Comments by "" (@martavdz4972) on "The Telegraph" channel.

  1. I have different info, they are planning to use German and Swedish systems. Not as easy to work with, but it's at least something.
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  2. I will definitely never forget him.
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  3. The Slovak politician's name Fico is pronounced FEE-TSO, both vowels very short. And Slovakia has already donated most of the weapons it could give, so, fortunately... (or unfortunately), this doesn't matter very much.
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  4. Russia might re-arm in a couple of years, and judging by the way the Chinese minister was talking in interviews in Munich I'm almost sure China IS coming to Europe. Not militarily, but strengthening their influence like promoting heavy centralization, irresponsible use of their AI, opportunities to study in China (i.e. being brainwashed) etc. Agreed on everything else, though.
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  5. There are actually weapons and defensive systems still coming to Ukraine, only we usually don´t read about it in the news because it´s thousand automatic rifles here, a million pieces of ammunition there, a couple of tanks there. When things like this happen several times a month for almost two years, journalists stop writing about them. Problem is that the number of weapons is lower than last year, but it isn´t always out of choice. There are countries in Europe that have given Ukraine everything they could, or countries where it turns out the bureacratic machinery is too slow and it isn´t always the fault of the current politicians.
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  6. 27:48 The border crossing in Slovakia is Vyšné Nemecké, pronounced "Vishnai Nyemetskai". The last vowel é is pronounced like the "ai" in "repair". Means something like "Upper or Mountainous German-speaking Village", perhaps because it was a connection with the part of western Ukraine that was also part of Austria-Hungary but unlike Slovakia (which was ruled more by Hungary), western Ukraine belonged to Austria.
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  7. The irony is that both the football clubs´ names, Slovan and Slavia, are related to the word "Slavic". The clubs were named in the late 19th / early 20th century as part of the Czech and Slovak defiance against Austria-Hungary. The Czech club Slavia is one of the best, and it has a Ukrainian star player, Taras Kacharaba. It was him who alerted me to the war on February 24th, 2022. The first thing I saw on Facebook was him singing, and the whole stadium with him! "UKRAINE! UKRAINE!" It was such a positive shock that Czechs, for whom "Ukrainian" had been a synonym for "blue collar worker" and had never been able to agree on anything, were so absolutely united in their support of Ukraine. At that moment, I understood a HUGE event had taken place and the world had changed.
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  8. That´s not exactly a Russia-friendly country, I´m surprised it isn´t Mali or Niger. And how do they deceive them? It´s not like Kenya is a country without internet, those guys can google stuff. OMG those frozen trenches! At least Russian soldiers fight for their nation´s cause. I was happy when I learned Nepal banned Russian recruitment.
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  9. Who came up with "Dnipro" pronounced as "Nipro"? The "D" IS pronounced. It just doesn´t have its own syllable. The D and N are pronounced very fast, but the D is there. Most Slavic languages have quite the clusters of consonants, and usually, all of them are pronounced.
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  10. Yep, it was. Ukraine also has very long dry shipyard docks (meaning they can make and repair very long ships), something that Russia lacks. When they were built, nobody thought the countries would be divided one day. So they weren't built in Russia itself.
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  11. Nope, half of it will be taught under the title "What NOT to do" and half of it under the title "What to do, absolutely". Both sides in this war have been showing incredible stupidity in some aspects and very good decisions in others. (This info is from the guys in foreign legions fighting in Ukraine). Both sides make strategic mistakes. Ukrainians are slightly faster in learning from their mistakes, but Russians have started, too. Ukrainians know how to explain their situation on the internet, are good at persuading but don't have enough diplomatic finesse when dealing with world leaders. Russians know how to use propaganda but have alienated themselves from some of their allies with arrogance and unreliability. Ukrainians are good at flexibility and alternative solutions, Russians know how to dig themselves in and use chaos to create problems from Ukrainians (laying mines totally randomly).
