TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian 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 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
💭🇺🇸 And if Mr Putin and the Russian officials are worried about their troops in Ukraine getting hit with weapons from other countries, then the easiest thing to do is just take your troops and leave, — John Kirby, United States National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications
🔵 🦅 Just from the sound of the FPV drone, the enemy begins to flee from their positions. Krynky, Kherson region
Putin has instructed to conduct exercises on the use of tactical nuclear weapons, - Russian Ministry of Defense Murder
The exercises will be conducted “in order to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to carry out combat missions... in response to provocative statements and threats by individual Western officials against the Russian Federation.”
“ If someone decides to destroy Russia, we have a legal right to respond. Yes, it will be a global catastrophe. But why do we need such a world if Russia is not there?", said the Russian dictator.
- Putin again resorts to his nuclear rattling. Will western leaders shiver or see through his rhetoric?
Great! His life is coming to an end, so let's destroy the whole world, including his girlfriend and 4 children safely ensconced in Switzerland!!
@ukrainejournal
Biden just got a boost in Georgia
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/good-news-for-biden-in-georgia/55927/
Moving for a mistrial without real actual grounds.https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trumps-attorneys-just-admitted-defeat-by-moving-for-a-mistrial-during-stormy-daniels-testimony/55933/
Judges accepting gifts and not declaring them.
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-gee-look-whos-corrupt-as-fuck
Rebekah Jones says it's time we dump this DINO who hangs with MAGA types
https://open.substack.com/pub/rebekahjones/p/democrats-need-to-cancel-jared-moskowitz?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
https://kyivindependent.com/tusk-europe-must-spend-big-money-so-no-world-power-will-dare-raise-a-hand-against-it/One of Youngest Azovstal Defenders Killed on Front Lines. 😢🫡🇺🇦
Twenty-one-year-old Ukrainian soldier Nazarii Hryntsevych, also known under the call sign "Hrinka," was killed on the front lines, the Contact 12 special forces group of the Azov Brigade said on May 7.
Hryntsevych was one of the youngest soldiers who defended Azovstal, a steel plant that was the Ukrainian military's last stronghold in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, before the city became entirely occupied by Russia in May 2022, Suspilne reported.
Hryntsevych was captured by Russia and reportedly held in a prison colony in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast for over four months. He was released during a large-scale prisoner swap in September 2022, along with other 214 Ukrainian and foreign soldiers.
After his release from captivity, Hryntsevych returned to the front lines.
- The Kyiv Independent
From "The Analyst":
TARGET: VUHLEDAR
Ukraine has finally been forced to withdraw from Novomikhailyvka after a near six month fight to defend the town, which no longer exists. Pounded by hundreds of glide bombs there’s simply nowhere left to defend. The bombs also cleared the minefields that eventually allowed the Russians to take the ruins. Over 8 regiments of Russian troops were lost with documented evidence of 314 armoured vehicles and tanks destroyed in this one operation.
Why does it matter to Russia so much?
Located near the southernmost end of the eastern front as it turns west, the town is close to the P0589 highway that supplies much of the front for Ukraine in this relatively rural area. That highway connects Vuhledar to Konstantynyvka, the later now the next target on this south eastern sector. Cutting the road breaks the supply lines for both and largely prevents lateral transfer of forces. It would significantly weaken the defence of both towns.
Vuhledar is seen as a crucial lynchpin in the defence of the south eastern corner of the front - the Russians have exhausted themselves at least a dozen times trying to break it.
Yet again, despite being outnumbered 7:1, Ukraine held out for as long as it could. It’s the glide bombs that are proving to be so effective. Prolonged use of them is devastating to prepared defences and leaves nowhere to hide.
The urgency of getting air defence systems forward to knock out the VKS delivery aircraft is now critical.
In other developments Russia has announced a series of tactical nuclear weapons drills to be held - deployment and practice use.
This they claim, is in response to Britain saying its weapons can be used against Russian targets inside Russia, and France doubling down on the fact it will send army units to fight if it deems it necessary and Ukraine invites them in. Yet another Russian sabre rattling exercise, disproportionate and dangerous as ever.
The Americans don’t like these Anglo-French announcements at all.
They seem to be under the impression that nobody is supposed to let Ukraine use anything donated to them on Russian pre-war territory.
There seems to be a belief in Washington that everyone agreed this early on, whereas the reality is that while America might have said that was its preferred position, and at the time nobody objected, the war has moved on.
America came close to abandoning Ukraine in European eyes and Europe was willing for the most part, to fill the gap. And that meant making changes to previously understood but never actually announced policies on the sanctity of Russian soil.
The logic goes that if you sell or give weapons to a country it’s their right to use what they have where they see fit. It’s not the seller or grantee pulling the trigger- it’s the end user. Americans should understand that better than anyone - their laws explicitly remove handgun manufacturers from liability in mass shootings or other crimes.
If we’re all to be seen as standing up to Russia, then we cannot be seen to be afraid of what they might do. They have to know they don’t frighten us and we will stand up for ourselves.
Meanwhile we will do what we can and must to continue supporting the valiant Ukrainian people and the armed forces against Russian imperialism.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
The SBU exposed a network of agents of the 5th service of the FSB of the Russian Federation who were preparing the assassination of the President of Ukraine: two colonels of the UDO (state security department) were detained
In addition to Zelenskyi, the Russians planned to eliminate the head of the SBU Malyuk, the head of the State Security Service Budanov and other high-ranking officials.
For example, they were going to liquidate the head of the GUR, Kyril Budanov, before Easter.
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Today, Ukrainians celebrate Easter, a time of tradition and life. This celebration is made possible by the unwavering bravery of the Ukrainian military. The attached photos show Ukrainian soldiers celebrating Easter.
Glory to the Heroes!
France will send an ambassador to Russian President Vladimir Putin's inauguration, unlike Germany and the Baltic states, which said they would not be represented, — Reuters.
The Paris decision signals a potential split in the Western camp, with some countries, including the Baltic states, strongly opposed to giving Putin any form of legitimacy.
A French diplomatic source said that Paris had previously condemned the context of repression in which the elections were held, depriving voters of a real choice, as well as the organization of elections in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, which France considers a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
Germany has announced that it will not send its representative to Putin's inauguration. The Baltic countries, which no longer have ambassadors in Moscow, have also categorically ruled out their presence at the inauguration.
Two European diplomats said they did not expect the United States to send an envoy to the inauguration, although Washington has not made a public announcement.
"We believe that the isolation of Russia, and in particular its criminal leader, should continue. Participation in Putin's inauguration is unacceptable for Lithuania. Our priority remains to support Ukraine and its people who are fighting against Russian aggression," said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian 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 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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