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4 minutes ago, 70PC said:
Something we can both agree on.
Glad, about your honest self-critique ...
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11 minutes ago, Up the spout said:
Oh, you must be one of those people who can see into the future - a bit like Ares and Shazam (DC Comics) or Mantis (Marvel Comics). How's double geography going?
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13 minutes ago, steaky said:
I have noticed that there does seem to be a strong correlation between people who:
1. Want to rejoin the EU
2. Support Ukraine
3. Think women can have a p*nis
I'm guessing that the last remaining humans on the planet - after a massive nuclear war - can keep arguing on the above points until they die of radiation sickness.
So it goes...
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Just now, Up the spout said:
Ha, admit this is in your dreams.
Don't worry; one day you'll wake up (unless you ever grow a pair and head for line zero).
Unfortunately this is reality and not a dream ...
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14 minutes ago, Drat said:
I suggest you go and read up what happend in Ukraine in 2014, particularly Crimea in April and the Donbas in August
History, you are bad at it, are you not?
2014 Euromaidan, 100 protesters were gunned down in the Maidan uprising, 48 burned alive and over 200 were injured by Euromaidan supporters in the Odessa House of Trade Unions ...
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5 minutes ago, 70PC said:
Pro Putin posts seem to be getting more childish and petulant by the week. For example, "thanks for proving the point" in response to Tony Radakin's comments. In another case, a foreign invasion is described as a civil war. Even rational people Russians would see such comments for what they are.
I am not qualified on front line matters but there is more to this than square kilometres per day. The evidence is that Ukraine is systematically degrading Russias' capability and moral. This is exposing the disquiet and disunity which clearly lies below the surface in Russia. Generals are being thrown in jail and troops are abandoning their posts. As to what is happening within the power structure is anyone's guess.
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8 minutes ago, 70PC said:
"Admiral Sir Tony Radakin claimed Russia is now "so weak" it cannot wage a counter-offensive."
I think he was talking about Ukraine, ... isn't he?
Maliar said the Ukrainian military had taken back 14.4 square miles of territory overall in heavy fighting in the past week.
Since the counter offensive begins Ukraine wins back 61,1585819 square miles.
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7 hours ago, Up the spout said:
This is only beginning, first stage ...
... second will be, after US election campaign begins ... and Biden will close the tab ...
... moment in time after 10 years ...
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Senior NATO admiral says Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets for this counteroffensive
Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets until its counteroffensive has finished, said Rob Bauer, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee.
In an interview with LBC Radio on Monday, the admiral said although the discussion on the aircraft was an important one, it "will not be solved in the short term." Nor will training the pilots or training the technicians be available before the Ukrainian counteroffensive, he emphasized.
No training for Ukrainian pilots to fly the US-made F-16s has yet begun, and Kiev would hate to put pressure on the West here, as it relies on them for support, Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said earlier.
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29 minutes ago, Staffsknot said:
Journo and lawyer in Russia were attacked by masked individuals shortly after arriving in Chechnya - she had head shaved and fingrs broken, lawyer was stabbed.
Their crime - highlighting human rights abuses in Russia & interviewing bereaved mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine war...
Any takers to defend that one?
Trolling with unrelated story ...
Slow day at your office today, just asking?
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China curbs exports of key computer chip materials
The Chinese government is tightening controls over exports of two key materials used to make computer chips.
From next month, special licenses will be needed to export gallium and germanium from China. It comes in response to Washington's efforts to curb Chinese access to some advanced microprocessors.
The silvery metals are used in semiconductor, communications and military equipment. They are also key materials in products like solar panels.
Semiconductors, which power everything from mobile phones to military hardware, are at the centre of a bitter dispute between the world's two largest economies.
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Biden administration evaluates new restrictions for China
The US Commerce Department may ban shipments of chips from Nvidia and other manufacturers to customers in China starting next month, the Wall Street Journal reported.
New rules comes amid pressure by US on allies
Announcement of new rules comes amid pressure by US on allies to curb sales of high-tech components to China.
The Dutch government has announced new rules restricting exports of certain semiconductor equipment, a move that comes amid pressure by the United States on its allies to curb China’s ability to produce advanced chips.
Under the new rules, which are expected to go into effect on September 1, companies that make advanced chipmaking equipment will be required to seek a licence before they can export it.
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Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed he expects "further victories at the front" without providing any further details.
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Not much to show for the money spent on valorant ...
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on Monday that Ukrainian forces were making progress in its counteroffensive to retake Russian occupied territory.
On Telegram, Zelenskiy wrote: “Last week was difficult on the frontline. But we are making progress.
Ukraine has retaken 14.4 sq miles (37.4 sq km) of territory previously occupied by Russia in the past week, Reuters reports.
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2 hours ago, Peter Hun said:
On Ukrainian "Air Defense Day" this picture discloses that the destruction of 2 Russian fighter jets and 3 choppers over Bryansk on May 13 was not a friendly-fire incident but the works of Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot Missiles.
Who is Tendar ... ???
The whisperer you get the information from.
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1 hour ago, yelims said:
700000 kids kidnapped by Russian peadophiles
Is your mind out now, ... having lost control of your mental faculties, ... init?
