Think you have summed it up very well.
It feels like something needs to happen to halt him, but any steps in that direction could result in the end.
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Think you have summed it up very well.
It feels like something needs to happen to halt him, but any steps in that direction could result in the end.
I just think not enough people have sent thoughts and prayers yet and if we keep doing that we'll stop Putin eventually.
I was counting on you to go, Dublin Rambo style and put his head on a spike.
Bring an ammo belt loaded with nuggets to give you the energy for the battle.
War in Ukraine: Zelensky slams Nato over rejection of no-fly zone
Ukraine conflict
Ukraine's president has attacked Nato leaders in a fiery speech over their refusal to implement a no-fly zone around the country.
Speaking from Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky said the West's reluctance to intervene has given Russia "a green light" to continue bombarding towns and villages.
Nato has argued that a no-fly zone will result in confrontation with Moscow.
But Mr Zelensky said he disagrees that direct action could "provoke Russia's direct aggression against Nato".
In angry comments, he said the argument reflects the "self-hypnosis of those who are weak, under-confident inside" and that Western reservations indicated that "not everyone considers the struggle for freedom to be Europe's number one goal".
"All the people who will die starting from this day will also die because of you. Because of your weakness, because of your disunity," a furious Mr Zelensky added.
On Friday, Nato's secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, warned that the introduction of a no-fly zone could lead to a "full-fledged war in Europe involving many more countries and causing much more human suffering".
The only way to impose a no-fly zone would be "by shooting down Russian planes," Stoltenberg said
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also ruled out the introduction of a no-fly zone, but told the BBC he is convinced Ukraine can win its war with Russia.
"I can't tell you how long this will go on," America's top diplomat said. "I can't tell you how long it will take. But the idea that Russia can subjugate to its will 45 million people who are ardently fighting for their future and their freedom, that does not involve Russia having its thumb on Ukraine, that tells you a lot."
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters tenth day Moscow's forces continue to heavily shell many cities.
In the south-eastern port city of Mariupol, the city's mayor has said that residents are under a "blockade" after days of "ruthless" attacks from Russian forces which has seen power and water shut off to the city's 450,00 strong population.
Map showing areas of Ukraine that are under Russian control
Vadim Boychenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app that the city is "simply being destroyed" and said officials are prioritising "the establishment of a ceasefire so that we can restore vital infrastructure and set up a humanitarian corridor to bring food and medicine into the city".
In Kyiv, a massive convoy stretching out over 40 miles (64km) remains stalled outside the city, but the Ukrainian capital has come under renewed assault, with explosions caused by intense shelling audible in the city centre.
There have also been unconfirmed reports of fresh fighting on Saturday in the north-eastern city of Sumy and of rocket attacks on the train station in Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, above a metro station where city residents are sheltering from shelling, and in the northern city of Chernihiv.
And the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has warned that Russian troops have advanced within 20 miles (32km) of Ukraine's second biggest nuclear facility.
The city of Kharkiv after heavy Russian shelling
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Image caption,
Russian forces have been shelling the city of Kharkiv for over a week
Her comments follow Friday's attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which she said reflected a "dangerous new escalation" in Russia's invasion. Moscow's ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, dismissed reports that Russian troops attacked the plant as "lies" and "disinformation".
Meanwhile in Russia, a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin that would impose prison terms of up to 15 years on people charged with spreading "fake news" about the war in Ukraine has seen several western media outlets, including the BBC, suspend operations in the country.
Tim Davie, the BBC's director-general, said the legislation "appears to criminalise the process of independent journalism" in Russia, while the Washington Post said it will remove by-lines from pieces written by its reporters in Russia.
It comes as Sky News released dramatic footage of their correspondent Stuart Ramsey coming under fire outside Kyiv.
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Ukraine conflict
Ukraine's president has attacked Nato leaders in a fiery speech over their refusal to implement a no-fly zone around the country.
Speaking from Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky said the West's reluctance to intervene has given Russia "a green light" to continue bombarding towns and villages.
Nato has argued that a no-fly zone will result in confrontation with Moscow.
But Mr Zelensky said he disagrees that direct action could "provoke Russia's direct aggression against Nato".
In angry comments, he said the argument reflects the "self-hypnosis of those who are weak, under-confident inside" and that Western reservations indicated that "not everyone considers the struggle for freedom to be Europe's number one goal".
"All the people who will die starting from this day will also die because of you. Because of your weakness, because of your disunity," a furious Mr Zelensky added.
On Friday, Nato's secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, warned that the introduction of a no-fly zone could lead to a "full-fledged war in Europe involving many more countries and causing much more human suffering".
The only way to impose a no-fly zone would be "by shooting down Russian planes," Stoltenberg said
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also ruled out the introduction of a no-fly zone, but told the BBC he is convinced Ukraine can win its war with Russia.
"I can't tell you how long this will go on," America's top diplomat said. "I can't tell you how long it will take. But the idea that Russia can subjugate to its will 45 million people who are ardently fighting for their future and their freedom, that does not involve Russia having its thumb on Ukraine, that tells you a lot."
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters tenth day Moscow's forces continue to heavily shell many cities.
In the south-eastern port city of Mariupol, the city's mayor has said that residents are under a "blockade" after days of "ruthless" attacks from Russian forces which has seen power and water shut off to the city's 450,00 strong population.
Map showing areas of Ukraine that are under Russian control
Vadim Boychenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app that the city is "simply being destroyed" and said officials are prioritising "the establishment of a ceasefire so that we can restore vital infrastructure and set up a humanitarian corridor to bring food and medicine into the city".
In Kyiv, a massive convoy stretching out over 40 miles (64km) remains stalled outside the city, but the Ukrainian capital has come under renewed assault, with explosions caused by intense shelling audible in the city centre.
