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
He claimed another fake endorsement.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/egg-all-over-donald-trumps-face/58426/
They hate it when the economy is doing great
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/gop-goes-berserk/58428/
🤬 At the aggregate plant in Vovchansk, the Russians, by order of the command, executed 4 Ukrainian soldiers , - Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
A pre-trial investigation into the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war related to the intentional killing of servicemen has already been started.
The investigation itself was started thanks to the interrogation of Russian prisoners of war, during which testimony was obtained about the commission of the crime.
⚖️ A russian involved in the execution of military personnel in Vovchansk may be tried in Ukraine, - the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Of course, the investigation of such crimes has its difficulties, especially due to hostilities that make it difficult to access the place of events. However, this case is unique, since the person who may become a suspect in the specified proceedings is also in Ukrainian captivity .
- explained the head of the department Filchakov.
🇸🇰Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his desire to restore “normal” relations with Russia if the war in Ukraine ends during his government’s tenure, claiming that the European Union needs Russia, speaking to Slovak outlets Aktuality and Denník N on October 3
Speaking to reporters, Fico stated that “If the war ends during this government’s mandate, I will do everything to restore economic and normal relations with Russia. The EU needs Russia, and of course, Russia needs the EU.”
Fico also added his intent to maintain “normal, friendly relations” with Ukraine, adding that all wars eventually end through negotiations, and in his view, there is no military solution to conflicts. He said that Ukraine should remain a transit country for resources needed by Europe.
Additionally, Fico referenced Czech President Petr Pavel, suggesting that Pavel had shifted his stance on the war in Ukraine, allegedly stating that Ukraine should prepare for some form of compromise.
Earlier, Kyiv condemned Slovak PM Fico’s comments about Nazis in Ukrainian military.
Being a Putin lover has aged him
🤬 At the aggregate plant in Vovchansk, the Russians, by order of the command, executed 4 Ukrainian soldiers , - Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
A pre-trial investigation into the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war related to the intentional killing of servicemen has already been started.
The investigation itself was started thanks to the interrogation of Russian prisoners of war, during which testimony was obtained about the commission of the crime.
97% of children who left Ukraine for Ireland due to the war are attending schools, while in Moldova, only 8% are enrolled
Different countries have varying levels of success in integrating Ukrainian children into local schools, and the proportion of those attending local schools differs dramatically.
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They executed 4 prisoners. The one who did the executing is now a POW of Ukraine
Report: Escaping the occupiers and the threats
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Ten years ago, russia occupied parts of eastern Ukraine. As a young girl, Tia experienced the russification of her homeland - and fought back for a long time. Now she lives in unoccupied territory of Ukraine and is fighting for her identity there too. - By Andrea Beer, ARD Kyiv
Tia is sitting in Taras Shevchenko Park in Kyiv and drinking a coffee. When russia occupied her hometown near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine in 2014, she was still a little girl of eight. She went to kindergarten and primary school in Ukrainian, then she was surrounded by the aggressive propaganda space of the so-called "russian world", which she could not escape at home either: "My family lives under russian occupation and supports the regime that rules there."
Orange-dyed medium-length hair, silver earrings, a beige T-shirt tucked into wide trousers and a pronounced stubbornness: She is an unusual young woman who describes her way out of a repressive world of thought. She loves the Ukrainian language and rejects her parents, which contributes greatly to her breaking away from the system. Her father and mother were alcoholics and were not authorities for her. "If you live in a crisis for ten years, you either break down or become stronger."
Tia is 16 years old when she is politicized by the Belarusian democracy movement, which takes to the streets against the electoral fraud of ruler Alexander Lukashenko. She discovers independent media and identifies with people she believes to be russian oppositionists. She still locates herself in the russian space: "I realized that my home was completely dependent on russia."
Despite russian occupation pressure, she also speaks Ukrainian in public. This makes her stand out in her russian-occupied homeland, where lawlessness, arbitrariness and corruption reign. In order not to endanger her family and friends in her hometown near Donetsk, she does not name them publicly. The living conditions there are bad: inadequate water supply, no work and the mass mobilization of Ukrainian men into the russian occupation army.
to continue
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The full russian invasion in February 2022 is another important turning point in the life of the rebellious young woman. "Stop the war," she posted on social media as a 19-year-old student studying russian philology at the time. "I was threatened by those around me," says Tia. She was also threatened with denunciation. "Denunciations are not a relic of the Soviet era of the 1930s there, but can have serious consequences."
In October 2023, she dares to flee into the unknown via russia. For security reasons, she does not give any details because she does not want to endanger the people helping her escape. Tia comes to Kharkiv - and a humiliating odyssey through Ukrainian bureaucracy begins. Due to her age, apart from her Ukrainian birth certificate, she only has occupation documents from the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" since russia has annexed this occupied Ukrainian territory in violation of international law. Tia has to hand over her documents when she arrives in Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Without a Ukrainian passport, the young woman has practically no rights. This means that she cannot go to the doctor, work legally, study or rent an apartment. She also has no status as an internally displaced person and therefore no social support.
A Kharkiv human rights group is helping Tia, but the grueling fight for valid Ukrainian papers takes a whole year. This is also because she cannot prove her identity as the law requires, for example with witnesses. She cannot ask her pro-russian parents, and she does not know anyone in the Ukrainian-controlled area: "I lived in the occupied territories for ten years and had no connection to the Ukrainian-controlled areas."