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42 minutes ago, yelims said:
It was so solid that not a single Russian came out to support Putin during the coup
instead we had videos of Russians cheering for the mutineers
Don't watch hoaxes and con artists too much ... it doesn't make you any good ... innit?
You are after going through metamorphosis or derealization where you feel detached from reality and your surroundings.
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1 minute ago, jonb2 said:
Way over your head, just like one of our Storm Shadows that seem to be doing so well.
And the point you are trying to make is ...???
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2 minutes ago, jonb2 said:
Nor is this. It's Hitler's invasion of Poland replayed. Russian Rambo 2. The sequel.
Was WW2 a just war?
And the point you are trying to make is ...???
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1 hour ago, 70PC said:
The implications go beyond events on the front line. Putin's biggest threats lie within his own borders.
Russia’s war is having “a corrosive effect” on the leadership of Vladimir Putin, said US Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns in the UK.
Referring to the mutiny by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Mr Burns said: “It is striking that Prigozhin preceded his actions with a scathing indictment of the Kremlin’s mendacious rationale for the invasion of Ukraine and of the Russian military leadership’s conduct of the war.”
The former US ambassador to Moscow was delivering a lecture to Britain’s Ditchley Foundation in Oxfordshire, England.
“The impact of those words and those actions will play out for some time - a vivid reminder of the corrosive effect of Putin’s war on his own society and his own regime,” he said.
“Disaffection with the war will continue to gnaw away at the Russian leadership,” Mr Burns said.
The leadership of Vladimir Putin is solid as a rock ... regardless what CIA is saying about it or wishing for, isn't it?
According to Levada Center, the mutiny hasn’t as much as dented Vladimir Putin’s approval rating. Before the attempted coup, it had been 82 percent. On the day of the insurrection, it dipped to 79 percent, and went back up to 82 percent as the crisis dissolved.
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1 hour ago, Staffsknot said:
Are you seriously trying to claim Prigozhin and the exiled Wagner forces marched on Moscow so they could be sent to Belarus... as opposed to just going to Belarus...
Belarus is not their holidays destination ... here it is from another source ...
Poland to Send 500 Police to Bolster Security at Belarus Border
Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to offer troops from the private military company the choice of relocating to Belarus has led to fears among eastern NATO members that their presence will cause greater instability in the region.
"It is still a matter of analysis and hypotheses whether the Wagner group will engage in destabilizing Poland and will also be active in coordinating the migration route," Zaryn told Reuters by phone.
"We assume the Wagners aren't going to Belarus to recuperate, but to carry out a mission. This mission could be aimed at Poland, but also against Lithuania or Ukraine," he added.
Poland said on Sunday it will send 500 police to shore up security at its border with Belarus. "Due to the tense situation on the border with Belarus I have decided to bolster our forces with 500 Polish police officers from preventive and counter-terrorism units," Minister of Interior Mariusz Kaminski wrote on his Twitter account.
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7 hours ago, Up the spout said:
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡😂😆😂😂😆😆😆 He's the gift that keeps on giving!
You have clearly misjudged the situation ...
Wagners aren’t going to Belarus to recuperate but to carry out a mission
A spokeswoman for Poland’s Border Guard says its patrols have faced more aggressive behaviour in the past two months as Poland bolsters security at the Belarusian border amid a rise in the number of migrants.
Meanwhile, Poland’s deputy Minister Coordinator of Special Services Stanislaw Zaryn told Reuters the transfer of Wagner Group mercenaries to Belarus is also a source of fear.
“It is still a matter of analysis and hypotheses whether the Wagner Group will engage in destabilising Poland and will also be active in coordinating the migration route,” Zaryn told Reuters.
“We assume the Wagners aren’t going to Belarus to recuperate but to carry out a mission. This mission could be aimed at Poland, but also against Lithuania or Ukraine,” he said.
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14 minutes ago, Flat Bear said:
Looks like Russia is on its knees.
???
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37 minutes ago, MerchantNavy said:
- Russian troops are advancing in four areas of the front line in eastern Ukraine amid “fierce fighting”, says Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar.
We'll have to wait months to find out what is actually going on.
Ukraine says Russian troops advancing in ‘fierce fighting’
Russian troops are advancing in four areas of the front line in eastern Ukraine amid “fierce fighting”, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar has said.
“Fierce fighting is going on everywhere,” Maliar wrote on social media, adding: “The situation is quite complicated”.
“The enemy is advancing in Avdiivka, Mariinka, Lyman sectors. The enemy is also moving forward in the Svatove sector,” she said.
Maliar said Ukrainian troops were advancing with “partial success” on the southern flank of Bakhmut, as well as near Berdyansk and Melitopol in southern Ukraine.
Fears mortgage rates could hit 7 per cent as experts say rises are ‘out of control’
in House prices and the economy
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Bank of England urged to pause hikes and Sunak pressured to offer more support to homeowners facing ‘rolling financial thunder’
Homeowners have been warned that Britain is heading for a mortgage-rate “disaster” as the average five-year fixed-rate deal jumped above 6 per cent for the first time since November.
Mortgage holders were told that fixed-rate deals could soar to 7 per cent this summer, with experts urging the Bank of England and Rishi Sunak’s government to rethink the use of “out of control” interest rates to tame inflation.
The rates are the highest seen since the mini-Budget fiasco overseen by Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.
The grim figures come as:
Independent