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  12. Not sure about that, there were vague noises from Germany "can we afford aid to Ukraine next year....?" some 6 months ago already. There will be election, Germany depends on its industry which has been doing worse lately - IMHO German politicians just want to show that they're not wasting money.
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  13.  @chaosengagement8799  "Ending the war" is the only rational argument. The rest is the opposite: it's very short-sighted. When my country was forced to end a war in the 17th century, we ended up losing our own country for 300 years to the interbred and crazy Habsburgs, being arrested for almost nothing, losing our advanced pedagogy to mindless memorizing, being humiliated and told we're inferior, and nearly losing our language. The number of people prevented from losing their lives in that war was more than "compensated for", being forced to lose our lives for the Habsburgs' senseless wars. "Ending the war" isn't always the magic key to a good outcome.
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  14.  @Interglacial_optimist  Says the person whose seven comments currently make up about the half of the comment section.
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  15. I'm not sure the D is entirely silent, isn't it more like it's sort of subdued and doesn't have its own syllable (pronounced as almost one consonant together with the N)? Good points, though, still worth reminding people of Ukrainian pronunciation. I've given up.
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  16. Thanks for pronouncing Sudja correctly 🙂
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  17. He's actually quite respected in some parts of Europe, especially those that support Ukraine. He was a clown, but he had guts. I heard Lithuanians praising him. We were actually quite anxious when he resigned. We were afraid the new British PM would be a milquetoast nobody. Thankfully, Rishi Sunak is OK when it comes to Europe and Ukraine. Very, very grateful to Britain, and both Johnson and Sunak. The British no-nonsense attitude and sense of humour have been a great psychological support. (I'm Czech btw.)
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  18. Yeah, there can be huge differences between immigration and immigration. I'm Czech and the Ukrainian refugees in my town are mostly women and families. Zero problems with them, and the Ukrainian family next door are actually the nicest people in my house.
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  19. Russian gains in Avdiivka, Ukrainian gains in Krynky, the same as last 2 weeks
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  20. Seems to me like they aren´t. Part of the podcast wasn´t about Ukraine at all. I´m really not interested in a lengthy analysis of what Trump and Harris did wrong and right, it´s on a hundred other podcasts. It used to be for Ukrainians and Central and Eastern Europeans, now it´s just for Brits and Americans. With David, my part of the world felt heard, which was incredible and I valued it highly. It doesn´t anymore.
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  21. Especially because Soviet-built dams are very sturdy, they were built during the Cold War with American attacks in mind. I come from a post-Communist country and there was a lot of ineptitude here back then, but not when it came to technical constructions. Those were taken very seriously.
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  22. They will, but also Ukraine is prepared for it. Probably, there will be some short-term shortages.
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  23. Better late than never, and fear gets us nowhere. Everyone can contribute to the safety of their country. We can learn the basics of first aid, learn drone piloting, support positive activities for teenagers so that they grow up with a feeling of self-confidence and responsibility, and much much more 🙂
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  24. Yeah, I thought the same thing.
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  25.  @alanmckay7040  It's in the behaviour. If my country (Czechia, actually) behaved like Russia is behaving now, I'd acknowledge that it has become Germany in this scenario.
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  26. I never expected this war to be over quickly, because most European wars were VERY far from being over quickly.
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  27. They have totally different specializations. I wouldn't trust Dom on the intricacies of world politics, just like I wouldn't trust Francis on the knowledge of weapons. I like them both, Dom's dry humour and energy, and Francis' clear explanations of complex political topics. They're like an engineer and a chemist cooperating to manufacture medicine. One knows the machinery, one knows the chemical ingredients. Very different worlds, but they need to cooperate.
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  28. There will be time to hear about investigations. David was such a great man, he deserves these days to be about his legacy. I´m speaking from experience. A colleague died in a medialized mass shooting, nobody cared a penny about him and everyone talked about the criminal. Within hours, a nice, brilliant middle-aged teacher was turned not just into a lifeless body, but also into a lifeless headline. I thought I´d die of the pain of it all. Please, make these days about David.
