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
2 years ago Ukraine de-occupied most regions of Kharkiv and found mass graves particularly IZYUM. russ atrocities. @ukrainejournal
Lots of interesting reading in these articles
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/trump-just-gave-something-away/58260/
Good morning. Rainy here. Clear skies when I went inside. Then a violent middle of the night thunderstorm.
The Kremlin fears the public's reaction to Ukraine's strikes deep into russia. This issue is a sensitive one for vladimir putin's inner circle.
According to RBC-Ukraine's sources, a decision on strikes deep into russia will still be made, and this greatly irritates the russians. In addition to addressing purely military and logistical objectives, such as significantly reducing the aggressors' military potential, these strikes could also provoke discontent among the russian population.
“Our intelligence is confident that such attacks on russia can shake up their population, and this will force the Kremlin towers to think about something and come up with some solutions. Of course, we do not know what is in the minds of the russians. But the hysteria on the other side shows that we have probably touched on a painful topic for them,”
says one of the interlocutors.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Western approval for long-range strikes would reduce the intensity of russia's attacks on Ukraine.
Moreover, Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the head of the Office of the President, commented on the strike on a depot in Toropets, Tver region, in an interview with the RBC-Ukraine. He clarified that permission to strike deep into russia would significantly increase the number of such attacks.
While waiting for a green light from Western countries to use their long-range weapons to strike targets deep inside russia, Ukraine is relying on domestically produced drones, which are considerably cheaper than missiles and no less effective.
In recent months, Ukraine has increased the number of strikes using homemade drones against russian critical infrastructure essential to powering russia's war machine. Faced with attacks using dozens of drones at once, the russian air defense proved to be overstretched and not always effective.
"Despite russia's extensive air defense capabilities, there are limitations to protecting all targets effectively,"
Mattias Eken, a defense and security expert at RAND Europe, told the Kyiv Independent.
"The objective is to demonstrate to the russian populace that the state's defense capabilities are insufficient, highlighting vulnerabilities within russia,"
Eken added.
@ukrainejournal
WW3 #BREAKING – Russia: Gas cylinder explosion triggers large-scale fire in Podolsk
A major fire broke out at the Lvovskaya railway station in Podolsk. The fire 🔥 started after a gas cylinder exploded in one of the stalls. As a result, the area of the fire has reached 800sqm.
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🇬🇧🚀 UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has indicated that delicate negotiations with the White House to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia are ongoing, arguing it was a time for “nerve and guts”, - The Guardian
🇺🇦 Lammy said that hardship and challenges of the war in Ukraine would get “deeper and harsher”, particularly heading into “the back end of 2025 into 2026” and beyond.
"According to plan? Nazi troops invaded the Kursk region. We didn't have that in our plans", - Solovyov is angry over words that "everything is going according to our plan".
And he is complaining that nuclear weapons were not used when Ukraine entered the Kursk region of ruzzia.
In the end, they conclude that they must trust their "Supreme Leader". But they don't seem that convinced anymore.
🤡"Poles, Estonians and Latvians originated from earthworms". - Russian MP Milonov.
He added that "Russians, Belarusians and our allied friends are God's creatures.
So speaks the Russian toad.
The President of Finland proposed to kick rogue countries out of the UN Security Council.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb called for changing the system in which one state can block decisions of the UN Security Council and expanding its membership. Stubb also proposed suspending the membership of any country waging an "illegal war" such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Next week, the UN General Assembly will be held in New York. It will discuss the composition of the Security Council and Stubb intends to add his voice to calls for its reform, Reuters reports. UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke about the need for change in accordance with the "realities of today" in May.
Stubb intends to propose to the General Assembly to increase the number of permanent members of the Security Council from five to 10, including one country from Latin America, two from Africa and two from Asia. At the same time, "no country should have the right of veto" in the Security Council, and anyone who is waging an illegal war should be excluded from it, "as Russia is now doing in Ukraine," the president said in an interview with Reuters.
The permanent members are the United Kingdom, China, Russia, the United States and France. Their membership was approved by the UN Charter in 1945: they were allies (and victors) in World War II, and are also the only officially recognized "powers with nuclear weapons." Each of the permanent members has the right of veto, which is why, in particular, the UN cannot influence the events in Ukraine in any way, except for the adoption of resolutions. Several such documents condemning Russia's actions were adopted by the General Assembly, including immediately after the invasion, but the Kremlin continues to wage a war of aggression.
I wish to point out that Russia's membership was not guaranteed by the UN Charter. The Soviet Union's was. The Soviet Union no longer exists.
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The M2A2 Bradley saved its crew after two hits from a Kornet ATGM in the Donetsk oblast
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Eternal Memory
Ukrainian Nina Pashkevich, 47-year-old weightlifter, coach, and army sniper, was killed in action in the Donetsk Oblast
She had won the Ukrainian Weightlifting Championship in April 2024, adding to collection of nearly 100 sports awards.
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Trump wants to lie to your fachttps://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/trumps-happy-vision-for-women?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=emaile
I love last week's winning caption.
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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