Where Do Things End With Vlad? (h/t romad1)

[chasfh]

7 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

So true...

So disgusting. Beyond disgusting.

What words even exist to describe this behavior?

Grotesque? Despicable? Contemptible?

I don't know which one to use anymore...

At least you knew what I meant.

[1984Echoes]

They need to issue several hundred additional ICC warrants to anyone in the Russian command structure, from top-to-bottom, that did nothing to stop these war crimes... including bombing hospitals and civilian residential areas... so all air force and artillery command as well as ground forces commanders for the murder, rape and kidnapping crimes:

https://news.yahoo.com/know-un-report-outlining-russian-175721375.html

[romad1]

Remember though,  Trump negotiated the return of Afghanistan to the Taliban and did so with the butchers and the war criminals.

[romad1]

yep

[digitalpigsmuggler]

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Russian forces spearheaded by the infamous Wagner private military group are steadily wearing down the last holdouts in the city of Bakhmut, with the nearly encircled Ukrainians taking heavy casualties and running out of firepower, after a monthslong fight.

British and American legionnaires with Ukraine’s International Legion who just left Bakhmut tell Military Times that Ukrainian forces lack the basics — mechanized vehicles and artillery ammunition — to keep up the fight, with the Russians slowly squeezing the city in a north-south pincer movement. But Ukraine’s high command refuses to abandon the city, counting on the grinding warfare to bleed Russian manpower and materiel, kneecapping any wider Russian spring offensive.

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2023/03/19/ukrainian-forces-running-out-of-shells-equipment-in-fight-for-bakhmut/

[digitalpigsmuggler]

On 3/17/2023 at 8:27 PM, 1984Echoes said:

They need to issue several hundred additional ICC warrants to anyone in the Russian command structure, from top-to-bottom, that did nothing to stop these war crimes... including bombing hospitals and civilian residential areas... so all air force and artillery command as well as ground forces commanders for the murder, rape and kidnapping crimes:

https://news.yahoo.com/know-un-report-outlining-russian-175721375.html

Those people are not leaving Russia or other pro-Russian countries.

[digitalpigsmuggler]

On 3/17/2023 at 8:27 PM, 1984Echoes said:

They need to issue several hundred additional ICC warrants to anyone in the Russian command structure, from top-to-bottom, that did nothing to stop these war crimes... including bombing hospitals and civilian residential areas... so all air force and artillery command as well as ground forces commanders for the murder, rape and kidnapping crimes:

https://news.yahoo.com/know-un-report-outlining-russian-175721375.html

Does that apply to Ukraine too?

Video footage has since been published suggesting that Ukrainian troops may have executed surrendering Russian officers in the town of Makiivka. Back in 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined that Ukrainian forces committed possible war crimes against Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine.

It is now Ukrainian military's turn to be accused of war crimes. Admittedly, on a lesser scale and seriousness than those of which the Russian forces occupying Ukrainian territory have been accused. But several videos circulating on social media since March 27, filmed by Ukrainian soldiers, show them inflicting wounds on and executing Russian prisoners of war. In a video filmed near a hangar, soldiers shot at point-blank range into the legs of three servicemen with their hands tied behind their backs, wearing the white armband identifying Russian forces.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/16/ukraine-must-investigate-alleged-war-crimes-by-its-forces

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/04/09/ukraine-s-military-accused-of-war-crimes-against-russian-troop_5980121_4.html

Edited March 20, 2023 by digitalpigsmuggler

[1984Echoes]

You really hate Ukrainians, freedom, and democracy... don't you?

[1984Echoes]

In every post you make: you continuously champion fascism. Russian fascism.

So my conclusion is you hate America, you hate democracy, you want the Constitution overthrown and replaced by a dictatorship. Similar to Rusiia.

I have that correct, don't I?

[gehringer_2]

Wow. This is twitter feed so who knows if it may end incorrect, but Putin does not show up to greet Xi? I don't believe for a second Xi won't file that - even if the speculation in the tweet about him thinking it was too risky is taken at face value.