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  29. I saw the video and Zelensky was polite but also pretty tough. I think he understands your point, and knows he doesn´t have any leverage against Orbán, but he let him understand he will use it if he gets it.
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  30. Not "get rid of freedom" entirely. He meant introduce some measures that might be a bit limiting for the society. Like, the Baltics are introducing crisis trainings and building air raid shelters. That means giving up a couple of days a year for the training, and moving things out of their cellars. So, unfortunately, Zaluzhny is not wrong. Brits were on food coupons for some time, but they stopped Hitler's murderous rampage. I'd personally rather be on food coupons that be ruled by a murderous maniac.
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  31. He wasn´t muslim. He was a non-religious Czech guy. We´ve only had several tragedies like this and none of them was an islamist attack, it was always crazy Czech. And this isn´t just the authorities saying this, we´re a small country so it´s not so hard to get first-hand information.
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  32.  @jonbaxter2254  I´m starting to think David was a lot more dangerous to the other side than we realized. They´re even trying to sully his memory now.
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  33. Spot on.
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  34.  @humanonearth1  Yeah, that´s probably a better way of putting it. He has interests he presents as views.
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  35. The amount of information NATO shares with Hungary was just limited yesterday.
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  36. The headquarters of its Black Sea fleet. It was damaged by Ukrainians, so Russians blew it up, I suppose because it had bad statics or because some secret archives had been exposed.
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  37. Just commenting for visibility.
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  38. In case anyone wanted to look him up, the Czech guy from Kyiv Independent they interviewed is Adam Sybera. They forgot to put his name in the video description. And yes, he's right - unfortunately, we appear to be on a similar path as Slovakia. Even the Czech oligarch he mentions is of Ukrainian and Slovak ancestry. We can't resist being brothers again, I suppose LOL But the true reason is probably that he's the only alternative to the current government that raised its own wages right after the September floods.
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  39. He still is, it´s just that Trump is helping him a bit. Inadvertently or intentionally - doesn´t really matter.
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  40. What's important to emphasize is that it would mean problems for the rest of Europe, too. Spies, border problems, perhaps even sabotages, worse economy, because fewer close reliable trade partners.
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  41. Agreed. Biden was OK up till now, but this is starting to make me nervous. I'm from Czechia and I'll take the UK leadership over the US one any day. But we must also not cease to communicate across the Atlantic. Losing unity is the worst thing that could happen to us now.
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  42. Sure, a random federal state is the same as a strategically placed country. Does West Virginia have its own language and military intelligence? Is it introducing conscription?
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  43. Yeah, and if he does more things like persuading Orbán to leave the room, I'm all for it ☺️ I'm Czech and never been gladder that our neighbour is Germany. They could be doing much more for Ukraine, but a Lithuanian analyst said in early 2022 that once they'd get going, they'd take it fairly seriously. Looks like he was right.
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  44. Ingushetia and Dagestan are more likely. There's vendetta between some of the dignitaries of those republics and Chechnya.
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  45. This is the opposite of Democrats. The Telegraph is very Conservative and until Trump started making weird decisions recently, it had been actually favourable to him.
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  46. Just a correction, viruses are immune to antibiotics anyway. Antibiotics are mostly used to prevent bacteria from multiplying. To everything else, agreed.
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  47. Definitely not. It's not like all Slovaks are anti-European. The anti-EU parties got less than 30% votes, and 68% people voted. And that still leaves out teenagers. A country shouldn't do what only 1/5th of its inhabitants would be OK with.
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  48. There are things happening in Europe, they're just underreported. Try following the Europarliament, for example, my MEP says they've expedited their work on protection against hostile investments. But on some things, Europe can't really do anything until they know who won the German election which will take place this Sunday.
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  49. We´ll probably be able to figure that out in the first several months of his presidency, based on how he will behave.
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  50. Perhaps in the U.S., but haven´t noticed anything like that in Europe. All churches I know of support Ukrainian refugees.
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