There have also been unconfirmed reports of fresh fighting on Saturday in the north-eastern city of Sumy and of rocket attacks on the train station in Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, above a metro station where city residents are sheltering from shelling, and in the northern city of Chernihiv.
And the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has warned that Russian troops have advanced within 20 miles (32km) of Ukraine's second biggest nuclear facility.
The city of Kharkiv after heavy Russian shelling
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,
Russian forces have been shelling the city of Kharkiv for over a week
Her comments follow Friday's attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which she said reflected a "dangerous new escalation" in Russia's invasion. Moscow's ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, dismissed reports that Russian troops attacked the plant as "lies" and "disinformation".
Meanwhile in Russia, a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin that would impose prison terms of up to 15 years on people charged with spreading "fake news" about the war in Ukraine has seen several western media outlets, including the BBC, suspend operations in the country.
Tim Davie, the BBC's director-general, said the legislation "appears to criminalise the process of independent journalism" in Russia, while the Washington Post said it will remove by-lines from pieces written by its reporters in Russia.
It comes as Sky News released dramatic footage of their correspondent Stuart Ramsey coming under fire outside Kyiv.
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Was thinking more along the lines of Mark Addy playing the king on his last legs with his gut out in Game of Thrones. But 90 year old Rambo works too.
So you’re the one buying Chelsea.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...ys-ukraines-revolution-was-actually-a-cia-plo
Maybe Oliver stone is into conspiracy theories but maybe I dunno.
Maybe Oliver stone is into conspiracy theories but maybe I dunno.
It's a well known tactic of the CIA. Whether it was done in this case, I don't know. But it has and does happen.
My cousin's ex-husband shared a post on Facebook claiming that the guards in Auschwitz were Ukrainians. I asked for proof of this claim but all I got in return was a rant telling me about this documentary and that it's all a CIA plot, the Ukrainian government are fascists etc.
There were numerous Ukrainian guards not only at Auschwitz but also at other camps. Before the rise of Hitler there was more anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe generally than there was in Germany. The leap from that to "CIA plot/fascists" etc.is garbage though.
This post basically said that the Russians liberated Auschwitz and the guards were Ukrainian. I think it was an Ukrainian battalion who got there first and liberated the people.
I've just finished a great book titled 'The Devil's Chessboard'. It's about Alan Dulles and his multinational running cronies. Starts with the OSS in world war II onto the birth of the CIA and then the Kennedy assassination. It covers quite a few wars instigated by the CIA.
It was the Red Army (i.e.Soviet army) which liberated Auschwitz and both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union, so it's quite possible that it was a Ukrainian unit which actually got the job done - I don't honestly know about that aspect of it. What is absolutely definite is that many of the guards within the camp were Ukrainian, though the camp perimeter would have been guarded by the SS themselves.
Did you expect any better from them? The same people who literally slaughtered hundreds and thousands of men and kids during the Yugoslavian war where Ince again NATO watched the genocide before their very eyes
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Let's not tar everyone from any country with the same brush. It's a far Right group which has been doing that. Not all Serbs (or any other nationality) are the same.
I've been to serbia quite a bit, and it's very different depending where you are. Novi Sad in the North is a party town and a lovely open place where most people want to be your mate and it all feels very European, despite us blowing up their bridges in the milosevic years. When you get down south towards Kosovo it's much less welcoming, I was in one village where the local Don had a shot down NATO fighter jet on his front lawn. You can't really knock people who've had their houses blown up by NATO not feeling particularly warm towards us.
That enormous convoy outside of Kyiv?
Hasn't moved much in days it seems ...
Basically seems like all for show.
There are no soldiers walking around, taking a cigarette break, wandering into the woods to answer nature's call, setting up tents of food stations....
NO soldier sits on a bench inside those trucks for days on end (it's not fucking comfortable).
Is it a bluff? and if so, is it working? Maybe Russia doesn't have enough men to take Kyiv?
Or maybe it is an intentional move?
A distraction while Russia seized the south and created a corridor to Donbass?
Who knows.
Hasn't moved much in days it seems ...
Basically seems like all for show.
There are no soldiers walking around, taking a cigarette break, wandering into the woods to answer nature's call, setting up tents of food stations....
NO soldier sits on a bench inside those trucks for days on end (it's not fucking comfortable).
Is it a bluff? and if so, is it working? Maybe Russia doesn't have enough men to take Kyiv?
Or maybe it is an intentional move?
A distraction while Russia seized the south and created a corridor to Donbass?
Who knows.
Not to mention the cold. I've seen reports that every time it tries to inch forward now they are being pushed back
Could it have been they wanted to draw the forces from Kyiv out.. and when they were engaged in battle attempt to drop paratroopers in behind? A proper smash and grab tactic which didn't work
Someone on twitter reckons the tyres of lots of the trucks are shot. Said the ones on the heavier trucks need rotating frequently etc. otherwise they will fail. Perhaps it's a combination of things, poorly maintained vehicles, greater resistance than what they were expecting, troops who don't want to be there and all that.
So, if all that stuff is just sitting there and there no Russian soldiers about .... why hasn't it been destroyed by the Ukrainian forces ?
They're waiting on the tractor boys to drag them all away.
I dunno, why aren't they moving? Are they waiting on something?
Have the Russians already won and don't need to bother moving that stuff ?
Perhaps they've found brides and have settled down.
Oliver Stone has been on Putin’s payroll for years now. He even produced a documentary glorifying our ousted president Yanukovich, working together with his (and not coincidentally Trump’s) campaign manager Paul Manafort.
It just seems soo amateurish just not very clinical or disciplined.. I'm not sure the right word here.
But also I'm not actually au fais with war situations apart from Hollywood so maybe this is par for the course.
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