, tapping out on immigration from former Soviet republics and guest workers and Russia not being an attractive immigration destiny for obvious reasons that's not happening.
Finally, how Russia crude is going to leave the market, US crude will follow it because Biden is going to get an even worse beating on the midterms if the US gas prices go even further up and the rest of the world just going to have to suck it up. India however, is on a good position to weather the storm, since having control of the Persian Sea is going to be very important very soon.
All these fucking morons had to do was have a functioning, integrated economy and everyone would've been happy. Instead we have this current situation and we're all just fucking over it.
You live in a giant open area. Boo fucking hoo. Plenty of other people live in far worse, far more treacherous, far more vulnerable places, and you don't see them running around fucking everyone over. In fact, many of them are getting fucked over by you. So put on your fucking big boy pants and get over it.
Like, if it isn't that obsolete, stupid argument then we get some other bullshit about not having year-round access to blue water ports because as we all know every goddamn nation has to have that or they just, you know, collapse into chaos or something. Jesus christ. Fuck. You.
Note that nobody outside Vlad and his inner circle and his suck ups is saying that is justified. But explaining the thought process of Vlad and the rest of the Soviet relics on his inner circle is important, since it allows people to prepare for his next move if he rolls Ukraine (very likely to be having a go at Poland). It also says that Russian economy taking a beating is not going to stop this by itself.
Eh, it will stop it eventually. Just not soon enough to prevent a massive catastrophe. Russia has shown they lack the military capability to invade a single non nato nation effectively. Let alone roll through into Poland. Sanctions mean that their military force is dwindling every day, even if fighting stopped. Albeit they will find a base of local financial carrying capability.
Is this air space in general or just traffic to Syria?
That last seems like it would require a greater capacity for America to rapidly retool its refineries to work with American crude than I was given to believe exists.
Like so much of what is going on, it feels like the Russian regime is still stuck in obsessions that only make sense in a world that is long gone.
Thinking about it, that may be one of the fundamental differences between Russia and China. China feels like an authoritarian state living in the present. Russia feels like one that's living in the 1900s.
Any confirmations on this??
Source is Reuters
https://apple.news/A21-hrQljQvOeJZp7yCRXbQ
Reuters is a news agency
Probably worth taking anything Russia is saying with a massive grain of salt even if they hit a facility with a missile 300km away. The people on the ground at the site wouldn't know the casualties for a day or so, let alone the people who are half the country away.
EDIT: just an apartment building? mediocre.
Source: https://meduza.io/video/2022/04/23/rossiya-obstrelyala-odessu-raketami-vot-kak-vyglyadyat-posledstviya
Because he's been a long time face of the anti-Putin movement in Russia.
And his analysis of Putin's actions has been on point. As an example:
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Neither is ok!
At this point literally just adding a "not" to any russian claim will make you more right than wrong
"We did NOT destroy a weapons cache"
"We did not NOT commit war crimes" etc
Kasparov is, and has been for many years, a well respected advisor on Russian actions, foreign policy and government strategy in general. He is not just, some guy who happens to be good at chess.
Noone gives out a degree in "skilled foreign policy experting". It's a qualification you earn by doing stuff.
edit: being facetious about anything here probably isn't smart
That forum has nothing to do with Western Media. The India Economic Conclave, as I literally posted above, is the largest economic forum on India, is where India's economic policy is decided, so anybody that doesn't has or had direct influence that was invited has proven to know what the hell are they talking about. Is a "who matters" on economics and politics that isn't too busy to attend.
Kasparov matters, since he was 100% correct about Putin, despite all the mockery he got. Deal with it.
I'm...uh...dealing with it just fine?
He asked why anyone is asking Kasparov anything. Its because he's politically relevant and the kind of guest media loves to talk to. So we....uh....agree?
My point is that we are not talking about something that the media decides, we are talking about Indian Davos. So "the media likes him" is not the point.
Rotating BTGs, which almost by definition are anything but crack anything, that have spent most of two months trying to take a major city - and most of the last week basically wading into woodchippers in an attempt to finish the job - out of the city and straight into some other part of the front? Yeah, they'll be in useful condition by the time they get there.
I can’t see any units from Mariupol being in a condition to fight.
Maybe it’s an autocorrect mistake and it’s ‘a dozen cracked units’.
That is pure sensationalism. All of those BTGs are badly mauled.
but they're going to leave azov to go fight other units
hrmm i wonder if Russia has been dishonest