TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Strikes inside Russia not permitted by US
You would melt down too if your life was over.
The rest of his life will be in Georgia and Arizona prisons
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/mark-meadows-indictment-becomes-official/55863/
Russia has likely executed at least 21 surrendering Ukrainian soldiers.
⚡️Russian attack on Odesa postal depot destroys 15.5 tons of shipments.
The Russian ballistic missile attack on a postal depot in Odesa on May 1 destroyed 15.5 metric tons of shipments worth almost Hr 3 million ($76,000), Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest privately owned parcel delivery service, reported on May 2.
The attack "destroyed not only our depot," but also 904 shipments "from online stores with clothes, appliances, children's toys, goodies for pets, medicines," and parcels from relatives, Nova Poshta said.
Photo: Nova Poshta / Facebook
Zelenskyy
Today I am in Khmelnytskyi. The day is devoted to the situation in the region – security issues, protection of the region, everything related to the contribution of Khmelnytskyi region to the defense of our entire country. There were detailed reports on air defense and electronic warfare in the region at key facilities. We discussed the safety of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, the overall potential of the energy sector in the region, and the restoration of those facilities that were damaged by Russian strikes.
The key is to do everything at your own level so that our entire Ukraine can achieve the necessary results. I am grateful and proud of everyone who is fighting for our country, everyone who is working to make sure we endure, everyone who is helping. I am proud of Ukraine!
Thank you, Khmelnytskyi, for this day!
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@ukrainejournal
Atmospheric and fascinating photos of the public relations service 53 separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh about tanks that shoot with direct fire in pairs and their crews that go hunting and smash the Russian enemy.
They go to advanced positions and dismantle enemy formations. Shot after shot. Bright flashes, clouds of smoke and trees flying like splinters. Enemy equipment is on fire. And the infantry flees in panic.
The brains and nervous system of these armored vehicles are their indomitable and courageous crews. And it is from them that the effectiveness of the task of maximum losses to the Russian occupiers and the preservation of the lives of their brothers and sisters most often depends.
Text and photo: Oksana Chorna, public relations service of the 53rd OMBr named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh
@ukrainejournal
Greene has launched it. But can it fly?
Gives them no grounds to appeal
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/judge-merchan-calls-out-donald-trump/55859/
The Dunning Kruger affect in action.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/is-trump-about-to-fire-his-attorneys/55852/
If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a Ukrainian request, France would need to consider the possibility of deploying its troops there, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview for The Economist.
Here are a few more points from his interview:
◾️"I’m not ruling anything out, because we are facing someone who is not ruling anything out. We have undoubtedly been too hesitant by defining the limits of our action to someone who no longer has any and who is the aggressor!"
◾️"I have a clear strategic objective: Russia cannot win in Ukraine. If Russia wins in Ukraine, there will be no security in Europe."
◾️"We mustn’t rule anything out because our objective is that Russia must never be able to win in Ukraine."
◾️"France is a country that has carried out military interventions, including in recent times. We deployed several thousand troops in the Sahel to fight terrorism, which could have posed a threat to us. We did so at the request of sovereign states."
(Operation Barkhane of the French armed forces in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger against Islamist terrorist groups).
◾️"If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a Ukrainian request—which is not the case today—we would legitimately have to ask ourselves this question. I think to rule it out a priori is not to learn the lessons of the past two years."
◾️"The aggressiveness of the Russian response to what I said showed that this was having the desired effect, which was to say: Don’t think that we will stop here if you don’t stop."
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Reality: on March 15, 2022, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly voted for Russia to "immediately withdraw from the Council of Europe" as it "committed grave violations of the CoE statute incompatible with the status of a member state."
Russian reality: "We left the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for a reason. PACE began to be formed of different kinds of persons of non-traditional orientation, forcing parliaments of different countries to delegate representatives of different groups, transgender people and so on to PACE" - Chairman of Russian State Duma Volodin.
Lies, propaganda and distortion of reality are the three Russian pillars these days.
Over the past five months, the Russian military has killed at least 15 Ukrainians who tried to surrender into captivity. In addition, they shot six military men who had already surrendered - Human Right Watch
HRW verified videos of extrajudicial executions that were previously posted in Telegram channels.
In March, a report published on the official website of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that since December there had been reports of the killing of at least 32 captured or surrendered Ukrainians, but not all of these reports could be confirmed.
Human Rights Watch sent a letter to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on April 22 requesting information on this and whether Russian servicemen receive orders to kill surrendering Ukrainian soldiers instead of taking them prisoner. There was no response to the letter.
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800 days now and still strong
🔥In the Belgorod region, there was a powerful fire due to a drone attack this morning.
Russian Telegram channels report that a kamikaze drone apparently targeted a gas station in Shebekino, Belgorod
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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