 

[romad1]

12 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Wow. This is twitter feed so who knows if it may end incorrect, but Putin does not show up to greet Xi? I don't believe for a second Xi won't file that - even if the speculation in the tweet about him thinking it was too risky is taken at face value.

 

That does seem like weirdly shabby treatment. 

[1984Echoes]

9 minutes ago, romad1 said:

That does seem like weirdly shabby treatment. 

Security reasons.

Putin doesn't want to be assassinated on the tarmac and secondarily, also doesn't want Xi to end up as a secondary target for assassination.

Wouldn't be a good look for them.

Worse, in fact.

[gehringer_2]

Girkin just repeatedly and directly eviscerating Putin in media posts. How is he so beyond the reach of Valddie?

[gehringer_2]

body language?

are we having fun yet?

[romad1]

nice

[romad1]

Please spare me the watch out for open windows jokes. 

[romad1]

Nice. 

[digitalpigsmuggler]

'... The war has already used up 13 years’ worth of Stinger antiaircraft missile production and five years’ worth of Javelin missiles, while the United States has a $19 billion backlog of arms delivery to Taiwan...''

From a NYT article

Edited March 21, 2023 by digitalpigsmuggler

[digitalpigsmuggler]

https://securityassistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ukraine-Costs-Fact-Sheet-v2.pdf

This does even include recent months.

Total appropriated security assistance to Ukraine since 2014
Total appropriated security assistance from 2014 through 01/2022 $2.7 billion
Total appropriated security assistance since 02/20222 $39.7 billion
Total appropriated direct security assistance from 2014 through
01/2022 $2.4 billion
Total appropriated direct security assistance since 02/2022 $28.35 billion

Since the start of the 2022 war, the
U.S. has appropriated $39.7 billion in
security assistance to Ukraine, of
which $28.35 billion counts as direct
security assistance. Figure (2) breaks
this aid down into different allocation
streams and disbursement channels.
Of these appropriated funds, $19.05
billion has been obligated in direct
security assistance packages by the
Department of Defense (DOD) and
the Department of State (DOS). As
for disbursements, no clear data has
been released, although obligated
PDA aid – totaling $11.45 billion – is
expected to transfer immediately.

 

[1984Echoes]

Just now, digitalpigsmuggler said:

https://securityassistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ukraine-Costs-Fact-Sheet-v2.pdf

This does even include...

That's right.

It costs money, arms, and lives to defend democracy and freedom against tyranny.

Which, apparently, you are against.

[1984Echoes]

Listen, if you love Russia so much...

Why don't you go live in Siberia for the next 6 years and then send us back a report?

Could be quite... interesting.

[digitalpigsmuggler]

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But even as Ukraine is decimating Russia's forces near Bakhmut, intelligence suggests that Ukraine is suffering similar losses — a reality that could have graver consequences for the smaller country. 

Michael Kofman, the director of Russia studies at the Center for Naval Analyses, visited Bakhmut in early March and described witnessing worsening, worrying conditions for Ukraine's chances in the city. 

fighting in Bakhmut has left many of Ukraine's most experienced soldiers dead or injured.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-bakhmut-russia-counteroffensive-experts-split-putin-2023-3

[digitalpigsmuggler]

7 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Listen, if you love Russia so much...

Why don't you go live in Siberia for the next 6 years and then send us back a report?

Could be quite... interesting.

You could move to Ukraine and report back?

That would be interesting.

[1984Echoes]

Just now, digitalpigsmuggler said:

You could move to Ukraine and report back?

That would be interesting.

I'm going to do that.

Maybe not move. But I am going to spend quality time in Ukraine.

I'll send pics...

[romad1]

I actually do wish to travel to Kyiv once the war ends.  i would like to visit Bucha and Babi Yar and maybe while in Poland Katyn Forrest.