Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman is a hottie! It’s probably all male journalists in the front row at her press conferences …
Prove it. Why don't you find one of my posts supporting the giving of cluster munitions to Ukraine and show me? Otherwise, you're just another Putin-faced liar.
It turns out there is only one thing worse for the Russian economy than western sanctions: Vladimir Putin. He is completely incompetent at managing the Russian economy. He's been making a series of short-term decisions to grab money out of the economy to support the war with Ukraine, and Russia is starting to pay for it now. It's only a matter of time before Russia's economy takes a back seat to North Korea's. The worst thing for Russia's economy isn't Western sanctions. It's Putin. (yahoo.com)
That would account for like 2 weeks of this war. The other 15+ months has been more like 'the bear' running into a buzz saw.
NATO? Villianous? The members are largely parasitic bc of uncle Sam's willingness to provide umbrella coverage to Europe on a running tab that's never paid, but I wouldn't equate that to villainous, as in seeking to destroy us (like Islamist terrorists, China/communists, the USSR, Japan in WWII...). Am I missing something? By all means, do enlighten me if I'm missing something here.
Is Prigozhin pushing up Daisey's? Mutinous Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is likely either dead or jailed, and his much-publicized meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after his botched rebellion was probably faked, according to a former senior US military leader. Retired Gen. Robert Abrams, an ABC News contributor who previously served as the commander of US Forces Korea, shared his thoughts on Prigozhin’s uncertain fate in the aftermath of the Wagner Group’s short-lived armed insurrection last month. “My personal assessment is that I doubt we’ll see Prigozhin ever again publicly,” Abrmas told ABC News. “I think he’ll either be put in hiding, or sent to prison, or dealt with some other way, but I doubt we’ll ever see him again.” Asked if he thought the billionaire businessman was alive after posing the most significant challenge to Putin’s regime since he came to power in 1999, Abrams said: “I personally don’t think he is, and if he is, he’s in a prison somewhere.”
This appears to me a deeper advance than I have seen previously. It may be scale, but it looks significant
I wouldn't call NATO villainous either, but the United States should not be propping them up. Also, at some point you begin to ask if NATO has out-kicked its coverage. Sweden is not a bad add if it goes through, but NATO is extended pretty far. The more additions, the more difficult to hold an alliance together. We will never see that until the rubber meets the road.
A lot of Russians would be happy if true. Our Jan 6 crazies weren’t bristling with armor and weaponry and shooting down US aircraft.
I have noticed that the Ukranian offensive, around several fronts, is slowly but surely picking up the pace. Ski's are in big trouble around Bahkmut. Ukrainians have the high ground now. If they advance much further it is not impossible that the Russians will be encircled.
I think the bigger takeaway are the new beachheads across the rservoir and the and the fact that it is air and missiles attacking those beachheads and not artillery. Will Russia throw meat at these beachheads or be content with distant attack methods? Have the russian artillery positions in the area been eliminated? Out of ammo? Other thing to me is the night is owned by Ukraine. They need to use it more. Russia has no night vision. Will the cluster munitions be ready if Russia chooses the meat option or the soldiers resist being sacrificed. Hopefully Ukraine is moving artillery into those beachheads or in a protection position.
