Russia Declares War on Ukraine<<MOD WARNING>>

OK. Your English is the best. In this case you are just not interesting for me.

 

I can imagine.

Buck up, moi drug. Happier times will return. I wish you the very best of luck in the trying times ahead.

 

Ukraine mounting stiff resistance, inflicting painful casualties on Russia

There is growing evidence that Ukraine is managing to inflict significant casualties on Russian forces as they try to advance deeper into the country — and that the swift strike Russia hoped to carry out on the capital, Kyiv, has been slowed by intense and popular resistance.

Russia hasn't managed to make significant progress in the last two days. The main Russian force pushing down from Belarus towards Kyiv does not appear to have advanced closer towards the city since coming within about 20 miles, although smaller advanced groups have been fighting gun battles with Ukrainian forces inside the capital since at least Friday.

Ukraine's military claims the Russian troops are struggling with fuel and logistics supplies. Images and videos of destroyed Russian military vehicles and tanks, which have been verified, have been circulating online.

... https://www.yahoo.com/gma/ukraine-mounting-stiff-resistance-inflicting-144508698.html

 

Looks like Pootin is about to run out of cash.

 

I predict some kind of retreat from Ukraine within the next, say, 48 hours. Official or otherwise. I think more Russian troops will be walking back to Russia if they're not ordered back. Then again, they might have to walk either way since they're all out of gas.

 

62% polled said Russia would not have invaded were the 2020 election not been stolen from Trump: https://rumble.com/vw3hp1-trump-crushes-biden-on-ukraine.html

 

I don't need to read Russian Press. Have enough time discerning American left wing press. I just read from those I know and trust.

 

On the bright side, this is the end of Putin.

 

Our friend is, as they say, "strong like bull, smart like tractor."

 

5 min ago
Russian military convoy has advanced from Ivankiv to outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show

From CNN's Paul P. Murphy


(Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies)
A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.

On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.

Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.

The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.

Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.

The Antonov air base was the site of intense fighting on Thursday. It's also the site where the largest plane in the world — the Antonov AN-225 Mriya — was kept. The Ukrainian government has said that Russian military destroyed the plane.​

Live updates: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28-22/index.html

Mordor isn't done yet. Stay strong, Ukraine! Keep smoking them!

 

3 min ago
Norway will provide military equipment to Ukraine

From CNN's Niamh Kennedy in London

Norway will provide $226 million in humanitarian assistance and military equipment to Ukraine.

The Norwegian government announced the support measures in a statement Monday, saying that this "extraordinary allocation to Ukraine is intended to enhance the efforts of humanitarian actors to help the most vulnerable groups, including children."

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre condemned Russia's "military attacks in Ukraine," which he said were "causing widespread loss of life and suffering in the civilian population, destroying vital infrastructure and forcing people to flee their homes."

As far as military aid is concerned, Norway will send "military equipment such as helmets and bulletproof vests to Ukraine." The equipment was all requested by Ukraine and can be sent quickly, Norwegian Defense Minister Roger Enoksen added.

He highlighted the plight of the Ukrainian people "fighting for survival against a superior military force."

"Russia’s attack on Ukraine is threatening European security in a way we have not experienced since the second world war. It poses a threat to the norms, values and principles on which our democratic societies are founded," Enoksen continued.
Norway is joining the European Union to impose "harsh sanctions against Russia," according to the statement, adding that further sanctions announced Monday "will also target Belarus."

Norwegian Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is also set to ask the Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global, to "freeze all its investments in Russia immediately" and divest from Russia.

Norway's final move is closing its airspace to Russian airlines, joining a host of other European airlines in doing so. ​

Live updates: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28-22/index.html

 

They may be queueing up to surrender.
“We offer Russian soldiers a choice: to die in an unjust war or a full amnesty and 5 million rubles in compensation. If they lay down their arms and surrender voluntarily,” Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in a statement posted to the department’s Twitter account.

 

5 millions rubles? It's what, $5.00 Canadian?

 

From Yahoo:
"The offer of 5 million rubles is worth less than $50,000 dollars as the currency has cratered amid global sanctions levied against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine."

 

I think they were offering cryptocurrency as well, though.

 

Best would be to fund it from the sale of seized Russian assets.

 

Russia is going to owe reparations when it's all said and done anyway. Maybe something can be worked out that way.

 

Better sell those asset as scrap by the tons... They seem to be really crappy. Then again, the soviet gave us Lada...

 

Really, why do you need to read Russian Press? Why do you need to read at all? You are an American

Do you mean that?

 

The good thing is that these sanctions mean Russia can continue with this war effort only for a limited period of time before they start bouncing checks.

 

Future ceasefire and peace negotiations between Ukraine and the Horde should be very interesting.

 

Russia will continue to ensure realization of its national interests despite sanctions, foreign ministry says

From CNN’s Alla Eshchenko and Josh Pennington

In a statement Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry lashed out against the EU's plans to provide arms to Ukraine, adding that Russia will continue to ensure the realization of its national interests despite sanctions.

“EU citizens and structures involved in supplying lethal weapons and fuel and lubricants to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be responsible for any consequences of such actions in the context of the ongoing special military operation. They cannot fail to understand the degree of danger of the consequences,” the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement read.
The statement went on to diminish Western sanctions, saying that Russia will continue to ensure the realization of its national interest.

“Another myth that had been propagated by the EU in the past — that their unilateral restrictions, which are illegitimate under international law, are not directed against the Russian people — has been finally dispelled. Brussels functionaries, who until recently portrayed themselves as our country's ‘strategic partner’, are not hiding any longer: they intend to inflict maximum damage on Russia, hit its weak points, seriously destroy its economy and suppress its economic growth,” the statement read.

The statement continued: “We want to assure you it will not. The actions of the European Union will not go unanswered. Russia will continue to ensure the realization of its vital national interests without regard to sanctions and their threats. It is time for Western countries to understand that their undivided dominance in the global economy is long a thing of the past."


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International Criminal Court opens investigation into Russian invasion of Ukraine

The International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, will open an investigation into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “rapidly as possible,” ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan said in a statement Monday.

Following a preliminary examination into the situation, Khan said he confirmed that there is a reasonable basis to “believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine.” ​

Live updates: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28-22/index.html

 

I saw a mother in Ukraine crying of the goings on in her homeland of Ukraine. Her son that was with her said that Putin was a monster. I agree with her son on this.

 

Russian logistics are notoriously awful. In Georgia they were an outright joke.

 

If only the Georgians had known. A little more grit and determination, and they probably could have driven the orcs right back out.