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
russian Prisoners are deprived of payments.
The government has " changed " the procedure for lump sum payments for citizens who signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to be sent to war in Ukraine.
Now such payments are not due to persons who signed a contract while in prison or a colony.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the corresponding resolution on December 28. The document was published on the legal acts portal on December 30 and will enter into force on January 1, 2025.
The opportunity to be released from criminal prosecution with the help of a military contract became available to convicted persons in 2023. In March 2024, the State Duma adopted a law that allows suspects, accused and convicted persons for minor and moderate crimes to be released from liability.
Moscow Times.
https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/12/31/zaklyuchennih-lishili-viplat-pri-podpisanii-kontrakta-s-minoboroni-a151733
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🗣 "If russia shakes your hand today, it doesn't mean that tomorrow it won't start killing you with the same hand": Volodymyr Zelenskyy's New Year's address to Ukrainians: main points from the speech of the President of Ukraine:
🔸 In 2024, 1,358 people were returned from captivity, 3,956 during the full-scale russian invasion;
🔸 1,310 cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as 7,800 Iranian Shaheds, were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses during the year;
🔸 30% of the weapons that the Ukrainian military had on the battlefield in 2024 were produced in Ukraine;
🔸 Zelensky also listed Ukrainian missiles: "Palyanytsia", "Peklo", "Ruta", "Neptun" and "Sapsan". As well as Ukrainian drones: "Gor", "Vampir", "Kolibri", "KAMIK", "Lyuty", Heavy Shot, Fire Point;
🔸 Speaking about global support, the President of Ukraine stated that "from the first minutes of this war, America has been with Ukraine" and added: "I believe that America will be with Ukraine in the first minutes of peace";
🔸 Zelensky also rejected the idea of "starting from scratch" in russian-Ukrainian relations and, explaining the idea of a just peace: "Because the score is not 0:0. On the score are thousands, thousands of Ukrainians whose lives were stolen by russia";
🔸 He also listed international initiatives to support Ukraine: the Czech initiative and a million shells, the Danish defense investment model, 27 security agreements, 50 billion euros in economic support from the European Union, the G7 decision on $50 billion in frozen russian assets;
🔸 He mentioned Moldova and Georgia as countries defending their freedom from the kremlin's influence. He expressed hope that Belarus would join them.
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War Game: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Heart of Chornobyl. Why Russians can't play STALKER 2? - United24
The Ukrainian game Stalker 2 was released just a few weeks ago but has already become a cult hit with millions of copies sold. The game is filled with references to real-life events, particularly the full-scale war in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone—the game's setting. What really happened with the Russians in the zone, where monsters and mutants exist in the virtual world, and how has this been reflected in the game?
"Shoot all the f*cking cars. As for the locals, f*ck if I know. I'd rather kill the locals. You should round up all the locals, tie them up, and f*cking torture them."
Soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU found the phone of a killed Russian soldier who filmed on how his colleague Rudakov Oleg Igorevich (call sign "Rudik") gave criminal orders to Russian soldiers who were closer to the contact line, such as shooting and torturing the locals.
🦉Ukraine’s Magura V5 naval drones took down two Russian helicopters, not one as earlier reported.
On December 31, Group 13 special forces carried out a successful mission in the Black Sea near Crimea.
Intelligence clarified that missile-equipped Magura V5 drones destroyed two Mi-8 helicopters, reportedly eliminating their crews as well. A third Russian helicopter was damaged but managed to make an landing.
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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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