The Ukraine war thread
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The ambiguity and emptiness of Putin’s red lines in Ukraine:
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Biden, Zelensky to sign 10-year U.S.-Ukraine security deal at G-7 summit
Supposedly the agreement "will commit Washington to supply Kyiv with a wide range of military assistance." But unlike NATO, it does not require the U.S. to respond if Ukraine is attacked.
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An interesting piece on the possibility of going nuclear.
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Russia hosts approx. 5900 nuclear arms. Assuming that a lot of them are out of use, Putin still has enough to make his threats believable.
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Putin offers compelling and generous terms:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday demanded Ukraine effectively surrender to Moscow if it wants to open peace talks, drawing anger and rebukes from Kyiv and the West.
In a combative speech in Moscow on the eve of a major Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, Putin said Russia would halt its offensive only if Ukraine fully withdraws its troops from the east and south and drops its bid for NATO membership.
I am confident that Putin is just emulating Trump and spitballing riffs that happen to pop into his mind.
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Another headache for Putin:
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@George: was that Luzhenovsky or his successor?
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@Wim said in The Ukraine war thread:
Here you go: https://nkvd.tomsk.ru/researches/passional/kandidov-pavel-petrovich/
They do seem to eat their young, these communists.
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Once again, the Kremlin maintains that is Ukraine’s fault:
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Once again, the Kremlin maintains that is Ukraine’s fault:
@Renauda are those “River to the Sea” assholes coming the bombing of a children’s hospital?
No?
Didn’t think so.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Renauda are those “River to the Sea” assholes coming the bombing of a children’s hospital?
No?
Didn’t think so.