It is urgently necessary to develop a procedure to confirm identity when there are no witnesses, she says. The responsible ministry for the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories left inquiries from the ARD studio in Kyiv unanswered.
Recently, the migration service finally issued Tia a Ukrainian passport. She can now finally go to the doctor and do things like banking. Now she wants to study in Kyiv or Kharkiv. There is an unpleasant aftertaste: "I spent almost a year without documents and lost valuable time."
Twelve years after russia occupied her hometown near Donetsk, the little girl from back then has become a strong, independent woman. She has no contact with her family, but her origins in the Donbass are important to her. Little good is said about the people from there: "We are a strong human resource. We are smart, we are worth something and we are also Ukrainians."
This article is google-translated. The original article can be found here.
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⚡️🔵✖️🛩 According to preliminary information, the Russians shot down their own Su-25 over Konstyantinivka in the Donetsk region (there is also information that it was a Su-34), the reason for which this happened is still unclear
From the Analyst
RUSSIANS DEFEATED AT SVATOVE
The Sherevets River is a vital barrier the Russians need to be kept away from. Ukraine has been holding ground under an ever increasing amount of pressure as the Russians try to reach the river.
Potentially they could trap Ukrainian forces one side of it and encircle them, and the river is wide enough to provide a difficult obstacle. That would prevent Ukrainians attacking over it and allow for redeploying of Russian forces to areas where they needed more. The same applies to Ukraine of course, but the longer the Ukrainians hold out the longer these Russian forces are kept engaged.
Russian objectives are the town of Makivka, which would allow them to begin attacks on northern Donetsk under Ukrainian control. The river also marks the border of Luhansk- full occupation of which is a Russian stated objective.
With pressure mounting from countless artillery attacks Ukraine took the initiative and deployed the 3rd Assault Brigade, aiming to cut off Russian forces by sweeping northeast and thus relieve pressure on the Ukrainian frontlines.
The 3rd Assault Brigade is well known and respected as one one Ukraine’s most elite units.
They are well trained, mobile and equipped for rapid and effective assault. These soldiers know what they’re doing and they’re very effective.
Before starting the assault they ended to clear the way for drone operators and improve visibility of Russian defences and trenches, so deployed the thermite dragon drones to burn out the trees and remove the cover.
With easier access, the FPV drones were able to quickly target Russian troops and eliminate them, while recon drones scoped out targets.
Now visible, the 3rd Assault Brigade artillery (moment of pride here, because they’re using British AS90 SPG’s), were accurate to the point of surgical, causing mayhem in Russian positions even as they tried to get away.
With the initial obstacles cleared the T-64BV tanks quickly moved on the remaining positions, clearing them out. Rather than risk them past this point they retreat under smoke and assault troops go in on M113 APC’s.
As an aside you have to ask yourself if this war is happening in the late 1960’s based on the equipment, but that’s where we are - vehicles designed 60 years ago and last made 40 years ago are in frontline service.
Russians who still remained in their dugouts and had survived the drones and shelling didn’t last long as Ukrainian assault troops eliminated them.
Outnumbered 2:1 the Ukrainians took ground, forced the Russians to move forces from
Makivka to protect their supply lines and make an effort to counter attack.
This has delayed and potentially reverses the Russian assault on Makivka, a notable success for Ukraine in a week of bad news along much of the front. However to exploit it and maintain the reversal will take reserves and determination. Ukraine has the later, but does it have the reserves to exploit it?
‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
RUSSIA HITS PAYMENT PROBLEMS - RESORTS TO BARTER
With cash in short supply - the central bank hasn’t got the reserves to use, the value of the rouble falling as fast as an enemy of the state from a hospital window, it’s making life increasingly difficult coupled to sanctions.
The result is that the solution is barter - and a new system has been established with Pakistan swapping chickpeas for rice and potatoes for tangerines.
It’s not totally unheard of. China sold Iran spare parts for cars for Pistachio nuts.
China of course is a major trading partner for Russia - at almost 40% of trade its Russia’s biggest partner. However Russia is only 1.8% of Chinese exports and not that big of a deal.
It seems hardly more than minutes since Russia was lauding the Rouble as a competitor for the US Dollar. As if!
The problems with barter is that if you sell stuff to China from Russia and get paid in potatoes, you have to sell the potatoes inside Russia to get the money to pay your staff and taxes. Ideally you need a guaranteed buyer at a fixed price before you even initiate the transaction.
Russia has been trying to get BRICS+ to set up a separate payment system to get around SWIFT - the international payment system. However Iran and Russia are deeply compromised by sanctions and trade barriers and most of the members have plenty of reasons for them to be the ones to determine the trading currency. So much so it’s actually verging on unviable.
What we do know is that secondary sanctions on payments are forcing ever increasing barter trades and that’s indicative of the fact sanctions are really biting deep.
But while small amounts of barter are viable for narrow trades, you can’t operate a modern economy on swapping gas for a sack of potatoes.
Russian defence industries can’t rely on barter. A deal with N.Korea, shells for tech, may have been acceptable to them, but N.Korea is not a normal country. Sooner or later it has to turn to money. Value and profit are what business is for - and you don’t get rich on Pistachio nuts.
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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